MTC UK, the company that ran security at the Manston asylum processing centre in Kent, has reported a slump in revenue after that Home Office contract ended in September 2025, tipping it into a £1.6m loss. The firm is linked to the broader immigration detention industry through its US parent, which operates facilities used by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) under Donald Trump's crackdown, and Manston itself was previously criticised by a public inquiry as "overcrowded, squalid and insanitary". Despite the loss, a related joint venture has now secured a new six-year contract, potentially worth up to £539m, to manage small boat arrivals through Manston.

MTC UK's sales fell from £28.4m to £17.6m in 2025, turning a £1.3m profit into a £1.6m loss, according to Companies House filings, yet its highest-paid director's pay rose 5% to £211,000. The new Irregular Migration Management Services contract, held via joint venture MTC Definitive and worth an initial £462m, covers Manston and the Western Jet Foil site in Dover, and is being challenged in the High Court by rival Mitie over an alleged undisclosed conflict of interest involving a former Manston deputy director now at MTC; the Home Office says the claim is baseless. MTC has also previously faced criticism over conditions at the Rainsbrook youth detention centre.