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Commercial EICR (Electrical Installation Condition Report)

Fixed-wiring inspection and testing for shops, offices, HMOs and commercial premises.

From £159.99 (inc VAT) Report issued within 24 hours 12-month workmanship guarantee

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Starting from

£159.99inc VAT

1 consumer unit · priced by number of distribution boards

Priced by distribution board — no surprise uplifts on the day

Evening and weekend testing at no extra charge

Staged isolation so trading continues wherever possible

Insurer- and licensing-ready documentation

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Overview

What is a Commercial EICR certificate?

A commercial EICR applies the same BS 7671 inspection and testing regime as a domestic report, but to the larger and more complex installations found in offices, retail units, restaurants, warehouses, HMOs and blocks with communal supplies. Pricing is based on the number of distribution boards rather than bedrooms, because that is what actually drives the volume of circuits to be tested. We work evenings and weekends at no premium where a daytime shutdown would disrupt trading.

Why it matters

Why it's worth getting right

In a commercial setting an electrical failure does not just risk injury — it stops trading, voids business interruption cover and puts you in breach of duties you hold as an employer and as the person in control of the premises. Insurers increasingly ask for a current EICR before renewing, and most commercial leases place the testing obligation squarely on the tenant or the managing agent. A clean, current report is the document that settles all of it.

Your legal duty in a commercial property

The Electricity at Work Regulations 1989 require that electrical systems are maintained so far as reasonably practicable to prevent danger, and that duty sits with the employer, the self-employed person or whoever is in control of the premises. Unlike the private rented sector there is no single fixed interval set in law, so the standard of proof is a documented, risk-based maintenance regime — and an EICR at the interval recommended by IET Guidance Note 3 is the accepted way of demonstrating it. For HMOs, the Electrical Safety Standards Regulations 2020 also apply and impose the same five-year maximum as a single-family let.

Regulations & standards

The rules this work is carried out to

Every inspection we do is measured against a published standard — here are the ones that apply to this service.

EWR 1989

Electricity at Work Regulations 1989

Duty to maintain electrical systems to prevent danger.

BS 7671

IET Wiring Regulations, 18th Edition

The standard the installation is inspected and tested against.

IET GN3

Guidance Note 3 — recommended inspection intervals

Offices/shops 5 years, industrial 3 years, higher-risk premises annually.

In detail

Understanding your Commercial EICR

The technical detail behind the certificate — what gets checked, what the results mean, and the decisions that actually affect your property.

How often does a commercial installation need testing?

There is no single legal interval, so the recommended maxima in IET Guidance Note 3 are the working standard. Offices, shops and general commercial premises are typically five years. Industrial units are three years. Higher-risk environments — commercial kitchens, laundries, swimming pools, petrol filling stations, agricultural and horticultural premises, and anywhere subject to heat, damp, vibration or corrosive atmospheres — are shorter, often annual. Construction sites are three-monthly. Your insurer or lease may specify a shorter interval than the guidance, and where it does, that is the interval you must meet.

Why pricing is based on distribution boards, not floor area

The cost of an inspection is driven by the number of circuits that have to be individually tested, and circuits live on distribution boards. A 200 m² open-plan office fed from a single board is genuinely quicker to test than a 90 m² restaurant with a main board, a kitchen sub-board and an external board for the extract plant. Counting boards therefore gives a far more honest quote than counting square metres, and it means you are never surprised by a price increase on the day. If you are not sure how many boards you have, send us a photograph of the intake position and we will tell you.

Minimising disruption to trading

Dead testing requires circuits to be isolated, which is the part that worries most business owners. We work around it in three ways: staged isolation so only one board or one floor is off at a time; out-of-hours and weekend attendance at no additional charge; and, where a genuine 24/7 supply cannot be interrupted, a documented agreed limitation on the report covering the circuits that could not be isolated, so the report is honest about its own scope rather than silently incomplete.

HMOs — where domestic and commercial rules meet

Houses in Multiple Occupation sit in both regimes. The Electrical Safety Standards Regulations 2020 impose the five-year maximum EICR, and the HMO licensing conditions in most London boroughs additionally require certification for emergency lighting, fire detection and the portable appliances in shared areas. Where an HMO is fed from more than one consumer unit — very common in converted houses — it is priced on this commercial scale rather than by bedroom count. We routinely handle all of an HMO's certification in a single coordinated visit.

Warning signs

When to bring a commercial inspection forward

Do not wait for the interval to expire if any of the following apply:

Nuisance tripping that staff have started working around rather than reporting

A change of use, refit, or new plant added since the last inspection

Extension leads and multi-way adaptors in permanent use — a sign of insufficient circuits

Any evidence of overheating, scorching or burning smells at a distribution board

Water ingress, roof leaks or flooding anywhere near electrical equipment

You have taken on a lease and hold no report from the outgoing tenant

Your insurer or licensing authority has asked for current certification

The risks

The commercial cost of letting it lapse

In a business setting the consequences escalate quickly:

!Prosecution under the Electricity at Work Regulations, with unlimited fines available

!Business interruption and property claims declined for want of maintenance evidence

!HMO or premises licence refused, suspended or made subject to conditions

!Dilapidations disputes at lease end where testing obligations were not met

!Forced closure at the worst possible moment when a fault finally develops

!Personal liability for directors where a failure is traced to neglected maintenance

Keeping a commercial installation compliant between EICRs

An EICR is a periodic snapshot; the duty under the Electricity at Work Regulations is continuous. Between inspections you should keep a written record of any electrical work carried out, test RCDs quarterly using the integral test button, keep distribution boards accessible and clearly labelled rather than boxed in behind stock, and make sure staff have a route to report faults that does not depend on them remembering to mention it. We can set up a simple maintenance schedule alongside your certificate so the interim checks are logged and defensible.

Why us

The benefits of booking your Commercial EICR with us

Accredited, transparent and built around making compliance easy.

Priced by distribution board — no surprise uplifts on the day

Evening and weekend testing at no extra charge

Staged isolation so trading continues wherever possible

Insurer- and licensing-ready documentation

Single coordinated visit for multi-certificate HMO requirements

Prioritised remedial schedule so you can budget urgent vs. planned work

What's included

Everything covered in your Commercial EICR

One all-inclusive price — here is exactly what the engineer does on site and what you receive afterwards.

Full inspection and testing to BS 7671 across all distribution boards quoted

Individual circuit testing with a complete schedule of results

RCD trip-time verification on every protective device

Coded observations with a prioritised, plain-English remedial summary

Out-of-hours and weekend attendance at no premium

Digital report within 24 hours, insurer- and licence-ready

Pricing

Simple, all-inclusive pricing

The price you see is the price you pay — VAT included, with no hidden call-out fees. Your final price depends on the size of your property; we'll confirm an exact, all-inclusive quote before we attend.

Commercial EICR from

£159.99inc VAT

1 consumer unit · priced by number of distribution boards

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All prices include VAT · 12-month workmanship guarantee

Commercial EICR pricing

Installation size	Price (inc VAT)
1 Consumer Unit	£159.99
2 Consumer Units	£289.99
3 Consumer Units	£428.99
4 Consumer Units	£558.99
5 Consumer Units	£715.99
6 Consumer Units	£859.99
7 Consumer Units	£1,008.99
8 Consumer Units	£1,165.99

All prices include VAT. More than eight boards, or a three-phase distribution system? Send us a photo of the intake and we will quote the same day.

Prices are all-inclusive of VAT with no hidden call-out fees. Where they genuinely apply, parking (£5) and the London Congestion Charge (£18) are passed on at cost and always shown up front.

The process

How your appointment works

Simple, transparent and designed around you and your tenants.

Step 1

Scope the installation

Tell us the number of distribution boards, or send a photo of the intake. We confirm a fixed price before attending.

Step 2

Attend at a time that suits trading

Daytime, evening or weekend — we plan staged isolation so as little of the premises goes off as possible.

Step 3

Board-by-board inspection and testing

Every circuit is tested and recorded, with agreed limitations documented where a supply genuinely cannot be interrupted.

Step 4

Report and prioritised remedials

Digital EICR within 24 hours, with remedial items separated into urgent and planned so you can budget properly.

FAQs

Commercial EICR — frequently asked questions

IET Guidance Note 3 recommends five years for offices and shops, three years for industrial units, and annually for higher-risk premises such as commercial kitchens, laundries and swimming pools. Your insurer or lease may require a shorter interval, and that shorter interval takes precedence.

For part of the inspection, yes. We stage the isolation so only one board or floor is off at a time, and we attend evenings and weekends at no extra charge where a daytime shutdown is not workable.

Send us a photograph of your electrical intake and any sub-boards you know about and we will confirm the count and the price before you commit. Restaurants and converted buildings very often have more boards than owners expect.

If the property is fed from more than one consumer unit — which is common in converted houses — it is priced on this scale. The legal interval remains a maximum of five years under the Electrical Safety Standards Regulations 2020, and most London boroughs attach further conditions through HMO licensing.

Yes. Three-phase distribution is common in restaurants, workshops and buildings with lifts or large plant. Send us the intake details and we will quote specifically rather than applying the single-phase scale.

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