Landlord compliance

Commercial PAT Testing

Workplace appliance inspection and testing for offices, shops and commercial premises.

From £79.99 (inc VAT) Certificate and asset register same day 12-month workmanship guarantee

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Starting from

£79.99inc VAT

up to 10 appliances · offices, shops and commercial premises

Risk-based intervals per asset class, not a blanket annual sweep

Out-of-hours and weekend testing at no extra charge

Insurer- and HSE-ready asset register, not just a certificate

Extension lead and socket-loading problems identified, not just tested

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Overview

What is a Commercial PAT certificate?

Commercial PAT testing applies the same in-service inspection and testing regime to a workplace, where the duty sits with the employer rather than the landlord. We test everything from desk equipment and kitchen appliances to power tools, salon equipment and IT hardware, label each item with its result and retest date, and issue a certificate with a complete asset register that satisfies both your insurer and an HSE inspector.

Why it matters

Why it's worth getting right

In a workplace the risk profile is higher than in a home: equipment is used harder, by more people, often for longer hours, and frequently in tougher environments. It is also a legal duty you hold personally as an employer. Where an employee is injured by faulty equipment, the first document requested is the testing record — and its absence is treated as evidence that the duty to maintain was never discharged.

Your duty as an employer

The Electricity at Work Regulations 1989 require that electrical systems and equipment be maintained so far as reasonably practicable to prevent danger, and that duty falls on the employer and on any self-employed person. The Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998 add a requirement that work equipment is maintained in efficient working order and in good repair, with a maintenance log kept where appropriate. The HSE's position is that the duty is risk-based rather than interval-based — but that documented inspection and testing at an appropriate frequency is how a business demonstrates it has complied.

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

Employer duty to maintain electrical equipment to prevent danger.

PUWER 1998

Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998

Work equipment must be maintained in efficient working order and good repair.

IET CoP 5th Ed

Code of Practice for In-Service Inspection and Testing

Risk-based retest intervals by equipment type and environment.

In detail

Understanding your Commercial PAT

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

Risk-based intervals — why one frequency doesn't fit a business

The IET Code of Practice sets intervals by equipment type and environment rather than applying a blanket annual rule, and applying it properly can substantially reduce both cost and risk. Handheld equipment used daily in a workshop may warrant six-monthly testing. Portable equipment in a commercial kitchen, salon or laundry is typically annual. Stationary IT equipment in a clean office environment can safely run to two or even four years with formal visual inspection in between. We assign an interval per asset class rather than testing everything on the same cycle, which means your budget is spent where the actual risk sits.

Extension leads and adaptors — the workplace weak point

Extension leads fail more often than almost any other item in a commercial setting and are consistently over-represented in workplace electrical fires. The problems are predictable: leads left permanently coiled on a drum, where the coil acts as an inductor and overheats under load; daisy-chained leads plugged into one another; four-way adaptors carrying a kettle and a microwave from a single 13 A socket; and leads run under doors, through walkways or across floors where they are repeatedly crushed. We test every lead as an individual asset and flag any location where the underlying issue is genuinely insufficient fixed sockets — because replacing the lead does not fix a circuit that was never designed for the load.

New equipment, hire equipment and second-hand purchases

New equipment does not require a full test before first use, but it does need a formal visual inspection and recording on your asset register — factory faults and transit damage are both real, and an item that never gets onto the register never gets retested. Hired equipment should arrive with current test evidence and you should refuse it if it does not. Second-hand and refurbished equipment should always be tested before it enters service, regardless of what the seller claims. We can attend for additions between scheduled visits, or set you up so new items are captured at the next full test.

What an inspector actually asks for

Following an incident or a routine visit, the request is rarely just 'your PAT certificate'. It is the asset register showing what equipment exists, the test results with dates and the identity of the tester, evidence of the interval logic you applied, and the record of what happened to items that failed. This is why we issue a register rather than a single-page certificate: a certificate proves a visit happened, while a register proves a system is in place. Both are emailed to you the same day and are formatted to be handed straight to an insurer or inspector.

Warning signs

Warning signs in a commercial setting

These indicate a problem beyond the individual appliance:

Extension leads in permanent use rather than as a temporary measure

Leads daisy-chained together or adaptors stacked in one socket

Cable drums used while still coiled, particularly with heaters or tools

Leads run through doorways, under carpet or across walkways

Equipment brought in from home by staff and never recorded

Any item with a taped flex, missing label or overdue retest date

Repeated tripping in one area of the premises

Equipment used in wet, hot or dusty conditions it was not rated for

The risks

The business risk of skipping it

The consequences here are regulatory and financial as well as physical:

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

!Employers' liability claims where an employee is injured by untested equipment

!Fire and business interruption claims declined for absent maintenance records

!HSE improvement or prohibition notices halting the use of equipment

!Failed insurer audits and increased premiums at renewal

!Personal liability for directors and managers under section 37 of the HSWA 1974

!No asset register means no way to prove which equipment was even on site

Building a defensible system between visits

Nominate someone responsible for electrical equipment and give them a simple monthly walk-round: check for damaged flexes, taped repairs, overdue labels and extension leads that have quietly become permanent. Record new equipment on the asset register as it arrives, including anything staff bring in from home, which is the most common gap we find. Remove failed items from service physically rather than leaving them in a cupboard to be picked up again. Keep the register and certificates somewhere they can be produced immediately — an inspector asking for records does not accept 'our electrician has them'.

Why us

The benefits of booking your Commercial PAT with us

Accredited, transparent and built around making compliance easy.

Risk-based intervals per asset class, not a blanket annual sweep

Out-of-hours and weekend testing at no extra charge

Insurer- and HSE-ready asset register, not just a certificate

Extension lead and socket-loading problems identified, not just tested

Volume pricing for multi-site portfolios

Same-day documentation

What's included

Everything covered in your Commercial PAT

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

Formal visual inspection of every appliance, flex and plug

Class-appropriate earth continuity, insulation resistance and polarity testing

Risk-based retest interval assigned per asset class

Individual asset labelling with result and next test date

Full asset register formatted for insurer and HSE inspection

Out-of-hours and weekend attendance at no premium

Failed equipment removed from service and documented

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 PAT from

£79.99inc VAT

up to 10 appliances · offices, shops and commercial premises

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All prices include VAT · 12-month workmanship guarantee

Commercial PAT testing pricing

Number of appliances	Price (inc VAT)
Up to 10 appliances	£79.99
10–20 appliances	£99.99
20–40 appliances	£119.99

All prices include VAT, asset labelling and your register. More than 40 appliances, or multiple sites? We quote per site with volume pricing — get in touch with an approximate count.

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 your equipment

Give us an approximate count and the type of premises. We confirm price and the right retest intervals up front.

Step 2

Attend around your trading hours

Daytime, evening or weekend at no premium, so testing never interrupts business.

Step 3

Inspect, test and label

Every item is visually inspected, tested to its class and labelled with its result and next due date.

Step 4

Register and certify

You receive a full asset register and certificate the same day, formatted for insurers and inspectors.

FAQs

Commercial PAT — frequently asked questions

It depends on the equipment and the environment. Handheld tools in a workshop may need six-monthly testing; kitchen and salon equipment is typically annual; stationary office IT can run to two or four years with visual inspection in between. We assign intervals per asset class using the IET Code of Practice.

The Electricity at Work Regulations 1989 and PUWER 1998 require you to maintain electrical equipment so it does not cause danger. They do not name PAT testing specifically, but documented inspection and testing is the recognised way to demonstrate compliance — and it is the first record requested after an incident.

New items do not need a full electrical test before first use, but they should receive a formal visual inspection and be added to your asset register. Second-hand and refurbished equipment should always be tested before entering service.

Yes, at no additional charge. Evenings and weekends are often easier for retail and hospitality premises, and we would rather work around your trading than disrupt it.

If it is used at work, it falls within your duty as an employer and should be recorded and tested. Personal fans, heaters, chargers and kettles are the single most common gap we find on commercial asset registers.

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