Grants for commercial solar.

The schemes worth knowing about are the Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme and its delivery body Salix, the Industrial Energy Transformation Fund, and UK Shared Prosperity Fund money. Eligibility, funding windows and competitive rounds are set by each scheme and change over time, so the first question is always whether your organisation is an eligible body and whether a window is open. Where a grant does apply, it offsets part of the capital cost rather than funding a whole installation, and it usually carries conditions on procurement, timing and reporting that shape how the project is delivered.

If your organisation qualifies, we will work to the scheme's requirements and to the survey and design we would produce for any commercial install. If it does not, we will tell you, and point you back to the route that does carry relief for private sites: capital allowances on a bought system. Alectrona is VAT-registered, so VAT is charged at the standard rate on our work, but your VAT recovery is your own position, and your accountant or tax adviser should confirm it.

The honest position is that most private commercial sites do not qualify for any solar grant, and we will not pretend otherwise to win the work. If you are a public-sector body or sit within a specific funded programme, a grant can be worth pursuing, with the caveat that windows open and close and the application carries its own conditions and timeline. For everyone else, the better call is capex, claimed through capital allowances on the bought asset.

Whether a scheme fits, what it would cover and how its conditions interact with your tax position are matters for the scheme rules and a qualified adviser. We will give you a clear read on eligibility and design; the funding and tax decisions you should confirm with your accountant, tax adviser and the scheme itself.