Business Energy Advice Service (West Midlands)

To qualify for the BEAS programme, you must have an annual energy minimum gas/electricity consumption of 25,000 kWh or you must spend more than 6% of your turnover per annum on energy. 

You must also meet the following requirements:

• You must classify as an SME, which means you must have fewer than 250 employees and a turnover less than £42 million, or balance sheet total less than £36 million. 
• You must spend more than 6% of your turnover per annum on energy, or you must use over 500,000kWh of energy (gas/electricity/LPG/oil etc) per annum. 

  Your annual energy spend includes all charges on your energy bill (kWh consumption, standing charges, network/capacity charges), but excludes VAT. If you are unsure how to calculate your energy consumption, energy spend or determine your % of energy spend to turnover, a BEAS Energy Advisor can assist you once you have registered to the programme. You can also use the Energy Usage Calculator on the Business Growth West Midlands website.

• You must be a commercial entity/profit-seeking enterprise. This includes partnerships with various business structures, such as start-ups, limited companies and Community Interest Companies (CIC). 

• You must have been operating from a commercial address for at least 12 months. Your business must have been trading for at least 12 months. Your address must be used for business activities and registered with a Companies House Number for Limited Companies or a Company Registration Number (CRN) for CICs. Your business must not operate from a residential address. 

• You must be responsible for paying the business's energy bills. The individual or business entity is responsible for energy payments. You must be officially registered/active for at least 12 months and there should be evidence of income, expenses or transactions over the period. 

Not eligible for a free energy audit, but would still like to apply for a grant?

If you're not eligible for a free audit through BEAS, you can still apply for funding. You can use an independent provider to do a paid-for audit, then apply directly for grant funding. 

If you received a free assessment through BEAS or an independent provider within the last two years, you can still apply for a grant.