Workplace Charging Scheme 2026 — Up to £20,000 Per Business
Updated: May 2026 · By Depth of Light Ltd, Milton Keynes
If your business hasn't yet installed EV chargepoints for staff or fleet vehicles, the OZEV Workplace Charging Scheme (WCS) offers up to £20,000 in grant funding per business. Here's how it works in 2026 and how to claim.
Maximum WCS grant per UK business in 2026 — up to £500 per socket, up to 40 sockets. Paid as a voucher discount applied to your invoice; no claim form for you to fill in (we handle that).
How much is the grant?
Up to £500 per socket, up to 40 sockets per business. Maximum grant: £20,000. The scheme runs to 31 March 2027. The grant is paid as a voucher discount — you don't claim the cash back; the installer applies the discount to your invoice and recovers it from OZEV.
Who qualifies?
- Registered UK businesses (any size)
- Charities and public sector organisations
- Must have dedicated off-street parking — staff bays, fleet bays, customer car park
- Must use an OZEV-approved installer (we are)
- Must install OZEV-approved chargepoints (we install only approved hardware)
- The chargepoints must be available for use by staff or fleet (not just one director)
What counts as a "socket"?
Each individual charging connection. A single dual-socket charger is two sockets. A 7-pole bollard with 7 connections is 7 sockets. The 40-socket maximum is per business, not per site — so a multi-site business has to choose where to focus.
What it covers
The grant comes off the cost of:
- Charger hardware
- Installation labour and materials
- Cabling and groundwork (within reason)
- DNO application fees (if applicable)
It doesn't cover ongoing electricity costs, software subscriptions, or chargepoint signage.
Installing chargepoints at your premises? We design, install and certify commercial EV charging across Milton Keynes and Bucks.
Commercial EV chargingReal-world example
A typical SME installing a 6-socket workplace chargepoint setup:
- 6 × Zaptec Pro chargers + installation: £8,500
- WCS grant (6 × £500): -£3,000
- Net cost to business: £5,500
For a fleet depot installing 20 sockets:
- 20 × commercial chargers + load balancing + groundwork: £30,000
- WCS grant (20 × £500): -£10,000
- Net cost to business: £20,000
How to claim
- Choose an installer authorised for the Workplace Charging Scheme. Depth of Light is OZEV-authorised for residential schemes only, so we are not able to make this claim for you.
- They carry out the site survey and quote
- They register the project with OZEV before install
- OZEV issues vouchers, valid for 6 months
- The hardware is installed
- They submit the evidence pack (proof of installation, photos, invoice copies, business registration)
- OZEV pays the discount; you pay the net invoice
Total elapsed time from survey to grant payment: typically 4-8 weeks.
What's changing for 2026?
The scheme runs to 31 March 2027. The up-to-£500 per socket and 40-socket maximum apply from 1 April 2026. There's some discussion of increasing the multi-site maximum, but no firm commitment as of May 2026.
Combine with commercial solar for the biggest saving
The single biggest cost reduction available to a fleet operator in 2026 is pairing commercial solar with workplace EV charging. Your generated solar charges the fleet at near-zero marginal cost. We quote both as one combined project — see our commercial EV charging service.
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