TES Compliance carries out Electrical Installation Condition Reports for businesses, commercial landlords and facilities managers across Kent. Our NICEIC-approved engineers inspect fixed wiring installations and produce certified reports that meet the requirements of commercial insurers, lease agreements and health and safety legislation across the county.
An Electrical Installation Condition Report is a formal inspection of the fixed wiring within a building. It covers the consumer unit, distribution boards, wiring circuits, earthing and bonding arrangements, sockets, switches and lighting circuits. At its core the EICR is a certified report that addresses fixed wiring, though electrical equipment testing also covers portable appliances that use the installation. The purpose of the EICR is to establish whether the fixed installation is safe, identify any deterioration or non-compliance with current standards, and produce a certified report with findings classified using the code system set out in the IET Wiring Regulations BS 7671. A qualified TES Compliance engineer carries out a visual inspection of all accessible parts of the installation, followed by dead testing of circuits where isolation is safe and live testing where it is not. Findings are recorded as observations and coded C1 for immediate danger, C2 for potentially dangerous conditions and action, and C3 for recommendations. The completed report confirms whether the installation is satisfactory for continued use and provides a full schedule of your inspection results. For residential landlords, the Electrical Safety Standards in the Private Rented Sector (England) Regulations 2020 require a valid EICR before each new tenancy and renewed at least every five years.
TES Compliance covers the full county, from Dartford and Gravesend in the north to Folkestone and Ashford in the south, and from Maidstone and Tonbridge across to Canterbury, Margate and Ramsgate. Our engineers schedule inspections efficiently across the county to meet certificate deadlines for landlords, letting agents and facilities managers.
Every EICR is completed to BS 7671 standards by a NICEIC-approved engineer and issued digitally. Your certificate is accepted by letting agents, local authority licensing schemes, commercial insurers and solicitors across the county.
Where the inspection identifies C1 or C2 coded defects, our engineers can carry out remedial work directly without you needing to source a separate contractor. This keeps the process on track and avoids delays before a satisfactory certificate can be issued.
Kent’s industrial and logistics sector is the county’s strongest performing commercial segment, with demand concentrated around the M2 and M20 corridors, Maidstone and Aylesford and key business parks at Kings Hill, Crossways, Chatham Maritime and Gillingham. Large warehousing and distribution units, manufacturing facilities and science park occupiers all carry significant electrical installations that require periodic inspection to remain safe and insurable. A valid EICR is increasingly a prerequisite not just for regulatory compliance but for maintaining commercial insurance and satisfying lease obligations.
For commercial property managers and facilities teams, coordinating EICR inspections across multi-tenanted buildings or large industrial units requires an engineering partner with genuine commercial experience. TES Compliance has carried out compliance programmes for businesses across a range of commercial environments, including retail operators such as Notcutts and Browns Family Jewellers, where working with live, trading premises required careful planning and coordination with site management teams. We also carry out electrical thermal imaging surveys for Kent businesses that want to identify hidden faults in electrical panels and distribution boards without any disruption to operations.
For Kent landlords, the requirements are equally clear. Whether you hold residential lets across Canterbury, Maidstone or Medway, HMOs in the university towns, or a mixed portfolio across the county, a valid EICR must be in place before each new tenancy and renewed every five years. TES Compliance provides certified reports that meet all licensing and regulatory requirements and can carry out any required remedial work in-house.
For Kent clients who also need appliance testing, we carry out PAT testing in Kent alongside the fixed wiring inspection in a single coordinated visit. We also carry out electrical thermal imaging surveys for businesses that want to identify hidden faults without any disruption to operations, and for clients whose portfolio extends beyond Kent, we also cover EICR in London, EICR in Sussex and EICR in Guildford and Surrey.
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They carried out a massive testing job for us on a very active, complex building. It’s hard to find people who are willing to tackle the big technical stuff but still happy to help out with the smaller bits too. The engineers are great and continue to support us with our compliance and installations. 10/10.
The team at TES were great in arranging, managing and performing PAT and EICR reports that was urgently required. I would highly recommend them for their prompt and efficient service
The obligation to hold a valid Electrical Installation Condition Report applies across the full range of residential and commercial property in Kent. TES Compliance carries out EICR inspections for logistics and distribution operators along the M2 and M20 corridors, manufacturing and engineering businesses at Chatham Maritime, Gillingham and Sittingbourne, retail and hospitality operators at Discovery Park and Kent Science Park, office buildings and business parks across Kings Hill and Crossways, HMOs and private residential landlords across Canterbury, Medway and Maidstone, and schools and educational buildings throughout Kent.
Kent’s broad mix of property types and business sectors means the EICR requirement applies differently across the county. A logistics operator in Dartford faces different installation complexity to a Canterbury hotel or a Margate HMO landlord, but the underlying legal duty is the same. Many Kent clients also combine their fixed wiring inspection with PAT testing in Kent to cover their portable appliances in a single compliance visit, or extend their programme to include electrical thermal imaging surveys to identify hidden faults without any disruption. For businesses and landlords with properties in the wider region, we also carry out EICR in Brighton, London and a full range of electrical testing services across the South East.
TES Compliance charges from £7 per circuit for EICR inspections across Kent. The total depends on the number of circuits in the property, the age and condition of the installation, and the type of building. Large commercial premises and older properties in areas such as Canterbury and Tunbridge Wells often have more complex installations than modern builds, which can affect the overall price. We provide free quotes based on your specific premises and installation before any work is booked.
Yes. We cover the whole of Kent, including Maidstone, Dartford, Gravesend, Medway, Sevenoaks, Tonbridge, Tunbridge Wells and Canterbury, as well as the coastal towns of Folkestone, Dover, Margate, Ramsgate, Whitstable and Herne Bay. We also cover the M2 and M20 corridors and the business parks and industrial estates throughout the county, so wherever your property is in Kent we can schedule an inspection.
For residential lettings, the Electrical Safety Standards in the Private Rented Sector (England) Regulations 2020 require a valid EICR at least every five years or at the start of each new tenancy. For commercial properties the maximum recommended interval is also five years, though many insurers and lease agreements in Kent’s industrial and logistics sector ask for more frequent inspections depending on how a site is used. We will advise on an appropriate schedule based on the condition of your installation and its use.
Yes, in most cases. Dead testing requires circuits to be isolated for a period, and for commercial premises across Kent we plan this carefully around your business hours, whether that means working outside trading hours for a retail unit in Canterbury or coordinating isolation with a facilities team at a Maidstone or Medway industrial site. For multi-tenanted buildings we work with property managers to schedule access and keep any periods without power as brief as possible. Get in touch and we will agree a plan that fits around your operations.
