TES Compliance carries out Electrical Equipment Testing (EET) for businesses across Basingstoke and the surrounding Hampshire area. Our NICEIC-approved engineers test portable and fixed appliances at your premises and provide full asset registers and pass and fail labelling on the day.
Every employer in Basingstoke has a legal duty to maintain electrical appliances in a safe working condition. The Electricity at Work Regulations 1989 place that obligation on every duty holder, and the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 extends it further to cover the overall safety of the working environment. PAT testing, or Electrical Equipment Testing as TES Compliance brands the service, is the standard method used to demonstrate that appliances have been inspected and assessed against current safety standards. Basingstoke is one of Hampshire’s most commercially active towns, with a diverse economy spanning advanced manufacturing and engineering, pharma and med-tech, digital and technology, financial services and construction. The health and care sector alone accounts for almost 11,000 employees across the borough, and major employers including AXA, Sony, Barclays, Eli Lilly and De La Rue are among the businesses with large office and operational footprints across the town. Each of these environments, from a pharmaceutical laboratory in Chineham to a financial services office at Basing View, carries the same appliance testing obligation regardless of size or sector. Love Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council TES Compliance also carries out EICR in Basingstoke covering fixed wiring inspections across the town and surrounding Hampshire areas, and many clients choose to combine both services in a single compliance visit.
TES Compliance covers the wider Hampshire area, scheduling testing efficiently across Basing View, Viables, Houndmills and Chineham business parks. We work around your operational requirements and provide full pass and fail labelling and a digital asset register on the day.
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, insurers and solicitors across Basingstoke and Hampshire.
Every appliance that passes receives a dated label on the day of the visit. Failed items are clearly identified and removed from use, giving you immediate visibility of your appliance inventory and its compliance status.
Basingstoke’s economy is built on sectors that place real demands on electrical equipment. Pharmaceutical and med-tech businesses in Chineham and at the Viables estate operate precision equipment that requires careful testing protocols. Digital and technology firms across Basing View rely heavily on IT infrastructure that needs to be tested without disruption to normal operations. Manufacturing and engineering businesses across the Houndmills and Viables industrial estates have large inventories spanning production machinery, workshop tools and office equipment. TES Compliance has the expertise to work across all of these environments and tailor the testing programme to the actual risk profile of each site.
Basingstoke and Deane has seen employee growth of 6.54%, with the professional, scientific and technical activities sector among the largest employers alongside information and communication and construction. Each of these growing sectors brings additional appliance inventory and additional compliance obligations. The HSE reports around 1,000 electricity-related workplace accidents every year in the UK, underlining why routine appliance testing is not something businesses can afford to defer regardless of how low-risk their environment appears. UK Data
Many Basingstoke clients also combine appliance testing with an EICR in Basingstoke to cover their fixed wiring at the same time, or extend their programme to include electrical thermal imaging surveys to identify hidden faults in panels and distribution boards without any shutdown required. For businesses across the wider region, we also carry out PAT testing in Southampton and PAT testing in Guildford, as well as a full range of electrical testing services across Hampshire 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 legal obligation to test electrical appliances applies to every Basingstoke employer, regardless of sector or size. TES Compliance carries out PAT testing for pharmaceutical and med-tech businesses in Chineham and at Viables, technology and financial services offices across Basing View, Houndmills and technology and engineering businesses across the town centre, manufacturing and industrial estates, healthcare facilities and GP practices across the borough, schools, colleges and educational buildings in Basingstoke and Deane, and commercial landlords managing office and industrial units across the town.
Basingstoke’s position on the M3 corridor gives it strong connectivity with both London and Southampton, and many businesses in the town manage sites across multiple locations. TES Compliance can plan a testing programme that covers all of your Hampshire premises efficiently in a single coordinated schedule. Many clients also combine their fixed wiring testing protocols with an EICR in Basingstoke to address both fixed wiring and portable appliances at the same time, and for those requiring a more detailed picture of their electrical installation, we also carry out electrical thermal imaging surveys across Basingstoke and the wider area. For businesses with sites further afield, we also carry out PAT testing in Southampton and PAT testing in London, as well as a full range of fire safety services and electrical testing services across the South.
PAT stands for Portable Appliance Testing. At TES Compliance we carry out the service under the name Electrical Equipment Testing (EET) because our testing covers fixed appliances as well as portable ones, giving a more complete picture of the appliances in use at your premises. The compliance obligation and the documentation we produce are equivalent regardless of what the service is called.
There is no single fixed interval for PAT testing. The IET Code of Practice for In-Service Inspection and Testing of Electrical Equipment recommends a risk-based approach, so the right frequency depends on the type of appliance, how often it is used and the environment it is used in. Handheld tools on a Basingstoke construction site or in a Houndmills workshop typically need testing every 3 to 12 months, while low-risk office equipment such as monitors and printers in a Basing View office might only need checking every 2 to 4 years. We assess your equipment and environment on the first visit and recommend a suitable retesting schedule from there.
There is no law that names PAT testing directly, but the Electricity at Work Regulations 1989 place a legal duty on every employer and duty holder in Basingstoke to keep electrical equipment in a safe condition, and the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 extends that duty to the wider working environment. PAT testing, or Electrical Equipment Testing as we call it, is the standard, recognised way to demonstrate that this duty has been met. Insurers, landlords and enforcing authorities generally expect to see up-to-date testing records and certification as evidence of compliance.
Yes. Alongside Basingstoke town centre, Guildford, Southampton and Portsmouth, we regularly carry out PAT testing across the wider Basingstoke and Deane borough, including Tadley, Hook, Oakley, Overton and Whitchurch, and we cover Andover and the surrounding Test Valley area as well. If you have sites across several of these locations we can schedule one coordinated visit to cover all of them.
