Business grants available for LED lighting
Over the past few years the cost of LED lighting has dropped significantly, but with tough trading times thanks to COVID-19 and now huge increases in energy prices, can your business afford to make the switch to LED?
By making the switch to LED lighting, your business could see energy savings of up to 80% - think of all that extra money you could invest in other areas of the business, just from replacing the lighting to LED.
Business grants are one of the best ways to fund the capital cost of purchasing and installing LED lighting. There has never been a better time than now to reduce your carbon footprint and your energy bills. Book your free site survey with us and find out which funding option is best for you, or give us a call and we can help guide you through the funding options available below.
Grants Open
**UPDATED MAY 2025**
AIA - ANNUAL INVESTMENT ALLOWANCE - ALL OF UK
The AIA allows UK businesses to deduct the full value of an item that qualifies for annual investment allowance (AIA) from your profits before tax. LED lighting is a qualified item.
The AIA amount has temporarily increased to £1 million between 1 January 2019 and 31 March 2023.
DECARBONISATION NET ZERO PROGRAMME - COVENTRY
The Coventry decarbonisation Programme supports businesses with fewer than 250 employees based in Coventry who want to save money on energy, waste and water bills and maximise low carbon opportunities.
Energy and resource efficiency grants - £1k-£100k.
HULL BUSINESS ENERGY EFFICIENCY SCHEME - HULL
You can receive funding of to £15,000 towards replacing existing inefficient systems and equipment within your business, and installation of new smart systems to help you save energy.
BUSINESS ENERGY EFFICIENCY GRANT PROGRAMME (BEEGP) - WEST MIDLANDS ITL1 REGION
The Business Energy Advice Service (BEAS) is piloting the Business Energy Efficiency Grant Programme (BEEGP), which is a £10.5million nationally funded grant programme to be delivered in the West Midlands ITL1 region, that is to say, Birmingham, Coventry, Dudley, Sandwell, Solihull, Walsall and Wolverhampton. The BEEGP will provide grants of between £1,000 up to £100,000.
NPOWER - SOLIHULL & LEEDS
The npower Business Solutions Foundation is a new fund to help create stronger, greener and more sustainable local communities.
If you’re a not-for-profit or educational institution that’s at least two years old and based within a 50-mile radius of our two offices in Solihull and Leeds*, then you’re eligible.
With three levels of funding bands available - up to a maximum grant of up to £100,000, depending on the size and turnover of your organisation - the npower Business Solutions Foundation could help you accelerate positive action.
Net Zero Newport Decarbonisation Programme - NEWPORT COUNCIL AREA
Newport City Council has launched a new programme to help businesses and community groups to decarbonise.
The free advice and match-funded grants up to £30,000 are available to local businesses and community groups with buildings in the Newport City Council area.
LOW CARBON DORSET - DORSET
Low Carbon Dorset is a five year programme of activities to help stimulate growth in Dorset’s low carbon economy and reduce the county’s footprint.
Low Carbon Dorset have nearly allocated all our grant pot – but they would still like to hear from businesses, community groups and public sector organisations looking for help with their low carbon projects.
Grants have been available to help organisations deliver renewable energy and energy efficiency projects. Typically, these grants have covered up to 40% of project costs depending on the type of project and organisation applying.
OPEN UNTIL MARCH 2025.
ENERGY SOLUTIONS OXFORDSHIRE - OXFORDSHIRE
Get match funding up to £10,000 for your energy efficiency measure or renewable energy project with our Green Fund. Available to any SME in Oxfordshire.
With A comprehensive Energy Efficiency Assessment the team deliver tailored energy efficiency recommendations to meet your business-specific needs, introducing practical and effective energy advice that has a measurable impact.
To apply for the Green Fund, you’ll need to have had an energy efficiency report from them.
MID DEVON DISTRICT GREEN ENTERPRISE GRANT - MID DEVON
Mid Devon District Council’s 2025 Green Enterprise Grants are for small and medium sized businesses in Mid Devon.
The scheme will offer capital grants of up to 50% of the cost of investments that shrink the annual carbon footprint of an enterprise. Grants can be from £500 up to £5,000. They will not accept applications for projects where the total cost exceeds £24,999.
BEAS (BUSINESS ENERGY ADVICE SERVICE)
The Business Energy Advice Service (BEAS) is a pilot programme designed to help businesses save money and drive growth by providing free energy assessments and 50% match-funded grants.
There is no payback required on the grants, and BEAS is part of a broader government initiative aimed at reducing carbon emissions nationwide.
Regions running BEAS
Within the West Midlands Combined Authority area, this includes Birmingham, Solihull, Sandwell, Dudley, Walsall, Wolverhampton and Coventry.
Outside the West Midlands Combined Authority area, this includes Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent, Warwickshire, Worcestershire and The Marches (Herefordshire, Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin).
GREEN BUSINESS GRANTS - GROWTH HUB
Small and medium businesses and organisations in the Bath and North East Somerset, Bristol or South Gloucestershire local authority areas can apply for a grant to help with the purchase and install new products and equipment that reduce your carbon emissions, cut your utility costs and improve your energy efficiency.
Grant is available first come, first served with a total of £2 million made available. You can apply for a grant of up to £15,000. All projects are expected to take up to 6 months and must be completed and claimed by the end of March 2026 at the latest.
There has never been a better time than now to reduce your carbon footprint and energy bills.
We provide FREE site surveys to analyse your facilities current circumstances and then provide a FREE detailed summary of the savings you could make by switching to LED.