Workplace Charging Scheme
The Workplace Charging Scheme is the OZEV grant for chargepoints at work: 75% of the cost, up to £500 a socket, for up to 40 sockets.
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What does the grant cover?
Which describes your home?
Where do you park?
Pick a car to see its band and how much the dealer takes off. The eligible cars list shows every car.
Who are the chargepoints meant for?
£500a socket for public bodies, charities and businesses
£2,000a socket goes to colleges and state-funded schools
40sockets in total per organisation, no matter how many sites it has
From GOV.UK: the Workplace Charging Scheme listing on Find a Grant.
Workplace Charging Scheme Amounts
The grant covers 75% of what it costs to buy and fit the chargepoints, including VAT, with a cap per socket. The kind of organisation sets the rate.
| Organisation | Most a socket can get | Sockets | Who can use the chargepoints |
|---|---|---|---|
| Business | £500 | 40 across all sites | Staff and fleet vehicles, plus local residents outside working hours |
| Charity, public body or small accommodation business | £500 | 40 across all sites | Anyone: staff, visitors, guests or customers |
| State-funded school or college | £2,000 | 40 for each school or college | Anyone: staff, visitors, guests or customers |
Up to £350 a socket is paid for chargepoints fitted before 1 April 2026. A school voucher issued before that date still counts for up to £2,500 a socket.
Who Can Apply for the Workplace Charging Scheme?
Small accommodation businesses, public sector bodies, charities and businesses in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are all eligible to apply. Coverage does not extend to the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man.
You must have off-street parking, on the site itself or close by, that clearly belongs to the workplace. The landlord must agree to the chargepoints if you rent the building. Shared car parks are fine, as long as the chargepoint spaces belong to you.
A business has to prove the parking serves staff or fleet vehicles rather than customers. Home workers are covered by a different scheme: see the EV chargepoint grant.
Workplace Charging Scheme for Schools
Other state-funded education institutions, colleges and state-funded schools can get up to £2,000 a socket, with a limit of 40 sockets. For each school within an academy trust, the trust may claim up to 40 sockets.
The application needs numbers of staff and pupils, plus the school's reference number (in Scotland this is the SEED number) and the installer's OZEV number. Whatever email address is used, it has to come from the school's own email domain. The main scheme is the route for independent schools, at £500 a socket.
The Voucher: How It Works
A Site Survey
An OZEV-authorised installer will check whether the building's electrics can support the number of sockets you want.
Get your voucher
Complete the application online. Once your application succeeds, a voucher code arrives by email inside 5 working days.
Fitting and Claiming
The chargepoints are fitted by the installer, who also claims the grant. The voucher date starts a window of 180 days in which both must happen.
GOV.UK sets out the steps: how to apply for the Workplace Charging Scheme.
Workplace Charging Scheme Questions
When does the Workplace Charging Scheme close?
On 31 March 2027. GOV.UK describes this as the scheme's final year.
Can we ask for more than one voucher?
Yes. You may apply again, for extra sites or extra chargepoints, so long as the total does not exceed 40 sockets.
Are our chargepoints open to the public?
Yes, if that is what you want. Any chargepoint you open to the public has to meet the Public Chargepoint Regulations 2023.
Get quotes for workplace chargepoints
An OZEV-authorised installer surveys the site, which you need before you apply, and claims the grant once the chargepoints are fitted.