Yes. Commercial solar PV, inverters, mounting systems, battery storage and EV charging equipment can be funded through asset finance, and we can approach our panel on your behalf. What we cannot do is tell you what the system will save you, how quickly it will pay for itself, or what return it will produce — those are matters for your installer and your accountant.
The funding question turns on how the system is installed and who owns it. Roof-mounted panels on a building you own are the most straightforward. Ground-mounted arrays, systems on leased premises, and installations where the landlord’s consent is needed all add complexity, and some lenders will not fund equipment fixed to a property they have no interest in.
Be careful with projections. Any savings or payback figures in a supplier’s proposal are estimates based on assumptions about generation, consumption patterns and future energy prices, none of which are certain. The finance payments, by contrast, are fixed and due regardless of what the system actually produces. Ask your installer to show the assumptions behind their numbers, and have your accountant sanity-check them.
On tax, capital allowances are normally available on qualifying plant and machinery, and solar and battery equipment often falls within that. Which route applies, and whether the allowances sit with you or with the funder, depends on the asset and on how it is financed — under hire purchase the business usually claims them, whereas under a finance lease they normally stay with the lessor. Grants, reliefs and incentive schemes are set by government, change from time to time, and are not something we advise on. Check the current position on gov.uk or with your accountant before you build any of it into your decision.
Finally, treat the technical due diligence as seriously as the financial. Roof condition and structural capacity, grid connection and export limits, and the installer’s track record and warranty position all matter. The lender decides whether to approve; we arrange, we do not lend.
This is general information, not tax advice. Confirm your own position with your accountant or HMRC.