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The register entry should match the business name, registration number and contractor offering the work.
Installation · UK
How to verify a qualified, registered home chargepoint installer
Verify the exact trading business and registration number against the applicable live registration scheme before you contract. Ask separately for evidence of EV chargepoint competence, the scope covered by that registration and current insurance. These checks help you choose who may quote, but every survey, design and fixed electrical task remains professional work.
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Key facts and evidence
As of 13 August 2026, UK home chargepoint buyers should verify the exact trading business against the applicable registration scheme and separately ask for EV chargepoint competence, scope and insurance evidence. These document checks are observation-only; they do not assess a design or make any fixed electrical work suitable for household DIY.
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General registration alone does not replace evidence that the contractor is competent for domestic EV chargepoint work.
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Keep dated register evidence, written scope information and insurance details with the quote and contract.
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Credential checking does not authorise the householder to assess, alter or test fixed electrical equipment.
Check a UK home chargepoint installer's identity, registration, EV competence, work scope and insurance before accepting a quote.
Match the legal and trading identity
Compare the quote, register entry and insurance evidence for the same business name and registration number. A vehicle dealer referral, online review or logo is not a substitute for a current matching record.
Ask what the registration covers
Request evidence that the contractor's competence and scheme scope cover domestic fixed EV chargepoint work at your type of property. Treat a refusal or an unexplained mismatch as a reason to pause selection.
Keep the electrical boundary intact
The owner can collect and compare credentials without touching equipment. Supply assessment, site-specific design, installation, commissioning and interpretation of electrical results stay with the named competent installer.
What to do next
Use the result only to decide whether the business should remain on your installer shortlist.
Immediate action: Match the quoted business to its live register entry before paying or signing.
- Pause if the business cannot be matched, the scope is unclear or current insurance evidence is withheld.
Checks that stay with this vehicle
Search the applicable registration scheme for the exact trading name and registration number.
The live entry matches the business named on the quote and identifies an appropriate work scope.
Stop the selection check if no current matching entry can be found.
Request written evidence of EV chargepoint competence, relevant scheme scope and current insurance.
The contractor provides documents that identify the same business and proposed type of work.
Stop if the contractor relies only on a badge, referral, review or verbal assurance.
Save a dated copy or screenshot of the register result with the quotation.
Your project file shows what was checked and when the contracting decision was made.
Stop if the evidence conflicts with the quote or cannot be attributed to the contracting business.
Do not infer from missing evidence
- Keep credential checking separate from every electrical design, inspection, installation and testing decision.
Professional hand-off
- Ask the applicable registration scheme to confirm membership or scope where the public record is unclear.
Questions this record can answer
What does the sourced evidence say about match the legal and trading identity?
Compare the quote, register entry and insurance evidence for the same business name and registration number. A vehicle dealer referral, online review or logo is not a substitute for a current matching record.
What does the sourced evidence say about ask what the registration covers?
Request evidence that the contractor's competence and scheme scope cover domestic fixed EV chargepoint work at your type of property. Treat a refusal or an unexplained mismatch as a reason to pause selection.
What does the sourced evidence say about keep the electrical boundary intact?
The owner can collect and compare credentials without touching equipment. Supply assessment, site-specific design, installation, commissioning and interpretation of electrical results stay with the named competent installer.