Check if your manufacturing site qualifies for BICS

First name Company nameCompanies House number (optional, speeds up our check) Business email

Optional, but it helps us answer faster

Is the business registered at Companies House?Is the manufacturing site in Great Britain?Approximate annual grid electricity use Roughly how much of that electricity is used to make the products you sell?

The exemption is banded on this: 25% or less gives no exemption, a quarter to a half gives 50%, and more than half gives 100%.

What do you make at the site SIC code if known Anything else we should know?

This is a preliminary assessment, not a government eligibility decision. Your result is indicative only and final eligibility is determined under the BICS scheme. We reply by email; no telephone call is required.

Before you start

The check is designed to identify businesses that appear to meet the core BICS criteria and may benefit from specialist application support. Answer what you can: we look your company up on the Companies House register ourselves.

Great Britain manufacturing site
Companies House registration
Manufacturing activity and product information
Electricity consumption information

Free initial assessment

What happens next

You give us three details. We check your company on the Companies House register, read your registered SIC code against the Government’s published list of eligible sectors, and email you what we find. There is no charge for that and no telephone call.