Registered providers
Social housing EICR: the 1 November 2026 deadline
The regulations covering private landlords since 2020 were extended to registered providers in 2025. Tenancies granted before 1 December 2025 need a first inspection, and a first check of equipment you supply, before 1 November 2026.
England. Extended by the Electrical Safety Standards in the Private Rented Sector (England) (Amendment) (Extension to the Social Rented Sector) Regulations 2025.
Where is the property?
The postcode tells us whether we cover you.
What you are getting
The 2025 regulations added two duties
The inspection duty, as it already applied privately
Inspection and testing at least every five years by a qualified person. Report to tenants, and to the authority on request.
A new duty on equipment the provider supplies
The genuinely new part. Equipment a registered provider supplies must be checked. Private landlords in England have no equivalent duty.
A higher penalty ceiling
The maximum penalty rose from £30,000 to £40,000 at the same time. It applies across the regulations, not only the new provisions.
A transitional deadline, not a rolling one
Tenancies granted before 1 December 2025 need both first checks done before 1 November 2026. The ordinary five-year cycle runs after that.
What you get
A report records circuits, codes and limitations
The verdict is the least useful part. What matters is the schedule of test results behind it, the coded observations, and an honest record of anything the inspection could not reach.
A ticked box and nothing else is a verdict with no working shown. Worth knowing before you accept one, whoever arranged it.
What the law says
Registered providers must inspect before November 2026
From the 2025 amendment regulations. The November 2026 date is a transitional deadline for tenancies that already existed, not a recurring one, after it the ordinary five-year cycle runs.
| Regulations in force | 1 November 2025 for most purposes |
|---|---|
| Applies to tenancies granted before 1 December 2025 | 1 May 2026 |
| First inspection and first equipment check | Before 1 November 2026 |
| Interval thereafter | No more than 5 years |
| Maximum financial penalty | £40,000 |
Sources
This describes the law in England. The Welsh and Scottish positions differ, Scotland's repairing standard also covers portable appliances, which the England duty on private landlords does not. It is general information, not legal advice. Last checked against the primary sources on 27 August 2026.
How it works
Stock needs a programme, not a booking
You are not booking one inspection. You are scheduling many against a fixed date. That starts with what is already on file.
Tell us the scale and the dates
How many properties, how many already hold a current report, and which tenancies predate 1 December 2025. The last sets your November deadline.
We match capacity, not a single electrician
A programme needs people who can work a schedule with access arrangements attached. That is not the same as a one-off inspection.
Access, which is the real constraint
Occupied stock, isolated supplies and repeat no-access visits are what slip a programme. Budget for second and third attempts.
Reports and confirmations back
Each with its schedule of results, and written confirmation where remedial work follows, inside the periods the regulations set.
Areas covered
We cover eight towns across north Derbyshire
Chesterfield and north Derbyshire. Stock across this area sits under several housing authorities, which matters for enforcement even though the duty itself is national.
Do we cover your postcode?
Type the first part, like S40 or DE45. No need for the whole thing.
Who does the work
Every electrician clears six checks
We do not carry out the inspection. We put you in touch with an electrician who does. An EICR is worth what the person signing it is worth, so these checks are the product. Each is verified against the issuing body's own register, not taken from a logo.
Competent to inspect and test
Inspection and testing carries its own qualification. A good installer is not automatically the right person to sign a report.
Registered with a competent person scheme
Checked on the scheme's own public register, not a badge on a website.
Public liability insurance, in date
We check the certificate and the expiry date, not just that one exists. A lapsed policy is the most common reason to turn someone away.
Reports that carry their schedule
We look at an electrician's reports before sending them a job. The schedule of results is the part worth checking.
Working to the current standard
BS 7671 as currently amended. The 2026 amendment changed what makes a report unsatisfactory, and not everyone has caught up.
A public record worth reading
We read what previous customers wrote instead of counting stars. We publish no figure of our own, because we have none.
Scheme registration and insurance details come with your quote, so you can check them against the public register yourself. How we choose electricians sets out every check, including what gets someone turned away.
Next step
Scope a social housing programme
Numbers, how many already hold a current report, and how many tenancies predate December 2025. We will scope it before quoting.
Questions
Social housing EICR questions
We are a registered provider. Did this definitely change?
Yes. The 2025 amendment regulations extended the inspection and testing duty to registered providers of social housing and added a duty in respect of electrical equipment the provider supplies. Both are new obligations, not restatements.
What is the deadline?
For tenancies granted before 1 December 2025, the first inspection and test of the installation and the first check of relevant electrical equipment must take place before 1 November 2026.
How is the equipment check different from the installation inspection?
The installation inspection covers the fixed wiring. The equipment duty covers electrical equipment the provider supplies, which a private landlord in England is not required to have checked at all. It is the clearest difference between the two regimes.
Is it realistic to get a programme done before November 2026?
It depends on how much stock already holds a current report, and on access. Send the numbers and you get a straight answer, not a booking.
Where do these dates come from?
The 2025 amendment regulations on legislation.gov.uk. They are cited in full on our regulations page, along with the date we last checked them, because two things in this area changed within the last twelve months.
Get a quote
Social housing enquiry
Roughly how many properties, how many already hold a current report, and how many tenancies were granted before December 2025.
- No cost, and no obligation to book anything
- Your details are never sold on or passed around
- A fixed price for the work described, in writing
Would rather talk it through? Leave a number in the form and say so in the details, and we will ring you rather than emailing back.
Other situations
The same inspection carries different duties
The inspection is the same piece of work whoever asks for it. What changes is the duty attached, and whether there is one at all.
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