About Heat Pump Installation Grants

Why this site exists

The £7,500 Boiler Upgrade Scheme is one of the most generous home energy grants the UK has ever run — and one of the worst communicated. The authoritative information is scattered across gov.uk, Ofgem's scheme documentation, the MCS standards, and three devolved administrations, none of which is written to be read by a householder deciding whether to replace a boiler. The space between gets filled by installer marketing (everything is wonderful), comment-section folklore (nothing works north of Watford), and articles written before the May 2024 rule changes that are now confidently wrong about insulation requirements. We built this site to be the boring middle: what each scheme pays, who qualifies, what the kit really costs after the grant, and where the catches are.

What we promise about the content

Current. Pages state the 2026 position: £7,500 BUS in England and Wales, Home Energy Scotland's grant-plus-loan package, the Northern Ireland gap, 0% VAT to 31 March 2027, and the post-May-2024 eligibility rules. When a fiscal event moves any of it, the pages move.

Sourced. Scheme mechanics follow the official guidance at gov.uk, Ofgem's published rules, and the MCS register at mcscertified.com. Cost figures reflect the real 2026 quote market, given as honest ranges rather than teaser prices.

Balanced. The myths page dismantles the folklore, and then lists the criticisms of heat pumps that are fair. The ground source page tells most semi owners not to buy ground source. If your circumstances don't suit a heat pump, that is the answer you'll get.

How the site makes money

Transparency matters on a site that asks for trust. When you use the eligibility checker, we connect you with MCS-certified installers who quote for your work, and we may receive a referral fee when that connection leads to business. The fee never changes your price — the grant deduction and quote come from the installer under scheme rules — and it never changes our content, which is written from the scheme documentation, not from whoever pays. You are equally welcome to read everything here and find your own installer directly through the MCS register; the installer guide shows you how.

How to use the site well

If you are starting cold, read three pages in order: the Boiler Upgrade Scheme guide for how the money moves, the eligibility page for whether it moves to you, and the cost page matching your preferred technology for what you would pay after it. If you already have quotes in hand, the MCS installer guide gives you the five questions that expose a weak design, and the running-costs page lets you sanity-check any savings claim against published arithmetic. Sceptics should start at the myths page — it was written for you, and it concedes the points worth conceding. And if your property is in Scotland or Northern Ireland, go straight to the country guide, because half of what you have read elsewhere about "UK" grants will not apply to you.

Who operates it

This site is operated by SEO Dons Ltd, a UK company that runs a network of plain-English renewable energy and grant guidance sites, including dedicated guides for Scottish and Welsh heat pump funding. Editorial questions, corrections, and scheme updates we've missed: info@heatpumpinstallationgrants.co.uk. We respond within one working day, and we genuinely appreciate corrections — accuracy is the entire product.