Merton Business Energy Efficiency Support Scheme
Please note that we are no longer accepting new Expressions of Interest for Merton’s Business Energy Efficiency Support Scheme. Businesses that have already submitted an Expression of Interest and received their energy audit will still be able to submit a grant application ahead of the 25th May deadline.
The Merton Business Energy Efficiency Support Scheme will provide energy audits and match-funded grants for local businesses. Once an eligible business has submitted an Expression of Interest they may receive an energy audit which recommends measures to improve their energy efficiency. After receiving their energy audit report, businesses will be able to apply for match-funded grants (providing at least 50% of funding themselves).
The match-funded grants will fund energy efficiency improvements to buildings and / or plant to support local businesses in Merton in reducing their operational costs (e.g. energy bills) and emissions. The audit and grants will be funded by the London Borough of Merton.
The London Borough of Merton has partnered with Groundwork to deliver advice and support for energy audits and grants. Groundwork works with communities and businesses throughout London supporting carbon reduction and improving environmental awareness whilst considering the economic benefits that can come with such work. They have over 25 years of experience supporting communities in a range of ways and are eager to support businesses in Merton to benefit from this programme.
The key objectives and outcomes of the scheme are to:
- Engage and educate businesses on the benefits of making energy efficiency improvements.
- Undertake detailed energy audits of the premises and plant of engaged businesses and provide them with a tailored energy savings plan.
- Align business support with a match-funded grant programme that helps businesses overcome cost barriers to energy efficiency improvements.
- Enable a reduction in operational running costs for businesses in Merton.
- Enable a reduction in carbon emissions from commercial properties to support Merton’s borough-wide 2050 net-zero target.
You can find more information in our prospectus below.
What support is available?
Businesses that meet the eligibility criteria (small and medium size enterprises in the London Borough of Merton that pay their own energy bills) are able to request an Energy Audit. A Business Energy Efficiency Audit provides a detailed assessment of how your business consumes energy and identifies opportunities to reduce waste, cut costs, and improve sustainability.
Businesses who have had an Energy Efficiency Audit will be able to apply for between £3,000 and £15,000 for interventions which have been set out in an Audit report, as long as they are able to fund at least 50% of the overall cost of the works. Prospective grantees will be supported through the application process by Groundwork’s grants team as described in the prospectus.
If you have not received an energy efficiency audit from a Certified Energy Auditor, you may be able to apply for a grant, but you must first contact Groundwork to discuss evidence for your proposal.
Please note that you will need to provide at least two itemised quotes for all grant funded works proposed in your grant application, unless you have very robust reasoning not to. If you do not have this, your application may not be considered for funding.
You will be provided with a link to our online application portal when you receive your audit report, or following a discussion with Groundwork, but you can review the Application Questions and Guidance below.
If you have already identified potential energy efficiency interventions for your business, you may want to seek itemised quotes for the proposed works ahead of receiving an audit report, in order to speed up your application submission.
Please note that all applications must be made through the portal link, we are not able to accept applications in any other forms.
For a simple guide to the application process, please view the Four-Step Application Process document below.
Please note that, ahead of the final application deadline, we will be closing expressions of interest on 13th April 2026.
If you are interested in the scheme, please ensure you submit an expression of interest by this date.
Key Dates
| Programme launch | 30 October 2025 |
| Programme Workshop 1 | 17 November, 2pm |
| First Deadline for grant applications | 15 December 2025 |
| Second Deadline for grant applications | 2 February 2026 |
| Third Deadline for grant applications | 2 March 2026 |
| Deadline for Expressions of Interest | 13 April 2026 |
| Fourth Deadline for grant applications | 25 May 2026 |
| All grant supported works completed | 16 November 2026 |
| All monitoring submitted by grantees | 30 November 2026 |
Please note that the first deadline has been extended by a week from 8th December to 15th December.
Please note that grant funding for Merton businesses is limited and allocated to eligible applications on a first come, first served basis.
This may result in all monies being allocated prior to the later grant application deadlines. Where this happens, this will be made clear on the webpages.
We therefore suggest that grant applications are made as promptly as possible after receiving audit reports.
In our Programme Workshops, we will be providing information on the support available and how the scheme works as a whole, alongside guidance on the audit and grant stages of the programme.
We are holding an online Application Workshop on Zoom on Wednesday 1st April 2026 at 12pm. Please click on the link below to register your attendance.
You can watch a recording of our previous Application Workshop below, to help you prepare a strong submission.
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Contact
If you need any assistance or have any queries, please contact Groundwork on MertonBEESS@groundwork.org.uk, or 0207 239 1390.
