Terms of use
These terms govern your use of the Commercial Solar Finance website and any preliminary correspondence with us. The full terms of any engagement are set out separately in our engagement letter, which prevails over anything on this page.
Last updated: 4 May 2026.
1. Use of this website
The content on this site is provided for information only. It is general commentary on UK commercial solar finance structures, tax incentives, and regional funding routes — not personalised financial, tax, accounting, or legal advice. Worked examples are illustrative and based on representative numbers; actual figures will depend on your specific circumstances, supplier pricing, and the rates and reliefs in force at the time.
2. No advice without engagement
No advisory relationship is created by you reading this site or submitting an enquiry. Advice is given only after we have agreed scope, taken on the engagement in writing, and run the discovery and modelling steps. Where you act on the website content alone, you do so at your own risk and we accept no liability for the outcome.
3. Tax content
References on this site to the 50% First Year Allowance, the Annual Investment Allowance, the Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme, the Smart Export Guarantee, and any other tax or grant scheme are based on the rules in force on the last-updated date of the relevant page. Tax rules change. Always confirm the current position with your accountant or tax adviser before relying on any number on this site for an investment decision.
4. Independence
We do not accept manufacturer commissions, installer commissions, or lender introducer fees that are contingent on us recommending a specific counterparty. Our fee model is disclosed in our engagement letter — typically a fixed advisory fee plus a small implementation fee on financial close. Where we receive any payment from a lender or PPA provider during an engagement we will disclose it in writing before close.
5. FCA position
Most commercial solar finance falls outside the scope of FCA regulation because the borrower is a limited company rather than a consumer, and most relevant credit and lease products are exempt under the regulated activity rules. Where any product or activity is regulated, we say so explicitly and will only deal with FCA-authorised counterparties. Nothing on this site is, or is intended to be, a financial promotion or an offer of regulated products to consumers.
6. Intellectual property
All written content, design, and code on this site are owned by Commercial Solar Finance or licensed to us. You may share excerpts with attribution and a link back. You may not republish full pages, scrape the site for AI training data, or redistribute the content commercially.
7. Liability
To the fullest extent permitted by law, we exclude liability for any losses arising from your use of the website content in isolation from a written engagement. Nothing in these terms limits liability for fraud, fraudulent misrepresentation, or any liability that cannot be excluded by law.
8. Governing law
These terms are governed by the laws of England and Wales. The English courts have exclusive jurisdiction over any dispute arising from your use of the site.
9. Changes
We update these terms occasionally, particularly when tax rules change. The "last updated" date at the top of the page reflects the most recent revision.