Certificate write-up for UK electricians
You test, we type. Key the results into the app, photograph your sheet, or read them out: any of the three. Minor Works from £15, EICRs from £45, in your branding, back by 6pm the next working day, ready for you to check and sign.
| Cct | Designation | R1+R2 Ω | IR MΩ | Zs Ω | RCD ms |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lights down | 0.84 | >999 | 1.12 | 28 |
| 2 | Lights up | 0.91 | >999 | 1.19 | 27 |
| 3 | Sockets kitchen | 0.42 | >999 | 0.61 | 26 |
| 4 | Cooker | 0.28 | >999 | 0.43 | 25 |
| 5 | Shower 9.5kW | 0.19 | >999 | 0.31 | 22 |
How it works
Photograph the board with the cover off and the supply. Then give us the results however suits: key them into the app, photograph your test sheet, or read them out circuit by circuit. Add a two-minute voice note: client and address, extent and limitations, observations with your codes, next inspection date.
From the app, WhatsApp or email, from the van or the kitchen table. The app works with no signal and sends when you have one. We acknowledge within the hour, and if anything is missing we tell you straight away rather than guess.
Your certificate comes back as an unsigned PDF with a one-line note on anything that looked off. Read it against your sheet, sign it, send it to your client.
What comes back
Prices
All prices include VAT. Pay by card link on your first jobs; one invoice a month once you have an account.
| Certificate | Covers | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Minor Works | One circuit altered or added, single MEIWC | £15 |
| EIC | One board, up to 24 ways, schedules included | £35 |
| EICR | One board, up to 24 ways, up to 12 coded observations | £45 |
| Extra board | Each additional DB or sub-board | +£15 |
| Client pack | Remedial quote and covering letter, your branding | +£15 |
| Same-day | In by 1pm, back by 6pm | +50% |
| Commercial or multi-board | Quoted before we start | from £85 |
Account customers
One invoice a month on 14-day terms, same-day included twice a month, and a profile that means your certificates come out identical every time.
Corrections
One round of corrections within seven days is included. Fixing anything we typed wrong is always free. Changing results or codes you sent is a new order at half the price.
Standard turnaround runs from when the order is complete. Working days are Monday to Friday, excluding English bank holidays.
Is it worth it?
Example figures. Sole traders on the trade forums put a domestic EICR at three to four hours on site and one to two hours of typing afterwards, at £50 to £60 an hour. The 10% account discount is applied at five or more a month.
Who signs
CertBack is a document preparation service. We do not inspect, test or certify anything, and we never decide a code or an overall assessment. You remain the inspector or installer, your results stay yours, and every PDF leaves us unsigned with that printed on it. Our check for anomalies is a courtesy to save you a red face, not a review you can rely on.
Prepared by CertBack from results and observations supplied by the signatory, who remains solely responsible for the content of this certificate.
Printed in the footer of every page we send.
Questions
Check your scheme's rules first. Some schemes expect members to issue certificates on the scheme's own forms or through its online system, and we cannot log into a portal for you. Where a scheme has a PDF form, send it and we fill that. Otherwise we lay the certificate out to the BS 7671 model forms with your scheme number on it, and you decide whether that suits the job. Notification of notifiable work is yours.
A photo of the board with the cover off and the supply head, your test results, and a voice note covering the client, the address, the extent and limitations, your observations with codes and the next inspection date. Results can be keyed into the app, a photo of your sheet, or read out circuit by circuit in a set order; our how to order page gives you the order and a worked example. If anything is missing we hold the order and ask, rather than guess.
If it looks inconsistent, for example a Zs above the maximum for the stated device, we flag it in the note that comes back with the PDF. Whether to act on it is your call. We type what you give us, so the results are yours, and the certificate is yours once you sign it.
We process them only to prepare your documents, as your data processor under UK GDPR. Files sit in a dedicated, access-controlled folder and are deleted twelve months after delivery unless you ask otherwise. We never contact your clients.
Orders in by 6pm are back by 6pm the next working day. Same-day is in by 1pm, back by 6pm, for 50% extra. If we miss a same-day deadline you get the surcharge back; if we miss standard by more than a day, the order is free.
A card link comes with your first orders; nothing is sent until it has cleared. Once you are doing a few a month we set you up as an account customer with one invoice a month on 14-day terms.
Send a job
Send today's EICR and see what comes back tomorrow. Pilot customers pay half price for their first month in return for honest feedback and a line we can quote.
Photos, a short clip, your results keyed in, photographed or dictated, and a checklist so nothing is missing. Works with no signal and sends when you have one. Nothing to install from a store: open it on your phone and add it to your home screen.
Orders are read Monday to Friday, 7am to 8pm. Messages sent after 6pm count as the next working day.