Check if your business is eligible for a BEAS grant

To be eligible for the BEAS programme, your business must be in the West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) area, which includes:

• Birmingham
• Solihull
• Sandwell
• Dudley
• Walsall
• Wolverhampton
• Coventry

Check if your business postcode is eligible

Your business must also:

• be a micro or small to medium sized enterprise (SME), which means it has:
  • fewer than 250 employees and an annual turnover of less than €50 million, or
  • a balance sheet total under €43 million
• have used at least 25,000 kWh of energy (electricity and/or gas) in the last 12 months
• be a commercial entity or profit-seeking enterprise, such as a:
  • partnership
  • limited company
  • community interest company (CIC)
• operate from a registered commercial address not a residential property
• be responsible for paying your business energy bills for at least 12 months
• be officially registered and active for at least 12 months, with financial records demonstrating operational activity

Sole traders are not eligible for a grant.

If you are not eligible for a BEAS grant

You may be able to get support through the West Midlands Grant Programme.

If you need more information

For Birmingham, Dudley, Sandwell, Solihull and Walsall and Wolverhampton based businesses, email: wmgp@birmingham.gov.uk

For Coventry based businesses, complete the business finance and support enquiry form or email: business@coventry.co.uk

Page last updated: 6 August 2025