UK Charging Solutions

Measured conclusion: Deep-tested. L2 outcome: tools_ok.

UK business EV charging: council charger data, charge times, charger sizing, grants, host income.

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Copy this into your MCP client config:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "UK Charging Solutions": {
      "url": "https://ukchargingsolutions.co.uk/mcp",
      "transport": "streamable-http"
    }
  }
}

Measured tools (9)

• business_electricity_prices read-only

  Latest quarterly price per kWh paid by UK businesses for electricity, by annual-use size band, including and excluding the Climate Change Levy, from DESNZ QEP tables 3.4.1 and 3.4.2. Statistics, not a quote.

  Parameters:

  • band — string — Optional size band name, e.g. 'Small' (20-499 MWh a year); leave out for all bands

  Hints: read-only yes · destructive not declared · idempotent not declared · open-world no

• commercial_solar_cost read-only

  Average cost per kW for 10-50 kW solar (DESNZ, from MCS records), yearly generation at a reference city (PVGIS) and simple payback at the DESNZ small-business electricity price, for a Great Britain region.

  Parameters:

  • region (required) — string — Region name or slug, e.g. 'East of England' or 'east-of-england'
  • kw — number — System size in kW (default 30)

  Hints: read-only yes · destructive not declared · idempotent not declared · open-world no

• charging_cost read-only

  Cost of one charge, per mile and per 100 miles at the UK home price cap rate and average public and rapid pay-as-you-go prices (dated sources), plus an optional own price.

  Parameters:

  • battery_kwh (required) — number — Battery size in kWh
  • start_percent (required) — number — Start charge in percent
  • end_percent (required) — number — Target charge in percent
  • price_pence — number — Optional own price in pence per kWh

  Hints: read-only yes · destructive not declared · idempotent not declared · open-world no

• area_charging_facts read-only

  Public and rapid EV chargers, chargers per 100,000 people, UK rank and plug-in vehicles for a UK council area, from Department for Transport data (EVCI0102, VEH0142).

  Parameters:

  • council (required) — string — Council name or slug, e.g. 'South Norfolk' or 'south-norfolk'

  Hints: read-only yes · destructive not declared · idempotent not declared · open-world no

• charging_time read-only

  How long an electric car takes to charge between two battery levels at a given charger power, with energy and approximate miles added.

  Parameters:

  • battery_kwh (required) — number — Battery size in kWh
  • start_percent (required) — number — Start charge in percent
  • end_percent (required) — number — Target charge in percent
  • charger_kw (required) — number — Charger power in kW
  • dc — boolean — True for a DC (rapid) charger
  • car_ac_kw — number — Car's maximum AC charging rate in kW (default 11)
  • car_dc_kw — number — Car's maximum DC charging rate in kW (default 150)

  Hints: read-only yes · destructive not declared · idempotent not declared · open-world no

• charger_size read-only

  Suggests the slowest standard charger that adds the wanted miles within a typical stay, and the total load if every bay charges at once.

  Parameters:

  • dwell_minutes (required) — number — Typical stay in minutes
  • miles_wanted (required) — number — Miles drivers want to add
  • bays (required) — number — Number of charging bays

  Hints: read-only yes · destructive not declared · idempotent not declared · open-world no

• host_income_estimate read-only

  Compares upfront cost, yearly income and payback for fully funded, part funded and self funded chargers. Any input left out uses the example figures from the site's calculator; state the assumptions to the user.

  Parameters:

  • bays — number — Charging bays
  • price_pence — number — Price to drivers in pence per kWh
  • energy_pence — number — Site electricity cost in pence per kWh
  • capex_per_bay — number — Equipment and installation in pounds per bay
  • grant_per_bay — number — Grant in pounds per bay
  • kwh_per_session — number — Energy per session in kWh
  • running_per_bay_per_year — number — Software and maintenance in pounds per bay per year
  • sessions_per_bay_per_day — number — Sessions per bay per day

  Hints: read-only yes · destructive not declared · idempotent not declared · open-world no

• grant_check read-only

  Checks the Workplace Charging Scheme grant and the 100% first-year allowance for EV chargepoints, with official sources and checked dates.

  Parameters:

  • org (required) — string — One of: business, charity, public, accommodation, school, home, landlord
  • tax (required) — string — One of: ct (Corporation Tax), it (Income Tax), none
  • sockets (required) — number — Number of charging sockets
  • cost (required) — number — Total cost of chargers and installation including VAT, in pounds
  • in_uk — boolean — Site is in England, Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland (default true)
  • off_street — boolean — Chargers on the organisation's own off-street parking (default true)

  Hints: read-only yes · destructive not declared · idempotent not declared · open-world no

• submit_enquiry

  Sends the user's site details to UK Charging Solutions, which may pass them to an installer partner that may pay a referral fee. Only call this when the user asked to be contacted and agreed to share these details. Returns ok true when sent.

  Parameters:

  • name (required) — string — Contact name
  • email (required) — string — Contact email
  • postcode (required) — string — Site postcode
  • site_type (required) — string — Type of site; one of the listed values
  • consent_to_share (required) — boolean — Must be true: the user agreed to their details being shared with an installer partner
  • goal — string — What the user most wants from the site (optional); one of the listed values
  • phone — string — Contact phone (optional)
  • message — string — Anything else about the site (optional)
  • business — string — Business name
  • interest — string — What the user wants; one of the listed values

  Hints: read-only no · destructive no · idempotent no · open-world yes

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