Boost Your Benefits with The Charge Scheme

The Charge Scheme is an innovative and first-of-its-kind employee benefit that enables your employees to save thousands of pounds on the cost of their EV charging through salary sacrifice.

• Benefits

Charging Benefits Made Easy

The world of work has changed — and so have employee expectations. Today’s workforce wants benefits that align with their values. Whether it’s financial wellbeing, sustainability, or lifestyle support, your people are looking for employers who help them make smarter choices.

The Charge Scheme delivers on all three fronts:

  • Financial relief

    in a high-cost-of-living world

  • Support

    for greener, more sustainable travel choices

  • New benefit

    A brand new benefit that is aligned with employee values

Adding The Charge Scheme to your benefits package is simple, cost-free, and makes an immediate impact.

• How it works

How does it work?

The Charge Scheme has been designed as a simple and easy-to-use benefit, allowing companies to support their employees with their EV charging costs.

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Set up app & Charge Card in minutes

Employees pay for their public charging using The Charge Scheme app and card.

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Submit Monthly Mileage

Employees can submit mileage each month through our easy to use employee portal.

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Calculate Real Charging Cost

The Charge Scheme calculates all public and non-public charging costs instantly. 

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Adjust Payroll

We provide you with all the relevant payroll instructions to salary sacrifice the cost of charging.

Why HR Teams Love The Charge Scheme

  • Sustainability: Give employees who’ve made the switch to electric a real reward—help them save on the cost of charging while reinforcing your organisation’s net zero goals.

  • Meaningful savings: Employees can save £500 to £1,000 a year through salary sacrifice on their EV charging—at no cost to your business.

  • Boosts scheme uptake: When charging becomes cheaper, more employees say “yes” to your salary sacrifice or company car scheme.

  • No admin burden: We manage everything: onboarding, employee comms, payroll setup, and support. You just offer the benefit.

  • Fits into existing benefits: Works alongside your current EV provider. No disruption, no switching needed.

The Problem We Solve

Employees love the idea of electric cars, but the reality can be off-putting:

  • Expensive

    Public charging is expensive — often more than petrol

  • Inaccessible

    Not everyone can charge at home

  • EV costs

    EV running costs aren’t as low as they should be

The Charge Scheme fixes this, turning one of the biggest pain points in EV ownership into a major perk.

• What’s Included

What’s included with The Charge Scheme

We’ve designed The Charge Scheme to work for HR and benefits teams from day one.

In other words: less work for you, more value for your people.

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An EV charging benefit that enhances your existing company car scheme.

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All employee communications, onboarding, and admin are handled by us.

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Payroll-ready reports so deductions can be processed easily and accurately.

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A benefit that actively supports your sustainability, wellbeing, and engagement strategy.

• Get started

Bring Your Benefits to Life

If you’re looking for a benefit that’s relevant, future-proof, and cost-neutral to the business, The Charge Scheme is an ideal fit. It’s a solution that:

  • Saves employees money

  • Supports your sustainability and ESG goals

  • Strengthens your rewards strategy

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    Helps attract and retain top talent

Book a call to add The Charge Scheme to your benefits package today!

• FAQs

Frequently asked questions

  • Any business in the UK with a company car scheme is eligible for The Charge Scheme. You simply need to book a call with one of our Salary Sacrifice Specialists here, and we’ll get you set up.

  • Yes, but you can only save against 7p per mile, the current recommended government EV rate. We will ask you to confirm these details when you sign up.

  • With The Charge Scheme, you don't directly pay for charging your electric car - that's the beauty of the salary sacrifice scheme. You simply use The Charge Scheme app and card to track your EV charging, whether at home, work, or public charging stations. Your employer then makes a gross salary deduction before tax and National Insurance are calculated, saving you 20-50% on all your electric car charging costs. The system works seamlessly with any electric car and ensures maximum savings through HMRC-approved salary sacrifice arrangements.

  • Yes, The Charge Scheme card works with over 55,000 public charging points across the UK thanks to our partnership with PlugSurfing. This makes it one of the most versatile options for electric car owners who rely on public charging infrastructure. Additionally, The Charge Scheme is compatible with all home charging setups and workplace charging stations, ensuring complete flexibility regardless of where you choose to charge your electric car.

  • Under The Charge Scheme, you still pay for your electric car charging, but in a much more tax-efficient way. Your employer makes the payment through a salary sacrifice scheme, deducting the cost from your gross salary before tax and National Insurance contributions are calculated. This smart approach to EV charging costs means you benefit from savings of 20-50% on all your electric car charging expenses, making electric car ownership and running costs more affordable.

  • The salary sacrifice process for The Charge Scheme is straightforward. First, you opt in to salary sacrifice your electric car charging costs. Then, you use The Charge Scheme app and card to record all your charging activity. At the end of each month, The Charge Scheme provides your employer with payroll instructions for the gross salary deduction. Your employer implements this deduction from your salary before tax and National Insurance are calculated, resulting in savings of 20-50% on all your EV charging costs. The process integrates seamlessly with existing electric car salary sacrifice schemes and can be implemented by companies signed up with other salary sacrifice car schemes. 

  • The Charge Scheme card is an RFID-enabled charging card that provides access to over 55,000 public electric vehicle charging stations across the UK. This single card eliminates the need for multiple apps or cards, allowing you to start and stop charging sessions with a simple tap while automatically qualifying for 20-50% savings through salary sacrifice.

  • Yes, The Charge Scheme is compatible with any electric car, regardless of make, model, or how you acquired it. If you have an electric car through a company car scheme, or obtained through an electric car salary sacrifice scheme, you can benefit from The Charge Scheme.

    This universal compatibility ensures that all EV drivers in the UK can access the 20-50% savings on charging costs offered through salary sacrifice, making electric car ownership more affordable for everyone.

  • Charging your electric car at work is typically not free, but through The Charge Scheme, you can save 20-50% on all workplace charging costs. The scheme uses salary sacrifice to reduce the cost of charging at work, making it significantly more affordable.