Guidance
Contracts for Difference (CfD) and renewables obligation (RO): list of companies awarded an exemption
Updated 22 September 2025
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Companies awarded a certificate for an exemption from a proportion of the costs of funding the Contracts for Difference (CFD) and the renewables obligation (RO) as at 16 September 2025.
2025
| Company name |
|---|
| 2 Agriculture Milling Limited |
| 7 Steel UK Limited (Formerly Celsa Manufacturing (UK) Limited) |
| A Schulman Gainsborough Limited |
| A Schulman Inc |
| A V Injection Limited |
| A&K Ecofilm Limited |
| A. Poucher And Sons (Bardney Dairies) Limited |
| A. Schulman Thermoplastic Compounds Limited |
| Accuma Plastics Limited |
| ADM Milling Limited |
| Advanced Elastomer Systems Limited |
| AEI Compounds Limited |
| Aeromet International Limited |
| Aerplas (UK) Limited |
| AGC Chemicals Europe Limited |
| Ahlstrom-Munksjö Chirnside Limited |
| Aintree Plastics Limited |
| Air Liquide UK Limited |
| Air Products (BR) Limited |
| Airflo Fishing Products Limited |
| Airtech Advanced Materials UK Limited (Formerly Cosmotec Nonwovens Limited) |
| Albea Creative UK Limited |
| Aliaxis UK Limited |
| Allied Mills Limited |
| Alltrista Plastics Limited |
| Alma Products Limited |
| Alpek Polyester UK Limited |
| Alpla UK Ltd |
| Alvance British Aluminium Ltd |
| Amann Threads UK Limited |
| Amcor Flexibles Swansea Limited |
| Amcor Packaging UK Limited |
| AMG Alpoco UK Limited |
| Amnack Limited |
| Anglia Maltings (Holdings) UK Limited |
| Api Transfer Technologies Ltd |
| Aptar UK Limited |
| Aquapak Polymers Ltd |
| Arconic Manufacturing (GB) Limited |
| Ardagh Glass Ltd |
| Ardagh Metal Packaging Limited |
| Arden Wood Shavings Limited |
| Arjobex Polyart Limited |
| Ast Plastic Containers UK LLP |
| Auria Solutions UK Ltd |
| Autoneum Great Britain Limited |
| Avon Metals Limited |
| Ball Aerosol Packaging UK Limited |
| Ball Beverage Packaging UK Ltd |
| Banham Poultry |
| Basell Polyolefins UK Ltd |
| Batley Foundry Limited |
| Bedmax Limited |
| Bekaert Bradford UK Limited |
| Bericap UK Limited |
| Bernard Matthews Limited |
| Berry UK Containers |
| Berwin Rubber Company Limited |
| Big Bear Plastic Products Limited |
| Big Time Soft Drinks Limited |
| BIP (Oldbury) Limited |
| Bischof & Klein (UK) Limited |
| Blowplast Limited |
| Boal UK Limited |
| BOC Ltd |
| Bolton Plastic Components Limited |
| Borgers Limited |
| Bourns Limited |
| Bovill & Boyd (Technical Mouldings) Limited |
| Brecon Carreg Ltd |
| Breedon Cement Limited |
| Bridge Aluminium Ltd |
| Bridgnorth Aluminium Limited |
| Bridon International Ltd |
| Brightgreen Plastics Limited |
| British Cables Company Limited |
| British Polythene Limited |
| British Steel Limited |
| British Sugar Plc |
| Broadex Technologies UK Limited |
| Bromford Iron Ltd |
| Brookhouse Aerospace Limited |
| BSC Diecasting & Finishing Ltd |
| C M Varley & Co Limited |
| Cabot Carbon Ltd |
| Calder Carpets Ltd |
| Canlin Castings Limited |
| Canpack UK Limited |
| Carclo Technical Plastics Limited |
| Carlton Die Castings Limited |
| Carrs Billington Agriculture (Operations) Limited |
| Carr’s Flour Mills Limited |
| CastAlum Limited |
| Casting Support Systems Limited |
| Castings PLC (incorporating William Lee Limited) |
| Castle Cement Limited |
| Cedo Limited |
| Celanese Production UK Limited |
| Cemex UK Cement Limited |
| Centriforce Products |
| Cerdic Foundries Limited |
| CF Fertilisers UK Limited |
| Champion Mouldings Limited |
| Charles Jackson & Co. Limited |
| Chase Plastics Ltd |
| Chess Plastics Ltd |
| Civil & Marine Limited |
| Clas-Sic Wafer Fab Ltd |
| Clean Tech UK Limited |
| Cleveland Potash Limited |
| Coba Automotive (UK) Limited |
| Cold Move Limited |
| Coleshill Aluminium Limited |
| Concept Plastic Packaging Limited |
| Corplex Plastics UK Ltd |
| Counterplas Limited |
| Coveris Louth Limited |
| Coveris Winsford Limited |
| CPL Limited |
| Craemer UK Limited |
| Crown Chicken Limited |
| Crown Packaging Manufacturing UK Limited |
| Dasca Limited |
| Davidson Brothers (Shotts) Limited |
| Dellner Glass Solutions Limited |
| Derby Polythene Limited |
| Derek Lambert Polythene Limited |
| Deritend International Limited |
| Desch Plantpak Ltd |
| Devon Valley Limited |
| Diodes Semiconductors GB Limited |
| DLR Elastomer Engineering |
| Don & Low Limited |
| Donington Plastics Limited |
| Dow Silicones UK Limited |
| Dragon Packaging Limited |
| DS Smith Paper Limited |
| Dual Seal Glass Limited |
| Dugdale Nutrition Limited |
| Duo Plastics |
| Dura Automotive |
| Dynex Semiconductor Limited |
| E B Bradshaw & Sons Limited |
| Eagley Plastics Limited |
| East Coast Viners Grain (Drumlithie) Limited |
| Echo Packaging Limited |
| Ecobat Resources UK Limited |
| Egger (UK) Limited and Campact Limited |
| Electric Glass Fiber UK Limited |
| Element Six Technologies Ltd |
| Elkes Biscuits Limited |
| EMKA Profiles Limited |
| Encirc Limited |
| Energybuild Ltd |
| Enersys Ltd |
| Engineered Foam Products Limited |
| Entek International Limited |
| Envases (UK) Ltd |
| Enviropax Ltd |
| Envirowales Limited |
| Epigem Limited |
| Epsotech UK Limited |
| ESG Group Limited |
| Essar Oil UK Ltd |
| Essex Injection Mouldings Limited |
| Essity Holding UK Ltd |
| Esterform Packaging Ltd |
| Esterpet Packaging Ltd |
| Eternis Fine Chemicals UK Limited |
| Etex UK Insulation Ltd - formerly Superglass Insulation |
| Eurac Poole Limited |
| Eurocell Profiles Limited |
| Evtec Aluminium Limited |
| Exception PCB Ltd |
| Exlabesa Extrusions (Doncaster) Limited |
| Ezeflow United Kingdom Limited |
| F Bender Limited |
| F.D. Sims Limited |
| F.W.P. Matthews Limited |
| Faerch Durham Limited |
| Faltec Europe Ltd |
| Fibre Technology Limited |
| Fine Organics Limited |
| First Circle Packaging Limited |
| Firsteel Limited |
| Firth Rixson Metals Limited |
| Fischbach (UK) Limited |
| Flambeau Europlast Ltd |
| Flexfilm Ltd |
| Flexipol Packaging Limited |
| Flowtech Precision Mouldings Limited |
| Forfarmers UK Limited |
| Formica Limited |
| Fourstones Paper Mill Company Limited |
| Frank Mercer & Sons Ltd |
| Fse Foundry Limited |
| Furlong Mills |
| Fusion Group Limited |
| G W Atkins & Sons Ltd |
| GA Pet Food Partners Limited |
| Generation Phoenix Limited |
| Geo Speciality Chemicals UK Ltd |
| George Taylor & Co (Hamilton) Limited |
| Glassflake Limited |
| Glatfelter Caerphilly Ltd |
| Glatfelter Lydney Ltd |
| Glen Foundry Ltd |
| Gold Star Services Limited |
| Goodfish (North West) Limited |
| Goodwin Steel Castings Limited |
| GPI Highbridge Limited |
| Graphic Packaging International Europe UK Ltd |
| Graphic Packaging International Foodservice Europe Ltd |
| Greenergy Biofuels Ltd |
| Greenergy Biofuels Teesside Ltd |
| Greif UK Plastics Ltd (Formerly Ipackchem Limited) |
| GS Yuasa Battery Manufacturing UK Ltd |
| Guala Closures UCP Limited |
| Guardian Industries U.K. Limited |
| H&E Smith Ltd |
| Hamlyns of Scotland Limited |
| Hamsard 3774 |
| Hanmere Polythene Ltd |
| Harrogate Spring Water Limited |
| Haworth Scouring Company Limited |
| HCF Poultry Limited |
| Heritage Envelopes Limited |
| Hexcel Reinforcements UK Limited |
| Heygates Country Feeds Limited |
| Heygates Limited |
| Higher Kings Mill Limited |
| Hilger Crystals Limited |
| HLB Plastics Limited |
| Hoben International Limited |
| Holcim UK Cement Limited (Formerly Lafarge Cauldon Limited) |
| Holmen Board & Paper Limited (formerly Holmen Iggesund Paperboard Limited) |
| Holmes Halls (Processors) Limited |
| Hubron (International) Ltd |
| Huhtamaki UK Limited |
| Huntsman Corp UK Ltd |
| Huntsman Polyurethanes (UK) Limited |
| Hydro Aluminium UK Limited |
| Ian Mosey (Feed) Limited |
| Ibstock Manufacturing Services Limited |
| Iconichem Widnes Limited |
| IFG Drake Ltd |
| Imerys Aluminates Limited |
| Imerys Minerals Limited |
| Imperial Polythene Products Limited |
| Industrial Chemicals Ltd |
| Ineos Chemicals Grangemouth Limited |
| Ineos FPS Limited |
| Ingospec Aluminium Ltd |
| Innovia Films Limited |
| IPL Plastics (UK) Ltd.(One51 ES Plastics (UK) Ltd) |
| IQE (Europe) Limited |
| IQE Silicon Compounds Limited |
| IXYS UK Westcode Limited |
| J. And A. Young (Leicester) Limited |
| J.H. Lavender & Company Limited |
| J. Stobart & Sons Limited |
| Jack Brand Limited |
| Jacksons Bakery Limited |
| James Cropper Speciality Papers Ltd |
| James Durrans Power Process Ltd |
| JC Atkinson And Son Limited |
| JFC Plastics Limited |
| Jiffy Packaging Company Limited |
| JKL Mouldings Limited |
| John Hellyar & Co. Limited |
| Johnson Matthey Hydrogen Technologies Limited |
| Joseph and Jesse Siddons Limited |
| JVM Castings (Worcester) Limited |
| K B Extruders |
| Kalsi Plastics (UK) Limited |
| Kea-Flex Mouldings Limited |
| Kemira Chemicals (UK) Limited |
| Kenda Manufacturing GB Limited |
| Kennametal Manufacturing Limited |
| Kimberly Clark Limited |
| Kite Glass Ltd |
| Kiveton Park Steel Ltd |
| KLE Plastics & Recycling Ltd |
| Klockner Pentaplast Limited |
| Knauf Insulation Limited |
| KPFF Ltd |
| Kronospan Limited |
| Labone Castleside Limited |
| Langstone Plastics Ltd |
| Lanxess Chemical Limited |
| Lax & Shaw Limited |
| Ledwell Plastics |
| Leeways Group Limited |
| Leigh Spinners Limited |
| Lewis & Towers Ltd |
| Lhoist UK Limited & Steetley Dolomite Limited |
| Liberty Steel Dalzell Ltd |
| Lindal Valve Company Limited |
| Linpac Packaging Limited |
| LKAB Minerals Limited |
| Lloyds Animal Feeds (Piercebridge) Limited |
| Lloyds Animal Feeds (Western) Limited |
| Logoplaste UK Limited |
| Longcliffe Quarries Limited |
| Lupton & Place Limited |
| Luxus Ltd |
| LY Manufacturing Limited |
| Maelor Foods Limited |
| Magna International Holding (UK) Limited |
| Magnavale Limited |
| Maier UK Limited |
| Mail Solutions UK Limited |
| Maizecor Foods Limited |
| Makin Metal Powders (UK) Limited |
| Marcegaglia (UK) Limited |
| Marcegaglia Stainless Sheffield Ltd |
| Marpak Extrusions Limited |
| Massey Bros (Feeds) Ltd |
| Massmould Ltd |
| Matrix Polymers Limited |
| Maynard & Harris Plastics |
| MBA Polymers United Kingdom Limited |
| McLeod Aggregates Limited |
| Melba Products Ltd |
| Mergon UK Limited |
| Mersen Scotland Holytown Limited |
| Metalysis Limited |
| Mexichem Speciality Compounds Ltd |
| MI Glass Limited |
| Micron Alloy Castings Ltd |
| Mil-Ver Metal Company Limited |
| Minteq UK Limited |
| Mitras Automotive (UK) Limited |
| Mollertech Limited |
| Monpet Extrusion Limited |
| Montgomery Waters Limited |
| Mornflake Oats Limited |
| Moss Products Plastics Limited |
| Motive Fuels Limited |
| Moulded Fibre Products Limited |
| Mylar Specialty Films UK Limited (Formerly DuPont Teijin Films UK Ltd) |
| Natrium Holdings Limited |
| Naylor Drainage Limited |
| NDC Polipak Limited |
| Nelipak Elsham Ltd |
| Newby Foundries Ltd |
| Niche Fused Magnesia Limited |
| Nippon Gases UK Limited |
| Nolato Jaycare Limited |
| Norfran Limited |
| Norit (UK) Limited |
| Norpol Recycling Limited |
| Northeast Nutrition Scotland Limited |
| Northumbria Blow Mouldings Limited |
| Northwood Tissue (Chesterfield) Limited |
| Northwood Tissue (Disley) Limited |
| Northwood Tissue (Lancaster) Limited |
| Norton Cast Products Limited |
| NWF Agriculture Limited |
| Oakes Millers Ltd |
| Octric Semiconductors Limited (Formerly II-VI Compound Semiconductors Limited) |
| O-I Glass Limited |
| Omya UK Limited |
| Oxford Plastic Systems Limited |
| P J B Glass Group Limited |
| Padley & Venables Limited |
| Palm Paper Limited |
| Palram DPL Limited |
| Palram Polycarb Limited |
| Patterson and Rothwell Limited |
| Pauls Malt Ltd |
| Pelta Papers Limited |
| Pennine Manufacturing Limited |
| Permali Gloucester |
| Perspex International Ltd |
| PFF Packaging (Keighley) Limited |
| PFF Packaging (Sedgefield) Limited |
| PIL Membranes Limited |
| Pilkington United Kingdom Limited |
| PLASgran Ltd |
| Plastek UK Ltd |
| Plastic Supplies Dudley Limited |
| Plastic Technology Services Ltd |
| Plastipak UK Ltd |
| Plessey Semiconductors Limited |
| PMJ Foods UK Ltd |
| Polyfoam XPS Limited |
| Polymer Extrusion Technologies (UK) Ltd |
| Polymermedics Limited |
| Polyram U.K. Limited |
| Polystar Plastics Limited |
| Polytech Liquid Polymer |
| Portals Paper Limited (Formerly Portals de la Rue Limited) |
| Povoas Packaging Ltd |
| PQ Silicas UK Limited |
| Preston Board and Packaging Ltd |
| Primex Plastics Limited |
| Prismo Road Markings Limited |
| Proampac Elsham Public Limited Company |
| Proampac Lincoln Limited |
| Proampac Security Products Limited |
| Profine UK Ltd |
| Proplas 2008 Ltd |
| Puffin Energy Ltd |
| R Plevin Ltd |
| R. Gledhill Limited |
| Radius Systems Limited |
| Rank Hovis Milling Limited |
| Ravago Building Solutions UK Ltd |
| Ravago Manufacturing UK Limited |
| Really Useful Products Ltd |
| Recycled Plastics (UK) Limited |
| Recyplas Limited |
| Reed Boardall Cold Storage Ltd |
| Rettenmaier UK Manufacturing Limited |
| RGE Engineering Limited |
| Robinson Brothers Limited |
| Robinson Plastic Packaging Limited |
| Rosehill Manufacturing Ltd |
| Rosti UK Limited |
| Roxane UK Limited |
| Roy Kirkham & Co. Limited |
| RPC Containers Limited |
| S P Woolhouse and Sons Limited |
| SABIC UK Petrochemicals Limited |
| Saffil Limited |
| Saica Paper UK Ltd |
| Saint Gobain Glass (United Kingdom) Limited |
| Saint-Gobain Isover UK Limited |
| Sappi Rockwell Solutions Limited |
| Saria Limited |
| Satco Plastics Limited |
| Scotmalt Limited |
| Scott Precision Wire Ltd |
| Seda UK Limited |
| Sedamyl UK Limited |
| Seevent Plastics Limited |
| Semefab Limited |
| SGL Carbon Fibers Ltd |
| Shakespeare Monofilament UK Ltd |
| Shalam Packaging Limited |
| Shalam Thermoforming (UK) Limited |
| Shapers Technologies UK Limited |
| Sharpak Bridgwater Limited |
| Sharpak Yate Limited |
| Sheffield Forgemasters International Ltd |
| Shepley Springs Limited |
| Sibelco UK Limited |
| Silgan Closures UK Limited |
| Simpsons Malt Limited |
| Singleton Birch Limited |
| Siva Plastics Limited |
| Sivers Photonics Limited |
| Skymark Packaging International Ltd |
| Smurfit Westrock UK Ltd (Formerly Smurfit Kappa UK Ltd) |
| Sofidel UK Limited |
| Solar Nonwovens Limited |
| Sonoco Cores & Paper Ltd |
| Soufflet Bairds Malt Ltd (Formally: Soufflet Malt UK Ltd) |
| SPC Europe Ltd |
| Special Melted Products Limited |
| Special Metal Wiggin Limited |
| Speciality Steel UK Ltd |
| Spring Valley Trading Limited |
| Spunalloys Limited |
| St Johns Packaging (UK) Limited |
| Sterilin Limited |
| Sterling Polymers Ltd |
| Stoelzle Flaconnage Ltd |
| StoreLogs Ltd (The Ice Co Storage & Logistics Limited) |
| Strata Products Limited |
| Sumika Polymer Compounds UK Limited |
| Sundolitt Limited |
| Sundown Products Limited |
| Sunmagic Juices Limited |
| Surface Transforms PLC |
| Suzuki Garphyttan Limited |
| Synthite (Mold) Limited |
| Tandom Metallurgical Group |
| Tarmac Cement and Lime Limited |
| Tata Steel UK Limited |
| Tech Folien |
| Temco Wire Products Limited (Formerly Leoni Temco Limited) |
| Tensar Manufacturing Limited |
| Tepeo Limited |
| The Alloy Steel Melting Company Limited |
| The Authentic Food Company Ltd |
| The Brockmoor Foundry Company Limited |
| Thermodynamix Thermoforming Specialist Services Limited |
| Thermotec Plastics Limited |
| Thermotraffic Ltd |
| Thomas Chadwick & Sons |
| Thomas Dudley Foundry Limited |
| Thumbs-up (Bury) Limited |
| Timet UK Limited |
| Tivac Alloys Ltd |
| TML Housewares Limited |
| Tolsa UK Limited |
| Tough Glaze Ltd |
| Trans-Continental Marketing Ltd |
| Transition International Ltd |
| Trioworld UK Limited (prev. Eurofilms) |
| Triplast Limited |
| Tronox Pigment UK Limited |
| TS (UK) Limited |
| Tufwell Glass Ltd |
| UK Battery Industrialisation Centre |
| Ulster Yarns Limited |
| Ultimet Films Limited |
| Ultra Tough Limited |
| Unifrax Limited |
| Union Electric Steel UK Limited |
| United Cast Bar (UK) Ltd |
| UPM-Kymmene (UK) Ltd |
| Urenco Chemplants |
| Urenco UK Limited |
| URM (UK) Limited |
| Vale Europe Limited |
| Vanguard Foundry Limited |
| Venator Materials UK Limited |
| Veolia ES Plastics UK Limited |
| VIP-Polymers Limited |
| Vishay Newport Limited (formerly trading as Nexperia Newport Limited) |
| Viva Nylons Limited |
| W. & H. Marriage & Sons Limited |
| W.E Rawson Limited |
| W.L. Duffield and Sons Ltd |
| Warden Plastics Limited |
| Weener Plastics Norwich Limited |
| Weidmann Whiteley Ltd |
| Wells Performance Materials Ltd |
| Wepa UK Limited |
| Werit U.K. Limited |
| West Fraser Europe Ltd |
| What More UK Limited |
| Whitworth Bros. Limited |
| WHS Plastics Larkhall Ltd |
| WHS Plastics Pickering Ltd |
| Wieland Metals Birmingham Ltd |
| William Cook Cast Products Limited |
| William Cook Leeds Limited |
| William Thompson (York) Limited |
| Willo Game Ltd |
| Wm. Nelstrop & Co. Ltd |
| Wright’s Milling Limited |
| Xtex Polythene Ltd |
| YS Reclamation Limited |