Welding Automation Rules
The Welding Automation Rules carries 3 published figures read from 2 sources' own pages, from 40 to 100 percent, read 28 October 2026.
3 of the 9 named sources read in full publish a figure; 6 publish none, read 28 October 2026.
By rule
| Breakdown | Median | Range | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| rule40% first-year allowance | 40% | 40 to 40% | 1 |
| ruleannual investment allowance | 1,000,000GBP | 1,000,000 to 1,000,000GBP | 1 |
| rulefull expensing (main rate plant) | 100% | 100 to 100% | 1 |
| rulefirst-year allowance, special rate plant | 50% | 50 to 50% | 1 |
| ruleMade Smarter SME turnover limit | 44,000,000GBP | 44,000,000 to 44,000,000GBP | 1 |
| ruleMade Smarter SME balance sheet limit | 38,000,000GBP | 38,000,000 to 38,000,000GBP | 1 |
Every figure, with its source
One row per published figure: the figure as the source's own page publishes it, the page, and the day it was read. A figure that is not on a page we read is not on this one.
| Source | Figure | Breakdown | Read |
|---|---|---|---|
| Surrey CC: Made Smarter South East eligibility | 44,000,000GBP | Made Smarter SME turnover limit | 2026-10-28 |
| Surrey CC: Made Smarter South East eligibility | 38,000,000GBP | Made Smarter SME balance sheet limit | 2026-10-28 |
| gov.uk: capital allowances overview | 1,000,000GBP | annual investment allowance | 2026-10-28 |
| HMRC: full expensing policy paper | 100% | full expensing (main rate plant) | 2026-10-28 |
| HMRC: full expensing policy paper | 50% | first-year allowance, special rate plant | 2026-10-28 |
| gov.uk: capital allowances overview | 40% | 40% first-year allowance | 2026-10-28 |
The sentence each figure was read from (6)
- Surrey CC: Made Smarter South East eligibility, read 2026-10-28:
An annual turnover equal to or below £44m
- Surrey CC: Made Smarter South East eligibility, read 2026-10-28:
An annual balance sheet equal to or less than £38m
- gov.uk: capital allowances overview, read 2026-10-28:
annual investment allowance (AIA) - you can claim up to £1 million on certain plant and machinery
- HMRC: full expensing policy paper, read 2026-10-28:
a 100% first-year allowance for main rate expenditure – known as full expensing; and
- HMRC: full expensing policy paper, read 2026-10-28:
a 50% first-year allowance for special rate expenditure.
- gov.uk: capital allowances overview, read 2026-10-28:
40% first-year allowance
Read in full, publishes no figure
6 named sources were read in full on the dates shown and print no usable figure. They are counted, never filled in.
- HSE: work equipment and machinery, read 2026-10-28: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- HSE: change in enforcement expectations for mild steel welding fume, read 2026-10-28: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- HSE: cobot guidance announcement (June 2026), read 2026-10-28: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Made Smarter, read 2026-10-28: every candidate on the page was refused
- South Yorkshire MCA: Made Smarter, read 2026-10-28: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Teeptrak: Made Smarter funding guide, read 2026-10-28: every candidate on the page was refused
Methodology
Every row is a verbatim sentence read from the named source's own page through our fetch service on the date shown, hash-pinned to the stored read (the sha of the page's visible text; the raw page is mirrored to R2).
3 of the 9 named sources that could be read published a usable figure; 6 published none and are recorded as not published, never filled in; 6 could not be read (blocked, dead or unreachable) and count nowhere.
The headline figures (median, minimum, maximum, quartiles) are over ONE figure per source for each breakdown it prices, in % (a source's median where its page yielded several accepted sentences for one breakdown), so a page that gives figures for several breakdowns gives one for each and N counts 3 figures, never sentences; 42 candidate sentence(s) were refused by a reviewer with the reason recorded.
The fuller derivation this dataset is chartered to grow into (not yet what the figures above are; they are each source's own published figure as read): one row per rule with its authority and current figure: the annual investment allowance (£1m), full expensing and the 40% first-year allowance for plant and machinery and who can claim each, the Made Smarter adoption grant (up to 50%, capped) and its eligibility by region and size, and the safety duties a welding cell carries (PUWER, the Supply of Machinery (Safety) Regulations 2008, COSHH and HSE's mild steel welding fume control); the net cost of a robot after relief and grant
42 candidate sentences on these pages were refused by a reviewer; each refusal and its reason is recorded in the review ledger.
Sources (15)
- gov.uk: annual investment allowance(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- gov.uk: capital allowances overview(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- HMRC: full expensing policy paper(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- PUWER 1998(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Supply of Machinery (Safety) Regulations 2008(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- HSE: PUWER(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- HSE: work equipment and machinery(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- HSE: welding(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- HSE: change in enforcement expectations for mild steel welding fume(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- HSE: COSHH(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- HSE: cobot guidance announcement (June 2026)(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Made Smarter(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Surrey CC: Made Smarter South East eligibility(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- South Yorkshire MCA: Made Smarter(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Teeptrak: Made Smarter funding guide(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
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The Welding Automation Rules carries 3 published figures read from 2 sources' own pages, from 40 to 100 percent, read 28 October 2026.
3 of the 9 named sources read in full publish a figure; 6 publish none, read 28 October 2026.
Welding Automation Rules, rule 40% first-year allowance: median 40 percent across 1 source, read 28 October 2026.
Welding Automation Rules, rule annual investment allowance: median 1,000,000 GBP across 1 source, read 28 October 2026.
Welding Automation Rules, rule full expensing (main rate plant): median 100 percent across 1 source, read 28 October 2026.
Welding Automation Rules, rule first-year allowance, special rate plant: median 50 percent across 1 source, read 28 October 2026.
Welding Automation Rules, rule Made Smarter SME turnover limit: median 44,000,000 GBP across 1 source, read 28 October 2026.
Welding Automation Rules, rule Made Smarter SME balance sheet limit: median 38,000,000 GBP across 1 source, read 28 October 2026.
Cite as: "weldingrobotcost.co.uk Welding Automation Rules", updated 2026-10-29, https://weldingrobotcost.co.uk/datasets/welding-automation-rules/.
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