A PAT Testing company you can trust, with fair prices and high standards, our all inclusive service is utilised by clients throughout the UK. Our clients have peace of mind from our work because they know when we say an appliance is safe, it really is.

✔  Free remedial repairs including rewires, replacement BS1363 plugs and fuses

✔  Guidance on how to improve safety through cable management and socket protection

✔  Comprehensive, compliant PAT Testing Certificate Reports including electrical readings

✔  Guidance on retest periods based on risk, compliance and insurance

We are currently one of the leading PAT testing companies in the North East with more 5-star reviews (over 500 across all platforms) than any other UK PAT Tester.

We have a team of experienced, qualified professional engineers all trained to operate to high standards, who work with assigned clients long term ensuring the best possible nurtured relationship which in turn leads to you having peace of mind that the engineer knows your business and how to maintain safety within it.

We believe in taking away your stress, by managing your electrical safety inspections for you, and reminding you when they are next due, so you can forget all about them. We can test all types of electrical equipment including industrial, 3-phase and fixed equipment as well as fixed wiring inspections.

We’ve specialised in electrical equipment testing for a long time and have tested a lot of a appliances, in lots of different places, for many, many clients.

To put figures on that, we have tested well over a MILLION appliances to date, for over 1000 clients across the UK.

You can be safe in the knowledge that when you choose us to do your PAT tests you are choosing a company who will take care of you.

We’re a local company, based in North Tyneside, we cover all the North East and our team are chosen because they’re nice, sensible, friendly people who do a good job. Each engineer is trained to work to our high standards, and we ask every client to review us (see below) so we always know that their work is up to standard. We quality check our engineers and have a reputation we are very proud of.

If you work with us you will get everything you need to comply with your legal obligations for electrical safety. We can help with your portable appliances, fixed appliances and the mains wiring (EICR).

Don’t just take our word for it though, so what some of our latest clients think in their reviews below.

Our team of specialist engineers are all based in the North East – we’re not pretending to be here like most you’ll see advertised. If you need us in a hurry we can get to you nice and quick, in fact due to the excellent transport infrastructure we have here we can get to most places within 30-60 minutes.

We are available to carry out compliance and certification inspections for portable equipment, fixed appliances and mains wiring systems in domestic homes, commercial workplaces and public sector organisations such as schools.

We carry out regular work for landlords, estate agents, schools, in restaurants, offices, building sites and so on. Our work takes us to all kinds of different places and that’s one of the reasons we love what we do!

We work predominantly with small businesses – we feel it is important to help our clients with their electrical safety, and we can best do that with busy business owners who need our help and support.

If you just don’t know where to start, don’t know how many appliances you have or just want to chat about your PAT testing needs why not arrange a FREE site survey? 

We’ll come to your workplace to have a chat about your situation, have a look at the job and give you a fixed price to do the work. 

Newcastle, Sunderland, Washington, Gateshead, South Shields, Hetton le Hole

Morpeth, Cramlington, Blyth, Rothbury, Amble, Seahouses, Hexham, Kielder

Seaham, Chester Le Street, Durham City, Peterlee, Bishop Auckland, Stanhope

We’re based in North Tyneside, so most of our work is in the local area, such as Newcastle upon Tyne, Cramlington, South and North Shields, Gateshead, and throughout Tyne and Wear, and southern Northumberland. However, we also cover all other North East areas, so wherever you are, rest assured we can help you, so get in touch today to see what we can do for you.

DRA PAT Testing has been inspecting and testing electrical equipment in the North East of England since 2009; based in Newcastle upon Tyne we cover mot of Tyne and Wear, Northumberland, Co. Durham etc. Wherever you are, whatever you need testing we can help.

We have our main working area, which is predominantly from Blyth to the Tyne and across to the West of Newcastle then up to Morpeth, but we also cover Tyne and Wear, North Co Durham and Southern Northumberland areas – see the map for our main working areas. 

We will consider jobs elsewhere so please contact us if that affects you – please note that we do charge to cover travel costs as our full team are paid travel time and fuel. 

Every PAT estimate we provide, for every PAT job is bespoke to your unique individual needs so we don’t advertise fixed prices. Tailored to your specific requirements and for your location taking into account travel time too based on our day rate jobs in different locations will come with different costings, although always falling within our company day rates. 

We operate 7 days a week, with weekend’s and school holidays at a premium needing to booked well in advance so don’t leave it too late, during “business” hours – we can start as early as 5 or 6am if needed, and are available into the evening although on most days we work between 8am and 4pm. 

We are based in North Tyneside, near Newcastle upon Tyne so can get to all of Tyne and Wear within 30 minutes, and most of the North East within the hour so we’re best placed for your electrical inspection work.

Our engineers are qualified through City and Guilds, and highly trained to ensure you get a thorough formal visual inspection on every appliance, any repairs that may be necessary will be carried out and peace of mind that your electrical items are safe to continue using.

We will provide you with an itemised PAT Testing Certificate Report within 48 hours of the job, and schedule in additional appointment dates on retest anniversaries so your Certificate never runs out – and we’ll send you an appointment reminder nearer the time. This is all done following a conversation with you to see what PAT testing frequency is best for your equipment.