Spread the cost of laboratory pH and conductivity meters from £300 to £6,000+ with flexible finance options. HP, lease, or refinance
Yes, ph meters are financed as a standard asset purchase, usually on hire purchase or a lease, with the machine itself acting as the security. UK prices typically run £300 to £6,000, and most deals are written over 12–36 months with a deposit of around 10–15%. Decisions typically take 24 hours. Used machines are financeable too, usually with a shorter term.
Typical Cost
£300 – £6k
Approval Speed
24 hours
Same-day, usually bundled with other lab equipment
Rates From
4.2% APR
Your estimate
Indicative only. Not a quote and not an offer of finance.
Pre-filled with a typical ph meter price. Indicative only, not a quote.
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For UK limited companies with 3+ months’ trading and monthly revenue.
On a purchase price of £1,500: a 10% deposit of £150, then 48 monthly payments of £32 at 5.9% APR representative (fixed). Total amount payable £1,686, including the deposit. The rate you are offered depends on your business and the asset.
Guide prices for sizing a finance agreement, not quotes. Manufacturers in this market mostly price on application, so where a current UK list price could not be confirmed the row describes a specification class rather than naming a model. Your supplier quote is what the agreement is written against.
| Machine or specification | Guide price | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Mettler Toledo-class Basic Benchtop pH Meter (spec class) | £300 – £700 | Basic Benchtop pH Meter |
| Mettler Toledo-class FiveEasy Plus Kit (spec class) | £600 – £1,200 | Benchtop pH/mV Meter Kit |
| Multiparameter pH/Conductivity/DO Meter (spec class) | £1,500 – £3,500 | Multiparameter Benchtop Meter |
| Automated Titration and pH Workstation (spec class) | £3,000 – £6,000 | Automated pH/Titration Workstation |
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pH meters qualify for Annual Investment Allowance (AIA), meaning you can deduct the full cost from taxable profits in year one, up to £1,000,000. For HP agreements, you claim capital allowances on the equipment. For leases, you typically deduct the full lease payment from profits.
pH meters are bought by food and beverage QC labs, water and environmental testing services, agricultural and soil testing labs and university teaching departments, and are one of the most widely used and lowest-cost instruments in any wet lab, usually bought in quantity rather than as a single unit. Given the modest cost of an individual meter, most lenders will only finance pH meters as part of a bundled purchase alongside other lab equipment or when a business needs several units at once, such as equipping multiple QC stations. Electrode replacement and calibration solutions are the main ongoing cost, and electrodes wear out well before the meter itself, so buyers should budget for replacement electrodes separately from the finance payment. A large secondhand market exists for basic benchtop meters given how many change hands as labs upgrade.
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