Swimming pool plant, filtration, pumps and heat exchangers, costs from around £20,000 for a small pool filtration package to £400,000+ for a full leisure centre plant room fit-out, and is generally financed as an installation.
Yes, swimming pool plants 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 £20,000 to £400,000, and most deals are written over 24-72 months with a deposit of around 10-20%. Decisions typically take 3–5 working days. Used machines are financeable too, usually with a shorter term.
Typical Cost
£20k – £400k
Approval Speed
3–5 working days
Priority handling available for a pool closure
Rates From
6.0% APR
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Check EligibilityOn a purchase price of £100,000: a 10% deposit of £10,000, then 48 monthly payments of £2,110 at 5.9% APR representative (fixed). Total amount payable £111,280, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Filtration and Pump Package (Small Pool) | £20,000 - £45,000 | Filtration and Pump Package |
| Chemical Dosing and Water Treatment System | £15,000 - £35,000 | Water Treatment System |
| Pool Heat Exchanger and Plant Package | £40,000 - £90,000 | Heat Exchanger Package |
| Full Leisure Centre Plant Room Fit-Out | £150,000 - £400,000 | Full Plant Room Fit-Out |
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Check EligibilityHow a swimming pool plant is taxed depends on how fixed it is. Genuinely moveable, demountable parts are generally treated as plant and machinery and can qualify for the Annual Investment Allowance, letting a business deduct their cost from taxable profits in the year of purchase, up to the current £1,000,000 annual limit. A plant room installation once its pumps, filtration and pipework are connected into the building's fixed services is usually treated as part of the building or the ground rather than as plant, so it does not qualify for AIA in the same way; a lower annual writing-down allowance on qualifying construction costs may be available instead, spread over a much longer period than an AIA deduction, and it is a separate claim from anything financed as equipment. A specialist accountant should confirm the treatment for your specific installation before you commit to a finance structure or claim an allowance.
Swimming pool plant, covering filtration, pumps, chemical dosing and heat exchangers, is bought by leisure centres, hotels, schools and private members' clubs, most often when an ageing plant room fails a compliance inspection or running costs on old equipment become uneconomic. Although individual pumps and filters are manufactured items, a plant room installation is connected into the building's fixed pipework, electrics and water treatment systems as one integrated project, so it behaves as a fixed installation for finance purposes rather than as equipment that could be removed and resold as a standalone unit. This is why plant room work is more often funded with an unsecured business loan or a loan secured against the site than through conventional asset finance. Replacement is driven by falling filtration efficiency, rising energy costs on older pumps and heat exchangers, and increasingly strict water quality and safety compliance requirements that older plant may struggle to meet.
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