Who publishes it
Published by SEO-DONS LTD (company no. 16766013), 71-75 Shelton Street, Covent Garden, London WC2H 9JQ. The company appears on the Companies House register. The publisher writes and checks every page; there are no individual bylines.
The site's address contains the words "solar panel installer" because that is what people in the borough type when they start looking. The site itself is a guide to finding one, and every page says so.
How it pays its way
The guide is a commercial publication of SEO-DONS LTD. It carries no adverts or sponsored pages, and it names no installer, panel maker or lender anywhere. If you use the form, your message reaches SEO-DONS LTD and the answer comes by email; should that arrangement ever change, this section will be updated first.
Where the numbers come from
- Output: the European Commission's PVGIS 5.3 model, run for 12 places from Orrell to Leigh and for every direction and pitch in central Wigan.
- Prices: what households across the North West paid for MCS-certified solar and batteries, from the annual DESNZ cost statistics.
- Housing: house types and tenure from the 2021 Census, build periods from the Valuation Office Agency, EPC ratings from the ONS and prices from HM Land Registry.
- Checks and rules: MCS, RECC, the Consumer Contracts Regulations, Wigan Council's Trading Standards and planning pages, GMCA, Electricity North West, Ofgem, HMRC and legislation.gov.uk.
Wherever a figure appears, its source is linked beside it; a figure we have worked out ourselves is labelled "our arithmetic". The whole site was last checked on 4 November 2026.
How we treat installers
We do not name, rank or rate firms. Instead we set out the checks that the schemes themselves ask buyers to make: MCS certification, membership of RECC, HIES or another approved consumer code, a search on the TrustMark register, a written performance estimate, an insurance-backed workmanship warranty, several quotes, and no signing under pressure. See checking an installer.
What it is not
- Not a solar firm: we do not survey roofs, fit panels or issue quotes.
- Not Wigan Council, the Greater Manchester Combined Authority, Electricity North West or the government; we run no scheme.
- Not a member of any trade body, and there are no star ratings of this guide on it.
- Not reachable by phone: write to us through the form.