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About North 85

Set up by Nate Sheridan. Forty years of family North East electrical work behind it, our own electricians on every job, and one point of contact from enquiry to handover.

A family trade, forty years on

North 85 is new. The experience behind it isn't.

Nate Sheridan grew up in a North East electrical family that started on the tools in 1985. Forty years later he set up North 85: a family electrical and renewable contractor built on everything those four decades taught them.

From Nate · written by hand

Our family has been wiring homes and businesses across the North East since 1985. I grew up around vans, cable drums and early starts, and I trained as an electrician in that same tradition, learning it properly, one job at a time. Domestic, then commercial, then the renewables work that came along later.

When I had enough years on the tools behind me, it made sense to put our own name over the door.

That's North 85. The 85 is the year it all started for our family. The North is where we're from and where we work. Every job is done by me and the electricians we employ, never subcontracted, and if something needs looking at afterwards, it's us who come back.

Nate
Founder & Director · a family trade since 1985
1985 EST. NE
The family firm's vans lined up on a North East hillside, 2000s
The vans, back in the day
North 85 electricians on a scissor lift, on the tools
On the tools
Close-up of the pickup truck, Family Business Est. 1985
Painted on the side, since '85
1985
The family trade
Starts wiring the North East
Next gen
Nate Sheridan
Qualifies as an electrician, on the tools
Today
North 85
The family name over the door

Our story

North 85 is a family-run electrical contractor based at Unit 4a Glover Industrial Estate, Spire Road in Washington, Tyne and Wear, set up by Nate Sheridan. The family started in the trade in 1985 and has spent forty years wiring homes and businesses across the North East. Nate trained as an electrician in that tradition and, with enough years on the tools behind him, put the family name over the door.

The name says it: North for where we are from and where we work, 85 for the year the family started. The work covers everything an electrical contractor should, from a socket to a full rewire and commercial fit-out, plus the solar PV, battery storage and EV charging that are, at heart, electrical jobs done well.

Why our work is different

We don't subcontract. Every job is delivered by our own NICEIC approved electricians, the same people who surveyed and designed it. For a rewire that means a proper room-by-room plan rather than a like-for-like copy. For solar it means system design around your actual usage rather than a generic 4kW template. For EV chargers it means an install that gets the DNO notification right first time.

Certifications

We hold the following independent certifications and memberships:

  • NICEIC — NICEIC Approved Contractor
  • Part P — Building Regulations Part P registered
  • ISO — ISO 9001 / 14001 / 45001 certified
  • SAFE Contractor — SafeContractor approved

Where to find us

Unit 4a Glover Industrial Estate
Spire Road
Washington, Tyne and Wear, NE37 3ES

Phone: 0191 694 1048
Email: lee@north85.co.uk

Our accreditations

Accredited, certified, and backed by independent standards

NICEIC Approved

D124458

Electrical contractor

Part P

Building Regs

Domestic electrical

SafeContractor

Approved

H&S accredited

ISO 9001

2015

Quality management

ISO 14001

2015

Environmental management

ISO 45001

2018

OH&S management

Established

1985

Family run for 40 years

NICEIC Approved

D124458

Electrical contractor

Part P

Building Regs

Domestic electrical

SafeContractor

Approved

H&S accredited

ISO 9001

2015

Quality management

ISO 14001

2015

Environmental management

ISO 45001

2018

OH&S management

Established

1985

Family run for 40 years

Every accreditation listed is independently verified. We carry the registration numbers — ask for any on request.

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