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The compliance gap: which landlord certificate expires first
Not published yet: the sample is too small
On 24 October 2026 our data held 57 landlord accounts with 78 live properties, after the exclusions below. Fewer than 10 of those accounts had recorded a gas safety, EICR or EPC certificate with an expiry date.
That is too few to say anything honest about which certificate lapses first, so this page shows the method and no figures. We will publish when at least 100 accounts have recorded certificates and every published cell covers at least 10 accounts.
This study is published by VoxaMTD and uses VoxaMTD's own data. We will write results as "among VoxaMTD users", never as a share of all UK landlords.
What we will measure
For each certificate type and each nation, the share of properties where the certificate is:
- Expired: the latest recorded certificate's expiry date has passed.
- Due within 30 days: the latest recorded certificate expires in the next 30 days.
- Due within 90 days: the latest recorded certificate expires in the next 90 days.
- Not recorded: the certificate applies to the property but none has been entered in VoxaMTD.
Download the CSV. It has one row per certificate type and nation, and stays empty until the sample is large enough.
Method
Where the data comes from
Counts come from VoxaMTD's own records, read with read-only queries. We count properties and the accounts that own them. No name, address or certificate detail leaves the database; only totals do.
Certificate types: gas safety, electrical (EICR) and energy performance (EPC). A certificate counts only where our compliance engine says it applies to that property.
Nation is the nation of the property's address: England, Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland.
Who is left out
- Test and demonstration accounts.
- Letting agency accounts, their staff and the properties they manage for client landlords.
- Archived properties.
Suppression
Any cell that covers fewer than 10 accounts is not published, so no single landlord can be picked out. A nation with fewer than 10 accounts is shown only as part of the UK total.
Limits
VoxaMTD users are not a random sample of UK landlords. They chose a digital tool, many are early in setting it up, and most own properties in England. Results describe VoxaMTD users only and should not be read as a rate for all landlords.
Not recorded means not entered in VoxaMTD. It does not mean the landlord has no certificate.
Every figure is a snapshot on the date shown.