Glynn Smith

1) Meet Your Local Electrician

I’m Glynn Francis-Smith, the electrician behind GFS Electrical Services Ltd.

I began my electrical career and established GFS Electrical Services as a sole trader in 2000. The GFS Electrical Services name continues today, but for the past four years I have traded through GFS Electrical Services Ltd, where I am the sole director and electrician.

GFS Electrical Services is a one-person business. When you contact the company, you deal directly with me—from your initial enquiry and quotation through to completing, testing and certifying the work.

2) My qualifications

I am a fully qualified electrician with more than 25 years of experience. My qualifications and professional credentials include:

• City & Guilds Electrical Installation Parts 1 and 2
• NVQ Level 3 in Electrical Installation
• City & Guilds 2391 Inspection and Testing
• BS 7671 18th Edition Wiring Regulations
• JIB Approved Electrician
• NAPIT-registered electrical contractor
• TrustMark-registered business

I have also served as the Qualified Supervisor for my own business under several electrical registration schemes, including Stroma, ELECSA, NICEIC and now NAPIT.

3) Commercial and industrial experience

Much of my training and early experience was in commercial and industrial electrical work.

I worked in a wide range of demanding environments, including steelworks, power plants, schools, hospitals, colleges, glass factories and large distribution facilities such as Amazon.

My experience also included electrical inspection and testing for council contracts and working on sites for major companies such as Tesco and Marks & Spencer.

I spent approximately two years travelling throughout the UK and Ireland, carrying out electrical modifications in Boots pharmacies. This work took me across England, Scotland and Ireland, as well as to the Isle of Man, Jersey and Guernsey.

Throughout this time, I continued developing GFS Electrical Services and undertaking my own domestic, commercial and industrial electrical work.

4) Returning to my family roots in Leeds

As the child of a member of the Armed Forces, I moved around frequently while growing up and did not have one permanent hometown.

My family originates from Leeds, and I regularly returned to the area to visit relatives. When the time came to put down roots at the age of 28, Leeds was the natural place for me to settle.

Returning to my family roots eventually led to me establishing both my home and my electrical business in the Morley area.

5) Becoming your local electrician

After my daughter was born in 2015, I decided that working long hours and travelling considerable distances was no longer right for family life.

I gradually concentrated more of my time on my own customers. From 2020, I worked entirely through my own business.

Since 2022, I have focused primarily on domestic electrical work in Morley and the surrounding areas. This allows me to provide a genuinely local and personal service while building long-term relationships with customers in my community.

6) The service I am building

My aim is to build a professional, accredited electrical business serving Morley and the surrounding communities, with a particular focus on domestic electrical work.

Rather than concentrating on full rewires that can occupy an electrician for an entire week, I primarily undertake electrical repairs, safety improvements, upgrades and installations that can usually be completed within a day. This helps me remain available to existing customers and other local people who need a dependable electrician.

I also undertake larger projects when they can be divided into carefully planned phases. This allows me to coordinate my work with builders, plumbers, kitchen fitters and other trades while continuing to serve my regular customers between each stage of the project.

Professionalism, trust and reliability are at the heart of my service. I operate as a properly registered business, maintain the appropriate qualifications, registrations and insurance, and take personal responsibility for testing and certifying my work.

I live and work within the community I serve. I want GFS Electrical Services Ltd to be recognised as a responsible and dependable local business that contributes to the area and consistently provides a professional service.

7) How I can help

I undertake everything from small electrical jobs and repairs to larger installation and electrical-safety projects, including:

• Replacement lights, sockets and switches
• Indoor and outdoor lighting
• LED downlights and smart lighting
• Electrical fault-finding
• EICRs and electrical safety inspections
• Consumer-unit upgrades
• Additional sockets and new circuits
• Cooker and hob connections
• Electric-shower connections and replacements
• Bathroom extractor fans
• Smoke, heat and carbon-monoxide alarms
• Garden and garage electrical supplies

8) A genuinely personal service

Being a one-person business means that the electrician you speak to is the electrician who visits your property and completes the work.

I take personal responsibility for every job—from discussing your requirements and providing the quotation to completing the installation, carrying out the necessary testing and issuing your electrical certification.

My goal is to give local customers an electrical service built around professionalism, trust and reliability.

If you need a dependable local electrician in Morley or one of the surrounding areas, please get in touch with GFS Electrical Services Ltd.