Restaurant · Coventry · 78,000 kWh / yr
Was
British Gas Business
32.18p
Now
E.ON Next Fixed v25
22.84p
Unit-rate change−9.34 p/kWh
Independent UK utility consultancy · est. 2018
Honest energy & water advice — written, audited and underwritten.
We review every line of your gas, electricity and water contracts against live wholesale rates, recover overcharges from suppliers, and procure renewals from the entire UK market — never from a shortlist. Commission disclosed on every quote.
Whole-of-market procurement · commission disclosed in writing
|audit · £/kWh review
British Gas
Business Standard
32.18 p/kWh
High
EDF Energy
Fixed for Business 24
24.91 p/kWh
Market
E.ON Next
Next Fixed v25 (Mar 2026)
22.84 p/kWh
Best in class
Best benchmarked rate22.84 p/kWh
FindingsBelow market median
Illustrative — rates as of Apr 2026Audit my bill
Suppliers we negotiate with37 licensed UK suppliers
See full directory →OEOctopus Energy
BGBritish Gas
ENE.ON Next
OVOVO Energy
EDEDF Energy
SPScottishPower
UTUtilita
SOSo Energy
GEGood Energy
ECEcotricity
OMOutfox the Market
RERebel Energy
TETomato Energy
FUFuse Energy
CGCrown Gas & Power
PEPozitive Energy
DRDrax (Business)
SESmartestEnergy
TTTotal Energies
YUYu Energy
TWThames Water
STSevern Trent
UUUnited Utilities
AWAnglian Water
YWYorkshire Water
NWNorthumbrian Water
WWWessex Water
SWSouth West Water
SOSouthern Water
AFAffinity Water
DCWelsh Water (Dŵr Cymru)
BWBristol Water
PWPortsmouth Water
SESouth East Water
CWCastle Water
BSBusiness Stream
WVWave Utilities
WPWater Plus
OEOctopus Energy
BGBritish Gas
ENE.ON Next
OVOVO Energy
EDEDF Energy
SPScottishPower
UTUtilita
SOSo Energy
GEGood Energy
ECEcotricity
OMOutfox the Market
RERebel Energy
TETomato Energy
FUFuse Energy
CGCrown Gas & Power
PEPozitive Energy
DRDrax (Business)
SESmartestEnergy
TTTotal Energies
YUYu Energy
TWThames Water
STSevern Trent
UUUnited Utilities
AWAnglian Water
YWYorkshire Water
NWNorthumbrian Water
WWWessex Water
SWSouth West Water
SOSouthern Water
AFAffinity Water
DCWelsh Water (Dŵr Cymru)
BWBristol Water
PWPortsmouth Water
SESouth East Water
CWCastle Water
BSBusiness Stream
WVWave Utilities
WPWater Plus
What we do
Four pillars. One file. Every utility you operate.
From a side-of-A4 audit to a five-year procurement strategy: we handle the supplier paperwork so finance teams and households alike stop overpaying — without the hard sell.
Business energy procurement
Whole-of-market tendering across all 20+ UK B2B suppliers. Fixed, flex and basket procurement with full commission disclosure.
- Half-hourly & non-half-hourly
- Multi-site portfolios
- Green-only & REGO procurement
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Home energy review
For private households: tariff health-checks against the April 2026 price cap, smart-meter sanity checks, and fair-debt arrangements.
- Price cap variance check
- Direct debit re-balancing
- Vulnerable customer support
Read more
Wholesale water (non-household)
Compare every Ofwat-licensed retailer in the open market. Consolidate billing across multi-region portfolios.
- Castle, Wave, Business Stream, Water Plus +
- Leak allowance recovery
- Trade effluent reviews
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Compliance & dispute resolution
Back-billing claims, Ofgem complaints, debt resolution and litigation support — backed by our retained solicitor panel.
- 12-month back-billing rule
- Energy Ombudsman ADR
- Solicitor escalation
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Live · Ofgem price cap · Apr–Jun 2026
Price cap fell 6.6% to £1,641 / year — but most fixed deals remain cheaper. Have you checked yours?
Average direct-debit unit rates from 1 April 2026: electricity 24.67p/kWh, gas 5.74p/kWh. Standing charges 57.21p/day (electric) and 29.10p/day (gas). We benchmark your bill against these in 48 hours — for free.
Electricity unit
24.67p/kWh
Gas unit
5.74p/kWh
Electric standing
57.21p/day
Gas standing
29.10p/day
Free tools
Decision-support tools, no sign-up.
Practical compliance, procurement and reference tools built on live thresholds and live market data from Ofgem, the Environment Agency, HMRC, Octopus Energy and Open-Meteo. Each runs in your browser; no email gate, no shared data.
Back-billing recovery
How much of an unexpected catch-up bill should be written off under SLC 7A / SLC 21BA.
Open the toolESOS Phase 4 qualification
Do you qualify before the 31 December 2026 qualification date — and the 5 December 2027 deadline?
Open the toolClimate Change Levy
Test sector eligibility for the Climate Change Agreement reduced rate against your annual kWh.
Open the toolLive tariff benchmark
Postcode in, live Octopus variable unit rate and standing charge out — a transparent reference price for spotting bad deals.
Open the toolMPAN decoder
Paste your 21-digit electricity supply number — we validate the check digit and identify your distribution network operator.
Open the toolHeating & cooling degree days
Last 12 months of HDD and CDD for your postcode — calibrate procurement quotes against actual local weather, not assumed.
Open the toolMPRN decoder
Validate the 6–10 digit gas supply number on your bill, identify the GDN and surface the national emergency line.
Open the toolWater company finder
Postcode in, your wholesale water company out — emergency line, leak line, complaints route, the lot.
Open the toolRecent switches
Real-market examples — anonymised, audited, repeatable.
Three live engagements from this quarter. Names redacted, sectors and consumption verified from supplier statements. Commission disclosure was issued on each contract. Annualised £ figures sit on the case file under NDA — see transparency for methodology.
Office · Leeds · 32,000 kWh / yr
Was
EDF Energy Standard
29.40p
Now
Octopus Flexible Plus
23.61p
Unit-rate change−5.79 p/kWh
Care home · Bristol · 45,000 kWh / yr
Was
OVO Standard Variable
27.95p
Now
ScottishPower Online Fixed
23.10p
Unit-rate change−4.85 p/kWh
How it works
Four steps. No surprises. Commission shown on every quote.
- Step 01
Send us a recent bill
Upload a single energy or water bill. We use it to extract MPAN/MPRN, end date, current unit rates and any uplifts.
- Step 02
We audit against the live market
Within 48h we benchmark your tariff against current wholesale and Ofgem cap rates, and flag any compliance issues — back-billing, deemed rates or commission baked into your unit price.
- Step 03
You see every quote — full disclosure
We tender across the open market and present every supplier quote side-by-side, with our fee disclosed in writing on each one. No favourites, no hidden uplifts.
- Step 04
Sign, switch, and we manage the rest
You sign electronically. We handle the supplier objection process, smart-meter eligibility and any debt or dispute carried over — including solicitor escalation when needed.
Live UK grid · National Grid ESO
The grid you're powered by, right now.
Carbon intensity in grams of CO₂ per kilowatt-hour, refreshed every five minutes from the National Grid Electricity System Operator open feed. Useful for ESOS scope-2 reporting, SECR carbon factors and shift-load decisions.
Source: carbonintensity.org.uk (National Grid ESO). Updated 30-min slots; refresh interval 5 min on this page.
£18.4m+
Cumulative supplier credits and refunds recovered through the network since 2018
12,400+
UK businesses and households served by the network since 2018
34%
Median first-year saving on renewals where the prior contract was deemed or rollover
4.9 / 5
Mean delivery-network client satisfaction in our 2024–25 internal survey
Casework
Recent compliance findings — methodology, not marketing.
Each example below describes the regulatory route used and the outcome category. Specific monetary amounts are held under client NDAs; we do not publish them on the public site. Cumulative network figures sit on the transparency page.
Care-home group · Manchester
Four-year billing audit, Ombudsman case lodged
A multi-site residential care operator was on a back-billed business contract with a Big-Six supplier. Our consultants requested four years of statements, mapped the meter-read history against actual occupancy, and lodged a complaint at the Energy Ombudsman citing SLC 21BA. Outcome: a confirmed back-billing breach and a written supplier credit. Specific figures sit in the case file under NDA.
Independent guesthouse · Cotswolds
Out-of-contract deemed rate, exited via SLC 7A
Following a tenant change the meter rolled onto a deemed contract at a rate well above market. We raised the 30-day termination notice under SLC 7A microbusiness rules, arranged a fixed renewal with a published-rate supplier, and chased the legacy supplier for the over-charged days. Outcome: contract exited, refund issued.
14-site retail estate · England
Water leak allowance recovery + retailer consolidation
Estate had four different water retailers and inconsistent leak monitoring. We requested Wholesale Retail Code C5 leak investigations on four high-consumption sites, consolidated billing under a single retailer, and recovered the leak credit owed under Ofwat CPCoP. Outcome: fewer billing parties, two confirmed leak allowances applied, ongoing portfolio managed under one consultant.
Self-service
Use the site, no call required.
Every feature on this site is designed so you can audit, upload and track without ever having to ring us. When you do want to talk to a consultant, we are one click away — but most of the work happens here.
Send a bill, get a 48-hour audit
Drop your latest energy or water bill (PDF or photo). A consultant returns a written benchmark inside two working days.
Start an auditTrack a submission
Public lookup with your email and reference. See live status without signing in.
Track nowSign in to your account
One-time email link, no passwords. View every audit, message and document on your account.
Sign inA-Z glossary, 34 terms
Plain-English explanations of MPAN, BSUoS, ESOS, CCL, deemed contract, half-hourly metering and the rest.
Browse the glossaryFor business
All sectorsSector-specific compliance and procurement.
The bill mistakes, contract terms and regulatory triggers vary by sector. Pick yours for the playbook.
Latest insights
See all insightsCompliance and procurement, in plain English.
Practical articles on the rules and rate changes that move utility costs in 2026 — back-billing, ESOS, CCL, half-hourly metering and Ofgem TPI regulation.
Compliance
Smart meter Guaranteed Standards from 23 Feb 2026: £40 auto-compensation, in plain English
Ofgem's three new Smart Meter GSoPs went live on 23 February 2026. If your supplier misses an installation, fault-fix or response deadline, you get £40 automatically.
Helena Sharpe·14 May 2026·8 min
WaterThames Water's £122.7m fine and the Ofwat "deal": what business customers should actually do
Ofwat's record £122.7m penalty against Thames Water and the proposed enforcement pause have rattled UK businesses on Thames' network. Here is what the rules let you do.
Marcus Bell·13 May 2026·9 min
ProcurementNon-domestic smart meter mandate 1 January 2027: what UK businesses need to plan now
From 1 January 2027, UK suppliers cannot enter or renew non-domestic fixed-term contracts unless the site has, or agrees to have, a smart or advanced meter. Here is what to do this year.
Daniel Whitmore·12 May 2026·8 min
PricingOfgem's lower-standing-charge tariff pilot, April 2026: who it helps and who it does not
From April 2026, EDF, E.ON, Octopus and British Gas must offer a lower-standing-charge tariff. Higher unit rates make the maths uneven — here is who actually saves.
Daniel Whitmore·11 May 2026·7 min
WaterThe CMA's 10 March 2026 PR24 redetermination: what business water customers actually pay
On 10 March 2026 the CMA allowed five appellant water companies an extra £556m in revenue. Here is what that means for non-household water bills and how to push back.
Marcus Bell·10 May 2026·8 min
WaterThe Water Reform Bill and "A new vision for water": what UK non-household customers need to know in 2026
The January 2026 white paper proposes the biggest overhaul of the UK water sector since privatisation, including the abolition of Ofwat and the creation of a single integrated water regulator. Here is what changes for non-household business customers, the transition timeline, and what to do about existing trade effluent consents and procurement decisions.
Marcus Bell·9 May 2026·11 min
Frequently asked
Plain answers, no acronyms.
The questions we hear weekly — finance teams, householders, landlords, sole traders. If yours isn't here, ring us or use the audit form.
- No. The bill audit and market benchmark are free. If we then arrange a new contract on your behalf, the supplier pays our fee — and the exact amount is disclosed in writing on the quote you sign, in line with Ofgem TPI guidance (since 2024 this disclosure is mandatory).
Free · No obligation · 48-hour turnaround
Send us one bill. We'll send back every overcharge — and the cheapest legitimate replacement.
Whether you run a Mayfair restaurant group or rent a flat in Salford, the audit is the same and the fee is the same: nothing, unless we save you money.