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Anyone heard of HomeEnergy?

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  • debitcardmayhem
    debitcardmayhem Posts: 12,744 Forumite
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    edited 8 June 2024 at 8:24PM
    You may get some info for them from companies house, it doesn't look like many people on the forum have said they are using them. 
    https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/10364306

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  • born_again
    born_again Posts: 20,448 Forumite
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    Has anyone gone with Home Energy? They're coming up as the cheapest for me and I'd consider switching to them if someone else here has used and have not reported any issues. 
    It's a year old thread.
    I guess you can make of that what you want.
    No one saying they are with them.
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  • Personally I'd avoid them like the plague!

    Their address is just a registered address along with 27 other businesses at a very ropey house in Leicester (11 Granville Rd, Leicester LE1 7RU)

    They appear to be in significant debt of £437,000 and only £18,000 of assets. No staff

    Would you trust them with your home energy supply and your personal details including bank account etc…? 

    Not Me, Not worth the risk in my opinion
  • bristolleedsfan
    bristolleedsfan Posts: 12,645 Forumite
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    edited 14 June 2024 at 4:59PM



    Their address is just a registered address along with 27 other businesses at a very ropey house in Leicester (11 Granville Rd, Leicester LE1 7RU)


    What makes you think house is very ropey? No 1 sold for 
    £356,250
     in 2007. 
  • artyboy
    artyboy Posts: 1,606 Forumite
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    Well I'm with them - they are currently priced about 11% below cap rates and frankly I'm pretty hardened to the SoLR process so while it's cheap and still trading, I'm all good.
  • Just searched for tariffs, and "Home Energy, Duel Fuel" was my cheapest quote. Think I'll switch to them. OFGEM regulated, Direct debit guaranteed, Price Capped. Variable rate is 12% lower for me.
  • Gerry1
    Gerry1 Posts: 10,848 Forumite
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    Just searched for tariffs, and "Home Energy, Duel Fuel" was my cheapest quote.
    Hope it doesn't end that way !
  • Personally I'd avoid them like the plague!

    Their address is just a registered address along with 27 other businesses at a very ropey house in Leicester (11 Granville Rd, Leicester LE1 7RU)

    They appear to be in significant debt of £437,000 and only £18,000 of assets. No staff

    Would you trust them with your home energy supply and your personal details including bank account etc…? 

    Not Me, Not worth the risk in my opinion
    Google street view shows it looking a rather nice building converted to offices, presumably an accountants.  A similar manner in which vast numbers of legitimate small companies are registered.

    [However the rest of the details certainly aren't those of a business I'd trust to reliably supply our electricity.]
  • Scot_39
    Scot_39 Posts: 3,499 Forumite
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    edited 9 November 2024 at 12:33PM

    Personally I'd avoid them like the plague!

    Their address is just a registered address along with 27 other businesses at a very ropey house in Leicester (11 Granville Rd, Leicester LE1 7RU)

    They appear to be in significant debt of £437,000 and only £18,000 of assets. No staff

    Would you trust them with your home energy supply and your personal details including bank account etc…? 

    Not Me, Not worth the risk in my opinion
    Sound more like a typical sole trader small  business  type setup than a serious / medium to large supplier.

    As many "directors" do register with accountants address rather than home  - as it is an open register at companies house.

    And with even the big 6 in debt - was it £3bn - perhaps debt not the best metric.

    Ofgem have tightened some of the rules - and proposed others like on ringfencing of CCB - but those don't come in until next year now iirc.

    If attracted by rates - might even be possible to join them prepay or mvdd - if they allow it - if at cheaper rates cf others, to minimise your financial exposure if worried.

    Plenty of people were benefitting from cheap rates at other suplliers who failed - the injustice was all had to pay for the failures of many of them and Ofgem as regulator - despite never saving on energy with them.
  • born_again
    born_again Posts: 20,448 Forumite
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    Just searched for tariffs, and "Home Energy, Duel Fuel" was my cheapest quote. Think I'll switch to them. OFGEM regulated, Direct debit guaranteed, Price Capped. Variable rate is 12% lower for me.
    Aside from a old thread.

    Which bit of DD guarantee are you thinking protects you?
    Life in the slow lane
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