Is your business overpaying for energy?

What the bill check does

The bill check reads a business electricity, gas or water bill and works out three things: the unit rate you are paying, what a comparable business is paying for a new contract today, and whether you have been charged VAT or Climate Change Levy that you should not pay.

You can take a photo of the bill on your phone, upload a PDF, or type in the details yourself. The page with your unit rate and standing charge is the most useful one.

How the saving is worked out

We take your unit rate, standing charge and usage from the bill, turn them into a yearly cost, and compare that with benchmark prices for a business of the same size. Business Savings Guru sets the benchmark prices from current supplier prices and updates them by hand when the market moves. They are a guide, not a quote, and give you a like-for-like starting point for a conversation about your contract.

The result is an estimate. Your final price depends on your meter, your usage, the length of contract you choose and the supplier's credit check.

The VAT and Climate Change Levy check

Businesses that use only a small amount of energy should pay VAT at 5% rather than 20%, and no Climate Change Levy. The limits are 33 kWh of electricity a day or 145 kWh of gas a day, which is about 1,000 kWh of electricity or 4,397 kWh of gas a month. Charities and premises used as homes may also qualify.

If your bill shows 20% VAT or Climate Change Levy on a supply under those limits, you may have been overcharged. Suppliers can usually correct back-dated charges for up to four years. We show the possible amount and help you make the claim.

What happens to your bill

Your photo or PDF is sent to our text recognition service, Mathpix, to be read, and we ask Mathpix not to keep it. The file itself is not stored on our site. We keep the details read from it (supplier, rates, usage and meter number) with your contact details, so we can show your results and prepare quotes. You can ask us to delete them at any time at hello@businesssavingsguru.com. Our privacy policy has the full details. Your results unlock when you give us your name, business, mobile number and email, so we can send them to you and call to talk them through.

At Business Savings Guru, we believe customers should understand how their energy broker is paid. Our commission is clearly disclosed on the energy contract you sign, so you know how BSG is remunerated before you commit.