Case Studies

BBC Presenter and Farmer

Gareth

Year Joined TCD: 2022

Saving: £1,300

Vat Overpayments Recoup

TCD Energy was able to reduce Gareth's Farm's utility bills by £1300 per annum by switching his electricity, gas and water suppliers.

Gareth was also able to recover VAT overpayments, due to him living on the farm (meaning his VAT should only be 5% for a proportion of his electricity and gas usage).

Gareth was so impressed with TCD's services he offered to be our ambassador for the Farming and Agriculture community!

Boutique Rentals

Lesley (Koala & Tree)

Year Joined TCD: 2022

Saving: £12,000

Lesley approached TCD Energy because the management of utility accounts was becoming a problem for the business. After auditing all of the electricity and gas accounts for the companies Airbnb portfolio TCD Energy identified numerous opportunities to reduce costs and streamline account management.

Boutique rentals was able to reduce their utility bills by more than £12,000 per annum with TCD Energy's support.

Even better, now Boutique rentals does not need to keep track of renewals and can relax knowing TCD Energy is monitoring all of their contracts and renewal dates ensuring they never over-pay for utilities again.

Irene's Café

Year Joined TCD: 2023

Saving: £4,700

TCD Energy's office is just around the corner from Irene's café and many of the staff get their lunch there.

TCD took the opportunity to complete a complimentary energy bill audit for Irene and discovered that she was paying out-of-contract rates, at nearly double the market-rate!

Needless to say, TCD wanted to make sure Irene's sandwiches are feeding the troops for years to come so we switched her to a  new supplier for her electricity.

We also reduced her water bills by £600 pa by switching water suppliers.

Mr George

Year Joined TCD: 2023

Saving: £3,200

Vat Overpayments Recoup: £10,900

Mr George contacted TCD Energy after seeing a tweet by Farmer Gareth who recommended all farmers to contact TCD for a free energy bill audit. Mr George has a small farm with multiple barn buildings, his home and a holiday let.

In addition to switching electricity and gas suppliers saving Mr George £3,200 pa, TCD was able to recoup a massive £10,900 in VAT overpayments for Mr George who's previous supplier had miscalculated VAT at 20%.

Needless to say Mr George and his lambs are very pleased with this!

Optimus Hotels

Year Joined TCD: 2023

Saving: £31,000

EBRS Recoup: £7,840

Optimus Hotels contacted TCD as they were in the process of taking over a large hotel based in Hoylake.

The electricity and gas supplies had been placed into out-of-contract tariffs and as such any delays in establishing a new supplier and fixed-contract would be extremely costly.

As part of the switching process, TCD calculated the correct Energy Bill Relief Scheme discount that should be applied to the billing account which was much higher than the discount applied by the supplier. TCD was able to lodge a complaint and recover the missed government discount payments.

Opulent Living

Year Joined TCD: 2023

Saving: £19,300

Opulent Living offers high end serviced accommodation for business professionals & executives. With over 300 properties in the portfolio managing the utility accounts and renewals was becoming a real admin burden for the company.

They approached TCD to streamline their contracts, management and reduce admin to as little as possible.

TCD provides complete account management for them now, and has switched all supplies to a single supplier  and co-terminate contract end dates to take the guess-work out of effective management.



Primary Care Knowsley

Year Joined TCD: 2023

Saving: £36,400

VAT Overpayment Recoup: £2,670

Primary Care Knowsley is a federation comprising 5 Practices operating from 11 locations across Knowsley. In total, the practices provide primary care services to over 52,000 patients which represents around one third of the Knowsley population.

TCD completed a complimentary energy bill audit across all sites and identified a number of opportunities to reduce costs for their electricity, gas and water supply contracts.

The savings achieved were put to good use by enabling the group to employ an additional  full-time nurses to treat patients. I think we can all agree that it's important we all do as much as we can to support the NHS!