| Type | Limited company |
|---|---|
| Industry | Price comparison service |
| Founded | 2002 |
| Headquarters | Kent, United Kingdom |
| Area served | United Kingdom |
| Key people | Paul Green (CEO) Jay Manek (COO) Mark Todd (CMO) |
| Website | Energyhelpline.com |
energyhelpline.com is an independent and accredited[1] energy switching and price comparison service which provides consumers and businesses with impartial, comprehensive advice on energy tariffs.[2] Every year energyhelpline.com switch in excess of 100,000 consumers.[3] These services and follow-on customer care are offered online and via a call centre operation.[4]
The company also provides a business energy service.[5]
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energyhelpline makes profit from charging energy suppliers a fee for each customer who switches to them through energyhelpline, making the service free to the consumer.[6]
The company was founded in 2002 as Fundraising Innovations Ltd[7] trading as switchandgive.com.[8]
energyhelpline is one of a group of web properties owned by Fundraising Innovations Ltd, which also includes moneyhelpline - comparing mortgages, loans, credit cards, life insurance, bank accounts, home insurance and car insurance, greenhelpline - comparing green energy solutions, and firsthelpline - comparing broadband and home phone services.[9]
Over £100,000 has been donated to charities through switchandgive.com.[10]
In 2006 energyhelpline worked in partnership with a climate change group to arrange for all the then Conservative shadow cabinet members to switch their home energy supplies to a renewable energy supplier.[11][12]
energyhelpline has relationships with all major suppliers in the energy industry[13] and works closely with several money and energy advice websites, providing statistics[14] and powering their energy comparison tools.[15]
The company works with Jasmine Birtles at moneymagpie,[16] The Daily Mail Group,[17] and The Guardian,[18] amongst others. energyhelpline also works with affiliates to promote its services, rewarding them for successful conversions with commission.[19]