About Energy Angels

July 2006

Our energy-switching website was created, provided by Billscutter and Energylinx.

September 2006

With no seed capital, our CEO and founder Lewis Taylor stopped working as a lettings manager and concentrated solely on setting up what would later become Energy Angels.

January 2007

Our first office in Wolverhampton opened. It was around 2.5m x 3.5m and contained a free desk and chair, as well as a laptop purchased on finance as we couldn’t afford to buy one!

March 2007

The first few letting agents started to come on board to use our free utility management services. By 2009, this had grown to over 400 lettings branches.

February 2010

We secured a larger office, right next door to where it all started.

December 2011

We hit 200,000 properties under management within our energy for social housing service.

January 2013

We launched our inbound energy comparison call centre, which took resident calls as they moved in and helped them switch.

August 2015

We trialled a new void energy partnership with Utilita whilst maintaining our impartiality for residents.

November 2017

We became the first company in our sector to launch a 4-hour SLA (now it’s just 1 hour!).

March 2018

We joined the Living Wage Foundation to show our continued support for fair pay.

May 2018

We launched Energise, our portal managing our energy for social housing services.

June 2018

We launched our SLA payment guarantee – another sector first.

August 2019

We became the Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. women’s team main sponsor and official partner of the men’s team.

August 2020

We more than doubled the size of our team and client base.

September 2020

We became the official energy partner for the Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. men’s team and maintained our main sponsorship of the women’s team.

October 2020

We partnered with our largest landlord to date, adding another 55,000 homes to our service to bring our total to around 310,000 homes across more than 60 social landlords.

June 2021

We surpassed 500,000 properties under management. A huge milestone for the company. Our next target was 1 million!

July 2022

Despite COVID-19, the Ofgem price cap rise and the war in Ukraine, we continued to support landlords, tenants and residents. We hit 1 million properties under management. Next stop, 2 million!

February 2023

We made some strategic updates to our Energise portal, including enhanced usability.

January 2024

We began gathering dedicated housing partner feedback, including Feefo reviews and through partner workshops.

March 2024

Ash Burd was appointed General Manager, strengthening our leadership team during a key growth phase.

June 2024

We exhibited at Housing 2024, connecting with housing leaders and promoting resident engagement tools.

November 2024

After a successful exhibition at HOMES UK 2024, we secured new partnerships and met plenty of fresh faces from the housing sector.

December 2024

Our “Energy Assistant” vehicle, a VW ID Buzz, got out and about for the first time at resident events and housing expos.

February 2025

We were headline partners at the Housing Innovation Show 2025 and scooped up Most Innovative Supplier at the Housing Innovation Awards – a testament to the hard work of our team to build the UK’s leading energy assistant!

October 2025

Max Turner was appointed CEO, bringing a renewed vision focused on growth and data.