A Community Business
Owned by Our Community
SaveEnergy is a Community Benefit Society (CBS), this means we’re owned by local people and we use our profits for the benefit of the community. Like many businesses, SaveEnergy needed working capital to grow, and we’re really proud that in May 2025 local people collectively invested £85,000 in SaveEnergy, putting our business firmly in community ownership and demonstrating that community is at the heart of what we do.
About Community Shares
Community shares is a user-friendly name for withdrawable, non-transferable share capital: a form of equity that is uniquely available to co-operative and community benefit societies. SaveEnergy is a Community Benefit Society, joining hundreds of organisations across the country who are community-owned and run.
If you would like to know more about community shares and Community Benefit Societies, there is information on the Co-operatives UK website here. If you would like to be kept informed about future SaveEnergy share offers and opportunities to invest, please click the button below.
About Us; A Unique Business
Our service is unique because we are creating a commercially viable energy saving service that delivers community benefit by improving the fabric of people’s homes, lowering bills and reducing carbon emissions regardless of people’s ability to pay. 20% of our support will be provided a low or no-cost to qualifying customers. This support will be funded through a blend of operating profit and grant funding.
If you’d like to know more about our business model, our business plan can be found here.
If you’d like to know more about how our business is run, you can find more information about our board minutes and AGM reports etc below in the coming weeks.
Meet the Team
Our team of staff and volunteers are all local people, trained, qualified and committed to making a difference.
Kit Evans
Executive Director & General Manager
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Kit is an experienced company director with 13 years’ experience in brand licensing, finance and organisational development. From 2007 – 2019 Kit was Managing Director of a University of Oxford company, turning over more than £2m per annum and employing 20 staff. Since then, he has moved into the community sector, working to revitalise Braywick Heath Nursery and joining SaveEnergy in early 2024. He has been awarded the NEA Level 3 Energy Awareness qualification, has qualified as a Domestic Energy Assessor (able to lodge EPCs) and has completed community share offer training from Co-ops UK.
Maria Evans
Marketing & Engagement Manager
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Maria is an ethics-driven charity consultant who works with organisations that make a positive difference. With a background in corporate marketing, considerable experience in creating and leading organisations and a successful career in fundraising and community engagement, Maria brings valuable skills to the SaveEnergy team and is a founding director of the organisation.
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Barnaby Briggs
Non-executive Director
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Barnaby Briggs has spent his career working on environmental and social issues within the energy sector, having worked both for NGOs and oil and gas companies. He is currently Chair of Trustees for WWT, the charity for wetlands and wildlife. As Managing Director of the Climate Partnership CIC from 2022 to 2024 he was instrumental in laying the groundwork for SaveEnergy.
Paul Conacher
Non-executive Director
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Paul, semi-retired, is an experienced business leader and technology channel consultant with a depth of experience in corporate leadership, strategy building, and business innovation. Paul brings wide experience of community volunteering and currently leads on the marketing for Maidenhead Eco Action Hub and Maidenhead Building Bridges/Green Skills Library.
Michael Beaven
Non-executive Director
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With over 25 years’ experience within the voluntary and public sectors Michael brings expertise in business planning and finance management, is a licensed Community Shares Practitioner, and has secured seed corn investment and funding for social enterprises. He has an excellent track record of helping voluntary sector organisations secure contract and grant funding as well as developing innovative fundraising strategies and appeals. Michael is a founder and director of Our Community Enterprise and a volunteer director of MaidEnergy.
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Join Our Team
We are investing in local people, training them in green skills and creating new green jobs and volunteering opportunities for a wide range of individuals, especially those who are not usually included in this industry.
We are always keen to hear from people who would like to join our team, as volunteers, employees or contractors, and our business is expanding rapidly as demand increases.
We offer flexible hours, free training and the opportunity to really make a difference as part of a small team of committed local people.
In particular, we are seeking:
- Home Energy Advisers
- Domestic Energy Assessors
- Tradespeople to deliver our Home Energy Advice and Home Energy Plus service
Partnerships
We’re keen to work with local businesses and third sector partners, bringing our services to more communities more quickly.
If you would like to know more about how we could work together to help local people start their retrofit journey, to prepare homeowners for low carbon solutions or to help people out of fuel poverty then contact our general manager Kit Evans to arrange a chat via email at kit@saveenergy.coop.
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