British Gas Reviews

Name: British Gas
Address: PO Box 4805, WORTHING
Rating: 1.21

1.2 Rating 3,214 Reviews

5 %

of reviewers recommend British Gas

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1.2

Based on 3,214 reviews

Shipping & Delivery
Delivery Methods	Own Driver, Postal Service
Average Delivery Time	Over A Month
On-time Delivery	Greater than 15%
Accurate And Undamaged Orders	Greater than 81%
Customer Service
Communication Channels	Telephone, Email, Live Chat
Queries Resolved In	Over A Week
Customer Service	1.1 out of 5
Returns & Refunds
Refunds Process	Difficult

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0800 980 6005

Email:

customerservice@britishgas.co.uk

Location:

PO Box 4805
WORTHING
BN11 9QW

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British Gas 1 star review on 21st December 2025

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Anonymous // 01/01/2019

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“If I could give this review 0 stars I would. This morning, these incompetent thieves took over £300 in my bank account without my knowledge and I am now left with £25 - bear in mind I am a single mother living with two daughters. They said that I am in a debt and that I owed them £800 but last time I checked I cleared my debt back in June of this year. I barely use gas in my house and I have a monitor so I have been monitoring the amount of gas I use. Daily I don’t even use up to £5.00 worth of gas but they still claim that I am owing £800 and I could potentially be restarting the whole process of clearing the debt that I apparently “owe” them . This is having a negative toll on my health. Your customer service is terrible and you all are jokers.”

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Posted 2 years ago

“I had a pre payment meter in my property before I moved in. I asked if I could have it replaced with a credit meter because I didn’t owe anything. I asked if I could receive an estimate on how much it would cost me in direct debits. The lady on the phone couldn’t give me an answer and told me to apply online. I got absolutely no where and I feel like I’ve been forced to stay in a pre payment meter which is costing me a fortune”

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Posted 2 years ago

“i have 198 pounds on my gas card they cut my gas of for no reason took weeks of complaints to get a new meter fitted pay as you go then sent me a new card but the credit is on the old card no one knows how how to refund the credit to my new card i have spoken to 10 different people some in africa and india they are just a joke i have no gas now over christmas they dont care no gas no refund”

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Posted 2 years ago

“Stressful experience over the past 5 months, outsourcing doesn't pay, advisers give differing answers and are poorly trained, after my mum's death trying to sort out her affairs has been okay until it came to British Gas who are uncoordinated, poorly trained, waits are terrible, don't know what they can or can't offer, all in all a rollercoaster of a terrible experience just when I didn't need it, I would NEVER recommend British? Gas”

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Posted 2 years ago

“One star because I can’t enter a lower rating!!! What an awful company!! Left now - waiting for my Credit to be sent back to my account - ‘Oh no Sir, you owe us!! - twice this has happened!! Expecting £163 refund - as per my Online Account (updated by my British Gas Smart meter) But no! I, apparently owe them £73!!!! They invent Bills, figures pulled out of the sky!! THIS COMPANY IS INCOMPETENT!!!”

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Posted 2 years ago

“I have spent the lSt year trying to sort my bills that I knew were wrong they finally admitted fault but I am struggling to get my overpayment back they threatened me with debt collection on 3 occasions and and I had threatening letters awful terrible service and I am still fighting them ....I'm now with octopus and what a difference the cust service is excellent shame on you british gas”

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Posted 2 years ago

“British gas customer service is non existent cancelled 4 bills then said i owe them money for a bill which was paid 3 months ago . No point in phoning them up most of the staff are useless . Send automatated repllies to complaint emails . Given my terrible stress useless company”

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Posted 2 years ago

“British gas took a huge amount from my bank no bill no explanation. I have been ill since.”

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Posted 2 years ago

“Absolutely terrible company. Customer Service is the worst service I have ever known in any company. Same company but totally different systems that don’t work for Gas and Electricity a big company such as British Gas HOW CAN THEY GET IT SO WRONG! They make it so difficult you to speak to anyone in this company. Customer Service and Customer experience is just so shocking! Will definitely be looking to change supplier!”

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Posted 2 years ago

“The service is appalling. I used to receive a paper bill that was quite often just an estimate. Funnily enough it was always an estimate in the winter time leading to a huge demand for payment followed by an accurate reading in the summer leading to a very low payment meaning that British Gas held onto a few hundred pounds for approximately six months ( multiply £200 by 1M customers and you get a vision of the size of the money that they owe the British public). Now they just tell me a reading is due, don't bother to send a bill and threaten debt collection when I haven't paid whatever they demand. What are OFGEM doing with this bunch of clowns, surely they should be taking action against them. I will be contacting the Ombudsman and seeing whether they can take action. It would be nice if the British public could enter some kind of class action against British Gas and demand OUR money back. It seems that you have to select at least 1 star to write a review but in reality it should be 0 stars.”

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Posted 2 years ago

“Useless and no replies to emails. What kind of a company does not have email addresses for their customers to use. It is nearly 2024, not 1994! I have even been emailing British Gas's complaints email address (the only one they have that I know does work) and even they ignore the emails that they are sent to them. This has been going on for several months regarding the electricity supply to my office in Tunbridge Wells in Kent. I would suggest that if anyone is looking for a utility provider that they do not use British Gas for either their gas or electricity. People are not willing to sit on hold for an hour to speak to your company. Why did you chose to remove all of the email addresses that your customers used to use to contact you. Account A11421104.”

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Posted 2 years ago

“Absolutely terrible customer service after British Gas decided to Estimate my electricity meter reading. We purchased the cottage in April 2023 and the previous owner was using British Gas as their supplier. Meter reading all submitted on first/last day of house sale and since then British Gas haven’t been able to take my meter reading because they “estimated” my reading in June far too high in the first instance Since then, I’ve been unable to get them to listen, review images, send out a meter reader and even cancelled a Smart Meter installation less than 24 hours before it was due. It’s still not installed! Ofgem have been informed but nothing back from them yet. 7 months waiting, British Gas, and based on my readings you owe me nearly £600 and a visit to install a Smart Meter Stop overcharging me and causing me stress over incorrect meter readings you guess at!”

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Posted 2 years ago

“Customer service appalling I have switched supplier to different after just 2 weeks”

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Posted 2 years ago

“Absolutely useless. Couldn't get through to anyone and when I finally managed, the guy couldn't understand a word I was saying. I had to cancel the call.”

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Posted 2 years ago

“Useless system and useless customer service”

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Posted 2 years ago

“They take money when they know you do not have it to pay you back and leave you with nothing to feed your family then when you ring them up they want more money. This company wants to be ashamed”

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Posted 2 years ago

“I don't want to give a single star because this is rubbish, it eats my £4 to £5 on every topup. The old topup system by the key was good.”

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Posted 2 years ago

“So many problems since joining them, customer service is a joke”

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Posted 2 years ago

“Absolutely appalling!!! My direct debit wasn’t taken last month now I’m in debit to them !!! After using their chat line I didn’t get a result . So today after receiving a bill telling me I’m in debit by a large amount, I rang them !!! After being put on hold by 3 different people and 45 minutes later another foreign lady answered. This experience was unbelievable, she was so rude , tried to put me on hold again but that was not happening!!! And during the conversation she constantly spoke to her colleagues in a foreign language 🤬🤬🤬I have never experienced such a disgraceful and discriminatory in my life . We are not allowed in this country to do this to others but they can do whatever they want to English people!!! British Gas seriously need to get their act together if they want to keep their customers and train the appalling staff they employ!!! Disgusting 🤮”

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Posted 2 years ago

“I have very bed experience with British Gas,I moved in new house in January and having issues with meter.so many times call them because while I was doing top up needs to put manually,British gas said it’s a communication problem from day one to today and said rise complain for me, someone call me back and shot out but no one call me back and shot out my problem.having a very bad experience.”

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Posted 2 years ago

British Gas is rated 1.2 based on 3,214 reviews