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OVO Energy V-MIL

MILITARY AUDIT UPDATED 2026-05-18
V-MIL Score 0.00 /10 E OVO Energy — BDS-1000 46
V-MIL 0.00

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OVO Energy — V-MIL Audit

Scope and entity profile

OVO Energy Limited is a UK-registered company listed on Companies House under company number 06890795, and Ofgem published a notice granting OVO Energy Limited an electricity supply licence authorising supply to domestic and non-domestic premises in Great Britain.12 OVO’s public-facing materials and group disclosures reviewed for this audit describe the business as an energy supplier and broader energy technology group, centred on retail gas and electricity supply, home-energy services, and energy-platform/software activity rather than defence manufacturing.3452

The reviewed FY2024 group disclosures describe operating entities including OVO Energy Ltd, OVO Electricity Ltd, OVO Gas Ltd, Kaluza-related entities, OVO Energy Spain SL, and a former Australian venture, but the reviewed materials did not identify an Israeli subsidiary, a defence business unit, or a disclosed Israeli defence customer.3 Kaluza is described in the reviewed materials as an energy information-technology platform and services business with teams across Europe, North America, Australia, and Asia, and a Japan joint venture, with no defence-grade or tactical product line disclosed in those materials.34

Audit summary

Across the reviewed corporate disclosures, regulatory records, UK export-control materials, UN/OHCHR materials, and the civil-society source consulted, no public evidence was identified linking OVO Energy or OVO Group to direct defence contracting with Israeli security bodies, dual-use or tactical product sales to Israeli end-users, supply-chain integration with Israeli defence primes, or export-licensing activity for military or dual-use exports to Israel.3156789101112 This is an evidence-based “no public evidence identified” conclusion based on the reviewed source set, not proof that no such relationship could exist outside the public record.31567891112

Direct Defence Contracting & Procurement

The reviewed sources characterise OVO primarily as a civilian energy retail and technology business, not as a defence contractor.352 The FY2024 annual report reviewed for this audit did not disclose any Israeli subsidiary, defence-oriented business segment, or defence customer relationship in the group structure or related-party material described in the memo.3

No public evidence identified of verified contracts, tender awards, framework agreements, or memoranda of understanding between OVO Energy/OVO Group and the Israeli Ministry of Defence, the Israel Defense Forces, the Israel Prison Service, the Israel Border Police, or other Israeli state security bodies in the reviewed corporate disclosures, Companies House materials, and OVO public-facing sources.315

No public evidence identified that OVO appears in official Israeli defence export directories, SIBAT materials surfaced in the research, or public defence procurement registries in connection with Israeli state contracts, based on the source classes reviewed for this audit.315

No public evidence identified in OVO corporate press releases or other reviewed company materials of defence cooperation, joint ventures, or partnership agreements with Israeli defence entities.345

Dual-Use Products & Tactical Variants

OVO’s public-facing materials and reviewed group disclosures focus on energy supply, home-energy services, decarbonisation, and energy-platform/software operations rather than on manufacturing hardware platforms, tactical equipment, or defence systems.352 The reviewed Kaluza descriptions present that business as an energy IT platform and services operation, with no ruggedised, mil-spec, tactical, or defence-grade product line disclosed in the materials cited in this audit.34

No public evidence identified that OVO Energy manufactures or markets ruggedised, tactical, mil-spec, or defence-grade product variants, or that any such variants were sold to Israeli security forces, based on the annual report, corporate site, and Ofgem licensing material reviewed for this audit.3452

No public evidence identified distinguishing civilian-to-military product variants because no verified dual-use or militarised OVO product line was located in the reviewed sources.352

UK export-control publications reviewed for this audit describe the licensing framework for military and dual-use items and provide Israel-specific management information, but no reviewed source identified OVO Energy as a named licence holder, applicant, denied party, or revoked licence holder in relation to military or dual-use exports to Israel.6789 No public evidence identified of export licence applications, end-user certificates, or export-control reviews tied to OVO sales to Israeli defence or security end-users in the reviewed materials.6789

Heavy Machinery, Construction & Infrastructure

The reviewed sources describe OVO’s business model as energy retail, home services, and software/energy-platform activity, and they do not identify OVO as a manufacturer or supplier of heavy construction machinery, demolition equipment, or settlement-construction hardware.3452

UN/OHCHR materials reviewed for this audit confirm that the UN maintains scrutiny of business enterprises involved in specified settlement-linked activities, including utilities, equipment, and infrastructure support connected to settlements.1112 Those materials were reviewed as a source class for possible occupied-territory exposure involving OVO.1112

No public evidence identified of OVO equipment, vehicles, or machinery being used in construction, maintenance, or demolition in settlements, the separation barrier, military installations, or occupied territories in the reviewed OVO disclosures, UN/OHCHR materials, NGO/campaign source classes, and open-web reporting described in the memo.351112

No public evidence identified of direct or indirect OVO sales into occupied-territory construction activity, and no disclosed OVO end-use monitoring policy specific to such equipment was identified because no relevant heavy-equipment product line or transaction was located in the reviewed sources.35

No public evidence identified of contracts for construction, maintenance, servicing, or expansion of checkpoints, detention facilities, military bases, the separation barrier, or settlement infrastructure involving OVO Energy in the source classes reviewed for this audit.351112

Supply Chain Integration with Defence Primes

No public evidence identified that OVO Energy or OVO Group supplies components, sub-systems, raw materials, or specialist manufacturing services to Israeli defence primes such as Elbit Systems, Israel Aerospace Industries, Rafael, or IMI/Elbit Land in the annual report, OVO press materials, Companies House materials, and open-web source classes reviewed for this audit.3415

No public evidence identified of any specific OVO component category supplied into Israeli defence manufacturing in the reviewed corporate disclosures, regulatory records, or public source classes referenced in the memo.315

No public evidence identified of joint development programmes, co-production agreements, technology-transfer arrangements, or licensed manufacturing agreements between OVO and Israeli defence firms in the reviewed sources.3415

Logistical Sustainment & Base Services

The reviewed public materials indicate a business centred on retail gas and electricity supply, home-energy services, and software/energy-platform operations, and they did not disclose service-contracting to overseas military installations or detention facilities.3452

No public evidence identified of contracts to provide catering, transport, fuel supply, waste management, facilities maintenance, telecommunications, or similar support services to IDF bases, military training facilities, detention centres, or Israeli security installations in the corporate disclosures, Companies House materials, and public source classes reviewed for this audit.315

No public evidence identified of any publicly known geographic scope linking OVO services to installations in the West Bank, Golan Heights, East Jerusalem, or the Negev in the annual report, corporate site, UN/OHCHR materials, and open-web reporting reviewed for this audit.351112

No public evidence identified of shipping, freight-forwarding, or port-handling contracts specifically servicing Israeli defence logistics, military cargo, or arms shipments, and OVO’s reviewed disclosures did not present the company as a shipping or freight operator.35

Munitions, Weapons Systems & Strategic Platforms

No public evidence identified that OVO Energy acts as a prime contractor or licensed manufacturer of weapons, munitions, armoured vehicles, drones, naval vessels, or other lethal platforms, and the reviewed sources instead describe an energy-supply and energy-technology business.3452

No public evidence identified of OVO supplying ammunition, explosive ordnance, chemical propellants, warhead components, or munitions precursor materials to Israeli defence end-users in the corporate disclosures, export-control materials, and public source classes reviewed for this audit.36789

No public evidence identified of OVO having any role in missile-defence systems, fighter aircraft, tanks, warships, ballistic missiles, or strategic defence sub-systems for Israeli forces in the reviewed corporate and public materials.345

No public evidence identified of OVO supplying critical sub-systems calibrated for lethal or strategic systems, including guidance electronics, fire-control systems, radar components, propulsion units, or warhead casings, in the sources reviewed for this audit.35

Export Licensing, Regulatory & Legal History

The UK government export-control publications reviewed for this audit set out the UK’s military and dual-use licensing framework and provide Israel-specific management information.6789 Within those reviewed materials, no source identified OVO Energy as a named licence holder, applicant, denied party, or revoked licence holder in relation to military or dual-use exports to Israel.6789

No public evidence identified of government decisions to grant, deny, suspend, or revoke export licences for OVO products to Israeli military or security end-users in the reviewed UK strategic export control materials and Israel-specific licensing data pages.6789

No public evidence identified of investigations, citations, or enforcement actions relating to OVO’s compliance with arms embargoes, export-control regimes, or sanctions affecting defence trade with Israel in the reviewed materials.6789

No public evidence identified of court proceedings or judicial reviews concerning an alleged OVO defence-supply relationship with Israel in the reviewed Companies House, regulatory, and corporate materials described in the memo.3168

Civil Society Scrutiny & Documented Investigations

Ethical Consumer’s company profile for OVO Group stated, at the time accessed for the memo, that there were “no active boycotts” of the company on that platform.10

UN/OHCHR materials reviewed for this audit confirm the existence and updating of a UN database concerning business enterprises involved in specified settlement-linked activities, and those materials were checked as a source class for possible OVO exposure.1112

No public evidence identified in the NGO, academic, UN, or campaign sources reviewed that specifically addresses OVO Energy as having a military, security, or dual-use supply-chain relationship with the Israeli state.101112

No public evidence identified of organised boycott, divestment, or exclusion campaigns specifically targeting OVO Energy for defence-sector activities linked to Israel in the sources reviewed for this audit, and Ethical Consumer indicated no active boycott listing on its platform at the time accessed.10

No public evidence identified of public statements, policy changes, contract terminations, or end-use monitoring commitments by OVO in response to allegations about defence supply to Israel in the reviewed corporate and public-interest materials.34510

Evidence gaps and limitations

Visibility into Israeli procurement and defence-directory records is limited in English-language public sources, so the absence of a supportable public record in the materials reviewed here should be read as “no public evidence identified,” not as proof of non-existence.315

The export-licensing materials reviewed are system-level and destination-level sources, and the memo notes that the reviewed pages do not provide an easy company-name index for all applicants or exporters, which limits the ability to rule out every possible indirect or legacy application without deeper database extraction or freedom-of-information work.6789

The UN/OHCHR settlement-database update materials were reviewed as a source class, but the memo notes that full line-by-line company-name verification from annexed lists was not available through the fetched pages used for the research, so this audit does not make a categorical claim about list inclusion or non-inclusion beyond reporting that no supportable OVO-specific evidence was identified in the reviewed materials.1112

No patent, customs-shipment, or Israeli corporate-registry record surfaced in the reviewed public sources showing OVO participation in defence manufacturing, tactical products, or occupied-territory infrastructure, but the memo notes that those source classes would require deeper dedicated registry extraction to be exhaustive.315

Overall audit conclusion

Based on the reviewed public evidence set, OVO Energy presents in the source record as a civilian energy supplier and energy-technology business, and no public evidence was identified in this audit of direct Israeli defence/security contracting, dual-use or tactical product provision, defence-prime supply-chain integration, military logistics support, weapons-related activity, or Israel-linked export-licensing exposure.34526789 Likewise, the reviewed civil-society and UN-related source classes did not surface supportable OVO-specific evidence of military or settlement-linked involvement for the purposes examined in this V-MIL audit.101112

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Footnotes

  1. https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/06890795/filing-history ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6 ↩7 ↩8 ↩9 ↩10 ↩11 ↩12

  2. https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/publications/ovo-energy-limited-notice-grant-electricity-supply-licence ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6 ↩7 ↩8 ↩9 ↩10

  3. https://company.ovo.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/OVO-ANNUAL-REPORT-FY24-FINAL-SEPT-2025.pdf ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6 ↩7 ↩8 ↩9 ↩10 ↩11 ↩12 ↩13 ↩14 ↩15 ↩16 ↩17 ↩18 ↩19 ↩20 ↩21 ↩22 ↩23 ↩24 ↩25 ↩26 ↩27 ↩28 ↩29 ↩30 ↩31 ↩32 ↩33 ↩34

  4. https://company.ovo.com/ovo-group-powers-forward-to-accelerate-the-global-energy-transition/ ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6 ↩7 ↩8 ↩9 ↩10 ↩11 ↩12 ↩13

  5. https://www.ovoenergy.com/about ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6 ↩7 ↩8 ↩9 ↩10 ↩11 ↩12 ↩13 ↩14 ↩15 ↩16 ↩17 ↩18 ↩19 ↩20 ↩21 ↩22 ↩23 ↩24 ↩25 ↩26 ↩27 ↩28

  6. https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/united-kingdom-strategic-export-controls-annual-report ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6 ↩7 ↩8 ↩9 ↩10 ↩11 ↩12

  7. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-strategic-export-controls-annual-report-2024 ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6 ↩7 ↩8 ↩9 ↩10 ↩11

  8. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/export-control-licensing-management-information-for-israel ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6 ↩7 ↩8 ↩9 ↩10 ↩11 ↩12

  9. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/export-control-licensing-management-information-for-israel/israel-export-control-licensing-data-31-july-2025 ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6 ↩7 ↩8 ↩9 ↩10 ↩11

  10. https://www.ethicalconsumer.org/company-profile/ovo-group-ltd-formerly-ovo-energy-group ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6

  11. https://www.un.org/unispal/document/updated-database-of-business-ohchr2023/ ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6 ↩7 ↩8 ↩9 ↩10 ↩11

  12. https://www.un.org/unispal/document/ohchr-report-02aug24/ ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6 ↩7 ↩8 ↩9 ↩10 ↩11