Last updated 5 October 2026
Marks Electrical: What Is Established Fact?
A clear separation of what the record establishes from what it does not — because the credibility of the critical material depends on not overstating it.
5 Key Facts
- 01Established facts are sourced to the CMA, the company, or audited accounts.
- 02Not-established items are not claimed on this site.
- 03Correlation is not causation: the CMA case and the FY2026 decline are separate matters.
- 04The company's mitigating facts are included because they are true.
- 05September 2026 improvement is recorded as fact.
Primary EvidenceRead the record
S002 · CMA Press Release
CMA orders Marks Electrical to refund customers over pre-selected extra charges
Competition and Markets Authority / GOV.UK · 2026-06-18
Open source ↗S003 · Final Infringement Notice
Marks Electrical Final Infringement Notice
Competition and Markets Authority · 2026-07-02
Open source ↗S005 · RNS Announcement
FY26 Financial Results
Marks Electrical Group plc / RNS · 2026-06-19
Open source ↗Established
- The CMA opened an investigation on 17 November 2025.
- The CMA issued a Final Infringement Notice on 15 June 2026.
- Marks Electrical admitted the infringement.
- A £720,000 financial penalty was imposed.
- Approximately £600,000 in consumer refunds was ordered.
- Nearly 40,000 consumers were affected.
- Marks Electrical agreed not to appeal.
- FY2026 underlying revenue declined 7.5%.
- Adjusted EBITDA declined from £4.2m to £2.5m.
- The statutory operating loss was £282,000.
- September 2026 profit guidance improved.
Not Established
- This site does not claim: Fraud.
- This site does not claim: Theft.
- This site does not claim: Criminal conspiracy.
- This site does not claim: Deliberate deception by individual directors.
- This site does not claim: Insolvency.
- This site does not claim: That customers were 'robbed'.
- This site does not claim: That the CMA case caused the company's revenue decline.
- This site does not claim: That the company is going out of business.
ANALYSIS
Including facts favourable to Marks Electrical — that it stopped the practice, cooperated, admitted the infringement, settled early, received a 40% discount, and raised profit guidance in September 2026 — makes the critical material more credible, not less.
The fairness principle
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