Resooma vs Taupia

Q: Do you pay the same for water through Resooma as going direct?

Resooma says: "You'll pay exactly the same as if you went direct, we just set it up for you." Its bills terms add an administration fee to water. Clause 7.9 builds the water charge from the average local charge, the size of the property and a bill splitting administration fee averaging £2.20 per site per week, and clause 7.9.4 sets the water administration fee at £2.50 a week per house, both excluding VAT.

Checked 15 October 2026

Resooma bundles a shared home's bills into one monthly payment, split equally. Taupia keeps every household bill with its own provider, split on your percentages, changing nothing without approval.

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Free. Give your address for provider quotes in about two minutes, or upload a bill you already have. Then you pay each provider directly and Taupia splits and runs it, with nothing bundled.

Three housemates at a kitchen table going through a paper bill and a laptop together.

What you see: Resooma
One equal share of a single monthly bill
Taupia
Each provider's rate visible, split on your percentages
Setting up: Resooma
It sets up energy, water, broadband and council tax
Taupia
Provider quotes from your address in about two minutes
After you move in: Resooma
Contracts from three months, matched to your tenancy
Taupia
Contract end dates flagged before they arrive

01How Resooma works, and what Taupia does

What are you actually buying from Resooma?

Resooma sets up and bundles a shared home's energy, water, broadband, TV and, for non-students, council tax into one monthly bill, split equally between housemates, with each person charged directly for their share. Contracts start from three months, and energy can be paid for as used or taken as unlimited. Taupia sits between that and a comparison site, which prices one bill and hands the result back.

Taupia is free and compares energy, broadband and mobile, with two ways in: give it your address and provider quotes come back in about two minutes, or upload the bills you have and AI agents read the tariff, usage, contract end date and any exit fee. You see the full list, Taupia recommends one with its reasons, and nothing changes until you approve it.

Each bill then splits across the house on percentages totalling 100%, worked out from the real amount, and Taupia flags renewal dates before they arrive. Water, council tax and TV Licence stay in view, though Taupia does not compare or switch them, and it does not set up council tax.

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Who pays whom

Your money reaches the suppliers through Resooma, so whatever it keeps is inside the single figure it quotes. Nothing reaches Taupia from your side. You pay each supplier its own published rate, Taupia splits that across the house and chases the shares, and a provider pays Taupia commission when a switch completes.

02Supplier account setup

Taupia splits every bill automatically, and never moves the money.

A package divides the house for you and quotes one figure for it. Going direct keeps Taupia out of the supplier contract, so the division stays with the household. Here is what Taupia does with that, and where it stops.

Every bill split automatically

Splitwise style, and not forced into an equal share. Each housemate holds a percentage of a bill, the percentages total 100%, and each share is worked out from the real bill amount, so it updates when the bill does.

Taupia does the chasing

So nobody in the house has to be the one who asks. Taupia allocates account-setup tasks, tracks completion, records and flags outstanding shares, and sends reminders while a share is outstanding. Everyone sees the same shares and who has settled. It does not move money: the housemates repay the person the bill is in the name of directly, outside Taupia, and the share reads as settled once it has been repaid.

One housemate is the person the supplier bills

A utility account is usually opened in one person's name. That one named account holder is who the supplier bills, and the obligation to the supplier stays theirs whoever in the house has paid their share. Taupia can send a request to add further people to the account, but the supplier decides. If a share is late, Taupia flags it and sends reminders. It never moves money between housemates, and nothing it records changes what the named holder owes the supplier.

03Resooma vs Taupia: pricing, liability and exit terms

What is actually different?

Start with the everyday question: what can you see before you choose, and who stays in control when a bill changes? Open any row for the provider's exact words.

Resooma vs Taupia: pricing, liability and exit terms
The question that matters	Resooma	Taupia
How the monthly amount is built	Resooma An estimated monthly payment, reconciled against real usage at the end. Their exact words For metered energy, Resooma's bills terms set the monthly payment in advance from an estimate of the gas and electricity the house will use, then reconcile it against actual usage at the end of the contract and settle the difference. Source resooma.com Checked 15 October 2026	Taupia Each provider's own rate on real usage. Taupia flags rises it reads. In Taupia's words You pay each provider its own published rate on what the house actually uses. Taupia reads every bill you upload, compares energy, broadband and mobile against what you pay now, and flags the price rises it reads. More on this How Taupia works
If someone misses a payment	Resooma Whoever submits the Order answers for all of it until the others accept. Their exact words Clause 3.5 of its bills terms makes whoever submits the Order responsible for it in full, and lets Resooma bill that person for all of it until the other tenants accept its terms. A failed payment can add a £15 fee. Source resooma.com Checked 15 October 2026	Taupia Percentage shares totalling 100%. Taupia tracks, but never collects. In Taupia's words Each housemate holds a percentage of the bill and the percentages total 100%. Supplier accounts default to one named account holder. Taupia can send a request to add further people, but the supplier decides whether to add them. Taupia records and flags outstanding shares, sends reminders and does not move money. It does not change the named holder's supplier obligation. More on this How Taupia works
What is organised	Resooma Energy, water, broadband, TV and council tax, split equally. Their exact words Its bills page lists green energy, water, broadband, a TV Licence and Sky TV, plus council tax for non-students, set up for the length of your tenancy from three months, with the bill split equally between housemates. Source resooma.com Checked 15 October 2026	Taupia Compare energy, broadband and mobile; organise water, council tax and TV Licence. In Taupia's words Taupia compares available energy, broadband and mobile rates, so you can see the provider and price before choosing. Water, council tax and TV Licence sit in the same home view with contracts, tasks and changes, organised rather than market-compared. More on this Suppliers Taupia supports
If the house moves or changes	Resooma Leaving early: £30 per service per tenant, with 30 days' notice. Their exact words Cancelling inside the minimum term but after the 14-day cancellation period costs £30 per service per tenant under clause 13.7. After that period, cancelling needs at least 30 days' written notice, and each customer on the contract has to request a cancellation in writing. Source resooma.com Checked 15 October 2026	Taupia No Taupia exit fee. Supplier and broadband exit charges can still apply. In Taupia's words There is no Taupia package contract to unwind. Supplier exit fees and any mid-contract broadband charges can still apply, so Taupia flags key contract dates and the changes it reads, and the household can decide in time.
When a fixed term ends	Resooma Energy rolls to a standard variable rate, with no split and joint liability. Their exact words If the contract period expires and Resooma keeps supplying the energy, clause 20.4 forms a deemed contract at its standard variable tariff until new terms are agreed. Clause 20.4.2 says that contract does not include bill splitting, and holds every tenant using the energy jointly liable for all energy invoices. Source resooma.com Checked 15 October 2026	Taupia End dates flagged early, and nothing changes until you approve. In Taupia's words Taupia flags the contract end date before it arrives and compares energy, broadband and mobile against what you pay now, so the house can decide in time. Nothing switches until you approve it.

04Resooma ownership, funding and disclosures

What does Resooma publish, and what does it not?

Who you contract with
Resooma's bills terms, last updated 6 March 2024, name Future Residential Ltd, company number 09326175, trading as Resooma, as the company you contract with, working through third-party suppliers it appoints.
Source resooma.com Checked 15 October 2026
Company status
Companies House shows Future Residential Limited, the company Resooma's bills terms name, in creditors' voluntary liquidation, with the winding up commencing on 30 April 2026.
Source find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk Checked 15 October 2026
Name on its bills page
The footer of Resooma's bills page reads © 2026 Huddle Utilities Ltd, a different company from the one its bills terms name.
Source resooma.com Checked 15 October 2026

5 more from Resooma's own site, each with its source

What one Reading house paid direct Reading Students' Union priced nine unlimited packages in March 2025 for one four-bedroom, four-occupant Reading house covering energy, water and broadband. Reading notes that guidance from Ofgem, the energy regulator, would treat a four-bedroom property as high usage, and on that band the house paid about £281 a month direct against the £408 the packages averaged: a premium of about £127 a month. Reading also ran a medium band, because students are away for long stretches, and there the direct figure is £223. Which one applies depends on how lived-in the house is. It is useful context for a Resooma quote, not a price for every household.
Source reading.ac.uk Checked 15 October 2026
Equal split, billed to each housemate Resooma says it splits the bill equally between housemates and charges each one directly for their contribution, so each person pays a single bill for their share on the same date every month, with no upfront cost.
Source resooma.com Checked 15 October 2026
Unlimited, with a usage policy Its bills terms add an unreasonable usage policy for unlimited contracts. Customers must sign up with the right number of bedrooms, and Resooma can backdate extra charges if they did not. Anyone over the policy is warned and contacted about their payment plan, and usage above it is charged when the tenancy ends.
Source resooma.com Checked 15 October 2026
Coverage Green energy, water, broadband, a TV Licence and Sky TV, plus council tax for non-students, which it says it sets up including any discounts they are entitled to.
Source resooma.com Checked 15 October 2026
Price match Resooma says it will match a cheaper like-for-like quote from another student bills package company.
Source resooma.com Checked 15 October 2026

05Resooma's own claim, checked

Do you pay the same for water through Resooma as going direct?

Claim check

Resooma says

“You’ll pay exactly the same as if you went direct, we just set it up for you.”

What else it publishes

Its bills terms add an administration fee to water. Clause 7.9 builds the water charge from the average local charge, the size of the property and a bill splitting administration fee averaging £2.20 per site per week, and clause 7.9.4 sets the water administration fee at £2.50 a week per house, both excluding VAT.

Source resooma.com Checked 15 October 2026

06Who Resooma suits, and who Taupia suits

When is Resooma the better answer?

Choose Resooma if

You want one bill each, split equally, with energy, water, broadband, TV and, for non-students, council tax set up for you: Resooma says it does exactly that.
Your tenancy is short: Resooma says contracts start from three months and run for the length of your tenancy.
You would rather take unlimited energy and accept a usage policy around it: its bills terms set one out for unlimited contracts.

Choose Taupia if

You want each bill to be the supplier's own rate on the house's real usage, with no administration fee inside the water charge.
You want to know who holds each account before anyone signs: with Taupia, each supplier account sits in a housemate's name with that provider.
The house wants to set its own split rather than an equal one: each member holds a percentage totalling 100%, and the house edits it when a room empties or fills.

07Taupia's own limitations

What do you give up by choosing Taupia?

Taupia does not bundle your payment. It helps you set up directly with each provider, then splits and manages it all with the prices in view, which is why it costs you nothing. Here is what that route does not give you.

Taupia does not bundle your bills into one fixed monthly amount. You pay each provider its own published rate, so a heavy month costs more and a quiet one costs less. It only compares energy, broadband and mobile, and does not compare or switch water, insurance, credit, savings or mortgages.
A provider pays Taupia commission when a switch completes. On energy and gas the rate is the same whichever supplier you pick, so an energy recommendation does not pay Taupia more one way or the other. Broadband and mobile rates vary a little. The full list it recommends from is the suppliers Taupia supports, published on its supported suppliers page.

How Taupia works

08Resooma questions answered

What else should you check before signing?

Who do you contract with at Resooma?

Resooma's bills terms, last updated 6 March 2024, name Future Residential Ltd, company number 09326175, trading as Resooma. Companies House shows that company in creditors' voluntary liquidation since 30 April 2026, and the footer of Resooma's bills page now reads Huddle Utilities Ltd. Ask Resooma which company your contract would be with, and for its current terms, before anyone signs.

What does leaving Resooma early cost?

Within 14 days of ordering you can cancel through its live chat, though you pay any costs it has already incurred. After that, cancelling needs at least 30 days' written notice from each customer on the contract, and inside the minimum term clause 13.7 adds £30 per service per tenant. Cancelling broadband less than 48 hours before installation can cost up to £60.

Is Resooma's unlimited energy really unlimited?

It comes with a usage policy. Resooma's bills terms set an unreasonable usage policy for unlimited contracts, based on Ofgem's typical consumption figures. Customers over it are warned and contacted about their payment plan, and any usage above it is charged when the tenancy ends. Signing up with the wrong number of bedrooms lets Resooma backdate extra charges.

09Deciding between Resooma and Taupia

So what should you do next?

Resooma trades one equal monthly bill each for not opening supplier accounts. Check which company you would contract with and what leaving costs, then price the same services direct.

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