Are Polar in administration too?

6 comments started 2026-04-21 last 2026-04-21
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#1 madbilly

Hi all,
I was just looking for AIO2 spares and found that it seems the same units are/were sold by Polar as well. Does anyone know if Polar ESS is in administration too?
Cheers 🙂

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#2 Vestas

madbilly They were part of GE Ltd so yes they're bust too.

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#3 arthurma

madbilly
PolarESS was a budget brand part of the Givenergy group, as Vestas said.

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#4 madbilly

@arthurma it wasn't GivEnergy Group which went bust, it was GivEnergy Ltd, the UK consumer-facing subsidiary. I don't know which part of the group Polar ESS sat within, hence why I asked. So are you sure that Polar ESS are part of GivEnergy Ltd, @Vestas?

polar-ess.com says Shenzhen PolarESS Technology Co., Ltd. at the bottom. polar-ess.co.uk doesn't seem to say a company name, but it links to givenergy.co.uk.

I'm guessing that the global business is going to keep going, it's just the UK consumer-facing bit which has gone bust (for now).

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#5 ectoplasmosis

madbilly The Australian arm of GivEnergy has filed for administration. PolarESS seems to be a zombie entity.

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#6 madbilly

Oh, well, it really doesn't look good then 🙁