Transport · EV charging

What flows through a charging hub — and how it pays

EVs pull in and draw power from the grid; drivers pay per kWh. It's an energy-throughput business: revenue scales with utilisation against largely fixed charger and grid-connection costs, so margins swing hard. Watch energy flow in (the cost) and payments flow out (the revenue), split into charging and higher-margin ancillary income — and how it builds EBITDA and value.

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Charging £ energy sales (per kWh) Ancillary £ retail, ads, grid services Grid energy in the cost side Operating cost
Flows — annualised from current assumptionsper year
Revenue p.a.
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£0 / hr
EBITDA p.a.
£0
0% margin
Revenue / kWh
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price + ancillary
Energy p.a.
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0% utilisation
Stocks — what the flows accumulate intolive
Vehicles charging now
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live, of 10 bays on site
EBITDA banked · session
£0
accumulating in real time
Implied enterprise value
£0
at 15× EBITDA
Where revenue comes from Total £0 p.a.
Charging
Ancillary
Why investors watch this: charging is an energy-throughput business — revenue scales with utilisation while charger and grid-connection costs are largely fixed, so EBITDA swings hard with usage (there is a clear utilisation breakeven). Ancillary income (retail, advertising, grid & flexibility services) is higher margin and diversifies the site.
Revenue streams£0 p.a.
Operating costs£0 p.a.
Investment case — should you buy it?DCF returns

Year-1 financials flow live from the simulation above: revenue £0 and EBITDA £0 p.a. Set your deal terms below — the unlevered IRR (asset return) and levered IRR (return to equity, after debt) recompute instantly.

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Equity cash-flow profile£m · ■ invested   ■ returned
Projection — £m per year

Illustrative model. Represents a ~80 MW charging network operating 24×365. Revenue = energy dispensed × (charge price + ancillary); wholesale electricity & grid (DUoS) cost is assumed at 20p/kWh and scales with energy, alongside largely fixed charger, connection and software costs (hence the utilisation sensitivity). EBITDA = revenue − operating costs. The investment case is a simplified DCF: unlevered IRR discounts free cash flow to the firm (EBITDA − cash tax − capex) plus an exit on the EV/EBITDA multiple; levered IRR is the equity cash flow after debt. For illustration only — not investment advice, and not any specific asset.