UK households are facing another tough April in 2025 as a stack of bills all rise next month – costing families more than £450.
Research by household money-saving tool Nous.co found a typical household will be £450.75 worse off as a result of energy, water, council tax, mobile, broadband and entertainment subscriptions all shooting up on the same day.
A significant part of the increase is being driven by water bills with households being hit by £123 average price hikes – the largest since the water industry was privatised.
This is combined with increases to energy (£111), mobile phones (£43.20), broadband (£36), council tax (£109) and entertainment (£29).
The hit from April price rises is substantially higher in 2025 than it was in 2024.
Last year, energy bills fell in April after Ofgem decreased the price cap, offsetting the impact of other bills rising.
A typical household in 2024 saw their water, mobile, broadband, council tax and TV license bills increase by £245.
When accounting for the £238 fall in the energy price cap, the overall impact to a household’s budget was a hit of just £7.
A typical household will be more than £450 worse off in April (Stock image)
Families in some areas will be hit even harder due to steep price jumps imposed by their local water supplier and exceptionally high increases to their council tax.
Residents in Brighton & Hove will see their bills shoot up by £542, largely driven by a £224 annual increase imposed by their water supplier, Southern Water.
Other areas will see more manageable increases due to lower council tax rises and smaller hikes for water.
Households in the London Borough of Wandsworth will see bill rises of £380 as their council tax – already the lowest in the country – rises far below average.
Greg Marsh, household finance expert and CEO of household money-saving tool Nous.co, said: ‘Households are being hit this year, leaving them hundreds of pounds worse off.
‘The combination of water, energy, council tax and more all rising on the same day adds up to serious money.
‘And thanks to an unfair postcode lottery, families in certain areas will be thumped even harder, while others will get away with more manageable increases to their bills.
‘With all of us set to lose out on such significant sums, it’s crucial we don’t end up overpaying. Unfortunately, nine out of 10 of us are doing just that.
‘No wonder – staying on top of this stuff is boring, complicated and stressful.
‘At Nous, we typically save customers hundreds of pounds a year on bills because they let things slip, and just didn’t realise they were paying so much more than they needed to.’
