Andrew Pilley

Following the hearing, in the High Court at Manchester, the defendants were issued with court orders containing penal notices. They gave undertakings to the court to cease their behaviour and remove any published reference to BES, its directors, employees, agents and representatives.   If the men fail to comply with the order they may be held in contempt of court and could be fined or imprisoned. The court also ordered that if the defendants breach the undertakings, they will be required to pay £250,000 towards BES’s substantial legal costs.

In January 2018, BES Utilities settled a High Court case against two men, in which the company had alleged that they had made false claims about the company for three years.

Pilley is a supporter of Trinity Hospice. In Summer 2013, BES Utilities supported the Trinity Hospice Corporate Challenge.

In 2012, Pilley and fellow trustees founded the Fleetwood Town Community Trust, an independent, registered charity working in partnership with Fleetwood Town Football Club. The Trust is an active community project that aims to provide socially inclusive community, health and education engagement programmes within its local community.

Since becoming owner, Pilley has invested in excess of ten million pounds into the club. His financial support has seen the complete renovation of Highbury Stadium, including the construction of its centre piece, the Parkside Stand, which first opened to spectators in March 2011. This 2,000 capacity seated stand offers executive boxes and a large hospitality area which plays an important role in providing income streams for the club both on matchdays and non-match days. Both the Parkside and Memorial Stands are also home to the BES group of companies, with office spaces built into the stands.

In 2009, the pair set up and acquired an electricity supply licence for BES Commercial Electricity Ltd (both companies now form the BES Utilities group). Since then, the companies have seen significant growth and they are now one of the largest employers on the Fylde coast, with over 200 staff based at its Head Office in Fleetwood, Lancashire.

In 2004 he was offered the chance to become involved in Fleetwood Town Football Club. What he found upon his arrival at Fleetwood Town was a club with a dilapidated stadium, very limited revenue streams and in desperate need of investment and a complete new direction.

He became self-employed in 2001 due to the demise of large energy company, Enron, which left him unemployed. As a result of this, he started his own utilities brokerage business from his spare bedroom.

Andrew James "Andy" Pilley (born 26 May 1970) is an English businessman. He is the current chairman and owner of English football League One club Fleetwood Town F.C., the chairman of independent commercial utility group, BES Utilities and the managing director of independent utility sales agency network Commercial Power.