Who is Dragons’ Den entrepreneur Anthony Cherry and what is TIME:O:STAT?
EVERY week hopeful entrepreneurs face the tough investors on Dragons’ Den.
One person who is hoping to impress the famous Dragons’ is landlord and inventor, Anthony Cherry.
Who is entrepreneur Anthony Cherry?
Anthony Cherry is a landlord from Amersham in Buckinghamshire.
Before entering into the business world he studied at University of Warwick, where he completed a science degree.
He started investing in property from 2003, and now has a portfolio spread between Northampton and Aylesbury.
Anthony is also an entrepreneur and invented a product to help landlords with energy bills, called TIME:O:STAT.
What is TIME:O:STAT?
TIME:O:STAT is a room thermostat designed for landlords who provide homes that have gas and electricity included in the price of the rent.
It aims to put a stop to energy being left on all day unnecessarily.
TIME:O:STAT aims to be a replacement for the current central heating room thermostat.
The product restricts the heating to a time period determined by the installer – by default this is two hours.
The tenants have full control of the heating, but they can only have it running for two hours at a time.
This means the heating can not be left running constantly and will turn itself off when the tenant isn’t there.
Speaking about his product, Anthony said on his website: “I designed the TIME:O:STAT to solve a problem I was having as an HMO landlord.
“My tenants were not motivated to regulate the central heating in my houses.
“Often leaving the heating running full blast when nobody was home.
“As I offered a lucrative ‘bills included’ rental model I was essentially often paying to heat an empty house.”
Anthony went on: “I set about developing a solution for my personal use throughout my portfolio of HMO student houses.
“The results were impressive, up to 50% savings on heating bills in some of my properties.
“This compelled my to develop the TIME:O:STAT so other landlords could benefit from the money savings I had achieved.”
When can you watch TIME:O:STAT on Dragons’ Den?
Anthony will be asking for investment into TIME:O:STAT on Dragons’ Den on March 14, 2024.
You can catch him facing the investors from 8pm on BBC One and the iPlayer.
Viewers will watch him pitch his company to the famous Dragons – Deborah Meaden, Peter Jones, Touker Suleyman, Sara Davies, and Steven Bartlett.
Dragons' Den stars - past and present
Dragons' Den has been on our screens since 2005 and sees entrepreneurs enter the Den to try and win investment for their businesses from the Dragons.
Over the years there have been many wealthy investors sitting in the famous seats, here’s a rundown of them all and how long they were on the show for.
- Peter Jones – series 1 – present
- Deborah Meaden – series 3 – present
- Touker Suleyman – series 13 – present
- Sara Davies – series 17 – present
- Steven Bartlett – series 19 – present
- Duncan Bannatyne – series 1 – 12
- Rachel Elnaugh – series 1 and 2
- Doug Richard – series 1 and 2
- Simon Woodroffe – series 1
- Theo Paphitis – series 2 -10
- Richard Farleigh – series 3 and 4
- James Caan – series 5-8
- Hilary Devey – series 9 and 10
- Kelly Hoppen – series 11 and 12
- Piers Linney – series 11 and 12
- Nick Jenkins – series 13 and 14
- Sarah Willingham – series 13 and 14
- Jenny Campbell – series 15 and 16
- Tej Lalvani – series 15 – 18
- Emma Grede and Gary Neville were guest Dragons during series 21.