Our client had a single office suite under one legal entity. They had been in occupation of the office suite from 2014. The Rateable value came to £12,750. In most cases, to qualify for Small Business Rates Relief, the property must have a rateable value below £15,000 and the business must only use one property. We were able to contact the council on behalf of our client to apply the small business rates relief of 75%.

We were then able to obtain a refund on the rates they had been overpaying backdated to April 2017. After 6 years of overpaying, the refund came to approximately £40,000. Their rates payable changed from £6,500 to £1,600, saving them approximately £4,900 per annum.

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Where a new build house is used as a show home to illustrate other houses for sale within the development, it is chargeable for business rates.

In this case our client had a residential property that was charged business rates. Due to the nature of the business, we were able to show that the hereditament should be granted a 50% relief on their rates payable for the 2022/2023 year because it was being used for the purchase of property by visiting members of the public.

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