Organisations whose main aims are charitable, educational, religious, recreational, literary or concerned with the fine arts or social welfare may qualify for charity relief.
We give mandatory relief to charities (or the trustees of a charity) or to organisations which do not have to register with the Charities Commission (if the property is being totally or mainly used for charitable purposes). In these cases, we will reduce the business rates by 80%.
We can give discretionary relief to non-profit-making organisations that are not charities. We can also give discretionary relief on top of mandatory relief.
We can award discretionary relief on its own to organisations which do not qualify for mandatory relief, or as extra relief to those charities which already receive 80% mandatory relief.
If you want to claim charitable relief, please telephone 01327 322190 to ask for an application form.