Small business rate relief
You can get small business rate relief if:
- your property’s rateable value is less than £15,000
- your business only uses one property - you may still be able to get relief if you use more*
You cannot get small business rate relief and charitable rate relief at the same time. We will decide which type of relief you’re eligible for.
What you’ll get
What you will get depends on your property’s rateable value.
You will not pay business rates on a property with a rateable value of £12,000 or less, if that’s the only property your business uses.
For properties with a rateable value of £12,001 to £15,000, the rate of relief will go down gradually from 100% to 0%.
Example
If your rateable value is £13,500, you’ll get 50% off your bill. If your rateable value is £14,000, you’ll get 33% off.
If you use more than one property
When you get a second property, you’ll keep getting any existing relief on your main property for 12 months.
You can still get small business rate relief on your main property after this if both the following apply:
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none of your other properties have a rateable value above £2,899*.
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the total rateable value of all your properties is less than £20,000.
How to apply
If you think you are eligible, please fill in our online form:
Reporting a change in your circumstances
You must let us know if there are any changes to your circumstances which may affect your entitlement to small business rate relief. If your rateable value increases, this may cause you to lose your small business rate relief.
*The threshold for the combined rateable value is dependent on the location of the main property. The main property is the only one that will have the relief applied to it. The additional properties will have their charges calculated using the standard multiplier.