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  • Property details
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Introduction

This is a national government scheme which provides relief on the business rates for registered charitable organisations. Relief of 80% on rate bills can be provided for eligible charities. The charity needs to:

  • be the rate payer
  • use the property for charitable purposes

If the property is unoccupied, the intention must be to use it for charitable purposes.

For charity shops, the charity must use the property to sell goods donated to it.  It must also use the net proceeds for the purposes of the charity.

You will need to provide the following in support of your application:

  • your contact details
  • information about the charity
  • details of the property