Charitable, community and sports rate relief

Charities and community amateur sports clubs can apply for charitable rate relief.

Relief for charities

Charities can apply for charity rate relief of up to 100 per cent of the liability.

This relief is made up of:

• mandatory relief at 80 per cent if the organisation is a charity (registered with the Charities Commission) and the property is being used for charitable purposes
• discretionary relief.

Discretionary relief can top up your mandatory relief (up to an additional 20 per cent), or be awarded if you do not qualify for mandatory relief. This can be anything up to 100 per cent relief.