Charitable business rates relief

Mandatory charitable rates relief 

If your charity is registered with the Charity Commission, you can claim 80% off your bill. 

This is known as mandatory charitable rates relief. 

Download and complete our business rates mandatory charitable rate relief application form:

Discretionary charitable rate relief

You may be able to claim discretionary relief if your charity is: 

• eligible for mandatory relief and you want to claim for the remaining 20%
• not eligible for mandatory relief and you want to claim 100% discretionary relief 

With your application, you'll need to provide  copies of your: 

• latest audited accounts
• organisation's constitution 

Download and complete our business rates discretionary relief application form:

When we receive your application, we'll arrange to visit your premises to check your application. 

We decide whether to grant discretionary charitable rate relief based on certain criteria.

Relief in exceptional circumstances

We may award discretionary relief to organisations under exceptional circumstances. 

To request relief under exceptional circumstances, email us at business-rates@royalgreenwich.gov.uk. Explain why we should award you this relief. 

After you've applied

You need to pay business rates as normal while we're assessing your application. 

If you're successful, we'll apply the relief to your business rate account.  

If you're unsuccessful, we'll write explaining why you do not qualify.