Historic Rates Audits

Helping Businesses Recover Historic Overpayments

Our historical rates audit (which can look back as far as 1996), focusses on historical liabilities, and billing errors that are often outside the scope of standard rating reviews. This applies to all types of organisations from SMEs with one property to investors and large corporates with extensive portfolios, including industrial, logistics, offices, and leisure property, across the length and breadth of the UK.

Explore overpayments and recover what’s owed to you.

Business rates are complicated and unfortunately mistakes are common.

Our audit team work independently and directly with the local Billing Authority, with no conflict to the Appeal process in Rateable Value for which many of our audit Clients may have a retained agent.

Historic audit

We carry out a detailed analysis of past bills to uncover any irregularities and overpayments.

Error detection

We investigate any incorrect billing, misapplied reliefs and valuation inaccuracies across your business rates valuations.

Rebate recovery

We pursue claims to their conclusion on a No Win No Fee basis with no financial risk to the ratepayer.

Expert case management

Our expert team takes full ownership of your claim, managing the process from start to finish. If historic errors have led to overpayment, we will manage the case to secure the refunds you are entitled to.

How long will it take?

The process generally takes 2-3 weeks from receiving the instruction to the money being received (this is dependent upon the council’s response). The money will be paid directly into your account. We do not expect payment of our fee until this money is received by you, if you do not receive a refund, you owe us Nothing (there are no Hidden Fees).

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BRS Ltd is regulated by the RICS for the provision of surveying services. This means that we agree to uphold the RICS rules of conduct and all other applicable mandatory professional practice requirements or RICS, for more information see www.rics.org.

As a regulated firm we have committed to cooperating with RICS in ensuring compliance with its standards. Our nominated RICS Responsible Principal is our MD, Stephen J Shaw MRICS steve@business-rates.uk.com.