This relief is aimed at helping small businesses where they are not entitled to another mandatory relief.

Relief is based on the Rateable Value (RV) of your business in the relevant valuation period.

Who qualifies

• businesses that occupy only one property in England and have an RV of less than £15,000
• businesses may qualify if they occupy one main property and other additional properties, providing that:
  • the additional properties do not have individual RVs of more than £2,899
  • the combined RV of all the properties is under £20,000

Businesses that qualify for small business rate relief when they occupy more than one property can only be granted relief on the main property.

Businesses receiving small business rate relief that take on an additional property which would currently disqualify them from receiving relief, will continue to receive their existing relief for 12 months.

Small business rate relief is funded by a supplement added to all other rates bills. However, if your property has a rateable value above £15,000 but below £51,000, your bill will have already been calculated using the lower small business multiplier. This means that although you are not entitled to the relief, you will not have to pay the supplement.

How much relief you will get

Relief is on a sliding scale.

From 1 April 2017, Small Business Rate Relief (SBRR) thresholds are as follows:

• properties with an RV of up to £12,000 will receive 100% relief
• properties with an RV between £12,000 and £15,000 will receive tapered relief and relief will gradually reduce from 100% at £12,000 to 0% at £15,000
• if you are not receiving the relief and you think that you are eligible, then please complete the online enquiry form