A fund management company’s investment in three newly constructed, speculative, office developments in Berkshire cost them more than they realised.

£2.1 million had been overpaid in unoccupied rates. A nice windfall for the local authority but one that, thanks to Accurates, they soon had to refund.

Accurates investigated high charges for empty offices

A detailed forensic audit was carried out on the paperwork issued by the council and documents disclosed by the billing authority on our request.

We soon realised we could make a closely detailed argument for non-compliance with the statutory requirements for bringing unoccupied properties into charge.

Our team carefully managed the process to ensure that all statutory requirements of rating legislation were met.

And then - a lot of money returned to our client’s account with no effort on their part; now that’s a good day at the office.