Your assessment may be overpaying business rates.
The 2026 rating list is now live across England and Wales. Ratewise screens your listed assessment against measured, like-for-like local entries, shows the limitations, and lets an approved reviewer decide whether a formal case is justified. No reduction, no success fee.
Check your property
Live rating listFree, instant, and no obligation. We never claim a reduction the evidence doesn't support.
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current England & Wales rating list
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of submissions require human approval
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our only fee — and only if we win
0+ comps
required before we indicate a reduction
How it works
Three steps from an initial screen to an evidence-led case.
Automation screens the official list and prepares an evidence trail. A qualified rating specialist must approve the valuation before anything can be filed, and you stay in control throughout.
Check
Enter your address. We pull your rateable value and the comparable assessments around you, and analyse whether you're over the local tone, instantly and free.
Challenge
If there are grounds, we prepare the formal Check and Challenge to the VOA with a full evidence pack. A rating specialist reviews every case before it's submitted.
Recover
If the Valuation Office agrees a reduction, the billing authority recalculates the account. We invoice only from the actual agreed outcome under your engagement terms.
Why now
A new valuation just landed on every commercial property.
From 1 April 2026 the Valuation Office re-assessed non-domestic properties in England and Wales using an antecedent valuation date of 1 April 2024. The new list creates a clear reason to verify the official property facts and the evidence supporting the value.
Facts first
Check the listed description, area, use and effective date against the real property.
Comparable evidence
A reduction is indicated only when measured like-for-like entries support it.
Outcome-led
Any billing adjustment depends on the effective date and the authority's recalculation.
Time-limited
Challenge deadlines apply. The earlier you check, the more you protect.
Honest by design
The evidence screen that tells you when it does not indicate overpayment.
The sector has a reputation problem: agents who promise big reductions and file inflated claims. We built Ratewise to enforce conservative gates. Every automated indication is backed by measured comparable evidence and rounded in the Valuation Officer's favour; a reviewer can still decline the case.
“If the evidence doesn't support a reduction, we say so. A wasted challenge helps no one, and inaccurate filings are how agents lose their reputation, and their clients' trust.”
Evidence-led
Every proposed value is derived from real comparable assessments in your locality, never a guess.
Human-checked
A rating specialist reviews and signs off each case before it's submitted to the VOA.
No win, no fee
You pay nothing up front and nothing at all unless we reduce your bill. Our incentives match yours.
Standards-aligned
The workflow enforces written authority, official appointment and HMRC Valuation Office agent standards.
Simple, aligned pricing
Nothing up front. A quarter of what we save you.
One clear fee: 25% of the actual billing refund plus the actual annual bill saving multiplied by the time remaining in the current rating list from the decision date. If your rateable value doesn't come down, you owe us nothing.
The VOA agrees a reduction
£7,200 / yr
Illustrative full-list recovery
£21,600
Our fee · 25% before VAT
£5,400
Worked example assuming the decision is effective from the start of a three-year list: £7,200 a year × three years. Actual recovery depends on the effective date, billing adjustment and accepted engagement.
See whether the official local evidence supports a review.
No signup to screen. Estimates are clearly labelled. No success fee unless your rateable value comes down.