East of England · 2025-26
Business Rates in Castle Point
Businesses in Castle Point paid £17.6m in net business rates during 2025-26, below the average English council's £93.2m.
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Relief granted in Castle Point
Share of £8.0m total relief, 2025-26.
Castle Point at a glance
Castle Point granted £8.0m in relief overall, lower than the national council average of £26.3m. This included £3.6m in Small Business Rate Relief and £1.4m in retail, hospitality and leisure relief.
A further £2.2m went to charity relief and £0.2m to empty property relief, reflecting the mix of ratepayers across the local authority.
Castle Point has an estimated 3,260 active businesses, according to the latest ONS Business Counts (2025).
Castle Point ranks 165 out of 296 local authorities in England on the 2025 Index of Multiple Deprivation, where 1 is most deprived and 296 is least deprived.
Following the 2026 revaluation, the total rateable value of retail property in Castle Point rose by 6.6% — if this pushed your assessment too high, an appeal may be worth considering.
Frequently asked questions
How much are business rates in Castle Point?
Castle Point's local authority collected £17.6m in net business rates income during 2025-26, based on the national multiplier applied to each property's rateable value, less any relief granted.
What reliefs are available in Castle Point?
Castle Point granted £8.0m in business rates relief in 2025-26, including £3.6m in Small Business Rate Relief, £1.4m in retail, hospitality and leisure relief, £2.2m in charity relief, and £0.2m in empty property relief.
How do I know if I'm overpaying?
If your rateable value looks high compared to similar properties nearby, or you're not currently receiving relief you may be entitled to, it's worth checking your assessment. Use our free checker to compare your rateable value and see if you may be eligible for a reduction or backdated refund.
Castle Point compared with the East of England and England
- Average rateable value
- £22,902£9,233 below the East of England average (£32,135)£11,088 below the England average (£33,990)
- Largest sector by value
- Other commercial property, 34.6%in line with its 32.9% share in the East of England
- Total rateable value, 2023 to 2026 list
- +13.8%East of England: +18.3%England: +19.6%
Counts and rateable values are from the stock of properties at March 2026, on the 2023 rating list. Changes are from the 2026 revaluation, comparing the 2023 rating list with the 2026 rating list.
Property mix
Castle Point comes 216th of 296 English councils on average rateable value (£22,902) and 33rd of 45 in the East of England. Industrial property makes up the largest share of Castle Point's rateable properties (34.6%), but other commercial property carries the most rateable value (34.6%).
Shops and other retail property account for 31.8% of Castle Point's rateable properties and 32.9% of its value, higher than the 20.6% and 18.7% across the East of England. High-value property is limited in Castle Point: around 10 properties were rated at £500,000 or more at March 2026, unchanged at around 10 on the 2026 list.
Change at the 2026 revaluation
Only 6 of the 44 other councils in the East of England saw a weaker change in total rateable value at the 2026 revaluation than Castle Point's +13.8%. Industrial property saw the biggest rise in Castle Point: total rateable value up 20.8% between the 2023 and 2026 lists, against +20.2% for industrial property across the East of England. Even the weakest sector in Castle Point, retail property, rose 6.6% in total rateable value at the 2026 revaluation, against +9.8% for retail property across the East of England.
Reliefs
Total relief granted in Castle Point equalled 31.6% of gross rates payable in 2025-26, above the 21.2% across English councils taken together. Of the four main reliefs, Small Business Rate Relief accounted for the most in Castle Point: 44.9% of the total, above the England figure of 28.0%.
Source: HM Revenue & Customs, using Valuation Office Agency data, and MHCLG relief returns. Open Government Licence v3.0. Method and rounding: /methodology.
See how Castle Point compares with the rest of the region: Business rates in East of England, State of Business Rates in England 2026 →
Nearby areas
Compare with other councils in the East of England
Other East of England councils with their average rateable value, listed from the closest to Castle Point's £22,902.
- Business rates in Broadland£22,799 average rateable value, £103 lower than Castle Point
- Business rates in Breckland£22,366 average rateable value, £536 lower than Castle Point
- Business rates in Epping Forest£23,858 average rateable value, £956 higher than Castle Point
- Business rates in Southend-on-Sea UA£21,697 average rateable value, £1,205 lower than Castle Point
- Business rates in North Hertfordshire£24,403 average rateable value, £1,501 higher than Castle Point
- Business rates in Fenland£24,510 average rateable value, £1,608 higher than Castle Point
Figures from MHCLG National Non-Domestic Rates statistics (2025-26), ONS UK Business Counts (2025), and English Indices of Deprivation (2025).
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