South East · 2025-26
Business Rates in Runnymede
Businesses in Runnymede paid £63.9m in net business rates during 2025-26, below the average English council's £93.2m.
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Relief granted in Runnymede
Share of £14.5m total relief, 2025-26.
Runnymede at a glance
Runnymede granted £14.5m in relief overall, lower than the national council average of £26.3m. This included £2.8m in Small Business Rate Relief and £2.0m in retail, hospitality and leisure relief.
A further £4.6m went to charity relief and £3.5m to empty property relief, reflecting the mix of ratepayers across the local authority.
Runnymede has an estimated 4,385 active businesses, according to the latest ONS Business Counts (2025).
Runnymede ranks 244 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 office property in Runnymede rose by 9.1% — if this pushed your assessment too high, an appeal may be worth considering.
Frequently asked questions
How much are business rates in Runnymede?
Runnymede's local authority collected £63.9m 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 Runnymede?
Runnymede granted £14.5m in business rates relief in 2025-26, including £2.8m in Small Business Rate Relief, £2.0m in retail, hospitality and leisure relief, £4.6m in charity relief, and £3.5m in empty property relief.
How do I know if I'm overpaying?
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Runnymede compared with the South East and England
- Average rateable value
- £52,461£17,165 above the South East average (£35,296)£18,471 above the England average (£33,990)
- Largest sector by value
- Office property, 37.7%20.9 percentage points above its 16.8% share in the South East
- Total rateable value, 2023 to 2026 list
- +15.1%South East: +19.7%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
With an average rateable value of £52,461, Runnymede has the 30th highest figure of England's 296 councils and 10th of 64 in the South East. Other commercial property makes up the largest share of Runnymede's rateable properties (30.8%), but office property carries the most rateable value (37.7%).
Shops and other retail property account for 18.3% of Runnymede's rateable properties and 11.1% of its value, lower than the 22.5% and 20.7% across the South East. High-value property is limited in Runnymede: around 50 properties were rated at £500,000 or more at March 2026, rising to around 60 on the 2026 list.
Change at the 2026 revaluation
Of the 63 other councils in the South East, 17 saw a weaker change in total rateable value at the 2026 revaluation than Runnymede's +15.1% and 46 saw a stronger one. Industrial property saw the biggest rise in Runnymede: total rateable value up 27.3% between the 2023 and 2026 lists, against +19.9% for industrial property across the South East. Even the weakest sector in Runnymede, office property, rose 9.1% in total rateable value at the 2026 revaluation, against +16.8% for office property across the South East.
Reliefs
Total relief granted in Runnymede equalled 18.6% of gross rates payable in 2025-26, below the 21.2% across English councils taken together. Of the four main reliefs, charity relief accounted for the most in Runnymede: 31.3% of the total, close to the England figure of 29.7%.
Source: HM Revenue & Customs, using Valuation Office Agency data, and MHCLG relief returns. Open Government Licence v3.0. Method and rounding: /methodology.
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Nearby areas
Compare with other councils in the South East
Other South East councils with their average rateable value, listed from the closest to Runnymede's £52,461.
- Business rates in Bracknell Forest UA£52,838 average rateable value, £377 higher than Runnymede
- Business rates in Rushmoor£52,940 average rateable value, £479 higher than Runnymede
- Business rates in Cherwell£51,814 average rateable value, £647 lower than Runnymede
- Business rates in Milton Keynes UA£55,663 average rateable value, £3,202 higher than Runnymede
- Business rates in Vale of White Horse£48,396 average rateable value, £4,065 lower than Runnymede
- Business rates in Slough UA£86,439 average rateable value, £33,978 higher than Runnymede
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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