South East · 2025-26
Business Rates in Spelthorne
Businesses in Spelthorne paid £59.8m in net business rates during 2025-26, below the average English council's £93.2m.
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Relief granted in Spelthorne
Share of £13.9m total relief, 2025-26.
Spelthorne at a glance
Spelthorne granted £13.9m in relief overall, lower than the national council average of £26.3m. This included £2.5m in Small Business Rate Relief and £2.1m in retail, hospitality and leisure relief.
A further £3.2m went to charity relief and £2.5m to empty property relief, reflecting the mix of ratepayers across the local authority.
Spelthorne has an estimated 4,555 active businesses, according to the latest ONS Business Counts (2025).
Spelthorne ranks 203 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 industrial property in Spelthorne rose by 25.0% — if this pushed your assessment too high, an appeal may be worth considering.
Frequently asked questions
How much are business rates in Spelthorne?
Spelthorne's local authority collected £59.8m 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 Spelthorne?
Spelthorne granted £13.9m in business rates relief in 2025-26, including £2.5m in Small Business Rate Relief, £2.1m in retail, hospitality and leisure relief, £3.2m in charity relief, and £2.5m 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.
Spelthorne compared with the South East and England
- Average rateable value
- £66,293£30,997 above the South East average (£35,296)£32,303 above the England average (£33,990)
- Largest sector by value
- Other commercial property, 43.1%10.6 percentage points above its 32.5% share in the South East
- Total rateable value, 2023 to 2026 list
- +4.9%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
Spelthorne ranks 10th of 296 English councils for average rateable value, at £66,293, and 3rd of 64 in the South East. The largest group of Spelthorne's rateable properties is retail property (32.0%), yet other commercial property holds the largest share of value (43.1%).
Retail accounts for 32.0% of Spelthorne's rateable properties and 15.5% of its rateable value, compared with 22.5% and 20.7% across the South East. At March 2026, around 30 of Spelthorne's rateable properties had a rateable value of £500,000 or more, rising to around 40 on the 2026 list.
Change at the 2026 revaluation
Spelthorne's +4.9% change in total rateable value at the 2026 revaluation was weaker than in all 63 other councils in the South East. The sharpest increase in Spelthorne was in industrial property, where total rateable value rose 25.0% at the 2026 revaluation, compared with +19.9% for industrial property across the South East. Other commercial property had the weakest result in Spelthorne, with total rateable value down 10.9% at the 2026 revaluation, against +26.7% for other commercial property across the South East.
Reliefs
In 2025-26, relief in Spelthorne came to 19.9% of gross rates payable, below the 21.2% for England as a whole. Charity relief was the largest of the four main reliefs in Spelthorne, at 23.0% of total relief, below 29.7% across England.
Source: HM Revenue & Customs, using Valuation Office Agency data, and MHCLG relief returns. Open Government Licence v3.0. Method and rounding: /methodology.
See how Spelthorne compares with the rest of the region: Business rates in South East, State of Business Rates in England 2026 →
Nearby areas
Compare with other councils in the South East
Other South East councils with their average rateable value, listed from the closest to Spelthorne's £66,293.
- Business rates in Oxford£63,533 average rateable value, £2,760 lower than Spelthorne
- Business rates in Dartford£60,992 average rateable value, £5,301 lower than Spelthorne
- Business rates in Reading UA£59,292 average rateable value, £7,001 lower than Spelthorne
- Business rates in Milton Keynes UA£55,663 average rateable value, £10,630 lower than Spelthorne
- Business rates in Crawley£79,172 average rateable value, £12,879 higher than Spelthorne
- Business rates in Slough UA£86,439 average rateable value, £20,146 higher than Spelthorne
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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