South West · 2025-26
Business Rates in Torridge
Businesses in Torridge paid £12.9m in net business rates during 2025-26, below the average English council's £93.2m.
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Relief granted in Torridge
Share of £9.3m total relief, 2025-26.
Torridge at a glance
Torridge granted £9.3m in relief overall, lower than the national council average of £26.3m. This included £5.1m in Small Business Rate Relief and £1.4m in retail, hospitality and leisure relief.
A further £1.5m went to charity relief and £0.5m to empty property relief, reflecting the mix of ratepayers across the local authority.
Torridge has an estimated 3,685 active businesses, according to the latest ONS Business Counts (2025).
Torridge ranks 94 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 Torridge rose by 15.2% — if this pushed your assessment too high, an appeal may be worth considering.
Frequently asked questions
How much are business rates in Torridge?
Torridge's local authority collected £12.9m 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 Torridge?
Torridge granted £9.3m in business rates relief in 2025-26, including £5.1m in Small Business Rate Relief, £1.4m in retail, hospitality and leisure relief, £1.5m in charity relief, and £0.5m 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.
Torridge compared with the South West and England
- Average rateable value
- £11,287£12,657 below the South West average (£23,944)£22,703 below the England average (£33,990)
- Largest sector by value
- Other commercial property, 48.6%14.6 percentage points above its 34.0% share in the South West
- Total rateable value, 2023 to 2026 list
- +18.8%South West: +17.7%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
Torridge ranks 294th of 296 English councils for average rateable value, at £11,287, and 26th of 27 in the South West. The same sector leads on numbers too: 55.5% of Torridge's rateable properties fall in the other commercial category.
Retail makes up 15.3% of Torridge's rateable properties and 21.2% of its rateable value, both below the 20.1% and 22.7% across the South West. At March 2026, around 10 of Torridge's rateable properties had a rateable value of £500,000 or more, unchanged at around 10 on the 2026 list.
Change at the 2026 revaluation
Torridge's +18.8% change in total rateable value at the 2026 revaluation was stronger than in 20 of the 26 other councils in the South West. The sharpest increase in Torridge was in office property, where total rateable value rose 27.1% at the 2026 revaluation, compared with +18.7% for office property across the South West. No sector fell in Torridge: retail property moved least, up 5.0% at the 2026 revaluation, compared with +7.7% for retail property across the South West.
Reliefs
In 2025-26, relief in Torridge came to 39.7% of gross rates payable, above the 21.2% for England as a whole. Small Business Rate Relief was the largest of the four main reliefs in Torridge, at 54.9% of total relief, above 28.0% 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 Torridge compares with the rest of the region: Business rates in South West, State of Business Rates in England 2026 →
Nearby areas
Compare with other councils in the South West
Other South West councils with their average rateable value, listed from the closest to Torridge's £11,287.
- Business rates in Isles of Scilly£8,791 average rateable value, £2,496 lower than Torridge
- Business rates in West Devon£14,343 average rateable value, £3,056 higher than Torridge
- Business rates in Cornwall UA£14,496 average rateable value, £3,209 higher than Torridge
- Business rates in South Hams£14,795 average rateable value, £3,508 higher than Torridge
- Business rates in Forest of Dean£15,157 average rateable value, £3,870 higher than Torridge
- Business rates in North Devon£15,284 average rateable value, £3,997 higher than Torridge
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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