A nearby rates cut is evidence you can use.
The VOA lets you challenge your rateable value using the valuations of similar local properties — so a reduction nearby can be exactly the evidence you need. The window to act is limited, and no one tells you when it opens. We watch the rating list and email you in time.
- Watches your property and comparable ones nearby
- We only email when something actually changes — no noise
- Add a whole portfolio under one email
Start watching — free
Find your property, add your email, done. No account, no card.
Everything is based on real changes to the published VOA rating list. A challenge is made to the VOA and its outcome isn't guaranteed — a rateable value can go up, down or stay the same. Any saving shown is a potential estimate, not a promise.
Free forever
Just an email and a property.
No account, no card
Nothing to set up. Nothing to pay.
Quiet by default
We stay silent until there’s news.
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Why keep an eye on your rates?
Business rates aren't a fixed annual bill. The rateable value behind them can move — and the system won't flag it when it does, in either direction.
A nearby cut can be your evidence
The VOA lets you challenge your rateable value using the valuations of similar local properties. When a comparable property is reduced, that can support a challenge to yours — but challenges run to a time limit, so catching it early matters.
Your bill can rise without warning
A rateable value can change during the life of a rating list — through revaluation, reclassification, or a decision on another property. The first many owners hear of an increase is the demand notice.
No one is looking out for you
The VOA isn’t required to tell you your valuation may be out of step — or that the rules are shifting (the 2026 list is live, and Duty to Notify is being phased in). We keep watch on what affects your bill.
Source: VOA guidance, “Challenging your business rates valuation”. A challenge is made to the VOA and outcomes aren't guaranteed — your rateable value can go up, down or stay the same following a challenge. Rates Radar surfaces the changes; any potential saving is an estimate, not a promise.
How it works
Set it up in under a minute, then forget about it. We do the watching.
Step 1
Find your property
Enter a postcode and pick it from the list. Add as many properties as you like.
Step 2
We watch the VOA list
We monitor your property and comparable ones nearby for changes to rateable value, category or address.
Step 3
You get an email — in time
The moment something relevant changes, it lands in your inbox — with what it might mean, while there’s still a window to act.
This is the kind of alert you’ll get
A change near your property
Unit 4, Example Trading Estate
GL1 1AA · watched since Apr 2026
A comparable property nearby had its rateable value reduced on the VOA rating list. That may be evidence to challenge your own — and there is a limited window to act, so we’re flagging it early.
Illustrative example. Alerts are based on real changes to the published VOA rating list; a challenge is made to the VOA and any potential saving is an estimate, not a guarantee.
Found something worth fixing?
Monitoring stays free for as long as you like. If an alert turns into a real opportunity, we can check every relief and handle the VOA Check & Challenge for a flat £99/year — and you keep 100% of any savings.