Collection of non-domestic rates by billing authority

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16th October 2025
Dataset first published.

Main information

Designation
Accredited official statistics
Data provider
Local Authorities
Data source
Council tax collection (CTC) data collection
Time period covered
April 1996 to March 2025

Overview

Summary of dataset and variables

Non-domestic rates (NDR) are rates paid to billing authorities by all businesses in the area of that authority.

Since 1 April 1990, these have been based on a uniform business rate across Wales known as the single national poundage set by central government. This national poundage is applied to the rateable value of each non-domestic property to establish the bill for that property.

Billing authorities pay the non-domestic rates collected into a central pool which is first split between county or county borough councils and police authorities and then re-distributed between each authority according to shares of adult population. This replaced the previous system in which billing authorities set their own rates and retained the rates relating to all business in their area.

Data collection or calculation

The data requested and provided by local authorities are required under legislation.

Statistical quality

The collection is a 100% survey and as such no estimation of the figures is calculated, and hence there is no sampling error.

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Organisation
Welsh Government
Contact email
stats.finance@gov.wales