Discretionary rate relief

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Record Type

ContactId

RecordId

Customer details

Full name

Contact number

Applicant details

Business rates account number

Name of ratepayer making application

Property you wish to claim relief for

Contact address (if different from above)

Name of organisation

Section under which the relief is being claimed

Mandatory (Section 43)

Discretionary (Section 47)

About the charity or organisation

Organisation type

Registered charityRegistered community amateur sports clubOther non profit making organisation

Charity commissioners registration number

HMRC registration number

If exempt from registration please explain why?

Occupation of property

Does your organisation occupy the property at the moment?

Yes

How does the organisation use/intend to use the property?

When does your organisation intend to occupy the property?

How does the organisation use/intend to use the property?

Shared use of property

Does the organisation share the use of the property with any other organisation?

Yes

What does the other organisation use it for

Charitable or non profit making purposes

Is the property used for anything other than charitable or non profit making purposes

Yes

What are the aims and outcomes of your organisation?

Please provide details

What are the aims and outcomes of your organisation?

Corporate plan and strategic objectives

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Please indicate which of the Council's Corporate Plan Strategic Objectives your organisation supports.

Positive community leadership	A thriving environment
A vibrant economy	Quality homes and infrastructure

Please give details of how your organisation supports the Council's Corporate Plan (max 5000 characters)

Membership and governing structure

Is your organisation governed by a democratically elected body?

Yes

Please upload a copy of your constitution

Is your organisation open to all sections of the community?

Yes

What are the requirements for membership (including fees)

Yes

Number of members

What are the requirements for membership (including fees)

Benefits

Approximately what percentage of your members or users live within the Folkestone & Hythe District Council area?

Do you provide services or facilities to non-members?

Yes

Please provide details

Training or education

Does your organisation provide training or education to its users that relieves the public sector from doing so or enhances what the public sector gives.

Yes

Please provide details

Accounts and forward business plan

Please provide a copy of your most recent accounts and your forward business plan.

If these accounts are for the previous financial year, please also provide details of your latest financial position for the year so far, including running costs and un-allocated reserves.

Upload accounts

Upload forward business plan

Financial position

With reference to the most recent accounts you have provided please confirm the following:

Total reserves

Fixed assets

Total allocated reserves

Total unallocated reserves

Annual running costs

Are you experiencing any financial pressures or other hardship at the moment? If so please provide details

Please confirm if there are any plans to spend the unallocated reserves or if they have been set aside for a particular purpose

Please confirm the gross and net outcome for any shop or bar you have on the premises

What fund-raising and income generation strategies do you have?

If you are receiving financial help from other sources (eg bank loan, council funding, government funding etc) please provide details of how much you receive, if this is a one off or regular payment and where from

Declaration

I confirm the details submitted are correct

Full name

Date

We will use the information you have given us to process your application for claiming relief.

We will not give information about you to anyone else, or use information about you for other purposes, unless the law allows us to.

Folkestone & Hythe District Council is the data controller for the purposes of Data Protection Act 1998.

If you want top know more about what information we have about you, or the way we use that information, you can ask.

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