IMMEDIATE SAVINGS. ZERO RISK.
Reduce Vacant Property Costs: Reduce rates costs by at least 50% from day one with no up front costs or additional fees to pay.
Help change lives: We match your empty property with charities who utilise the space to help the local community.
100% Asset Flexibility: Your building stays fully available for sale, letting or redevelopment at all times.
Why now?
The landscape has changed
As a result of the Court of Appeal judgment of 29 July 2026, many mitigation methods which landlords have employed to manage costs now come with significant financial and reputational risks. Box shifting has taken all the headlines, but other methods such as wifi marketing, 'places of worship', in-house self storage shams etc are all now coming under intense scrutiny by local authorities keen to clamp down on any form of rates avoidance.
SpaceXchange offers a wholly different route: genuine charitable occupation, fully documented and managed throughout. Your business rates liability is reduced from the day of the lease, to the day of termination, and this solution produces genuine social value for the local, and wider community, whilst leaving the building fully available for sale, letting or redevelopment whenever you need it.
We work nationally, in partnership with non-profit groups that have placed charitable tenants into commercial properties for over 30 years.
Every kind of vacant commercial space
Offices, retail, industrial and warehouse premises, mixed-use buildings. Each property is assessed individually for size, location, logistics and any particular requirements of the landlord, then matched with a local charitable occupier who has a genuine short term requirement for space.
Offices
From single floors to premium HQ locations, we match with charitable partners that need meeting or community event space.
Retail and high street
Vacant shops and high street units become charity retail and community outlets, keeping frontages active and town centre shopping areas alive.
Industrial and warehouses
Storage, logistics and distribution space for charities handling donated goods, equipment and supplies.
A consultative approach.
From first review to final exit, SpaceXchange manages every stage, so that your team don't have to.
Property review
We assess each vacant property individually: size, location, condition, access and your requirements as owner or manager.
Charity matching
We identify a genuine charitable tenant whose needs fit the space, drawing on our partner charities, some with three decades of experience in this field.
Occupation and management
Leases, documentation, billing authority communications and all day to day logistics are handled by us throughout the process, with a clean exit plan whenever you need your space back.
Benefits that go beyond the balance sheet
Charitable occupation is more than a rates position. It is a defensible, socially valuable use of property that would otherwise sit idle.
Immediate cost savings
Empty rates liabilities reduce from the day of completion to the day of termination, with no capital outlay and no long lead times
Supporting good causes
Space that would otherwise sit empty gives charities room to work and serve their communities.
ESG and reputation
Demonstrable social value for your ESG reporting, your investors and the communities around your buildings.
Fewer vacant-building problems
Occupied buildings deter squatting, vandalism and deterioration, and can simplify insurance and security.
Your asset stays available
Sale, letting and redevelopment continue as planned. Occupation ends when you need it to, on agreed terms.
Tried, tested and compliant
A model built on genuine charitable occupation with fully compliant documentation. No surprises, immediate and accurately forecastable savings from day one.
The Court of Appeal judgment of 29 July 2026 changed the commercial property market. Arrangements that landlords relied on for years now carry real risk, and asset managers need an alternative that is effective, defensible and ready today. Genuine charitable occupation is that alternative.
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Tell us about your property or portfolio. Confidential, without obligation, and focused on your requirements.
Ethical business rates mitigation for vacant commercial property across London, the South East and England.
SpaceXchange Ltd
71-75 Shelton Street
London WC2H 9JQ
United Kingdom