For Landlords and Asset Managers
Built for heads of asset management
Your void properties carry heavy overheads every month they remain empty. SpaceXchange gives you an immediate, legally compliant route to reduce business rates costs by at least 50% from day one with no up front costs or additional fees. We also strengthen your ESG position and keep your asset ready for sale at all times.
The position today
An immediate alternative for property owners & asset managers
Heads of asset management are today asking two questions about vacant property: how to reduce holding costs, and how to be sure that the method used will stand up to ultra close scrutiny.
SpaceXchange was set up for exactly this moment. We provide a tried-and-tested, legally compliant route to reducing empty rates liabilities through genuine charitable occupation, delivered as a consultative, turnkey service and backed by partners with up to three decades experience in this field.
What changes for you?
| Holding a vacant property | With SpaceXchange |
|---|---|
| Full empty rates liability each month | Liability reduces immediately from the day one of the tenancy |
| Empty building attracting squatters, vandalism and deterioration | Your property is an occupied, active building with a responsible charitable tenant |
| Nothing to report on social value | Demonstrable ESG outcomes for investors and stakeholders |
| Legacy mitigation schemes under scrutiny | A defensible, well-documented position |
| Management time absorbed by an empty asset | Fully managed, single point of contact from day one to exit day. |
Keeping every option open
Nothing about charitable occupation removes your options for the asset. Marketing for sale or letting continues, viewings are accommodated, and redevelopment proceeds on your timetable. Occupation ends on agreed terms when you need your space back.
Single assets and portfolios
We work with individual buildings and large mixed portfolios spread across England. Each property is assessed on its own merits and matched with an occupier that genuinely needs it, so the position on every asset is sound in its own right.
Space of every kind, assessed on its own merits
Offices, retail, high street, industrial, warehouse and mixed-use. Single assets or whole portfolios, in London, the South East and across England.
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.
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.
Book a confidential consultation
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