FOI request (FOIR-754849153)

Room for Faith Ltd

Requested Mon 06 October 2025
Responded Fri 17 October 2025

I am getting in touch regarding the firm Room for Faith Ltd, which, as part of a business, is granted leases for properties which can then be hired out to religious groups.

Could you please answer the questions below which I ask under the Freedom of Information Act?

1. Does your local authority have any properties listed under Rooms for Faith Ltd and if so how many? If it has previously, please provide when this period was.

2. If yes, are these properties considered to have exemption under the religious worship exemption of the Local Government Finance Act 1988?

3. Does Rooms for Faith Ltd owe any business rates (have a debit account balance) in the local authority and if so, for how many properties and for how much?

4. Has the local authority ever pursued Rooms for Faith Ltd in respect of unpaid non-domestic rates and costs?

5. If so, please provide when this was and for how much?

6. If the answer to question three is yes, was the case heard at magistrates court and what was the final result of each case?

7. If the cost limit has not yet been exceeded, could you please provide any judgements in relation to cases referenced in question six?

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Response

Hastings Borough Council holds no information in respect of this request.