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Our charges
We charge rent at a rate of £20 per square foot per year. Services normally provided free to groups licencing space at Community Base include reception facilities, electricity and water, cleaning of communal areas, building insurance, external maintenance and maintenance of communal areas, maintenance of fire and intruder alarm systems, periodic electrical appliance testing, security guard patrols, maintenance of an access card system, recycling and rubbish collection, broadband internet access and the provision of facilities for cyclists.
We charge groups licencing space at Community Base for
• phone extensions at £10 plus VAT per month
• phone calls at 5% under BT standard business rate
• photocopies at 3p plus VAT per copy, irrespective of paper size
• post at the cheaper rate that our franking machine charges.
We normally charge for rent and services quarterly. Some services used toward the end of one quarter may be charged for in the next quarter.
We charge for parking spaces at a rate of £390 plus VAT per quarter for community and voluntary groups and £470 plus VAT per quarter for individual and for-profit companies.
We charge community and voluntary groups, whether they licence space at Community Base or not, £5 an hour to hire our conference room and half that rate for our smaller rooms. We charge statutory, for-profit and cross-sector organisations £30 an hour to hire our conference room. Bookings by external groups are subject to a minimum charge equivalent to a three hour booking.
Invoices issued by Community Base can be paid by cheque or BACS
• cheques should be made payable to Community Base and sent to Community Base, 113 Queens Road, Brighton BN1 3XG
• payment by BACS should me made to Community Base's bank account 00004460, sort code 40-52-40 quoting the number of the invoice being paid.
Groups at Community Base can pay their rent and standing charges by quarterly standing order. Standing orders should be paid into Community Base's bank account 00004460, sort code 40-52-40 on 1st January, 1st April, 1st July and 1st October quoting the name of the group making the payment. The quarterly invoice will show the amount paid by standing order as a deduction from what is owed.
Community Base's VAT number is 750303275.
