A developer purchased a hotel for £3,950,000 and connected with HMA Tax at the Property Developer Show. What followed was the identification of over £1.4m in unclaimed Capital Allowances, generating £351,475 in total tax relief for the developer.
Why hotel properties are a significant opportunity
Hotels are one of the strongest asset classes for Capital Allowances claims and one of the most consistently overlooked. The nature of a hotel means it’s packed with qualifying assets: the heating and cooling systems, the electrical infrastructure, the plumbing, the fire safety systems, the lighting throughout guest and communal areas. Layer on top of that the fixtures, fittings, and facilities that make a hotel operational, and you have a building that’s often carrying substantial unclaimed relief.
The challenge is that identifying, valuing, and correctly categorising those assets requires specialist knowledge that most developers and their accountants simply don’t have in-house. That’s the gap HMA Tax exist to close.
The property developers situation
A developer acquired a hotel for £3,950,000. On paper, a straightforward commercial acquisition. In practice, the building contained £1,405,900 worth of unclaimed Capital Allowances that had never been identified, representing over 35% of the purchase price. Without a specialist review, that figure would have remained invisible and unclaimed indefinitely.
The results
| The investment | The return |
|---|---|
| Purchase price | £3,950,000 |
| Allowances identified | £1,405,900 (35% of purchase price) |
| Initial tax refund | £84,354 |
| Ongoing tax credits | £267,121 |
| Total tax relief | £351,475 |
What this means for developers and investors
Hotels, serviced apartments, guest houses, hospitality assets consistently carry some of the highest Capital Allowances potential of any commercial property type. If you’ve acquired a hospitality property and haven’t had a specialist review, the probability that unclaimed allowances exist within it is high.
The developer in this case didn’t find HMA Tax through a Google search or a referral. They met them at the Property Developer Showm in person, at a stand, in a conversation that took minutes and ultimately returned hundreds of thousands of pounds.
What this means for service providers
A single conversation at the show produced £351,475 in demonstrable value for a client. That’s the environment the Property Developer Show creates, a floor full of active developers and investors making decisions about real assets. If you work with property owners and your expertise can move numbers like these, exhibiting at the show is where that expertise gets heard.
Attend the show. Or better yet, exhibit.
HMA Tax are commercial property tax specialists who identify, value and claim Capital Allowances for property owners across the UK. This case study reflects a real outcome achieved by a developer who connected with HMA Tax at The Property Developer Show.
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