Decision summary

MAN/00CG/LVM/2024/0600 — service charge decision

In MAN/00CG/LVM/2024/0600, decided 8 July 2025, the First-tier Tribunal considered 4 disputed service charge items at Whitecroft Works, 69 Furnace Hill, Sheffield S3 7AH and found largely for the landlord: 0 items were reduced or disallowed. Full decision on GOV.UK below.

Property: Whitecroft Works, 69 Furnace Hill, Sheffield S3 7AH
Decision date: 8 July 2025
Full decision: Read on GOV.UK

Managing agent named in the decision: Richard Britton.

What was challenged and what the tribunal decided

ItemDemandedAllowedOutcomeGrounds
Management fees (2025-26)£20,376£20,376Allowed in full—
Management fees (2026-27)£21,395£21,395Allowed in full—
Management fees (2027-28)£22,465£22,465Allowed in full—
Utilities£10,000—Allowed in full—

Key passages (verbatim)

“The proposed remuneration for the appointment for the next 3 years, until 31st March 2028, is also approved. The increase is considered reasonable.”
On management fees
“The proposed remuneration for the appointment for the next 3 years, until 31st March 2028, is also approved. The increase is considered reasonable.”
On management fees
“The proposed remuneration for the appointment for the next 3 years, until 31st March 2028, is also approved. The increase is considered reasonable.”
On management fees
“The Tribunal therefore finds the solution proposed within the report is an 'adequate metering system' that will enable the Applicant to recover the heating costs via the service charge.”
On utilities

This summary is assembled from the structured record of the published decision; amounts appear only where the tribunal stated them. Always rely on the full decision itself.