Ryan expands its UK property tax capabilities with the acquisition of LHL Property Auditors Ltd, enhancing expertise in business rates reliefs, exemptions, and valuation to deliver greater accuracy and savings for clients.
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DALLAS and LONDON (August 4, 2025) - Ryan, a leading global tax services and software provider, has announced the acquisition of LHL Property Auditors Ltd (LHL), a boutique property tax firm based in the UK focused on recovery of business rates reliefs and exemptions.
Founded in 2014, LHL brings more than 50 years of combined experience in business rates legislation, valuation, and compliance. With deep expertise in business rates legislation and local authority processes, the firm serves as a trusted advisor to clients across the industrial, retail, and office sectors. LHL applies a proven audit methodology to ensure accurate assessments and eliminate overpayments, focusing on local authority billing reviews, relief entitlement evaluations, rateable value analysis, and exemption qualification.
“As deeply qualified experts in business rates legislation and compliance, LHL offers our property tax clients immense value in identifying greater opportunities to leverage available tax relief,” said Ryan President of European and Asia-Pacific Operations Tom Shave. “This acquisition aligns with our Firm’s mission to ensure taxpayers pay only what they owe by identifying compliant, customized solutions, and we look forward to bolstering our consulting offering to our UK clients.”
Through this acquisition, Ryan welcomes 25 new team members, including LHL founder Paul Hegarty who joins the Firm as a Director. The acquisition also establishes a new Ryan office in Chippenham, further expanding the Firm’s UK footprint.
“Joining a global Firm that is well aligned to our strategic goal of identifying opportunities to recover taxpayer overpayments will be hugely beneficial to our clients,” said Hegarty. “Merging our expertise will empower further success thanks to the winning blend of customized services and unmatched technology that fuels results.”
Ryan, an award-winning global tax services and software provider, is the largest Firm in the world dedicated exclusively to business taxes. Headquartered in Plano, Texas, the Firm combines deep tax expertise with practitioner-built technology and comprehensive consulting, compliance, and advocacy capabilities. Supported by the acclaimed myRyan work environment, more than 7,600 team members are empowered to deliver exceptional results for more than 87,000 clients in over 80 countries, including many of the world’s most prominent Global 5000 companies. Driven by a commitment to client advocacy, Ryan helps businesses pay only what they owe, freeing capital to invest, grow, and thrive. More information about Ryan can be found at ryan.com.
Melodie Elliott
Director, Content and Communications Marketing
Ryan
972.934.0022
melodie.elliott@ryan.com
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