Service Charge Management at the Dawning of the Age of the Professional Statement

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Eccles, T. (2020). Service Charge Management at the Dawning of the Age of the Professional Statement. Property Management. https://doi.org/10.1108/PM-02-2020-0011
AuthorsEccles, T.
Abstract

Purpose – The paper provides a snapshot analysis on the state of service charge management at the point in which its regulatory framework by RICS changed from a voluntary code of practice to a mandatory professional statement.
Design/methodology/approach – The data consist of a unique eight-year longitudinal study of service charge statements and practice (2010-2017). Because of the confidential nature of such business-sensitive information, these are a priceless
study of real world practice over such a long period and are able to illustrate both annual compliance, but also the year-on-year changes. Given this, it is recognised that
data are skewed in favour of compliance because they are derived from an actively managed portfolio.
Findings –The results continue to illustrate long-running problems of non-compliance with ‘required’ metrics. Given the inherent bias in the data, this is especially difficult to
excuse. The paper also analyses the results in the light of the new RICS professional statement, which requires mandatory compliance. Whilst some of the metrics are advisory, there remain questions over how the RICS might realistically enforce so many practitioners to change their existing performance and how willing the Institution might be to actually prosecute failure. It also revisits the issue of institutionalised benchmarking of standards. Intriguingly, there are islands of almost perfect compliance, which offers an interesting contrast and raises further research questions
on why some practitioners provide such exemplary work.
Research limitations/implications – The data are derived from the clients of a UK property management consultancy. This does preclude any randomness to the sampling. However, the richness of the data and the methodology adopted provide
valid data.
Originality/value – This work offers both unique data and an eight year longitudinal analysis, but also a timely comparison with the requirements within a new RICS
Professional Statement. This shift in regulatory regime reinforces the value of the work.

KeywordsBenchmarking; Service charges; Best practice; RICS Code of practice; Financial reporting
Year2020
JournalProperty Management
PublisherEmerald
ISSN0263-7472
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)https://doi.org/10.1108/PM-02-2020-0011
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Print27 Oct 2020
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Accepted14 Oct 2020
Deposited20 Oct 2020
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