LRG has signed a partnership with Nexus by Landlord Studio, a compliance platform built for agent-managed landlords, to support its tenants through Making Tax Digital.
The deal will make Nexus available across LRG's 73,000-property managed portfolio as its sole Making Tax Digital solution, rolling out across the group's UK lettings network. That network includes Romans, Leaders, Stirling Ackroyd, Gibbs Gillespie, Chancellors and Manning Stainton, among others.
LRG manages more than 70,000 properties over 300 branches and 3,350 employees nationwide, making the agreement one of the largest single MTD rollouts in the UK lettings sector to date. Nexus will be available from 20 July.
Nexus has been developed for agent-managed landlords, including those who take a rent collection service, a fully managed service, or both. It connects directly to letting agent software and brings together rental income, management fees, expenses and property records in an MTD-ready workflow.
This means landlords do not need to rebuild records manually from rental statements each quarter. Agents, meanwhile, can support clients with a clearer route through the new tax requirements.
Making Tax Digital for Income Tax Self Assessment came into force on 6 April 2026 for landlords earning more than £50,000. The threshold reduces to £30,000 in April 2027 before falling further to £20,000 in April 2028
"Making Tax Digital is the most significant change to how landlords manage their finances in a generation, and we have always believed the rental data landlords need already exists inside their agent's system," said Logan Ransley, managing director of Nexus by Landlord Studio.
"Partnering with one of the UK's largest property services groups is the clearest possible signal of how the next chapter of landlord software will be built, around agents rather than in spite of them. Nexus gives LRG's landlords a compliant, automated path through MTD from day one."
"Our landlords need clear, practical support as Making Tax Digital becomes part of how rental income is reported," said Allison Thompson, chief lettings officer at LRG (pictured).
"Nexus stood out because it has been built specifically for agent-managed portfolios. It allows landlords to meet their HMRC obligations with confidence, while our teams continue managing their properties in the same way they do today."
