If it's share of freehold then you (technically, they may laugh at you) employ the managing agent directly, and I believe you can stand as one of the directors of the company that manages said freehold.
Which would hopefully mean that you have more chance of succeeding in a negotation.
We have the same thing- the managing agent want us to pay every six months, we don't- we send them a payment every quarter. They accept it.
If it's share of freehold then you (technically, they may laugh at you) employ the managing agent directly, and I believe you can stand as one of the directors of the company that manages said freehold.
Which would hopefully mean that you have more chance of succeeding in a negotation.
We have the same thing- the managing agent want us to pay every six months, we don't- we send them a payment every quarter. They accept it.