diff --git a/app/models/bulk_upload_error.rb b/app/models/bulk_upload_error.rb
index b9ad3ddde..c9ca14b0f 100644
--- a/app/models/bulk_upload_error.rb
+++ b/app/models/bulk_upload_error.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 class BulkUploadError < ApplicationRecord
   belongs_to :bulk_upload
 
-  scope :order_by_row, -> { order(row: :asc) }
+  scope :order_by_row, -> { order("row::integer ASC") }
   scope :order_by_cell, -> { order(Arel.sql("LPAD(cell, 10, '0')")) }
   scope :order_by_col, -> { order(Arel.sql("LPAD(col, 10, '0')")) }
 end
diff --git a/app/models/validations/financial_validations.rb b/app/models/validations/financial_validations.rb
index 0b9209281..e0e3f081e 100644
--- a/app/models/validations/financial_validations.rb
+++ b/app/models/validations/financial_validations.rb
@@ -121,9 +121,9 @@ module Validations::FinancialValidations
 
   def validate_rent_amount(record)
     if record.wtshortfall
-      if record.wrent && (record.wtshortfall > record.wrent)
-        record.errors.add :tshortfall, :more_than_rent, message: I18n.t("validations.financial.tshortfall.more_than_rent")
-        record.errors.add :brent, I18n.t("validations.financial.rent.less_than_shortfall")
+      if record.wtcharge && (record.wtshortfall > record.wtcharge)
+        record.errors.add :tshortfall, :more_than_rent, message: I18n.t("validations.financial.tshortfall.more_than_total_charge")
+        record.errors.add :tcharge, I18n.t("validations.financial.tcharge.less_than_shortfall")
       elsif record.wtshortfall < 0.01
         record.errors.add :tshortfall, :must_be_positive, message: I18n.t("validations.financial.tshortfall.must_be_positive")
       end
diff --git a/config/locales/en.yml b/config/locales/en.yml
index 499cfb91e..0c2360777 100644
--- a/config/locales/en.yml
+++ b/config/locales/en.yml
@@ -361,7 +361,7 @@ en:
     financial:
       tshortfall:
         outstanding_amount_not_expected: "You cannot answer the outstanding amount question if you don’t have outstanding rent or charges"
-        more_than_rent: "Enter a value less than the basic rent amount"
+        more_than_total_charge: "Enter a value less than the total charge"
         must_be_positive: "Enter a value over £0.01 as you told us there is an outstanding amount"
       hbrentshortfall:
         outstanding_amount_not_expected: "Answer must be ‘yes’ as you have answered the outstanding amount question"
@@ -381,7 +381,6 @@ en:
         child_has_income: "Child's income must be £0"
       negative_currency: "Enter an amount above 0"
       rent:
-        less_than_shortfall: "Enter an amount that is more than the shortfall in basic rent"
         out_of_range: "Enter a value for the %{charge_name} between £0 and %{maximum_per_period} paid %{frequency}. %{maximum_per_period} is the max limit for rent and charges paid %{frequency} for %{letting_type} lettings owned by a %{provider_type}."
       ecstat:
         over_hard_max: "The household’s income of %{earnings} %{frequency} is too high given the household’s working situation"
@@ -427,6 +426,7 @@ en:
         missing_charges: "Please enter the %{question}. If there is no %{question}, please enter '0'."
       tcharge:
         under_10: "Enter a total charge that is at least £10.00 per week"
+        less_than_shortfall: "The total charge must be more than the outstanding amount"
       rent_period:
         invalid_for_org: "%{org_name} does not charge rent %{rent_period}"
       carehome:
diff --git a/spec/models/validations/financial_validations_spec.rb b/spec/models/validations/financial_validations_spec.rb
index 67a0e8cb6..aa2e2e96a 100644
--- a/spec/models/validations/financial_validations_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/validations/financial_validations_spec.rb
@@ -107,19 +107,33 @@ RSpec.describe Validations::FinancialValidations do
           .to include(match I18n.t("validations.financial.tshortfall.must_be_positive"))
       end
 
-      it "validates that basic rent is no less than the shortfall" do
+      it "validates that total charge is no less than the shortfall" do
         record.hb = 6
         record.hbrentshortfall = 1
         record.tshortfall_known = 0
         record.tshortfall = 299.50
         record.brent = 198
+        record.scharge = 50
         record.period = 2
         record.set_derived_fields!
         financial_validator.validate_rent_amount(record)
-        expect(record.errors["brent"])
-          .to include(match I18n.t("validations.financial.rent.less_than_shortfall"))
+        expect(record.errors["tcharge"])
+          .to include(match I18n.t("validations.financial.tcharge.less_than_shortfall"))
         expect(record.errors["tshortfall"])
-          .to include(match I18n.t("validations.financial.tshortfall.more_than_rent"))
+          .to include(match I18n.t("validations.financial.tshortfall.more_than_total_charge"))
+      end
+
+      it "expects that rent can be less than the shortfall if total charge is higher" do
+        record.hb = 6
+        record.hbrentshortfall = 1
+        record.tshortfall_known = 0
+        record.tshortfall = 299.50
+        record.brent = 198
+        record.scharge = 102
+        record.period = 2
+        record.set_derived_fields!
+        financial_validator.validate_rent_amount(record)
+        expect(record.errors).to be_empty
       end
     end
   end