Moving home whilst on Universal Credit

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Good afternoon,
Hoping someone can clear this up for me please.
We rent a 2 bed for £750, we pay rent on the 7th of each month. We have found another property with the same estate agents, and we move in on the 21st January, we have given our months notice, so we have to be out of here by the 6th February. The only way for the landlord to allow us to move was for us to move in within 2 weeks.
Our assessment period is the 27th of one month to the 26th of the next.
Our LHA is £795, (Myself, partner and child) Our final rent payment of £750 is due today which covers us until February 6th, could anybody please tell me how Universal Credit will look at this, from my understanding I can update a change of circumstances on my online account on the 21st January(Official tenancy start date) and say we have moved, and to update to the new price which is £850. We won't owe anything on this property after we pay our last months rent today. We are paid Universal Credit on the 3rd of each month, so come February 3rd, would I be looking at getting the maximum LHA rate of £795 paid for our new property? We understand we would be liable for the extra £55.
Sorry if that has confused anyone, happy to explain a bit more if needed!
Thanks,
John
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Even though the tenancies overlap you will not get help with both.