R&D Tax Credits UK
Businesses secure more funding when specialists manage their R&D claims because we understand HMRC’s criteria in detail.
The UK Government’s R&D tax schemes are a vital funding mechanism for innovative companies. The system has changed. A new merged scheme combines the old SME and RDEC frameworks, and HMRC has escalated compliance checks on an unprecedented scale. Your claim’s success now depends entirely on the quality of its technical narrative.
What is the UK R&D Tax Relief Scheme?
The scheme reduces a company’s tax liability or provides a cash credit for work that seeks to achieve an advance in science or technology. A project qualifies if it attempts to resolve “technological uncertainty,” a key HMRC definition. This exists when a competent professional in the field cannot readily deduce a solution from public knowledge, requiring a systematic process of experimentation and analysis to overcome a technical barrier.
Evidence of Our 95% HMRC Approval Rate
Our technical specialists have supported over 1,500 claims for UK companies, securing more than £5 million in relief. In an environment of heightened HMRC scrutiny, where random compliance checks are the new norm, our 95% approval rate is direct evidence of our meticulous approach. We prepare every claim as if it will face an HMRC inquiry from day one.
Qualifying Projects We’ve Documented
Innovation occurs in all sectors. The key is documenting the systematic investigation that resolved a technical uncertainty. We have prepared successful narratives for projects such as these:
Food & Drink
Experimenting with bacteriophage treatments as a non-chemical alternative to listeria control on chilled food production lines, addressing unpredictable phage resistance cycles.
Software Development
Building a proprietary WebAssembly-based rendering engine to bypass DOM limitations for a real-time financial data visualisation platform, where existing JavaScript libraries created unacceptable latency
Manufacturing
Developing a novel friction-stir welding process for joining dissimilar aluminium alloys (6061-T6 to 7075-T6) in a new aerospace component, which had no established welding parameters.
Engineering
Designing a custom hydraulic valve block for a mobile construction vehicle to integrate new driverless control technology, managing unpredictable system feedback loops and pressure variances.
Agriculutre
Trialling a novel hydroponic nutrient film technique at the James Hutton Institute to cultivate a heritage barley variety indoors, tackling issues with root oxygenation and disease not present in field growing.
Renewable Energy
Prototyping a new composite tidal turbine blade designed to mitigate cavitation damage from the high-flow conditions found in the Pentland Firth.
Construction
Developing a pourable, self-compacting concrete mix using recycled glass aggregate to meet new fire safety and structural standards for modular housing units.
MedTech
Creating a machine learning model at the Ellison Institute of Technology to predict patient response to a new oncology drug based on genomic markers, where the interaction between markers was not understood.
Medical & Pharma
We help medical and pharma companies
Our Claim Preparation & Submission Process
Our specialism is R&D tax relief, not general accounting. Our consultants hold degrees in the technical fields they analyse. We build each claim narrative assuming it will face a full compliance check, detailing the systematic work that justifies the relief. Your claim is structured to demonstrate the advance, not just describe a new product feature. We achieve results because we follow a proven three-step process, and you can see how it works in more detail.
Free Consultation
We invest time in understanding your business, ensuring you receive every eligible penny back.
Claim Preparation
You improve your success rate because we compile evidence to HMRC’s standard.
Submission & Success
You avoid stress because we liaise directly with HMRC until payment.
R&D Tax Credit Experts – Expert Consultants In R&D Tax
- Project & Cost Analysis Our initial review maps your project activities against the BEIS definition of R&D. We identify the baseline technology, the specific advance sought, and the uncertainties overcome before any costs are compiled.
- Narrative & Evidence Compilation We work with your technical team to author a narrative that an HMRC inspector can understand. This document connects your test logs, project plans, and staff costs directly to the resolution of the core technological uncertainties.
- Submission & HMRC Liaison We manage the submission via the required Additional Information Form and CT600. If HMRC opens an inquiry, a process now affecting a much higher percentage of claims, we handle all correspondence until the claim is processed.
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Over 1,500 R&D claims submitted across various industries
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More than £5 million retrieved for our clients to date
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Most claims are processed by HMRC in 6-12 weeks, though this timeline can extend if a detailed compliance check is initiated. You can claim for your last two completed accounting periods. Contact us to determine if the work you have undertaken qualifies under the new merged scheme.