R&D Tax Relief
Technically robust R&D claims, prepared, evidenced and defended.
Specialist experience with technically complex claims, particularly in engineering, manufacturing, software and process development.
HMRC's approach to R&D claims has changed significantly. Claims now need to be technically supportable, properly evidenced and clearly linked to the qualifying activity. That's exactly the sort of work we do.
Not every improvement is R&D. We're direct about which projects are likely to qualify and which are not. Claims should reflect genuine technical uncertainty resolved through competent professional work, not a stretched interpretation of routine development.
Where a claim is appropriate, we prepare the technical narrative and cost analysis to a standard designed to stand up to enquiry. Where a project is borderline, we'll say so before any time is spent.
How we help
Support across the claim lifecycle
From first-look assessment through to defending live HMRC enquiries and reviewing historic submissions.
- Initial project assessment
- Identification of qualifying activities
- Technical project reports
- Qualifying cost analysis
- Corporation tax treatment
- HMRC enquiry support
- Review of historic claims
- Support with complex or borderline projects
Sectors we work in most
Engineering and manufacturing, software and data platforms, product design, materials and process development, and businesses combining more than one of these.
A note on expectations
We can't promise that every business will qualify, or guarantee a specific tax outcome. We can promise a considered assessment and, where a claim is made, a technically defensible submission.
Have a project you're not sure about?
Send us a short outline. We'll give you an honest view on whether it looks like R&D, before anyone commits to a claim.