Technology Sector

It’s our priority to listen to our clients and to understand their vision, and provide practical, commercial and strategic advice throughout their journey.

Our tech team works with:

• entrepreneurs and founders who are developing their ideas, and tech start-ups and scale-ups across all sub-sectors
• companies that have raised money, developed their product and are in a high-growth phase
• sophisticated, mature tech companies that are innovating and expanding worldwide.

We’re proud to support a wide range of clients, including software developers, hardware manufacturers, digital agencies, app developers, and SAAS and cloud platform operators.

Our team understands the tech sector and how raising money, growing and ultimately exiting is different to other industries. If your tech company is at an early stage, we can mentor you, facilitate fundraising and help introduce you to crucial sources of finance.

We can provide all the financial services your tech company needs, from outsourced bookkeeping, payroll and management accounts, to tax compliance and specialist R&D advice.

We advise founders and companies on all financial, commercial and strategic matters relating to company structuring, raising money, growth and exiting.

Our focus is on maximising your potential – assessing whether you are eligible for any tax reliefs, such as R&D relief, to save you money and help ensure your company’s finances and financial infrastructure are robust and in a good condition to grow.

Services

UK company set up and company secretarial services

We can help take away the headache on the administration and compliance side of your business by:

• advising on the company incorporation
• providing full company secretarial services, including maintaining your shareholder register and filing confirmation statements
• acting as a registered office for your company and directors.

Corporation tax compliance

This is a complex but essential area. We can give advice on:

• preparation of your corporation tax computation and tax return
• preparation of your R&D tax credit claim, including identifying eligible R&D activities
• assistance with the narrative reporting required for submission to HMRC
• transfer pricing.

Statutory financial statements and audit

We’ll ensure everything is in order, whether you need us to prepare statutory financial statements for submission to Companies House, or to audit financial statements required by law or your shareholders/financing agreement.

Bookkeeping and accounting

Ensuring that your day-to-day financial affairs run smoothly is crucial. We can take away the hassle, freeing you up to concentrate on running your business. So that you always have clarity on your finances, we’ll set up online accounting software, providing full training to you and your staff as necessary.

Depending on your needs, we’ll prepare monthly or quarterly management accounts. We can take care of your monthly payroll, ensuring this important service runs smoothly, and offer pension advice if required.

Staff incentive schemes

Staff incentive schemes are increasingly important in attracting and retaining talented employees. We can guide you through finding the best option to incentivise your staff, including Enterprise Management Incentives. Once we’ve identified the most beneficial option for your business, we’ll set up your new scheme and provide all the necessary tax advice.

Advice on fundraising

Fundraising is a key area for tech companies. There are many options available and we can help you find the most beneficial option for your business. EIS and SEIS schemes offer generous tax reliefs and we can help you take advantage of these.

General advice

We provide business consultancy and commercial advice, helping you to build business plans at both the start-up and growth stages. Our experts can recommend the most beneficial tax structures, as well as offering on-going general, commercial consultancy and detailed tax advice.