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Senior-led R&D tax advice built on technical expertise.

We help innovative businesses and accountancy firms prepare and submit high-quality R&D tax claims.

Our approach is technical, rigorous and evidence-led, so we can:

Identify genuine qualifying activity.
Challenge assumptions
Translate complex technical work into clear, well-supported R&D claim narratives.

We apply this approach to each client’s business and industry, ensuring every claim is robust, compliant, and stands up to HMRC scrutiny.

Who we work with

Innovative Businesses

We work with companies undertaking product development, engineering, and software innovation to identify and support genuine R&D activity.

Accountancy Practices

We act as a specialist partner to accountants, providing technical and compliance expertise to support their clients' R&D claims.

HMRC Enquiry Support

We support and defend R&D claims under enquiry, providing clear technical justification and structured responses.

Our expertise

We combine hands-on experience of product, process and software innovation with specialist tax expertise to deliver robust, compliant R&D claims.

Our team brings decades of experience across Product Development, Scientific Research, Engineering, Innovation Funding and Chartered Accountancy, giving us a deep understanding of both the technical and financial dimensions of R&D.

This enables us to identify qualifying activity with precision, prepare defensible claims, and support clients confidently through HMRC scrutiny.

Our Approach

A structured, practical approach to preparing clear, defensible R&D claims.

Identify qualifying R&D

Understanding the technical challenges and uncertainties

Technical & financial analysis

Aligning activity with HMRC guidelines

Report preparation

Clear, structured, and defensible documentation

Submission & support

Including additional enquiry support if required

R&D tax relief rules have changed

The UK R&D tax relief regime has become more complex, with increased scrutiny, evolving rules, and higher expectations around the quality of claim preparation and supporting information.

We help clients to navigate:

The Merged R&D scheme
Enhanced R&D Intensive Support (ERIS)
Claim notification requirements
Additional Information Form submissions
Increased HMRC scrutiny and compliance expectations

Our focus is on clear, well supported and defensible R&D relief claims.

Email

info@inspireincentives.co.uk

Inspire Incentives Ltd

26-30 Stoney Street

Nottingham

NG1 1LL

Company Registration No. 11353167

VAT Registration No. 302919615