Our Innovations
InnoFund is a leading UK tax consultancy and innovation lifecycle specialist with offices in London and Manchester and Glasgow. Our proactive approach goes beyond the standard in the industry and shapes our client’s Innovation – we identify it, we protect it, so you can profit from it.
SecuRD® and InnoGuard® are the brainchild of 50+ years of combined experience in R&D Lifecycle consulting, R&D Tax, Patent Design, IP consulting and HMRC dispute resolution.
Your claim, SecuRD®
The newest and most secure way to claim
R&D Tax credits.
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Protect your innovation, InnoGuard®
End-to-end IP consulting including
designing patents to gain tax relief.
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Simba Mareverwa
Head of Compliance & Tax Disputes
- 20+ Years in Corporation Tax compliance, previously head of HMRC disputes at UK’s largest R&D Taxfirm
- Defended the most R&D Tax claims in enquiry by volume in the UK
- Has worked on Patent Box claims and HMRC enquiries into Patent Box since the schemes inception in 2013.
Our priority is your security
We are a trusted advisor to some of the UK’s most innovative companies and accountancy firms and compliance is at the heart of all our tax claims, as an InnoFund client you can rest assured that your tax claim is independently verified by our tax compliance team, comprising of ex-HMRC inspectors and sector
specialists which is headed up by Simba who has 20 years’ experience in defending HMRC enquiries into corporation tax.
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Is supervised by ICAEW for Anti-Money Laundering (AML) purposes -
Has Professional Indemnity Insurance (PII) in line with ICAEW guidance -
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Simba is the principal on all client engagements, and is personally responsible for all client engagements -
As a chartered accountant and accredited tax mediator Simba brings experience in successfully defending over 260 R&D Tax claims in HMRC Enquiry (the most by volume in the UK)
Our Expertise
We can help you with
R&D Tax Credits
Reclaim up to 27% of your R&D expenditure as cash and/or tax relief.
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Patent Box
Reduce Corporation Tax to 10% on qualifying intellectual property assets.
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IP Consulting and InnoGuard®
Identify intellectual property assets, protect them, and reduce tax liabilities through
InnoGuard®
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Capital Allowances
Maximise the potential of your allowances with the expertise of our chartered surveyors.
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Land Remediation Relief
Obtain a cash injection or tax relief for businesses remediating contaminated land or derelict
sites.
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HMRC Enquiry Support and Dispute Resolution
Are you involved in an open HMRC enquiry? Our tax compliance experts are here to assist
you.
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Sector Specialism
Unsure if you qualify for R&D Tax relief? Check out qualifying activities by your sector:
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Architecture
Architecture
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Construction
Construction
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Software & IT development
Software & IT development
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Waste Management & Recycling
Waste Management & Recycling
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Aquaculture & Fishing
Aquaculture & Fishing
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Engineering
Engineering
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Agriculture
Agriculture
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Food and Beverage
Food and Beverage
What our clients have to say about InnoFund
70% of our business is referral-based, if you wish to speak with a client in your industry,
please do not hesitate to ask
contact us
”InnoFund go the extra mile to deliver for our clients”
Accountancy
Hewitt Card
“InnoFund are the first tax advisors we have used who have shaped our innovation.Dr Brent actually wrote research papers on the very subject matter of our R&D; he knew where we were limited and helped us partner with a university to complete the research we needed to move to the next stage of development. InnoFund continue to add value by providing the tools and advice we need to successfully commercialise our innovation.”
Tech Director
Composite Manufacturer
“It can be difficult to motivate the engineering team about R&D tax credits, but SecuRD® allowed us to see who was contributing to the R&D Tax process, so that we could reward individuals with the best contributions to the process.”
Direct Tax Manager
FTSE 100 Company
“InnoFund reviewed our commercial contracts and operations and uncovered
potential problems we could encounter under the new merged scheme. Their insight allowed us to make the necessary changes to our operations and safeguard more projects under the new merged scheme. SecuRD® as a methodology is forward- thinking.”
Head of Tax
Construction
“I have to say the whole process was carefully and clearly laid out with our
full involvement and agreement in an extremely professional manner. I am
pleased to say their work resulted in two successful claims that really did in
fact exceed our original expectations. I therefore have no hesitation in
offering our recommendation to utilise the professional services of
InnoFund”
Alan Brown, FD
KSD Group
“What an amazing company, we would give InnoFund 11/10! Our work is at the cutting edge of science and technology, so we were shocked when HMRC enquired into one of our claims submitted in partnership with our accountants. We worked on the enquiry with our accountants for a long-time but we realised we needed specialist expertise on HMRC disputes after hitting a brick wall. InnoFund was recommended to us by many in our network, Simba reviewed our enquiry and confirmed we had a very strong case, we subsequently engaged with InnoFund and they resolved the HMRC enquiry in our favour with one letter! Their process is seamless, and their knowledge of tax compliance is unmatched we would recommend them to anyone facing a challenging HMRC enquiry.”
Dr Keming Zhou
AUDAR Health
“We are really happy to have a trustworthy R&D partner, we use InnoFund on our R&D claims and would not look elsewhere. They opened our eyes to how our work was eligible under the R&D Tax scheme, there was no hard sell and they even made us aware before we started our claim that HMRC can challenge these claims, we appreciated there honesty and transparency. Unfortunately, HMRC did open an enquiry but the team at InnoFund had all angles covered, we had a ADR meeting with HMRC and InnoFund and the inspector accepted our claim in full, to top it of the HMRC inspector was a farmer and really appreciated the innovation we undertook. If you want to claim what you are entitled to compliantly use InnoFund, they’re one of the good guys.”
Hugh Grierson
Hugh Grierson Organic
“InnoFund’s insight into the market has been valuable in serving our clients across all sectors. Not only do they understand the nuances within R&D Tax Credits but they are great at spotting other funding opportunities for our clients. Their smaller team is much more personable than some of the large corporates we’ve partnered with and they really do go that extra mile to satisfy our customers. I wouldn’t hesitate to refer their services to anyone in my network.”
Accountancy London
Partner
“InnoFund are the first tax advisor we have used that has shaped our innovation. Dr Brent actually wrote research papers on the very subject matter of our R&D, he knew where we were limited and helped us partner with a University to complete the research we needed to move to the next stage of development. InnoFund continue to add value by providing the tools and advice we need to successfully commercialise our innovation”
Tech Director
Composite Manufacturer
“It can be difficult to get the engineering team motivated about R&D tax credits, but InnoFund’s tools allowed us to see who was contributing to the R&D Tax proccess so that we could reward individuals with the best contributions to the process”
Direct Tax Manager
FTSE 100 Company
“InnoFund reviewed our commercial contracts and operations and uncovered potential problems we could encounter under the new merged scheme. Their insight allowed us to make the necessary changes to our operations and safeguard more projects under the new merged scheme, SecuRD™ as a methodology is forward thinking.”
Head of Tax
Construction
“We hear of many R&D Tax horror stories and we wanted certainty that our claims were eligible. InnoFund used an external professor to provide an independent review and witness statement about our R&D which gave us certainty that we were eligible for R&D Tax credits.”
Group CFO
EMEA Insurance Company
“It’s like having InnoFund in the office 24/7, we were already keeping contemporaneous records through our ERP but SecuRD™ was a game changer whenever we set up internal meetings virtually, we could invite their SecuRD Bot which would take a transcript of our internal tech discussions”
R&D Manager
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Testimonial – KSD Group
Our client acquired a site with over ten tonnes of hazardous waste and
conducted a three-phase remediation plan over several years.
InnoFund identified £258,115.74 in tax credits
“I have to say the whole process was carefully and clearly laid out with our
full involvement and agreement in an extremely professional manner. I am
pleased to say their work resulted in two successful claims that really did in
fact exceed our original expectations. I therefore have no hesitation in
offering our recommendation to utilise the professional services of
InnoFund”
Alan Brown, FD
KSD Group
