EXPERT R&D TAX CREDITS | CAPITAL ALLOWANCES | BUSINESS FINANCE
Hamilton Wood & Company helps ambitious UK businesses unlock real value, reduce risk and invest in sustainable growth through expert support and tailored financial solutions.
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OUR SPECIALIST SERVICES
We provide three core services designed to strengthen your balance sheet, support investment and fuel long-term growth.
Unlock significant savings for your business by leveraging R&D Tax Credits. Our expert team will guide you through the process, ensuring compliance while maximizing your claims.
Maximise your relief on the embedded fixtures and fittings in your commercial property and investments in plant and machinery to improve cash flow.
Unlock significant savings for your business by leveraging R&D Tax Credits. Our expert team will guide you through the process, ensuring compliance while maximizing your claims.
WHO WE SUPPORT
R&D driven companies developing new products, processes, devices and technologies.
Commercial property owners and investors looking to maximise tax efficiency.
Ambitious businesses seeking to improve cash-flow, reduce risk & scale.
Accountants, consultants and legal professionals supporting their clients.
Our experts assess your business to identify any opportunities and to understand your business goals and commercial objectives.
Our specialists design a tailored plan to maximise the value of your research and development or capital allowance claim, or funding requirement.
We manage the process end-to-end with expert precision, compliance and ongoing professional care.
You receive results that strengthen cash flow, support business growth and created lasting value.
WHY BUSINESSES CHOOSE
HAMILTON WOOD & COMPANY
We combine deep technical knowledge with a commercial mindset to deliver outcomes that make a real difference.
Deep Technical knowledge in research and development, Capital Allowances and Business Finance
We handle the heavy lifting so you can focus on doing what you do best, running your business.
End-to-end service from initial assessment, to claim distilliation and beyond.
We fully manage any HMRC queries or reviews in relation to the applicable claim.
Clear, practical advice designed for measurable commercial impact.
Proven track-record of securing significant value for our clients.
Proud historic and current fellows of UK Research & Innovation (UKRI) and the Engineering, Physical Science Research College (EPSRC) (UKRI)
We share your passion for progress and work tirelessly to maximise your profit and reduce your tax burden.
UK-WIDE SERVICE AND SUPPORT
Our teams and partners across the UK ensure you receive the right support, wherever your business is.
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INSIGHTS FOR FORWARD THINKING UK BUSINESSES
R&D tax credits are a UK Corporation Tax relief for companies that invest time and money in resolving scientific or technological challenges. They can reduce a company’s tax bill or, in some cases, result in a payable credit. Claims are made through the Company Tax Return and must be supported by project and cost details submitted to HMRC. For accounting periods beginning on or after 1 April 2024, most claims fall under the merged R&D scheme, with Enhanced R&D Intensive Support available for qualifying loss-making R&D-intensive SMEs.
If your company has been investing in developing new products, improving services, solving technical problems or creating better processes, and you are unsure whether you can claim, contact Hamilton Wood & Company’s R&D tax credit experts for a specialist review.
Commercial properties used for the purposes of a trade may be eligible for property capital allowances where qualifying plant, machinery, fixtures or integral features are present. Property capital allowances are often much broader than the standard capital allowance review typically carried out during routine accounts preparation.
Hamilton Wood & Company, the UK’s leading property capital allowance specialists, provides a forensic, non-invasive deep-dive into the embedded fixtures and fittings within commercial property. This often identifies hidden tax relief that may remain unclaimed.
We also work closely with accountants and advisers to help ensure their clients do not leave eligible property-related benefit undiscovered.
Hamilton Wood & Company provides business finance support for ambitious UK companies seeking to strengthen their position, improve cash flow and invest in forward-thinking projects. Our services include small business loans, fast business funding, commercial mortgages, invoice factoring and wider commercial finance solutions, alongside signposting to Government grants and innovation funding opportunities, including UK Research and Innovation routes for eligible innovative businesses.
As a credit broker, not a direct lender, Hamilton Wood & Company helps senior business leaders explore suitable finance options for growth, working capital, equipment, premises, commercial property and investment. Our low arrangement fees, access to competitive APRs and commercially focused support make us a sound choice for companies seeking clear, practical finance solutions.
If your business is planning expansion, investing in innovation, buying premises, releasing working capital or funding a new commercial opportunity, contact Hamilton Wood & Company’s business finance experts today and let us help you identify the right funding route.
How much could my business be eligible to claim?
The amount depends on whether you are considering a commercial property capital allowance claim or an R&D tax relief claim.
For property capital allowances, the value depends on the building, its use, purchase or refurbishment history, embedded fixtures and fittings, and whether allowances have already been claimed. There is no reliable fixed percentage without a specialist review.
For R&D tax relief, the scheme makes a major difference. As a simple example, £100,000 of qualifying R&D spend under the merged scheme creates a 20% taxable expenditure credit, giving a £20,000 gross credit. For a profit-making company paying Corporation Tax at 25%, that is typically worth £15,000 net.
Under ERIS, for a qualifying loss-making R&D-intensive SME, £100,000 of qualifying R&D spend may create £186,000 of enhanced expenditure. If the company can surrender that full amount for a payable credit at 14.5%, the potential cash credit is £26,970, subject to eligibility, surrenderable losses and the PAYE cap.
Hamilton Wood & Company can review whether your opportunity relates to R&D tax relief, commercial property capital allowances, or both, and help identify the most valuable route available to your business.
The timescale depends on which Hamilton Wood & Company service you need and how quickly the required information can be gathered.
For R&D tax relief, we can usually identify whether there is a potentially eligible claim quickly. Where the claim qualifies and the supporting information is available, the process is typically managed over 4 to 8 weeks, often needing only 1 to 2 hours of your team’s time by phone. Once the claim has been prepared, submitted and accepted for processing, the payment or tax credit is commonly received in under 12 weeks, although HMRC processing times can vary and all claims must be supported by the required Additional Information Form and Company Tax Return details.
For commercial property capital allowances, the process can take a little longer because a detailed, non-invasive property review is often required. We may need to attend site, identify qualifying embedded fixtures and fittings, and cross-reference the findings against the relevant capital allowance rules. The work is more detailed than many standard accounting reviews, but the potential hidden yield can make the process highly worthwhile, and Hamilton Wood & Company manages the vast majority of the work for you.
For business funding support, including small business loans, invoice factoring and commercial mortgages, the process is often quicker. However, each case depends on the business, the funding route, status, eligibility, lender requirements, terms and conditions. Hamilton Wood & Company acts as a credit broker and not a direct lender.
Speak to Hamilton Wood & Company today and our specialists will quickly identify which route applies, what information is needed, and how soon your business could move forward.
Yes, we absolutely do. Hamilton Wood & Company works with accountants, advisers and professional introducers whose clients may need specialist support with R&D tax relief, commercial property capital allowances or business finance. These are highly specialist areas, and many advisers choose to protect client relationships by introducing a focused expert partner rather than trying to manage complex technical work in-house. Hamilton Wood & Company already works alongside accountants and adviser networks, including in R&D and property capital allowance support.
We offer a lucrative partnership arrangement for accountants and advisers who can facilitate an agreed introduction to the senior decision-makers of a company, or to the owners or operators of a commercial property. Once the introduction is made, our team manages the specialist review, claim or funding process from there, helping your client access the right support while you retain the trusted adviser relationship.
Our professional introducer fee is available to business partners and is paid on completion of a successful claim or funding award. Hamilton Wood & Company supports clients across R&D tax relief, capital allowances and business finance, with low-fee, success-focused services designed to strengthen UK businesses.
If you have clients who own commercial property, invest in innovation, need business finance, or may be missing valuable tax relief, now is the time to speak to Hamilton Wood & Company. A single introduction could unlock a valuable client outcome, strengthen your advisory offer and create a new recurring referral income stream for your practice. Contact us today to discuss becoming a Hamilton Wood & Company referral partner.
Find out how we can help your business unlock value, improve cash flow and invest in sustainable growth.
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