We’re grant application specialists. We know what it takes to be successful in securing funding and we will guide, advise and support you throughout your journey.

Develop cutting-edge innovation:

A grant is financial aid to assist in funding a particular project. In our case, we support our clients in winning R&D and capital grants to develop cutting-edge innovation and enable company growth.

Our Approach

Our team provides end to end Grant Writing Consultancy services, helping companies throughout their journey, from selecting suitable funding options for their project to full management of the funding application process.

Project to Fund Matching

Matching your innovation project to the optimum funding opportunity enhances your chances of funding success. Every funding competition will have important scope details that need to be met for your project to be classed as eligible, and we know how to identify them.

Information Gap Analysis

We will guide you through a gap analysis of project information. To lay the foundations of a grant funding application we need detailed information to understand what your product development roadmap looks like to identify the best route for growth.

Collaboration Illumination

Having project partners can be particularly attractive to funders, our team can advise on appropriate partners, collaborators and sub-contractors that could strengthen your grant funding application. These include Large enterprises, universities, RTOs, charities, social enterprises, SMEs.

Application Development

Our writers will translate the work packages, risk registers, team breakdowns, market analysis, and technical descriptions of your project into a language the funders will understand. They will also submit the application for you. The documents developed provide you with a portfolio to use for a variety of future funding opportunities.

The Final Countdown

During this stage, there will be a 1.5-2 month wait, depending on the funder, for assessors to review your grant application. If successful you’ll receive a Grant Offer Letter as part of the final countdown to getting your hands on the funding. 

Our passion for innovation means we want to see your project succeed as much as you do.

Successfully deliver your grant-funded project:

Once you have secured your grant, the list of reporting requirements from the funder doesn’t stop there. The funder needs confirmation that you are delivering the project stated in your successful application. This means reporting monthly, quarterly, and at the end of the project.

Our Approach

We can take care of the demanding administrative and reporting processes so you can focus on your project. With a deep understanding of funder’s project processes, we can support you with our full Grant Project Management service.

Pre-Kick Off

The funder will want to ensure you are capable of delivering the project set out in your successful application. On receiving your Grant Offer Letter, our team will support you with the creation of initial project documentation, answering funder queries, financial forecasting, and more.

Project Kick-Off

Our team will help you set your project to ensure it has a smooth start. We will support and attend meetings with the funder, help you make a good impression with your Monitoring Officer, and most importantly make sure all of the project documentation is set up correctly.

Quarterly Reporting

This stage is critical to the cash flow of your project. We will support preparing required reporting documentation for each quarter. Reports include Progress Report, Second Level Project Plans, Project Risk Registers, Financial Forecasting, Project Exploitation Planning – without accurate reporting of these, you won’t get paid.

Project Change Request Navigation

If you need to make some changes, we’re here to help. Our team will provide you with best practice guidance on making cost changes and project alterations to cause the least project disruption and maximise the value of the grant.

Final Project Report

You’ll have a lot of great stories to tell about your funding journey by this point. To close out your project with ease, we will support preparations for the final report, including any final compliance elements requested by the funder.

Our R&D Tax Credit specialists truly understand how you can optimise your R&D Tax Credits claim whilst aligning with HMRC regulations.

R&D Tax Credits Explained

R&D tax credits are a tax incentive designed by the Government to reward innovative companies who spend money on developing new products, processes, or services; or enhancing existing ones.

R&D for tax purposes takes place when an R&D project seeks to achieve an advance in science or technology, appreciably improving on the current state of the art.

You could reclaim up to 33% of costs spent on:

• Staffing costs
• Subcontracted R&D
• Externally Provided Workers (EPWs)
• Consumables
• Software
• Payments to subjects of clinical trials

Our Approach

Our R&D Tax Credit specialists develop your R&D Tax Credit claim alongside your technical and finance staff to maximise your potential claim value. From working with hundreds of start-ups to large companies, we can quickly and accurately identify what HMRC class as qualifying Research and Development expenditure. Also, if you’ve secured a grant we can support you with the RDEC scheme. 

Innovation Lens Scoping

Our team needs to get the scope of the Research and Development invested in over the past few years. We examine R&D Tax Credits using an ‘Innovation Lens’ as opposed to a ‘Tax Lens’. This can include a wider range of activities that will be eligible, in accordance with HMRC’s guidelines.

Technical Claim Development

Using our experience of translating technical innovation, we’ll work with your technical team to gather information on the development work undertaken. Then, we’ll formulate a technical description of the relevant year’s development, justifying expenditure and highlighting the progress made.

Financial Claim Development

At this stage, our R&D Tax Credit specialists need evidence to back up the technical information. Our team will liaise with your Finance Director and Accountant to gather the required financial information to prepare the R&D Tax Credit financial calculations. Eligible costs include wages, software, consumables, clinical trial volunteers and subcontractors.

Submission

To ensure the R&D Tax Credit claim meets the requirements of your business, you are able to review the technical report with your accountant. Your accountant will then be able to submit the final claim as your registered tax agent and trusted advisor

Compliance

In the rare event that an R&D Tax Credit claim is challenged by HMRC, we’ve got your back. Our R&D Tax Credit specialists will continue working with your technical and finance teams, making every effort to provide the appropriate justification for the claim to satisfy the governing body.

We want to share that knowledge with you because we are passionate about making innovation happen.

Grow your confidence:

The development of a grant application can be a tricky and overwhelming task. Our training sessions are tailored to the ability of your team to give them the skills, knowledge, and confidence they need to tackle the development of a grant application.

Our Approach

Our team adapts and learns from every project, searching for new and better ways of working to move things forward. We want to share that knowledge with you because we are passionate about making innovation happen. Sharing our expertise can maximise your chances of transformational success.

Grant Writing 101 Training Session

Our team of experienced grant writers will host an in-depth 1-day session on how to approach writing a grant application. The content focuses on the specific elements of the grant application document, detailing tips and tricks, do’s and don’ts, that we have picked up over the years.

Grant Training Follow Up

Sometimes 1 day just isn’t enough, your team may have specific areas of uncertainty that they would like further clarification on. We can offer a 1⁄2 day follow-up session tailored to your needs to make sure your team feels fully prepared.

Grant Writing Blueprint

If you would like to develop a personalised grant writing blueprint that your team can refer to, we can lead the development of this document. This can be added on as an output of your 1-day session so that the information reflects the areas your team feels they need more support with.