Delivering 1,500+ Successful R&D Tax Relief Claims Annually

Swanson Reed is established as one of the UK’s premier independent R&D tax advisory consultancies, successfully managing research and development claims for over 1,500 innovative businesses each year.

Our in-house team consists exclusively of UK-based technical engineers, chartered accountants, and tax specialists with focused expertise in HMRC’s R&D tax relief schemes.

The profound financial and technical acumen of our advisory team ensures we can:

  • Rapidly integrate with your existing financial systems;
  • Establish robust methodologies to track qualifying expenditure continuously; and
  • Ensure zero disruption to your daily commercial operations.

Governed by the rigorous ethical and professional standards of top UK accounting institutes, our quality assurance protocols are industry-leading. Every project is subjected to a comprehensive “six-eye” technical and financial review by senior personnel.

We recognise that data security and HMRC compliance are paramount to your business:

  • We operate under the certified ISO31000:2009 Risk Management framework.
  • Your data is protected by our ISO27001 Information Security Management certification.
  • Every single submission undergoes our stringent six-eye peer review process.
  • Claims are rigorously cross-examined by both a sector-specific engineer and a qualified tax professional.
  • Our internal risk mitigation strategies are subjected to independent external audits annually.

Every R&D claim handled by Swanson Reed follows our proprietary five-phase methodology, deeply rooted in the ISO 31000:2009 standards:



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