We do most of the work – making the whole process painless. We realise you have a business to run, so we’ve perfected a range of approaches that keeps your time commitment to an absolute minimum.

We employ the best people, so you get the best results. Finding and securing the right innovation funding and incentives for your business requires a special blend of technology, tax and financial expertise.

We employ the best. We’re competitive, like you. As a commercially minded business like you, we operate in a highly competitive market. We welcome the opportunity to work with you because we are confident we can beat your current provider on service and results.

We're a pleasure to work with. Everyone at ABGI shares the same core values and these are reflected in everything we do. These include integrity, being supportive, always striving for excellence and challenging ourselves to deliver the best possible outcomes. We take this seriously - so every member of the team receives feedback on living the values twice yearly.

We feel this is important so that, as a client, you can feel confident and secure in your choice of provider, engaged in the process, understood and respected at all times, and completely satisfied with your experience from start to finish. This is why 98% of our clients rate our service as ‘Excellent’.

Accelerating innovation is what we do. Boasting a combined total of more than 70 years’ experience of carrying out claims for innovation incentives, our Innovation Funding Consultants have submitted over 5,700 claims for 2,000 clients in the UK. So, while you might feel that only you know where your costs lie, chances are we’ve worked with a business very similar to yours. We know exactly where to look and how to go about identifying and capturing relevant spend – in areas such as staff (direct and indirect), subcontractors, consumables, prototypes and software.

We have a great working relationship with HMRC. Earning the trust of tax authorities internationally is a cornerstone of our global business. In the UK, we deal with HMRC on a daily basis and have built up a very good relationship with them over the past 12 years. HMRC see us as experienced, knowledgeable and reliable – reflected in our impressively small 0.5% challenge rate for R&D tax credit claims.

We'll minimise any potential risk to your business. While they can bring financial reward, applying for funding and securing tax incentives can also expose a business to risk, if not managed properly. Taking tax incentives as an example, HMRC’s every evolving interpretation of what qualifies makes it more important than ever to submit accurate and robust claims. Given our track record, HMRC only spot-check a very small percentage of our claims and we’ve defended each of them successfully.

We take a holistic approach. Making the most of the tax incentives available to your business is about identifying all your eligible activities and capturing all your relevant expenditure, while complying with HMRC’s strict requirements.

As technicians who understand the innovation challenges you face and the technological advances you’re trying to achieve, you can rely on us to find more eligible activity than anyone else. Accountants, for example, only understand finance, while other so-called specialists have, at best, a purely financial background.

We take quality very seriously. We are one of the few tax incentive and innovation management advisers to have ISO9001 accreditation. All our processes are independently audited and verified annually, so you can rest assured they’re robust, proven and do everything they’re meant to do.

We’re flexible too. We’ll tailor our approach to you. ISO9001 provides a useful framework for our internal processes but we’ll fit in around your priorities and preferred way of working.