Founders raising
Eligibility checked before the raise; optional advance assurance where appropriate.
For companies raising
EIS and SEIS set up properly, before you take the money.
Advance assurance, compliance statements and investor certificates. The paperwork that unlocks the tax relief.
Taxation · Countplus file
EIS and SEIS
- Fee
- Quoted in writing
- The date
- Before the raise closes
- Reply
- Same day before 4pm
In the package
- Eligibility review
- Advance assurance
- Compliance statement
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What EIS and SEIS actually are.
SEIS and EIS are how early-stage UK companies make a round investable. The relief is generous; the forms are not. We prepare advance assurance and the compliance statements so founders in tech, product and creative businesses can close the round without the scheme falling over later.
Quoted first
Quote
Confirmed in writing before we start. Cancel anytime.
Before the raise closes
In the number
- Eligibility review
- Advance assurance
- Compliance statement
- Investor certificates
Quoted separately
- The scope, once we have seen the file
- Any catch-up sitting behind the last filed set
- Work that happens once, not every year
What is in the package.
Everything below is included in the quoted fee. Nothing here is billed twice.
4 lines, all included
- Eligibility review
- Trade, age, gross assets, connected investors. We kill the deal-breakers early.
- Advance assurance
- The pack HMRC expects, written like someone who has sent it before.
- Compliance statement
- After the shares are issued, the form that unlocks certificates.
- Investor certificates
- The document your angels actually need for their own tax returns.
You probably need this if
Signs you need EIS and SEIS advice
- A round is in heads of terms and nobody has asked HMRC
- Last raise never issued certificates
- A director wants to invest and the connected-party rules are foggy
- The trade might be on the excluded list
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EIS and SEIS
Who it is usually for
Angels and SEIS investors
Certificates they can actually use on their own returns.
Studios and product companies
A trade HMRC will recognise as qualifying, or a no, said early.
Three steps, start to finish.
No onboarding theatre. We scope it in writing, put a named accountant on it, and tell you the date it lands.
- 01
Sense-check
A short call. If the trade is excluded, we say so before you pay for hope.
- 02
Assurance
Business plan, use of funds, cap table, assembled and filed.
- 03
Close and certify
Shares issued, statement filed, certificates out.
In plain English
EIS and SEIS, written properly
The relief is generous. The forms are not.
SEIS and EIS are how early-stage UK companies make a round investable. We prepare advance assurance and the compliance statement so the scheme does not fall over after completion. Eligibility first: trade, age, gross assets, connected investors. If the trade is excluded we say so before you pay for hope.
Build it into the raise
HMRC often takes weeks on advance assurance. Investors treat it as table stakes. We assemble the plan, use of funds and cap table, file, then issue certificates after the shares exist. Do not bolt this onto the week of completion.
EIS and SEIS FAQs
Advance assurance is optional, but most investors expect it. We usually recommend applying before you raise.
Sometimes, with conditions around paid employment and existing shareholdings. This is where firms get it wrong. We check before the subscription.
Advance assurance is often several weeks. Build it into the raise, do not bolt it on the week of completion.
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One number. Whichever desk you land on.
01925 670289- Warrington
- Ragan House, 674 Knutsford Road, WA4 1JHMap
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Monday–Friday, 9:00–17:00. Same-day response before 4pm.
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