Run a continuous R&D tax claim instead of a year-end forensic.
Most companies under-claim because the evidence is scattered across timesheets, GitHub, Jira and chat, and the consultants only show up in March.
We build the claim in the background as the work happens. Eligible-effort attribution, HMRC-ready narratives, RDEC and IRS Section 41 support. The claim is ready the day the year closes.
The compliance bar is rising. The forensic model is breaking.
HMRC’s enquiry rate has surged. SME claims have collapsed. The companies still claiming successfully are the ones with contemporaneous evidence — not the ones with a clever consultant in March.
Driven by tighter compliance requirements and an increase in HMRC enquiries into submitted claims. Poorly evidenced claims now fail; well-evidenced ones still pay out.
HMRC R&D tax credit statistics, 2024 release →A market-wide compression. The relief pool didn’t shrink — the claim-able evidence did. Companies with continuous capture stand out against a thinning field.
HMRC R&D Tax Credit Statistics 2025 analysis →Enhancement rate reduced from 130% to 86%. Payable credit for loss-makers dropped from 14.5% to 10%. The maths still works — if the claim does.
EmpowerRD, SME R&D tax credit scheme rates →The modules that solve this
Two products that turn a March forensic exercise into a year-round operating rhythm.
Stop discovering eligible effort in March.
Book a demo. We’ll show you the claim being built in real time on your own engineering data.