Clients we support

Moguntia Food Group

Turnover

£38m

Industry

Food manufacturing

Location

Europe-wide

As a pan-European group of food manufacturers, Moguntia Food Group’s businesses live and breathe innovation. So when it came to making a successful claim for R&D relief, they turned to our team to provide the missing ingredients.

Moguntia Food Group is a fourth-generation family business operating in four countries, with over 700 employees, producing 4,000 tonnes per-year. They are truly world-class in their manufacturing and R&D relief qualifying activity takes place on a near-daily basis.

“We trust Haines Watts to leave no stone unturned when it comes to analysing our R&D-qualifying activity, but also to ensure we remain fully compliant. The potential of R&D relief claims to help improve cash flow wasn’t new to us – it’s very much part of our business cycle – but we were very pleased with the way Haines Watts went about processing our claim.”

- Darren Ferguson, UK Head of Finance at Moguntia

We identified all qualifying activities and projects carried out by Moguntia across their UK sites. Supporting evidence was then consolidated into a report for HMRC. With a review of company accounts, a calculation was made using tailored methodology and Moguntia received the tax relief they deserved, whilst staying compliant.

JDDK Architects

Established in

1987

Industry

Architecture

Location

North East of England

As an award-winning firm of architects working in multiple sectors across the UK, innovation is the blueprint of everything the team at JDDK do. So when they were looking to build their R&D claim from the ground up, they came to Haines Watts.

Established over 35 years ago, the practice has grown into one of the leading architecture firms in the North East of England. Within that timeframe, they have delivered some truly ground-breaking projects, from cancer treatment centres with proton facilities to the restoration of Grade II listed buildings.

"We believe in long term relationships and Haines Watts have helped us through the last 10 years. Their expertise across a range of services has been absolutely second to none."

Kevin Turnbull and Nicky Watson - JDDK Architects

Over the last 10 years, our tax incentives and reliefs team have supported them with their R&D claims. From digging into their projects to analyse and uncover all of their qualifying expenditure, to submitting their claim and scoping new projects, we work alongside their team to ensure they make the most of their claim while staying compliant.

JDDK’s Director, Kevin Turnbull said “the research and development tax relief claim that Haines Watts have assisted us with has enabled us to go forward with confidence… both financially and in terms of resource.“

Applied Nutrition

Industry

Sports nutrition

Location

Europe-wide

Ranked 53rd as

Sunday Times UK 100 Fastest Growing Businesses

As the UK’s fastest growing sports nutrition brand, Applied Nutrition have been fueling athletes across the world for nearly a decade now.

Their aim? To become the world’s most trusted and innovative nutrition brand. So, their emphasis on research and development comes without saying.

“Our new product development team are constantly working to bring new innovations into these products,”

- Joe Pollard, Finance Director at Applied Nutrition.

Having branched out internationally, their products land in nearly every corner of the globe. Analysing the latest science and studies, Applied Nutrition constantly improving, developing and revolutionising their products and ways of working, placing them at the forefront of their industry.

Having already gotten to know their finance team as their auditors, our team of R&D experts have helped to Applied Nutrition to maximise their claim, whilst assessing their eligibility for other tax reliefs such as Patent Box.

Speaking on the R&D claim, their Finance Director, Joe Pollard said, “Haines Watts have helped us make full use of our research and develop tax relief claim. That’s obviously a big part of what we do, being a research led company.“