BH Estates

Industry

BH Estates

10-20 employees

Organization

BH Estates is a Northern Ireland-based firm of chartered surveyors specialising in rural land management with a farming and renewable energy business.

Mission

The business provides consultancy services across agriculture, property management, business management and renewable energy, drawing on its own practical experience operating a working dairy farm and renewable energy technologies.

Result

Its R&D work includes the innovative Farm2 Export project, developed in collaboration with DAERA (Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs), to improve nutrient management and sustainability in Northern Ireland. Every service the business delivers is grounded in real-world experience.

How it helps

Real Challenges x Clear Solutions

Turning complex research into an R&D Tax Relief claim

Unlike many R&D Tax Relief claims, responsibility for managing the process didn't sit with BH Estates finance team. Instead, researcher Dr Aine Anderson led the research, bringing a detailed understanding of the company's innovation work and the research behind it.

Led by the researcher

"Initially, I was apprehensive as I expected the process to be much more complex. However, once it began and I received the right support, those concerns quickly disappeared."

Research background as an advantage

Rather than creating additional administrative burden, Aine found her research background became an advantage. "Being the researcher helped because I was able to identify the costings of what went to research probably more than someone on the accounting side."

Translating research into an HMRC narrative

One aspect of the process stood out in particular: translating highly technical research into a clear narrative suitable for HMRC. "I initially expected to take on much of the work involved in developing the narrative, but the process produced a high-quality document that accurately captured my ideas and reflected exactly what I wanted to communicate. When I read the final narrative, I was extremely impressed. It captured the project so effectively that I don't think I could have produced a better version myself."

Structured communication, minimal disruption

The structured communication with the team at Leyton throughout the claim also helped minimise disruption to day-to-day work. "Each meeting was focused and efficient, with a clear purpose and agenda. We would work through the key points, address any questions, and then follow up via email where needed, which suited our way of working."

Key Success Factors

Objectives & Key Success Factors

Success wasn’t accidental. It was the result of a rigorous architectural approach designed to dissolve operational silos and future-proof the entire value chain.

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Our Intervention

The Path to Success

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Extending beyond financial

For BH Estates, the value of R&D Tax Relief extends beyond the financial benefit. Research and innovation naturally involve uncertainty, particularly when tackling challenges that have never been solved before. Having access to tax relief helps reduce some of that risk and provides greater confidence to continue investing in ambitious projects.

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Reducing risk

"There's clearly a financial benefit to it, but more so it gives us a different perspective on reducing a bit of the risk with the R&D side of things. The nature of R&D, it doesn't always work. It doesn't always go how you think it's going to go. And that is the nature of research."

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Embracing the unknown

"There is this element of unknown and that is what research and innovation is – it's the unknown. Having this support provides us with the confidence and justification to explore new research opportunities and pursue additional areas of investigation."

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Beyond the claim

"Leyton also drew attention to other forms of tax relief that could be relevant to the company, which has been very, very useful as well."

Results and Impact

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