Affiliates work closely with us and are more actively involved in supporting our services, projects, and client engagements. Partners typically have a more flexible, referral based relationship, introducing clients or opportunities where our expertise can add value.

We work with individuals and businesses across the built environment and professional services sector, including developers, consultants, and advisors who are aligned with our approach. Depending on the nature of the relationship, this may involve collaboration on delivery, ongoing involvement, or introductions.

If you are interested in working with us, whether as an affiliate or a partner, please get in touch or use the contact options on our website to arrange an initial discussion.

We provide comprehensive project management services across the full lifecycle of a project, from initial feasibility and planning through to completion and handover. Our role includes establishing and managing project programmes, coordinating consultants and contractors, monitoring costs and budgets, and ensuring effective communication between all stakeholders.

We take a proactive approach to identifying and managing risks, resolving issues as they arise, and maintaining momentum throughout the project. Our objective is to provide structure, clarity, and control, ensuring that projects are delivered efficiently and in line with the client’s strategic and commercial objectives.

We take an active role in delivering the design of projects, acting either as the architectural and civil designers or working in collaboration with specialist consultants. This includes developing design proposals, coordinating design information, and ensuring all elements are aligned with the client’s objectives, budget, and programme.

Our approach ensures that designs are not only high quality but also practical and deliverable. By integrating design with project management and construction oversight, we streamline the process, reduce inefficiencies, and ensure a smooth transition from concept through to construction.

Construction supervision involves providing ongoing oversight during the delivery phase to ensure that works are carried out in accordance with approved designs, specifications, and programme requirements. We monitor site progress, review key milestones, and liaise with contractors and consultants to ensure that any issues are identified and addressed promptly.

Our role is to provide an additional layer of assurance, helping to maintain quality standards, manage risks, and ensure that the project remains on track. This includes supporting decision making, improving coordination on site, and giving clients confidence that their project is being delivered as intended.

Yes, we regularly work alongside established project teams, including architects, contractors, engineers, and other advisors. Our role is to complement the existing team rather than replace it, providing an additional layer of coordination, oversight, and strategic input.

We help ensure clear communication between all parties, identify potential risks early, and maintain alignment with the client’s objectives. This collaborative approach allows projects to run more smoothly while ensuring accountability across the team.

During the construction phase, we provide ongoing supervision and oversight to ensure that works are delivered in accordance with the approved design, programme, and required quality standards.

We monitor progress on site, review key milestones, and help address any issues that arise during delivery. Our involvement helps to reduce risk, avoid delays, and ensure that any deviations are identified and managed early. Ultimately, this provides clients with greater confidence that their project is being delivered as intended.

Structures and Buildings Allowances is a form of tax relief available on qualifying expenditure incurred on the construction or improvement of commercial buildings. It allows businesses and investors to claim relief at a fixed rate of 3 percent per year on a straight line basis over 33 and one third years.

SBA applies to the structural elements of a building, rather than plant and machinery, which may qualify separately under capital allowances. To make a claim, an allowance statement must be in place, detailing the qualifying expenditure and key property information, and this must be retained and passed to future owners.

SBA may also be available to purchasers of qualifying properties, provided the necessary documentation is available. We can support with identifying qualifying expenditure, preparing the required documentation, and ensuring claims are made accurately and in line with current legislation.

Land remediation relief can be claimed on residential property, provided the relevant conditions are met. This relief applies to qualifying expenditure incurred in cleaning up contaminated land or buildings.

However, capital allowances are generally not available on assets that form part of a dwelling. In practice, this means that expenditure on fixtures and integral features within houses or individual flats will typically not qualify for capital allowances.

There are important exceptions. Certain types of properties that may appear residential in nature, such as hotels, care homes, and similar establishments, are not treated as dwellings for capital allowances purposes. As a result, qualifying expenditure in these properties can still be eligible for relief.

In addition, where a property comprises multiple residential units, such as a block of flats, the restriction applies to the individual dwellings only. Common areas including corridors, lift lobbies, stairwells, plant rooms, and shared facilities such as laundry rooms are not treated as dwellings and may still qualify for capital allowances where the relevant criteria are met.

Given the complexity of the rules, it is important to assess each property on a case by case basis to ensure that all available reliefs are identified and correctly claimed.

The legislation does not permit assets that are considered to form part of a dwelling to qualify for capital allowances.

Up until April 2023, serviced apartments and residential properties operated as furnished holiday lettings were treated as qualifying activities. This meant that, where the relevant conditions were met, capital allowances could be claimed on qualifying expenditure within these properties.

From April 2023, changes to the rules mean that most residential property businesses, including furnished holiday lettings, are no longer within the scope of capital allowances. As a result, expenditure on fixtures and integral features within these properties will generally not qualify for relief.

This change has significantly reduced the availability of capital allowances for investors in residential and short term accommodation. However, opportunities may still exist in certain circumstances, particularly where there is a mixed use element or where parts of a property fall outside the definition of a dwelling.

We can advise on whether any relief remains available and help ensure that all qualifying opportunities are identified and claimed correctly.

Land remediation relief can be claimed on an HMO property, provided the relevant conditions are met. This includes qualifying expenditure on the remediation of contaminated land or buildings.

However, capital allowances are generally not available on assets that form part of a dwelling. In the context of an HMO, this typically means that expenditure within individual bedrooms or living areas will not qualify for capital allowances.

The position for shared areas within an HMO is more nuanced. Spaces such as communal kitchens, bathrooms, corridors, and stairwells may, depending on the specific layout and use of the property, fall outside the definition of a single dwelling. Where this is the case, qualifying expenditure in these areas may still be eligible for capital allowances.

Each HMO must be considered on its own facts, particularly in relation to how the property is configured and used. A detailed review is therefore important to determine whether any elements fall outside the dwelling restriction and remain eligible for relief.

With our quantification and costing skills, we can price up the relevant assets in order to identify the items and expenditure qualifying for tax relief.

We are qualified specialists with relevant multidisciplinary skills and experiecne, including knowledge of the legislation, relevant case laws and HMRC guidelines in order to maximally identify allowances and corresponding cash savings for you.

The answer will depend on the type of tax incenetive. The capital allowances regime is generally designed in such a way that you can introduce the claim in your tax return for any future period, if you still own the asset in respect of which you are claiming. However, the likes of R&D tax relief and land remediation relief are subject to time restrictions of around 2 years from the end of the financial period wherein the spend was incurred. This is because the claim has to be made within the tax return for the financial period wherein the spend was incurred.

Tax return for a previous profitable period (still open for amendment) can be amended to introduce the capital allowances identified for a cash refund due to overpayment. The loss in a period may also be surrendered to HMRC for a tax credit in the case of R&D tax relief and land remediation relief.

Typically, accountants are usually more familiar with obvious plant and machinery allowances. Utilising our services will mean us working together with you and your accountant to ensure we maximise the benefit for you on your more complex property and innovation projects.