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R&D Tax Relief (merged RDEC scheme)

HM Revenue & Customs

Worth

up to £50,000

Deadline

Rolling — no fixed deadline

What it is

Taxable credit on qualifying R&D — 20% above-the-line (~15% net benefit at 25% CT).

Value depends entirely on your qualifying R&D spend (~15% net). 'Up to' is illustrative.

Official source

Does your business qualify?

Eligibility rules are where schemes get fiddly. GovOwed checks your business against R&D Tax Relief (merged RDEC scheme) — and every other UK scheme we track — in about 60 seconds, free. The £29 report then explains exactly why you qualify, drafts your answers and walks you through the real application step by step.

Check free — see what you're owed

No sign-up to scan · keep 100% of anything you win · nothing eligible in a paid report = full refund

Related schemes

Enhanced R&D Intensive Support (ERIS)

HM Revenue & Customs

up to £60,000

Innovate UK Smart Grants

Innovate UK / UKRI

up to £500,000

Business Innovation Grant (BIG) — Northern Ireland

Invest Northern Ireland / Innovate NI

up to £20,000

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Information, not financial advice; eligibility is decided by the funder. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Schemes change — confirm details on the official page before applying.