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R&D tax relief statistics 2025: claims fall 26% while innovation spend holds steady
HMRC’s latest R&D tax credit statistics for 2025 reveal a mixed picture. The total number of claims has dropped sharply, yet UK businesses are still spending heavily on R&D. The statistics cover the 2023-24 year, which marks the first full year impacted by the April 2023 rate reforms and the introduction of the Additional Information Form (AIF). These measures have strengthened compliance, but they’ve also raised new barriers for SMEs that innovate. Claim numbers continue to fall This is the ...
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Stuart Millar
September 22, 2025
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