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A dividend is an optional payment a company makes to shareholders from its profits (“distributable reserves”), usually in cash, and often declared as a final dividend after year-end and approved by shareholders....

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A financial forecast is a forward-looking summary of your company’s expected revenues, costs, and cash flow - usually over the next 3 to 5 years. It helps show how your business plans to grow and what impact investment will have. When you apply for SEIS or EIS Advance Assurance, HMRC uses your forecast to check that your company:...

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We produce a set of ten document types that will be required by both you and any potential investors as follows:...

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Heartbeat helps you keep your investors updated on the health of your company by automatically sharing key performance indicators (KPIs)....

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When reviewing your compliance certificate (S/EIS1) submission, please ensure you sign in using the email address associated with your HMRC account, rather than your Government Gateway ID....

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As a shortcut to reviewing changes between documents:...

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This guide outlines the steps needed to correct mistakes in different filings, including incorporation certificates, SH01 and SH02 forms, and confirmation statements. Additionally, we will explain how to use the RP04 form to make corrections where applicable. Jump to the needed section here:...

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Broadly, if you wish to raise both SEIS and EIS in the same round (a 'dual round'), then you have the choice of either issuing SEIS:...

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If you have an existing large captable or you've got lots of investors to invite to the platform as part of a funding round, then we can automate this process to avoid doing it manually line by line....

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