Share option schemes help align your team with your company's success. When employees have a real stake in the outcome, they become more invested in the journey and the value they help create.

FounderCatalyst helps you design option schemes that reward contribution, strengthen commitment and support long-term growth - so you can focus on scaling your business while your team stays aligned with your vision.

What this creates for your company;

Stronger ownership: Employees share in the company's success, increasing commitment and accountability.
Better retention: Meaningful incentives encourage talented team members to stay and grow with the business.
Higher motivation: When rewards are tied to company outcomes, teams become more engaged and proactive.

What's included

Everything you need to set up and manage a share option scheme, handled end-to-end by our team.

Expert strategic set up and review

Our experts guide you through every element below - from initial set up to ongoing management.

Authorisation of the scheme

We handle the full authorisation process with HMRC to get your share option scheme set up and approved, so you can start granting options with confidence.

Production of scheme rules

We draft comprehensive, tailored scheme rules that govern how your share options work - covering grants, exercise, vesting, and leavers.

Unlimited EMI valuations per year

Get as many HMRC-compliant EMI valuations as you need throughout the year - no hidden fees, no limits. Perfect for fast-growing companies where valuations change often.

Unlimited EMI and Unapproved share option grants

Grant EMI share options to your staff and unapproved share options to your advisors and contractors - with no cap on the number of grants. A flexible way to attract, retain, and reward your team.

Flexible vesting schedules

Choose from time-based, conditional, or exit-only vesting to match your company's goals. We help you design the right structure to align incentives with performance.

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Simple, transparent pricing

No per-grant fees. No hidden extras. Just one annual price.

Share options

£1,450 + VAT / year

Expert strategic set up and review
Production of scheme rules
Unlimited EMI valuations per year
Unlimited EMI & unapproved options
Flexible vesting schedules
Ongoing support and guidance
Membership in the FounderCatalyst community

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Accelerate Subscription

£2,995 +VAT / year

Or get share options plus every fundraising product in one plan.

Unlimited ASA, Agile & Priced rounds
No fundraising cap
SEIS/EIS advance assurance
SEIS/EIS compliance and certificates
Unlimited expert support
EMI & share options included

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“We've now used FounderCatalyst for 2 funding rounds as well as an EMI scheme, and they've been amazing throughout. We really value the simplicity, speed, customer support and transparent pricing. The Option service is a total end to end package - from defining the scheme and authorising the option pool, to achieving EMI valuation approval with HMRC and issuing options to individuals. The process was slick, with human support along the way, and was the most cost effective choice too!”

Guy Davis

Founder

All-inclusive option schemes

Founders who've set up their schemes with us

“I'm a technology lawyer by background so I test a lot of technology all the time and FounderCatalyst is very easy to use. When you're starting out, cash is tight, but their fixed fee gave us unlimited EMI and unapproved options, plus every vesting variation we needed - time based, conditional, exit only. I didn't think twice!”

Tina Fernandez

Founder & CEO, Consolidocs

“We’ve now used FounderCatalyst for 2 funding rounds as well as an EMI scheme, and they’ve been amazing throughout. We really value the simplicity, speed, customer support and transparent pricing. We needed an option scheme to incentivise employees under EMI. The Option service from FounderCatalyst is a total end to end package. It includes everything we needed; from defining the scheme, authorising the option pool, achieving EMI valuation approval with HMRC and inviting and issuing options to individuals. The process was slick and offered human support along the way…and was, at the time of our research, the most cost effective option too! ”

Guy Davis, CFA

Chief Financial Officer, Ciqurix Ltd

“We raised £304,000 on the FounderCatalyst platform and that gave us the confidence to use their option scheme service. We shopped around competitors but the fact we could have unlimited EMI options for staff and unlimited unapproved options for advisors was an amazing opportunity, with zero scaling costs.”