About us
WHO ARE WE?
Specialists in R&D Tax Relief
With clients across the UK, our Beavis Morgan Tax Relief experts, made up of tax and engineering professionals, have been working with companies involved in creating new, innovative products and services for many years.
Our highly skilled and experienced team, led by Steve Govey, is very proud of our success rate in making successful claims on behalf of our clients across a variety of sectors.
We are dedicated to helping companies secure government money back for innovation, enabling them to continue to develop and enhance their products and services and achieve sustainable success.
Beavis Morgan R&D Tax Relief is a specialist division of Beavis Morgan LLP, the accounting, tax and business advisory firm.
MEET OUR R&D EXPERTS
Steve Govey - Partner
Steve Govey - Partner
Qualified as both an engineer and chartered accountant, Steve Govey leads the Beavis Morgan R&D Tax Relief team. He also heads our partnership with the Accelerator Academy, mentoring ambitious digital entrepreneurs looking to grow their business.
Steve’s clients range from start-ups to smaller listed companies, with the aim at each stage of enhancing value by understanding and driving ambitions for growth and development.
With a keen understanding of the complex issues facing entrepreneurial business owners, Steve is focussed on helping them realise their ambitions and secure money back to further incentivise innovation.
Rebecca Heap - R&D Tax Director
Rebecca Heap - R&D Tax Director
Rebecca comes from an academic background with degrees in Pre-Clinical Medicine and Medical Physiology. After pursuing ambitions as an athlete in the GB Rowing Team, Rebecca spent several years applying her scientific and research knowledge to the business environment at a large R&D consultancy.
Rebecca has supported businesses from startups to FTSE 100 companies and gained exposure and extensive knowledge across all industry sectors.
As a business consultant with specialist knowledge on R&D and the incentives available, Rebecca works with UK business leaders on their innovation strategies to help them achieve their strategic growth ambitions and investment plans.
Simon McCarthy – R&D Tax Director
Simon McCarthy – R&D Tax Director
Qualified with a Master’s Degree in Information Systems, Simon McCarthy is a R&D Tax Director within the Beavis Morgan R&D Tax Relief team.
Simon’s current portfolio predominantly comes from the wider IT ecosystem, within the UK, with a focus on limited companies concentrating on innovating within the fields of Fintech, blockchain, machine/deep learning, big data and IoT-based solutions.
Having previously headed up the R&D Tax Advisory department in a multi award-winning digital accountancy firm, Simon has the expertise to assist clients, no matter their size and overarching company structure.
Sacha Lai - R&D Tax Manager
Sacha Lai - R&D Tax Manager
Specialising in Construction, Manufacturing and Engineering sectors, Sacha holds a Mechanical and Medical Engineering, BEng (Hons), qualification with a Master’s Degree in Biomedical Engineering.
She brings with her a wealth of experience working on a variety of RDEC and SME Tax Reliefs claims, whilst advising on how to optimise the potential tax incentive that adheres to the scheme’s criterion.
With an ever-changing legislation on R&D Tax Incentives, Sacha aims to deliver a comprehensive and thorough claim in partnership with her clients, ensuring compliance is kept at every stage of the process.
Nicholas Cook - R&D Tax Manager
Nicholas holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Technology and Multimedia. Since beginning his work on RDEC and SME claims in 2018, he has gained a wealth of experience across a variety of industries, including software, architecture, industrial design, consumer products, and food science, having completed a vast amount of successful claims. Adding to this , Nicholas' experience includes working with fintech accounting tools and assisting clients in ensuring that their bookkeeping, accounting, and tax information is well organised in order to help them with their R&D claims in the future.