Sentient Capital London

Accounting Firm in London Bridge, South East London · More accounting firms in London Bridge EC3V 3LT

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About the Business

The Directors of Sentient have access to a wide variety of companies in most sectors and with no geographic or demographic boundaries. They have, over more than 40 years cumulatively in the city, built up vast networks of contacts with global reach into the highest levels of financiers, Governments and Industry. It is from these networks that we source our corporate clients but are selective to the point of normally only offering an average of four opportunities per year. We are independent and thus free to choose opportunities based on nothing more than their potential.

Services covered

Personal Tax Services Business Accounting Corporate Tax Start-Up Accounting Audit & Assurance Forensic Accounting Tax Relief & Incentives Specialist Tax Services Financial Planning Making Tax Digital (MTD) Industry-Specific Accounting HMRC Disputes

Business Services

Pre IPO

This occurs when a portion of the share capital in a company is placed with private investors before the IPO (Initial Public Offering) is scheduled to hit the market. Typically, these private investors in a pre-IPO placement are large private equity or hedge funds that are willing to buy a large stake in the company. The size of the investment means the price paid for shares in a pre-IPO placement is usually less than the prospective IPO price. The pre-IPO round will normally cover the listing costs of the IPO but may also provide working or expansion capital to strengthen the business prior to the listing.

Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS)

The Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) is a tax-efficient way to invest in the new shares of small businesses, as well as giving much-needed capital to businesses that cannot get funding from traditional methods such as banks and venture capitalists. The UK Government introduced the scheme over 20 years ago to encourage domestic investors to support entrepreneurial UK companies whilst offering significant tax breaks to offset the generic high risk nature of early stage investing. The scheme, in recent years, has been relaxed to allow overseas businesses to qualify as long as they meet the qualifying conditions.