Architecture
Client Within the Software Sector
£7.8 million
Turnover
42
Projects
£230,260
Secured in R&D Tax Credits
Project Examples
Legacy Platform Integration
The client integrated a leading ERP platform into a multinational infrastructure built on legacy systems, where no off-the-shelf solution existed. Significant architectural and data incompatibilities, combined with differing international security and compliance requirements, created genuine technological uncertainty.
Deployment of Global Standardised Software
The client aimed to develop a process to implement third-party software capable of bridging multiple disparate financial services platforms within a global investment bank. No established blueprint or comparable implementation could be identified, and a competent professional could not readily deduce how to retrofit such a system into infrastructure not originally designed for integration.
The company undertook structured planning, technical design, and cross-regional analysis to resolve uncertainties around interoperability, security, and system stability. The successful delivery established a new integration framework, extending knowledge in the bridging of complex software architectures.
Through conversations and close liaison with HMRC, the Wilby Jones STEM team were able to overturn HMRC’s original rejection of the claim and retained the two R&D reports in question. HMRC also used this opportunity to review the subsequent claim which was also allowed in full, allowing the client to retain tax relief on their circa £4 million R&D spend over a three year period.
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