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Pay the corporation tax you owe. Not a pound more.
A comprehensive review of your UK corporation tax position, with legal restructuring to minimise liabilities and preserve director wealth — fully HMRC compliant. Since the 2023 rate changes, most directors are sitting on outdated structures and paying the price for it.
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The 2023 rate changes rewrote the rules.
Most structures haven't caught up.
Outdated structures
Business frameworks that haven't evolved with recent UK legislation are often leaking wealth through inefficiencies that were previously negligible.
Default-rate drift
Without a proactive guide, many directors default to the highest marginal tax rates by simple inertia, paying significantly more than the legal minimum.
No one flags alternatives
Compliance-focused accountants prioritize filing over strategy. They ensure you aren't fined, but they rarely ensure you aren't overpaying.
Strategic tax planning designed for directors
Full structure review
A forensic audit of your current corporation tax position and business structure to identify immediate leaks.
Salary/Dividend optimisation
Calculating the precise mathematical balance to maximise take-home pay while minimising personal and corp tax.
Legal restructuring
Including cross-border and Dubai incorporation options for businesses with global operations or digital presence.
R&D credit assessment
Deep-dive assessment to reclaim thousands in qualifying research and development activities often overlooked.
BADR planning
Securing Business Asset Disposal Relief (formerly Entrepreneurs' Relief) for a future 10% tax-efficient exit.
Quarterly reviews
Ongoing strategic oversight ensuring your plan adjusts to legislative shifts before the end of the fiscal year.
Your Corporation Tax Planning Roadmap
A streamlined 4-step process to transition from your current structure to one of maximum efficiency.
Free Consultation
A 30-minute deep dive into your current financials and director goals.
Bespoke Proposal
A detailed breakdown of exact savings and the restructuring steps required.
Implementation
We handle all the paperwork, filings, and legal coordination for you.
Management
Continuous HMRC compliance monitoring and strategic adjustments.
Who corporation tax planning is for
UK Ltd company directors
If your company is profitable enough that Corporation Tax is a meaningful line on your P&L, the structure you settled on at incorporation is very likely no longer the most efficient one available to you.
E-commerce & tech founders
Fast-growing margins move you into higher tax bands quickly. Founders who review their structure only at year-end routinely miss restructuring windows that only exist earlier in the tax year.
Property portfolio investors
Directors holding property through a limited company face a different set of planning questions than trading companies — from how profit is extracted to how a future sale is structured.
Contractors & professional service directors
If most of your company's income is your own time and expertise, the salary/dividend split and how you extract profit typically matters more to your total tax bill than almost anything else.
How the post-2023 rate bands change director strategy
Since April 2023, UK Corporation Tax is no longer a single flat rate. Companies with profits under £50,000 continue to pay the small profits rate; companies with profits over £250,000 pay the main rate; and companies in between pay a tapered marginal rate that, in practice, is often the least efficient band to sit in unmanaged.
Rates and thresholds change with each Budget — see GOV.UK's Corporation Tax rates page for the current figures before relying on any number here.
This changes the maths on almost every structural decision a director makes: how much to pay yourself in salary versus dividends, whether to retain profit in the company or extract it, whether to split trading activities across more than one entity, and when in the tax year to time major expenditure or investment.
Most UK accountants file your return accurately against whichever band you land in — but very few proactively model where you'll land next year and restructure ahead of it. That gap is exactly where a corporation tax planning review earns its fee.
If you're not sure which band you currently sit in, or whether your salary/dividend split still makes sense under the current rules, get in touch and we'll walk through it honestly — including if the answer is "your current setup is already fine."
Sufyan Ali — Finance Director · Usman — Senior Accountant
Every engagement is personally overseen by a senior member of our Dubai-based team.
Case Study — UK Digital Marketing Agency · 12 Employees
Turning Reactive Accounting Into Proactive Tax Strategy
After three years of rapid growth, the agency's directors wanted to know whether they were operating in the most tax-efficient way — their existing accountant kept them compliant but rarely offered strategic advice. We reviewed the company's trading structure, identified legitimate tax efficiencies, and introduced monthly management reporting and proactive planning meetings. Within a few months the directors had far greater visibility over the business, faster decision-making, and a structure aligned with their long-term growth plans.
"Route Business Hub completely changed that mindset. We now make business decisions with confidence because we always know where we stand financially."
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