HealthTech (Healthcare Technology Solutions)

BC&A Innovation

R&D Spotlight

The HealthTech sector is transforming the way patients and healthcare providers interact. From digital health apps and telemedicine platforms to patient management systems and wearable health trackers, HealthTech companies are changing the future of healthcare. But with this innovation comes complex technical, regulatory, and scientific challenges — and overcoming those challenges could make your business eligible for R&D tax relief.

R&D tax relief rewards companies that push the boundaries of science or technology by attempting to improve products, processes, or systems in ways that aren’t obvious or straightforward. Qualifying work often involves solving technical uncertainties — situations where the outcome isn’t known at the start and requires experimentation, prototyping, and testing to achieve.

At BC&A, we understand the unique challenges faced by HealthTech companies. Through our dedicated medical and healthcare accountancy arm, Kumar Associates, we provide specialist financial and tax support tailored to the healthcare sector.

Here are some examples of activities that could qualify for R&D tax relief in HealthTech:

Developing Patient-Facing Health Applications

Building apps that allow patients to manage their health, access medical records, or communicate with healthcare providers often requires solving challenges around data security, user experience, and system integration.

Creating Telemedicine and Remote Monitoring Solutions

Developing platforms that enable virtual consultations, remote diagnostics, or ongoing patient monitoring involves tackling issues such as real-time video streaming, secure data handling, and device compatibility.

Integrating HealthTech with NHS and Clinical Systems

Overcoming the technical barriers to integrate with NHS infrastructure or other healthcare systems — especially where legacy systems or strict regulatory requirements are involved — is a common area of qualifying R&D.

Advancing Medical Data Privacy and Security

Developing advanced security measures to protect sensitive patient data, ensure regulatory compliance (such as GDPR or HIPAA), and prevent unauthorised access or breaches can qualify as R&D.

Building AI and Machine Learning Health Tools

Using AI to analyse medical data, assist in diagnosis, or provide treatment recommendations requires research, testing, and validation to ensure accuracy, reliability, and clinical safety.

Improving User Experience and Accessibility

Designing platforms that meet the needs of both patients and healthcare professionals — particularly those with accessibility requirements or low digital literacy — often involves technical problem-solving and innovation.

Meeting New Healthcare Regulations and Standards

Engineering HealthTech solutions to comply with evolving regulations such as UKCA marking or medical device software standards may require technical advancements to meet certification requirements.

If your HealthTech business is tackling these or similar challenges, you could be eligible to claim R&D tax relief, helping you recover part of the costs of your innovation and reinvest in improving healthcare delivery.

Our Process

What to expect when working with
BC&A Innovation

1. Discovery Call

Book your FREE 15 minute discovery call today to discuss your R&D activity and we'll guide you on best next steps and estimated claim value.

2. Information gathering

Our technical experts and industry specialists will work with you to uncover all areas of work activity eligible under the R&D scheme, ensuring we have everything we need to support a robust, defensible and maximised claim.

3. Create R&D Tax Claim

Our technical experts will write your claim and supporting documents with a clear assessment of your eligible activity and costs, ensuring compliance with the scheme's governance throughout.

4. Approval & Submission

We'll share, for your approval, the claim draft and supporting documentation. We'll explain in detail how we have arrived at our assessment of your claimable activity, costs and claim value. When you're happy, your claim can be submitted as part of your standard end-of-year processes.

5. Liaising with HMRC

Should HMRC require any further information or have queries regarding your claim, we'll liaise with them to ensure speedy payment without any reduction in claim value.

6. Payment

Once your payment is received, we'll send it across the same working day and advise you on processes that can be put in place to make future claims even more hassle-free. Don't worry about claims going forward, we'll be in regular contact to remind you what is needed and when.

About BC&A Innovation

We've helped hundreds of businesses like yours secure millions in Research & Development tax relief

Our team recognises the importance of R&D in advancing UK businesses, big and small, and we understand the time burden, resources and complexities of claiming tax relief for that R&D. These constraints often leave companies failing to get the tax relief they’re entitled to or underclaiming significantly due to unclear, often confusing guidelines about what constitutes R&D. As experts in R&D tax relief, we’re here to unblur the lines and create robust, defensible and maximised claims on your behalf.

We’re experienced tax professionals, accountants and technical experts with a deep understanding of the R&D tax relief regulations. We’ve worked in many of the industries we now serve and are ideally placed to understand your business’ R&D Activities. As part of HMRC’s panel on R&D, we stay up-to-date with the latest developments in the guidance, to provide our clients with the most accurate and up-to-date advice.

At BC&A Innovation we take the burden of claim generation away from the business so you can do what you do best, while we do what we do best. We pride ourselves on our integrity, professionalism and commitment to our clients.

Not sure if you qualify for R&D tax relief? Book a FREE discovery call today.

Many of the businesses we work with were unsure if they qualified for R&D tax relief at first. A few had even been told by other agencies that they could not claim. Yet, with our help they were able to correctly identify eligible R&D projects and claim back vital funds.

As experts in HMRC’s definitions of Research & Development, we’ll be able to tell you if you should make a claim or not. We’re success fee based, which means it isn’t in our interest or yours to take forward claims that won’t pass HMRC’s stringent checks. If we say it’s worth doing, you can take that to the bank.

Ready for a discovery call? Think of it as a no-obligation chat where we can discuss the work you’ve undertaken and identify tax-saving opportunities. Our expert consultants are keen to speak with you.