Founder-led, on purpose.
One of us worked inside the scheme. The other ran the business.
ConsultAway exists because the same conversation kept happening. A business owner would mention something in passing — an import bill, a piece of kit they had built themselves, an energy contract nobody had read — and it would turn out to be worth thousands they had no idea they could claim.
Nobody was going to tell them. Their accountant was engaged to file returns, not to go looking, and the specialist firms each covered one scheme and stopped there. So we built the check we kept wishing someone would run: all three pillars, free to find out, and nothing owed unless money comes back.
After a career in sales, running an art gallery in Brighton’s Lanes and leading SME funding desks inside HMRC’s R&D Tax Incentive scheme, Bertie started ConsultAway on a simple principle: business owners shouldn’t have to pay to find out what they’re already entitled to. Work he has led has reclaimed and saved over £150m for thousands of UK businesses.
Wesley learned the trade in his father’s business, then built his career on cost management and operations — first in electronic security, then running his own logistics company. He co-founded ConsultAway to find the costs business owners never knew they were overpaying.
We run the check, work out what is there and manage the claim from the first call to the money landing.
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Your accountant keeps the compliance work, and nothing is ever submitted until you have approved it.
