Since the Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) was launched in 1993-94, 29,770 companies have received investment and over £20 billion of funds have been raised
Coverage:
United Kingdom
Theme:
The Economy
Released:
29 May 2019
Next Release:
Spring 2020
Frequency of release:
Annual
Media contact:
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(Business)
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Statistical contacts:
Stephen Bennett
Chris Nash
venturecapital.statistics@hmrc.gov.uk
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Enterprise Investment Scheme
Seed Enterprise Investment
Scheme
and Social Investment Tax Relief
May 2019
Statistics on Companies raising funds
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Contents
Section 1: Key points and summary
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Section 2: Introduction
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About these statistics
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Who might be interested in these statistics?
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Section 3: Commentary
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3.1 Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS)
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EIS: Number of EIS companies and amount of investment
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EIS: New investment
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EIS: Industry sector
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EIS: Size of investment per company
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EIS: Geographical region of company registration
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EIS: Investors claiming Income Tax relief under EIS
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3.2 Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme
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SEIS: Number of SEIS companies and amount of investment
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SEIS: Industry sector
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SEIS: Size of investment per company
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SEIS: Geographical region of company registration
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SEIS: Investors claiming Income Tax relief under SEIS
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3.3 Social Investment Tax Relief
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SITR: Number of social enterprises and amount of investment
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Section 4: Advance Assurance Requests (AARs)
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EIS: Number of AARs received and outcomes
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SEIS: Number of AARs received and outcomes
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SITR: Number of AARs received and outcomes
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Section 5: Background information
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Policy background
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Data sources
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Methodology and reliability of the estimates
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Revisions to previously published tables
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Statistical Tables
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User engagement
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UKSA Assessment
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