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Startup Compliance

• UK Tech Companies Are Being Born Faster Than Ever: The Formation Data

  New UK software company formations rose 293.9% from 2016 to 2025 and are running 76.8% up year-on-year. The formation and tax-year seasonality data, explained.

• What Share of UK Tech Startups Survive 5 Years? The Real ONS Numbers

  37.0% of UK tech companies born in 2019 survived five years, slightly below the 38.4% all-industry rate. What the ONS cohort data means for founders.

• UK Startup Grants: A Landscape Guide for Founders

  A clear map of UK startup grant funding: grant types, how grants compare to SEIS/EIS equity, and how grants interact with merged-scheme R&D relief.