Learn about how you can reward key individuals, attract top talent, and retain value in your business, all while staying fully compliant with tax and legal obligations.

Growth shares are a powerful tool for UK businesses looking for ways to retain their most important employees, reward key contributors, and manage equity without diluting existing shareholders’ value. It is also highly tax efficient for the right businesses.
This comprehensive guide aims to provide founders, directors, CFOs or HR leaders with a practical playbook on how to design, issue, and manage growth shares in a tax-efficient and compliant way.
We hope you find it useful!

We'll introduce you to what Growth Shares actually are, how they work, and how they compare to other share options designed to retain the best talent.
We show you how Growth Shares gain value once a business passes a predetermined performance threshold (the hurdle), how this incentivises future growth, and what it means for existing shareholders.
Growth shares can be applied to most limited companies, but some will be more suitable than others. We'll explain where they work best!
All Growth Share schemes must be fully compliant, including board and shareholder approval, articles of association, and HMRC requirements. Our guide will explain everything for you.
The guide explains how Growth Shares work in terms of Income Tax, Capital Gains Tax, Business Asset Disposal Relief and the important Section 431 Election.
Given growth shares are based on long termvalue and growth, an accurate valuation iseverything. Without this, the whole scheme fails.
Compliance is critical, which means transparency, accurate reporting and timely filing of documents.
Growth shares really appealing for startups and scale-ups aiming for high-value exits in the future, where they do not want the growth shareholders to hold shares through the growth phase.
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