About Us

A rich history in delivering value to innovative clients
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Our Purpose

Our management team is drawn from some of the most accomplished advisers in R&D, in company valuations and in strategic consultancy, bringing together decades of experience in support of your business.

As founders of two of the UK’s most successful R&D-specialist tax-advisory firms, our chairman, Jeremy Tear, and managing director, Kevin Auchoybur, have delivered tens of millions of pounds in tax relief to client companies.
Kevin Auchoybur
Co-Director

IPA’s Founder and Managing Director, bringing over 15 years’ experience in R&D tax relief.

Jeremy Tear
Co-Director

IPA’s chairman with over 24 years’ experience in R&D and founder of the first R&D firm.

Our Expertise

Our valuation director, Fernando Da Cruz Vasconcellos, PhD, MRICS is a Chartered Member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS). He is also a former Senior Teaching Fellow at the University of Cambridge, where he remains an invited lecturer, with more than 1,000 academic citations to his name.

IPA’s strategy and communications director, Matt Scott, is a former national newspaper columnist and media commentator who provides strategic-communications advice to major global blue-chips.

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  • A dominant 1–2 for @unitedautosports at the 12 Hours of Sebring 🏆

Exceptional pace, strong teamwork and flawless execution across the race saw both cars deliver an outstanding result!

A superb effort from everyone involved to make it happen 🤝

#IMSA #BeUnited
  • It’s race day at Sebring! 🏁

Following a strong qualifying session, the @unitedautosports  #22 car will line up in P2, with the #2 car starting from P8.

IPA is proud to support the team as they take on the iconic 12-hour race at Sebring International Raceway.

#IMSA #BeUnited
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  • IPA are standing with @unitedautosports in Abu Dhabi 🇦🇪

Proud to support the team as they close out the @asianlemansseries with focus, determination and world-class performance. 

#ALMS #AbuDhabi #AsianLeMans #BeUnited #UnitedAutosports
  • If innovation is core to your business, your balance sheet should reflect it 💡

IPA’s Digital Novel Assets (DNA) service gives R&D-driven companies a way to formalise and evidence the value they’re already creating.

Through secure documentation and recognised valuation methodology, DNA transforms innovation into intangible assets that support strategy, credibility and growth.

Find out more at ip-a.co.uk 

#DigitalNovelAssets #IntellectualProperty #IPStrategy
  • @unitedautosports are in Dubai as the Asian Le Mans Series continues 🇦🇪

IPA are proud to support the team as they take on the third and fourth round of the championship. 

#ALMS #4HDubai #BeUnited #UnitedAutosports
  • A new chapter for 2026 🤝

Building on a successful partnership with @rdadtltd, @unitedautosports extends its collaboration with IPA, continuing a relationship driven by trust, technical excellence and a shared commitment to innovation.

Link in bio to read more 🔗
  • IP is your power. DNA helps you secure it 🔒

#IPStrategy #DigitalNovelAssets #Innovation
  • IPA from every angle as @unitedautosports gear up for ALMS 📸

#BeUnited #ALMS #4HSepang #DevelopTogether
  • IPA and its expert partners – including a top-10 accountancy practice – are already using this shift to help businesses bring new certainty, balance-sheet strength and fresh finance to your business.
 
#IntellectualProperty #IPStrategy #Innovation #UKPolicy
  • Introducing IPA: Assets from Innovation