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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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  • When innovation moves at race pace, your IP protection has to keep up 🏎️🔒
  • The fastest teams in motorsport know that innovation alone isn't enough, you also need to protect it.

In racing, the gap between winning and losing can be measured in milliseconds. That's why teams are increasingly looking for faster, more secure ways to identify, value and protect their intellectual property.

The lessons extend far beyond the pit lane 🏎

Our latest feature explores how businesses can turn innovation into tangible balance sheet value through Digital Novel Assets (DNA), while maintaining security, privacy and proof of ownership.

Link in bio for the full article (pages 12-13)
  • Taking a closer look at the HWA EVO.R at the Goodwood Festival of Speed 🏎️💨

#HWA #HWAEVOR #EngineeringSpeed #FOS
  • We caught up with Harry George at the 24 Hours of Spa 🇧🇪

#Spa24h #HarryGeorge #OptimumMotorsport
  • Podium for @harryxgeorge at the 24 Hours of Spa! 🍾
 
After a sweltering race in the Gold Cup class, Harry battled through 24 hours of intense competition to claim a fantastic podium finish.
 
What a way to end an unforgettable weekend!
 
#Spa24h #HarryGeorge #OptimumMotorsport 
  • Race weekend is here! 🏁🇧🇪

We’re trackside at the 24 Hours of Spa, proudly supporting @harryxgeorge and @optimummsport as they take on this legendary endurance challenge.

Wishing Harry and the whole team the very best of luck! 

#Spa24h #HarryGeorge #OptimumMotorsport
  • A decade of relentless competition, and @unitedautosports are just getting started ⚡️

#24HLeMans #BeUnited
  • IPA are proud to be at the 24 Hours of Le Mans 2026, supporting United Autosports and James Cottingham.

As United Autosports celebrates 10 years of racing at Le Mans and James embarks on his first Le Mans with Manthey, this year’s event promises to be a memorable one.

Wishing everyone the very best of luck for the race ahead!

#24HoursLeMans #BeUnited #JamesCottingham
  • From the paddock at the 24 Hours of Le Mans with Mikkel Jensen 🏁

#24HLeMans #BeUnited
  • We’re proud to be part of an incredible initiative at this year’s 24 Hours of Le Mans 💙
 
As a sponsor of the #22 ORECA 07, IPA is supporting United Autosports’ #RacingForDiabetes campaign, helping raise awareness of diabetes on one of the world’s biggest motorsport stages.
 
Featuring a special livery inspired by the blue circle – the international symbol of diabetes awareness – the car will carry an important message around Circuit de la Sarthe throughout the event. 
 
We’re honoured to see the IPA logo alongside this meaningful campaign and wish the entire team the very best for Le Mans 2026.
 
#LeMans24 #RacingForDiabetes
  • Turn innovation into lasting value with IPA 💡

#IntellectualProperty #Innovation #DigitalAssets #BusinessStrategy
  • A special weekend at the Nürburgring for IPA last week! 

With two EVO.Rs on the podium and all three cars making it to the finish, it was a strong result for @hwaag_official, and one IPA was proud to support at the 24-hour event.

A few moments from the race weekend 📸
 
#24hnbr #HWA #HWAEVOR