Manufacturing
Supporting clients across the manufacturing and supply chain sector
Manufacturing & Supply chain
Sheen Stickland has extensive experience supporting clients across the manufacturing and supply chain sector. We understand the pressures faced by modern manufacturers – from fluctuating material costs and global supply challenges to evolving tax regulations and skilled labour shortages. Our team provides practical financial insight to help you stay competitive and compliant.
We are familiar with the systems that drive efficiency in your industry, including Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software and advanced inventory management tools. Our advisers help ensure that your financial data aligns with your operational performance, giving you clarity over costing, cash flow, and profitability at every stage of production.
Beyond core accounting and audit, we assist with R&D and Patent Box tax reliefs, business restructuring, acquisitions, and succession planning. Our proactive approach allows manufacturers to focus on growth and innovation, while we handle the financial complexities that come with scaling a production or distribution business.
Our Services
Accounting
We provide specialist accounting support tailored to the manufacturing environment. From complex stock valuations and work-in-progress reporting to multi-site operations, our team ensures your financial records accurately reflect the realities of production. We prepare UK GAAP-compliant accounts that give a clear view of performance and profitability.
Audit & Assurance
Our audits go beyond compliance – they provide valuable insights into efficiency, risk management, and operational performance. By understanding your manufacturing processes, we identify opportunities to strengthen financial controls, improve workflow accuracy, and enhance your decision-making through data-driven analysis.
Research & Development Tax Credits
Manufacturers are at the heart of innovation, often investing in process improvements, product design, or new technologies. Our specialists can help identify qualifying R&D activity, calculate eligible costs, and prepare robust claims. We guide you through every step of the process to ensure your business receives the full benefit of available tax reliefs.
Patent Box Relief
If your business holds patents or develops innovative products, you may be eligible for reduced corporation tax through the Patent Box regime. We help identify qualifying intellectual property, calculate eligible profits, and apply the relief accurately within your tax return – optimising savings and reinforcing your innovation strategy.
Business Advisory & Restructuring
Whether expanding production capacity, acquiring another manufacturer, or planning succession, our team provides forward-thinking advice to help you structure your business effectively. We focus on sustainability, efficiency, and long-term value creation across your operations.
Payroll & Employment Support
Manufacturing businesses rely on skilled teams across multiple shifts and locations. We manage your payroll efficiently, ensuring timely payments, compliance with HMRC, and correct handling of overtime and benefits. We also advise on employment cost planning and pension schemes to keep your workforce well-supported and compliant.
Our Accreditation & Partners
Research and development (R&D) tax credits
Manufacturing and technology companies are at the fore of research and development. Special corporation tax relief is available for companies that carry our research and develpment.
Want to know what qualifies and how to claim this relief? Our team can assist to plan expenditure and coach you through the requirements of research and development tax credits.
We assess the elibility of your expenditure, prepare a claim and submit additional information (a requirement of any claim). We also look at the current spending and advise on how to maximise a future claim.
Patent box
The patent box relief can work to reduce tax by seperating streams of income and expenditure related to patented technology.
Every claim is unique and detailed rules apply, but we can assist with identifying qualifying intellectual property, setting out each step of the calculation and applying the relief to your corporation tax return.
