2. What is Seed EIS Platform?
“The platform is the online meeting place for
“Investors” and “Business Owners” where uniquely
all propositions are eligible for the governments
Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme”
Mark Insley — Managing Director
3. Benefits of Seed EIS to Investors
Opportunity for large gains
Tax Relief immediatly
Involvement in a new business
Group Investing - Create your team
The Tax Part ...
Offering Expertise to
Young Business Owners 50% Tax relief for all investors
Have a Personal Interest Up to 78% tax relief if a capital gain in the
in your investment
current tax year
No Capital Gains tax to pay on the disposal of
any future investment
Losses after relief can be offset vs future
capital gains
4. Why be an Investor on the Platform?
All propositions are qualified for SEIS advice
We work closely with all business owners and help create the right price to
find them investment
Be Involved in the currently exciting space of “Start up Britain”
Invest in some of the UK’s brightest start ups
Not all investments have to be high risk for big return
Find and work with local business
What the experts say….
5. Investment Example ….
Peter has always liked the idea of owning a share of a small business in his retirement. Having visi-
tied the platform he is interested in a new public house company looking to invest in his local area
in the leisure sector. He is impressed with the analysis on the platform and chooses to apply to sub-
scribe for £10,000 of shares—part of the £100,000 the company is looking for. The company has al-
ready been trading for 4 months and he is midway in to the tax year so on receipt of his SEIS3 cer-
tificate from the company he applies to HMRC for his tax rebate that is part of the scheme. He is de-
lighted when his cheque for £5,000 arrives. He has thus already received half of his investment back
and still owns shares for the invested amount of £10,000.
Later in the year the investor then sells other assets for a profit ...
Peter had invested in a property 5 years ago when his son was at university. Peter
paid £200,000 for the property. He decides the property is no longer required and
accepts an offer for £220,600 and thus making a £20,600—Peter is able to use his
personal allowance of £10,600 but is delighted when his adviser points out that
due to his SEIS investment the 28% (£2,800) tax he would normally have had to
pay to the government as part of his annual return is waived in the current tax
year. The investor thus is able to have an effective 78% of relief on his original
£10k investment.
6. After Year 3 ...
After year 3 there are a number of options.
The lease to the pub may be sold and proceeds and profits realised. The company is liquidated and 13k is returned to
Peter. This is a 30% return on the original stake. Added to the 78% return already received a total return of 108%.
Many business’ may want control back ...and from retained profits may look to buy shares back from investors. This is
totally fine and Peter can choose to accept or reject the offer.
Another option is the whole company is acquired by another pub group for a total of £15k on the initial £10k. Another
great return for Peter.
Peter may choose to be a long term shareholder in the business and can retain his share and be entiled to all dividends.
The important part here is whichever option there is no CGT to pay on the gain.
Alternatively after 6 Months another round
It ‘s clear to see that the decision to take over the lease on the first pub has been a huge suc-
cess. 80% of the raised capital has been spent. Under the SEIS scheme the company is now eli-
gible to apply for EIS funding—This can potentially be of a greater size. Peter sees the growth
potential and opts to put in a subscription firstly for £7,800 which is his effective return and a
further £10k. He has paid enough tax in the current year and is able to claim a further 30% on
both amounts. On the £7,800 this is another £2,340 in relief—taking the total received to
£10,140—more than the original investment. They receive a further £3,000 from the second
£10k. Peter now has shares worth their original value (£27,800) and has received back £13,140
in relief. When sold in future there will also be no CGT on either tranche.
8. Creating a profile ...
Answer a few Investor specific questions to help
us understand the type of individual that you are
and help you get the most out the platform and
hopefully meet the right business owners.
Create an account with full access to our support services .
We will call you back to find out a little more about you
and in no time connect you to the platform and the “Seed
Community”
9. Investor Profile Area …
This is your profile page
where you can quickly
access different parts of the
site, check for updates on
your favourite proposal or
Create your own “investor group” and send messages to other
find quick responses to your questions Investors and Business
in your personal inbox ... Owners… As shown below.
Have quick access to your favourite
investments ...
10. Business Proposals
The more you become part of the “Seed Community”
the more you will utilise the site and see the growing
range of viable Business Proposals available for you
to consider investing in.
All the proposals have been vetted have our own
analysis, 3rd party independent analysis and research
from the seed community.
11. Helping You Make Your Decisions
We have partnerered with AG
Capital who are producing
their own detailed analysis of
each proposal.
Speak and view skype calls
with Business owners where
all the key questions are
answered.
We carefully assist each busi-
ness to create a strong and
professional business plan to
help shape their vision and
strategy
Our internal analysts crunch
the numbers and create our
We do not advise on investments but provide the facts market leading summary of
and figures and analysis from both Business Owners and each proposal.
carefully selected 3rd Party’s.
We allow investors to view the
brochure sent to HMRC to get
We have a team of the scheme approved. This has
Masters students useful insights on size and
looking at each vision directly from the
proposal and posting business owner / directors.
their analysis online.
13. The Next Steps
We have confidence that this will be a year to remember for “Start
Up Britain” and want you to be a part of it.
We have a wide spread of business proposals all with different risks
and potential gains.
If you do require anything else or are ready to speak either call us
on 01344 624480 or email enquiries@seedeisplatform.com
Further information on the platform can be found at
www.seedeisplatform.com
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“This is potentially one of the most
extraordinary incentives ever created”
Seed Investment article from the Financial Times 03/03/2012
