Terms of Use

Please read these terms carefully before using the Adviser Radar website or services. By accessing or using Adviser Radar, you agree to these terms.

1. Welcome to Adviser Radar

1.1 What these terms cover

Adviser Radar operates an online information and comparison platform relating to UK R&D tax advisers.

The platform allows users to search for, compare and review information about R&D tax advisers. This may include adviser profiles, publicly sourced information, adviser-supplied information, platform-generated indicators, the Radar Score, paid profile features, links to adviser websites and other information intended to help users make a more informed shortlist of potential advisers.

These Terms of Use govern your access to and use of the Adviser Radar website at www.adviserradar.co.uk, together with any related pages, tools, content, services, features and functionality made available by us from time to time.

1.2 Why you should read these terms

Please read these Terms of Use carefully before using Adviser Radar.

By accessing or using Adviser Radar, you confirm that you accept these Terms of Use and agree to comply with them.

If you do not agree to these Terms of Use, you must not use Adviser Radar.

1.3 Who we are

Adviser Radar is operated by Adviser Radar Ltd, a company registered in England and Wales under company number 17217190.

Our registered office is 20 Wenlock Road, London, N1 7GU.

In these Terms of Use, "Adviser Radar", "we", "us" and "our" refer to Adviser Radar Ltd.

1.4 Other terms that may apply

These Terms of Use should be read together with our:

• Privacy Notice, which includes information about how we use cookies and similar technologies
• any paid profile terms, subscription terms, adviser account terms or other specific terms we may introduce from time to time

If there is any conflict between these Terms of Use and any specific paid profile or subscription terms, the more specific terms will apply to the extent of that conflict.

2. Who these terms apply to

These Terms of Use apply to all users of Adviser Radar, including:

• companies researching R&D tax advisers
• accountants and professional referrers
• R&D tax advisers listed on the platform
• adviser firms that claim, manage or subscribe to profiles
• journalists, researchers and other visitors
• registered users and subscribers
• anyone accessing, browsing, searching or using Adviser Radar

If you use Adviser Radar on behalf of a company, partnership, adviser firm or other organisation, you confirm that you have authority to do so and to bind that organisation to these Terms of Use.

3. What Adviser Radar does

3.1 Our platform

Adviser Radar is intended to help UK businesses and other users access information about R&D tax advisers in one place.

The platform may include:

• adviser profiles
• search and comparison tools
• publicly sourced company and website information
• adviser-supplied information
• platform-generated indicators and labels
• the Radar Score
• paid profile features
• website, social media and contact links
• articles, guides and explanatory content

3.2 Adviser Radar is an information platform

Adviser Radar is an information and comparison platform.

We are not an R&D tax adviser to users of the platform. We do not prepare R&D tax relief claims, submit claims to HMRC or provide tax advice through the platform.

Nothing on Adviser Radar should be treated as tax advice, legal advice, financial advice or professional advice.

Any articles, guides or explanatory materials are provided for general information only and should not be considered tax advice or relied on for a specific claim, company or set of circumstances.

3.3 Adviser Radar is not a recommendation service

Adviser Radar does not recommend, endorse, approve or certify any adviser.

The inclusion of an adviser on Adviser Radar does not mean that we recommend that adviser. A higher score, paid profile, verified profile, featured profile, badge, label or other indicator does not guarantee adviser quality, suitability, competence, reliability or compliance.

Users are responsible for carrying out their own checks before contacting, appointing or relying on any adviser.

4. Use of Adviser Radar

4.1 UK focus

Adviser Radar is intended primarily for use by UK businesses, advisers and other users with an interest in UK R&D tax relief adviser services.

We do not represent that Adviser Radar is appropriate or available for use outside the United Kingdom.

4.2 Your right to use Adviser Radar

We grant you a limited, revocable, non-exclusive, non-transferable right to access and use Adviser Radar for lawful purposes and in accordance with these Terms of Use.

You must not use Adviser Radar in a way that breaches these Terms of Use, any applicable law or the rights of any third party.

4.3 Personal and internal business use

You may use Adviser Radar for your own personal, professional or internal business research purposes.

You must not copy, extract, reproduce, republish, sell, license, exploit or commercially use Adviser Radar content, scores, profile data or database structure except as expressly permitted by us in writing.

5. User accounts and access

5.1 Accounts

Some parts of Adviser Radar may require an account.

If you create an account or are given login details, you must keep those details confidential. You are responsible for all activity under your account.

You must notify us promptly if you believe that your account has been accessed without authority or that your login details have been compromised.

5.2 Account information

You must provide accurate, complete and up-to-date information when creating or using an account.

You must not create an account using false, misleading or unauthorised details.

5.3 Disposable or anonymised email addresses

We may refuse, suspend, restrict or delete accounts using disposable, temporary, anonymised, misleading or otherwise suspicious email addresses or account details.

We may also restrict access where we reasonably suspect misuse, scraping, competitor harvesting, automated access or other activity that is inconsistent with these Terms of Use.

6. Adviser profiles

6.1 Profile information

Adviser Radar may publish profiles of R&D tax advisers. Profile information may be obtained from public sources, adviser websites, Companies House, professional body registers, public online materials, adviser submissions and other sources.

We may also generate profile information using our own methods, including data checks, classification logic and scoring methodology.

6.2 Accuracy of profile information

We take reasonable steps to present information in a clear and useful way. However, we do not guarantee that any profile information is accurate, complete, current or free from error.

Public records, adviser websites and third-party sources may be incomplete, inaccurate, delayed or out of date. Our own checks may also produce incomplete or imperfect results.

Users should verify important information directly with the adviser, relevant professional body, Companies House, HMRC or another appropriate source before making any decision.

6.3 No continuous monitoring

We do not undertake to monitor every adviser profile continuously.

Information may be reviewed, updated or refreshed at intervals determined by us. There may be a delay between a change occurring and that change being reflected on Adviser Radar.

6.4 Adviser responsibility for submitted information

Where an adviser submits, verifies, corrects or updates profile information, the adviser is responsible for ensuring that the information supplied is accurate, complete, lawful, not misleading and kept up to date.

We may review, edit, reject or remove adviser-submitted information where we consider it necessary or appropriate. We are not obliged to publish any information submitted by an adviser.

6.5 Corrections

Advisers and users may contact us to request correction of information they believe is inaccurate or incomplete.

We will consider correction requests in good faith, but we are not required to accept any requested change where we do not consider it accurate, proportionate, adequately evidenced or appropriate for the platform.

We may ask for evidence before making changes. We are not obliged to amend or remove information unless legally required to do so.

7. Radar Score and platform indicators

7.1 What the Radar Score is

The Radar Score is a platform-generated indicator based on selected data points and methodology determined by Adviser Radar from time to time.

It is intended to help users identify potentially relevant profile signals and possible areas for further review.

7.2 What the Radar Score is not

The Radar Score is not:

• a recommendation
• an endorsement
• a guarantee of adviser quality
• a measure of technical R&D tax competence
• a statement that an adviser is suitable for a particular claimant
• a credit score
• a regulatory rating
• a professional body assessment
• an HMRC view
• a substitute for due diligence

A high Radar Score does not mean that an adviser is suitable for you. A low Radar Score does not necessarily mean that an adviser is unsuitable.

7.3 Scores, labels and badges

Any scores, labels, badges, indicators or descriptions on Adviser Radar are provided for information and comparison purposes only.

They should not be treated as judgements on professional competence, technical expertise, quality of advice, compliance standards or suitability for a particular user.

7.4 Changes to scores and indicators

Radar Scores, labels, badges and other indicators may change over time as data, methodology, platform features or adviser information changes.

We may amend, withdraw, replace or recalculate any score, label, badge or indicator at any time.

We are not obliged to publish the detailed operation of our scoring methodology, weighting or data processing logic, although we may provide general information about how the Radar Score works.

8. Paid profiles and commercial relationships

8.1 Paid profile features

Advisers may be able to claim, enhance or pay for additional profile features. These may include additional profile information, live links, contact options, verification features, branding, enhanced visibility or other features introduced from time to time.

Paid features do not mean that Adviser Radar recommends, endorses, approves or certifies the adviser.

8.2 Payment and Radar Score

An adviser cannot pay to increase their Radar Score.

We do not give ranking preference to advisers because they have paid for a profile, subscription or other paid feature. Commercial arrangements are kept separate from the Radar Score methodology and organic ranking.

However, advisers, including paying advisers, may be able to provide additional information, evidence, corrections or updates for review. Where Adviser Radar verifies or accepts that information, and where it affects the data points used in our methodology, it may indirectly affect the adviser's Radar Score.

This is intended to improve the accuracy and completeness of the information shown to users. It does not allow an adviser to buy a higher score, ranking or recommendation.

8.3 No guarantee from paid profiles

Payment for a profile feature, subscription or other paid service does not guarantee:

• a higher Radar Score
• a better organic ranking
• more enquiries
• client instructions
• positive user engagement
• any specific commercial result

8.4 Transparency

Where we consider it appropriate, we may identify certain adviser profiles as claimed, verified, enhanced or similar.

8.5 Future fees and commissions

Adviser Radar may receive fees from advisers for paid profile features, subscriptions, advertising, sponsorship, enquiry functionality or other commercial arrangements.

Unless stated otherwise, any agreement between a user and an adviser is between those parties only. Adviser Radar is not a party to that agreement.

9. Use of scores, badges, screenshots and marketing claims

9.1 No unauthorised marketing use

You must not use Adviser Radar badges, scores, screenshots, profile extracts, rankings, labels, logos or ratings in advertising, marketing, sales materials, social media, proposals or other promotional materials without our prior written consent.

This includes adviser websites, pitch decks, client proposals, email footers, social media posts and directory listings.

9.2 Approved wording

Where we provide an approved sharing feature, badge, profile link or approved wording, you may use it only in the way we permit.

We may withdraw permission to use any badge, wording, score, screenshot or other material at any time.

9.3 No misrepresentation

You must not misrepresent any Adviser Radar score, badge, label, profile information or platform content.

In particular, you must not imply that Adviser Radar has approved, endorsed, certified, recommended, ranked or assessed you in a way that we have not expressly authorised in writing.

You must not present any score, badge, label or profile extract out of date, out of context or in a misleading way.

9.4 Unauthorised use of platform screenshots and platform content

Adviser Radar contains proprietary content, design, data structure, scoring methodology, platform indicators and profile presentation owned by Adviser Radar or licensed to us.

If you access Adviser Radar, including by creating an account, claiming a profile, subscribing to a paid feature or using restricted platform features, you are granted access for the purposes permitted by these Terms of Use only. This includes using Adviser Radar internally to research, compare, assess and shortlist R&D tax advisers.

You must not copy, publish, post, share or circulate screenshots, profile extracts, Radar Scores, badges, labels, rankings, methodology extracts, platform screens or other Adviser Radar content on social media, websites, forums, articles, presentations or other public channels for any purpose inconsistent with these Terms of Use or without our prior written consent.

You must not use Adviser Radar content in a way that is misleading, inaccurate, out of context, defamatory, damaging to our reputation, used for systematic competitor analysis or commercial data extraction, or likely to cause confusion about Adviser Radar, the Radar Score or the meaning of any profile, badge, label or indicator.

10. Contacting advisers and third-party services

10.1 Contacting advisers

Adviser Radar may allow users to contact advisers through links, forms, email addresses, telephone numbers or other contact functionality.

If you contact an adviser through Adviser Radar, or through a link displayed on Adviser Radar, you do so at your own risk.

10.2 Contracts with advisers

If you appoint, instruct, pay or otherwise engage an adviser, any contract will be between you and that adviser.

Adviser Radar is not responsible for:

• the advice or services provided by any adviser
• adviser fees
• adviser performance
• adviser negligence
• failed or incorrect R&D tax claims
• any HMRC enquiry, amendment, repayment, penalty, interest charge, professional cost or other consequence arising from that adviser's services
• disputes between users and advisers
• any loss arising from your decision to contact, appoint or rely on an adviser

10.3 Third-party websites

Adviser Radar may contain links to adviser websites, social media profiles, Companies House pages, professional body registers, HMRC materials and other third-party websites.

Those links are provided for information and convenience only.

We do not control third-party websites and are not responsible for their content, accuracy, availability, security, privacy practices or terms.

A link to a third-party website does not mean that we endorse or approve that website or the person or business operating it.

11. User responsibility

11.1 Your use of information

You are responsible for how you use information obtained from Adviser Radar.

Before appointing an R&D tax adviser, you should carry out your own checks. These may include checking qualifications, professional memberships, experience, fees, engagement terms, insurance, HMRC enquiry support, client references and whether the adviser is suitable for your circumstances.

11.2 Companies and claimants

If you use Adviser Radar to research or select an adviser for your own business, you remain responsible for deciding whether that adviser is suitable for your circumstances.

You should not rely solely on Adviser Radar, the Radar Score, adviser profiles, badges, labels or any other platform content when making that decision.

11.3 Accountants and professional referrers

If you use Adviser Radar to identify, shortlist, recommend, refer or introduce an adviser to a client or another third party, you remain responsible for your own professional judgement and for any recommendation, referral or introduction you make.

You must not represent that Adviser Radar has recommended a particular adviser unless we have expressly stated that in writing.

11.4 Information you provide

Any information you provide to Adviser Radar must be accurate, complete, lawful and not misleading.

You must not submit information that infringes another person's rights, breaches confidentiality, contains personal data you are not entitled to share or is defamatory, abusive, unlawful or otherwise inappropriate.

12. Data protection and personal data use

12.1 Your responsibility for personal data

Adviser Radar may display, link to or make available information that includes personal data, including names, roles, professional contact details, company officer information or other information relating to individuals.

Where you access, download, use or otherwise process any personal data obtained through Adviser Radar, you are responsible for ensuring that you have a lawful basis for doing so and that your use complies with applicable data protection laws.

12.2 Lawful use only

You must not use personal data obtained through Adviser Radar for unlawful marketing, harassment, profiling, discrimination, misuse, unauthorised disclosure or any purpose that is not permitted by law.

You must not use Adviser Radar to collect personal data in a way that breaches data protection, privacy, electronic marketing or other applicable laws.

12.3 Personal data you provide to us

If you provide us with personal data relating to another person, you confirm that you have a lawful basis to do so and that you have provided any required notices or obtained any required consents.

You are responsible for ensuring that any personal data you submit to Adviser Radar is accurate, lawful and not excessive for the purpose for which it is provided.

13. No direct marketing, prospecting or list building

13.1 No unauthorised marketing use

You must not use Adviser Radar, or any data obtained from Adviser Radar, for unsolicited marketing, mass email campaigns, recruitment campaigns, lead scraping, list building, data enrichment, sales prospecting or similar activity without our prior written consent and without complying with applicable law.

13.2 Adviser contact details

Where adviser contact details are displayed, they are provided to help genuine users make informed contact with advisers in relation to potential R&D tax advice or related professional services.

They must not be harvested, copied, sold, transferred, added to mailing lists or used for bulk outreach.

13.3 Competitor and recruitment use

You must not use Adviser Radar to systematically identify, monitor, target or contact advisers for competitor intelligence, recruitment, sales prospecting or commercial data extraction without our prior written consent.

14. Fair usage and monitoring

14.1 Fair usage

We may apply fair usage limits to searches, profile views, downloads, enquiries, account activity or other platform features.

We may restrict, suspend, rate-limit, block or charge for usage that we consider excessive, automated, abusive, suspicious or inconsistent with ordinary use of the platform.

14.2 Monitoring use

We may monitor use of Adviser Radar to protect the platform, investigate misuse, enforce these Terms of Use, maintain security, prevent scraping, assess performance and improve our services.

Monitoring may include reviewing account activity, search patterns, technical logs, IP addresses, device information and other usage signals, subject to our Privacy Notice and applicable law.

14.3 Platform protection

We may use technical measures to protect Adviser Radar, including access controls, rate limits, bot detection, account verification, email verification, blocking, filtering and other measures we consider appropriate.

You must not attempt to bypass, disable, interfere with or undermine any such measures.

15. Acceptable use

15.1 Prohibited use

You must not use Adviser Radar:

• unlawfully or fraudulently
• to impersonate any person or organisation
• to submit false or misleading information
• to damage, disrupt or interfere with the platform
• to introduce viruses, malware, trojans, worms or other harmful material
• to attempt unauthorised access to the platform, servers, systems or data
• to scrape, harvest, copy or extract data except as expressly permitted by us
• to use bots, crawlers, spiders, scrapers or automated tools without our written consent
• for bulk data extraction, competitor monitoring, resale, republishing or database building
• for text and data mining, AI training, model development or automated analysis without our written consent
• to collect adviser contact details for unsolicited marketing
• to use personal data obtained through Adviser Radar unlawfully
• to use Adviser Radar for unauthorised direct marketing, prospecting, recruitment campaigns or list building
• to bypass fair usage limits, access controls or platform protection measures
• to misrepresent Adviser Radar content, scores, badges, labels or rankings
• to use the platform in a way that may damage our reputation or the reputation of another person or business
• to copy, publish, share or circulate screenshots, profile extracts, Radar Scores, badges, labels, rankings or other platform content in breach of clause 9.4

15.2 Scraping and data extraction

You must not conduct, facilitate, permit or attempt any web scraping, data scraping, text mining, data mining, automated extraction, bulk copying or systematic collection of content from Adviser Radar without our prior written consent.

This restriction applies whether the activity is carried out manually, automatically, through software, through an AI tool or by any other method.

15.3 Consequences of breach

If you breach these Terms of Use, we may take any action we consider appropriate, including:

• suspending or terminating your access
• removing content
• blocking IP addresses or accounts
• applying rate limits
• contacting your organisation
• seeking reimbursement of our losses and costs
• taking legal action
• reporting unlawful activity to relevant authorities

16. User content

16.1 Content you submit

If you submit information, corrections, reviews, comments, profile content, images, documents or other material to Adviser Radar, you are responsible for that content.

You confirm that you have all rights, permissions and lawful bases needed to submit that content to us.

16.2 Licence to use submitted content

By submitting content to Adviser Radar, you grant us a worldwide, royalty-free, non-exclusive licence to use, reproduce, store, display, publish, edit and adapt that content for the purpose of operating, improving, promoting and developing Adviser Radar.

16.3 Removal and moderation

We may review, edit, reject or remove submitted content at any time.

We are not obliged to monitor user content and we are not responsible for user-submitted content.

17. Intellectual property

17.1 Our rights

All intellectual property rights in Adviser Radar, including the website, branding, design, layout, text, graphics, data structure, database rights, methodology, scoring approach, software, code and platform content, belong to us or our licensors.

17.2 Limited use

You may use Adviser Radar only for the purposes permitted by these Terms of Use.

You must not copy, reproduce, republish, distribute, sell, license, exploit, modify, reverse engineer or create derivative works from Adviser Radar content, data, scores or methodology without our prior written consent.

17.3 Adviser names and third-party marks

Adviser names, logos, trade marks and other third-party materials may belong to their respective owners.

Nothing in these Terms of Use gives you any right to use our trade marks or any third-party trade marks.

18. Availability and changes

18.1 Availability

We do not guarantee that Adviser Radar will always be available, uninterrupted, secure or error-free.

We may suspend, withdraw, restrict or change all or part of the platform at any time for business, operational, legal, security or technical reasons.

18.2 Changes to the platform

We may update, amend, remove or replace any part of Adviser Radar, including features, adviser profiles, scores, labels, methodology, content and access arrangements.

18.3 Changes to these Terms of Use

We may update these Terms of Use from time to time.

The current version will apply whenever you use Adviser Radar. You should check this page periodically to ensure that you understand the terms that apply. You should also review our Privacy Notice for information about how we use personal data, cookies and similar technologies.

18.4 Events outside our control

We will not be responsible for any failure or delay in performing any obligation, or for any loss arising from any event or circumstance outside our reasonable control. This may include failures or delays affecting hosting providers, software providers, payment processors, communications networks, third-party data sources, public registers, APIs, cyber incidents, changes in law, regulatory action, industrial disputes, power failures, natural events or other events beyond our reasonable control.

Where practicable, we will take reasonable steps to reduce the impact of any such event on Adviser Radar.

19. Security and viruses

We do not guarantee that Adviser Radar will be free from bugs, viruses or other harmful material.

You are responsible for configuring your own technology, computer programmes, browser and security software to access Adviser Radar safely.

You must not misuse Adviser Radar by knowingly introducing harmful material or attempting unauthorised access to any part of the platform.

20. Limitation of liability

20.1 Matters we do not limit

Nothing in these Terms of Use excludes or limits our liability where it would be unlawful to do so. This includes liability for death or personal injury caused by our negligence, fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation.

Nothing in these Terms of Use affects any statutory rights you may have as a consumer, where those rights cannot lawfully be excluded or limited.

20.2 Information and reliance

Adviser Radar is provided for general information purposes only.

To the fullest extent permitted by law, we are not liable for any loss arising from:

• reliance on Adviser Radar content
• inaccurate, incomplete or out-of-date information
• Radar Scores, badges, labels or indicators
• adviser profile information
• third-party websites
• adviser services
• your decision to contact, appoint or rely on an adviser
• any R&D tax claim or related HMRC matter connected with services provided by an adviser you contact, appoint, instruct or rely on
• your use of personal data obtained through Adviser Radar
• the availability or unavailability of the platform

20.3 Business losses

To the fullest extent permitted by law, we will not be liable for:

• loss of profits
• loss of sales
• loss of revenue
• loss of business
• business interruption
• loss of anticipated savings
• loss of any tax relief, tax credit, refund or other tax benefit
• loss of goodwill or reputation
• loss of opportunity
• loss or corruption of data
• indirect or consequential loss

20.4 Liability cap

Subject to clause 20.1, our total liability to you arising out of or in connection with Adviser Radar and these Terms of Use shall be limited to the greater of:

• £200; or
• the total amount you have paid to us for use of Adviser Radar in the 12 months before the claim arose.

21. Indemnity

If you are a business user, professional referrer, adviser or subscriber, you agree to indemnify us against losses, claims, liabilities, costs and expenses arising from:

• your breach of these Terms of Use
• information or content you submit to Adviser Radar
• your misuse of Adviser Radar
• your infringement of any third-party rights
• your unlawful or unauthorised use of personal data obtained through Adviser Radar
• your unauthorised direct marketing, prospecting, recruitment campaign, list building, scraping or bulk data extraction
• any claim by a user, adviser or third party arising from information you provided to us
• any unauthorised or misleading use of Adviser Radar scores, badges, labels, screenshots, rankings, profile content or marketing claims

22. Complaints and reporting content

If you wish to report inaccurate information, unlawful or defamatory content, misuse of the platform or a concern about an adviser profile, please contact us at:

team@adviserradar.co.uk

We may ask you to provide evidence to support your request.

Where we consider it appropriate, we may temporarily amend, hide or flag content while a report is being reviewed.

We will consider reports in good faith, but we are not required to remove or amend content solely because a person disagrees with it.

23. Ending or restricting access

These Terms of Use apply from the moment you first access Adviser Radar.

We may suspend, restrict or terminate your access to Adviser Radar at any time if we reasonably believe that you have breached these Terms of Use, misused the platform, created legal risk or acted in a way that may harm Adviser Radar, users, advisers or third parties.

You may stop using Adviser Radar at any time.

24. General terms

24.1 Transfer

We may transfer our rights and obligations under these Terms of Use to another organisation, including in connection with a sale, merger, restructuring or transfer of the Adviser Radar business or assets.

24.2 Severance

If any part of these Terms of Use is found to be unlawful, invalid or unenforceable, the remaining parts will continue in force.

24.3 No waiver

If we do not enforce any part of these Terms of Use immediately, this does not mean that we have waived our right to do so later.

24.4 Third-party rights

No person other than you and us has any right to enforce these Terms of Use.

24.5 Entire agreement

These Terms of Use, together with any documents referred to in them, form the entire agreement between you and us in relation to your use of Adviser Radar.

25. Governing law and jurisdiction

These Terms of Use are governed by the laws of England and Wales.

The courts of England and Wales will have exclusive jurisdiction over any dispute arising out of or in connection with these Terms of Use or your use of Adviser Radar.

26. Contact us

To contact us about these Terms of Use, Adviser Radar or any content on the platform, please email:

team@adviserradar.co.uk

or write to us at:

Last updated: 20 May 2026.