David Craddock consultancy services operates in the UK and worldwide as an independent consultant. David Craddock’s expertise and experience is gleaned from over 35 years in business to companies of all sizes and from all sectors as a bespoke service that seeks to act on the basis of a detailed and informed understanding of the client business with a solution-orientated and innovative approach to business challenges.
1. Employee Share Ownership – Operating as a recognised world authority, David is the author of the acclaimed “Tolley’s Guide to Employee Share Schemes” with his services offering consultancy and advice in the following: employee share schemes (tax-advantaged or otherwise), employee share trusts and employee-ownership trusts, employee share valuations, share scheme accounting, share scheme communications, share scheme administration and registration services.
2. Employee Ownership Trust (EOT) – David identifies the role that the Employee Ownership Trust (EOT) to companies and how it can fulfil in facilitating the ideal tax-efficient and cost-effective exit strategy as an alternative to a trade sale or an initial public offering. An Employee Ownership Trust (EOT) is a trust established to hold a controlling stake in a company on behalf of its employees, ensuring they benefit from the business’s success. This model aims to foster employee engagement, improve business performance, and provide a sustainable ownership structure. Employees who join an Employee Ownership Trust (EOT) can receive tax-advantaged bonuses and feel a greater sense of ownership and involvement in the company, which can lead to higher motivation and job satisfaction. Additionally, EOTs promote job stability and long-term business success, benefiting employees’ careers and financial well-being.
3. Company and Share Valuations – Operating as an expert share valuer and renowned for finding innovative solutions in testing cases, David offers the full range of company and share valuation services, drawing upon his experience of working within national economies and cross-border and acting as Technical Secretary to the Share Valuation Worked Examples Group in the UK that meets with HMRC three times a year.
4. Expert Tax Advice – ‘Specialist tax advice on Employee Share Ownership, Employee share schemes and Employee Rewards’ David provides bespoke specialist authoritative tax solutions to entrepreneurs and their businesses as well as individuals on a diverse range of taxes relating to employment incentives and employee share schemes. For those quick questions and queries relating to tax that you would like immediate answers to or more detailed written advice, David has vast knowledge and expertise to be able to put your mind at ease and find the solutions to the questions.