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Enterprise Investment Scheme, Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme and Social Investment Tax Relief statistics

Statistics relating to the Enterprise Investment Scheme, Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme and Social Investment Tax Relief scheme.

These publications provide information about the number of companies receiving investment under the Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) and Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme (SEIS), along with the amount of funds raised. The number of social enterprises receiving investment under the Social Investment Tax Relief (SITR) scheme is also included.

The statistics for the EIS and SEIS include breakdowns by industry sector, companies’ registered addresses and the size of investment. It also provides information on the number of investors and the amounts invested, as reported on investors’ Self Assessment tax returns. Statistics on advance assurance requests (AAR) for the EIS, SEIS and SITR are also provided. The May 2018 release includes all the tables that were previously spread across the April and October publications.

The most recent release of these statistics was published in May 2023. The 2022 release is available on GOV.UK. Previous versions of statistics releases from 2021 and prior are available on the National Archives website.

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Published 12 December 2014
Last updated 17 May 2023 + show all updates
  1. Added the 2023 publication and archived pre-2023 publications.

  2. Added the 2022 publication and archived pre-2022 publications.

  3. Added 2021 statistics to the collection and updated summary/body text

  4. The May 2020 publication was added to the collection

  5. Updated with 2019 Statistics

  6. Updated with May 2018 publication.

  7. April 2017 - latest quarterly tables added

  8. April 2016 - latest quarterly tables added.

  9. Updated with October 2015 publication

  10. Latest information available

  11. New publication.

  12. First published.