The Structure Review
A defensible UK–US structure
in five working days.
A decision you can defend — to your board, your investors, your buyer’s lawyer, or HMRC. Made with a named NorthArc director who stands behind it.
Investment
From £5,000
Fixed fee, set in your Crossing Conversation
Delivery
5–7 working days
From kickoff to written deliverables
Guarantee
£15,000 minimum
Preventable cost identified, or refund
What you get
Five questions, answered for your situation.
Every Structure Review answers the same five questions for your specific position — then hands you each answer as a written document you can act on and forward to your board, your investors, or a buyer’s adviser. Each is explained in full further down the page.
01
What’s actually driving this?
Which catalyst is really behind your US question, and the structural response that follows. Trigger Classification
02
What have I already triggered?
A traffic-light readout of your exposure across six UK and US dimensions. Exposure Score
03
Which routes are genuinely open?
Five named routes, ranked and scored for your situation — not just the default. Routes Matrix
04
In what order do I move?
The dated, ordered sequence of decisions, with the gates between each step. Crossing Roadmap
05
Can I defend it later?
A one-page, forwardable explanation of why the structure holds — for whoever reads it next. Defensibility Brief
Delivered and workshopped by a human, then signed, dated, and stood behind by the firm.
What you’re actually buying
Anyone can get an answer.
Ask an LLM and you’ll get an answer, in an evening, for free. It’ll look right. What it can’t give you is the judgement that decides which answer is actually correct for your situation — the method that holds every moving part together, and someone who signs the result and carries the consequences.
Accountability
Someone whose name is on it.
An LLM cannot be sued, summoned, or asked to defend its position to HMRC. A human can.
Judgment
Someone with a view.
An LLM can list the options. It cannot tell you which one is right in your specific situation.
Synthesis
Someone who holds it together.
UK tax, US tax, employment, IP, investor mechanics, founder residency. The method holds all of these at once.
Conversation
Someone who pushes back.
An LLM agrees with the framing you bring it. The Crossing Conversation tests it.
The document is the receipt. The work is the conviction to move forward.
The Crossing Method™
Five stages: Catalyst, Risk, Options, Sequence, Structure.
The first three stages decide whether to cross, and how. The last two execute the decision so the structure holds. Each stage produces a written artefact you can use.
Catalyst
Why is the US question in front of me right now?
Catalyst separates a genuine commercial driver from borrowed pressure.
What you get
Trigger Classification.
A named identification of which catalyst is driving the question, and the typical structural response that follows.
Risk
What have I already triggered?
US exposure often began eighteen months earlier. Risk maps what’s already in motion.
What you get
Exposure Score.
A traffic-light readout across six dimensions: corporate residence, permanent establishment, state nexus, founder residency, IP position, and equity scheme integrity.
Options
What routes are genuinely open?
Options breaks the Delaware default. Five named routes, scored for your situation.
What you get
Routes Matrix.
A ranked comparison of five named routes — UK-only with US sales, EOR bridge, US subsidiary under UK parent, Delaware flip now, Delaware flip later — scored for your situation.
Sequence
In what order?
The chosen route stops being a destination and becomes a journey: a dated, ordered set of decisions with explicit gates between each step. Before you do X, you must do Y.
What you get
Crossing Roadmap.
The operating document for the next phase of the company. Referenced at board meetings, used in investor conversations, updated as circumstances change.
Structure
Can I defend this?
A position that survives HMRC, the IRS, the next investor, and a future buyer.
What you get
Defensibility Brief.
A one-page commercial-language explanation of the structure, designed to be forwarded — to the board, the next investor, or a future buyer’s lawyer.
How the work happens
Three steps. Two of them free.
From the Diagnostic to the proposal that names the work.
01 — Diagnostic
Take the Crossing Diagnostic
Free, 15 minutes. You’ll receive a personalised report on your cross-border position.
02 — Crossing Conversation
Book a 45-minute Conversation
Free. We’ll walk through your Diagnostic and surface what’s actually at stake for your business.
03 — Decision
Proposal within an hour of your call
Fixed fee, written and named. If we don’t think you’re ready, we’ll say so. Roughly one in four Conversations end that way.
Pricing and the guarantee
From £5,000. The price isn’t the days.
The price scales with what’s at stake. Most engagements anchor at £5,000. A founder with more at risk — a live exit, a structure already in motion, a position that needs to hold for a buyer twelve months out — sits higher on the menu. The Crossing Conversation determines which.
Investment
From £5,000
Fixed fee, set in your Crossing Conversation
The £15,000 Guarantee
If a Structure Review doesn’t identify at least £15,000 of preventable cost or exit-value erosion in your current trajectory, the fee is refunded in full.
A “don’t cross yet” verdict counts — the guarantee is met by what we prevent, not only by what we recommend. Every Structure Review either identifies the threshold in your Exposure Score and Crossing Roadmap, or it doesn’t, and we refund.
Who this is for
Not everyone should buy a Structure Review.
The Structure Review is built for a specific kind of buyer. If you’re not in the description below, the Diagnostic is still useful — but the engagement isn’t yet.
For a Structure Review
- UK SaaS or AI company
- £500K–£15M in revenue
- US decision live or made
- Want an ordered answer
Pre-decision. The US question is live and you haven’t yet flipped, hired, or formalised anything.
Post-decision. You’ve already crossed. Exit conversation is twelve to thirty-six months out.
Not yet (or not us)
- Pre-revenue or below £500k.
- Already US-incorporated and US-only.
- Looking for a quick one-off opinion.
- Not yet certain the US is the right move.
If you’re in one of these positions, the Diagnostic is the right next step. The engagement isn’t.
Frequently asked questions
Seven questions founders ask before engaging.
You can. The deliverables you’d produce — a Delaware comparison table, a transfer-pricing memo, a sequencing plan — are all things a paid LLM will draft for you in an evening. What it won’t do is tell you which of two plausible answers is right in your specific situation, sign the result, or stand behind it when HMRC or a buyer’s lawyer asks. The Structure Review is the named, accountable version of that work. The documents are the receipt.
Begin with
the Diagnostic.
The Crossing Diagnostic takes 15 minutes. A personal report on where you stand and where the sequence creates risk — and a Crossing Conversation if we’re the right firm to help.
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