ABOUT READYSET CONSULTANCY
UK Customs & HMRC Compliance Specialists
We closed the gap between freight forwarders and corporate consultancy. Here's how that works.
Why Readyset Was Founded
The decision to found Readyset came from a straightforward observation made over years of working in the UK customs sector: most businesses involved in international trade are being underserved. They are either over-relying on freight forwarders who move goods efficiently but are not customs tax advisors, or paying for distant corporate consultancy that produces polished reports but never quite connects with the operational reality of the business.
Readyset was built to occupy the space in between. We are a specialist technical partner that understands both the intricate detail of HMRC regulations and what it takes to implement them inside a real business. We don't deliver a report and disappear. We work alongside you, learning your products, your supply chain, and your specific risk profile, until the job is done. If you're profitable and compliant, we've done our job, your success and ours are the same outcome.
TRUSTED BY
Some of our clients
FEATURED IN & PARTNERED WITH
Zero major non-conformances. Two multi-million-pound contracts won.
We took an AEO applicant through the full HMRC gap analysis, application and audit process. They passed their first HMRC site visit with zero non-conformances flagged, then used the accreditation to win two new contracts worth seven figures between them.
£50,000 duty demand withdrawn in full. No duty paid, no penalty issued.
One of our clients was facing a five-figure HMRC assessment after a preference audit found no valid proof of origin on file. We rebuilt the evidence entry by entry, recovered retrospective statements of origin from every EU supplier, and got the demand withdrawn in full before HMRC issued a formal C18.
THE PEOPLE BEHIND READYSET
Meet the Directors
Angus has spent over 15 years solving complex customs and compliance challenges for UK importers, exporters, and manufacturers. His career has been built entirely in the real world of customs, on the ground, managing high-stakes HMRC applications, tariff classification disputes, AEO certifications, duty relief schemes, and the day-to-day operational realities that keep a supply chain moving.
Readyset works with businesses of all sizes, from growing SMEs to established UK importers turning over tens of millions annually. When you work with Angus, you get direct, expert-led advice. HMRC officers who've worked directly with Angus across multiple client audits already know his standard of preparation, and that familiarity makes for a far smoother process for everyone involved.
Lais brings over 16 years of commercial data analytics experience to Readyset, with a career spanning logistics and international trade. Her background includes customs bureau work at DHL Global Forwarding and commercial data management for a global chemical distributor operating across more than 40 countries. With a background in Business Management and self-taught in data analytics, Lais is driven by automation and measurable results: if a process can be made faster, cheaper or clearer with data, she'll find a way to build it.
At Readyset, Lais leads the trade intelligence function, turning raw HMRC customs data into dashboards and compliance reports clients can act on. This includes verifying that duty relief schemes are actually delivering the savings they should.
CLIENT TESTIMONIALS
What our clients say
Readyset assisted us with our AEO application and guided us through the whole process. It can be quite a detailed process, with a lot of information and supporting documentation to provide, Angus made the whole experience very smooth and straightforward from start to finish. I'd definitely recommend Readyset to anyone looking to go through the AEO application process.
We came to Angus with a genuinely complicated customs issue involving an ATA Carnet, specialist equipment already in the UK, and an ownership structure across three countries with an approaching Carnet expiry deadline. He understood the issue immediately, worked out the correct customs treatment, and guided us through the Home Use Diversion, duty payment and final discharge of the Carnet. Responsive, pragmatic and exceptionally helpful throughout.
OUR SERVICES
What We Specialise In
Readyset provides specialist UK customs consultancy across the full range of HMRC compliance and duty savings services.
Filed correctly the first time, so your goods keep moving.
The HMRC seal of approval, recognised in over 80 countries.
Inward Processing, Warehousing, Freeports and more, ways to legally reduce what you pay.
Overpaid in the last three years? We find it and get it back. No recovery, no fee.
Monthly, data led reviews, and support if HMRC comes knocking.
Workshops built around your own paperwork, not generic examples.
THE READYSET APPROACH
The Readyset Approach
Plain English, Always
We know you don't want a 50 page report full of theory. We explain the why and the how behind every recommendation so you stay in control, not dependent on us for every decision.
Evidence-Led Advice
Every recommendation is backed by your actual HMRC data. We analyse your specific declaration history and build the case from facts, not assumptions, not estimates.
We Stay Until It's Done
We work alongside you through implementation, HMRC applications, and post approval compliance. We don't deliver a report and disappear. The job is done when you say it's done.
Readyset works with importers, exporters and manufacturers across the UK and internationally: from London, Birmingham and Manchester to Felixstowe, Southampton, Edinburgh and Belfast.
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