About Entegrix, the cross-border firm for UK to UAE founders

Our story

Built for the founder who's been burned by a setup agent.

Hussnain Bin Iqbal founded Entegrix after seeing the same pattern, again and again, with UK founders trying to set up in the UAE.

The pattern

UK accountant. UAE setup agent. Free zone PRO. Bank relationship manager. External auditor. Five hands, none talking to each other, all blaming the others when something breaks.

It usually starts the same way. A UK founder hears Dubai is a smart move. They get a quote from a Mayfair Big Four firm and almost faint. They Google instead, find a Dubai setup agent, pay for the license, and assume the rest will sort itself.

Six months later we get the call. The free zone activity is wrong, so they can't bill the clients they came here for. The bank account application stalled because the substance file was thin. The corporate tax position was never modelled, so they've quietly drifted into a 9% liability they could have legitimately avoided. The UK accountant they kept on doesn't know UAE rules. The setup agent who got the license stopped answering emails the day the license issued.

Entegrix exists to make that story impossible. We are the only call you make. Partner-led on the UK side. ACCA and CBA qualified. A real office in Ajman Free Zone, a real office in London, a real named partner who picks up when you ring.

The UK practice has been running for over five years. The UAE office was added as more founders asked us to handle both ends, so pretending otherwise became silly. Today we sit on every engagement from the first 30-minute call to the fifth-year audit.

That's the whole story

What we believe

Three things we will not compromise on.

These are the principles that shape every engagement and every refusal. If they don't fit how you want to be advised, we are not the firm for you.

Cross-border by design

Every recommendation considers both UK and UAE implications. The Statutory Residence Test, your UK Ltd's future, UAE Corporate Tax exposure, transfer pricing on intra-group flows. Not one side, both sides, on the same page.

UK and UAE in one head

Same partner, every stage

You speak to the same partner-level accountant from the first call through to the audit five years in. No junior handovers, no PRO middlemen, no offshore back-office answering your emails. The partner who quoted you is the partner who runs your file.

No handoffs, ever

Numbers first, narrative second

Every recommendation comes with the actual cost or risk number written down. Not "you'll save money", but "this saves AED 11,400 a year on substance fees." Not "we'll handle compliance", but "FTA filing window opens 1 March, costs AED 2,200, takes three working days." Vague reassurance is for sales people.

Specifics or it doesn't count

The team

Real partners, named and reachable.

A small senior team by design. No call centre, no juniors learning on your engagement, no white-labelled work farmed out to a service factory. Every client has direct mobile access to the partner running their file.

Hussnain Bin Iqbal

Founding Partner · ACCA and CBA qualified

ACCA IFZA Professional Partner FTA Tax Agent

Over five years of dual UK and UAE practice. Founded Entegrix to be the firm UK founders should have called first. Certified IFZA Professional Partner (Dubai, February 2026) and ACCA qualified. Sits on every engagement from the discovery call to the fifth-year audit.

Specialties Cross-border tax structuring · UAE Corporate Tax (9% with QFZP relief) · Transfer pricing for intra-group flows · UK Statutory Residence Test · IFZA, DMCC and RAKEZ free zone selection · UAE holding company architecture

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Tanveer Muneer

Partner · ACCA-qualified accountant and CBA

UAE VAT Specialist AML / goAML Payroll (WPS & GPSSA)

Runs Entegrix's day-to-day operations across both jurisdictions. First point of contact for clients on monthly bookkeeping retainers and quarterly VAT cycles. Manages the AML/goAML compliance practice and the payroll operations team.

Specialties UAE VAT (registration, filing, refund claims) · Payroll: WPS, gratuity calculations, GPSSA · AML and goAML compliance for DNFBPs · UK bookkeeping and management accounts · Quarterly client check-ins · Renewal and license maintenance cycles

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Recognised & registered

Six accreditations that actually matter.

There are a thousand "Dubai consultancies." There are very few who are ACCA qualified, partner-led, FTA registered, IFZA-certified, and operating under AML supervision at the same time. Here are the ones that gate the work.

ACCA

ACCA QualifiedUK regulated practice

ACCA-regulated accountancy practice. The audit and ethics standard that anchors our UK side. Every UK engagement runs through an ACCA-qualified accountant.

FTA

FTA Tax AgentUAE Federal Tax Authority

Authorised to represent clients before the UAE Federal Tax Authority on VAT, corporate tax, refunds, audits and voluntary disclosures. The credential that lets us file and defend on your behalf.

IFZA

IFZA Professional PartnerCertified 16 February 2026

International Free Zone Authority Professional Partner. Full briefing on activity catalogues, license tiers, visa quotas and renewal cycles. Direct partner-channel pricing on every IFZA setup we run.

DMCC

DMCC Service ProviderApproved consultancy

Dubai Multi Commodities Centre approved service provider. For founders who need premium banking, crypto licensing, commodities or regulated trading. We handle the substance file properly.

RAK

RAKEZ Approved ConsultantRas Al Khaimah Economic Zone

Ras Al Khaimah Economic Zone approved consultant. For lower-cost industrial, holding and trading setups outside Dubai but still mainland-adjacent. Good middle ground on cost and substance.

AML

AML / goAML RegisteredDNFBP supervised

Registered with the UAE Ministry of Economy as a Designated Non-Financial Business or Profession. Goes on every client file, every suspicious-transaction report, every AML risk assessment we deliver.

How we work

Four steps from first call to operating company.

No mystery, no padded timelines, no scope creep. This is the same engagement methodology we have run on every UAE setup since the practice opened.

Discovery

30-minute partner call

You speak directly to Hussnain or Tanveer. We listen to what you actually want to do, ask the questions that matter (residency, banking, substance, family, succession), and tell you honestly if we are the right fit.

No fee · No pitch

Scoping

Written proposal in 48 hours

You receive a fixed-fee scope with a unique engagement reference (ENT-INC-XXX or similar). Every deliverable listed. Every assumption written down. Every fee in AED with the GBP equivalent. Sign or walk, no hard sell.

Fixed fee · Reference number

Setup

License issued in 14 to 21 days

We file the application, manage activity selection, handle name approval, run KYC and AML, coordinate the bank introduction, and process visa applications. You see weekly progress notes with the next milestone clearly flagged.

14 to 21 days typical

Operate

Year-round retainer

Monthly bookkeeping, quarterly VAT, annual corporate tax filing, payroll, AML monitoring and the audit when it lands. Partner check-ins every quarter. FTA, HMRC and bank representation as needed. We are paid to still be here at year five.

From AED 1,400 / month

Where we are

Two offices, one team, both real.

Not a virtual mailbox in Dubai with a flat in Hounslow. Two physical offices, with named partners working in each, on opposite sides of the GMT line.

UAE

Ajman Free Zone C1 Building

UAE Head Office

Office C1, 1F, SF7579, Ajman Free Zone, Ajman, United Arab Emirates.

Phone+971 52 622 8731
Email[email protected]
HoursMonday to Friday, 9:00 to 18:00 GST

UK

5th Floor, 167-169 Great Portland St

UK Office

London W1W 5PF, United Kingdom. By appointment for in-person partner meetings on UK tax, HMRC exits and group restructuring work.

UK enquiries[email protected]
Phone+44 7491 345337
HoursMonday to Friday, 9:00 to 17:30 GMT

Voice of the client

Why founders pick us.

Quotes anonymised by request. Outcomes verified by reference number, available on request to anyone considering an engagement.

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We had been quoted £14,000 by a Mayfair firm for the UK exit work alone. Hussnain modelled the full UK plus UAE structure for a fixed fee, kept us out of two HMRC traps the other quote missed, and we still came in under their original number.

Series A SaaS founder UK to DIFC, 2025 engagement

Saved £8,200 vs Big Four quote

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The setup agent we used the first time vanished after the license issued. Entegrix took over the renewal, sorted the activity reclassification we needed, and rebuilt our substance file in time for the bank's annual review. Different experience entirely.

Trading company director IFZA to DMCC migration, 2025

Avoided AED 47,000 in penalty exposure

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Tanveer's team caught a VAT classification error from our previous accountant that would have triggered a refund clawback at the next audit. They wrote the voluntary disclosure, handled the FTA correspondence, and we never saw a penalty.

E-commerce founder UAE-domiciled, 2024 to present

Avoided AED 110,000 potential clawback

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We had three siblings, two UK property entities, a Lagos operating company, and a need to consolidate before a sale. Entegrix mapped the whole holdco structure in two weeks, with the QFZP analysis written up properly. The buyer's diligence team had no questions.

Family office Lagos to Dubai, 2025 restructure

Closed £3.4M exit on schedule

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First firm I have worked with where the same partner who quoted me actually runs my file. Not a junior, not an offshore team, not a chatbot. When I email Hussnain on a Sunday I get a reply by Monday morning, every time.

Fintech founder UK to RAKEZ, 2025 setup

Setup completed in 16 days

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They saved us from buying a 5-visa package we did not need. Two visas was the right number. That conversation alone paid for the engagement, and I have used them on every entity since.

Consultancy founder IFZA package optimisation, 2024

Saved AED 11,400 on unused visa quotas

The cross-border firm UK founders wish they'd called first.