Our latest list of grants available for growing and owner-led businesses in the UK.
We check this information regularly, but it’s not an exhaustive list.
If you spot a grant we’re missing, or a change we haven’t picked up yet, please contact us using the details below.
The table is organised by Region. We currently have UK General, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, London, South East, South West, Yorkshire, North East, North West, Midlands, Essex & Suffolk.
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We check this information regularly, but it’s not an exhaustive list.
If you spot a grant we’re missing, or a change we haven’t picked up yet, please contact us using the details below.
The table is organised by Region. We currently have UK General, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, London, South East, South West, Yorkshire, North East, North West, Midlands, Essex & Suffolk.
Use the Search box to select a specific search term.
External links open in a new window, so this page stays open for you to come back to.
| Sort | Region | Scheme | Who can apply / offer | Status / closing date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | UK General | Women in Innovation Awards | Up to £75,000 per award (£4.5m pool, up to 60 awards). For woman founders or co-founders of a UK-registered growing business in advanced manufacturing, digital technology or life sciences. | 2025/26 round closed 4 February 2026. Annual competition, next round expected later in 2026/27, worth watching for the reopening. |
| 1 | UK General | Historic England: Repair Grants for Heritage at Risk | Grants from £5,000 to £750,000 for urgent repair and conservation work (a separate Heritage at Risk Capital Fund offers up to £1 million for repair, conversion and reuse). Owners or those legally responsible for a listed building, scheduled monument, or registered park or garden on the Heritage at Risk register. | Active, separate from the National Lottery Heritage Fund above. Rounds vary, check current dates. |
| 1 | UK General | UnLtd | Starting Up Awards of £500 to £8,000; Scaling Up Awards of £8,000 to £18,000. For social entrepreneurs aged 16+ with a venture that creates social impact. | Active; rounds are capped and can fill quickly, check for the next opening date. |
| 1 | UK General | Better Business Finance | Impartial signposting to commercial finance and a business bank account finder. Any business. | Active, run by UK Finance on behalf of Barclays, HSBC, Lloyds, NatWest and Santander. |
| 1 | UK General | Business Growth Service | National signposting platform with a personalised report on funding, skills, mentoring, HR and exporting; not a grant itself. Open to any UK business. | Active, run by the Department for Business and Trade with the Growth Hub network. |
| 1 | UK General | Growth and Skills Levy (apprenticeship funding) | Funded or part-funded apprenticeship training and assessment costs; non-levy employers get 100% funded training for under-25 apprentices from the 2026/27 academic year, plus a £2,000 hiring payment from October 2026. Open to any business taking on an apprentice. | Active, ongoing. |
| 1 | UK General | Gigabit Broadband Voucher Scheme | Vouchers worth up to £4,500 towards a gigabit-capable broadband connection. Rural homes and businesses (check postcode eligibility as scheme is paused where a larger Project Gigabit contract is underway). | Check the postcode checker first. Closes 31 March 2027. |
| 1 | UK General | National Lottery Heritage Fund | Grants from £10,000 up to £10 million for heritage projects. Not-for-profit organisations, private owners of a heritage asset, or partnerships. | Active, rolling with no fixed deadline under £250k. |
| 1 | UK General | The King’s Trust (formerly The Prince’s Trust) | Mentoring and possible start-up funding for 18 to 30 year olds starting a business. | Active. |
| 1 | UK General | Innovate UK Smart Grant | Share of innovation funding for R&D projects. Delivered via targeted sector competitions (AI, Net Zero, semiconductors, health technology). For UK registered companies with an innovative, high-impact project. | Active but sector-specific; check current open competitions. Closing dates vary by competition. |
| 3 | Essex and Suffolk | East Suffolk: Growth Through Innovation Fund | £1,000 to £25,000 for research, development or innovation projects. Open to businesses in East Suffolk. | Closed. |
| 3 | Essex and Suffolk | Mid Suffolk Town Centre Shopfront Scheme | Up to £10,000 (up to £20,000 in exceptional cases) for shopfront improvements. Open to shops and commercial or community-run properties trading in a Mid Suffolk town centre. | Active. Check current round. |
| 3 | Essex and Suffolk | Ambitious Essex: Innovation Grant and Women in Innovation Award | Both up to £15,000. Innovation Grant is for start-up businesses in Essex; Women in Innovation Award is for women-led businesses in Essex. | Active, open now. |
| 3 | Essex and Suffolk | BEST Growth Hub | Signposting to funding, exporting support and business advice across Essex. Open to any Essex business. | Active. |
| 3 | Essex and Suffolk | New Anglia Growth Hub | Signposting to grants and business support across Norfolk and Suffolk (open to any Suffolk or Norfolk business). | Active. |
| 3 | Essex and Suffolk | Suffolk Economy Grant | Open to Suffolk-based micro, small or medium businesses for digital, innovation or sustainability projects. £2,500 to £10,000 (micro, under 10 staff, 50% of cost); £5,000 to £50,000 (small, 10 to 49 staff, 30%); £10,000 to £100,000 (medium, 50 to 249 staff, 20%) | Active, confirmed current. Check current round. |
| 3 | Essex and Suffolk | West Suffolk Start-Up Grant Scheme | £300 to £1,500 towards essential equipment or promotional materials. For pre-start or West Suffolk businesses trading under two years. Delivered with MENTA. | Active, no published deadline. Apply via MENTA (heretohelp@menta.org.uk). |
| 3 | Essex and Suffolk | West Suffolk Greener Business Grant and Solar for Business | Grant support to reduce energy use, plus a no-upfront-cost solar panel scheme. For small and medium businesses in West Suffolk. | Active. Check current round. |
| 4 | London | Talking Business Training Grants | Up to £500 per company (50% of training costs up to £1,000), including digital marketing and management training. For businesses based in the London Borough of Bexley. | Active. |
| 4 | London | London Growth and Resilience Programme | For London-based charities, not-for-profits and community organisations growing trading income, 3+ years old with £50,000+ income. 18-month programme: Set Up grant (£4,000 to £7,000) plus Match Trading grant (up to £12,000, quarterly), with mentoring and learning days. | Active, current cohort runs April 2026 to September 2027. Check for next cohort. |
| 4 | London | Grow London Local Money | Navigation hub for funding options: loans, crowdfunding, angel investment and invoice finance, plus webinars, templates and guides; signposting, not a grant. Any London business. | Active, launched 1 April 2026 by London & Partners. |
| 4 | London | AI Adoption Support Programme | £12m over three years for London-based small businesses: AI readiness assessments, mentoring and workshops. Delivered by London & Partners with the Mayor’s AI and Jobs Taskforce. | Upcoming, announced 8 June 2026. Not yet open for applications, worth flagging as one to watch. |
| 4 | London | Made Smarter London | Grant funding to help small manufacturers adopt new technology and become more productive. Small manufacturing businesses in London. | Active. Over £300,000 awarded in the first funding round, delivered by London & Partners. |
| 5 | Midlands | Leicester and Leicestershire Business Gateway Growth Hub | Signposting to grants, loans and business support, including the Business Growth Grant (£2,000 to £25,000, 35% of project costs). Businesses in Leicester or Leicestershire, a separate area from East Midlands CCA’s patch. | Active; the Business Growth Grant is ERDF-funded, confirm it’s still open before referring. |
| 5 | Midlands | Warwickshire Business Growth Service | Business support and growth funding for Warwickshire businesses, now the main route since the Coventry and Warwickshire Growth Hub closed on 1 April 2026 (Coventry businesses should use Business Growth West Midlands instead). | Active; confirm current grant terms directly, 01926 412 709. |
| 5 | Midlands | East Midlands Combined County Authority Growth Hub | Invest to Grow grants and loans of £15,000 to £250,000 to innovate, grow and create jobs, alongside signposting to wider regional and national schemes. Private-sector businesses in Derby, Derbyshire, Nottingham or Nottinghamshire. | Active. |
| 5 | Midlands | Bassetlaw Enterprise Grant | Up to £2,000 (50% of project costs), plus discretionary £500 one-off grants. Covers marketing expenses and equipment. For pre-start, start-up and businesses trading under 36 months in Bassetlaw, Nottinghamshire. | Active. |
| 5 | Midlands | South Midlands Growth Hub | SME Business Grant Programme, £5,000 to £50,000 towards machinery, software, building improvements or website development tied to a wider project, plus signposting to national schemes. There is also a £300 to £3,000 (Micro Grant). Open to businesses in Milton Keynes, Bedford Borough, Central Bedfordshire, Luton, North Northamptonshire or West Northamptonshire. | Active; but be aware that this is a recurring programme so check for the next EOI (expression of interest) window. Match funding required. |
| 5 | Midlands | Business Growth West Midlands | West Midlands SME Grants Programme, £2,500 to £100,000, up to 50% of project costs, plus a further £15m in direct grants recently announced by the Mayor. Businesses in Birmingham, Coventry, Dudley, Sandwell, Solihull, Walsall or Wolverhampton. | Active, delivered by West Midlands Combined Authority and the seven local authorities. Check current round. |
| 5 | Midlands | Made Smarter Midlands | Match-funded grants up to £20,000 (50% match funding) for manufacturing and engineering businesses adopting digital technology, plus free digital roadmapping and leadership training. East Midlands runs until 31 March 2027. | Active. West Midlands and East Midlands both have live regional programmes, check madesmarter.uk for the applicable region. |
| 6 | North East | North East Growth Hub | Central signposting directory for grants, loans and business support across the North East Combined Authority area, including its own Business Growth Fund. Businesses in County Durham, Gateshead, Newcastle, North and South Tyneside, Northumberland or Sunderland. | Active. |
| 6 | North East | NBSL (North East Business Support Fund) | Grants covering 35% to 40% of business support project costs of £2,500 to £8,000 (marketing, web design, HR, financial planning). Businesses in Northumberland, Tyne and Wear or County Durham. | Fund changing – separate awards now for North of Tyne and Sunderland. |
| 6 | North East | Business Durham | Durham Business Growth Programme grants from £10,000 to £200,000 for businesses investing over £25,000, plus smaller grants of up to £10,000 for consultancy costs. County Durham businesses. | Active, UKSPF-funded. |
| 7 | North West | Cumbria Rural Enterprise Grants | £1,000 to £49,999 capital grants (up to 80% of costs) for small and micro rural Cumbria businesses, focused on equipment and small capital improvements. | Closed; expressions of interest closed 22 June 2026, panel review under way. Monitoring for the next round. |
| 7 | North West | Growth Platform | Signposting hub for the Liverpool City Region plus its own Capital Grant Fund (£10,000 to £75,000, 20% of costs) for high-growth B2B businesses investing in plant and equipment. Businesses based in the Liverpool City Region. | Active. |
| 7 | North West | Cheshire and Warrington Access to Finance and Grant Programme | Grants of £2,000 to £15,000 for projects typically valued £6,000 to £45,000. For businesses headquartered or operating in Cheshire and Warrington, under 250 employees, turnover below £45.1m. | Active; allocations set quarterly per local authority area, so funding can run out mid-quarter. |
| 7 | North West | Boost: Lancashire’s Business Growth Hub | Signposting, mentoring and its own Lancashire Business Growth Fund (capital grants from £10,000, roughly 20% of project value). Any Lancashire business. | Active, publishes a monthly Growth Hub Pulse. |
| 7 | North West | GM Business Growth Hub | Access to Finance support plus signposting to national and regional grants and loans, including Made Smarter and Innovate UK routes. Any Greater Manchester business. | Active, publishes a monthly funding roundup. |
| 9 | Scotland | Business Gateway | Free one-to-one advice, start-up and growth toolkits, and signposting to the right regional funding route. Any business in Scotland. | Active; the universal first point of contact regardless of location. |
| 9 | Scotland | Scottish EDGE | Grants and loans of £10,000 to £150,000 for early-stage companies, plus separate Young EDGE, Wild Card EDGE and Social Enterprise EDGE strands. Early-stage Scottish businesses, social enterprises and charities. | Active; runs as a competition in twice-yearly rounds rather than year-round, check for the next opening date. Round 28 – Closes 2nd September 2026. |
| 9 | Scotland | Scottish Enterprise | Grant funding calls, R&D support and capital investment grants for economic transformation projects. Most of Scotland (excludes the Highlands and Islands, and the Borders and Dumfries and Galloway). | Active; funding model recently shifted from open grants to time-limited funding calls, so check what’s currently live rather than assuming a standing scheme. |
| 10 | South East | Berkshire Growth Hub | Signposting to funding and business support, including loan facilitation and the fully funded Grow & Scale programme. Any Berkshire business. | Active as a signposting and loan-facilitation service; no live grant fund of its own. |
| 10 | South East | Kent & Medway Growth Hub | Signposting to local, regional and national grants, loans and business support. Any Kent or Medway business. | Active, the main starting point for Kent and Medway funding queries. |
| 10 | South East | Green Recovery Vouchers | Voucher of up to £1,500 towards an environmental or sustainability project. For small businesses in Kent. | Active. Check current round. |
| 10 | South East | Partners for Growth | Up to £2,000 (or £1,000 without a job-creation element) for business development and staffing growth costs. For Medway residents starting or growing a business. | Active. |
| 10 | South East | Maidstone Shop Front Improvement Grant | £5,000 to £10,000 (up to 80% of project costs), £150,000 total pot. For independent, non-chain retail, hospitality or service businesses in Maidstone town centre with 36+ months left on their lease. | Expression of interest closed 17 August 2026. Worth adding for visibility ahead of the next round. |
| 10 | South East | Create South East | Up to 9 months of tailored support to help creative businesses become investment ready; an enabler rather than a direct grant giver, part of the DCMS Create Growth Programme. For creative businesses scross the outh East. | Active as a creative network. |
| 10 | South East | Elmbridge Business Boost Grants | Several strands: general Business Boost up to £5,000 (green projects), shopfront and high street grants up to £2,000, digital high street grant up to £1,500, start-up boost up to £1,000; match funding required above the first £1,000. Businesses based in Elmbridge borough (Surrey) specifically. | Active, ongoing. |
| 10 | South East | Hampshire Growth Hub | Free advice, signposting and the Hampshire Business Growth Accelerator programme; no grant fund of its own. . | Active as a support and signposting service. |
| 10 | South East | Made Smarter South East | Matched funding (up to £20,000) for digital business transformation, plus support to adopt industrial digital technology. Manufacturing businesses in the South East (check website for specific locations) | Active, extended to 31 March 2027 with a further £3.1m confirmed from April 2026. Surrey County Council is the lead delivery body. |
| 10 | South East | Partners for Green Growth | Up to £5,000 for decarbonisation and net-zero projects. For Medway businesses that have completed a low-carbon audit. | Active. |
| 12 | South West | Solent Growth Partnership | Programme delivery and management across the Solent area; has managed close to a quarter of a billion pounds in projects. South Hants businesses in the Portsmouth, Southampton and wider Solent area. | Confirmed: a delivery and programme-management body, not a direct grant source; still the right first point of contact for South Hants. |
| 12 | South West | Swindon and Wiltshire Growth Hub | Signposting to funding, loans and business support across Wiltshire and Swindon. Any Wiltshire or Swindon business. | Active, now run by Wiltshire Council’s Business and Growth Unit. |
| 12 | South West | BCP Council business support | Signposting page linking to wider South West and national resources (British Business Bank, Dorset Business Angels, Innovate UK, South West Investment Fund); no distinct BCP grant. Businesses in Bournemouth, Christchurch or Poole. | Active as a signposting page. |
| 12 | South West | Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Rural Business Grant Scheme | From £2,500 (minimum 50% match funding), £1m total fund. For tourism, food and drink, and farm businesses in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly diversifying income. | Round-based, two-stage application. Check current round status directly.. |
| 12 | South West | Dorset Growth Hub | Signposting to funding and the Business Growth Dorset support programme (Scale-up Smart Tech, Scale-up Growth). Any Dorset business. | Active as a support service, funded through 2028/29. UKSPF grant rounds have closed with no replacement confirmed; Dorset Growth Hub states no further funding is currently available. |
| 12 | South West | West of England Combined Authority Business Innovation Fund | £20,000 or £50,000 grants (match funding required). For businesses in Bath and North East Somerset, Bristol, North Somerset or South Gloucestershire moving an innovation from concept to commercialisation. | Active, no stated deadline. |
| 12 | South West | Made Smarter South West | £1,000 to £20,000 grants (50% match funding) for manufacturing businesses adopting digital technology, plus free digital diagnostics and leadership training. | Upcoming, live and delivered from April 2026 onwards. Newly opened region for the national programme. |
| 12 | South West | South West Investment Fund / SWIG Finance | Risk capital and loan finance for growing businesses, anywhere in South West England, including Dorset and Wiltshire. | Active, ongoing. |
| 12 | South West | Wiltshire & Swindon Community Foundation: SWEF grants | Start-up and Established Business grants up to £2,000. Individuals aged 18 to 30 in Wiltshire or Swindon, starting or running a business. | Active; charity-funded, so unaffected by the UKSPF closure. |
| 13 | Northern Ireland | Go Succeed | Free one-to-one mentoring, workshops and a digital business plan tool, delivered by all 11 Northern Ireland councils through a single front door; not a grant itself. Anyone with a business idea, or trading under 3 years, in Northern Ireland. | Active; the universal first point of contact, equivalent to Business Gateway in Scotland or Business Wales. |
| 13 | Northern Ireland | Invest Northern Ireland | Grants and vouchers including the Business Innovation Grant (£5,000 to £20,000 (70% funded) for micro and small businesses undertaking innovation activity such as market research, product development or trade fairs) and Innovation Vouchers (up to £10,000 for university or college expertise), plus export and R&D support. Established, growth-focused businesses in Northern Ireland rather than pure start-ups. | Innovation Vouchers active; the Business Innovation Grant is currently OPEN and closes on 4th September 2026. |
| 13 | Northern Ireland | Shared Island Enterprise Scheme | All-island support including women entrepreneur programmes (WeBuild, WeGrow, WeScale) and, from later in 2026, a Sustainability Challenge Fund for larger green investment projects. | Active; Sustainability Challenge Fund expected to launch later in 2026, detailed eligibility not yet published. |
| 13 | Northern Ireland | Skills Advancement Grant | Up to £15,000 (50% funded) towards external training costs. For Invest NI client businesses with turnover up to £10.2m and average headcount up to 50. | Active; available for 18 months per client, no extension. |
| 19 | Wales | Business Wales | National signposting service and finance locator covering grants, loans and start-up support, plus a dedicated Young Person’s Start Up Grant. Any business in Wales; bilingual service. | Active. |
| 19 | Wales | Welsh Government Local Growth Fund | Incoming replacement for UKSPF in Wales, backing infrastructure, skills and business growth over 2026 to 2029. Detail on allocation and eligibility due ahead of launch. | Launched April 2026 |
| 19 | Wales | SMART Innovation Funding | Funding for R&D and innovation projects with genuine technical risk, priority sectors include digital, net zero, agri-tech, creative industries and manufacturing. Businesses of all sizes with a Wales operational base. | Active, rolling, no published deadline. |
| 19 | Wales | ReAct+ | Up to £4,000 per hire, paid over 12 months. For Welsh employers recruiting a disabled person, someone under redundancy notice, or an ex-offender on a community sentence. | Active, ongoing. Good fit for clients who are small employers looking to hire. |
| 19 | Wales | Development Bank of Wales | Loans and equity from £1,000 to £10 million, often needed as match funding alongside a grant rather than as a grant itself. Businesses based in, or relocating to, Wales. | Active. |
| 20 | Yorkshire | Key Fund | Loan and grant finance for organisations with a social mission. Social enterprises anywhere in the North of England or Midlands, including all of Yorkshire, with a direct social mission, that are or intend to become a legal company, and have been declined by a mainstream bank. | Active, ongoing; covers the whole of Yorkshire, not just West Yorkshire. |
| 20 | Yorkshire | AD:VENTURE Growth Grant | £1,500 to £10,000, up to 50% of project costs; wider business support (mentoring, workshops) is fully funded and separate. Businesses trading under 3 years in Bradford, Calderdale, Kirklees, Wakefield or Leeds, B2B, aiming for VAT-threshold turnover within 2 years. | Current round closed; pre-register for the next round from 1 August 2026, approvals from 1 September 2026. General business support continues to end of July 2026. |
| 20 | Yorkshire | Digital Enterprise Grant | Digital Accelerator Grant up to £10,000 (projects £2,000 to £25,000); High Impact Grant up to £35,000 (projects £25,000 to £100,000). Growing, B2B-focused businesses trading 3+ years in Bradford, Calderdale, Kirklees, Leeds or Wakefield. | Currently closed – can register interest for next round. |
| 20 | Yorkshire | North Yorkshire Council Small Business Grant Scheme | For new businesses under 36 months old with up to 5 employees. Eligible costs explicitly include marketing and promotional activity, paid retrospectively. | Active, funding allocated first-come, first-served until exhausted. |
| 20 | Yorkshire | Business Productivity and Digitisation Grant Scheme | Business Productivity Grants £2,500 to £10,000; Digital Innovation Grants £2,500 to £5,000, 50% match funding. For trading businesses in Sheffield, Barnsley, Rotherham or Doncaster. | Active, relaunched for 2026, projects must complete by December 2026. Directly relevant to digital and marketing spend. |
| 20 | Yorkshire | West Yorkshire Business Growth Hub | Single signposting point for finance, skills, workspace, innovation and export support. Any West Yorkshire business. | New; launched 2026 by West Yorkshire Combined Authority as the successor access point now several UKSPF-funded programmes have closed. |
| 20 | Yorkshire | Get Funded | Free practical support to understand funding options, strengthen financial planning and prepare grant, loan or investment applications; not a grant itself. Growing businesses in York or North Yorkshire. | Active, launched 2026, runs to December 2027. |
| 20 | Yorkshire | Get Exporting | Grants to support businesses developing export plans and entering new markets. Businesses in York or North Yorkshire, exporting or planning to. | Active, delivered in phases. Next phases May and November 2026. |
| 20 | Yorkshire | Great Ideas | Personalised innovation support with the chance to pitch for grants of up to £60,000. Businesses in York or North Yorkshire with an innovative idea. | Active, part of the Mayor’s £2.5 million Business Innovation Fund. Check current round. |
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