Business Grants and Funding

Our latest list of grants available for growing and owner-led businesses in the UK.
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Sort	Region	Scheme	Who can apply / offer	Status / closing 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	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	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	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	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.
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	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.
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	East Suffolk: Growth Through Innovation Fund	£1,000 to £25,000 for research, development or innovation projects. Open to businesses in East Suffolk.	Active. Check current round.
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	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 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	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	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	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	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	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	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	South Midlands Growth Hub	SME Business Grant Programme, £5,000 to £25,000 towards machinery, software, building improvements or website development tied to a wider project, plus signposting to national schemes. Businesses in Milton Keynes, Bedford Borough, Central Bedfordshire, Luton, North Northamptonshire or West Northamptonshire.	Active, current round just launched. Match funding required.
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.
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	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.
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.
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.
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.
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	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.	Acrive 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	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	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	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	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.
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	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	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	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	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	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) 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 closed, check for reopening.
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	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.
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
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.	Active, ongoing.
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	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	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.
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	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.

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