Business grants and support in Carlisle
Carlisle is a town in Cumberland, Cumbria. About 78,000 people live there (Census 2021).
As of 1 November 2026, businesses in Carlisle can apply to the 286 schemes open across Cumberland. None of them is only for Cumberland or Cumbria yet: they are for the wider region or the whole country. Updated 26 Oct 2026.
Places to work and meet in Carlisle
Coworking spaces, incubators and workspaces a business can use, and venues to hire for a meeting, training day or event, each from its own website. Those with a known address are dots on the map below.
Workspaces (3)
- Bourne Business Centre
Managed offices · Carlisle
Private offices, meeting rooms and catering
- Carlisle Racecourse
Meeting rooms to hire · Carlisle
Meeting rooms, training rooms, event space, catering and private offices
- The Guild
Coworking space · Carlisle · Dedicated desk £250 + VAT (£300 inc VAT) per month; hot desk 8 days £130 + VAT (£156 inc VAT) per month
Hot desks, dedicated desks, private offices, a virtual office, meeting rooms and event space
Event venues to hire (7)
- Carlisle Cathedral
Conference centre · Carlisle · Fratry Hall up to 120; Fratry Undercroft up to 60; Prior's Room up to 16; Cathedral Café up to 80
Meeting rooms, event space, catering and outdoor space
- Carlisle Racecourse
Meeting rooms to hire · Carlisle
Meeting rooms, training rooms, event space, catering and private offices
- Cumbria's Museum of Military Life
Heritage venue · Carlisle · Imphal: theatre style up to 50, conference style up to 20, seated meal up to 30.
Meeting rooms, training rooms, event space and catering
- The Guild
Coworking space · Carlisle · Downstairs at The Guild seats 20 in the main area plus 8 in built-in booths; The Boardroom seats ten
Hot desks, dedicated desks, private offices, a virtual office, meeting rooms and event space
- Tullie
Event venue · Carlisle · Reading Room: 40 cabaret style, 60 theatre style, 20 U-shape, 30 boardroom style.
Meeting rooms, training rooms, a conference hall and a theatre or auditorium
- University of Cumbria, Brampton Road campus
University venue · Carlisle · Up to 75 delegates in lecture theatres; The Works dining room has an event capacity of 80
Meeting rooms, training rooms, a conference hall, a theatre or auditorium, exhibition space and catering
- University of Cumbria, Fusehill Street campus
University venue · Carlisle · Lecture theatre for 141 delegates; ten flexi-meeting rooms for 20 to 32 people
Meeting rooms, training rooms, a conference hall, catering and exhibition space
Nothing just for Cumberland or Cumbria is open on the site right now. The Cumberland page lists the schemes open more widely, which businesses in Carlisle can apply to.
Need to talk to someone?
Local services that help businesses in Carlisle and the rest of Cumberland. Each number is from the organisation's own website.
Advice, training, funding, networking and start-up help for businesses across Cumbria.
Cumbria Accelerator (Cumbria Combined Authority)
Fully funded one-to-one advice for established SMEs across Cumbria, from the Combined Authority.
Cumberland Council Business support (Invest in Cumberland)
Council pages on investing or expanding in Cumberland, pointing to the Growth Hub and funding.
Your chamber of commerce: Cumbria Chamber of Commerce (01228 534120)
Closing in the next 30 days
Open to businesses in Carlisle, local and national, soonest first.
- Engineering Biology Collaborative R&D: Round 3Closes 3 November 2026 at 11am (2 days)
- Space for Sustainable Industry and Digital Business Transformation ContestCloses 4 November 2026 (3 days)
- CfI: Battery innovation for dual use & defence Phase 1Closes 4 November 2026 at 11am (3 days)
- DRIVE35 Scale-up Fund Drawdown 5Closes 4 November 2026 at 11am (3 days)
- Future Leaders Fellowships: Round 11, business and non-academicCloses 4 November 2026 at 11am (3 days)
- Scale-up FundCloses 4 November 2026 at 11am (3 days)
- Access to Elected Office FundCloses 4 November 2026 at 2pm (3 days)
- International Bilateral Fund - Call 3Closes 4 November 2026 at 3pm (3 days)
Narrow it to your business
What it does, how long it has been going, how many people work there, what it needs help with and what it is looking for: the best matches for Cumberland come first.
Business events in and near Carlisle
In-person events in the next 30 days in Carlisle, then within about five miles of it. 58 online events are open to anyone.
No in-person events found in or near Carlisle in the next 30 days.
No business in Carlisle has listed itself yet. Is yours here? List it, free: we read your website to say what you do and pin you on the map at Carlisle.
Other towns in Cumberland
Where Carlisle is
Carlisle is a town in Cumberland, Cumbria. The darker shape is the built-up area the Office for National Statistics counts as Carlisle; the lighter ones are the towns around it, each with its own page.
Council areas next to Cumberland: Northumberland, Westmorland and Furness
The dots are its workspaces and venues. Boundaries from the Office for National Statistics (built-up areas, 2022).
Local Landscape gathers these details automatically from public web pages, and only some have been checked by a person, so check them with the organisation before you apply. Part of Cumberland. Every area