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Business grants and support in Doncaster

Including Adwick le Street, Mexborough and Armthorpe

As of 1 November 2026, 293 schemes are open to businesses in Doncaster; 3 of them are only for Doncaster or South Yorkshire. Updated 1 Nov 2026.

In October 2026, no scheme only for Doncaster or South Yorkshire opened or closed.

What opened and closed across South Yorkshire this monthWhat opened and closed across Yorkshire and the Humber this monthTalk to someone in Doncaster

Across South Yorkshire 5 schemes

Open to businesses anywhere in South Yorkshire, Doncaster included.

Open all yearInvestment

Foresight South Yorkshire Growth Equity Fund

Foresight Group

£20 million fund providing equity investments of up to £2 million to venture, early stage and growth companies in South Yorkshire.

Amount
Up to £2,000,000
Deadline
Open all year
Area
South YorkshireLocal Landscape rating 7 out of 10
Open all yearSupport programme

South Yorkshire Innovation Programme (SYIP)

Sheffield Hallam University

Free innovation support for organisations in South Yorkshire that want to develop ideas, improve a process, reach new markets or launch a new product. Support includes academic consultancy, technical projects, innovation audits, student projects and placements, access to university equipment, and funded help to put an existing or off-the-shelf innovation solution in place.

Amount
Fully funded support (programme backed by £3 million from SYMCA)
Deadline
Open all year
Area
South YorkshireLocal Landscape rating 8 out of 10
Open all yearLoan

UKSE business loans

UK Steel Enterprise

Business loans from UKSE for businesses in steel areas, at fixed interest rates: unsecured loans of up to £200,000 for a growing business, or up to £100,000 for a new one, and secured loans.

Amount
£35,000 to £200,000
Deadline
Open all year
Area
Tees Valley, County Durham, Cumberland, South Yorkshire, Hull and East Yorkshire, North LincolnshireLocal Landscape rating 9 out of 10
Open all yearInvestment

UKSE equity investment

UK Steel Enterprise

Equity investment from UKSE for businesses in steel areas: up to £1 million on a first round for a growing business, or up to £250,000 for a new one. UKSE takes only minority stakes and rarely asks for personal guarantees.

Amount
£35,000 to £1,000,000
Deadline
Open all year
Area
Tees Valley, County Durham, Cumberland, South Yorkshire, Hull and East Yorkshire, North LincolnshireLocal Landscape rating 8 out of 10
Open all yearSupport programme

Launchpad South Yorkshire

Launchpad South Yorkshire

Free business support programme offering workshops, events and one-to-one advice from business advisors and coaches for start-ups and SMEs under three years old and micro businesses of any age.

Deadline
Open all year
Area
South YorkshireLocal Landscape rating 7 out of 10

Need to talk to someone?

Local services that help businesses in Doncaster. Each number is from the organisation's own website.

  1. South Yorkshire Business Support (South Yorkshire Growth Hub)

    Single contact point for business support across South Yorkshire; advises and signposts businesses.

    +44 (0) 800 952 0002

  2. Business Doncaster (City of Doncaster Council)

    Free, impartial help for Doncaster businesses: growth advice, start-up, funding, recruitment and premises.

    01302 735555

Your chamber of commerce: Doncaster Chamber (01302 640 100)

Across Yorkshire and the Humber or the whole North 23 schemes

For the whole region or the North, Doncaster included. The soonest to close first.

All 23 in the funding list

National schemes 265 schemes

Open to businesses across England or the UK, including Doncaster.

Closing in the next 30 days

Open to businesses in Doncaster, local and national, soonest first.

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 in Doncaster come first.

Business events in and near Doncaster

In-person events in the next 30 days in Doncaster, then within about five miles of it. 58 online events are open to anyone.

No in-person events found in or near Doncaster in the next 30 days.

Events for Doncaster, week by weekOnline events

Places to work and meet in Doncaster

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)

  • Apex Office Space

    Managed offices · Doncaster · Workstations from £250 a month; office space from £250 a desk a month; meeting rooms from £12.50 an hour

    Dedicated desks, private offices, a virtual office and meeting rooms

  • Studio 3, Bawtry

    Coworking space · Bawtry · £30 a day

    Hot desks, meeting rooms, studios, outdoor space and catering

  • The Point, Doncaster

    Arts venue · Doncaster

    Meeting rooms, studios, private offices, catering and a conference hall

Event venues to hire (15)

  • Agency Club Townhouse

    Event venue · Doncaster · The Leger Bar up to 15 guests; The Weighing Room up to 20 guests

    Meeting rooms, training rooms, event space and catering

  • Bawtry Hall

    Conference centre · Minimum numbers of 50 people for the packages

    Meeting rooms, a conference hall, event space, catering and outdoor space

  • Bentley Pavilion

    Community venue · Doncaster · The main hall can accommodate up to 200 people.

    Meeting rooms, training rooms, event space and catering

  • Danum Gallery, Library and Museum

    Community venue · Doncaster · Rooms hold between 4 and 50 people

    Meeting rooms, training rooms, event space, catering and outdoor space

  • Doncaster Knights, Castle Park

    Conference centre · Doncaster · Versatile function rooms for 12–300 guests

    Meeting rooms, training rooms, a conference hall, event space and catering

  • Doncaster Racecourse

    Conference centre · Doncaster · 40 private suites available to hire from 2 to 3,000 people

    Meeting rooms, training rooms, event space, catering and outdoor space

  • Flourish at St Catherine's House

    Conference centre · Doncaster

    Meeting rooms and a conference hall

  • Hex Connect, Yorkshire Wildlife Park

    Conference centre · Doncaster · Flexible capacity from 8 to 300 delegates; the Attenborough Suite holds up to 200 in theatre style

    Meeting rooms, training rooms, a conference hall, event space, outdoor space and catering

All 15 in Doncaster

All 17 workspaces and venues in Doncaster, on a map

No business in Doncaster has listed itself yet. Is yours here? List it, free: we read your website to say what you do and put you on the map.

Networks and communities for businesses in Doncaster

Groups and memberships a business here can join, then the networks and chambers based here.

News from Doncaster

Stories about businesses, schemes and events here, from the news we read every day.

Organisations that support businesses in Doncaster

Councils first, then the organisations with the most schemes open here.

Towns in Doncaster

Each town's page shows the businesses listed there, its events, places to work and meet, and the local schemes for businesses.

Where Doncaster is

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Doncaster is a council area in South Yorkshire, in Yorkshire and the Humber. Its biggest towns besides Doncaster itself are Adwick le Street, Mexborough and Armthorpe.

Next to it: East Riding of Yorkshire, North Lincolnshire, North Yorkshire, Rotherham, Wakefield, Barnsley

Choose an area on the map to see its page. The shaded shapes are its towns, each with its own page. The dots are its workspaces and venues. Boundaries from the Office for National Statistics.

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 South Yorkshire. Show open funding for Doncaster on your website. Every area