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Business Enterprise Fund: loan

The Business Enterprise Fund is a loan of £500 to £250,000 for micro, small and medium-sized businesses, including start-ups, based in Tees Valley.

Run by Business Enterprise Fund

Checked against the official page (befund.org) on 30 Oct 2026.

Business Enterprise Fund (BEF) is a not-for-profit social enterprise providing flexible loans to SMEs across the North East and Yorkshire when mainstream lenders cannot fully assist. Start-up loans range from £500 to £25,000, and unsecured growth loans go up to £250,000.

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Status and deadline

Status

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Deadline

Not stated

How much

£500 to £250,000

Confirmed on the official page

Who can apply

Start-ups and established businesses can use the Find your finance tool to explore finance options.

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Business size

Micro (under 10 staff), Small (10 to 49 staff), Medium (50 to 249 staff)

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How to apply

Visit the Business Enterprise Fund website or call 01274 225880.

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Where it is open: Tees Valley

Tees Valley

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HartlepoolMiddlesbroughRedcar and ClevelandStockton-on-TeesDarlingtonHaltonWarringtonBlackburn with DarwenBlackpoolKingston upon Hull, City ofEast Riding of YorkshireNorth East LincolnshireNorth LincolnshireYorkCounty DurhamCheshire EastCheshire West and ChesterNorthumberlandCumberlandWestmorland and FurnessNorth YorkshireBurnleyChorleyFyldeHyndburnLancasterPendlePrestonRibble ValleyRossendaleSouth RibbleWest LancashireWyreBoltonBuryManchesterOldhamRochdaleSalfordStockportTamesideTraffordWiganKnowsleyLiverpoolSt. HelensSeftonWirralDoncasterRotherhamNewcastle upon TyneNorth TynesideSouth TynesideSunderlandBradfordCalderdaleKirkleesLeedsWakefieldGatesheadBarnsleySheffield

Shaded: Hartlepool, Middlesbrough, Redcar and Cleveland, Stockton-on-Tees, Darlington.

Drawn from the areas the funder names. If a scheme is only for part of a council area, check its own page. Boundaries from the Office for National Statistics.

Things we could not confirm

  • Application deadline and open status not stated
  • The Business Enterprise Fund runs the loans, so its own rules may apply
  • Location in the listing (Tees Valley areas) differs from the summary (North East and Yorkshire); check eligibility with the fund

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Local Landscape gathers this information automatically from the pages below, then checks the key details against the official page. Checked against the official page (befund.org) on 30 Oct 2026. Its details last changed on 30 Oct 2026. No person has checked it, so confirm the details with Business Enterprise Fund before you apply.

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