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Creative Growth Finance II

Creative Growth Finance II is a loan of £100,000 to £1,000,000 for established creative businesses with growth potential, based anywhere in the UK. Open, no fixed deadline.

Run by Creative UK, Creative Growth Finance

Checked against the official page (wearecreative.uk) on 5 Oct 2026.

Scale-up loans of £100,000 to £1 million for UK businesses in the Creative Industries.

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These details are gathered from public web pages and are not financial advice. Check them with Creative UK before you apply.

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Status and deadline

Status

Open all year

Not confirmed on the official page

Deadline

Open all year

Not confirmed on the official page

How much

£100,000 to £1,000,000

Confirmed on the official page

Who can apply

Post-revenue creative businesses with minimum annual turnover of £300k operating in the Creative Industries, presenting promising growth potential.

Confirmed on the official page

Business size

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

Confirmed on the official page

Sectors

creative industries

Could your business apply?

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How to apply

Check if your business is eligible using the eligibility checker, complete and save the EOI Financial Information spreadsheet, then register and apply on the application portal, uploading your completed EOI form.

Not confirmed on the official page

Where it is open: UK-wide

United Kingdom

Confirmed on the official page

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

Open across United Kingdom, so every council area in the North of England is shaded.

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Things we could not confirm

  • No deadline stated; rolling basis assumed from page status 'Open'

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Source and last checked

Local Landscape gathers this information automatically from the pages below, then checks the key details against the official page. Checked against the official page (wearecreative.uk) on 5 Oct 2026. Its details last changed on 16 Oct 2026. No person has checked it, so confirm the details with Creative UK before you apply.

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