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General Export Facility

The General Export Facility is a guarantee or trade finance scheme of up to £25,000,000 for UK businesses that already export, with micro, small and medium-sized firms able to apply. Open, no fixed deadline.

Run by UK Export Finance

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

Trade finance facilities up to £25 million to grow exports without need of an export contract.

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These details are gathered from public web pages and are not financial advice. Check them with UK Export Finance 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

Up to £25,000,000

Confirmed on the official page

Who can apply

You must show that either in any one of the last three financial years at least 20% of your annual turnover has been export sales, or in each of the last three financial years at least 5% of your annual turnover has been export sales.

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

Could your business apply?

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How to apply

Contact UK Export Finance or speak to an Export Finance Manager in your region.

Confirmed on the official page

Where it is open: UK-wide

United Kingdom

Not 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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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 (ukexportfinance.gov.uk) on 5 Oct 2026. Its details last changed on 17 Oct 2026. A person last checked it on 17 Oct 2026, so confirm the details with UK Export Finance before you apply.

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