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Big Issue Invest - UK
Big Issue Invest
Big Issue Invest helps social enterprises and charities by providing loans and investments.
- Amount
- £20,000 to £4,000,000
- Area
- United KingdomLocal Landscape rating 9 out of 10
Funding and business support in Cumbria
Open to businesses in Cumbria, including schemes for the wider region and the whole country.
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Open to businesses across England or the UK, including Cumbria.
OpenGrantUK-wide
Innovate UK - grant funding, innovation loans and expert support
Supports innovative UK businesses to realise the potential of new technologies, develop ideas and make them a commercial success.
- Amount
- £25,000 to £10,000,000
- Deadline
- No single deadline. Innovate UK runs separate funding competitions through the Innovation Funding Service, each with its own opening and closing dates (e.g. Frontier AI: SME Champions, Phase 1 opened 1 October 2026 and closes 11 November 2026; Efficient, Structured and Controllable AI Systems opens 12 October 2026 and closes 18 November 2026).
- Area
- United KingdomLocal Landscape rating 9 out of 10
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PRS Foundation
PRS Foundation
PRS Foundation is a charitable funder of new music and talent development, having awarded more than £50m to over 9,000 new music projects since 2000.
- Area
- United KingdomLocal Landscape rating 4 out of 10
Check statusLoanUK-wide
Key Fund
Key Fund
Key Fund is a specialist social lender providing flexible loans and investment to social enterprises, charities and others.
- Area
- United KingdomLocal Landscape rating 6 out of 10
Check statusGrantUK-wide
Jerwood
Jerwood Foundation
Jerwood Foundation supports excellence and dedication in the arts in the UK, welcoming funding applications from organisations focused on excellence and emerging talent in the arts, making art available for public benefit.
- Area
- United KingdomLocal Landscape rating 4 out of 10
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Esmee Fairbairn Foundation
Esmée Fairbairn Foundation
Esmée Fairbairn Foundation is one of the UK's largest independent funders, funding work to improve Our Natural World, secure A Fairer Future and nurture Creative, Confident Communities.
- Area
- United KingdomLocal Landscape rating 4 out of 10
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BFI
British Film Institute (BFI)
BFI provides funding for film and TV development production, including international co-productions and completion funding. It supports filmmakers and the screen industry.
- Area
- United KingdomLocal Landscape rating 4 out of 10
Check statusAwardUK-wide
The King's Awards for Enterprise
Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade
An award recognising outstanding achievement by UK businesses in young founder, innovation, international trade, sustainability and promoting opportunity through social mobility. Award-winners are valid for 5 years.
- Area
- United KingdomLocal Landscape rating 6 out of 10
Check statusGrantNational
CITB Skills and Training Fund
CITB
CITB offers support to industry through its grants and funds.
- Area
- England, Scotland, WalesLocal Landscape rating 6 out of 10
Open all yearGrant
BASS Funding Open Calls
ESA Business Applications
ESA Business Applications' Open Calls provide funding, technical and business support for entrepreneurs developing commercially successful space-based business applications in Europe. Businesses from any sector can apply at any time.
- Deadline
- Open all year
- Area
- Europe (not stated further)Local Landscape rating 4 out of 10
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Meanwhile Uses Grant
Durham County Council
Funding via the Towns and Villages Programme as part of the Retail Hub, for temporary retail, hospitality or leisure use of vacant buildings, including temporary running costs such as rents, rates and utilities.
- Area
- Not stated in detail; the Retail Hub is part of Durham County Council's retail support.Local Landscape rating 3 out of 10
Open all yearGuarantee or trade financeUK-wide
Export Guarantees, Insurance, Loans and Support
UK Export Finance
UK Export Finance offers finance and insurance, including credit guarantees for banks, to help UK companies sell goods and services abroad. Open to companies of any size and across all sectors.
- Deadline
- Open all year
- Area
- United KingdomLocal Landscape rating 7 out of 10
Open all yearGrantNational
CITB Support
CITB
Grants and funds for construction employers to support training and workforce development, including short courses, qualifications and apprenticeships.
- Deadline
- Open all year
- Area
- England, Scotland, WalesLocal Landscape rating 7 out of 10
Open all yearGrant
Open Call for Proposals: Proof-of-concept Studies and Pilot Projects
ESA Business Applications
A BASS open call for proof-of-concept studies that validate market opportunity and pilot projects that test services with customers in the primary target market.
- Deadline
- Open all year
- Area
- Europe, per the BASS Funding description; no UK-specific area stated.Local Landscape rating 8 out of 10
Open all yearGrantUK-wide
Growth Projects
ESA Business Applications
BASS Growth Projects help space-enabled solutions that have already achieved demonstrable commercial success in a primary market to unlock secondary market opportunities.
- Deadline
- Open all year
- Area
- United KingdomLocal Landscape rating 7 out of 10
Open all yearGrantUK-wide
Automotive Transformation Fund
Advanced Propulsion Centre UK
Large-scale capital investment funding to develop a UK-based zero-emission vehicle value chain and support transition to battery electric vehicle future.
- Deadline
- Open all year
- Area
- United KingdomLocal Landscape rating 7 out of 10
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Aerospace Technology Institute (ATI) Non-CO2 Programme
Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade
Funding for research and technology development to maintain and grow the UK’s competitive positions in civil aerospace.
- Area
- United KingdomLocal Landscape rating 7 out of 10
Check statusGrantEngland-wide
Repair Grants for Heritage at Risk - England
Historic England
Grants for the repair and conservation of historic buildings, monuments and landscapes.
- Area
- EnglandLocal Landscape rating 6 out of 10
OpenInvestmentEngland-wide
Enterprise Capital Funds Programme
British Business Bank
Enterprise Capital Funds (ECFs) bring together private and public money to make investments in high growth, early stage, businesses.
- Area
- EnglandLocal Landscape rating 8 out of 10
Open all yearInvestment
GC Angels equity investment
Growth Company (GC Angels, operated
An angel investment network that helps businesses get ready to raise money and introduces them to its investors, with equity investment from £25k to £2m to start, expand or scale up. It is for early-stage and growing businesses that want angel investment and help with pitching.
- Amount
- £25,000 to £2 million
- Deadline
- Open all year
- Area
- Not stated on the page; run by the Manchester-based Growth CompanyLocal Landscape rating 6 out of 10
Check statusLoan
Business Loans £100,000 to £2million (second listing)
The FSE Group
A business loan from The FSE Group of between £100,000 and £2 million, listed a second time under 'Our Funds'.
- Amount
- £100,000 to £2,000,000Local Landscape rating 4 out of 10
Check statusLoan
Business Loans £100,000 - £1.5million
The FSE Group
A business loan from The FSE Group of between £100,000 and £1.5 million, listed under 'Our Funds'.
- Amount
- £100,000 to £1,500,000Local Landscape rating 4 out of 10
Check statusLoan
Business Loans £100,000 to £2million
The FSE Group
A business loan from The FSE Group of between £100,000 and £2 million, listed under 'Our Funds'.
- Amount
- £100,000 to £2,000,000Local Landscape rating 4 out of 10
Check statusLoan
Business Loans £50,000 to £750,000
The FSE Group
A business loan from The FSE Group of between £50,000 and £750,000, listed under 'Our Funds'.
- Amount
- £50,000 to £750,000Local Landscape rating 4 out of 10