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Funding and business support in Leeds, Yorkshire and the North

Grants, loans, investment and support programmes for businesses in Leeds, Yorkshire and the North of England. Leeds and West Yorkshire come first. Pick your area to see only what is open to you.

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National schemes continued

Open to businesses across England or the UK.

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Music Export Growth Scheme

BPI, Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS)

The scheme is targeted at artists that have achieved reasonable levels of commercial success in the UK and are now looking to break internationally.

Amount
£5,000 to £50,000
Deadline
Closes 31 March 2027 at midnight
Area
United KingdomLocal Landscape rating 10 out of 10
OpenGrantUK-wide

Electric vehicle chargepoint grant for residential landlords

Office for Zero Emission Vehicles (OZEV)

A grant providing landlords with 75% off the cost of purchasing and installing electric vehicle chargepoints at residential properties, up to £500 per socket.

Amount
75% of the cost, up to £500 per socket, for up to 200 sockets a year across all your properties
Deadline
Closes 31 March 2027 at midnight
Area
United KingdomLocal Landscape rating 9 out of 10
OpenGrantUK-wide

Plug-in Wheelchair Accessible Vehicle Grant

Department for Transport, Office for Zero Emission Vehicles (OZEV)

Grant of up to £2,500 towards the cost of a new electric wheelchair accessible vehicle, available to vehicle dealerships and manufacturers.

Amount
Up to £2,500
Deadline
Closes 5 April 2027 at midnight
Area
United KingdomLocal Landscape rating 10 out of 10
Opening soonGrantUK-wide

Collaborate

Advanced Propulsion Centre UK

Match-funded grants for consortium partners to support design, development and delivery of strategic zero-emission vehicle technologies.

Amount
£2,500,000 to £20,000,000
Deadline
Closes 7 April 2027
Area
United KingdomLocal Landscape rating 8 out of 10
Opening soonGrantUK-wide

DRIVE35 Funding Programme

Advanced Propulsion Centre UK, Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade

A zero-emission automotive funding programme with grants across innovation, scale-up and transformation, delivered by the Department for Business, Science, Innovation and Trade with the Advanced Propulsion Centre UK and Innovate UK. Aimed at automotive businesses and projects, from start-up to large-scale transformation.

Amount
Unprecedented £4 billion of grant funding available to 2035 for automotive R&D, scale-up and transformation
Deadline
Closes 7 April 2027
Area
United KingdomLocal Landscape rating 7 out of 10
OpenGrantEngland-wide

Improve Animal Health and Welfare

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra)

Direct payments to livestock keepers in England for vet visits and diagnostic testing to reduce endemic diseases and improve animal health and welfare.

Amount
Funding available is dependent on species with separate payments for the review and follow-ups; see GOV.UK for full detail
Deadline
Closes 19 June 2027 at midnight
Area
EnglandLocal Landscape rating 9 out of 10
OpenGrantUK-wide

Environmental Crimes

ESA Business Applications

A non-competitive BASS call for proposals on space-enabled responses to environmental crime.

Deadline
Closes 25 June 2027 at 1pm
Area
United KingdomLocal Landscape rating 9 out of 10
OpenGrantUK-wide

UK Global Screen Fund: International Distribution (P&A Support)

British Film Institute (BFI)

Non-recoupable grants to help UK films reach international cinema audiences through support for prints and advertising costs.

Amount
Up to £100,000
Deadline
Closes 31 March 2028 at midnight
Area
United KingdomLocal Landscape rating 9 out of 10
OpenGrantEngland-wide

Poultry Biosecurity Review

Rural Payments Agency, UK Government

Grant to support veterinary surgeon-led biosecurity reviews on eligible poultry farms in England to reduce disease incidence and improve animal health and welfare.

Amount
Up to £430
Deadline
Closes 30 September 2028 at midnight
Area
EnglandLocal Landscape rating 9 out of 10
Open all yearGrantUK-wide

UK Global Screen Fund International Distribution Festival Launch Support

British Film Institute (BFI)

Non-recoupable grants for UK sales agents and producers to support festival launches of UK films, covering enhanced publicity, marketing and technical costs.

Amount
Up to £15,000
Deadline
Closes 31 March 2029 at midnight
Area
United KingdomLocal Landscape rating 9 out of 10
OpenGrantUK-wide

UK Global Screen Fund: International Co-production

British Film Institute (BFI)

Non-recoupable grants of up to £300,000 for independent UK producers to work as minority or majority partners on international co-productions in film, animation and documentary.

Amount
Up to £300,000
Deadline
Closes 31 March 2029 at midnight
Area
United KingdomLocal Landscape rating 9 out of 10
Open all yearGrantNational

Boiler Upgrade Scheme

Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, Ofgem

Grants of up to £7,500 to property owners in England and Wales to replace fossil fuel heating with low carbon heating systems including heat pumps and biomass boilers.

Amount
£5,000 to £9,000
Deadline
Closes 30 December 2029 at midnight
Area
England, WalesLocal Landscape rating 10 out of 10
OpenGrantUK-wide

Sovereign AI Visa Reimbursement Scheme

Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, Sovereign AI

Reimbursement of visa-related fees for international hires into UK-based R&D roles for AI companies supported by the Sovereign AI Fund.

Amount
£500 to £151,650
Deadline
Closes 31 March 2030 at 12 noon
Area
United KingdomLocal Landscape rating 9 out of 10
OpenGrantUK-wide

Cladding Safety Scheme

Homes England

Funding to address life safety fire risks associated with cladding on residential buildings over 11m in height (11-18m in London). For the person or organisation legally responsible for the building's external repairs.

Amount
£250,000 to £20,000,000
Deadline
Closes 31 March 2030 at midnight
Area
United KingdomLocal Landscape rating 8 out of 10
OpenGrantEngland-wide

National Highways Lorry Parking Facilities Improvements Scheme

National Highways

Grant of up to 50% of capital costs (up to £20 million total) for lorry parking facility operators to improve HGV driver facilities, welfare, security and parking capacity on or near England's strategic road network.

Amount
up to 50% of the capital cost of an improvement project
Deadline
Closes 31 March 2031 at midnight
Area
EnglandLocal Landscape rating 9 out of 10
Open all yearGrantEngland-wide

Energy Resilience Fund

Key Fund

Funding for community businesses to retrofit buildings with energy-saving measures, combining grants and loans from £10,000 to £150,000.

Amount
£10,000 to £150,000
Deadline
Open all year
Area
EnglandLocal Landscape rating 9 out of 10
Open all yearGrantUK-wide

Space Technology

European Space Agency (ESA)

Zero-equity funding for companies to integrate space data and technology into commercial services, with ESA consultant support and access to partner networks.

Amount
From £48,000
Deadline
Open all year
Area
United KingdomLocal Landscape rating 7 out of 10
Open all yearGrantUK-wide

National Lottery Heritage Grants £250,000 to £10million

National Lottery Heritage Fund

Funding programme for all types of heritage projects in the UK, including applications for the funder's strategic initiatives. Projects are funded from £10,000 to £250,000.

Amount
From £250,000
Deadline
Open all year
Area
United KingdomLocal Landscape rating 8 out of 10
Open all yearGrantUK-wide

Blended Finance & Grant Support

Big Issue Invest

Blended finance combining a loan with grant support, offered to help organisations grow sustainably and strengthen long-term impact and financial resilience.

Amount
Up to £200,000
Deadline
Open all year
Area
United KingdomLocal Landscape rating 8 out of 10
Open all yearGrantEngland-wide

Places grants

Historic England

Grants for projects that repair, conserve and care for historic places including buildings, structures, monuments, landscapes and areas.

Amount
£1,000 to £1,000,000
Deadline
Open all year
Area
EnglandLocal Landscape rating 8 out of 10
Open all yearVoucherUK-wide

Workplace Charging Scheme

Office for Zero Emission Vehicles (OZEV), DVLA, UK Government

Government vouchers towards the purchase and installation of electric vehicle chargepoints for eligible businesses, charities and public sector organisations.

Amount
Up to 75% of the cost including VAT, up to £500 per socket, for up to 40 sockets across all your sites
Deadline
Open all year
Area
United KingdomLocal Landscape rating 8 out of 10
Open all yearGrantEngland-wide

England Woodland Creation Offer (EWCO)

Forestry Commission

England Woodland Creation Offer (EWCO) supports the establishment of new woodlands and is administered by the Forestry Commission.

Amount
£4,000 to £2,000,000
Deadline
Open all year
Area
EnglandLocal Landscape rating 9 out of 10
Open all yearGrantUK-wide

ESA funding and advice for space services

ESA Business Applications

ESA Business Applications and Space Solutions (BASS) gives zero-equity funding, technical and business support to businesses developing services that use satellite communications, earth observation, satellite navigation or other space technologies. Its open calls take ideas at any time, and themed calls with closing dates open through the year.

Amount
Zero-equity funding from €60,000 to over €3 million per activity, depending on the type of call.
Deadline
Open all year
Area
United KingdomLocal Landscape rating 9 out of 10
Open all yearGrantUK-wide

Heritage Enterprise (HE) - UK

National Lottery Heritage Fund

Heritage funding for heritage projects, from £10,000 up to £10 million, across programmes including National Lottery Heritage Grants. Page lists several funding programmes and strategic initiatives.

Amount
£250,000 to £5,000,000
Deadline
Open all year
Area
United KingdomLocal Landscape rating 8 out of 10

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