Wolfston Foundation - Funding for Places

Grant funding for registered charities and local authorities.

Alternative Business Funding

Alternative Business Funding's online platform can help wherever you are in your business journey.

Green Funding Finder

A portal to search for funding to help UK businesses become greener

UKRI Funding Guide

Information and funding finder tools showing a range of funding options from research organisations.

National Funding Tools

Grants, Finance & Support Schemes - National Portals

Peer-to-peer funding

Peer-to-peer funding is mainly loan funding and is available for businesses that are already trading. Platforms are available to help with the search.

Finding a Health & Safety Consultant

Information, resources and tools to help you to manage Health and Safety for your business.

National Lottery Community Funds

A range of funds for organisations providing services in their communities

Grants Management Function - Find a grant

Find a Grant is a free, central place for businesses, individuals and organisations to find and apply for government grants

National Lottery Heritage Funds

Funding for heritage projects.

Heritage Enterprise Programme

The Heritage Enterprise programme is for community projects that are looking to grow by investing in neglected historic buildings and bringing them back into use.

Unlocking Space for Business

Unlocking Space for Business is a new UK Space Agency programme supporting companies to deliver operational, customer and environmental benefits..

PPL Momentum Music Fund

Offers grants for artists/bands to break through to the next level of their careers.

Flexible Finance Fund

4m of funding and support to 15-25 Black and Racially Minoritised charities and social enterprises in England with a material package of funding and support

Time Finance

Specialist funding provider for the UK business market.

Horizon Europe

Horizon Europe is an international research and innovation programme for businesses.

Innovate UK Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA)

Then the Defence and Security Accelerator supports businesses that have an innovative idea that could benefit the defence and security of the UK.

Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (KTP)

Grant funding and support available to work in partnership with a research organisation and newly-qualified graduate.

Reward-based crowdfunding platforms

Reward-based crowdfunding is for individuals to donate to a project or business with the expectation of receiving a non-financial reward in return. Platforms are available to and raise funds.

Thrive Together Fund

The Thrive Together Fund (TTF) provides a funding package of loan (75%) and grant (25%) to eligible charities and social enterprises in England

Scottish Development International - Invest and Trade Scotland

Are you looking for support to set up and grow your business in Scotland?

Growth Impact Fund

Social investment funding for organisations with growth, improved equality and diversity goals.

British Business Bank

The British Business Bank is a government-owned business development bank, dedicated to making finance markets work better for smaller businesses.

Calf Housing for Health and Welfare

Grants for cattle farmers

Finding your SIC Codes

Understand how to choose a standard industrial classification code for your business.

Innovate UK

Innovate UK is the UK’s innovation agency and works with companies and partner organisations to find and drive the science and technology innovations that will grow the UK economy.

Big Society Capital

Big Society Capital connects capital with social enterprises, charities and social purpose organisations.

Finding a Pension Scheme Through The Pensions Regulator

If you looking for a pension provider the pensions regulator offers a list of providers

BFA - British Franchise Association

British Franchise Association (BFA) is the original and largest not-for-profit trade association for franchising in the UK.

Startups.co.uk

Online resource for people starting and growing a business.

The Farming Innovation Programme

 The Farming Innovation Programme funds projects that benefit farmers, growers and foresters in England.

UK Space Agency

The UK Space Agency inspires and leads the UK in space to benefit our planet and its people.

UnLtd - Starting your social business

Funding and support on offer to social entrepreneurs looking to start a social enterprise.

Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA)

The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) manage the maritime search and rescue service, certification to seafarers and registration of vessels and pollution from shipping and offshore installations.

Finpoint Business Finance Platform

If you are looking for finance you may be able to source funding through Finpoint Business Finance Platform.

UK Business Angels Association (UKBAA)

Key information, training and networking from the trade association for angel and early-stage investing.

WRAP - Waste Resource Action Plan

Information, resources and practical solutions for businesses to improve resource efficiency.

Innovate UK Business Connect (previously Knowledge Transfer Network (KTN)

Innovate UK Business Connect is the UK’s innovation network and is an online platform to connect businesses/individuals to help businesses innovate and grow.

Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund

The Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund aims to bring together the UK’s world-leading research with businesses to meet the major industrial and societal challenges of our time.

Maven Capital Partners

Are you looking for capital investment funding solutions to help your business to grow?

UnLtd - Support for Social Entrepreneurs

Support available to social enterprises including online resources, mentoring, network events and more.

Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office

Provides services to British businesses overseas through a global network of embassies.

Barclays Eagle Labs

A range of programmes and support services for entrepreneurs and scale-ups across the UK.

UnLtd - Growing your social business

Funding and support on offer to social entrepreneurs looking to grow their social enterprise.

Accredo Secured Finance

Accredo provides secured finance products through a UK-wide network of finance professionals and brokers.

SEIS - Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme

Equity investment for eligible small and early-stage businesses.

Prince's Trust Enterprise Programme

The Prince's Trust gives practical and financial support to young people who need help to develop skills, confidence and motivation.

BridgeAI - Innovate UK

Empowering UK organisations to harness the power of AI through support and funding, bridging the AI divide for a more productive UK.

The Climate Pledge Fund

A corporate venture capital fund investing in companies across multiple sectors that can help Amazon achieve its goal to be a net-zero carbon.

CDFI - Community Development Finance Institutions

CDFIs are a type of social enterprise that provides support and lends money to businesses and people who struggle to get finance from high street banks.

Catapult Centres

The Catapult Centres Network is comprised of nine centres with a national presence that span over 40 locations.

European Space Agency (ESA)

The European Space Agency aims to help businesses develop services that use satellite communications, Earth observation, satellite navigation, or other space technologies.

Innovate UK Business Growth

Are you an established business looking to grow through innovation? 

Ofgem

Ofgem is the energy regulator (Office of Gas and Electricity Markets). They are an independent authority with the role of protecting consumers.

FCA - Financial Conduct Authority

Information on what the Financial Conduct Authority offers.

Crowdfunding

Crowdfunding is a method of getting finance by sourcing small amounts from a large number of people, rather than getting large amounts from one or a few.

Community Ownership Fund

Provides matched funding for community organisations to help run community-owned businesses.

Bank Loan Appeals

Information on how to appeal a business bank loan decision.

ECAs - Enhanced Capital Allowances

Enhanced Capital Allowances (ECAs) enable a business to claim 100% first-year capital allowances on purchases of qualifying energy efficient technology.

Business Finance and Support Finder

The government's business support and finance finder tool on gov.uk.

Incentive payments for hiring a new apprentice

Information for employers on incentive payments for hiring apprentices.

The Commonwealth Games Inclusive Communities Fund

The Inclusive Communities Fund will support local communities to propose and implement solutions to real issues in their areas, allowing local people to drive positive change.  

Unbound

Unbound is a crowdfunding platform specifically for authors to pitch ideas and gain an audience to crowdfund a project.

Community Shares Unit

Community Shares Unit provides resources and guidance via the website including a directory of businesses with Community Shares and listings for news and events.

Century Business Finance

Century Business Finance specialise in providing business finance with speedy decision making and no hidden fees.

Iwoca

Iwoca offers business loans to all stages of business including those not yet trading.

British Business Bank - Programmes for Scale-up

British Business Bank can point businesses in the right direction when it comes to rapid scale-up plans.

Business Finance Guide

The Business Finance Guide provides businesses with information on the finance options that are available to them throughout their business finance journey.

Asset Finance Guide

The Asset Finance Guide from British Business Bank sets out the benefits of asset finance to help business owners decide if this type of finance can help them achieve their growth plans.

Create Growth Programmes

High-growth SME businesses in creative sector industries can access between £10,000 - £30,000 for innovation projects that will lead to growth and help them reach their full potential.  

Finance Hub

An online hub to help businesses find the right finance programme for their business.

British International Investment - The UK's Development Finance Institution (DFI)

Information about British International Investment, which supports companies that help to develop and emerging countries grow.

Co-operative & Community Finance

Sickness and maternity when self-employed

Links to information on financial support during maternity for the self employed.

NatWest Rapid Cash

Rapid Cash works by unlocking the capital in your unpaid invoices.

Barclays Business Insights

Barclays Business Insights is an online tool that offers business resources and tips.

Oli Bennett Charitable Trust

The Oli Bennett is a charity to help young people, from all backgrounds, get their business ideas off the ground and turned into sustainable, profitable organisations.

UK Innovation & Science Seed Fund

Equity investment available to eligible businesses to support the commercialisation of UK science and technology.

Start Up Loans

Government-backed loans and mentoring for people starting a new business or within their first three years of trading.

Equity crowdfunding

If you have a business already trading then equity crowdfunding could be for you, there any many portals available to use.