Grants for Limited Companies

UK limited companies can access Innovate UK competitions, R&D grants, and local Growth Hub funding. Most government grants require you to be a registered limited company (Ltd) in the UK. Innovate UK is the largest funder, with competitions for technology, manufacturing, and clean growth.

There are currently 49 live grants available for limited companies in the UK, with deadlines ranging from 22 April 2026 to 30 September 2030.

Advanced Manufacturing Supply Chains: Potential High Growth SMEs

Innovate UK

Closing in 18 days
£50,000 – £100,000Manufacturing

Innovate UK is offering up to £2 million for manufacturing SMEs working on pre-commercialisation projects. You can get between £50,000 and £100,000 for your project. This funding is for UK registered

AI Champions: Frontier AI Phase 1

Innovate UK Business Connect

Closing in 24 days
Information & Communication

This grant gives UK small and medium businesses up to £175,000 to test cutting-edge AI and machine learning ideas. You can get up to 70% of your project costs covered. Your project must cost between £

AI Champions: Frontier AI Phase 1

Innovate UK

Closing in 25 days
£150,000 – £250,000Information & Communication

UK small and medium businesses can apply for funding to study cutting-edge artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies. You can get between £150,000 and £250,000 to run feasibility studi

UKRI Translation: EPSRC Prosperity Partnerships 2027 (Grant)

UK Research and Innovation, Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council

Closing in 47 days
Up to £40,000,000Charities & Non-Profit

This grant provides up to £40 million for ambitious research projects between businesses and universities. You must already have a working relationship with your academic or business partner. The proj

Medicines Manufacturing: Labs of the Future

Innovate UK Business Connect

Closing in 52 days
Manufacturing

UK registered businesses can apply for a share of £7.5 million funding. This money supports developing digital, automated, and robotic technologies for pharmaceutical manufacturing. The grant aims to

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AgriScale - Accelerating Agri-tech manufacturing: Industrial Research

Innovate UK Business Connect

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Manufacturing

AgriScale offers up to £5 million for UK businesses developing agricultural technology. The funding helps close technology gaps that prevent products moving to commercial scale. You can use the money

AgriScale - Accelerating Agri-tech manufacturing: Experimental Development

Innovate UK Business Connect

Closing in 59 days
Manufacturing

UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £8 million to accelerate agri-tech manufacturing projects. This funding supports experimental development in agricultural technology manufacturi

AgriScale - Accelerating Agri-tech manufacturing: Industrial Research

Innovate UK

Closing in 60 days
£1,000 – £367,000Manufacturing

Innovate UK is offering up to £5 million for agri-tech manufacturing projects. UK registered businesses can apply for between £1,000 and £367,000. The money helps close technology gaps that stop produ

AgriScale - Accelerating Agri-tech manufacturing: Experimental Development

Innovate UK

Closing in 60 days
£1,000 – £1,470,000Manufacturing

UK registered businesses can apply for funding to accelerate agri-tech manufacturing projects. You can get between £1,000 and £1.47 million from a total pot of £8 million. This is Innovate UK funding

Music Export Growth Scheme

Department for Business and Trade and Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Closing in 361 days
£5,000 – £50,000Arts, Entertainment & Recreation

The Music Export Growth Scheme helps UK music acts grow their international business. It provides match-funding grants of £5,000 to £50,000 for marketing and promotion campaigns linked to internationa

Heat Network Efficiency Scheme (HNES)

Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Closing in 727 days
£5,000 – £9,999,900Public Administration & Defence, Charities & Non-Profit

The Heat Network Efficiency Scheme helps improve poorly performing district heating and communal heating systems in England and Wales. You can get revenue grants to pay for studies that find problems

The Life Sciences Innovative Manufacturing Fund (LSIMF)

Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Closing in 1457 days
£1,000,000 – £130,000,000Manufacturing, Health & Social Work

The Life Sciences Innovative Manufacturing Fund helps UK businesses invest in life science manufacturing equipment and facilities. You can get between £1 million and £130 million for capital investmen

Business Support for Scotland

Scottish Government

Closing in 1640 days
Up to £10,000,000Charities & Non-Profit

This is not a single grant but a website that lists business support available in Scotland. FindBusinessSupport.gov.scot brings together grants, loans, and advice from over 100 Scottish public organis

Empty Homes Grant Scheme

Liverpool City Council

Ongoing

Liverpool City Council offers over £7 million in grants to help property owners repair empty homes. The money covers repairs and improvements needed to make empty properties habitable again. You must

Secure Software for Resilient Growth

Unknown

Ongoing
Information & Communication

This grant funds collaborative projects to develop secure software for business growth. You must lead a consortium that includes at least one UK SME claiming grant funding. Your organisation must be a

Digital Capital Grant

Nottingham City Council

Ongoing
£10,000 – £15,000Education

Nottingham City Council offers grants of £10,000 to £15,000 for digital equipment. The money helps community organisations buy computers, tablets, and other digital tools. You can use the funding to h

Cardiff Hackney Emissions Reduction Grant Scheme

Cardiff Council

Ongoing
Transport & Storage

Cardiff Council offers grants to help hackney carriage operators reduce vehicle emissions. The scheme supports taxi drivers in Cardiff who want to make their vehicles cleaner. You can use the money to

Expression of interest: NHS fit for the future dementia challenge

Medical Research Council (MRC)

Ongoing
Health & Social Work

This grant supports clinical interventions or technological innovations for dementia care in the NHS. Healthcare professionals, businesses and researchers can apply. The funding amount is not specifie

Contracts for Innovation in drug and alcohol addiction healthcare

Innovate UK

Ongoing
Up to £20,000,000Health & Social Work

This grant offers up to £20 million for developing new treatments for drug and alcohol addiction. You can create pharmaceutical drugs, digital health tools, or medical technology. The funding helps im

Advancing innovation in drug and alcohol addiction healthcare

Innovate UK

Ongoing
Health & Social Work

This grant offers a share of £20 million to develop new treatments for drug and alcohol addiction. You can create pharmaceutical drugs, digital tools, or medical technology to help people recover. The

ESA Business Incubation Centre United Kingdom

ESA

Ongoing

The ESA Business Incubation Centre helps UK space companies turn their technology into commercial products. You get support and funding to develop your space-related business idea. Your company must b

Gateway Angels

Gateway Angels

Ongoing
£50,000 – £1,000,000

Gateway Angels provides investment funding for early-stage companies with innovative ideas. You can get between £50,000 and £1 million in pre-seed or seed investment. Your company needs a strong manag

Green Business Grants

West of England Combined Authority

Ongoing

The Green Business Grants help small and medium businesses cut carbon emissions and reduce energy bills. You can use the money for environmental improvements and energy efficiency measures. The grant

Accelerating agri-tech manufacturing: experimental development

Innovate UK

Ongoing
Up to £8,000,000Manufacturing

Innovate UK is offering up to £8 million for UK businesses to accelerate agri-tech manufacturing projects. This funding supports experimental development work in agricultural technology manufacturing.

Artificial intelligence (AI) champions: frontier AI phase one

Innovate UK

Ongoing
Up to £3,000,000Information & Communication

Innovate UK is offering up to £3 million for UK small and medium businesses to study frontier AI and machine learning technologies. You must be a UK registered SME to apply. The funding is for feasibi

Clean maritime demonstration competition 7: feasibility studies

Innovate UK

Ongoing
Transport & Storage

This grant supports feasibility studies for clean maritime technologies. UK businesses can apply for a share of up to £121 million. You must work with other UK organisations in a collaboration. The fu

Robotics adoption hubs

Innovate UK

Ongoing
Up to £38,000,000

This grant helps UK businesses create 'one-stop shops' for robotics adoption. These hubs will guide other businesses in using robots and automated systems. You can apply for a share of £38 million in

Advanced Manufacturing Supply Chains: Potential High Growth SMEs

Innovate UK

Ongoing
Up to £2,000,000Manufacturing

Innovate UK is offering up to £2 million for UK small and medium businesses working on advanced manufacturing supply chain projects. This funding supports pre-commercialisation work, which means devel

Medicines manufacturing: labs of the future

Innovate UK

Ongoing
Up to £7,500,000Manufacturing

Innovate UK is offering up to £7.5 million for UK businesses to develop digital and robotic technologies in medicines manufacturing. The funding supports automated systems that make pharmaceutical pro

Clean maritime demonstration competition seven: pre-deployment trials

Innovate UK

Ongoing
Up to £121,000,000Transport & Storage

This grant supports innovative clean maritime technologies through pre-deployment trials. UK businesses can apply for a share of £121 million from the Department for Transport. You must work with othe

ADOPT facilitator support grant: round 7

Innovate UK

Ongoing
Up to £100,000Agriculture, Forestry & Fishing

This grant gives farming, growing or forestry businesses in England £2,500 to hire an external Project Facilitator. The facilitator helps you develop a full ADOPT grant application. You must be an est

2409 : Robotics Adoption Central Convening Body

Innovate UK

Ongoing
Up to £2,000,000

This grant offers up to £2 million to create a central body that coordinates robotics adoption hubs across the UK. UK registered businesses, research organisations, public sector bodies, and universit

Advancing innovation in drug and alcohol addiction healthcare

Unknown

Ongoing
Health & Social Work

This grant offers up to £20 million to develop new treatments for drug and alcohol addiction. You can get funding for pharmaceutical drugs, medical devices, or digital health tools. Projects must be b

DRIVE35 Innovation Fund: Collaborate 2

Innovate UK

Ongoing
Professional & Scientific Services, Manufacturing, Information & Communication

The DRIVE35 Innovation Fund supports collaborative projects between UK businesses. You must lead a consortium that includes at least one small or medium business claiming grant funding. Your organisat

EPSRC Materials Innovation Partnerships

Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)

Ongoing
Up to £7,500,000

This grant funds ambitious research partnerships between businesses and universities working on advanced materials. You need an established partnership of at least one year with your academic or busin

Contracts for Innovation: industrial human relevant drug models

Innovate UK

Ongoing
Up to £2,000,000Health & Social Work

This grant helps businesses develop alternatives to animal testing for new medicines. You can get up to £200,000 to create methods that test how drugs work in the human body. The focus is on testing d

European Space Agency Open Call For Proposals: Proof-of-concept Studies and Pilot Projects

Innovate UK Business Connect

Ongoing

This is an always-open funding opportunity for UK businesses to develop space-enabled applications or services. You can apply for any industry, market or topic that uses space technology. UK applicant

Innovation Sprint Programme

Growth Platform

Ongoing

The Innovation Sprint Programme offers fully-funded support for small and medium businesses in Liverpool City Region. You can get help to develop your innovation projects. The programme is open to SME

Members Locality Budget

Hertfordshire County Council

Ongoing
Up to £5,000Education, Health & Social Work, Charities & Non-Profit

Each Hertfordshire county councillor gets £5,000 per year to fund local projects in their area. The money supports projects that help social, economic or environmental wellbeing. You can use it for co

BFI Film Fund

BFI

Ongoing
Arts, Entertainment & Recreation

The BFI Film Fund supports film and TV development and production projects. You can get funding for creating films, TV shows, or new storytelling formats. The fund welcomes international co-production

Semiconductors and components for smart electronic platforms

Innovate UK

Ongoing
Up to £18,500,000

Innovate UK is offering up to £18.5 million for businesses developing semiconductors and smart electronic components. You can apply for collaborative research and development projects or solo R&D proj

Robotics Adoption Programme skills development

Innovate UK

Ongoing
Up to £2,500,000

This grant helps UK organisations create vocational robotics skills courses. You can get up to £2.5 million to develop training programmes that teach people robotics skills. The money comes from the D

Clean Growth UK

Clean Growth UK

Ongoing

Clean Growth UK helps businesses develop, fund, test and sell clean and green innovations. This programme supports companies creating sustainable technologies and solutions. You can get help with deve

Health & Life Science Fund

LYVA Labs

Ongoing
£25,000 – £250,000Health & Social Work

LYVA Labs offers investment packages between £25,000 and £250,000 for health and life sciences businesses. You must be based in Liverpool City Region. The fund targets innovators who have not yet rece

CITB Grants - Short Course Grants

CITB

Ongoing
Construction

CITB Short Course Grants help construction employers pay for training qualifications. You can get funding for both short courses and longer qualifications. This covers training and development needs f

National Lottery Project Grants

Arts Council England

Ongoing
£1,000 – £100,000Arts, Entertainment & Recreation

National Lottery Project Grants provide funding between £1,000 and £100,000 for arts, libraries, and museums projects in England. You can apply for money to create new work, go on tour, develop audien

Electric van loan for businesses

Energy Saving Trust

Ongoing
Transport & Storage

The Energy Saving Trust offers interest-free loans to help businesses buy electric vans for commercial use. You can borrow money without paying any interest charges. The loan is designed to make elect

Leadership and Management Development Fund for Large Businesses

CITB

Ongoing
Construction

The CITB offers funding to help large construction companies pay for leadership and management training. You must be a large employer registered with CITB to apply. The money covers the costs of deliv

AgriScale: accelerating agri-tech manufacturing, industrial research

Innovate UK

Ongoing
Up to £5,000,000Manufacturing

AgriScale offers up to £5 million for UK businesses developing agricultural technology. The funding helps close technology gaps that prevent products reaching commercial scale. You can use the money f