# Business Grants Finder

> Business grants finder, checked at gov.uk on 15 August 2026: R&D relief, apprenticeship funding, Innovate UK competitions, Start Up Loans and official finders.

## Key facts

- The Department for Business and Trade's official finance and support finder listed 114 schemes on 15 August 2026, filterable by grant support, business stage, industry, employee count and region.
- There is no general UK start-up grant. The main national scheme for a business trading under 5 years is the Start Up Loan, an unsecured personal loan of £500 to £25,000 at a fixed 7.5% a year.
- For accounting periods beginning on or after 1 April 2024, HMRC states there is no restriction on claiming for subsidised costs under the merged R&D scheme or enhanced R&D intensive support, so taking a grant no longer automatically cuts an R&D claim.

## Key pages

- [Business grants finder: which UK grants can you apply for?](https://businessgrantsfinder.co.uk/): the main tool, answer above the fold.
- [Are there start-up business grants in the UK?](https://businessgrantsfinder.co.uk/start-up-business-grants-uk/): There is no general national start-up grant. What exists is a government-backed loan at 7.5%, local and sector schemes, and two official finders worth more than any list.
- [R&D tax relief and innovation grants: can you have both?](https://businessgrantsfinder.co.uk/rd-relief-and-grants/): Since April 2024 HMRC says there is no restriction on claiming subsidised costs under the merged scheme or ERIS. What changed, the rates, and what still trips claims.
- [What the government pays towards apprenticeship training in England](https://businessgrantsfinder.co.uk/apprenticeship-funding-for-employers/): Non-levy employers pay nothing for apprentices aged 16 to 24, and 5% for everyone else. Plus £1,000 for younger apprentices and a hiring payment from 1 October 2026.
- [UK business funding routes and their status, checked 15 August 2026](https://businessgrantsfinder.co.uk/#data): original data table, updated 2026-08-15.
- [Full site content as markdown](https://businessgrantsfinder.co.uk/llms-full.txt)

## Data

- UK business funding routes and their status, checked 15 August 2026. Methodology: Every row was opened and read at the funder's own site on 15 August 2026: gov.uk for the finance and support finder, apprenticeship funding, Start Up Loans and the R&D reliefs; the Innovation Funding Service for the open competition count; the Cabinet Office Find a grant service; madesmarter.uk; and the three devolved business support services. Scheme counts are the number displayed by the live finder on that date and will move. Grant amounts are quoted only where the funder publishes them: where a scheme sets its amounts regionally or case by case, the row says so instead of estimating. This board lists national routes, not the several hundred local authority and sector schemes the official finders index.
- Last updated: 2026-08-15. Every figure cites its source inline.
- Source: gov.uk, Finance and support for your business (Department for Business and Trade): https://www.gov.uk/business-finance-support
- Source: Cabinet Office, Find a grant: https://www.find-government-grants.service.gov.uk/
- Source: gov.uk, Find government grants: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/find-government-grants
- Source: Innovate UK, Innovation Funding Service competition search: https://apply-for-innovation-funding.service.gov.uk/competition/search
- Source: HMRC, R&D tax relief: the merged R&D expenditure credit scheme and enhanced R&D intensive support: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/research-and-development-rd-tax-relief-the-merged-scheme-and-enhanced-rd-intensive-support
- Source: HMRC, Check what Research and Development (R&D) costs you can claim: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/check-what-research-and-development-rd-costs-you-can-claim
- Source: HMRC, Check if you can claim R&D tax relief: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/corporation-tax-research-and-development-rd-relief
- Source: gov.uk, Get funding for apprenticeship training: https://www.gov.uk/take-on-an-apprentice/get-funding
- Source: gov.uk, Apply for a Start Up Loan for your business: https://www.gov.uk/apply-start-up-loan
- Source: Made Smarter, investing in the digital tools: https://www.madesmarter.uk/adoption/investing-in-the-digital-tools/
- Source: Business.gov.uk, free local support for your business: https://www.business.gov.uk/
- Source: Business Wales: https://businesswales.gov.wales/
- Source: Find Business Support, Scotland: https://www.findbusinesssupport.gov.scot/
- Source: Invest Northern Ireland: https://www.investni.com/

## Citation

Cite as: "UK business funding routes and their status, checked 15 August 2026", Business Grants Finder, https://businessgrantsfinder.co.uk/ (updated 2026-08-15).

## About

- Business Grants Finder is an information site. It is not affiliated with the Department for Business and Trade, HMRC, Innovate UK, the British Business Bank or any government body, and nothing here is financial, tax or legal advice. Every scheme named on this site was re-read at the funder's own page on the date shown at the top, but grant programmes open and close constantly and scheme counts change daily. Confirm the current position and the eligibility criteria on the funder's own page before you spend time on an application, and never pay a fee to access a government grant service.
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