Discovery tool, not advice. Every figure is the published rule, not a decision on your case.

Grants

UK Shared Prosperity Fund business support grants

Status

Status not published

Highly variable by council. Many schemes open for short windows and close when the allocation is spent.

Open now

Amount

£50,000

Each local or combined authority designs its own scheme. Typical small business grants are GBP 500-10,000, with capital grants sometimes up to GBP 25,000-50,000, usually at 30-50% intervention.

You must co-fund 50%.

Funder

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government / local authorities

public · regional

Deadline: rolling — Highly variable by council. Many schemes open for short windows and close when the allocation is spent.

Your odds

Not published

This funder does not publish a success rate. We rank it using the rate observed across similar programmes and label it as an estimate rather than implying we know.

Effort

major

Major bid — written case, budget, possibly partners.

You fund 50% yourself.

This is de minimis aid. It counts against the €300,000 ceiling that applies to your company across a rolling three years in this member state (Commission Regulation (EU) 2023/2831). If a new award would take you over, Article 3(7) disqualifies that award in full rather than reducing it — so check your headroom before you apply, not after.

Who can apply

micro enterprises
Stage: idea, pre_seed, seed
Locally registered entity required

Awarded under Minimal Financial Assistance subsidy rules, so there is a rolling three-year cap across all such awards. Almost always paid in arrears against evidenced spend.

How to apply

Find your local authority or combined authority growth hub page
Check which UKSPF-funded business grant schemes are currently open
Speak to a business adviser (often mandatory before applying)
Submit the application with quotes for the proposed spend
Claim in arrears against invoices

What you will need

Two or three supplier quotes for the proposed spend
Business plan or project summary
Recent accounts or bank statements
De minimis / minimal financial assistance declaration

Apply on the funder's site

Source. https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/uk-shared-prosperity-fund — checked 2026-08-14 · not human-checked