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British Business Bank Growth Guarantee Scheme

Growth Guarantee Scheme

Status

Open continuously

No deadline — apply whenever you are ready.

Always open
Amount
£2,000,000

Facilities of up to £2m per business group for borrowers outside the scope of the Northern Ireland Protocol, and up to £1 million for NI Protocol borrowers. The scheme provides the lender with a 70% government-backed guarantee against the outstanding balance; the borrower remains 100% liable for the debt. Terms and pricing are set by the accredited lender.

Funder

British Business Bank

public · national

Deadline: Open all year — Open for applications; applications are made through accredited lenders, not to the British Business Bank directly. No end date stated on the page.

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
moderate

Moderate — a form and supporting documents.

Who can apply

Open to smaller businesses with turnover up to £45m on a group basis; the page notes this limit is being increased to £54m as part of enhancements announced in July 2026. Borrower must be carrying out trading activity in the UK and generating more than 50% of its income from trading activity (charities and FE colleges exempt from the income test).

How to apply

  1. Check eligibility (UK trading activity, turnover threshold, viability).
  2. Choose an accredited lender from the published list and apply directly to them. — link
  3. The lender assesses the application under its normal credit process and applies the guarantee if needed.

What you will need

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Apply on the funder's site

Source. https://www.british-business-bank.co.uk/finance-options/debt-finance/growth-guarantee-scheme

"The scheme provides the lender with a 70% government-backed guarantee against the outstanding balance of the facility ... The scheme is open to smaller businesses with a turnover of up to £45m (on a group basis, where part of a group)."

Verified on 14 August 2026

Source: www.british-business-bank.co.uk

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