Frequently Asked Questions
Business Grants
What are business grants?
Business grants are non-repayable sums of money, usually from public funds, that are designed to achieve strategic economic objectives set by the government and regional bodies – whether that’s stimulating regional growth or developing certain industries through funding innovation.
Are business grants free?
The majority of grants are free and do not need to be paid back like a loan. However, some grant providers include the right to claw back grants that have already been paid if their grant rules are broken.
Who is eligible for a business grant?
Business grants are mainly targeted at businesses who earn most of their revenue trading with other businesses, although there are some grants specifically for businesses that trade business to consumer such as retailers.
Are small business grants taxable?
Yes, grants are subject to tax as they are treated as business revenue. Whether or not tax is actually paid will depend on actual business profits.
How do you get a business grant?
Check that your project objectives align with a grant providers, for example, the project will increase full time employment in your business or it increases the capacity of your business to take on new orders. Make sure you’ve looked at other ways to fund your project as applying for a grant is meant to be a last resort. And most importantly, make sure your project has not started yet before your application is approved in writing.
What small business grants are available?
Right now, there are thousands of government grants available for small businesses across the UK. You can easily find grants that are right for your business by ordering your very own Custom Grants Report.
Custom Grant Report
What is a Custom Grant Report?
Based on your selections of Region, Sector and Business Type and Funding Purpose, the Custom Grant Report matches against over 3,000 UK Business Grants and Funding Schemes to product a real-time PDF report made just for you.
What else is included?
As well as your Custom Grant Report we’ll also keep you up to date, for 12 months, with new funding opportunities based on your matches. Every week you’ll receive your Weekly Funding Purpose Tracker email listing new funding opportunities added that week so you’ll never miss out.
How much does it cost?
Your Custom Grant Report with 12 months of new funding opportunities costs £100 per report. You can purchase as many custom reports as you like.
How do I get started?
Visit our Custom Grant Report product page for more information and start building your report in real time.
Grants Alert Email
What is a Grants Email Alert?
We constantly add new Grants for your business into our database. Whenever a new Grant that matches your funding needs is added to our database, or whenever a Grant that matches your funding needs is about to close, we’ll email you to make sure you don’t miss out.
How much does it cost?
For a one off cost of £50 you’ll get 1 years worth of Grant Updates sent to your inbox whenever a Grant that matches your funding needs is added to our database or is about to close.
Grants on your own website
Who is the service for?
The service is designed for business professionals who are looking for ways to easily to add value to their existing clients and attract new prospects using grants to generate more fee opportunities.
How does it work for my Business?
It’s as simple as setting up and plugging it into your website so your clients and prospects can easily find relevant grants and funding schemes themselves and request added value grant services directly from you.
Does it work on any website?
Yes, the plugin is designed to work seamlessly on any website.
How do I add it to my website?
Installation is quick and simple and only requires a few lines of code to install the plug-in onto your website. Full details and step by step instructions are available during the setup process.
What if I want to find out more?
If you have any questions about the Grants Plug-in please get in touch using this form.
When does my subscription start?
Your subscription starts immediately after your order is complete. After ordering, simply follow the instructions to configure your Grants Plug-in and to add it to your website.
Are updates to the Grants Plug-in included in my subscription?
Yes, new features and improvements are included in your subscription. New grants and funding schemes are constantly added to the database and are also included in your subscription.
How long do I have to wait before the Grants Plug-in appears on my website?
The Grants Plug-in is ready to use on your website immediately after you finish the configuration process and add it to your website. If you have chosen to add custom grant services they will appear within two working days.
Can I cancel my Grants Plug-in subscription?
Please refer to the Terms of Use.
How do I delete my account?
Please refer to the Terms of Use.
How do I request support?
If you have any further questions about your subscription or support requests please use the contact form.
Grants API
What is the Grants API?
The Grants API allows you to directly access our unique database of over 3,000 funding schemes to enable you to build your own Grant Solutions.
How do I access the API?
The API uses a GraphQL interface allowing you to get exactly the data you need, nothing more, nothing less. Once approved you’ll have access to our GraphQL endpoint.
What’s available via the API?
The API provides access to full grant details and our full range of categories. For example, Sectors, Regions, Funding Purposes and Funding Types. This allow you to build full featured applications and return relevant results to your users.
GraphQL is self-documenting and provides introspection so you can see what queries are available and the requirements for each one.
What limits are imposed on the API?
We have 3 different Grants API products to choose from:
- 20 x 25 – This allows 20 unique queries with each query returning up to a maximum of 25 grant results
- 100 x 30 – This allows 100 unique queries with each query returning up to a maximum of 30 grant results
- Unlimited – Unlimited queries with each result returning as many grant results as you like
You can easily switch between the different limits any time you choose.
What is a unique query?
A unique query (or request) is any unique combination of arguments passed to any of the API limited queries as documented in our Grants API Documentation. Should you request a query using a combination of arguments that you’ve already used in the last month then results will be returned as normal and there will be no impact on your API limit count.
What happens if I have unused queries at the end of the month? Are they carried over?
Unused unique queries are NOT rolled over. You have a monthly window of time in which to use the number of unique queries allowed by your subscription. Once the next query window starts the total number of unique queries available resets and unused queries from the previous window are not carried over.
Check your Grant
What does the Check your Grant App do?
The Check your Grant App enables you to compare your choice of grant to other similar grants to make sure you’ve got the right grant for your business, saving you time on finding and comparing grants.
How much does it cost?
The Check your Grant App is free to use.
How do I get started?
Visit the Check your Grant App and start typing the name of your grant, select your grant from the list and then check the list of similar grants available.