The Get Business Grants database contains over 3,000 grants for business. A grant is a sum of money normally given by the government or other funding providers to achieve a specific economic objective or business development purpose. Grants help fund business growth and job creation projects that would otherwise not have started due to insufficient funding.
Structure of a grant
We organise the grants into 10 different funding purposes and each grant can be applied for across 1 or more of these funding purposes.
The 10 funding purposes are:
- Buildings and Renovation
- Business Growth
- Business Innovation
- Energy Efficiency
- Overseas Market Development
- Property Development
- Purchasing Equipment
- Recruit and Develop Staff
- Starting a Business
- Working Capital
Grant Fields
A Grant and its Funding Purposes are broken down into the below fields:
| Grant Fields | |
| id | The Get Business Grant unique grant identifier |
| url | Link to the provider of the grant |
| title | The title of the grant |
| open_or_closed | Whether the grant is currently open, opening, closing or closed for applications |
| currency | The currency used for the available funding amounts |
| total_fund_size | The total amount of money available |
| provider_1 | The main provider of the money |
| provider_2 | The secondary provider of the money |
| provider_3 | Any further provider of the money |
| provider_4 | Any further provider of the money |
| funding_types | The type of funding available. Can be one of: Business Grants Business Support Equity Finance Export Guarantee Export and Import Finance Support Funding for Project Costs Interest Free Loan Loan Support Funding Vouchers |
| date_added | The date it was added into our database |
| Purpose Fields | |
| id | The Get Business Grant unique funding purpose identifier |
| grant_id | The matching Get Business Grants unique grant identifier |
| funding_purpose | The funding purpose the money is available for: Building Acquisition and Renovation Business Growth Energy Efficient Equipment Experimental Development Hiring Capital Equipment Industrial Research Job Creation Overseas Markets Development Project Feasibility and Evaluation Property Development Purchasing Capital Equipment Research and Development Resource Efficiency Staff Development Starting a Business Training and Skills Development Training Course Working Capital |
| funding_purpose_definition | Descriptive definition of the funding purpose |
| purpose_title | The title of the funding purpose |
| purpose_url | The direct link to the funding purpose home page |
| purpose_application_url | The direct link to funding purpose application page |
| purpose_size_min | The minimum amount available for this funding purpose – unformatted |
| purpose_size_min_formatted | The minimum amount available for this funding purpose – formatted |
| purpose_size_max | The maximum amount available for this funding purpose – unformatted |
| purpose_size_max_formatted | The minimum amount available for this funding purpose – formatted |
| purpose_description | Description of the purpose |
| purpose_dates | Contains the relevant date or dates of the purpose. Could also display, for example, Ongoing if there are no relevant dates |
| purpose_region_is_uk | Does the grant cover the whole of the UK? 0 = Does not cover the whole of the UK 1 = Does cover the whole of the UK. |
| deadline_date | Timestamp, if any, of the funding purpose’s deadline date |
| date_added | The timestamp of when the funding purpose was added into our database |
| regions | The list of regions this funding purpose applies to |
| sectors | The list of sectors this funding purpose applies to |
| business_types | The list of business types this funding purpose applies to |
