New Grants Added This Week – 5th October 2025 to 12th October 2025
There were 34 new schemes added last week with a total amount available of £20,365,000.
The amounts available range from £2,000 to £20,000,000.
Money is available for the following funding purposes: Buildings and Renovation, Business Growth, Business Innovation, Energy Efficiency, Purchasing Equipment, Recruit and Develop Staff and Starting a Business.
Money is available for the following business types: Large Business, Medium Business, Micro Business, Research Organisation, Small Business and Start-ups.
Top 10 Funding Opportunities:
Local Innovation Partnerships Fund: competed strand
The Competed strand provides an opportunity for triple helix partnerships across the UK to demonstrate their innovation potential, including those with more polycentric geographies. Proposed partnerships must operate within a defined functional economic geography and clearly evidenced cluster(s).
Active Travel Innovation Fund
This scheme is providing funding to organisations, including businesses, to develop and deliver bold and innovative active travel interventions, aimed at increasing current levels of walking, wheeling, and cycling in England.
Wales Space Cluster Catalyst Fund – Tier 2 – Orbit Cymru – Industrial Research
This Fund is inviting applications for funding for projects that support the growth of the Welsh space sector, linked to one of the following four key strategy areas: Upstream manufacturing, midstream operations, downstream applications and skills development. Tier 1 is suitable for more mature collaborations or projects with strong potential for cluster development and investment attraction.
Wales Space Cluster Catalyst Fund – Tier 2 – Orbit Cymru – Experimental Development
This Fund is inviting applications for funding for projects that support the growth of the Welsh space sector, linked to one of the following four key strategy areas: Upstream manufacturing, midstream operations, downstream applications and skills development. Tier 1 is suitable for more mature collaborations or projects with strong potential for cluster development and investment attraction.
Wales Space Cluster Catalyst Fund – Tier 1 – Launchpad Cymru – Industrial Research
This Fund is inviting applications for funding for projects that support the growth of the Welsh space sector, linked to one of the following four key strategy areas: Upstream manufacturing, midstream operations, downstream applications and skills development. Tier 1 is suitable for pilot projects, scoping studies, or early-stage collaboration efforts.
Wales Space Cluster Catalyst Fund – Tier 1 – Launchpad Cymru – Experimental Development
This Fund is inviting applications for funding for projects that support the growth of the Welsh space sector, linked to one of the following four key strategy areas: Upstream manufacturing, midstream operations, downstream applications and skills development. Tier 1 is suitable for pilot projects, scoping studies, or early-stage collaboration efforts.
Year of Croeso: Weather-Proofing Fund for Tourism Attractions 2025-2026 (October 2025) – Building Acquisition and Renovation
This scheme is providing capital grants to help tourism attraction businesses implement measures which mitigate the impact of poor weather on the business and the visitor experience.
Year of Croeso: Weather-Proofing Fund for Tourism Attractions 2025-2026 (October 2025) – Purchasing Capital Equipment
This scheme is providing capital grants to help tourism attraction businesses implement measures which mitigate the impact of poor weather on the business and the visitor experience.
Rural England Prosperity Business Capital Grant Fund 2025 – Building Acquisition and Renovation
This scheme is providing capital funding to rural businesses to support projects which deliver outcomes including, but not limited to, creating or safeguarding jobs, utilising new technologies or processes within the business, bringing new products to market and demonstrating improvement in business productivity.
Rural England Prosperity Business Capital Grant Fund 2025 – Purchasing Capital Equipment
This scheme is providing capital funding to rural businesses to support projects which deliver outcomes including, but not limited to, creating or safeguarding jobs, utilising new technologies or processes within the business, bringing new products to market and demonstrating improvement in business productivity.