UK funding intelligence platform
Know every pound of funding your business can claim.
GrantFlow runs your business through every verified UK scheme — hard eligibility gates, explainable 0–100 scoring, and a consultant-grade plan for the ones worth applying to.
No documents needed · potential matches on screen instantly · scan summary by email
- 01Your business
Fictional sample business
ManufacturingGreater Manchester38 staff£4.2m turnover£250k automation projectSector, region, size and plans — from a three-minute scan.
- 02Verified universe
493
schemes tracked
276
verified live
Official sources only · re-checked weekly · expired schemes closed.
- 03Hard gates
- Geography — passes · North West — in scope
- Sector — passes · manufacturing fits
- Company size — passes · SME by staff and turnover
- Scotland-only schemes — excluded · excluded for this business
Anything this business can't win is removed before scoring.
- 04Explainable scoring
Made Smarter Adoption — North West
89Grant · £1k – £20k
Real scheme, real engine score — seven dimensions, working shown.
- 05Your plan
- Executive summary
- Top recommended grants
- Priority order & risk analysis
- Required actions
The Full Funding Strategy Audit · application support available.
Illustrative pipeline for a labelled fictional business. Scheme counts and scores are real — every scheme shown is verified against its official source, and your report shows the full working.
The problem
UK funding is fragmented across hundreds of providers
National schemes, devolved agencies, combined authorities, growth hubs, councils and sector bodies all fund UK businesses — through separate portals, with separate criteria, on separate deadlines. Finding what your business could claim is a data-engineering job, so most businesses never do it. We made the landscape computable, in three steps.
- 01
Run the free scan
Three minutes on your sector, size, location and what you're investing in. No documents and no card details needed up front.
- 02
Verified matching
Every live scheme is checked against your profile across seven weighted dimensions and scored 0–100 — with hard rules excluding anything you can't win.
- 03
Consultant-grade report
Potential matches on screen straight away, with a scan summary by email. When an opportunity is worth pursuing, the Full Funding Strategy Audit confirms eligibility and builds your application approach.
How the engine works
Intelligence you can audit, not a black box
Sophisticated buyers ask how the scoring works. Good — here's exactly how: verified data in, hard gates first, explainable scores out.
Official sources only
GOV.UK Find a Grant, the GOV.UK business support API, UKRI, Innovate UK and Find Business Support Scotland — re-scraped weekly, expired schemes closed automatically.
Hard gates before scores
Geography, sector, company size and published eligibility rules are checked first. Anything your business can't win is excluded outright — never dressed up as a low score.
Explainable scoring
No black box. Every score decomposes into sector fit, activity fit, geography, size, goals, timing and materiality — and the report shows the working.
Honest data confidence
Every scheme carries a verification status. Unverified parameters lower the confidence score and are flagged for checking with the funder before any application.
Catalogue data as of 28 Aug 2026, re-scraped weekly from official sources. Expired schemes are closed automatically, and every record carries an honest verification status.
Live right now
The largest schemes in the database today
276 live schemes across grants, loans, reliefs and support — refreshed weekly. Browse freely, no signup required.
Great British Energy (GBE) Supply Chain Fund: Offshore Wind and Networks
Great British Energy
The Great British Energy (GBE) Supply Chain Fund: Offshore Wind and Networks (the Fund) will award up to £300 million in capital grant funding to build UK manufacturing capacity for key constrained components in offshore wind and enabling electricity networks sectors. The grant funding must be used to construct new or extend existing manufacturing facilities in the UK. Growth in demand for offshore wind and electricity networks components is outpacing supply chain capacity, resulting in…
Heat Network Fund
Scottish Government
This Scottish Government fund encourages commercial interest and investment that will help make the most of Scotland's vast potential in the low carbon sector and contribute to the positive progress already made in reducing Scotland's greenhouse gas emissions. Eligible projects must be large-scale and based in Scotland. As well as helping reduce emissions, successful projects should also have positive social and economic benefits for Scotland. The Scottish Government will make £300 million avail
Investment Fund for Scotland
Investment Fund for Scotland
The Investment Fund for Scotland (IFS) provides finance options to support new and growing businesses in Scotland. For example, IFS funding can help small businesses: fund expansion projects lease new commercial premises purchase assets hire a new team purchase new machinery or equipment launch a new product or service The fund offers 3 commercial finance options: smaller loans of £25,000 to £100,000 debt finance of £100,000 to £2 million equity investment of up to £5 million The smaller loans a
The Life Sciences Innovative Manufacturing Fund (LSIMF)
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
The Life Sciences Innovative Manufacturing Fund (LSIMF) is a capital grants fund which aims to build resilience for future health emergencies and capitalise on the UK’s world-leading research and development capabilities. The fund will enhance and accelerate affordable access to mature, new and emerging Life Sciences products for both pandemic and non-pandemic scenarios.LSIMF will provide up to £520 million in capital grants for investment in the manufacture of human medicines and medical techno
Zero Emission Vessels and Infrastructure 2: Alternative Fuels
Department for Transport
Description Innovate UK, part of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), will work with the Department for Transport (Df T) to invest up to £150 million in innovation projects. These projects will develop, deploy and operate innovative clean maritime solutions for three years in a real world environment. The Zero Emission Vessel and Infrastructure Round 2 (ZEVI 2) competition is part of a suite of interventions launched by the UK Shipping Office for Reducing Emissions (UK SHORE) programme. UK SHORE…
Zero Emission Vessels and Infrastructure 2: Energy Efficiency
Department for Transport
Description Innovate UK, part of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), will work with the Department for Transport (Df T) to invest up to £150 million in innovation projects. These projects will develop, deploy and operate innovative clean maritime solutions for three years in a real world environment. The Zero Emission Vessel and Infrastructure Round 2 (ZEVI 2) competition is part of a suite of interventions launched by the UK Shipping Office for Reducing Emissions (UK SHORE) programme. UK SHORE…
The paid deliverable
The Full Funding Strategy Audit — see exactly what you'd be buying
Your free scan shows where funding may exist. The strategy audit turns it into a plan: confirmed eligibility, a ranked shortlist, funding forecast, risk analysis, document checklist and a recommended application order — reviewed by a person before it reaches you.
- Executive summary
- Scored matches + reasons
- Funding forecast
- Risk analysis
- Evidence checklist
- Application order
- Deadline urgency
- Scoring methodology
Sample generated for a demonstration business — sample data, real methodology. Book a strategy call to scope yours.
GrantFlow IntelligenceYour alternatives
Searching manually, hiring a consultant, or GrantFlow
GOV.UK's search is genuinely useful — if you know what you're looking for and have the hours. Consultants are thorough — at consultant prices. We built the third option.
| Searching GOV.UK yourself | Traditional consultant | GrantFlow Intelligence | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coverage | One index at a time — devolved and local schemes live elsewhere | Depends on the consultant's network | National + devolved + curated sources in one scored database |
| Speed to shortlist | Hours of reading per search | Days to weeks | Minutes — matches scored instantly |
| Explainability | You do the interpreting | Their judgement, their notes | Every score shows its seven-dimension working |
| Ongoing monitoring | Re-search manually | Retainer, if offered | Continuous profile-based alerts |
| Funding report | Often, at cost | Free opportunity scan; full strategy audit as a tailored engagement | |
| Application support | Yes — their core value | Specialist-led, AI-assisted — human review at the centre |
Services & pricing
Four tools, one funding pipeline
Start with the free scan; pay only when a strategy is worth building. Every service hands into the next.
Free Funding Opportunity Scan
Three minutes of questions → potential matches with headline fit reasons. The right place to start.
UK Business Funding Database
Browse every live opportunity we track — grants, loans, reliefs and support — by funding type, region, sector and deadline. Free, no signup.
Grant application writing
Specialist-led grant application writing and support — our team builds and strengthens your applications, with human review at the centre.
Grant Monitoring
A live profile of your business against the whole database — alerted the moment something worth applying for appears.
Who it's for
Built for businesses leaving money on the table
Grant funding isn't only for labs and startups. If your business is investing, hiring, exporting or decarbonising, schemes may already exist for the plans on your desk — most eligible businesses simply never find them.
Manufacturers investing in kit
Buying machinery, automating a line, fitting out premises: capital and digital-adoption schemes exist for exactly this — and are among the most commonly missed.
Firms doing R&D
Improving a product or process — even without lab coats — can qualify for R&D tax relief and innovation competitions. Many eligible firms never check.
Energy-intensive businesses
Efficiency upgrades, heat, power and decarbonisation projects attract dedicated support schemes, nationally and regionally.
Exporters and growing SMEs
Export programmes and regional growth funds are built for the plans already on your desk — new markets, new hires, new sites.
Who is behind GrantFlow Intelligence
A registered UK company
GrantFlow Intelligence is a trading name of YMEQUITY LTD, registered in England and Wales — Companies House 16550886.
Who's behind it
Why GrantFlow exists, the funding-intelligence philosophy we work to — verify first, gates before scores, no black boxes — and what we deliberately don't do.
About usYour data, handled properly
How we store, protect and use the information you share with us.
Security & privacyQuestions
Before you start
Is the scan really free?
Yes — the on-screen matches and emailed scan summary are free, with no card details and no obligation. The scan shows where funding may be available; confirming eligibility and building the application strategy is the paid Full Funding Strategy Audit.
Where does the grant data come from?
Official UK sources: GOV.UK Find a Grant, the GOV.UK business support directory, UKRI, Innovate UK and Find Business Support Scotland, plus a hand-curated set. The database refreshes weekly and expired schemes are closed automatically.
Do you guarantee funding?
No — nobody honestly can. Scores are eligibility indicators built from published criteria; award decisions sit with funders. What we improve is how quickly you find the right schemes and how strong your application is.
What makes the scoring 'explainable'?
Every score breaks down into the seven dimensions it was built from — sector, activity, geography, size, goals, timing and materiality. You can see why a scheme matched, not just a number.
What happens after my scan?
If the opportunities look worth pursuing, book a funding strategy call. The Full Funding Strategy Audit then confirms eligibility scheme by scheme, prioritises the shortlist, maps deadlines and documents, and builds your application approach — with application support available on top.
Discover your possible funding routes — in under 3 minutes
Answer a few questions. The engine scans every live scheme in the database and shows where funding may be available for your business.
No documents needed · potential matches on screen instantly · scan summary by email