Case studies
What a funding audit uncovers
This page holds no invented customers — and it never will. Below: how we publish, illustrative scenarios built from real scheme parameters, and the honest way to judge the work before verified case studies land here.
How we publish
The standard every case study must meet
Funding advice runs on trust, so the proof has to be held to the same standard as the work.
Client sign-off first
A case study is published only when the client has approved every word and every figure. No sign-off, no story.
No invented results
We never fabricate customers, quotes or outcomes. Until verified results exist, everything here is clearly labelled illustrative material.
Real parameters only
Illustrative scenarios are built from real scheme rules and our actual matching output — the schemes, amounts and processes are genuine even where the business is not.
Illustrative scenarios
What the process looks like in practice
Three worked scenarios modelled on real scheme parameters and our actual matching output, with anonymised, representative profiles. As pilot clients approve their results, verified case studies will replace these — clearly marked.
Precision engineering · Greater Manchester · 38 staff
£68k identified across digital adoption and R&D
- The funding challenge
- Investing in automation but funding search limited to one Google session — Made Smarter never surfaced.
- The GrantFlow process
- Audit matched Made Smarter Adoption (up to £20k towards robotics, 50% match), R&D tax relief on a new titanium process, and an energy-efficiency capital grant.
- The outcome
- Priority order put Made Smarter first — rolling intake, ~6-week decision — with the evidence checklist prepared in parallel.
Food manufacturer · West Midlands · 120 staff
£250k+ decarbonisation pathway
- The funding challenge
- Energy-intensive site facing rising costs; assumed net-zero grants were for big corporates.
- The GrantFlow process
- Mapped against the Industrial Energy Transformation Fund: a funded feasibility study first, then a deployment grant covering up to 50% of heat-recovery capex.
- The outcome
- The audit's evidence checklist (half-hourly energy data, engineering study, quotes) cut application prep from months to weeks.
SaaS scale-up · Scotland · 22 staff
A feasibility-to-development funding ladder
- The funding challenge
- R&D-active but only aware of Innovate UK's flagship competitions — long odds, long waits.
- The GrantFlow process
- Matched SMART: SCOTLAND (feasibility up to 70% funded), Innovate UK competitions and a KTP for embedded data-science capability.
- The outcome
- Sequenced so each award strengthens the next application's track record, instead of betting everything on one competition.
Client proof
Verified results, as they're approved
We only publish quotes and figures clients have signed off — this is the exact shape each verified case study will take when pilot engagements complete. Nothing here gets invented to fill the gap in the meantime.
Case study template
Awaiting first approved engagement- The business
- Sector, size and region — named, or anonymised where the client prefers.
- The funding challenge
- What they were investing in, and what was being missed before the audit.
- What the audit found
- The schemes identified and prioritised — with the client's approved figures.
- The outcome
- What was applied for and what happened, exactly as signed off. Including honest ones that didn't land.
- In their words
- A quote the client has approved — or none at all.
Until then
Judge the work itself, today
You don't need testimonials to evaluate us — the methodology and the deliverable are both open for inspection.
Read the sample strategy audit
The full paid deliverable, generated for a labelled demonstration business — real schemes, real engine scores, real methodology.
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