Step by step: the free official route
Search Find a grant
Find a grant is a GOV.UK service, run by the Government Grants Management Function in the Cabinet Office, for searching government grants. You can search and filter grants, check whether you are eligible and see how to apply. Sign up for updates about new grants and it emails you when grants are added. The service says more grants will be added as it develops, so it does not yet list every scheme.
Check Innovate UK competitions
Innovate UK competitions are listed on the Innovation Funding Service, filterable by innovation area. UKRI's Funding finder lists funding opportunities across its councils, including Innovate UK (153 opportunities on 19 October 2026, many of them for research organisations).
Use the GOV.UK finance and support finder
GOV.UK's Finance and support for your business finder listed 166 schemes on 19 October 2026. Filter by type of support (grant, loan, equity, expertise and advice), business stage, industry, number of employees and region, then use Get emails to be told about changes.
Add the devolved services
For businesses in Wales, see Business Wales; in Scotland, Find Business Support, which brings Scotland's public sector support, including grants and funding, into one place; in Northern Ireland, nibusinessinfo.co.uk, which has a business funding search.
Read the eligibility and closing date before you start
Each grant has its own eligibility rules, funding amounts and closing date, and some are rolling. Read the full guidance on the official page and check the closing date before investing time in an application. Also check your local council's business pages for local schemes.
What the free tools do, and what they leave to you
Every source above is free. The effort is in coverage and matching: grants are spread across several services, the alert emails are not tailored to a particular business, and an adviser has to check each new grant against each client's location, organisation type and sector by hand.
Where Grant Radar saves time
Grant Radar is a weekly email of open UK government grants from Find a grant and Innovate UK competitions, matched to each client profile you set up (location, organisation type, sector, minimum award), with what is new and what closes in the next 30 days. It is built for accountants, bookkeepers and business advisers with many clients. Information only, not funding advice.
Questions people ask
Is there one government website that lists all UK grants?
Find a grant is the government's grant search service, but it says more grants will be added as it develops, so check Innovate UK competitions, the GOV.UK finance and support finder and the devolved services as well.
How do I get alerts for new government grants?
Sign up for updates on Find a grant, which emails you when new grants are added, and use Get emails on GOV.UK's Finance and support for your business finder.
Where do I find Innovate UK grants?
On the Innovation Funding Service competition search, and in UKRI's Funding finder.
Are there grants for businesses in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland?
Yes. Check Find Business Support for Scotland, Business Wales for Wales and nibusinessinfo.co.uk for Northern Ireland, alongside the UK-wide services.
Is Grant Radar funding advice?
No. It lists and matches open grants from official sources; always read the official guidance and eligibility before applying.
Official sources
- Find a grant (GOV.UK)
- Find a grant: about us
- Innovation Funding Service: Innovate UK competitions
- UKRI Funding finder
- GOV.UK: Finance and support for your business
- Business Wales
- Find Business Support (Scotland)
- nibusinessinfo.co.uk
Contains public sector information from Find a Grant (Cabinet Office), GOV.UK and the Innovation Funding Service (Innovate UK) licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Information only: not legal, financial or professional advice. Always check the official source before you act.