SWEF Business Grant (County Durham & Tees Valley)
Point North · Grant
£500 start-up grant or £2,000 business grant
County Durham, Tees Valley, Gateshead, North Tyneside, Northumberland, South Tyneside · Checked
Business grants and funding in Redcar & Cleveland
We list 13 schemes for Redcar & Cleveland businesses: 8 open now, 1 opening soon, 2 to check with the funder and 2 closed (kept for reference). Last checked .
Redcar & Cleveland businesses can use schemes run for the whole Tees Valley, plus Redcar & Cleveland Borough Council’s own start-up programmes and Teesside funds that cover the borough. See also all Tees Valley schemes.
Also open to Redcar & Cleveland businesses: 8 UK-wide schemes open now.
Closing soonest
Schemes open to Redcar & Cleveland businesses (local and UK-wide) with a published closing date.
- Climate Tech FOAK Builder: programme entry expression of interest · UK-wide closes
- Frontier AI: SME Champions, Phase 1 · UK-wide closes
- Life Sciences Innovative Manufacturing Fund (LSIMF) · UK-wide closes
- Efficient, Structured and Controllable AI Systems · UK-wide closes
- Growth Cohorts: Next-gen low carbon concrete, Round 2 · UK-wide closes
- Full ADOPT Grant: Round 10 (on-farm trials) · UK-wide closes
Open now 8
Open or rolling, according to the official source. Ones with a closing date come first, soonest first.
Routes to Employment grant (Redcar & Cleveland)
Redcar & Cleveland Borough Council · Grant
A small grant. Amount: check with funder
Redcar & Cleveland · Checked
Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund II: NEL Smaller Loans
NEL Fund Managers (British Business Bank NPIF II) · Loan
£25,000–£100,000 (per Review North)
Newcastle, North Tyneside, Northumberland, Gateshead, South Tyneside, Sunderland, County Durham, Tees Valley · Checked
Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund II: NEL Debt Finance
NEL Fund Managers (British Business Bank NPIF II) · Loan
£100,000–£2m (per Review North)
Newcastle, North Tyneside, Northumberland, Gateshead, South Tyneside, Sunderland, County Durham, Tees Valley · Checked
Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund II: Maven Equity Finance
Maven Capital Partners (British Business Bank NPIF II) · Equity
Up to £5m (per Review North). Check with funder.
Newcastle, North Tyneside, Northumberland, Gateshead, South Tyneside, Sunderland, County Durham, Tees Valley · Checked
Teesside Flexible Investment Fund
FW Capital (backed by Teesside Pension Fund) · Loan and equity
£100,000 to £3m: property development loans £250,000–£3m, contract bond loans £100,000–£2m, loans and equity for buying a business £250,000–£3m
Hartlepool, Middlesbrough, Redcar & Cleveland, Stockton-on-Tees · Checked
UKSE business funding
UKSE · Loan and equity
Check with funder
Redcar & Cleveland, Hartlepool · Checked
Adult Skills Fund: employer-led training (Tees Valley)
Teesside University / Tees Valley Combined Authority · Funded training and support
Up to 90% funded for eligible SMEs (up to 70% for larger organisations)
Tees Valley · Checked
Opening soon 1
Announced but not open for applications yet.
Business Tees Valley: new business support service
Tees Valley Combined Authority · Free support & advice
Check with funder: details not yet published
Tees Valley · Checked
Check with the funder 2
The official source does not say clearly whether it is open, so ask the funder before you plan around it.
Made Smarter Adoption North East
Made Smarter with North East Growth Hub and Tees Valley CA · Grant plus support
Up to £3,500 for technical advice. Up to £20,000 (max 50% of cost) for software or equipment
Newcastle, North Tyneside, Northumberland, Gateshead, South Tyneside, Sunderland, County Durham, Tees Valley · Checked
Enterprise Development Programme 2026 (Redcar & Cleveland)
Redcar & Cleveland Borough Council with Anglo American · Grant plus support
Grant funding at the Accelerator stage. Amounts: check with funder
Redcar & Cleveland · Checked
Closed (kept for reference) 2
Not taking applications now. Kept so you can see what ran before and watch for new rounds.
Tees Valley Export Fund
Tees Valley Combined Authority (UKSPF) · Grant
£3,000–£10,000, 25% match funding
Tees Valley · Checked
Tees Valley Investment Zone Innovation Vouchers
Teesside University / Tees Valley CA · Voucher grant
Exploration up to £50,000. Acceleration up to £300,000
Tees Valley · Checked
Quick answers
What business grants are open in Redcar & Cleveland right now?
We list 13 schemes for Redcar & Cleveland businesses. 8 are open now, including SWEF Business Grant (County Durham & Tees Valley) from Point North: £500 start-up grant or £2,000 business grant; Routes to Employment grant (Redcar & Cleveland) from Redcar & Cleveland Borough Council and Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund II: NEL Smaller Loans from NEL Fund Managers (British Business Bank NPIF II). Of the others, 1 opening soon, 2 to check with the funder and 2 closed, kept for reference. Each listing links to the official source and shows the date we last checked it, so confirm the details with the funder before you apply.
Which funding open to Redcar & Cleveland businesses closes soonest?
Climate Tech FOAK Builder: programme entry expression of interest (UK-wide) closes 5 Nov 2026; Frontier AI: SME Champions, Phase 1 (UK-wide) closes 11 Nov 2026; Life Sciences Innovative Manufacturing Fund (LSIMF) (UK-wide) closes 13 Nov 2026 and Efficient, Structured and Controllable AI Systems (UK-wide) closes 18 Nov 2026. Deadlines are taken from the official source; times and late changes are on the funder's page.