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Grant support built around how assessors score

Choose the level of support you need. From a single application to a fully managed grant funding programme. We are selective: we only take on projects where the business, innovation and competition brief are genuinely framable into a winning bid.
Most founders start here

Grant Writing Consultancy

One target competition, usually a first Innovate UK grant competition or Horizon Europe bid.

We write your entire application. From competition selection through the full technical narrative, project plan, finance forms and appendices. Drafted by writers who have won these awards themselves.

  • Competition and scope selection against your roadmap
  • Technical interviews with your founders and technical leads
  • Full drafting plus multiple assessor-style review rounds
  • Submission support on the Innovation Funding Service and other funder portals
  • Multi-year pipeline management
  • Post-award claims and reporting

Per application. Fee quoted after a free consultation, no equity taken.

Grant Funding Partnership

Teams treating grant funding as a multi-year, multi-funder strategy.

An ongoing retained partnership. We build and run a multi-year funding roadmap across UK and European funders so you always have the next application in flight.

  • Continuous opportunity scanning across Innovate UK, UKRI and Horizon Europe
  • Deadline calendar and pipeline management
  • Consortium building and partner introductions
  • Follow-on and scale-up funding strategy
  • Audit support beyond your award reporting scope

Retained monthly, scoped to the number of applications in flight.

Grant Reporting & Claims

Companies that have already won and need the admin burden lifted.

Winning is the start. We take on the reporting and claims burden so your team stays focused on delivery while your grant stays fully compliant.

  • Quarterly reporting and Innovate UK claims
  • Monitoring officer liaison and project change requests
  • Audit-ready record keeping
  • Project close-out and follow-on funding positioning
  • Writing new applications
  • Funding strategy across funders

Per award, fee quoted against reporting frequency and project size after a free consultation.

What is included, side by side

IncludedGrant Writing ConsultancyGrant Funding PartnershipGrant Reporting & Claims
Competition and scope selectionIncludedIncludedNot included
Full application draftingIncludedIncludedNot included
Assessor-style internal review roundsIncludedIncludedNot included
Submission support on funder portalsIncludedIncludedIncluded
Multi-funder pipeline and deadline managementNot includedIncludedNot included
Consortium building and partner introductionsNot includedIncludedNot included
Post-award claims and quarterly reportingNot includedNot includedIncluded
Audit-ready record keepingNot includedNot includedIncluded

How pricing works

Every engagement is quoted as a fixed fee agreed after a free consultation, based on the competition, the grant size and how much of the technical material already exists. We do not take equity, and we do not put you on an open-ended hourly meter. If we do not think you should apply this cycle, we will tell you on the free call rather than sell you a proposal.

For qualifying companies, we also offer a no-win-no-fee option. This is selective, not universal, and it works best when the technical and commercial case is already strong and the competition is a clear fit. We will explain both models on the call and recommend the right one for your risk profile.

Also available

R&D Tax Relief claims

Grants fund the project up front, R&D tax relief returns cash on what you have already spent. We prepare technical-first claims under the merged credit scheme and ERIS, written by people who understand the engineering, with the HMRC additional information form and enquiry support included.

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Spread the fee across 3 or 12 months

Start the work now and pay monthly. Nothing to pay for the first thirty days, no arrangement fee, and limits up to £30,000 for UK limited companies and LLPs.

How it works

How we run every engagement

The standards you can hold us to

Grant deadlines are unforgiving, so the way a consultancy is run matters as much as the writing itself. These are our operating commitments on every project, in writing, before you pay anything.

A named lead and a named reviewer

Every project is staffed with a lead writer matched to your technology plus a second specialist who scores the draft against the published criteria. Nothing rests on one person's judgement or availability.

A written schedule from day one

You get every draft date, review window and internal deadline at kick-off, with an internal submission target that sits ahead of the funder deadline, never on it.

Independent finance check before submission

Costings, headcount, intervention rate and total project cost are checked against your finance form by a second pair of eyes, then signed off by you in writing.

Reachable people, rebooked within a day

Direct email to your lead writer throughout. If a call ever has to move, it is rebooked within one working day, and anything unresolved escalates to a director the same day.

No equity, no percentage, no hidden fees

The fee is quoted before any work starts, with no percentage of the award. For qualifying companies, a no-win-no-fee option is also available. If a bid is unsuccessful we review assessor feedback line by line and support a resubmission at reduced scope and fee.

Selective intake, every project pre-screened

Every enquiry is pre-screened for funder fit, impact potential and technical credibility before we quote, and we cap live applications per writer per round. Projects that do not meet the bar are declined on the first call, which is how our success rate stays high and your budget stays out of the bin.

Not sure which service fits?

Book a free consultation and we'll tell you honestly whether a grant is the right route, and which competition to target first.