Grant Advisory

At Francis Clark we recognise the particular challenges facing businesses today in terms of accessing finance to fund their future plans, whether traditional bank funding or from providers of equity. One source that is often overlooked is the availability of grant funding. Grant funding, from a variety of providers, will often provide the missing link in terms of a company achieving its future plans.

Although historically grant funding has been used predominantly for future capital expenditure, it can be used as a source of funding for other expenditure such as marketing and research and development, and as part of the overall funding package of a traditional corporate finance deal.

In recognition of the increasing importance of grant funding, we have created a specialist team within Corporate Finance with many years’ experience of advising on most of the major successful grant applications in the South West. This team has worked on a wide range of grant applications across the whole business spectrum from start-ups, to local companies seeking to expand, to subsidiaries of multi-national businesses either creating or safeguarding employment but facing competition from other companies within the group. We have advised companies in a wide range of sectors.

Our role is to work with companies such as yours to develop the business plan and supporting information to ensure your grant application meets the grant scheme’s parameters, and to advise and support you throughout the grant application process.

In summary, we:

Aim to maximise your chances of a successful grant application
Manage your expectations by addressing the key issues at the start
Assist with all aspects of the application process
Provide hands on help and advice

In recent months our team has secured grant offers ranging from £100,000 to £1 million but has experience of securing individual grant offers in excess of £5 million.

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For more information, please contact our Head of Grant Advisory.