North East business grants
The North East is served by the North East Combined Authority (NECA) and the North East Growth Hub, plus the Tees Valley Combined Authority around Middlesbrough and Darlington — alongside every UK-wide scheme. Subvention matches your North East business to the live grants it can apply for.
Grants change frequently — always confirm eligibility, amounts and deadlines with the funder via the linked source. Subvention does not guarantee funding.
Funding bodies in North East
North East businesses are supported by a mix of regional and national bodies. The organisations below are the main routes to publicly-backed funding and support in North East — each with its own eligibility rules, so always confirm details on their own page:
- • North East Combined Authority (NECA) — devolved funding across Tyne & Wear, Northumberland and County Durham.
- • North East Growth Hub — the region's business support gateway.
- • Tees Valley Combined Authority — funding for Middlesbrough, Stockton, Darlington and the Tees Valley.
UK-wide grants also open to North East businesses
On top of North East-specific support, every UK-wide scheme is open to businesses here — including GOV.UK Find a Grant, Innovate UK, UKRI, the British Business Bank's programmes and National Lottery funds. Subvention searches all of these at once and matches them to your company using your Companies House profile, so you see the North East and national grants you're eligible for in a single ranked list, each linked to its source.
Frequently asked questions
- How do I find business grants in North East?
- Enter your company name above. Subvention pulls your Companies House profile and matches you against live UK, North East and European grants, returning a ranked, explained shortlist with a link to each funder's page — free to search.
- Are there North East business grants?
- Yes — NECA, the North East Growth Hub and the Tees Valley Combined Authority run regional funding, plus UK-wide schemes. Subvention flags what a North East company is eligible for.
- Are North East business grants free to search?
- Yes. Grant search and eligibility matching on Subvention are free, with no signup wall. Optional one-off passes add saved grants, alerts and deadline reminders.
- How current are the grants shown?
- Grant data is refreshed daily from dozens of official sources. Because programmes open and close frequently, always confirm eligibility, amounts and deadlines on the funder's own page — which we link to.
Grant data refreshed daily · page last reviewed 2026-07-26. Always confirm details with the funder.