Grant Applications Backed by Numbers.

Grant bodies fund businesses with credible financials. An ICAEW Chartered Accountant preparing your projections and signing your accountant’s certificate is the difference between an application that passes financial due diligence and one that does not.

✓ Innovate UK✓ UKRI grants✓ Accountant’s certificate✓ Financial projections✓ Grant claims

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Grant Application Support We Provide

From financial projections to post-award grant claims, we handle the accountancy work that grant bodies require from applicants.

Innovate UK & UKRI

We support applications to Innovate UK Smart Grants, KTP (Knowledge Transfer Partnerships), and UKRI funding competitions. We prepare the financial sections, project cost schedules, and match-funding evidence.

Accountant’s Certificate

Many grant schemes require a qualified accountant to sign a certificate confirming the accuracy of your financial information. We issue ICAEW-signed certificates that meet the requirements of UK public funding bodies.

Financial Projections

Grant assessors scrutinise your revenue model, cost base, and funding assumptions. We build credible, assumption-backed projections that demonstrate you have thought through the commercial viability of your project.

Grant Claim Preparation

Post-award, you must claim your grant in tranches with supporting evidence. We prepare grant claims, reconcile project spend against approved budgets, and ensure your claims meet the funder’s audit requirements.

Horizon Europe & Innovate UK Global

We support international collaborative grant applications where a UK accountant must provide financial due diligence documentation acceptable to both UK and EU funding bodies.

Net Zero & Energy Grants

BEIS, DESNZ and local LEP-administered net zero grants often require detailed capex schedules and match-funding breakdowns. We structure the financial case for energy efficiency and green technology grant bids.

How We Support Your Grant Application

Initial Review

We review your grant scheme’s financial requirements and eligibility criteria. We confirm what financial information the funder needs and whether your business currently meets the financial thresholds.

Financial Projections

We build a detailed P&L, cash flow, and balance sheet projection for the grant period. All assumptions are documented and defensible. We model the project with and without grant funding to demonstrate additionality.

Accountant’s Certificate

Where required, an ICAEW-qualified partner signs the certificate confirming the accuracy of your historical financials and the reasonableness of your projections.

Application Support

We work alongside you or your bid writer to complete the financial sections of the application form. We review cost schedules for eligibility and ensure match-funding calculations are correct.

Post-Award Compliance

Once awarded, we set up your grant cost tracking, prepare your interim and final grant claims, and support any funder audit of project expenditure.

Grant Application Questions

It depends on the scheme. Most Innovate UK and UKRI grants above a certain value require an accountant’s certificate signed by a qualified accountant — typically one that is a member of a recognised professional body such as ICAEW, ACCA, or ICAS. Some grant schemes also require your financial statements to have been prepared or reviewed by a qualified accountant. We confirm the specific requirements for your scheme during our initial consultation.

An accountant’s certificate is a formal letter, signed by a qualified accountant, that confirms specific financial information about your business — typically your historic revenue, the accuracy of your management accounts, or the reasonableness of your financial projections. It is not an audit, but it carries professional weight because the accountant signs it in their own name and is professionally liable for its contents. Grant bodies use it as a form of financial due diligence.

Yes. Post-award grant management is often more time-consuming than the application itself. Grant bodies require claims to be supported by invoices, payroll records, and timesheets reconciled to your approved project budget. We set up the cost-tracking framework at the start of the project, prepare each grant claim as it falls due, and represent you if the funder requests a financial audit of project expenditure.

Yes. Many grant applications go through a second-stage financial due diligence process where the funder requests audited accounts, management accounts, or an accountant’s certificate before issuing a formal grant offer. We can provide all of these on short notice for businesses that reach this stage without prior accountant support.

Strong finances win grant funding.

Our ICAEW Chartered Accountants prepare the financial case that grant assessors need to say yes. Book a free consultation today.

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