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You can start to raise funds for your charity once you have your governing document and trustees in place.
How to raise funds effectively and legally, protecting the public’s trust and confidence in your charity’s work.
Steps to help grow your business - finding finance, mentors, increasing sales and developing products and services
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Find funding to develop early stage knowledge assets towards adoption or commercialisation.
How to identify partners to work with, draw up agreements and fundraise for other charities.
Find out how the scheme works, including issuing shares and raising money, and how to submit your compliance statement.
Find out how venture capital schemes work, who can apply and what tax reliefs are available for your investors.
If you're preparing land for homes, we can loan you up to £250 million to cover infrastructure and enabling costs.
Find out which investments qualify for Innovative Finance Individuals Savings Accounts (ISAs).
Find out what a charity is, how VAT affects charities, how to treat a charity's income for VAT and what VAT reliefs a charity can get on what it buys.
The government has agreed projects with mayors and local enterprise partnerships funded by the Getting Building Fund.
The £20 million GovTech Fund is used to develop, test and access innovative solutions to complex public sector problems.
Find out if your social enterprise meets the conditions of the social investment tax relief (SITR) scheme for investments made on or before 5 April 2023.
Find out about how the Infrastructure and Projects Authority (IPA) help to catalyse private sector investment in new and emerging infrastructure.
How to legally raise money for your charity through legacies and wills.
An overview of capital funding for post-16 education providers, the type of funding available, what it can be used for and when to apply.
Find out how the scheme works, including issuing shares and raising money and how to submit a compliance statement.
If you're building homes for sale or rent, we can provide finance from £250,000 to cover development costs.
This guide explains how academies are paid and how to change bank details.
Frequently asked questions on the Levelling Up Fund Round 2.
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