Green Business Grants

To apply for a grant, you must be: 

• a small & medium sized enterprise – with fewer than 250 employees 
• based in the West of England region – located in Bath & North East Somerset, Bristol, North Somerset or South Gloucestershire local authority area. Check your postcode 
• VAT registered and annual turnover of at least £85,000 
• content to be credit checked by a third-party credit reference agency. 

These businesses are not eligible:

• sole traders and partnerships 
• businesses using cash-based accounting 
• charities (unless applying through a trading arm) 
• community groups, sports clubs, village halls and similar entities 
• GPs, dentists, opticians, schools, colleges and similar 
• private landlord businesses, home-based businesses, guest houses, care homes and similar 
• businesses in the fishery and aquaculture sectors 
• businesses in financial difficulty, such as collective insolvency. 

Getting a Carbon Survey is the first step. Once this is complete, providing your business meets our initial eligibility criteria for a Green Business Grant, you will be sent an application pack alongside your Decarbonisation Report.

You will need to complete and return the application pack to us alongside a quote for each improvement you are looking to apply for. Our team will then assess your application and inform you of the outcome.

Once your grant application has been accepted, you can carry out your project.

This is at risk until the application is approved in full. It is important that you do not start your project until you have had formal acceptance of your application in writing.

The grant is paid retrospectively, so you need to be able to cashflow your project. When you’ve completed your energy saving improvement(s) you can claim the funds by completing our Grant Claim Form.

You must also provide the required completion, defrayal and procurement evidence. We aim to pay out grant funds within 28 days of receiving a valid grant claim form.