In private beta

Verified UK funding fit, explained before anyone wastes time.

Claima helps accountants and SME teams compare funding opportunities against published criteria, understand cautious fit signals, and organise reusable evidence for review.

Source-tracedCautiously labelledEvidence-awareReviewed by a humanFunder decides
claima · decision log
private beta
Find a GrantInnovate UK Funding ServiceRegional agencies
Fit checkREVIEW
SchemeInnovate UK Smart Grants R22
SignalAppears to match
EvidenceNeeded
SourceInnovate UK Funding Service
Company profileready
Project summaryevidence needed
Financial evidenceready
Source-traced · Decision loggedReview before action
Choose your path

Two ways into Claima.

Whether you advise SMEs on funding or are weighing a scheme for your own business, the entry point is different. Pick the one that fits.

For accountants

For accountants

Review funding fit with evidence your practice can inspect. Use Claima to see source-traced opportunities, cautious fit signals, evidence gaps, and next actions before advising SME clients.

For business owners

For business owners

Understand what funding fit means before chasing the wrong scheme. See what information may be needed, what a cautious signal looks like, and how to involve your accountant or adviser.

The problem

Funding advice is hard
to do safely at scale.

UK grant funding is fragmented across funders, portals, and schemes that open and close on different calendars. Accountants advising SMEs need a way to check fit against published criteria without putting their judgement at risk.

01

Sources are fragmented

Find a Grant, Innovate UK, regional agencies, sector funders — each with its own listing format. Knowing which opportunities are live, which are closed, and which are awarded-project records takes hours per check.

02

Eligibility is judgement, not search

Scheme criteria are published. Whether your client matches them is a careful read against company facts. Generic discovery tools surface long lists; what accountants need is a defensible signal against the published criteria.

03

Evidence is rebuilt every time

Most of the evidence funders ask for is the same evidence funders asked for last time. Without a structured library, every new application starts from scratch and lives in a different folder.

How it works

Discover. Fit.
Evidence. Decision log.

The product spine: source-traced opportunities, cautious fit labels against published criteria, reusable evidence per company, and a decision log that records why each signal was issued.

01

Discover

Source-traced UK funding opportunities.

02

Fit

Cautious labels against published criteria.

03

Evidence Vault

Reusable evidence organised per company.

04

Decision Log

Source, criterion, reasoning, evidence state, uncertainty, next action.

Proof surface

See what Claima produces.

Before you sign in, here is the actual output: a traceable decision log, a source-traced opportunity, and a reusable evidence vault. Every signal is a cautious fit signal against the funder's published criteria — funding-readiness, not a verdict.

Human review required before use. The funder decides.

Decision log · example checkCAUTIOUS LABELS
Source
Innovate UK Funding Service (gov.uk)
Criterion
Grant-funded R&D · UK-registered lead applicant
Fit signal
Appears to match
Evidence state
2 source-backed · 1 evidence gap
Uncertainty
Medium — 1 criterion not yet verified
Next action
Reviewer to confirm subsidy-control history
Human review required
Before any submission
Funder decides
Eligibility and award are the funder's decision
Source-traced opportunity
Innovate UK Smart Grants — Round 22
SourceInnovate UK Funding Service (gov.uk)
Fit signalAppears to match — a fit signal, not a verdict
Evidence neededSubsidy-control history · project summary

Claima does not decide eligibility — the funder decides. Every opportunity traces back to its official source.

Evidence Vault
Companies House filingSource-backed
Project summaryNeeds review
Subsidy-control historyMissing

Reusable review material. Human review required before use.

What Claima does not do
  • Does not guarantee funding
  • Does not decide eligibility
  • Does not auto-submit
  • Does not show historical awards as live grants

The funder decides. A human reviewer must check every draft before it leaves Claima.

The Submission Pack

The pack we hand back.

When a check is worth taking forward, Claima assembles an application pack in eight parts — the briefing, the evidence, the draft material, and the gaps still to fill. It is review material, organised for your practice to inspect.

Reviewed by a human before it reaches you. You submit through the funder's portal. The funder decides.

01
Route-fit briefing
Why this funder route was considered, traced to its published criteria — a cautious fit signal, not a verdict.
02
Evidence appendix
The supporting evidence gathered from your Vault, each item labelled source-backed or needs review.
03
Draft section material
Draft narrative for the application's sections — review material only, never treated as final copy.
04
Missing-evidence checklist
What is still outstanding, flagged item by item so nothing is assumed to be present.
05
Funder-field mapping
Where the funder publishes its form fields, draft material is mapped to them — included only where available.
06
Pre-submission checklist
The steps to confirm before anything is entered into the funder's portal.
07
Human review notes
Reviewer comments and open questions left attached to the pack, so the judgement stays visible.
08
External-submission boundary
A clear statement of where Claima stops: you submit through the funder's portal, and the funder decides.
Submission pack · contents (sample)ILLUSTRATIVE · REDACTED
Client[redacted]RouteInnovate UK Funding Service (gov.uk)
01Route-fit briefingDrafted · source-traced
02Evidence appendix4 source-backed · 1 needs review
03Draft section materialReview material — not final
04Missing-evidence checklistGAP — required from client
05Funder-field mappingMapped where available
06Pre-submission checklistAwaiting reviewer sign-off
07Human review notesAttached
08External-submission boundaryFunder portal · funder decides
Reviewed by a human before it reaches you.
You submit through the funder's portal. The funder decides.
Evidence Vault

Reusable evidence
you can take to any funder.

A structured proof library in nine categories. Build it once with your client and reuse it across every application.

Reusable across applications. Reviewed by your accountant. Not automatic submission.

Team expertise
Key people, relevant experience, and the capability the funder is backing.
Financials
Accounts, VAT, cash flow — sourced from filings where possible.
Track record
Delivered projects and prior outcomes that show you can do the work.
Intellectual property
Patents, trademarks, or a short note on your IP position.
Publications
Papers, technical write-ups, and other published material.
Partnerships
Collaboration and partner letters that support the application.
Case studies
Worked examples of past projects, kept in plain English.
Awards
Recognition and accreditations that add external validation.
Previous funding
Grants previously received, subsidy-control history, de-minimis usage.
Source coverage

Source-traced.
Structurally separate.

The taxonomy below defines what counts as a live application source and what does not. Awarded-project records are research intelligence — they are never presented as applyable funding.

Find a GrantInnovate UK Funding ServiceRegional agencies
  • Every opportunity is traced to its official funder source.
  • We do not surface closed schemes as live.
  • We do not surface awarded-project records as applyable funding.
  • We do not list opportunities our source taxonomy cannot verify.
  • Verified sources: Find a Grant · Innovate UK Funding Service · regional agencies.
  • Awarded-project intelligence (UKRI Gateway to Research) is kept structurally separate and never shown as a live application source. Refreshed every 24 hours.
Currently tracking 38 funders / 328 verified opportunities · refreshed every 24 hours
Decision log

Every check is logged.
Every signal is cautious.

A decision log is what your practice presents to a client. The four fields below are the spine of every Claima check — never a verdict on the application, only a cautious signal against the funder's published criteria.

Decision log · exampleCAUTIOUS LABELS
Scheme
Innovate UK Smart Grants R22
The opportunity being assessed.
Signal
Appears to match
Cautious fit status — the funder decides, we explain the fit.
Evidence
Needed
What the Vault still needs before the application is review-ready.
Source
Innovate UK Funding Service
The official funder source the opportunity ties back to.

A fit signal is not a verdict. It is a traceable explanation.

View the sample decision log →
Cautious signals only: Appears to match · Evidence needed · Potential gap · Source stale · Reviewer action required · Stack check needed · Not assessed. The funder decides.
For accountants

Built for accountants
advising SME clients.

Most SMEs come to grant funding through their accountant. Claima is being built around that relationship — source-traced opportunities, cautious eligibility signals, and reusable evidence your practice can review before anything reaches the client. We are speaking with a small number of practices ahead of opening the private beta.

Source-tracedCautiously labelledEvidence-awareReviewed by a humanFunder decides
CLAIMA.AI / PRIVATE BETA
In private beta — invitations limited

Private beta is
review-led.

We are speaking with a small number of accountants, advisers, and SME teams before opening access more widely.