See how Claima explains a fit signal.
This synthetic example shows how a funding signal is traced to its source, broken into criteria, checked against available evidence, and left with an accountant-owned next action.
- Northwind Robotics Ltd is a synthetic fixture used only to illustrate how Claima explains a fit signal.
- It is not a real Claima customer.
- It is not a pilot.
- It is not a case study.
- It must not be cited as proof of customer traction.
Northwind Robotics Ltd
The synthetic company used throughout this worked example. Substituting a real client name into this page is not authorised.
- Company
- Northwind Robotics Ltd
- Company type
- UK SME
- Sector
- Robotics / advanced manufacturing
- Stage
- Early commercial / R&D-active
Innovate UK Smart Grants R22
The synthetic scheme read for this worked example. The overall signal is a summary; the seven criteria below carry the detail.
- Scheme
- Innovate UK Smart Grants R22
- Source
- Innovate UK Funding Service
- Date read
- 2026-05-12
- Overall signal
- Appears to match
- Evidence state
- Evidence needed
- Uncertainty
- Accountant review required
Every fit signal, decomposed into criteria.
A fit signal is never a single verdict. Claima decomposes each signal into the criteria the funder published, and the table below walks through each criterion in turn.
Each criterion carries its own source, date-read, signal label, reasoning, evidence state, uncertainty, and accountant next action. The same trail Claima sees is the trail the accountant sees.
The accountant owns every next action. Claima organises and explains; it does not authorise a client-facing claim.
Seven criteria. Seven traced rows.
Each row below shows one criterion from the synthetic scheme, with its source, date-read, cautious signal label, the reasoning behind that label, the current evidence state, the remaining uncertainty, and the accountant-owned next action.
Applicant type
Appears to match- Source
- Companies House / fixture profile
- Date read
- 2026-05-12
- Reasoning
- Northwind appears to be a UK SME based on the fixture profile.
- Evidence state
- Ready
- Uncertainty
- accountant confirmation required
- Next action
- Verify company details
Innovation project fit
Evidence needed- Source
- Innovate UK Funding Service
- Date read
- 2026-05-12
- Reasoning
- The project appears R&D-active, but the technical novelty narrative is not yet evidenced.
- Evidence state
- Evidence needed
- Uncertainty
- technical narrative missing
- Next action
- Collect missing evidence
Project cost eligibility
Potential gap- Source
- Innovate UK Funding Service
- Date read
- 2026-05-12
- Reasoning
- Eligible cost categories are not fully mapped from the fixture.
- Evidence state
- Evidence needed
- Uncertainty
- cost category mapping incomplete
- Next action
- Review ambiguous criteria
Source freshness
Source stale- Source
- Innovate UK Funding Service
- Date read
- 2026-05-12
- Reasoning
- The source must be re-read before any live use.
- Evidence state
- source refresh required
- Uncertainty
- source may have changed
- Next action
- Re-read source
Ambiguous criterion
Reviewer action required- Source
- Innovate UK Funding Service
- Date read
- 2026-05-12
- Reasoning
- One criterion needs human interpretation before the signal can be relied on.
- Evidence state
- reviewer note not public
- Uncertainty
- interpretation required
- Next action
- Review ambiguous criteria
Subsidy / stack interaction
Stack check needed- Source
- fixture award history
- Date read
- 2026-05-12
- Reasoning
- Prior award history may affect treatment.
- Evidence state
- prior funding record needed
- Uncertainty
- subsidy / stack position unresolved
- Next action
- Perform stack / subsidy check
Unassessed item
Not assessed- Source
- fixture evidence file
- Date read
- 2026-05-12
- Reasoning
- Environmental impact criterion has not been assessed from available fixture evidence.
- Evidence state
- Not assessed
- Uncertainty
- assessment not yet performed
- Next action
- Decide whether to continue
Synthetic example · no real client identity
What evidence is ready, missing, or not assessed.
Evidence Vault state for this synthetic fixture.
- Company registration evidenceReady
- Project summaryEvidence needed
- Technical novelty narrativeEvidence needed
- Budget breakdownEvidence needed
- Prior funding recordEvidence needed
- R&D activity evidenceEvidence needed
- Environmental impact evidenceNot assessed
Source-traced and date-stamped.
Every signal in the worked example traces to a named funder source and a date the source was read. Source dates matter; a stale source is not a live source.
- Source name
- Innovate UK Funding Service
- Source type
- Live application source
- Date read
- 2026-05-12
- Refresh status
- Within cadence for the synthetic example; ‘Source stale’ shown as row-level label in the table
- Source caveat
- Source dates matter; a stale source means no action without a refresh.
Reminder — UKRI Gateway to Research is research intelligence about projects already funded. It is structurally separate from live application sources and never carries an ‘apply’ affordance, anywhere on Claima.
Six next actions. All accountant-owned.
Every row in the worked example carries one of these six accountant-owned next actions. The accountant decides which next action to take and when.
- Verify company details
- Collect missing evidence
- Re-read source
- Review ambiguous criteria
- Perform stack / subsidy check
- Decide whether to continue
The accountant owns the next action. Claima explains the signal; it does not make the funding decision.
The shape of the log is the shape of the boundary.
- It does not say the company qualifies.
- It does not replace funder criteria.
- It does not replace accountant judgement.
- It does not submit an application.
- It does not generate a Funding Pack.
- It does not expose reviewer notes.
- It does not export internal audit logs.
- It does not guarantee funding.
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