Department for Transport

Government, England

Also known as DfT

United Kingdom 3 open calls

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Open calls 3

Given in 2025 £1.6m

Typical grant £666k Middle half £408k to £733k

New grantees in 2025 0% first grant from this funder

Open calls

Transferable Audio-Visual Equipment on Rail Replacement Coaches Closes 18 Dec 2026 · Up to £100k Open Plug-in Wheelchair Accessible Vehicle Grant Closes 6 Apr 2027 · Up to £2,500 Open Electric Car Grant Rolling, no deadline · Up to £3,750 Open

Giving by year

£2.0bn 2016 1,222

£643.1m 2017 335

£643.4m 2018 371

£962.3m 2019 508

£1.5bn 2020 1,650

£2.5bn 2021 3,448

£1.1bn 2022 685

£1.1bn 2023 248

£595.8m 2024 172

£1.6m 2025 3

0% of 2025 grantees were new to this funder 38% of grantees are funded again within three years

Amount and number of grants we hold records for in each year, which can be less than everything the funder gave. The current year is incomplete.

Where it gives

South East 1,116 grants · typical £196k

London 871 grants · typical £54k

East of England 803 grants · typical £189k

Yorkshire and The Humber 747 grants · typical £148k

South West 732 grants · typical £252k

West Midlands 695 grants · typical £269k

North West 684 grants · typical £187k

East Midlands 602 grants · typical £171k

Top local authority areas

Birmingham 187 grants · typical £571k

Coventry 152 grants · typical £138k

Westminster 140 grants · typical £62k

Manchester 127 grants · typical £2.3m

Leeds 122 grants · typical £113k

Sheffield 113 grants · typical £1.0m

Tower Hamlets 107 grants · typical £51k

Milton Keynes 105 grants · typical £457k

Bristol, City of 102 grants · typical £1.5m

Swindon 99 grants · typical £153k

All years we hold. Grants with no recorded place are left out.

Latest grants made

Environment Agency Stallingborough £800k 26 Mar 2025

Devon County Council River Culm Outfalls 2 £150k 21 Mar 2025

Westmorland Limited Tebay South, Westmorland £666k 4 Feb 2025

Woodside Cafe Woodside Parking Ltd £36k 19 Dec 2024

HU United United TS £29k 13 Dec 2024

Smart criminal justice services A428 Social Value - Smart Criminal Justice Services £54k 22 Nov 2024

National trust Sandilands Biodiversity Enhancement £1.6m 18 Nov 2024

Eden Commercial Property Lutterworth Truckstop £24k 7 Nov 2024

FGS Agri Limited Milton Parking Truck Stop £752k 7 Nov 2024

Durham Wildlife Trust A1 B2CH Angel Meadows feasibility study £11k 29 Oct 2024

Data: Contains grants data published by UK grantmakers via 360Giving GrantNav. Each award names its publisher and licence. (CC BY 4.0, OGL v3.0 or CC0 1.0, as published by each funder (CC BY-SA data excluded)); Cabinet Office, via 360Giving GrantNav (http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/)