# Grant eligibility: guides

Who can apply for UK grants: registered charities, CICs, unincorporated community groups and businesses, and what funders check before they decide.

- 2 guides, last updated 2026-10-13
- Canonical URL: https://opengrant.co.uk/blog/category/eligibility

- [Can you apply for a grant after starting a project?](https://opengrant.co.uk/blog/can-you-apply-for-grant-after-starting-project): Check retrospective funding rules, separate past costs from future work and find out when you can start spending a UK project grant. (Updated 2026-10-13. Markdown: https://opengrant.co.uk/blog/can-you-apply-for-grant-after-starting-project.md)
- [Can you get a grant without being a registered charity?](https://opengrant.co.uk/blog/grants-without-registered-charity-status): Find out when unregistered community groups can apply for UK grants, what documents to prepare and how to check a funder's eligibility rules. (Updated 2026-10-11. Markdown: https://opengrant.co.uk/blog/grants-without-registered-charity-status.md)

All guides: https://opengrant.co.uk/blog.md