Grant guide
Due diligence for grant funding
Due diligence is the risk and assurance work funders use to decide whether an applicant can receive and manage grant funding responsibly.
Teams deciding where to spend application time
Applicants preparing governance, finance, risk and compliance evidence before a funder asks for it.
Make the first review more concrete
Understand due diligence checks for grant funding.
Review workflow
What FundingLens helps you do
Keep source facts, caveats and next actions together so your team can decide what deserves attention before application work starts.
Common checks include identity, legal status, governance, bank details, accounts, financial viability, fraud risk, sanctions, conflicts and delivery track record.
Higher-value or higher-risk grants may require deeper checks, post-award assurance, monitoring updates and evidence of controls.
Applicants can reduce delay by keeping governance documents, accounts, policies, bank evidence and risk notes ready before the deadline.
Readiness checks
- Legal identity and registration details are current.
- Governance, accounts and bank evidence are ready.
- Financial viability and delivery capacity are understood.
- Conflicts, fraud and sanctions risks are considered.
- Ongoing assurance or monitoring requirements are recorded.
Eligibility caveats
- Due diligence varies by funder, value, risk and applicant type.
- This is not legal or compliance advice.
- A passed eligibility screen does not mean due diligence will be passed.
Source references
Use the grants standard to explain due diligence, fraud risk, financial viability, controls, assurance and ongoing checks.
Official sourceCharity Commission grant-making guidanceThe guidance explains why grant decisions need purpose fit, risk assessment, appropriate checks, grant terms and monitoring.
Official sourceInnovate UK successful applicant checksUse Innovate UK guidance as an example of identity, KYC, financial and commercial checks after a funding decision.
Related FundingLens pages
A practical grant eligibility checklist covering applicant type, location, purpose, eligible costs, governance evidence, deadlines and caveats.
Application readinessApplication readiness for funding opportunitiesApplication readiness means having the governance, evidence, budget, delivery and source-citation work ready before a grant deadline.
Grant guideGrant agreements: terms, spend and reportingGrant agreements explained, covering purpose, eligible spend, payment, monitoring, audit, variation, repayment and source-specific terms.