If awarded a grant from the UK Games Fund, portfolio companies may only claim for approved employment costs for UK-based employees and UK-based contractors declared on your application form.
As our objective is to fund development/content work that puts direct value into your project, you may only claim for roles that primarily focus on project development (programming, art, production, etc.) or content creation (e.g., voiceover recording or game writing). We don’t fund dedicated roles in marketing, social marketing, lawyers, accountants, business development, testing, etc. You can of course pay for roles we don’t cover with your own funds.
For the avoidance of doubt that means:
- Gross pay costs of UK-domiciled employees paid through PAYE.
- Employer’s NI costs of UK domiciled employees paid through PAYE.
- UK-domiciled contractor invoices exclusive of VAT (if you aren’t VAT registered you can claim the VAT element subject to agreeing with us).
- No costs of any other nature will be approved. Including such costs in your application for grant money could result in negative scoring in your application.
You must be ready to start work on your funded project with one month (4 weeks) of issue of a formal Offer of Grant Letter from the UK Games Fund.