Request for Applications: Future Farming Investment Scheme (UK)

Objectives

• The schemes objectives are:
  • improve business efficiency and sustainability
  • protect, restore or enhance the environment
  • reduce greenhouse gas emissions
  • mitigate the effect of climate change

Funding Information

• The indicative budget allocation for this application window is £14 million.
• FFIS offers upfront capital funding that can cover up to 100% of eligible investment costs to ensure all agricultural businesses can carry out the most appropriate on farm/croft capital investment for their agricultural business that will deliver at least one of the schemes objectives.
• Maximum that can be applied for:
  • Farm/croft size 30 hectares or less: £5,000.00
  • Farm/croft size between 30.01-150 hectares: £10,000.00
  • Farm/croft size greater than 150 hectares: £20,000.00

Ineligible Costs

• The following are not eligible costs:
  • all labour/fitting/installation costs
  • consumables (items which are likely to be used up or depleted)
  • Value Added Tax (VAT) (unless business is not VAT registered)
  • delivery costs
  • running costs
  • planning permissions
  • service and fuel supplies – electricity, water, oil, gas, etc
  • professional fees
  • training costs
  • subscription charges
  • warranties
  • insurance
  • Computer software and hardware such as PC, laptop, printer, etc
  • financial charges and bank interest
  • repair and maintenance cost

Eligibility Criteria

• You are eligible to apply if:
  • you are a farmer or crofter;
  • your agricultural business meets the legal definition of a “farmer” that undertakes an “agricultural activity” as defined in Annex G
  • your agricultural business is registered and approved for funding with SGRPID (new businesses that submitted a SAF to claim funding can submit a FFIS application before their business has been approved, however an Offer of Grant will not be made until eligibility for funding has been approved by SGRPID)
  • your agricultural business submitted a Single Application Form (SAF) ) to claim funding by 15th of May (i.e. didn’t submit a SAF to only tell them about your land)
  • the total area of eligible agricultural land (excluding common grazing shares); declared on your SAF on the 15th of May was greater than 3 hectares
  • if you claimed BPS, and your agricultural business declared at least two of the Whole Farm Plan audits and plans on your SAF on the 15th of May and
  • if you did not claim BPS, but are claiming under other support schemes where WFP compliance was not a requirement you can still apply and if your application is successful, you must have least two of the Whole Farm Plan audits and plans by the time you submit your evidence of carrying out your investment

Ineligibility Criteria

• You are not eligible if you:
  • are a non departmental public bodies
  • are a local Authority
  • are a crown body
  • are a group of farmers or crofters (including producer organisations/common grazing committee)
  • let all your land out
  • are an equine business (including grazing horses)
  • are an agricultural contractor or
  • are an agricultural business that provided false or misleading information in a capital grant application/claim within the last five years

For more information, visit SGRPID.