Liverpool City Council

Before you start

You will need to provide the following information with your application, so please have these details to hand:

Ofsted URN, ISI or name of Childminder Agency
Business rates reference number
VAT number, where relevant
Companies House details, where relevant
copy of a current insurance certificate
business plan
current and previous years accounts
cashflow forecasts for three years
three itemised quotes from reputable building firms, signed and on headed paper

Which grant are you applying for?

Early Years Expansion Grant
Wraparound Childcare Capital Grant

Business and contact details for the childcare setting applying for the grant

Your name

Job title

Contact email

Contact number Landline numbers must include an area code

Setting name

Business name

Business status (e.g., limited company sole trader)

Business address

Postcode

Use the Lookup Postcode button to find the address.

If you cannot find the address, please enter it manually

Ofsted URN / ISI or name of Childminder Agency

Companies House reference

VAT number

Business rates number

Details of new places you want to create

Type and number of new places in each category you want to create.

Places for 9 months to 2-year-olds If this category is not applicable, please input 0 in the field

Places for 2-year-olds If this category is not applicable, please input 0 in the field

Before school places

After school places

How will you ensure provision is inclusive and has considered the needs of all children?

How will you spend the grant if your application is successful?

When will work start and end if your application is successful?

Start date (dd/mm/yyyy)

End date (dd/mm/yyyy)

When will places be available from? (dd/mm/yyyy)

What will the total cost of the work be?

Please supply itemised cost of works To add another item, click 'Add item'

Item

Cost net of VAT

Value of VAT

Add item

Total amount applied for

Evidence uploads

Please upload the following items

Evidence of insurance This must be a copy of a current insurance certificate

Three-year business plan This must include evidence of demand for places

Cashflow forecasts for the period of the three-year business plan This will be 3 years' worth so please attach 3 attachments one for each year

Copies of your accounts – most recent accounts and previous ones Suitable alternatives such as cashflow forecasts from your accountant or a letter from a guarantor will be accepted. For accounts this is 2 years’ worth so please add two attachments one for each year.

At least 1 quote where obtaining 3 quotes is challenging and submit the further 2 quotes to childcaregrants@liverpool.gov.uk , if successful. To add multiple files, hold 'Ctrl' (Windows) or 'Cmd' (Mac) and select each file to be added

Declaration

Please ensure you have read the following information:

Declaration

I confirm I have read, understood and agree to the grant conditions – see the Conditions of use for the Early Years Expansion Grant and the Conditions of use for the Wraparound Childcare Grant above
I confirm I have read, understood and agree to the privacy notice for this grant application which tells me how my data will be shared, protected and stored
I confirm that the information provided in this form is accurate, correct and complete, and that the documents submitted along with it are genuine
I acknowledge and accept that the information provided in this form, along with the accompanying documents, will be binding and incorporated by reference in a separate grant agreement provided by Liverpool City Council if my application is successful.

You must agree to all of the above in order to submit your application.

Subsidy Control

I confirm, for and on behalf of my organisation making this application, that receipt of grant funding applied for from Liverpool City Council will not exceed my organisations MFA threshold specified in section 36(1) of the Subsidy Control Act (2022).

Before you submit this form please review your answers below. If you need to change anything, use the 'previous' button on the bottom left to go back to a section. Then submit the form by selecting the 'Submit button' at the bottom of this page

Apply for an Early Years Expansion Grant or Wraparound Childcare Capital Grant