The honest comparison

FundsRadar vs the 'grants spreadsheet.'

Every UK charity has one. It started as a tab. Then it became a workbook. Then it became the thing nobody wants to inherit. There's a better way.

Feature
FundsRadar
A spreadsheet
Find new grants
AI scans 312 funds daily
Manual Google searches
Eligibility check
Plain-English brief per fund
Read every funder page
Match score
0–100 fit per fund, with reasons
You eyeball it
Deadline alerts
Email at T-30 · T-7 · T-2
A column you forget to check
Application draft
AI-generated opener per funder
Blank page every time
Pipeline view
Kanban + status per grant
A tab named "FUNDING_V4_FINAL"
Trustee share
Read-only link, one click
Screenshots in WhatsApp
Cost
From £9/mo · cancel any time
Free (but eats 8 hours / week)
Audit trail
Every match scored & dated
Whoever last touched the cell
Setup time
3 minutes
2 hours per quarter
Switch from the spreadsheet — free →

It takes 3 minutes. We'll even import your existing list.