fully funded Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses UK programme for SME leaders for Cohort 24, starting in February 2026.

 

About the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses UK Programme

 

This fully funded programme brings together leaders of small businesses from across industry sectors and creates unique networking and peer learning opportunities.

 

For those small business leaders selected to participate, the core of the programme is a high quality, practically-focused business and management education, delivered over 100 hours through a blend of online and in-person residential sessions. The curriculum has been designed specifically for this programme by world-class international and national experts in entrepreneurial learning.

 

The programme will include three residential sessions and will rotate between residential and online learning. The online curriculum has been developed to meet your needs and the online platform will provide you ultimate flexibility as a small business owner.

 

During the course of the programme every small business owner develops a customised Growth Plan to direct their organisation’s business strategy and expansion.

 

The success of the programme is contributed to the right balance of formal learning, mentoring, and peer-to-peer support. Participants of the programme will benefit from:

 

·         Specialist workshops

·         One-on-one business advice

·         Business coaching

·         Access to professional experts

·         Networking opportunities and

·         A network of 10,000 Small Business graduates

 

Eligibility/criteria:

 

The programme is offered on a fully funded basis to small businesses and social enterprise leaders who desire to grow their businesses, create local employment and have scalable business models. This programme is not intended for start-up businesses, sole traders or businesses that are not seeking to grow.

 

The following eligibility criteria also apply:

 

·         The applicant must be the primary owner / co-owner of the business, or the most senior   decision-maker

·         The business must have been operating for at least three years and will have between 5 and 50 employees

·         The business should have an annual turnover of at least £250,000 and no more than £15 million

·         Social enterprise applicants must be commercially operated businesses that achieve their social purpose through trading rather than grant funding

·         The business must be scalable and capable of generating additional local employment

·         Applicants should not have had extensive recent management education

 

Application

Applications are now open for National Cohort 24, commencing in February 2026.

Apply here: https://www.goldmansachs.com/community-impact/10000-small-businesses/uk/apply

Application closing date: Friday 12^th September 2025

Interviews: October 2025