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    What the directory's 70 projects and 213 organisations show. Each chart has a one-line reading, worked out from the data when the site is built, and a table with every value.

    Projects by theme

    Computing appears in 43 of 70 projects (61%), more than any other theme; defence and security has the fewest (3).

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    ThemeProjects
    Computing43
    Sensing23
    Communications17
    Software and algorithms15
    Networks14
    Timing and navigation12
    Imaging9
    Skills and training7
    Materials and components6
    Biomedical and health4
    Defence and security3

    A project can have several themes, so the counts add up to more than the number of projects.

    Projects running each year

    47 listed projects are running in 2026, compared with 3 in 2016. Later years show only projects with a scheduled end date.

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    YearProjects running
    20121
    20131
    20142
    20153
    20163
    20174
    20187
    201912
    202020
    202121
    202225
    202331
    202447
    202552
    202647
    202713
    202813
    202911
    20307
    20312

    Projects starting and ending

    The busiest year for new projects was 2024, when 19 started. 46 of 70 projects have a recorded end year.

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    • Ended or due to end
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    YearStartedEnded or due to end
    201210
    201300
    201410
    201510
    201600
    201710
    201830
    201950
    202080
    202122
    202260
    202363
    2024196
    20251111
    2026611
    202700
    202802
    202904
    203005
    203100

    Ends include scheduled end dates in future years.

    Project status

    32 of 70 projects are active, 34 have finished and 4 are planned.

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    StatusProjects
    Active32
    Planned4
    Completed34

    Kinds of project

    Consortia are the most common kind of project (25 of 70), across 8 kinds in all.

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    KindProjects
    Consortium25
    Programme15
    Hub9
    Testbed7
    Centre6
    Mission5
    Collaboration2
    Facility1

    Projects by funder

    UK Research and Innovation is named as a funder on 38 of 70 projects (54%), followed by Innovate UK (26).

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    FunderProjects
    UK Research and Innovation38
    Innovate UK26
    NQCC18
    Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council15
    Department for Science, Innovation and Technology11
    Science and Technology Facilities Council3
    Ministry of Defence1
    National Institute for Health and Care Research1
    West of England Combined Authority1

    Counts how many projects name each funder. Projects with several funders count once under each.

    Sourced public funding by theme

    Projects tagged computing account for £461.9m of the £733.3m in sourced public funding (63%).

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    ThemeFunding
    Computing£461.9m
    Sensing£412.5m
    Timing and navigation£358.6m
    Imaging£273.9m
    Communications£255.9m
    Software and algorithms£169.9m
    Skills and training£117m
    Networks£68.8m
    Biomedical and health£24m
    Defence and security£21.9m
    Materials and components£6.5m

    Every funded project, ranked

    Based on the 25 of 70 projects (36%) that have a sourced funding figure. A project with several themes counts in full under each, so the bars add up to more than the total.

    Organisations by type

    Companies are the largest group: 122 of 213 organisations (57%), followed by universities (28).

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    TypeOrganisations
    Company122
    University28
    Start-up19
    Research organisation14
    Investor12
    Government7
    Funder4
    Ecosystem and network3
    Enterprise adopter2
    National lab2

    Most common specialisms

    The most common specialisms are quantum hardware (32), quantum software (32) and quantum components (30), out of 61 different specialisms listed.

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    SpecialismOrganisations
    Quantum hardware32
    Quantum software32
    Quantum components30
    Quantum sensing28
    Quantum photonics25
    Quantum research23
    Quantum communications19
    Post quantum cryptography15
    Quantum investment12
    Quantum computing11
    Quantum education11
    Quantum security11

    The 12 most common of 61, as listed in organisation profiles. An organisation can list several.

    Organisations by nation and region

    London has 67 organisations (32% of those placed), more than Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland together (32).

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    Nation or regionOrganisations
    London67
    South East38
    Scotland23
    East of England20
    South West19
    Yorkshire and the Humber13
    North West8
    Wales7
    East Midlands5
    West Midlands5
    North East4
    Northern Ireland2

    Map of nations and regions

    When UK quantum companies were founded

    Half of the 93 companies with a known founding year started in 2018 or later; 62 (67%) were founded in 2015 or after. The busiest year was 2025, with 10.

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    Year foundedCompanies founded
    Pre-200016
    20000
    20012
    20020
    20030
    20042
    20050
    20061
    20072
    20080
    20091
    20100
    20111
    20120
    20134
    20142
    20151
    20164
    20177
    20186
    20196
    20208
    20216
    20223
    20236
    20242
    202510
    20263

    Companies and start-ups only (93 of 141 have a founding year). Older firms such as large engineering groups appear under Pre-2000.