Who developed the earliest stored-program computers, that was funded and purchased from Ferranti in the UK instead?
UTEC:  This funding was eventually used to purchase a surplus Manchester Mark 1 from Ferranti in the UK instead, and UTEC quickly disappeared. Manchester Mark 1: The Manchester Mark 1 was one of the earliest stored-program computers, developed at the Victoria University of Manchester from the Small-Scale Experimental Machine (SSEM) or "Baby" (operational in June 1948).
Victoria University of Manchester