Coach training covers accredited qualifications, courses and programmes for people becoming professional coaches, and for organisations building internal coaching capability. Programmes are accredited by bodies such as the ICF, EMCC, the Association for Coaching and ILM, at levels from introductory through to advanced practitioner and supervisor.
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Evolution Coaching Academy is a coach training school based in Malvern, founded by Lilith Joanna Flanagan.
It runs three courses accredited by the International Coaching Federation (ICF), each linked to an ICF credential. The Birth of a Coach at Level 1 is for the Associate Certified Coach (ACC), Intuitive Coach at Level 2 for the Professional Certified Coach (PCC) and EcoSystem Master Coach at Level 3 for the Master Certified Coach (MCC). Courses are taught live on Zoom in small groups, in modules of two or three days held every few weeks over several months, and The Birth of a Coach is also run in Italian. The Level 1 course gives 83 ICF contact hours. It also sells one-to-one coaching, mentor coaching for coaches seeking a credential and coaching supervision.
Published prices are £2,790 to £2,990 for The Birth of a Coach, £2,990 for Intuitive Coach with early booking and £3,750 for EcoSystem Master Coach with early booking. One-to-one coaching costs £200 an hour, or £500 an hour for business coaching, and MCC mentoring costs £500 an hour. Lilith Flanagan is listed as an ICF Master Certified Coach and states that she has served as an ICF assessor for more than a decade. The academy names five other coach educators, each holding the ICF PCC or MCC credential.
EZRA is a digital coaching platform set up in 2019 and now part of LHH and The Adecco Group, with offices in New York, Boston, Chicago and Toronto.
It sells one-to-one coaching to employers through three programmes. EZRA Edge, for mid-level to senior leaders, gives unlimited coaching with coaches holding the International Coaching Federation (ICF) Associate Certified Coach (ACC) credential, and runs for 6 months as standard with 3, 9 and 12-month options. Focus by EZRA is an 8-week programme of three coaching sessions for managers and individual contributors, supported between sessions by Cai, an artificial intelligence (AI) coaching assistant. EZRAx is unlimited executive coaching for senior leaders and C-suite executives with Professional Certified Coach (PCC) coaches, in sessions of 30, 60 or 90 minutes. Coaching is virtual, and progress is tracked with its EZRA Measure assessments.
Prices are not published and depend on the programme, number of participants and duration. EZRA states that it has more than 2,000 ICF-accredited coaches and that its EZRA Academy is ICF accredited for Level 1 and Level 2 coach training. Its site reports a Guinness World Records title, shared with Microsoft, for the most people to complete a business coaching programme in one year, after coaching 4,816 Microsoft employees. Published case studies include Kraft Heinz, McDonald's and Nestlé.
ICF Level 1, 2
London, United KingdomNo Google or Trustpilot reviews
Mental Sea Coaching Academy is a London coach training provider that says it has operated since 2009.
Its main course is the International Coaching Federation (ICF) Level 1 Professional Expert Coach Training programme, described as 72 hours, with six training days spread over at least eight weeks plus coaching practice and mentoring days. Other courses cover mentor coaching, corporate and executive coaching, life, relationship, breath and mindfulness coaching, and neuro-linguistic programming (NLP), alongside meditation and energy healing courses. Courses run live online or in person in London, with day and evening options. It also offers corporate training and coaching.
The Level 1 programme is listed at £1,499.90, mentor coaching at £599.90 and the corporate coaching course at £1,889.82. The academy states the Level 1 programme is accredited by the ICF and that it is a continuing professional development (CPD) approved provider. Its terms name the operator as Mental Sea Academy LTD and state that all sales are final and non-refundable.
Life and personal coach, Executive and business coachICF Level 1
Firework Coaching is a career change coach training provider in Covent Garden, London, founded in 2004 and part of Careershifters since 2013.
Its main course, the Firework Career Coach Training, is an advanced programme for existing coaches who want to help clients change career. It runs online over six months. Three live half-day sessions come first, followed by an expert session, two group mentoring calls and two marketing sessions. Cohorts of 12 to 16 start three times a year, usually in March, June and November, and applicants need at least 50 hours of coaching experience. Graduates get a lifelong licence to use the Firework framework and white-labelled tools with their own clients.
The standard fee is £2,995, including VAT where it applies, with an early-bird fee of £2,895 and monthly payment plans. Firework states the course is accredited by the International Coaching Federation (ICF) and carries 19 Continuing Coach Education Units (CCEUs). It reports more than 700 licensed coaches worldwide and runs the Career Coach Circle, an invite-only community for career coaches. Its parent company, Careershifters Limited, has been a certified B Corporation (B Corp) since 2017.
The Academy of Executive Coaching (AoEC) is a coach training provider based in London, which states it was founded in 1999.
It trains people to work as executive and team coaches, and teaches coaching skills to managers. The Practitioner Diploma in Executive Coaching has three two-day modules about six weeks apart and an assessment day, spread over roughly five to six months, with cohorts of up to 20. It runs live online, in person in London or in a hybrid format, and partners deliver it in other countries. The Professional Practitioner Diploma follows on, with six days over six months delivered online. Other courses include a Coaching Skills Certificate, Systemic Team Coaching programmes and a Climate Coaching Certificate. For organisations it runs in-house coach training and coaching programmes for staff from emerging talent to senior executives.
The Professional Practitioner Diploma costs £4,950, or £3,850 for graduates of its Practitioner Diploma; the Practitioner Diploma price is given at booking. The AoEC states that the Practitioner Diploma is an International Coaching Federation (ICF) Level 1 programme, holds the European Mentoring and Coaching Council (EMCC) Global Quality Award at Practitioner level and holds the Association for Coaching (AC) Accredited Award in Coach Training. It says the Professional Practitioner Diploma is accredited at ICF Level 2 and that more than 15,000 people have trained with it. Companies House lists Academy of Executive Coaching Limited as incorporated in 2002.
Executive and business coach, Team coachICF Level 1, 2EMCC, AC
The British School of Coaching is a coaching and mentoring training provider in St Helens, Merseyside, run by BSC Coaching Ltd.
It delivers qualifications from the Institute of Leadership and Management (ILM). These run from Level 2 and Level 3 awards in mentoring and coaching for new managers to Level 7 qualifications for executive coaches and coaching supervisors. The Level 5 coaching and mentoring programme, aimed at middle managers and human resources staff, has five workshop days. The Level 7 executive programme has six, and each normally takes 12 to 14 months. Workshops run online, with some hybrid dates. It also offers continuing professional development (CPD) courses, coaching, coaching supervision, business mentoring and in-house training for organisations.
Prices are not published. The site displays European Mentoring and Coaching Council (EMCC) member, Association for Coaching and ILM Approved Centre logos, and states it has delivered ILM qualifications for more than 10 years. Clients named on its site include Shell, Clyde & Co, the Crown Prosecution Service and the Home Office. It lists training centres in the UK and the Middle East. Judith Barton is named as founder.
Executive and business coach, Mentor or supervisorILM
Coaching Focus is a coaching and coach training consultancy trading as Coaching Focus Group, through a company registered in Honiton, Devon, in 2009.
It offers one-to-one executive coaching for senior and board-level leaders, management coaching for middle managers and team coaching for leadership teams. Coaching skills programmes for managers run from the one-day Coaching Fundamentals to Leader as a Coach, which takes three days or nine two-hour modules over four to six weeks. As an Institute of Leadership and Management (ILM) Approved Centre, it also runs ILM coaching qualifications at Levels 3, 5 and 7. On its open programme these take 4, 5 and 7 workshop days. Delivery can be face to face, virtual or blended, and each client has a Client Partner and a Programme Director.
Coaching fees are not published. The 2025/2026 ILM open programme fees are currently listed at £1,516 for Level 3, £1,836 for Level 5 and £2,396 for Level 7, after a 20% discount, each plus value added tax (VAT) and an ILM registration fee. The website displays B Corporation and International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 27001 information security certification, which could not be checked against the registers. Its team page names 55 coaches and trainers and states that every coach is qualified through the International Coaching Federation (ICF), the European Mentoring and Coaching Council (EMCC), the Association for Coaching or the ILM. Founder and chief executive Trayton Vance and Pippa Vance have been its directors since the company was incorporated.
Coaching skills for managers, Executive and business coachILM
Tavistock Consulting is an organisational consultancy and coaching provider in Belsize Lane, London, set up in 1994 by Jon Stokes.
It works with boards, executive teams and senior leaders on team effectiveness, organisational change and leadership development, using a systems-psychodynamic approach drawn from group relations and psychoanalytic thinking. Executive coaching is for chief executives, directors, board members and senior leaders taking on more responsibility. It is offered online or in person, with the pattern of sessions agreed with each client. Other services include team coaching, action learning sets, board consultancy and supervision for coaches and consultants.
Fees for consultancy and coaching are not published. Its 18-month Executive Coaching Programme, which it states is accredited by the European Mentoring and Coaching Council (EMCC) at senior practitioner level, costs £10,840 for October 2026 entry and takes up to 12 participants. The firm was part of the Tavistock and Portman National Health Service (NHS) Foundation Trust, which merged into North London NHS Foundation Trust on 1 April 2026. Director Charlotte Williams leads a core team of six, alongside 19 associate consultants.
Roffey Park Institute is an educational charity in Horsham, West Sussex, working in leadership, management and organisational development since 1946.
It runs open programmes, in-house programmes designed with client organisations, coaching and organisation development consultancy for organisations in the public, private and not-for-profit sectors. Open programmes mix residential modules at its Horsham venue with virtual sessions. Leadership & Management Fundamentals lasts 3 months and is an introduction to people management, while Advanced Leadership & Management Practice lasts 4 months and is for experienced managers. Individual coaching is virtual, in packages of three 2-hour or six 1-hour sessions, and team coaching normally runs for 6 to 12 weeks. It also offers two part-time online Master of Science (MSc) degrees, in Leadership and Management and in People and Organisational Development, validated by the University of Sussex and taken over two years.
Published fees, excluding VAT (value added tax), are £3,500 for Leadership & Management Fundamentals, £4,000 for Advanced Leadership & Management Practice and £7,450 for the Senior Leadership Retreat, with some discounted places for registered charities. The MSc fees are £10,500 and £12,500. Roffey Park Institute Limited is a registered charity (number 254591) and a company limited by guarantee (number 00923975), and its site displays an ISO 14001 environmental management certificate.
Meyler Campbell is an executive coach training organisation founded in 1999, with an administrative office in Bromley, Kent.
Its Mastered programme, formerly the Business Coach Programme, trains experienced leaders and professionals as business coaches. Teaching happens in syndicates of three participants per tutor through nine tutorials, usually four to six weeks apart, with supervised practice on real clients in between. It usually takes 9 to 12 months and must be finished within two years, and can be taken in person in London, online or as a blend. Unleashed is a leader-as-coach programme for business owners and senior managers, run over three tutorials in small cohorts. It also lists team coaching (Unlimited) and a service for finding a coach (Trusted).
Fees are not published. Meyler Campbell states that Mastered is accredited by the Association for Coaching (AC) and received the European Quality Award from the European Mentoring and Coaching Council (EMCC) in 2012, and that graduates can gain individual EMCC accreditation on completion. It reports more than 1,000 alumni across Europe, North America and Asia. It is a Gold Sponsor of the Institute of Coaching at McLean Hospital, an affiliate of Harvard Medical School. Anne Scoular is named as co-founder.
Executive and business coach, Coaching skills for managersEMCC, AC
Bromley, Kent, United KingdomNo Google or Trustpilot reviews
Belbin is a Cambridge-based team development company built on the Belbin Team Roles model, founded by Dr Meredith Belbin and his family in 1987.
It sells online Belbin reports for individuals, teams, working relationships and jobs, along with its Interplace platform, and runs workshops and team coaching for organisations, from boards to new recruits. The model comes from research Dr Belbin's team carried out at Henley Management College in the 1970s, which identified nine Team Roles. Its Team Role Accreditation course trains human resources (HR) and learning and development staff, coaches and consultants to use the reports. The course runs online over four morning sessions or in person over three days at the Pitt Building in Cambridge, with pre-course reading and a final test.
Its online shop lists an individual report at £58.80 and a team report at £117.60, and accreditation costs £1,665 plus VAT (value added tax) per person, online or in person. The accreditation is awarded by Belbin itself rather than an external body. The business has been owned through an Employee Ownership Trust (EOT) since 1 October 2022 and trades as Belbin Limited from Comberton, near Cambridge. Belbin states that its reports have been translated into more than 25 languages and are used in over 100 countries.
QA is a London-based technology, digital and professional skills training company, set up in 1985, whose courses include leadership and management.
Its leadership courses cover stepping up to management, managing high-performing teams, moving from manager to leader and leadership presence, mostly as two or three day virtual classroom courses. It offers Institute of Leadership and Management (ILM) qualifications at Level 3 and Level 5, including a Level 5 Certificate in Coaching and Mentoring, with the Level 3 Award taught over five days within a 25-week programme. It also sells Certified STAR Manager, a blended online programme of about six months for managers who lead a team, accredited by APMG International.
Published prices start at £2,130 plus value added tax (VAT) for the two-day Leadership Presence course, with three-day courses from £2,550 to £2,740 plus VAT and the ILM Level 3 Award from £3,455 plus VAT. Certified STAR Manager is listed from £1,347 plus VAT. Ofsted, the Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills, graded QA Limited Good at a full inspection in June 2025. CVC Capital Partners bought the business in 2017.
