Executive coaching is one-to-one, confidential support for senior leaders, from first-time directors through to chief executives and boards. It is most often used for stepping up into a bigger role, leading through change, sharpening judgement and decision-making, and building presence and resilience.
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MRA Executive Coaching is an executive coaching, coach training and coaching supervision firm based in Cranleigh, Surrey, founded in 2011.
Its board and non-executive director (NED) work covers board effectiveness reviews, executive and family board coaching, and the Advanced Non-Executive Director Professional Accreditation for senior executives and aspiring NEDs. That programme begins with three one-to-one coaching sessions and a Hogan psychometric assessment, followed by a coaching qualification, NED Coaching with Confidence, taught over five full-day modules. The firm also offers one-to-one and senior team coaching, leadership training, career transition coaching and a Level 5 coaching qualification. That qualification runs over 16 weeks, face to face or online, and is accredited by the European Mentoring and Coaching Council (EMCC) Global.
Prices are not published. MRA has been a certified B Corporation since April 2023 and displays the logo of the International Coaching Federation (ICF). The company is Matthew Radley & Associates Limited, led by its chief executive, Matthew Radley, and it runs an annual £10,000 Social Impact Fund.
All levelsOrganisations and individualsTeam coaching
Cranleigh, Surrey, United KingdomNo Google or Trustpilot reviews
Starbuck & Associates is a Lincolnshire-based coaching and leadership development firm, winner of the National Coaching Awards Coaching Business of the Year 2025 and a certified B Corp.
Their team of ICF Master Certified Coaches (MCCs), placing them in the top 4% of coaches globally, delivers CEO and executive coaching, team coaching, NED coaching, and accelerating women in leadership programmes.
ICF accredited coach training is delivered under The Coaching Craft brand, with ACC (ICF Level 1) and PCC (ICF Level 2) routes and an MCC route on a waiting list. ELCAS funding is available for service leavers.
Rated Excellent on Trustpilot, with ISO 9001 and ISO 27001 certification.
C-suite, Boards, Senior leadersOrganisations and individualsTeam coaching
The Executive Coaching Consultancy (ECC) is a London-based executive coaching firm, founded in 1994, with coaches in the UK and overseas.
It coaches senior leaders, women in leadership and working parents, and runs inclusive leadership programmes for organisations. A standard executive coaching programme runs over 6 to 9 months, with about 10 hours of one-to-one coaching in sessions of 60 to 90 minutes and three-way meetings with the leader's manager at the start and end. Its parental transition coaching supports employees before, during and after parental leave, with options for long and short leave. Coaching is delivered in person or virtually, and group coaching is also offered.
Prices are not published and are quoted after an initial conversation. ECC states that its coaches are certified by coaching bodies, naming the Association for Coaching (AC), the European Mentoring and Coaching Council (EMCC) and the International Coaching Federation (ICF), and it reports more than 90 coaches worldwide. It has been a certified B Corporation (B Corp) since 2021. Founder Geraldine Gallacher is chair, and the firm is run by co-chief executives Emma Spitz and Michelle Weston.
Inspirational Group is a leadership development consultancy based in Camberley, Surrey, with offices in Dubai and Pune, India.
It works with organisations on leadership programmes, coaching, change leadership, graduate and early career development, team events and performance diagnostics. Its programmes include IGNITE, a 12-month women's leadership programme for middle managers, and Manager Grand Prix, a five-month modular programme for people managers. Coaching covers one-to-one executive coaching, team coaching and coach training, and most coaching engagements run for three to nine months. It also lists Chartered Management Institute (CMI) qualifications at levels 5, 6 and 7, and a Leader as Coach module described as an International Coaching Federation (ICF) Level 1 pathway.
Prices are not published. It states that it is a certified B Corporation, and the B Lab directory lists it under its former name, Inspirational Development Group. The company, Be Inspirational Group Limited, was incorporated in 2000 and took its current name in May 2024, according to The Gazette. Its founder, Stephen Bennett, is chairman. It states that it has more than 26 years of experience and has worked with over 100,000 leaders.
Impact Factory is a London training company for communication and leadership skills, founded in 1991 by Jo Ellen Grzyb and Robin Chandler.
It runs open courses of one, two or five days, usually for 6 to 8 delegates, as well as in-house programmes designed with each client, executive coaching and two-hour one-to-one skills sessions held online. Topics include leadership, management, presentation, assertiveness, influencing and negotiation. Some open courses are hybrid and can be attended in person at the Business Design Centre in Islington or remotely. Two trainers work with every group, and each trainer completes a two-year in-house development programme.
Executive coaching costs £495 an hour plus VAT, with sessions usually lasting at least two hours. The five-day Communicate with Impact course is £2,750 plus VAT per person. It is accredited as a continuing professional development (CPD) provider by The CPD Standards Office (provider number 21717), and it displays Cyber Essentials certification and a Feefo Platinum Trusted Service Award. It states that it has trained more than 175,000 delegates and worked in over 50 countries.
Positive Momentum is a management consultancy with a registered office in Shoreditch, London, which says it has worked with leaders since 2003.
Its work is grouped under the headings change, grow and lead. The lead strand covers executive teams, individual leaders and talent programmes, delivered through one-to-one coaching, group sessions and leadership development programmes designed with each client. Other work covers culture, strategy, transformation, sales and marketing, service and operations, and technology. Its partners are former business leaders, and it states that the partner a client meets is the one who does the work. Programme lengths are not published.
Prices are not published. Positive Momentum Limited is listed in the B Lab directory as a Certified B Corporation, first certified in June 2021 with a B Impact Score of 98.7, and its website says it recertified in 2024. The website also displays ISO 14001:2015, Cyber Essentials and FSQS (Financial Services Qualification System) certification, and says it takes part in the United Nations Global Compact. Its team page lists 25 UK partners and 19 partners in India.
C-suite, Senior leadersOrganisationsTeam coaching
London, United KingdomNo Google or Trustpilot reviews
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.
C-suite, Boards, Senior leadersOrganisations and individualsTeam coaching
