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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Impact International is an experiential leadership development company founded in 1980 in the English Lake District, with an office in Ambleside.
It works with corporate, public sector and non-governmental organisation (NGO) clients on leadership development, team development, change management, executive and performance coaching, and wellbeing at work. Its programmes are built on experiential learning and are delivered in person, online and in blended formats. Industries listed on its website include automotive, energy and utilities, financial services, health and pharmaceuticals, and technology, media and telecoms. Programme lengths are not published.
Prices are not published. Its website lists offices in the UK, Europe, the Americas and Asia Pacific, says it has more than 400 staff, and names clients including Google, PepsiCo, Santander, Experian and Thomson Reuters. It states that Training Industry named it a Top 20 Leadership Training Company for the 16th consecutive year in 2026, that it signed the United Nations Global Compact in 2006 and that it received an EcoVadis Gold rating in 2015.
Barefoot Coaching Ltd is a coach training and workplace coaching company based in Castle Donington, Derbyshire, founded by Kim Morgan.
Its main course is the ICF Accredited Coach Training Programme, accredited at Level 2 by the International Coaching Federation (ICF) and open to people new to coaching. It is taught live online in 28 half-day Zoom sessions over about four months. A shorter Coaching Skills Foundation Programme runs over six half-day sessions, and the Leader as Coach Programme is aimed at managers who want to use coaching in their role. Qualified coaches can take further courses in team coaching, coaching supervision and coaching for grief and loss. For organisations it provides one-to-one coaching, usually four or six sessions of 90 to 120 minutes held in person or online, as well as team and group coaching.
The main course costs £7,395, including VAT for self-funders and plus VAT for company-funded places. An optional Postgraduate Certificate in Business and Personal Coaching, approved by the University of Chester, costs a further £2,280. The Foundation programme costs £895 and Leader as Coach £2,500, while prices for one-to-one coaching are not published. The website states that the Team Coaching Practitioner Programme is accredited by the European Mentoring and Coaching Council (EMCC) at Practitioner level and holds its Team Coaching Quality Award. Kim Morgan is listed as an ICF Master Certified Coach (MCC). Barefoot Coaching Limited was incorporated in 2009.
All levelsOrganisations and individualsTeam coaching
Castle Donington, Derbyshire, United Kingdom 4.9 (150)
Advance Coaching is a coaching and training practice based in Dromore, County Down, Northern Ireland, incorporated in 2015 as Advance Coach Ltd.
It works with organisations on leadership and executive coaching, team coaching, psychometric profiling of leaders and teams, and outplacement and career transition. Its corporate training covers developing managers as coaches, building a coaching culture and setting up mentoring programmes. Individuals can book career coaching, interview skills coaching and help with CVs and application forms, for roles from entry level to the C-suite. Sessions are delivered in person, online or as a mix, and programme lengths are not published.
Prices are not published. The website displays the logos of the Institute of Leadership and Management (ILM), the Association for Coaching and the British Psychological Society (BPS), without saying what each covers. Its team page names five coaches and trainers, with Niamh Shiells as head of leadership, team coaching and design thinking. A testimonial from Baker McKenzie in Belfast says the firm has worked with it since 2015.
All levelsOrganisations and individualsTeam coaching
Dromore, County Down, United KingdomNo Google or Trustpilot reviews
In Professional Development (INPD) is a management and leadership training provider based in Appley Bridge, Greater Manchester, founded in 2018.
It runs open and in-house programmes for directors, senior leaders and managers, most lasting 2 to 5 days, delivered online, in London or Manchester, or at the client's site. Many lead to Chartered Management Institute (CMI) Level 5 or Level 7 awards and certificates, including a Level 7 Certificate in Leadership Coaching and Mentoring, assessed by written assignments. After its 5-day Executive Mini MBA Accelerator or Directors Development Programme Accelerator, learners can take a postgraduate certificate (PG Cert) validated by the University of Chester. It also offers one-to-one and team executive coaching, typically 6 to 12 sessions of 60 to 90 minutes over 3 to 6 months, from a pool it says has more than 150 coaches.
Individual places are listed from £1,400 plus value added tax (VAT) for the 2-day Finance for Non-Finance Managers course to £3,250 plus VAT for the Directors Development Programme Accelerator. In-house group delivery is listed from £2,750 plus VAT per day, and coaching prices are not published. It states that it became a CMI approved centre in June 2019. The company, In-Professional Development Ltd (number 10777587), was incorporated in May 2017, and its website names clients including Siemens Energy, the National Health Service (NHS), HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC), Toyota and KPMG.
C-suite, Senior leaders, Mid-levelOrganisations and individualsTeam coaching
Appley Bridge, Wigan, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom 4.7 (891)
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.
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Cranleigh, Surrey, United KingdomNo Google or Trustpilot reviews
Hult Ashridge Executive Education is part of Hult International Business School, based at Ashridge House, Hertfordshire, with roots going back to 1959.
It works with organisations on leadership and organisational development, co-designing programmes that range from a single skill to a full leadership academy. Services include experiential programmes led by Hult faculty, assessments and psychometrics, on-demand digital learning and organisational development consulting. Coaching covers one-to-one work for all levels, team coaching and help building an internal coaching culture, delivered face to face or virtually through a network of more than 300 coaches working in over 40 languages. It also trains coaches. The Postgraduate Certificate in Executive Coaching takes 10 to 12 months part-time, at Ashridge or online, and leads to a Postgraduate Diploma of 8 months and an optional 12-month Master's, about two and a half years in total.
Prices for organisational work are not published. The coaching qualifications cost £9,950 for the certificate, £13,600 for the diploma and £26,650 for the Master's, excluding value added tax (VAT). Hult states that its executive coach pathway holds the European Quality Award (EQA) from EMCC Global, formerly the European Mentoring and Coaching Council (EMCC), and EMCC Global confirmed a Team Coaching Quality Award for one of its team coaching programmes in January 2025. Its coaches are accredited by the Hult Ashridge Center for Coaching or the International Coaching Federation (ICF). The website states that it ranked 17th in the Financial Times 2026 ranking for custom executive education. The registered learning provider is The Ashridge (Bonar Law Memorial) Trust.
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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 Coaching House is a UK coaching practice set up in 2020 by Gilly Rutherford and Cath Harries, with a network of over 40 coaches.
It provides executive coaching, systemic team and group coaching, career coaching and transitional coaching for leaders changing roles. It also offers coaching supervision for independent and in-house coaches, and workshops to build a coaching culture. Coaching is one to one, in teams or in groups, in person or virtual, with coaches in the UK and overseas. One executive coaching case study describes about 6 hours of coaching taken over 6 months.
Prices are not published. The firm states that all its coaches hold formal coaching qualifications and follow the Global Coaching Code of Ethics. Individual profiles list credentials including International Coaching Federation (ICF) Professional Certified Coach, European Mentoring and Coaching Council (EMCC) Senior Practitioner and Institute of Leadership and Management (ILM) Level 7. Named clients include Cisco, British Airways, Shell, Cancer Research UK and EY.
Professional Development Group is a UK events and training company with offices in London and Wilmslow, Cheshire, incorporated in 2018.
It runs conferences, training courses and exhibitions, mostly for the public sector, through several brands. Government Events and Gov PD list conferences and one-day training courses, currently held online, and also offer in-house and on-demand training. Gov PD course areas include leadership, management and strategy, human resources and organisational development. The International Centre for Government Excellence (GovExcellence) runs professional development programmes for government staff, with management and leadership among its six programme areas. MyPD offers training courses, in-house training, coaching and mentoring.
Prices are not published on the group website. MyPD states that it is a Chartered Management Institute (CMI) Registered Centre delivering CMI qualifications, and an accredited training organisation for APMG International. The group states that it delivers more than 200 events a year, and it lists an advisory board of five named business leaders.
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Coaching Culture at Work (Culture at Work Ltd) is a London-based coach training and leadership development company founded by Carol Wilson.
It trains leaders and managers to coach, using the GROW model (Goal, Reality, Options, Will) and the Coaching for Performance approach it developed with Sir John Whitmore. In-house programmes run face to face, virtually or as a mix, and other courses cover coaching supervision, team development, lateral leadership, mindfulness, diversity and neuroscience in coaching, with a version for teachers. For individuals, its Executive Coach Training Course runs online over about two months, as four full days or six half days plus assessment. It also offers executive coaching sessions.
Fees are not published in text on its website. A limited number of half-price places on each open course go to state school teachers and charity staff. It states that the open course is accredited by the Association for Coaching (AC) and leads to an Institute of Leadership and Management (ILM) Recognised credential, with ILM Level 5 and Level 7 credentials at extra cost. It displays an ILM Approved Centre logo and states that it has delivered programmes in 42 countries. Clients named in testimonials include IKEA, GE Healthcare, England Rugby, Arts Council England and several NHS trusts. Carol Wilson is a Fellow of the ILM and a former Head of Professional Standards and Excellence at the AC.
Senior leaders, Mid-levelOrganisations and individualsTeam coaching
London, United KingdomNo Google or Trustpilot reviews
Catalyst 14 is a coach training and executive coaching company in London, founded by Damion Wonfor and incorporated in 2016.
It trains people to coach through three qualifications accredited by the European Mentoring and Coaching Council (EMCC): a 6-month Foundation Certificate, a Diploma at Practitioner level lasting 14 to 15 months, and a 12-month Advanced Diploma at Senior Practitioner level for coaches who already hold Practitioner accreditation. Courses run face to face in London, at the Coram building near King's Cross, or online. It also runs a two-day introduction to coaching, a group coaching skills workshop, coach supervision groups, continuing professional development (CPD) events and mindfulness retreats. For organisations it offers Leader as Coach training and one-to-one, group and team executive coaching, online or in person.
Published fees, excluding value added tax (VAT), are £2,750 for the Foundation Certificate, £5,750 for the London Diploma, £4,950 for the online Diploma and £6,500 for the Advanced Diploma, each secured with a £750 deposit. Its website states that its programmes hold the EMCC European Quality Award and displays an Institute of Leadership and Management (ILM) approved centre logo. Each year it gives pro bono coaching and coach training to charities, the National Health Service (NHS) and education, with current schemes for FareShare, Coram and Barnardo's.
C-suite, Senior leaders, Mid-levelOrganisations and individualsTeam coaching
Henley Business School is the business school of the University of Reading, founded in 1945, with campuses in Reading and Henley-on-Thames.
Its executive education is aimed at managers, senior leaders and board-level executives. It is offered as open programmes, custom programmes for organisations, apprenticeships at Levels 6 and 7, and Executive MBA and master's degrees. Coaching courses are run through the Henley Centre for Coaching. The Professional Certificate in Executive Coaching lasts nine months part-time, with three full-day workshops held at the Greenlands campus or live online, and asks for at least five years' management experience. Further certificates cover advanced coaching practice, team and systemic coaching and coaching supervision. The MSc in Coaching for Behavioural Change takes at least 30 months part-time.
The Professional Certificate costs £7,250 and the MSc £25,800, both exempt from VAT, or £18,550 for the MSc if the certificate has already been completed. The certificate is accredited by the International Coaching Federation (ICF) at Level 1, the Association for Coaching (AC) and the European Mentoring and Coaching Council (EMCC) at Senior Practitioner level. The school states that it holds accreditation from the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB), the Association of MBAs (AMBA) and the EFMD Quality Improvement System (EQUIS). It reports more than 7,000 students and 107,000 alumni. Henley Management College merged with the University of Reading in 2008.
C-suite, Boards, Senior leadersOrganisations and individualsTeam coaching
