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Top 25 Skills development centers based in the United Kingdom
RevenueBase identified 165 skills development centers headquartered in the United Kingdom as of September 2026 and tracks 3,774 professional contacts across them, including 1,118 with verified work emails. London is the largest hub.
This list covers skills development centers headquartered in the United Kingdom, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 22, 2026.
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The 25 largest skills development centers based in the United Kingdom
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1,696 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “The Knowledge Academy is a global leader in providing high-quality training and certification courses across various domains.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 187 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Learning Unlimited - Apprenticeships and Training We have been providing comprehensive recruitment, training and development services to organisations - large and small - since…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 73 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “At CST Training we enable workers and businesses to gain the qualifications they need to develop their careers and potential.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 71 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “At ELATT we think everyone should have the chance to learn new skills.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 52 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “LPTC is one of the fastest growing accredited Training and skills development Centre in the UK.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 50 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “BlackBird Training is a professional training provider established in 2019, specializing in customized training and development programs for organizations and professionals across…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 42 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Eliesha is an experienced training provider based in Newcastle upon Tyne.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 39 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Strive Training is a private training provider that empowers students with increased skills, confidence and motivation to succeed.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 34 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “We offer a range of first class training courses, recognised qualifications and apprenticeships for individuals and businesses across London and the Home Counties.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 19 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Global Skills has been in existence since 2003.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 18 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “St-Eds Training Centre provides a positive learning environment for young people to gain employability skills, who are better suited to a vocational education.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 15 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “The Prime College UK (TPC) is a leading training provider specialising in business qualifications.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 14 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Welcome to CTSW your local training provider where we can help you achieve your goals whatever they are.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 14 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Since 2006 TACS has been delivering training that empowers apprentices with knowledge that shapes their future.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 14 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Skill Step Training was founded in order to support our learners in gaining the skills, knowledge and behaviours needed for a successful career and life.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 13 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Impellus is an established provider of essential leadership and management training.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 10 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “AKU Training is for everyone that knows that life is for learning.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 9 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “We provide training and qualifications for all levels, helping people gain the skills they need to succeed in their careers.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 8 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Alpha Building Services & Engineering Ltd is a Skills Training Centre established in 1982 to provide construction and related trade skills courses.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 8 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Course2Career | Empowering Careers, Transforming Futures At Course2Career, we are committed to bridging the gap between education and employment.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 6 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “LOOKING FOR A NEW CHALLENGE?” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 6 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Leading the way for growth in development and efficiency within the workplace since 1837, when Sir Isaac Pitman first published Shorthand, going on to then found Pitman Training…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 5 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Key Performance Training is a helpful and approachable pathway to employment, talent and growth through regulated industrial sector training and certification.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 5 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 4 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “A Corporate and personal Training Company which cares about making a difference to personal development or organisational performance after the training event.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: skills development centers. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.
- Strong evidence
- The company's own public description of its business names skills development centers.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of skills development centers, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name skills development centers. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.
RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.
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Skills development centers based in the United Kingdom at a glance
As of Sep 22, 2026Companies by employee count
Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for United Kingdom, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for United Kingdom, over 165 companies.
How this list was built
Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among skills development centers, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.
- Source
- The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
- What qualifies
- Companies headquartered in the United Kingdom whose own description of what they do matches “skills development centers”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
- RevenueBase Smart Search
- RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names skills development centers), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
- What we exclude
- Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among skills development centers, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside United Kingdom are excluded even when they keep an office there.
- Match quality
- In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
- Ranking
- Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
- Verification
- Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 1,118 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
- Refresh
- This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 22, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
- Corrections
- Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.
Skills development centers by metro
- Skills development centers in London48
Frequently asked
What is RevenueBase Smart Search?
RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names skills development centers, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.
How many skills development centers are there based in the United Kingdom?
RevenueBase identified 165 skills development centers headquartered in the United Kingdom as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.
What is the largest company on this list?
The Knowledge Academy, headquartered in Bracknell, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which city has the most skills development centers?
London leads with 48 headquartered companies, followed by Manchester (7) and Birmingham (6).
How do I get contact information for these companies?
A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 1,118 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 165 companies.
How current is this list?
The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 22, 2026.
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RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.
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