What does a business coach cost in the UK?

Many UK business coaches will not tell you the price until you are on a call. That makes budgeting hard and comparison nearly impossible. This page sets out every published figure we could verify, with sources and dates, alongside what Core Business charges, so you can compare before you speak to anyone.

What UK business coaches actually charge

Published prices run from £99 a month for a large membership to £3,000 or more a month for senior one-to-one coaching. As far as we can find, nobody else publishes this as a named, dated comparison, so here it is. Full source links sit at the end of this guide.

Provider	Format	Published price	Checked
ActionCOACH (UK)	One-to-one franchise coaching	£1,500 to £3,000+ a month	4 Jul 2026
ActionCOACH MentorCLUB	Small group mentoring	£800 to £1,200 a month	4 Jul 2026
ActionCOACH ActionCLUB	Group coaching	£400 to £800 a month	4 Jul 2026
ActionCOACH workshops	Entry-level workshops	£200 to £400 a month	4 Jul 2026
Dent Global KPI Accelerator	Structured 12-month programme	£3,960 + VAT upfront, then £400 + VAT a month	4 Jul 2026
Entrepreneurs Circle	Membership	£99 + VAT a month, first month free	4 Jul 2026
The Alternative Board	Peer advisory board	Not published, bespoke quote	4 Jul 2026
Robin Waite (Fearless Business)	One-to-one, application only	Not published	4 Jul 2026
Core Business Momentum	One-to-one, application only	£12,000 a year, or £1,200 a month	This site
Core Business, The Cabal	12-month mastermind	£8,000 a year, or £800 a month	This site

Two independent benchmark round-ups fill the gaps between the named prices. Alan Wick’s UK benchmarks (updated June 2026) put entry-level coaches at £500 to £800 a month, mid-level coaches at £800 to £2,000, senior coaches at £1,200 to £3,500 or more, and group programmes at £200 to £600 a month per person. Ninja Coach’s market round-up (July 2025) reports hourly rates of £50 to £300+, day rates of £500 to £2,500, monthly packages of £300 to £3,000, and group coaching at £100 to £400 a month per person.

The pattern is consistent. Serious one-to-one work with an experienced coach sits somewhere between £1,200 and £3,000 a month on these published figures. Below that you are usually buying group delivery, content, or a junior coach.

What Core Business charges

Momentum, Nick’s one-to-one coaching partnership, is £12,000 a year paid in full, or £1,200 a month (£14,400 across the year if you pay monthly). Every client pays the same, there is no discounting, and the price includes a place at the annual retreat. The Cabal, the 12-month mastermind, is £8,000 a year paid in full, or £800 a month (£9,600 if monthly). The retreat on its own is £2,995 a ticket, or £2,495 for Cabal members.

We publish these numbers because much of the market does not, and “book a call to find out” wastes your time and ours. If the price rules Core out, better that you know now. Momentum is application only: a 30-minute call, no charge, no obligation, and a straight answer on whether it fits.

What pushes the price up or down

Four things move the price more than anything else.

1. Who is actually coaching you. A senior coach who runs real companies costs more than someone freshly certified. Ask what they operate now, and how it is going.
2. Format. One-to-one costs the most because you get all of the coach. Masterminds and group programmes spread one coach across a room, which is why they cost less per person.
3. Business model. Franchise coaches typically carry licence fees; independents set their own cost base. Neither is automatically better, it just explains some of the spread.
4. Frequency and access. Weekly sessions cost more than monthly. Access between sessions, for when something urgent lands, is worth paying for and worth confirming in writing.

What you should get for the money

At £1,000 or more a month, you should expect all five of these.

1. A structured method, written down, that you can inspect before you pay. Ours is CoreOS: strategy, accountability, mindset and systems. See how the main options compare.
2. A coach with a live P&L. Someone who coaches in the morning and applies the same advice to their own businesses in the afternoon.
3. Accountability between sessions. The session itself is the easy part; the follow-through is what you are actually paying for.
4. Direct access when something urgent lands, with a stated response time.
5. Honest scoping. A good coach tells you early if you are the wrong fit for what they sell.

Is coaching worth the cost?

The research is encouraging, with caveats. The ICF/PwC Global Coaching Client Study found 86% of companies reported at least recouping their investment, with a median return of around seven times. Those figures are self-reported by coaching buyers, so read them as a positive signal and never as a promise. No honest coach promises a result.

Coaching at this price is the wrong spend if you are pre-revenue, if you want a cheerleader, or if you want theory. It earns its keep when there is a trading business underneath it, typically £200k to £2m turnover with a team, and an owner willing to do the work between sessions.

If you want a low-cost way to test whether structured help would change anything, start with the free CoreOS Scorecard: 12 questions, an instant score, and an optional 12-month plan. It costs you nothing except an honest look at your own business.