What Your Personal Training does

Your Personal Training (YPT), trading as Your Personal Training UK and legally Your Management Solutions Limited, is a UK-based personal training management company founded in 2008. The company operates a B2B2C marketplace model that connects self-employed, Level 3-qualified personal trainers with 420+ gym, leisure centre, and hotel health club partnerships across England and Scotland. Since inception YPT has placed 5,000+ trainers, and currently lists 400+ PTs available for booking and 200+ active job vacancies. The platform supports both sides of the market: PTs gain established gym access, business infrastructure, and ongoing mentorship, while leisure operators (including GLL Better, Everyone Active, Fusion Lifestyle, Places Leisure, QHotels Collection, Kore, and UNTIL) receive a fully managed PT service without internal recruitment burden.

YPT's core technology is a web-based marketplace combining a public-facing job board, trainer profiles with 24/7 booking, and a Trainer Manager portal/application tracker. The product ecosystem extends beyond placement into training and monetisation: YOUR Academy delivers part-funded PT qualification courses with a guaranteed job pipeline; YOUR PT Hub provides templates and tools; Forward by YOUR PT is a 24-week business development programme; and Instructor 2 Icon (developed with Ben Shephard) plus CIMSPA-accredited Foundational (£199) and Advanced (£999) Business Courses form a structured upskilling ladder. Health Hero provides lifetime GP/physio/dietitian access. Brand partnerships with Technogym, Castore, Hyperice, Applied Nutrition, and others supply ancillary value.

Revenue is generated primarily through recurring monthly license/rent fees paid by self-employed PTs to operate within YPT partner facilities, supplemented by paid training courses and, at premium venues like UNTIL, a pay-per-use model (membership from £149/month plus £27/hour room time). The company is privately held, founder-controlled by Co-Owners and Directors Aaron McCulloch and James Lorey, both former PTs, with no disclosed external funding. Operations are managed regionally by James Pittam (North of England & Scotland) and Oliver Kerr (South). YPT holds CIMSPA Employer and Training Partner status and has earned regional recognition including 2019 England's Business Awards for Best Fitness Business and Best Overall Business in the North of England.

Name

Your Personal Training

Legal name

Your Management Solutions Limited

Website

https://yourpersonaltraininguk.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

2008

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Your Personal Training is a UK-based PT management company (founded 2008) operating a B2B2C marketplace that places self-employed personal trainers into 420+ gym, leisure centre, and hotel health club partnerships across England and Scotland.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Fitness Services

NAICS

Sports and Recreation Instruction (61162), Fitness and Recreational Sports Centers (713940)

SIC

Services-Membership Sports & Recreation Clubs (7997)

akta.pro primary industry

General Personal Training (In-Person & Virtual) (HSADAAAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Online/Remote Personal Training & Programming (HSADAAAM)

Keywords

• Personal training services
• Fitness career platform
• PT recruitment
• Leisure facility partnerships
• Professional development courses

Headquarters

HQ city

Leeds

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Platform licensing/management fees from PTs: Self-employed Personal Trainers pay rent/license fees to operate within YPT partner facilities. The company provides the gym partnership network, business support infrastructure, mentoring, training courses, and marketing tools in exchange for these ongoing fees. PTs keep 100% of their session earnings after their license/rent costs. No explicit commission or revenue share percentage stated in available sources.
2. Training and development courses: YPT offers paid professional development courses to trainers including Instructor 2 Icon (£300 value), Foundational PT Business Course (£199), and Advanced PT Business Course (£999). These are CIMSPA-accredited with CPD points.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Your Personal Training is a dual-sided marketplace that connects self-employed, Level 3-qualified Personal Trainers with 420+ UK gym, leisure centre, hotel and premium wellness operator partnerships, enabling trainers to operate their own PT businesses within established facilities. The company manages the entire PT lifecycle for operators (recruitment, onboarding, development, mentoring) while providing trainers with business infrastructure, ongoing licensing, and professional development.

Product overview

YOUR Personal Training operates as a unified platform for the UK's personal training sector, combining a core job placement and career management service with multiple supporting modules. The main platform connects qualified Level 3 personal trainers with 420+ gym and leisure centre partnerships nationwide, enabling self-employed trainers to run their businesses within established facilities. The ecosystem includes YOUR Academy for qualifications, YOUR PT Hub for business resources, Trainer Manager for operations, and a suite of training programmes (Forward by YOUR PT, Instructor 2 Icon, Foundational and Advanced Business Courses) alongside Health Hero wellness benefits. Trainers retain 100% of earnings with support including 6 weeks rent-free launch periods and unlimited mentoring.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Forward by YOUR PT: A 24-week structured business development programme for personal trainers covering launch through to established PT business.
• Instructor 2 Icon
• YOUR PT Hub
• Health Hero

Products and services

• YOUR Personal Training Platform The UK's largest self-employed personal training career platform connecting qualified Level 3 Personal Trainers with 420+ gym and leisure centre partnerships nationwide, enabling trainers to run their own PT businesses within established facilities while receiving business support and mentoring.
• YOUR Academy Training and qualification platform offering PT courses including the PT Career Accelerator programme that guarantees a PT job on completion, creating a talent pipeline into YPT partner facilities.
• YOUR Personal Training Solutions B2B service providing fully managed PT team solutions for fitness facilities and leisure operators, handling recruitment, onboarding, development, and ongoing support of Personal Trainers across multi-site portfolios.
• Forward by YOUR PT A 24-week structured development programme for personal trainers covering every stage from PT business launch through to establishing an ongoing successful business.
• Instructor 2 Icon Soft skills training programme developed with Ben Shephard covering communication, client psychology, and professional presentation, valued at £300, included free as part of the YPT support package.
• Foundational PT Business Course CIMSPA-accredited course with 5 CPD points covering client consultation techniques, pricing strategy, and lead generation for launching a PT business; priced at £199.
• Advanced PT Business Course CIMSPA-accredited course with 10 CPD points teaching trainers how to scale their business through challenges, community building, and client retention; priced at £999.
• Trainer Manager Online portal and application tracker for trainers to manage their applications, bookings, and business operations on the YPT platform.
• Health Hero Lifetime wellness benefit providing unlimited consultations with GPs, physiotherapists, and dietitians that trainers can access and resell to their clients.

Quantifiable outcome

• YPT trainers earn 38% above CIMSPA average (£31,000 vs £30,700)
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

15 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• The QHotels CollectioncoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 1 June 2026Partnership to deliver full-service PT management across 15 four-star hotel health clubs across England and Scotland. YPT recruits, onboards, develops, and supports PT teams at each property. Hotels provide facilities; YPT provides trainer placement and business support. Partnership announced June 2026.
• KorecoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 1 June 2026Leisure operator partnership for PT recruitment and management across 5 Sandwell leisure centres (Sandwell Aquatics Centre, Wednesbury Leisure Centre, Tipton Leisure Centre, Tipton Sports Academy, Portway Lifestyle Centre). YPT takes ownership of entire PT function for consistency and trainer performance. Partnership announced June 2026.
• Better (GLL)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorGLL-operated Better gyms are major YPT partners. YPT provides PT management services across multiple Better leisure centres nationwide including London (Copper Box Arena, Highbury, Wimbledon, Clapham, etc.), Swindon (Haydon Centre, Link Centre), and many other locations. YPT handles PT recruitment, onboarding, development, and support for Better facilities.
• Everyone ActivecoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorYPT partners with Everyone Active leisure operator across multiple venues including London Aquatics Centre, Tudor Grange Leisure Centre (Solihull), and others. YPT manages PT services for these facilities.
• YOUR AcademycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerYOUR Academy provides PT qualification courses and training programmes. YPT's PT Career Accelerator guarantees a job placement on course completion, creating a talent pipeline. The partnership includes part-funded PT courses for candidates.
• Applied NutritionminorOthersNutrition brand partner providing product contributions for PT awards (e.g., Jake Casey's PT of the Quarter prizes). Listed as a partner on YPT website.
• UK ActiveminorOthersIndustry body partner for physical activity sector. Listed as a partner on YPT website.
• CIMSPAminorOthersChartered Institute for the Management of Sport and Physical Activity. YPT is a CIMSPA Employer and Training Partner. YPT business courses are CIMSPA-accredited with CPD points.
• HypericeminorOthersRecovery equipment brand (hyperbaric chambers, cryotherapy, etc.). Listed as partner and prize contributor for PT awards. Listed as a partner on YPT website.
• CastoreminorOthersPremium sportswear brand providing PT uniform (2 tops) to YPT trainers at launch. Listed as a partner on YPT website.
• NASMminorOthersNational Academy of Sports Medicine - certification body partner. Listed as a partner on YPT website.
• VivobarefootminorOthersFootwear brand partner. Listed as a partner on YPT website.
• The Good PrepminorOthersNutrition brand partner contributing prizes for PT awards (e.g., Jake Casey's PT of the Quarter). Listed as a partner on YPT website.
• Built for AthletesminorOthersFitness equipment/accessories brand contributing prizes for PT awards. Listed as a partner on YPT website.
• UNTILcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorPremium health and wellness operator with central London clubs (Canary Wharf, Soho, Liverpool Street, Marylebone). YPT curates and manages PT talent for UNTIL's premium member experience. YPT handles talent sourcing, interviews, selection, onboarding, business support, and marketing integration. Partnership announced June 2026.

Scale indicators12 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Ten Health & Fitness: London-based personal training studio chain offering private PT services alongside group fitness and clinical services — competes for the same premium trainer talent and end-consumer fitness spend in the same UK market as YPT.
• Ultimate Performance: Global premium personal training company operating a similar 'self-employed PT operating inside a branded studio' model, with the same trainer-development, business support, and mentor-manager dynamics that YPT provides to franchisees (https://www.upfitness.com).
• New Levels Fitness: UK personal training provider running coached group-PT and one-to-one session programmes inside partner gym facilities — operates a similar venue-based, trainer-managed model that overlaps with YPT's trainer placement services.

Emerging players

• Future Fit Training: UK-based personal training qualification and CPD provider feeding newly qualified PTs into the market — directly comparable to YOUR Academy's qualification-to-placement value chain.
• Premier Global NASM: UK arm of NASM offering PT certifications and continuing education — competes with YPT's YOUR Academy and CIMSPA-accredited business courses in supplying qualified trainers and upskilling the existing workforce.
• Origym: UK provider of Level 3 PT qualifications and job placement support — overlaps YOUR Academy's qualification-plus-placement proposition and competes for trainee supply.

Broad incumbents

• Pure Gym: One of the UK's largest low-cost gym operators; represents the kind of large venue network where YPT-placed self-employed PTs operate, and a credible potential insourcing or partnership counter-party in PT management.
• Nuffield Health: UK's largest healthcare charity combining gyms, PT, and clinical services — overlaps with YPT on the leisure and personal training dimension and is a comparable broad incumbent operating premium fitness/wellness facilities nationwide.
• Fitness First: Established UK premium gym chain with in-house PT teams — represents the operator-side comparison and a potential partnership or insourcing competitor in the broader PT management space.

Others

• CIMSPA: Chartered professional body for the UK sport and physical activity sector with which YPT holds Employer and Training Partner status — relevant as an ecosystem participant that sets the standards and accreditation regime YPT and its trainers operate within.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/yptuk
• YouTubeyoutube.com/@yourpersonaltraininguk
• Facebookfacebook.com/yourptuk
• Instagraminstagram.com/yourptuk
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/your-personal-training

Compliance1 record

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Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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