What Yellow Hat does

Yellow Hat (legal entity: Yellow Hat 22 Limited, UK Companies House #14327469) is a private UK management training consultancy founded in 1993 by Mike Williams in Little Chesterford. The firm specializes in workplace upskilling through three integrated service pillars: High Level Business Direction (executive programs covering KPI implementation, change management, and executive coaching), Up-skilling Your Management Team (transition-to-management, coaching, talent acquisition interviewing, challenging conversations, and influencing), and Developing Individual Competencies (speed reading, business writing, negotiation, project management, presentation, and resilience). It also delivers ILM-accredited qualifications across Levels 2 through 7 via a strategic partnership with the Institute of Leadership & Management.

Revenue is generated exclusively through professional services: bespoke training courses, ready-to-go workshops, and consulting engagements sold via a consultative sales motion. Pricing is quote-based and not publicly disclosed; engagements are structured around a single principal consultant who stays with the client throughout the project lifecycle, emphasizing continuity and measurable improvement outcomes. The customer base comprises UK businesses of various sizes (with GLA identified as a known client) plus individual managers, leaders, and individual contributors seeking personal-effectiveness and professional development. Geographic reach is the United Kingdom only, headcount sits in the 1-10 range, and there is no technology platform, software product, app, API, or AI capability offered — all delivery is human-led. Marketing is limited to the company website and a personal LinkedIn presence; no channel partners, paid acquisition, or productized distribution exists.

Name

Yellow Hat

Legal name

Yellow Hat 22 Limited

Website

https://yellow-hat-ltd.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1993

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Yellow Hat is a UK-based management training consultancy founded in 1993 that delivers bespoke leadership, management, and individual-competency workshops alongside ILM-accredited qualifications to UK enterprises and individual professionals.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Management Training and Consulting

NAICS

Professional and Management Development Training (61143), Professional and Management Development Training (611430), Management Consulting Services (54161)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200), Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Training, Enablement & Talent Development Summits (THAHAMAH)

akta.pro secondary industry

Executive Function Coaching (Planning, Organization, Time Management) (EDAMAIAB)

Keywords

• Management training services
• Leadership development programs
• Business communication training
• Executive coaching services
• ILM accredited qualifications

Headquarters

HQ city

Little Chesterford

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Training and Consulting Services: Yellow Hat generates revenue through bespoke training courses, workshops, and consulting engagements. They offer both tailor-made programs and ready-to-go interventions, with services structured around three key areas: high-level business direction, management team upskilling, and individual competency development. The company works with a principal consultant throughout each project, emphasizing measurable improvement outcomes.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Yellow Hat is a UK-based management training consultancy that delivers bespoke workshops, ready-to-go training programs, and ILM-accredited leadership qualifications across three pillars: High Level Business Direction, Up-skilling Your Management Team, and Developing Individual Competencies. Services are sold as tailored consulting engagements led by a principal consultant, with both individual competency workshops (speed reading, business writing, negotiation, project management, presentations, resilience) and team/executive-level development.

Product overview

Yellow Hat Ltd is a management training consultancy offering a portfolio of workshop-based services organized across three core areas: High Level Business Direction (executive programs for KPIs, change management, leadership, and ILM accreditation), Up-skilling Your Management Team (management development covering transitions, coaching, interviewing, and influencing), and Developing Individual Competencies (personal effectiveness including speed reading, business writing, negotiation, project management, presentations, and resilience). The company operates as a single unified service offering with no software products, providing bespoke courses, ready-to-go workshops, and ILM-accredited qualifications delivered by principal consultants since 1993.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• High Level Business Direction Bespoke executive-level training and consulting program for business performance improvement, including KPI implementation, change management, leadership development, executive coaching (with emotional-intelligence focus), and access to ILM-accredited leadership qualifications from Levels 2 through 7. Targeted at senior leaders and executive teams of UK organizations undergoing industry transitions or seeking measurable improvement.
• Up-skilling Your Management Team Bespoke management-development program for first-line and middle managers, covering the move into management, effective coaching, legally compliant talent-acquisition interviewing, handling challenging conversations, and influencing skills. Designed for new managers, recently promoted team leaders, and existing managers seeking to upgrade their people-leadership capability.
• Developing Individual Competencies Bespoke personal-effectiveness training program for individual contributors and managers, including a 1.5-day speed reading course (with dyslexia accommodation and a stated outcome of at least doubling reading efficiency), business writing for reports and briefs, negotiation in matrix environments, project and time management, presentation skills, and a half-day resilience during change module. Targeted at individual professionals or sponsored delegates seeking measurable personal productivity gains.
• ILM Accredited Leadership and Management Qualifications Formally accredited UK-recognized leadership, management, coaching, and mentoring qualifications delivered via Yellow Hat's partnership with the Institute of Leadership & Management (ILM). Spans ILM Levels 2, 3, 5, and 7 across team leading, leadership and management, and coaching/mentoring pathways, enabling clients to obtain externally recognized credentials alongside bespoke training engagements.

Quantifiable outcome

• Speed reading course delegates will at least double their reading efficiency and halve daily reading hours

Named customers2 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• ILM (Institute of Leadership & Management)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerYellow Hat has a partnership with ILM to deliver accredited leadership and management qualifications. Programs include ILM 2 Team Leader, ILM 3 Award in Leadership and Management, ILM 5 Award in Leadership and Management, ILM 7 Certificate in Leadership, and various coaching and mentoring programs at Levels 2, 3, 5, and 7. This accreditation allows Yellow Hat to offer formally recognized qualifications alongside their training programs.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• QA Ltd: UK-based corporate training provider covering leadership, management, and digital/professional skills - competes for the same UK corporate L&D wallet across broader categories including IT and certification.
• Right Management: ManpowerGroup-owned talent and career management consultancy delivering leadership development, coaching, and outplacement - overlaps Yellow Hat's leadership and individual effectiveness programmes at greater scale.
• Korn Ferry: Global organisational consulting firm with leadership and talent development practices serving enterprise clients - serves the same buyer needs as Yellow Hat at significantly greater scale and geographic reach.
• Cegos (UK): Global learning and development group with a substantial UK presence offering leadership, management, and professional skills training - overlaps Yellow Hat's portfolio but as part of a much wider global catalogue.

Emerging players

• Skillsoft: Digital learning platform offering leadership, business, and compliance courses to enterprise buyers - represents the asynchronous, content-led delivery model that competes with bespoke consultancy offerings like Yellow Hat's.

Direct peers

• Hemsley Fraser: UK-based learning and development consultancy providing tailored management, leadership, and personal effectiveness training programmes - directly comparable in content, geography, and bespoke delivery model.
• Chartered Management Institute (CMI): UK professional body for managers offering management and leadership qualifications plus accreditation for training providers - highly comparable for the UK management-development audience Yellow Hat serves.
• Roffey Park Institute: UK management development institute delivering executive education, leadership programmes, and bespoke organisation development for UK and international clients - closely comparable offering to Yellow Hat's three-tier model.
• Lane4 Performance: UK-based management and leadership development consultancy focused on performance through tailored programmes for managers and teams - operates in essentially the same niche as Yellow Hat with bespoke, workshop-led delivery.
• Hult Ashridge Executive Education: UK executive education business school offering leadership development and management training to individuals and organisations - a strong direct peer for senior-level leadership and ILM-adjacent programming.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/yellowhatltd
• Facebookfacebook.com/YellowHatLtd
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/yellow-hat-limited

Compliance8 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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