International Career Counsellor's Club (ICC Club)

What International Career Counsellor's Club (ICC Club) does

International Career Counsellors' Club (ICCC (UK)) is a UK-incorporated global professional association founded in 2014 and headquartered in London and Preston, with an additional operational office in Chennai, India. The organization accredits, licences, and serves as a professional body for individual career development professionals (CDPs), career development organizations (CDOs), and skill partner training institutes, alongside offering free membership to schools, colleges, universities, and selected NGOs. By 2021 it had empowered over 100,000 individuals worldwide through its network, and operates across Europe, the Middle East, India, Vietnam, and Africa with leadership coverage of additional regions including Lebanon and Canada.

The core product portfolio centres on ICCC One Test™, a unified and internationally benchmarked psychometric assessment launched in 2026 that is modelled on established global aptitude frameworks (DAT, DBDA) and enriched with RIASEC-based interest mapping, personality profiling, aptitude and reasoning measures, and structured stream-fit analytics for learners aged 13-25. ICCC (UK) also operates ICCC One Suite™ as a membership benefit, a Standard Career Psychometric Assessment for advanced career mapping, and a Career Psychometric Test Accreditation framework that evaluates reliability, construct validity, scoring logic, interpretability, age appropriateness, and real-world applicability. In 2024 the organization introduced formal professional career counselling licences, and in 2025 added strategic collaborations with ISCHS (ISO 9001:2015-certified assessments with Cronbach's Alpha 0.89-0.95) and EduStepAhead (international admissions support).

The business model is membership-subscription-driven across three tiers — Professional (£99/year, £299/10 years, £399/lifetime), Organizational (£159/year, £459/10 years, £559/lifetime), and Skill Partner (£249/year, £649/10 years, £799/lifetime) — augmented by accreditation and psychometric test licensing fees. Distribution is digital-first through the official website (iccclub.org) and authorized assessment centres globally, with a 9-employee operating base. No external funding rounds, acquisitions, or M&A activity have been disclosed, and the organization is founder/board-led with regional Vice Presidents covering Middle East & Africa, Pacific, and EU regions under President Prof. Emily Scott.

Name

International Career Counsellor's Club (ICC Club)

Legal name

International Career Counsellors' Club

Website

https://iccclub.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

International Career Counsellors' Club (ICCC (UK)) is a global professional association founded in 2014 that accredits career counsellors, organizations, and training institutes while providing the ICCC One Test™ psychometric assessment platform and professional licensing across multiple regions including the UK, India, Middle East, and Africa.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Professional Association and Career Assessment Services

NAICS

Professional Organizations (813920)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600), Services-Testing Laboratories (8734)

akta.pro primary industry

International/Transnational Accreditation & Recognition Bodies (EDADACAG)

akta.pro secondary industry

Accreditation Coordination, Recognition & Meta-Accreditation Bodies (EDADACAH)

Keywords

• Career counselling accreditation
• Psychometric assessment services
• Professional membership association
• Career guidance licensing
• Education consultancy credentials

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Professional Membership Fees: Individual career development professionals (CDPs) and Credentialed International Education Counsellors (CIECs) pay membership fees: £99/Year, £299/10 Years, or £399/Lifetime. Benefits include professional certificate, public profile visibility, recognition, endorsements, and ICCC One Test subscriptions at applicable levels.
2. Organisational Membership Fees: Career Development Organisations (CDOs) and Credentialed International Education Partners (CIEPs) pay: £159/Year, £459/10 Years, or £559/Lifetime. Includes organisation profile visibility and institutional presence recognition.
3. Skill Partner Membership Fees: Certification providers, training institutes, and career development training centres pay: £249/Year, £649/10 Years, or £799/Lifetime. Includes institutional skill-partner recognition, certification integration, and participant-level recognition options.
4. Psychometric Assessment Subscriptions: Members receive complimentary ICCC One Test psychometric test subscriptions at various levels (1 year to lifetime). Institutional access model allows unlimited test administration under single subscription.
5. Accreditation and Empanelment Fees: Career counselling organizations, training institutes, and employability centres undergo evaluation and pay nominal administration and renewal fees for accreditation and listing on organizational membership pages.
6. Career Psychometric Test Accreditation: ICCC (UK) provides formal accreditation for career psychometric tests developed by organizations. Accreditation is selectively granted to tools demonstrating genuine scientific merit and responsible deployment.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

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Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

ICCC (UK) is a membership-based global association that accredits and licenses career development professionals, organizations, and training institutes, while providing psychometric career assessment tools (ICCC One Test™ and ICCC One Suite™) and accreditation services for career guidance programs. It generates revenue primarily through tiered Professional, Organisational, and Skill Partner memberships and bundles access to its benchmarked psychometric assessment platform as a member benefit.

Product overview

ICCC (UK) operates as a global association and accreditation body for career counselling professionals, offering a unified platform with multiple interconnected products and services. The core product portfolio centres on ICCC One Test™ (a flagship psychometric assessment launched in 2026) and ICCC One Suite™ (test suite as membership benefit), supplemented by the Standard Career Psychometric Assessment for advanced career mapping and the Career Psychometric Test Accreditation framework. The membership tiers (Professional, Organisational, Skill Partner) provide access to these tools and accreditations. Service offerings include four accreditation pathways: Career Counsellor/Expert Accreditation, Career Development Organisation Accreditation, Training Institute/Centre Accreditation, and Employability Centre Accreditation. The platform connects career development professionals globally through certification, verification, and assessment services.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• ICCC One Test™: A unified and internationally benchmarked career psychometric assessment designed to support organisations, career counsellors, educational institutions, and students worldwide with structured aptitude, interest, personality, and stream-fit analysis.
• ICCC One Suite™

Products and services

• ICCC One Test™ A unified, internationally benchmarked career psychometric assessment designed for career counsellors, psychologists, education consultants, guidance experts, and study-abroad advisors. Delivers evidence-based career insights for learners aged 13–25 through professionally structured multi-page PDF reports. Enables unlimited test administration under a single institutional access model with no per-test or per-report cost.
• ICCC One Suite™ A psychometric test suite provided as a membership benefit to Professional, Organisational, and Skill Partner members, offering white-listed unlimited access to career assessment tools for varying durations based on membership tier.
• Professional Membership Membership pathway for Career Development Professionals (CDPs) and Credentialed International Education Counsellors (CIECs). Available in 1-year (£99), 10-year (£299), and lifetime (£399) tiers. Includes professional certificate, public profile visibility, SEO-supported profile link, social endorsements, logo usage permission, and complimentary ICCC One Test™ access.
• Organisational Membership Membership pathway for Career Development Organisations (CDOs) and Credentialed International Education Partners (CIEPs). Available in 1-year (£159), 10-year (£459), and lifetime (£559) tiers. Includes organisation profile visibility, institutional presence, and career psychometric test access dashboard. Schools, Colleges, Universities eligible for free membership subject to validation.
• Skill Partner Membership Membership for certification providers, training institutions, and partner-led skill development organisations. Available in 1-year (£249), 10-year (£649), and lifetime (£799) tiers. Includes institutional skill-partner recognition, certification integration, portfolio integration, and 2 Years ICCC One Suite™ Subscription Free (White Listed).
• Career Psychometric Test Accreditation A globally respected independent authority framework for Career Psychometric Test Accreditation. Each test undergoes comprehensive evaluation of psychometric reliability, construct validity, scoring logic, interpretability, age appropriateness, and real-world applicability. Accreditation is selectively granted to tools demonstrating genuine scientific merit and responsible deployment.
• Career Counsellor/Expert Accreditation Accreditation and licensing service for reputable professional institutes and career counselling experts worldwide. Includes thorough evaluations, verification, auditing, and endorsement with listing on the organisational membership page. Issues globally recognized professional career counselling licences.
• Career Development Organisation Accreditation Evaluation process ensuring aspiring member organizations demonstrate expertise and strong understanding of professional career counselling standards. Qualified organisations receive endorsement and are featured on the membership directory with a personalised profile page.
• Career Development Expert Training Institute/Centre Accreditation Accreditation for professional institutes focusing on career counselling, career guidance, career coaching, employability support, and other career development activities. Includes thorough evaluation, verification, and auditing processes.
• Employability Centre Accreditation Accreditation for NGOs, institutes, schools, colleges, and other organisations committed to employability and education support services. Includes comprehensive evaluation, verification, and auditing. Selected NGOs and NPOs receive free empanelment for up to 18 months.
• Standard Career Psychometric Assessment Advanced, internationally standardised psychometric tools integrating multiple established instruments for detailed career mapping, multidimensional aptitude analysis, personality profiling, interest alignment, and role-fit interpretation. Suitable for high school students, university learners, graduates, and working professionals.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 100,000 individuals globally empowered through career counselling and guidance by 2021
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

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Feature6 records

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• EduStepAheadcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025Strategic collaboration to provide structured international admissions support. Combines global counsellor network with expert overseas education consulting to offer seamless, end-to-end guidance for students aspiring to study abroad. Elevates ICCC (UK)'s role as trusted authority in career assessment, counselling excellence, and international education pathways.
• International School of Counselling and Holistic Studies (ISCHS)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2020Key strategic partner for psychometric assessments. ISCHS, an ISO 9001:2015 certified institute, provides internationally benchmarked career psychometric assessments for ICCC (UK) members. The partnership enables schools, career counsellors, and academic institutions to deliver scientifically validated, highly reliable career evaluations. ISCHS has conducted reliability validation on 3210 samples with Cronbach's Alpha of 0.89-0.95.
• MeetCounsellorcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2020Partner during COVID-19 pandemic to launch cutting-edge virtual career guidance initiatives. MeetCounsellor helps connect users with qualified mental health support professionals and provides research and development activities in education and mental health sectors along with training, technical platform support, and qualifying certifications.
• Global Skill SchoolcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2020Partner during 2020 pandemic resilience initiatives. Global Skill School offers training courses on technical skills, non-technical skills, and technical certification programs including SQL, Angular, and Web designing. Offers quality assessments and provides Global Skill School Membership as benefit for higher-tier ICCC members.
• GreenSignatureminorGTM or Marketing PartnerSocial support partner running an international initiative to encourage sustainable development and protect the environment. GreenSignature Organisation creates awareness on reduction in usage of paper, polythene, non-renewable energy resources, CO2 emissions, and water wastage.
• NGOs and Educational InstitutionsminorOthersPartnerships with respected NGOs, educational institutions, and social initiatives to amplify career development efforts worldwide. Through workshops, seminars, and personalized counselling, ICCC (UK) members provide mentorship that uplifts individuals across diverse cultures and career stages.
• Edumilestones (Auctus Infometrics Private Limited)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPremier career guidance organization established in 2008 with over 15 years of experience. Partners with schools, universities, and institutions through Career Lab initiatives. Specializes in psychometric assessments, study abroad counselling, and professional counsellor training through Certified Career Analyst (CCA) programs.
• WeLearn India Private LimitedcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPurpose-driven career development and wellbeing platform that helps individuals understand themselves before choosing careers. Combines psychology, education, and real-world guidance with scientifically designed psychometric assessments and expert mentorship. Provides Career and Education Counsellor Program and Psychometric Testing services.
• iikonzminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorOrganization providing training, coaching, and counseling services since 2019. Offers storytelling certification for teachers and professionals, career counselling and coaching services, and Career Counselor and Coach Certification Programs. Provides soft skills training using storytelling and Neuro Linguistic Programming.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves9 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Emerging players

• MyPlan.com: Online career assessment and planning platform using interest/values/aptitude inventories — a comparable consumer-facing psychometrics product, though it lacks ICCC's credentialing-and-membership model.
• Kuder, Inc. Provider of career planning and assessment solutions (including the Kuder Career Assessment System) used by schools and workforce agencies — directly comparable on the psychometric assessment side and a potential future platform competitor to ICCC One Test™.

Direct peers

• National Career Development Association (NCDA): The most directly comparable peer: a US-based global professional association for career counsellors, coaches, and workforce development professionals offering credentials, certifications, and membership tiers — mirrors ICCC's core mission and operating model.
• Career Development Institute (CDI): UK-based professional register and membership body that accredits career development professionals and training providers — the closest UK-headquartered competitor and structurally similar to ICCC's Professional and Skill Partner membership tiers.

Broad incumbents

• British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP): UK-based professional body accrediting counsellors and psychotherapy practitioners — comparable as a credentialing/membership organisation, though focused on therapeutic rather than career counselling.
• SHL (a CEB/GlobalData company): Global psychometric assessment provider widely used in talent management and career guidance — overlaps with ICCC's aptitude and personality profiling but serves a broader HR/recruitment market rather than the student-focused counselling segment.
• International Coaching Federation (ICF): Global professional association for coaches, offering tiered credentials and accreditation of training programmes — overlaps with ICCC's CDP licensing and Skill Partner accreditation but at significantly greater scale and brand recognition.

Regional players

• European Mentoring and Coaching Council (EMCC): European-focused accreditation body for mentors and coaches, offering practitioner credentials at multiple levels — a structurally similar accreditation-and-membership model serving overlapping end-clients in EMEA.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

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