Inner Compass

What Inner Compass does

Inner Compass is a Bristol, UK-based personal development and leadership facilitation business operated by founder Keshav Bhatt. It centres on a six-module online course, "Inner Compass," priced at £297 for lifetime access, built on the proprietary "6Cs" framework (Clarity, Calm, Connection, Consistency, Challenge, Contribution) that synthesises Self-Determination Theory, Attachment Theory, affect regulation research, and Flow theory. Supporting products include the free 13-question Rapid Alignment Check quiz (product-led funnel entry point), the Compass Collective community membership (£29/month after a 12-month included period), 1:1 executive coaching, and corporate facilitation services (workshops, keynotes, and multi-month programmes on psychological safety, inclusive leadership, and coaching skills). Distribution combines a self-serve digital product funnel — quiz to course to community — with direct enterprise sales delivered through unnamed leadership-development partners as an associate facilitator.

The customer base is hybrid. Individual consumers purchase the course globally online, while enterprise clients include an NHS Foundation Trust (900+ clinicians and managers over a nine-month psychological safety programme), an unnamed FTSE-100 financial services organisation, a global insurance company, a global media organisation, and a global engineering firm. Course ratings average 4.97/5 across thousands of students and 4.8/5 across 2,000+ leaders coached. Content channels include a 74,000+ subscriber YouTube channel, an Instagram account (3,337 followers), and the weekly Sunday Samosa newsletter. A youth-segment social enterprise (Revolution Hive) is referenced but is separate from Inner Compass.

The business is privately held and bootstrapped, with no external investors, no subsidiaries, and no patents or trademarks disclosed. Headcount is approximately 6, operating as a founder-led practitioner model rather than a scaled organisation. Key-person dependency on Keshav Bhatt is high, with the brand, methodology, and delivery all anchored to his Harvard Ed.M, ICF coaching credentials, TEDx profile, and 14+ years of facilitation experience.

Name

Inner Compass

Legal name

Inner Compass

Website

https://keshavbhatt.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Inner Compass is a Bristol, UK-based personal development and leadership facilitation business operated by founder Keshav Bhatt, selling a £297 online course built on a proprietary 6Cs framework alongside executive coaching, corporate workshops, and a paid community membership for individuals and organisations.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Professional Coaching and Leadership Development

NAICS

Professional and Management Development Training (611430), Educational Support Services (61171)

SIC

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

akta.pro primary industry

Wellness Program Design & Accountability Coaching (HSADAGAC)

akta.pro secondary industry

Course Bundle Subscriptions & Learning Membership Marketplaces (EDAFAIAI)

Keywords

• Personal development courses
• Executive coaching services
• Leadership development programs
• Organizational facilitation services
• Psychological safety training

Headquarters

HQ city

Bristol

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Inner Compass Course Sales: One-time payment of £297 for lifetime access to all six modules, including 12 months of Compass Collective membership, workbook, habit tracker, and future updates. After 12 months, community access continues at £29/month or can be cancelled.
2. Compass Collective Subscription: Community membership at £29/month following the initial 12-month inclusion with course purchase. Provides peer accountability, group support, and ongoing engagement beyond the course content.
3. Executive Coaching: 1:1 coaching engagements with senior leaders, often alongside team programmes. Custom pricing based on scope and duration. Some relationships span multiple years.
4. Organisational Facilitation: Keynotes, workshops, and multi-month culture programmes delivered to corporate and NHS clients. Pricing varies by format (120-min workshop, half-day, full-day intensive) and customisation level.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion4 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Inner Compass sells a self-paced online personal development course based on the 6Cs framework (Clarity, Calm, Connection, Consistency, Challenge, Contribution), priced at £297 for lifetime access including workbook, habit tracker, and 12 months of community membership. The company also delivers 1:1 executive coaching and organisational facilitation services—including workshops, keynotes, and multi-month programmes—directly to corporate clients and the NHS, covering psychological safety, inclusive leadership, and coaching skills.

Product overview

Inner Compass is a coaching and leadership development business operated by Keshav Bhatt, offering a portfolio of products and services centred on personal growth and organisational culture. The core product is the Inner Compass Course — a self-paced programme based on the 6 Cs of Fulfilment (Clarity, Calm, Connection, Consistency, Challenge, Contribution), sold for £297 with lifetime access. This is complemented by the Compass Collective community membership, a free Rapid Alignment Check quiz, 1:1 coaching sessions, corporate facilitation services (workshops, keynotes, programmes), the Sunday Samosa weekly newsletter, and Studio content including YouTube videos and spoken-word mixtapes. The ecosystem is designed to serve both individual consumers seeking personal development and organisations seeking leadership development and culture change programmes.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Inner Compass Course A self-paced online personal development course based on the 6 Cs framework (Clarity, Calm, Connection, Consistency, Challenge, Contribution), grounded in psychological research and coaching methodology. Sold for £297 lifetime access and includes video lessons, workbook, habit tracker, curated reading list, and 12 months of Compass Collective community membership. Targets ambitious individuals navigating career pivots, burnout recovery, anxiety, and chronic inconsistency.
• Compass Collective A subscription-based community membership space where Inner Compass Course members connect with like-minded individuals for peer accountability and ongoing support. First 12 months are included free with course purchase, then continuing membership is billed at £29/month (cancel anytime). Founding members retain preserved founding rates.
• 1:1 Executive Coaching One-to-one coaching engagements with founder Keshav Bhatt for senior leaders and individuals, often conducted alongside team programmes or as standalone engagements. Custom pricing based on scope and duration; some relationships span multiple years or a decade.
• Organisational Facilitation Services Leadership development services for organisations including workshops (120-minute), half-day and full-day intensives, keynotes, multi-month culture programmes, and bespoke consulting engagements. Topics cover psychological safety, inclusive and adaptive leadership, coaching skills, and emotional intelligence. Sold directly to corporate clients, NHS trusts, and public sector organisations, with delivery also routed through leadership-development partner agencies as an associate facilitator.

Quantifiable outcome

• 97% would recommend the NHS psychological safety programme
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers6 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

Feature3 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Leadership Development PartnerscoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorKeshav delivers facilitation work as an associate through leadership-development partners. These agencies bring him into corporate and NHS engagements. The organisations stay unnamed out of respect for those relationships. Named versions and logos available on request with permission.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Calm: Consumer wellness subscription app combining content (meditation, sleep, mental fitness) with corporate Calm Business. Comparable to Inner Compass on the wellness/coaching subscription axis (Compass Collective) and corporate mental fitness contracts, though focused on meditation rather than leadership.
• BetterUp: Largest scaled executive and leadership coaching platform, pairing enterprise employees with a global bench of coaches. Comparable to Inner Compass on 1:1 coaching and corporate facilitation, but operates at vastly greater scale and capital intensity.
• Mind Tools: Long-standing leadership and management training content library used by enterprises for skills development. Comparable on the corporate learning and management training axis that Inner Compass serves through its facilitation business, though delivered as off-the-shelf digital content rather than bespoke facilitation.
• Tony Robbins (Robbins Research International): Personal development and peak performance empire combining paid courses, live events, books, and coaching. Comparable to Inner Compass on integrated personal-development methodology (Tony Robbins also sells high-ticket courses and communities), but at much larger scale with multiple brands.

Emerging players

• Marie Forleo: Personal-brand coach selling the Everything Is Figureoutable programme, B-School, and a newsletter community. Comparable as a content-driven personal development brand with course + community model similar to Inner Compass.
• Simon Sinek: Leadership author and TED speaker selling keynote speaking, workshops, and an online learning platform (Optimism) focused on leadership and team culture. Comparable to Inner Compass on thought-leader-driven enterprise facilitation and course sales around a defined leadership framework.
• The Life Coach School (Brooke Castillo): Personal-brand coaching school offering self-study courses, certification, and a community around a defined methodology. Comparable on integrated self-paced course, paid community, and methodology-led positioning similar to Inner Compass's 6Cs.
• Brené Brown: Research-grounded leadership and culture educator selling books, courses, workshops, and corporate training around vulnerability and courageous leadership. Comparable to Inner Compass on the research-informed leadership facilitation and corporate culture programme axis.
• Brendon Burchard (High Performance Institute): Personal-brand entrepreneur selling high-ticket personal development courses, books, and coaching around a defined methodology (High Performance). Closely comparable to Inner Compass's model of an integrated course framework with workbook, community, and 1:1 coaching upsell.

Direct peers

• Insight Timer: Free meditation and wellness app with a paid teacher/community tier, very similar product-led community model to Inner Compass. Comparable as a free-content-and-community funnel monetised through paid memberships, and operating in adjacent wellness/personal development territory.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/keshavbx
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/inner-compass-ltd
• Instagraminstagram.com/keshavbx

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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