ALP (Association of Labour Providers)

What ALP (Association of Labour Providers) does

ALP (Association of Labour Providers) is a UK not-for-profit trade association established around 2004/2005 to represent and support labour providers operating in regulated sectors including food processing, logistics, warehousing, horticulture, and construction-adjacent supply chains. It serves recruitment agencies, employment businesses, and gangmaster organisations — together with supply-chain employers as Associate Members — by promoting responsible recruitment, providing compliance guidance, and representing the sector to statutory regulators. ALP sits at a privileged intersection of policy and operations: its CEO Joanne Young was appointed to the Fair Work Agency Advisory Board in 2025 ahead of the FWA's 7 April 2026 go-live, and ALP works closely with the GLAA, the Home Office, and the Department for Business and Trade.

The product and service portfolio is anchored by an annual membership subscription that unlocks the ALP Handbook (a 2026 May Edition digital flipbook with embedded calculator), the ALP Academy eLearning platform (including the December 2025 CPD-certified 3Rs trilogy: Reach, Recruit, Retain), open workshops, the Member Support Forum, an Interactive Charge Rate Calculator, the Due Diligence Framework, and regular Labour Supply Chain Surveys (May and October waves). The technology stack is a website-based member portal at labourproviders.org.uk with eLearning, webinar delivery infrastructure, and digital flipbook publishing; no AI/ML or API surface is present. Distribution is sales-led through industry advocacy, policy publications, events, and the Seasonal Worker Roadshow co-delivered with Stronger Together across UK venues.

The business model is recurring annual membership subscriptions (pricing tiers not publicly disclosed) with a modest secondary stream from non-member workshop attendance at £160 plus VAT per session. As a not-for-profit, surplus is reinvested into member services and advocacy rather than distributed. Headcount is 13, headquartered in Camberley, Surrey, and the operating footprint is single-country (United Kingdom), with 2025-2026 product launches, regulatory positioning, and fintech (OnePay) and anti-exploitation (Stronger Together) partnerships pointing to active expansion of the addressable surface — though no financials, M&A, or funding activity are visible in the input data.

Name

ALP (Association of Labour Providers)

Legal name

The Association of Labour Providers Ltd

Website

https://labourproviders.org.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

2005

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

ALP is a UK not-for-profit trade association representing labour providers in regulated sectors such as food processing, logistics, and agriculture. It delivers membership-based compliance support, training through ALP Academy, the annual ALP Handbook, charge-rate tools, and policy advocacy with UK statutory regulators.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Camberley, England

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Membership Subscriptions: ALP generates revenue through annual membership subscriptions. Members include labour providers of all sizes and supply chain organisations as associate members. Membership provides access to compliance guidance, training, the member directory, handbook, charge rate tools, and policy advocacy.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

ALP is a UK not-for-profit trade association providing membership-based compliance support, training, and policy advocacy to labour providers and supply chain organisations in regulated sectors. Its core offering centres on annual membership subscriptions that grant access to the ALP Handbook, ALP Academy training (workshops and CPD-certified eLearning), interactive Charge Rate Calculator, Member Support Forum, Due Diligence Framework, and sector surveys. Non-members can attend workshops for £160 plus VAT per session, while the handbook is freely downloadable as a digital flipbook.

Product overview

ALP (Association of Labour Providers) is a not-for-profit trade association providing a comprehensive suite of membership-based services to labour providers operating in the regulated sector. The core offering centres on membership with access to the ALP Handbook (annual compliance reference), ALP Academy training (workshops and eLearning including the 3Rs eLearning Trilogy), and the Member Support Forum. Key tools include the Charge Rate Calculator and Charge Rate Guidance (annual guidance with interactive calculator for SSP 2026 reforms), the Due Diligence Framework, and Right to Work eLearning. The association also publishes regular Labour Supply Chain Surveys and maintains a partner relationship with OnePay for worker payment solutions. Policy advocacy through consultation responses and Fair Work Agency guidance rounds out the offering, with services accessible to both members and, in some cases, non-members through paid access.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• ALP Academy: Training and workshop division offering compliance training, eLearning, and professional development for labour providers.

Products and services

• ALP Membership Annual membership programme for UK labour providers and supply chain organisations (Associate Members). Provides access to compliance guidance, legal and industry resources, the ALP Handbook, ALP Academy training and eLearning, Member Support Forum, Charge Rate Calculator, policy advocacy, and networking opportunities within the labour provision sector.
• ALP Academy Training Training programme offering scheduled live workshops (via Zoom) and CPD-certified eLearning modules on compliance topics including Fair Work Agency licensing standards, right to work checks, statutory excuse establishment, preventing illegal working, and the 3Rs of Building a Reliable Workforce. Workshops are free for ALP members; £160 plus VAT per workshop for non-members.
• ALP Handbook Annual comprehensive reference handbook providing members and the public with up-to-date guidance on UK labour provision legislation, compliance requirements, licensing standards, and industry best practices. Distributed as a free interactive digital flipbook.
• Charge Rate Calculator Online interactive tool enabling labour providers to model charge rates for agency labour with detailed adjustments, margin modelling, and printable calculation outputs. Member-exclusive access; also embedded as an interactive PDF within the annual Charge Rate Guidance.
• Charge Rate Guidance (ALP Brief 304) Annual guidance document (ALP Brief 304) covering statutory minimums, SSP reforms, and an interactive calculator for determining agency labour costs in April 2026. Member-exclusive until released as open-source download closer to April each year.
• Due Diligence Framework Open-source step-by-step due diligence guide helping businesses establish effective processes to monitor and improve labour provider standards that meet good practice and statutory requirements.
• 3Rs eLearning Trilogy (Reach, Recruit, Retain) CPD-certified three-part eLearning course covering Reach, Recruit, and Retain strategies for building a reliable workforce. Includes assessment-based certification awarded after completion and ALP review of all three modules.
• Right to Work Statutory Excuse eLearning Online CPD-certified training course on establishing a statutory excuse through compliant right to work checks, helping reduce the risk of civil penalties. Unlimited access included with ALP membership.

Quantifiable outcome

• 73% of employers report increased labour costs in the past six months (Oct 2025), up from 54% in Oct 2024 — demonstrating the policy environment ALP helps members navigate.
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Named customers4 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

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• OnePaycoreGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 January 2026OnePay is an independent fintech offering prepaid card accounts and payment services to international and temporary workers who would otherwise be financially excluded. OnePay is promoted through ALP's partner page and services section, with a dedicated contact page via the ALP website. The partnership enables labour providers and employers to offer workers frictionless payment onboarding without requiring a UK current account or fixed address.
• Stronger TogethercoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2026Stronger Together is a multi-stakeholder initiative tackling labour exploitation. ALP and Stronger Together co-develop and co-deliver the Seasonal Worker Roadshow events across UK venues. The roadshows provide horticultural businesses with updates on the Employment Rights Act and Seasonal Worker Scheme, with practical sessions on recruitment scams, accommodation standards, pay, cultural diversity, and supervisor guidance.
• Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority (GLAA)coreOthersALP works closely with the GLAA on issues affecting licence holders. The GLAA is the statutory regulator for labour providers in sectors including agriculture, food processing, and warehousing. ALP's engagement with GLAA includes round table events, joint surveys, and policy coordination. ALP's CEO was appointed to the Fair Work Agency Advisory Board as the GLAA transitions into the new FWA structure.
• Fair Work Agency (FWA)coreOthersThe Fair Work Agency (FWA) goes live on 7 April 2026, bringing together the functions of the GLAA, Employment Agency Standards Inspectorate (EAS), Office of the Director of Labour Market Enforcement (DLME), and NMW enforcement. ALP has engaged extensively with the FWA's establishment, producing policy papers, responding to consultations, and providing training to help members prepare for the new regulatory regime.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Others

• Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority (GLAA): The statutory UK regulator for labour providers, transitioning into the Fair Work Agency in April 2026. Comparable as a stakeholder in the same sector but is a government regulator rather than a private trade association.

Direct peers

• REC (Recruitment & Employment Confederation): The REC is the UK's main trade body for the recruitment industry, offering compliance guidance, training, lobbying, and member services — directly comparable to ALP but covering a broader recruiter base rather than ALP's regulated-sector labour-provider focus.
• FLEX (Focus on Labour Exploitation): UK-based organisation working on labour-exploitation prevention, training, and policy. Directly comparable in subject matter and stakeholder audience, though mission-aligned rather than a paid trade body for labour providers.
• Stronger Together: A multi-stakeholder initiative tackling labour exploitation, co-delivering the Seasonal Worker Roadshow with ALP. Comparable in mission (ethical recruitment) and audience (UK labour supply chain), though operating as an initiative rather than a paid membership body.

Broad incumbents

• UKHospitality: UK trade association representing the hospitality sector, which overlaps with ALP's labour-user base. Comparable membership model and policy-advocacy positioning, but broader hospitality focus rather than labour-provider specialism.
• Sedex: A global supply-chain ethics and compliance platform used by UK labour users and producers. Comparable as a membership-driven ethical-recruitment and due-diligence data provider, but with a much larger, cross-sector footprint.
• Make UK: The UK's manufacturers' organisation, covering industrial employers that are major users of temporary labour. Comparable as a sectoral membership body with policy advocacy and training services, but focused on manufacturing rather than labour provision.
• CIPD (Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development): The chartered professional body for HR and people development in the UK. Comparable as a membership-based body delivering compliance training, policy advocacy, and thought leadership — but for in-house HR rather than labour providers.
• British Retail Consortium (BRC): UK trade association for retailers, many of whom are ALP employer-side members. Comparable as a sectoral trade body, but representing buyers rather than labour providers in the supply chain.

Emerging players

• Seasonal Worker Scheme Taskforce (industry coalition): Industry coalition ALP coordinates within to address Seasonal Worker Scheme reform. Comparable in membership-coalition model and policy advocacy focus, though narrower in scope (horticulture seasonal workers only).

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

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