Training For Professionals

What Training For Professionals does

Training for Professionals (legally TFP Online Ltd) is a UK-based training and consultancy firm founded in 1988 and headquartered in Poole, England. Itself-described as the largest provider of lettings legislation training across England and Wales, the firm serves letting agents, private landlords, local authorities, housing associations, and educational bodies with the core function of helping clients navigate and comply with constantly changing residential property management legislation, including the in-force Renters' Rights Act 2025. Its customer base is a long tail of small and mid-sized letting agencies and individual landlords, distributed geographically across England and Wales, with no single anchor account disclosed.

Name

Training For Professionals

Legal name

TFP Online Ltd

Website

https://tfponline.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

1988

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Training for Professionals is a UK-based training and consultancy firm providing lettings legislation education, compliance audits, model documentation, and advisory helpline services to letting agents, landlords, and housing bodies across England and Wales.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Lettings Training and Compliance Services

NAICS

Professional and Management Development Training (611430), Educational Support Services (611710)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Real Estate & Property Services (EDABALAW)

akta.pro secondary industry

Real Estate, Appraisal & Mortgage (Agent/Broker CE, Appraiser CE) (EDAAALAI)

Keywords

• Lettings legislation training
• Property compliance audits
• Landlord training courses
• Tenancy documentation services
• Residential lettings consultancy

Headquarters

HQ city

Poole

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Training Courses: Public and in-house training courses on lettings legislation for landlords and letting agents, including full-day live interactive courses and CPD-accredited programs
2. Model Documentation Products: Subscription-based access to model tenancy agreements, prescribed forms, and support documents updated for legislative compliance
3. Compliance Audit Services: Bespoke on-site compliance audit days tailored to individual agency needs
4. Helpline Subscription: Ongoing advisory service for subscribers needing guidance on lettings legislation matters
5. Webinars and Recorded Content: Recorded webinars on specific topics available for purchase through the shop

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Training for Professionals delivers live, interactive training courses, on-site compliance audits, subscription-based model tenancy and legal documentation, and a subscriber helpline advising landlords and letting agents on UK lettings legislation. Offerings are aimed at helping property professionals comply with constantly evolving housing law, including the Renters' Rights Act 2025, and are delivered through public courses, in-house corporate training, the company website and a subscription documentation library.

Product overview

Training for Professionals offers a suite of professional services for the private rented sector, consisting of live training courses (public and in-house), a Compliance Audit service, subscription-based model documentation (Tenancy Agreement Pack), a Helpline for compliance queries, the Letting Update Journal subscription publication, and recorded webinars. The core offering is training and consultancy supported by downloadable legal documentation products.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Letting Update Journal: A professional journal publication covering lettings legislation, regulations, and industry updates for the private rented sector.

Products and services

• Training Courses (Public and In-House)

Quantifiable outcome

• 6 hours CPD with certificated multiple choice online assessment
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers10 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• London Landlord Accreditation Scheme (LLAS)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with the London Landlord Accreditation Scheme, a scheme to recognise good landlords and agents who have the skills to run a successful rental business and provide tenants with good quality and safe accommodation.
• The Guild of Residential LandlordsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with The Guild of Residential Landlords, one of the landlords associations which operates nationally and provides help, advice and stationery primarily to private landlords.
• Accreditation Network UK (ANUK)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerTFP has supported ANUK for many years, with David d'Orton-Gibson holding the role of chair. ANUK promotes accreditation in the Private Rented Sector.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• The Letting Training Centre: A UK-based training provider delivering courses for landlords and letting agents, including legislation updates and CPD-accredited content. Directly comparable to TFP in audience, format (live / online courses) and subject matter (lettings law).
• Total Landlord: Provides training, events, and compliance content for UK landlords and letting agents, including CPD-accredited courses and legislative updates. Closely overlaps TFP's training-plus-content model within the same Private Rented Sector audience.

Others

• DPS (Deposit Protection Service): Government-authorised tenancy deposit protection scheme that also produces compliance guidance and training for landlords and agents. Comparable as a regulated PRS compliance provider and a potential distribution or content partner for TFP's courses.
• Property Redress Scheme: Government-approved redress scheme for the Private Rented Sector that also publishes guidance and training material for letting agents and landlords. Comparable as a regulated PRS services provider and a complementary compliance touchpoint for TFP's customers.
• PayProp: A PropTech platform providing automated rental payments, reconciliation, and compliance workflows to letting agents. Not a training provider, but a sector peer in serving UK letting agents with recurring, compliance-adjacent tooling that could either complement or compete with TFP's documentation and audit services.

Emerging players

• Goodlord: A UK PropTech platform offering referencing, contracts, deposits, and compliance workflows for letting agents. Adjacent rather than overlapping, but competes for the same compliance wallet and represents the kind of digital-first challenger that could erode TFP's documentation and audit revenue.
• LandlordZONE: A UK landlord information and training platform covering legislation, compliance, and best practice. Comparable to TFP's content/journal layer (e.g., Letting Update Journal) and a potential alternative to its subscription documentation and helpline services.

Broad incumbents

• Propertymark (formerly ARLA Propertymark / NAEA Propertymark): The UK's leading professional body for property agents, offering qualifications, CPD, training, and accreditation. Overlaps TFP in CPD-accredited lettings training and PRS accreditation (e.g., ANUK-style schemes) but at far greater scale and as part of a broader membership proposition.
• Safeagent (National Approved Lettings Scheme): A national lettings-agent accreditation scheme that also offers training, CPD and compliance resources to member agents. Comparable in its focus on agent accreditation and training, and adjacent to TFP's role chairing ANUK.

Regional players

• Rent Smart Wales (approved training providers ecosystem): The Welsh landlord/agent licensing scheme for which TFP is an approved training provider. Comparable in regulating PRS training demand, and the broader ecosystem of approved providers represents both partners and direct competitors within Wales specifically.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/TFPOnlineLtd
• Facebookfacebook.com/tfponline.co.uk
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/training-for-professionals

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

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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