UK Regulators' Network

What UK Regulators' Network does

UK Regulators' Network (UKRN) is a non-profit, member-led organization established in 2014 to facilitate collaboration across UK regulatory bodies. Hosted by the Civil Aviation Authority and headquartered in London, UKRN coordinates a portfolio of professional networks spanning governance (CEOs, Senior Regulators Group, Principals), corporate services (HR, Comms, IT, COOs), cross-cutting themes (Climate Change, Cost of Capital, Vulnerability, Equity Diversity & Inclusion, Growth), and profession-specific forums for economists, lawyers, researchers, and strategists. Membership comprises 20+ major UK regulators including the FCA, Ofgem, Ofwat, Ofcom, CAA, ORR, PSR, TPR, ICO, and the Regulator of Social Housing, alongside newer members such as the Independent Football Regulator, RICS, and WICS.

The organization operates a non-commercial model with no products or services sold to external buyers. Its offering to members includes the Jobs Board (launched December 2023), the Next Generation Non-Executive Directors scheme (piloted 2021), the Young Professionals Network, the Summer Intern Programme, and the Vulnerability and Sustainability Academies developed in partnership with Money Advice Trust and Anglia Ruskin University respectively. UKRN's technical footprint is modest: a website (ukrn.org.uk) and Microsoft Sway for content delivery, with information security standards inherited from the CAA host. The organization does not have a disclosed revenue stream, funding rounds, or external investors.

UKRN's strategic agenda is set out in its 2024-2027 three-year strategy covering six objectives: collaboration, Net Zero, vulnerability, sustainable economic growth, effective regulation, and regulation as a career choice. Recent flagship outputs include the March 2023 first edition of cost of capital methodology guidance (revised for consultation in June 2026), an Investor Guide aggregating sector profiles to support the £700bn+ UK infrastructure investment pipeline, and active engagement with government, Parliament, and international bodies such as the OECD. The network functions as a convening platform rather than a commercial entity, with value derived from the breadth and depth of its regulatory membership.

Name

UK Regulators' Network

Legal name

UK Regulators' Network

Website

https://ukrn.org.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

UK Regulators' Network (UKRN) is a non-profit, member-led organization established in 2014 that coordinates cross-sector collaboration across 20+ UK regulatory bodies through professional networks, career development schemes, and guidance publications, hosted by the Civil Aviation Authority.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Regulatory Coordination Services

NAICS

Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services (5416), Management Consulting Services (54161)

akta.pro primary industry

Infrastructure Planning, Capital Programs & Project Delivery Offices (PMOs) (BPAIALAJ)

Keywords

• Regulatory collaboration
• Cost of capital guidance
• Regulator member networks
• Infrastructure investor guidance
• Regulatory career development

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Others

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

UKRN is a member-led network organization that facilitates collaboration between UK regulators across financial services, energy, water, communications, aviation, rail, and professional services. It coordinates member networks, publishes guidance (e.g., cost of capital methodology), runs career development schemes (Next Gen NEDs, Young Professionals, Summer Intern Programme), produces an Investor Guide covering regulated infrastructure sectors, and hosts events and stakeholder engagement activities.

Product overview

UK Regulators' Network is a member-led organization established in 2014 to facilitate collaboration between UK regulators. Rather than offering a unified software product, UKRN provides a portfolio of coordination services including the Jobs Board for recruitment across regulatory bodies, the Next Generation NEDs Scheme for developing future Non-Executive Directors, the Young Professionals Network for early career development, Cost of Capital guidance publications for regulatory consistency, and various professional networks and forums covering governance, corporate services, and cross-cutting themes. Additional services include the Summer Intern Programme, Vulnerability and Sustainability Academies with bespoke training, shared training catalogue, the Investor Guide for infrastructure investment, and secondment opportunities. These services work together to support the UK's regulatory ecosystem through collaboration, knowledge-sharing, career development, and stakeholder engagement.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• UKRN Jobs Board A centralized job board connecting job seekers with career opportunities across UK regulatory bodies, with search by keyword, location, contract type, profession, and organization, plus email alert subscription capabilities.
• Next Generation Non-Executive Directors (NEDs) Scheme A talent pipeline programme that develops a diverse cohort of future Non-Executive Directors through networking, shared learning, guest speakers, and a 12-month placement programme across participating member panels, committees, or boards.
• UKRN Young Professionals Network A self-governed network run by and targeted at early career professionals from member regulatory bodies, facilitating information sharing, discussions on shared topics of interest, and career development support through networking and advice.
• Cost of Capital Guidance and Publications Published guidance on methodology for setting the cost of capital across regulated sectors, along with annual cost of capital reports and consultation documents to promote consistency and transparency in regulatory decision-making.
• Summer Intern Programme A hands-on internship programme providing university students experience in how regulation works through interactions with regulators at network meetings and stakeholder events, plus contribution to bespoke UKRN projects.
• UKRN Networks and Forums Organized professional networks covering Governance (CEOs, SRG, Principals), Corporate Services (Comms Directors, COOs, HR Directors, IT Directors), Cross-Cutting themes (Climate Change, Cost of Capital, Equity Diversity & Inclusion, Growth, Vulnerability), Professions (Economics, Lawyers, Research, Strategists), and Forums (Compliance and Enforcement, Corporate Governance, Regulatory Supervision).
• Vulnerability Academy and Sustainability Academy Bespoke training schemes developed in partnership with external organizations to support delivery of strategic objectives on Vulnerability (with Money Advice Trust) and Net Zero/Sustainability (with Anglia Ruskin University's Global Sustainability Institute).
• Shared Training Programme A catalogued set of shared training opportunities facilitating access to bespoke courses supplementing those offered by members, including introduction to economic regulation, cost of capital, data spreadsheet modelling, and competition economics.
• UKRN Investor Guide A comprehensive investor guide covering sector profiles for aviation, energy, financial services, water, telecommunications, and rail, providing information on regulatory approaches and investment opportunities across UK regulated sectors.
• Secondment Opportunities Short-term placements allowing regulators to share expertise with routes for individual career development including through links with academia and industry.

Named customers20 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core, major and supporting.

• Money Advice TrustcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerUKRN partnered with Money Advice Trust to develop the Vulnerability Academy curriculum, an interactive programme designed to support colleagues working in and engaging with different aspects of vulnerability across regulated sectors.
• Anglia Ruskin University Global Sustainability InstitutecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerUKRN partnered with Anglia Ruskin University's Global Sustainability Institute (GSI) to develop the Sustainability Academy, providing targeted and bespoke training on regulatory sustainability to regulators, policymakers, strategists and climate leaders.
• Global Infrastructure Investment Association (GIIA)coreGTM or Marketing PartnerUKRN works to support dialogue between regulators and the investor community through events and partnerships with investor associations including GIIA. Most recent collaboration was an investor roundtable in 2025 on how regulators can better support investment.
• Long Term Infrastructure Investors Association (LTIIA)coreGTM or Marketing PartnerUKRN partners with LTIIA for joint conferences on UK infrastructure regulation, bringing together UK regulators, institutional investors, fund managers, multilateral institutions, advisers and industry bodies.
• Whitehall & Industry Group (WIG)majorGTM or Marketing PartnerUKRN partners with WIG for joint events and workshops covering topics including regulatory enforcement, Brexit, net zero, cost of living, and emerging technologies.
• OECDmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerUKRN conducted a joint webinar with OECD on Cost of Capital in March 2026, providing knowledge sharing between the organizations on regulatory cost of capital methodologies.
• OxeramajorGTM or Marketing PartnerUKRN partnered with Oxera for a conference on supervisory approaches to regulation in January 2026, featuring keynote speakers including Sir Jon Cunliffe.
• Regulators' Alliance for Progressing Infrastructure Development (RAPID)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOfwat's Major Projects directorate works closely with RAPID, a regulatory alliance of Ofwat, Environment Agency and Drinking Water Inspectorate, responsible for policy and market development of major water infrastructure projects in England and Wales.
• Consumer Council for Water (CCW)supportingOthersCCW is referenced as a key organization working with water regulators in England and Wales to represent consumer interests.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Network for Greening the Financial System (NGFS): Network of central banks and supervisors working on climate-related financial regulation. Like UKRN, it convenes regulators across geographies/sectors on a specific cross-cutting theme (climate), produces guidance and best-practice documents, and runs working groups — a structurally similar convening model.
• Regulators' Alliance for Progressing Infrastructure Development (RAPID): Regulatory alliance of Ofwat, the Environment Agency and the Drinking Water Inspectorate for major water infrastructure in England and Wales. Operates as a UKRN-member convening body on cross-cutting infrastructure issues, making it a direct peer in model, though narrower in scope than UKRN.
• Council of European Energy Regulators (CEER): Association of European energy regulators (including UKRN members Ofgem, URNI and Utility Regulator). Operates a similar member-driven network producing cross-cutting guidance and best-practice documents, and convenes national regulators on shared regulatory issues — making it a close functional peer of UKRN in a single sector.

Broad incumbents

• OECD: International organisation that convenes regulators and policymakers across sectors, including through its network of economic regulators. UKRN already runs joint work with the OECD (e.g., March 2026 Cost of Capital webinar), making it a directly comparable cross-sector regulatory convening body at the international level.
• Basel Committee on Banking Supervision: International forum for banking supervisors that issues cross-jurisdictional standards and best practice. Functionally analogous to UKRN in providing a coordination layer between national regulators (including UKRN members), with working groups and thematic guidance.
• European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA): EU securities regulator that coordinates national supervisors and produces cross-cutting guidance. Comparable to UKRN in that it provides a forum and methodological anchor for national regulators (including the FCA), with similar convening, guidance and investor-facing communication functions.
• Financial Stability Board (FSB): International body that coordinates financial regulators and standard-setters across jurisdictions. Comparable to UKRN because it operates as a convening network for national authorities (including the FCA, a UKRN member), produces cross-cutting guidance, and drives coordinated regulatory approaches on systemic issues.
• International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO): Global association of securities regulators that coordinates policy and produces cross-jurisdictional guidance. It mirrors UKRN's convening-network model but at international scale, including member-driven working groups and cross-cutting thematic priorities that parallel UKRN's network structure.
• International Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS): Global standards-setting body for insurance supervision, convening national regulators (including UKRN members such as the PRA/FCA). Like UKRN, it produces cross-jurisdictional guidance, runs working groups and operates a member-led network for coordination on shared regulatory issues.

Emerging players

• International Association of Water Services Companies in the Danube Region (IAWD): Network convening water-sector regulators and operators across European countries. Comparable to UKRN's work with Ofwat, WICS and CCW on water sector coordination, cross-sector training, and cost-of-capital style methodological guidance.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

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