Most accreditation bodies in this market ask you to contact sales before they will name a figure. Ours are on this page. Provider registration is free; you pay per activity assessed, and the rate depends on the format because the assessment work does.
Most providers never need a plan — they register free and pay per activity. Plans exist because pooling an allowance across formats works out cheaper once you are submitting ten or more items a year.
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Provider registration. Free, with no obligation to submit anything.
Suits: New providers, independent consultants, anyone testing whether accreditation fits.
Register free£1,950per year
A pooled allowance of 10 activities across any format, at the bulk rate.
Suits: Established training businesses running a mixed portfolio through the year.
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Unlimited rolling submissions, governance review and a dedicated assessor.
Suits: Membership bodies, colleges, publishers and multi-site employers.
Request a quoteAll prices exclude VAT. Accreditation runs for 12 months from approval unless stated otherwise.
A podcast episode is not a twelve-module diploma, and pricing them the same would be dishonest in one direction or the other. Each format is priced against the assessment work it actually takes.
from £295 per course
Classroom, live online and blended courses. Each course read individually by an assessor.
| Tier | Price | Each |
|---|---|---|
| Single courseOne course, assessed individually | £295 | £295 |
| 3 coursesSubmitted together or across the year | £745 | £248 |
| 10 coursesBest rate for established portfolios | £1,950 | £195 |
from £345 per module
Self-paced modules, SCORM packages and microlearning. Priced higher than classroom because assessors work through the module as a learner.
| Tier | Price | Each |
|---|---|---|
| Single moduleIncludes platform walkthrough | £345 | £345 |
| 3 modulesSame programme or separate topics | £875 | £292 |
| 10 modulesSuits curriculum-scale portfolios | £2,250 | £225 |
from £175 per session
Live, recorded and on-demand sessions. Cheaper than a full course because the assessment scope is a single session.
| Tier | Price | Each |
|---|---|---|
| Single webinarOne live or recorded session | £175 | £175 |
| Season of 5Consistent format and audience | £695 | £139 |
| Season of 12Monthly programme, one submission | £1,450 | £121 |
from £395 per event
Conferences, seminars and workshops, assessed session by session. Priced on programme length, not delegate numbers.
| Tier | Price | Each |
|---|---|---|
| Half or single dayUp to 8 accredited sessions | £395 | £395 |
| Multi-day conferenceUp to 25 accredited sessions | £745 | £745 |
| Annual event seriesUp to 6 events in 12 months | £1,850 | £1,850 |
from £95 per episode
Audio and video episodes, awarded in CPD minutes. Priced per episode because that is the unit a listener claims.
| Tier | Price | Each |
|---|---|---|
| Single episodeOne audio or video episode | £95 | £95 |
| Series of 10Assessed as a batch | £750 | £75 |
| Series of 26Fortnightly show, full year | £1,690 | £65 |
from £145 per article
Articles, journal issues and technical guides. Issue-level pricing suits regular publications.
| Tier | Price | Each |
|---|---|---|
| Single articleOne qualifying article | £145 | £145 |
| Per issue (up to 5)Qualifying articles in one edition | £545 | £109 |
| Annual, 12 issuesRolling assessment across the year | £4,900 | £408 |
from £145 per person, per year
A personal credential for freelance trainers, coaches and consultants. No monthly subscription on top.
| Tier | Price | Each |
|---|---|---|
| First yearAssessment, credential and register listing | £145 | £145 |
| Annual renewalConfirms currency and your own CPD | £95 | £95 |
| Three-year termPaid up front, annual check-in included | £295 | £98 |
from £1,450 per organisation, per year
Internal training programmes assessed and accredited so staff earn verifiable hours. Priced on the number of named programmes.
| Tier | Price | Each |
|---|---|---|
| Up to 3 programmesTypical for a single-site employer | £1,450 | £483 |
| Up to 8 programmesMulti-department learning function | £2,850 | £356 |
| Unlimited programmesCustom quote — large or multi-site | Custom | — |
from £2,950 per institution, per year
Colleges, universities and membership bodies. Covers governance review as well as individual programmes.
| Tier | Price | Each |
|---|---|---|
| Institution reviewGovernance assessment plus 5 programmes | £2,950 | £2,950 |
| Extended portfolioGovernance plus 15 programmes | £4,750 | £4,750 |
| EnterpriseMulti-campus or multi-country — custom quote | Custom | — |
Renewal is 60% of the current list price for that activity (55% on the Academy plan). Custom-quoted tiers are scoped in writing before any work begins.
It pays for assessment — an assessor reading your activity against the published standard and writing up what they found. It is not a licence fee for a logo, and it is not a subscription that renews whether or not anyone looks at your work.
That distinction matters commercially. A body charging a flat annual fee for unlimited activities has no incentive to read any of them, which is why blanket accreditation is cheaper. We price per item because we assess per item.
A quoted figure moves above list in three situations, and we say so before starting: an activity substantially longer than its category norm (a twelve-module programme submitted as one course), material supplied in a language requiring translated documentation, and expedited assessment where you need an outcome inside five working days.
If your activity does not need accreditation — because your professional body already approves it, or because it is a regulated qualification matter rather than a CPD one — we will say so rather than take the fee. It happens often enough to be worth stating.
You are going to price-check us, so here is the shape of the market as of mid-2026, based on publicly listed rates from other accreditation bodies.
Two things worth watching when you compare. First, whether the fee buys assessment or just listing — a flat annual fee covering unlimited activities means nobody is reading them. Second, whether there is a per-certificate or per-learner charge on top; several platforms bill per certificate issued, which changes the total materially once volumes rise. We do neither.
We accredit around forty courses a year. Every one gets read by a person, and we can point clients at a register entry rather than asking them to take our word for it.
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Managing Director, Placeholder Academy
United Arab Emirates
The assessment feedback was the useful part. Our first submission came back with three specific points about learning objectives, and fixing them made the course genuinely better — not just accreditable.
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Head of Learning, Placeholder Training Ltd
United Kingdom
Delegates ask about CPD hours before they ask about the speakers. Having an assessed figure on the certificate removed the single biggest objection in our registration flow.
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Events Director, Placeholder Events Group
Ireland
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Accredo provider registration is free. Activity accreditation is priced per item: courses from £295, e-learning from £345, webinars from £175, events from £395, podcasts from £95 per episode, publications from £145 per article, and trainer accreditation from £145 per year. Bulk rates reduce the per-activity cost substantially.
No. Provider registration and the public register listing are free and carry no annual fee. You pay only when you submit an activity for assessment or renew an existing accreditation.
The fee pays for assessment: an assessor reads the activity against the published standard and writes up the outcome. It is not a licence fee for a logo. Written feedback and one resubmission are included, so a submission that does not pass first time costs nothing extra to fix.
Renewal is 60% of the current list price for that activity, or 55% on the Academy plan. Renewal confirms the content is still accurate and re-assesses any material changes made during the year.
No. Once an activity is accredited you may issue unlimited certificates for it during the accreditation period at no additional cost. Verification lookups are also free, for anyone, with no account required.
Prices are shown excluding VAT. UK VAT is added where applicable. Providers outside the UK are generally invoiced without UK VAT, subject to the rules in force at the time of invoicing.
Tell us what you deliver and roughly how much of it. We will point you at the cheapest route that actually covers you — including telling you if that route is no plan at all.
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