BMABA CIC Now Listed On The UK Register Of Learning Providers

Hi there,

We’re proud to announce that BMABA CIC — the British Martial Arts & Boxing Association — is now officially listed on the UK Register of Learning Providers (UKRLP) under registration number 10098149.

This milestone reinforces our commitment to developing nationally recognised, high-quality training pathways for instructors, clubs, and safeguarding leads operating within grassroots martial arts. It also positions us to further expand our educational provision, particularly in areas of safeguarding, coaching, and trauma-informed practice.

What Is The UKRLP — And Why Does It Matter?

The UK Register of Learning Providers is the Government's central portal for verified education and training providers. It is used by funding bodies, regulators, government departments, and employers to confirm that a provider is recognised and meets basic eligibility criteria to offer educational services in the UK.

Being listed as a verified learning provider offers a number of tangible benefits:

• It opens the door to developing Ofqual-regulated qualifications in the future.
• It strengthens our standing with bodies such as CIMSPA, Sport England, and the Department for Education.
• It builds trust and credibility when working with local authorities, schools, charities, and grant-giving bodies.

For our members, it confirms that BMABA CIC isn’t just a martial arts organisation — we are a serious, recognised educational provider working to professionalise standards across the sector.

Why This Matters For Grassroots Martial Arts

Independent martial arts clubs and instructors are often underserved when it comes to high-quality, relevant training and development opportunities. Many courses on the market are expensive, outdated, or not tailored to the unique needs of community clubs.

Our listing on the UKRLP is part of a wider mission to:

• Make sector-leading training accessible and affordable to all instructors — regardless of style or affiliation.
• Develop trauma-informed, safeguarding-led content that raises the bar across the industry.
• Enable clubs to demonstrate formal compliance with safeguarding and coaching expectations — especially when working with schools, charities, or commissioning bodies.
• Ultimately, protect more children and young people by ensuring better-trained, better-equipped instructors.

What’s Next?

This recognition comes at a pivotal moment for us.

• We’ve recently been accepted as members of Sported UK and the Association of Child Protection Professionals (AoCPP).
• We are undergoing ISO 9001 accreditation to formalise our internal processes and quality controls.
• Our Trauma-Informed Coaching Qualification is preparing for launch, setting a new national benchmark for emotional literacy and safeguarding awareness in martial arts instruction.
• We are also working through our CIMSPA Training Provider application, further aligning our standards with national frameworks in sport and physical activity.

Together, these steps form a cohesive strategy: to ensure that BMABA not only supports clubs in their day-to-day work, but also helps shape the future of martial arts instruction in the UK — through recognised qualifications, professional training, and sector-wide leadership.

We’re excited by what this listing enables us to build for our members, and for the martial arts community more broadly. But as always, our mission remains focused on the real-world impact: helping instructors deliver safer, more inclusive, and more effective martial arts coaching to those who need it most.

Thank you for your continued support as we continue to grow — not just as a licensing body, but as a national force for positive change in grassroots sport.