Accreditations

The Chartered Institute for the Management of Sport and Physical Activity (CIMSPA) is an independent public register for fitness professionals and is also the chartered professional body for the sport, fitness, leisure and physical activity sector. CIMSPA provides professional recognition of your status and qualifications and is developing career pathways for all in the sector – from student to CEO.

• Important Information: There have been some websites recently claiming to be the revived REPS. We have tried to gain more information about this; however, CIMSPA and UK Coaching have not confirmed the sale of REPS to anyone. These websites don’t seem to provide sufficient information about the purchase of their company or any other details regarding their relationship with Ofqual or UK Coaching. Additionally, they don’t appear to be recognised by any regulatory Awarding Bodies in the UK. Once we have more information about these websites, we will update this page. For now, we recommend all our UK learners to join CIMSPA.

*CIMSPA is the registering body for fitness professionals in the UK, the purchase of REPS by UK Coaching and merge of their members to CIMSPA, was reported by CIMSPA in 2020. The Register of Exercise Professionals (REPS) was created by Skills Active in 2002 and in 2020 it was purchased by UK Coaching, and then disbanded merging all REPS members in 2020 to join CIMSPA.

CIMSPA now plays an important role in providing a service of an independent public register for the Health and Fitness Industry in the UK, recognising the qualifications and expertise of health-enhancing exercise instructors across the four home nations.

There have been some websites recently claiming to be the revived REPS, we have tried to gain more information about this, however, CIMSPA and UK Coaching have not confirmed the sale of REPS from CIMSPA/UK Active to anyone, and these websites don’t seem to provide sufficient information about the purchase of their company, nor any other information about their relationship to any regulatory bodies in the UK, such as Skills Active and UK Coaching. Additionally, we have been unable to contact anyone claiming to be from REPS by phone, nor confirm their UK address, once we can confirm these, we will update this page. For now, we recommend all our learners to contact CIMSPA for more information.

CIMSPA and REPS Information – How to register as an Exercise Professional?

ukactive formally known as FIA (Fitness Industry Association) was established in 1991. It is a not-for-profit organisation, which represents the interests of all private and public organisations involved in the fitness industry. ukactive exists to improve the health of the nation by getting more people, more active, more often. ukactive provides services and facilitates partnerships for a broad range of organisations, all of which support our vision and have a role to play in achieving that goal.

The National Register for Personal Trainers (NRPT) is the UK’s leading online personal trainer directory with over 850 Qualified and Insured personal trainers nationwide as members.

The European Register of Exercise Professionals (EREPS) is an independent register of instructors, trainers and teachers working in the European health, fitness and physical activity sector.

EREPS recognises the qualifications and skills of exercise professionals and is an important assurance for the public and employers that their instructor or employee holds the appropriate qualifications to perform their role safely and effectively.

The International Confederation of Registers for Exercise Professionals (ICREPS) is an international partnership between registration bodies around the world that register exercise professionals.

ICREPS is a membership based organisation. ICREPS members operate in four continents, and ten countries, and collectively register almost 1/4 million individual exercise professionals. ICREPS has also produced a global matrix that maps each ICREPS member’s registration levels against the others, which provides a clear pathway for exercise professionals considering moving countries.

The Health and Safety Executives (HSE) is an independent regulator helping Great Britain work well. Their mission is to prevent work-related death, injury and ill health. HSE provides support to the businesses through free guidance and advice, giving the employers the confidence to manage risks correctly.