The Royal Chartered professional body for people in logistics, transport and supply chains in the UK, based in Corby, Northamptonshire.
The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport in the UK, known as CILT(UK), calls itself the chartered body for professionals involved in the movement of goods and people and their supply chains. It is a registered charity and a Royal Charter body, which means it has a special legal status that lets it award professional titles such as Chartered Member and Chartered Fellow. It brings together people who work in freight, buses and coaches, rail, aviation, ports, transport planning, operations and supply chain management.
It was formed in London in 1919 as the Chartered Institute of Transport and received its Royal Charter in 1926. Restructured in 1994 into a family of national councils around the world, it took its current name in 2004. CILT's own mission is to drive innovation, excellence and value creation by promoting professionalism and knowledge sharing, through learning, networking, thought leadership, qualifications and accreditation. Its vision is a transport, logistics, operations and supply chain profession recognised for its quality, expertise and value, and its values are described as informed, influential and inclusive.
CILT(UK)'s headquarters are at Earlstrees Court in Corby, Northamptonshire, and Wikipedia also lists London. It runs local networks across the UK, though the pages we read do not name every region. The institute is part of the wider CILT international family, which has more than 33,000 members worldwide. In the UK it organises its work around five communities: logistics and freight movement, people mobility, planning in transport, operations and supply chain management, and sustainability and the global community, each with forums and policy groups. It also runs events such as an annual conference and Awards for Excellence.
On people and culture, CILT is led by an elected Board of Trustees, with a President who serves for one year and a chief executive running the staff team; Helen Hardy was appointed chief executive in January 2026, according to Wikipedia. Charity partners include Transaid, which uses transport to improve lives in Africa, and Generation Logistics, which promotes the industry to young people. The institute also runs a Jobs Board, a Learning Centre and mentoring resources. Wikipedia records 71 employees in 2016 to 2017, so the team is modest in size.
As an awarding organisation regulated by Ofqual, Qualifications Wales and CCEA, CILT employs people in qualifications and education, membership services, events, policy and research, communications, and library and information work, and its John Williams Library is based in Corby. If you want to see how a profession sets standards and recognises skills, from a first certificate to chartered status, CILT is the body that does it for logistics and transport.
Website: ciltuk.org.uk
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