Exline Labs named development partner of BMABA

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October 21, 2026

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BMABA (British Martial Arts and Boxing Association), a UK martial arts and boxing governing body and not-for-profit organization, has named Exline Labs its development partner.

Giovanni Soffietto, CEO of BMABA, said: “It’s imperative we partner with trusted, professional organisations that take data integrity, security and the end user as seriously as we do. Exline Labs and its team have always prioritised doing what is right over what is easy, and for us knowing there is a trusted development partner that understands and appreciates our priority always being safe development over cheap and fast development is essential.”

BMABA holds ISO 9001:2015 for quality management and ISO 27001:2022 for information security. ISO 27001 requires it to manage the security risks that come with its suppliers, so it chooses its development partners carefully.

Exline Labs’ senior engineers work alongside BMABA’s in-house team, adding capacity and specialist depth rather than replacing it. The work covers three areas:

  • Security hardening: independent reviews that strengthen BMABA’s systems.
  • ISO 27001: support for BMABA’s information security management practices.
  • Payments: specialist engineering on BMABA’s core payment processing.

BMABA is an unfunded not-for-profit, so every pound it spends on development comes from its members. Exline Labs supports it at non-profit rates, so more of that money goes into the platform, its security and the clubs that depend on it.

Tharsh Thangavadivel, founder and CEO of Exline Labs, said: “BMABA treats its members’ data and systems with real care, and expects the same of everyone it works with. That’s the standard we want to work to on every project, and we’re grateful for the trust Giovanni and his team have placed in us.”

For our other clients, the point is simple: the senior engineering we bring to BMABA, across security, compliance and payments, is the standard we bring to every project. If you need senior engineers who work alongside your own team, see how our dedicated developers work.

Read BMABA’s announcement on its website.