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CACDP

Registered charity 1071662 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

CACDP t/a Signature is the awarding body for deafness related qualifications such as British Sign Language and Deaf Awareness. We also hold registers for Language Service Professionals.

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Latest income
£1.6m
Latest spending
£1.6m
Registered
1998
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that free reserves were £1,621k, which is higher than the required level of £200k retained for potential year-end deficits. The trustees and auditors confirm the charity is well-placed to manage business risks and has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Employees paid over £60,000: 1
“The following number of employees received annual emoluments exceeding £60,000 was 1 (2024: 1)” — page 26
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: £200k (held: £1.6m)
“we will retain £200k in reserves to allow for any potential year end deficits.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Mark Hopkinson, a trustee, is also Head of Centre for Deaf Education at City Lit, London which operates as a centre providing assessments for CACDP’s qualifications. Fees are charged in line with the published price list. Fees and project costs charged during the period amounted to £42,496 and the balance due from the college at 31st December 2025 was £1,652
“Mark Hopkinson, a trustee, is also Head of Centre for Deaf Education at City Lit, London which operates as a centre providing assessments for CACDP’s qualifications. Fees are charged in line with the published price list. Fees and project costs charged during the period amounted to £42,496 and the balance due from the college at 31st December 2025 was £1,652” — page 34
“John Mancini, a trustee, is also owner at Sign Jam which operates as a centre providing assessments for CACDP’s qualifications. Fees are charged in line with the published price list. Fees and project costs charged during the period amounted to £23,440 and the balance due from the centre at 31st December 2025 was £257.” — page 34
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: John Mancini, a trustee, is also owner at Sign Jam which operates as a centre providing assessments for CACDP’s qualifications. Fees are charged in line with the published price list. Fees and project costs charged during the period amounted to £23,440 and the balance due from the centre at 31st December 2025 was £257.
“Mark Hopkinson, a trustee, is also Head of Centre for Deaf Education at City Lit, London which operates as a centre providing assessments for CACDP’s qualifications. Fees are charged in line with the published price list. Fees and project costs charged during the period amounted to £42,496 and the balance due from the college at 31st December 2025 was £1,652” — page 34
“John Mancini, a trustee, is also owner at Sign Jam which operates as a centre providing assessments for CACDP’s qualifications. Fees are charged in line with the published price list. Fees and project costs charged during the period amounted to £23,440 and the balance due from the centre at 31st December 2025 was £257.” — page 34
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Emma Winfield, a trustee, is also owner at a centre providing assessments for CACDP’s qualifications. Fees are charged in line with the published price list. Fees and project costs charged during the period amounted to £257 and the balance due from the centre at 31st December 2025 was Enil.
“Mark Hopkinson, a trustee, is also Head of Centre for Deaf Education at City Lit, London which operates as a centre providing assessments for CACDP’s qualifications. Fees are charged in line with the published price list. Fees and project costs charged during the period amounted to £42,496 and the balance due from the college at 31st December 2025 was £1,652” — page 34
“John Mancini, a trustee, is also owner at Sign Jam which operates as a centre providing assessments for CACDP’s qualifications. Fees are charged in line with the published price list. Fees and project costs charged during the period amounted to £23,440 and the balance due from the centre at 31st December 2025 was £257.” — page 34
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Mitchells Grievson Chartered Accountants. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Total income
£1.6m
Total spending
£1.6m
Reserves (reported)
£1.7m
Employees
15

Reported reserves equal ~13.1 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (93% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£1.6m£1.6m
31/12/2024£1.5m£1.4m
31/12/2023£1.3m£1.1m
31/12/2022£958k£798k
31/12/2021£887k£758k

Common questions

Is CACDP financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that free reserves were £1,621k, which is higher than the required level of £200k retained for potential year-end deficits. The trustees and auditors confirm the charity is well-placed to manage business risks and has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Mitchells Grievson Chartered Accountants.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund02/09/2015£10kImproving communication access for deaf people with funded training fo

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE JENOUR FOUNDATION2£8k
THE MICHAEL AND ANNA WIX CHARITABLE TRUST2£300
CHILDLIFE1£295k
D D MCPHAIL CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT CIO1£163k
AKO FOUNDATION1£123k
THE JOSEPH ROWNTREE CHARITABLE TRUST1£112k
THE FRANCIS WINHAM FOUNDATION1£89k
JOHN ELLERMAN FOUNDATION1£80k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with Cambridgeshire Deaf Association.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
CACDP£1.6m—1above—no doubt
Cambridgeshire Deaf Association FY2025£1.4m£70,001 - £80,0001above—no doubt
BRITISH DEAF ASSOCIATION FY2025£2.5m—0unclear—no doubt
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE DEAF SOCIETY FY2025£779k—0below—no doubt
WAKEFIELD AND DISTRICT SOCIETY FOR DEAF PEOPLE FY2025£192k—0above—no doubt
THE JEWISH DEAF ASSOCIATION FY2024£1.3m£80,001 - £90,0001unclear—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.