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Cacdp

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1071662DurhamDisability
Income£1.6m2025-12-31
Spending£1.6msame year
Spent / received90%5-year average
Size in its cause95th pctDisability
Registered1998Charitable company
Employees15latest return

Analysis

Cacdp is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Durham. It was registered in September 1998, 28 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and disability, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03581178). It says it acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Cacdp reported income of £1.6m and spending of £1.6m, spending 97% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £887k to £1.6m (+83%), an average of +16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 31%. Over the whole period it spent 90% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Cacdp sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Enable Ability (£1.6m), World Sustainable Hospitality Alliance Foundation (£1.6m) and Croydon Voluntary Action (£1.6m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 93%, trading 5.9% and investments 1.4%. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £1.7m would cover about 13 months of spending at that rate. It employed 15 people.

Income and spending

£0£406k£812k£1.2m£1.6m2021 Income: £886,8702021 Spending: £757,76720212022 Income: £958,4422022 Spending: £798,46220222023 Income: £1,254,9792023 Spending: £1,101,32920232024 Income: £1,533,3622024 Spending: £1,409,55820242025 Income: £1,623,2082025 Spending: £1,578,3302025
IncomeSpending

Where the income comes from

  • Donations 0.1%
  • Charitable activities 93%
  • Trading 5.9%
  • Investments 1.4%

In the charity's own words

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.

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
Enable AbilityPortsmouth£1.6m
World Sustainable Hospitality Alliance FoundationLondon£1.6m
Croydon Voluntary ActionSurrey£1.6m
Headway ShropshireShrewsbury£1.6m