01 Identity
Registration and reporting
- Registration status
- Registered
- Reporting status
- Submission Received Late
- Charity type
- Charitable company
- Registered
- 22 September 1998
- Removed
- Not supplied
- Company number supplied
- 03581178
- Financial period
- 1 January 2024 – 31 December 2024
- Latest income
- £1,533,362
- Latest expenditure
- £1,409,558
- Gift Aid
- No
- Owns or uses land
- Yes
- In administration
- No
- Insolvent
- No
- CIO
- No
Public contact address: CACDP t/a Signature, Shannon House, Mandale Park, Belmont Industrial Estate, DURHAM, DH1 1TH
Website recorded by the regulator: www.signature.org.uk (displayed as text)
02 Activities
What the charity does
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.
03 Official extract
Charity Annual Return History
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2024
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 October 2025
- Date Annual Return Received
- 3 November 2025
- Date Accounts Received
- 3 November 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £1,533,362
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £1,409,558
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2023
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 October 2024
- Date Annual Return Received
- 25 September 2024
- Date Accounts Received
- 25 September 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £1,254,979
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £1,101,329
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2022
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 October 2023
- Date Annual Return Received
- 16 October 2023
- Date Accounts Received
- 16 October 2023
- Total Gross Income
- £958,442
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £798,462
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2021
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR21
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 October 2022
- Date Annual Return Received
- 3 October 2022
- Date Accounts Received
- 3 October 2022
- Total Gross Income
- £886,870
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £757,767
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2020
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2020
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR20
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 October 2021
- Date Annual Return Received
- 30 September 2021
- Date Accounts Received
- 30 September 2021
- Total Gross Income
- £757,766
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £884,462
04 Official extract
Charity Annual Return Parta
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- Yes
- Fin Period Order Number
- 1
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2024
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2025
- Ar Received Date
- 3 November 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £1,533,362
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £1,409,558
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Count Govt Contracts
- 0
- Count Govt Grants
- £0
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- No
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- Yes
- Count Salary Band 80001 90000
- 1
- Count Volunteers
- 0
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 2
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2023
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2024
- Ar Received Date
- 25 September 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £1,254,979
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £1,101,329
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Count Govt Contracts
- 0
- Count Govt Grants
- £0
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- No
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- Yes
- Count Salary Band 70001 80000
- 1
- Count Volunteers
- 0
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 3
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2022
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2023
- Ar Received Date
- 16 October 2023
- Total Gross Income
- £958,442
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £798,462
- Charity Raises Funds From Public
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants
- No
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- Yes
- Count Salary Band 70001 80000
- 1
- Count Volunteers
- 0
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 4
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR21
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2021
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2022
- Ar Received Date
- 3 October 2022
- Total Gross Income
- £886,870
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £757,767
- Charity Raises Funds From Public
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants
- No
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- Yes
- Count Salary Band 60001 70000
- 1
- Count Volunteers
- 0
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 5
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR20
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2020
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2020
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2021
- Ar Received Date
- 30 September 2021
- Total Gross Income
- £757,766
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £884,462
- Charity Raises Funds From Public
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants
- No
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- Yes
- Trustee Also Director Of Subsidiary
- Yes
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- Yes
- Count Salary Band 60001 70000
- 1
- Count Volunteers
- 0
05 Official extract
Charity Annual Return Partb
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- Yes
- Fin Period Order Number
- 1
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2024
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2025
- Ar Received Date
- 3 November 2025
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 2501
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 92888
- Income Charitable Activities
- 1411654
- Income Investments
- 26319
- Income Other
- 0
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 1533362
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £0
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £1,409,558
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 1409558
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 0
- Expenditure Governance
- 22074
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 714782
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 45074
- Gain Loss Investment
- 5540
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 39318
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £1,643,840
- Assets Total Fixed
- 223914
- Assets Own Use
- 114065
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 109849
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £1,685,287
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £265,361
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £1,643,840
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 246824
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 18537
- Assets Cash
- £1,533,665
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 1635619
- Funds Restricted
- 8221
- Funds Total
- 1643840
- Count Employees
- 13
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 2
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2023
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2024
- Ar Received Date
- 25 September 2024
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 0
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 77673
- Income Charitable Activities
- 1158221
- Income Investments
- 19085
- Income Other
- 0
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 1254979
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £0
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £1,100,367
- Expenditure Other
- 962
- Expenditure Total
- 1101329
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 0
- Expenditure Governance
- 24612
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 625461
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 40282
- Gain Loss Investment
- 1321
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £1,511,814
- Assets Total Fixed
- 245487
- Assets Own Use
- 141178
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 104309
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £1,469,395
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £185,571
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £1,529,311
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 184287
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 1284
- Assets Cash
- £1,315,024
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 1511814
- Funds Restricted
- 17497
- Funds Total
- 1529311
- Count Employees
- 12
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 3
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2022
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2023
- Ar Received Date
- 16 October 2023
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 10
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 97817
- Income Charitable Activities
- 852147
- Income Investments
- 2588
- Income Other
- 5880
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 958442
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £0
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £798,462
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 798462
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 0
- Expenditure Governance
- 25546
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 415180
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 35642
- Gain Loss Investment
- -7773
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 1688
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £1,375,661
- Assets Total Fixed
- 263331
- Assets Own Use
- 160343
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 102988
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £1,293,301
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £180,971
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £1,375,661
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 158291
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 22680
- Assets Cash
- £1,178,876
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 1358164
- Funds Restricted
- 17497
- Funds Total
- 1375661
- Count Employees
- 11
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 4
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR21
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2021
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2022
- Ar Received Date
- 3 October 2022
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 121963
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 33093
- Income Charitable Activities
- 701818
- Income Investments
- 4068
- Income Other
- 25928
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 886870
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £0
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £757,767
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 757767
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 0
- Expenditure Governance
- 25522
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 475358
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 28955
- Gain Loss Investment
- -3960
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 141152
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £1,215,681
- Assets Total Fixed
- 260768
- Assets Own Use
- 150007
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 110761
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £1,151,808
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £196,895
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £1,215,681
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 150204
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 46691
- Assets Cash
- £1,044,066
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 1196245
- Funds Restricted
- 19436
- Funds Total
- 1215681
- Count Employees
- 10
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 5
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR20
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2020
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2020
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2021
- Ar Received Date
- 30 September 2021
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 215
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 34074
- Income Charitable Activities
- 620340
- Income Investments
- 0
- Income Other
- 103137
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 757766
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £0
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £884,462
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 884462
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 0
- Expenditure Governance
- 20002
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 537240
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 23304
- Gain Loss Investment
- -920
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- -201247
- Reserves
- £1,064,650
- Assets Total Fixed
- 245101
- Assets Own Use
- 138299
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 106802
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- -221568
- Assets Other Assets
- £1,323,143
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £282,026
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £1,064,650
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 282026
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £1,323,143
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 1044379
- Funds Restricted
- 20271
- Funds Total
- 1064650
- Count Employees
- 19
- Consolidated Accounts
- Yes
06 Official extract
Charity Area Of Operation
- Geographic Area Type
- Country
- Geographic Area Description
- Northern Ireland
- Parent Geographic Area Type
- Continent
- Parent Geographic Area Description
- Europe
- Welsh Ind
- No
- Geographic Area Type
- Region
- Geographic Area Description
- Throughout England And Wales
- Welsh Ind
- No
- Geographic Area Type
- Country
- Geographic Area Description
- Scotland
- Parent Geographic Area Type
- Continent
- Parent Geographic Area Description
- Europe
- Welsh Ind
- No
07 Official extract
Charity Classification
- Classification Code
- 102
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- Education/training
- Classification Code
- 206
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- Other Defined Groups
- Classification Code
- 104
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- Disability
- Classification Code
- 202
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- Elderly/old People
- Classification Code
- 201
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- Children/young People
- Classification Code
- 203
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- People With Disabilities
- Classification Code
- 207
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- The General Public/mankind
- Classification Code
- 309
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
08 Official extract
Charity Event History
- Charity Name
- CACDP
- Charity Event Order
- 1
- Event Type
- Standard registration
- Date Of Event
- 1998-09-22T00:00:00
09 Official extract
Charity Governing Document
- Governing Document Description
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 15 JUNE 1998 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS DATED 16 MARCH 2006 AND 5 OCTOBER 2006
- Charitable Objects
- THE IMPROVEMENT OF COMMUNICATION WITH DEAF, DEAFENED, HARD OF HEARING AND DEAFBLIND PEOPLE (HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AS DEAF PEOPLE) IN PARTICULAR BY THE EDUCATION, TRAINING AND EXAMINATION OF STUDENTS AND TUTORS IN THE DIFFERENT MODES OF COMMUNICATION USED BY SUCH PERSONS.
- Area Of Benefit
- NOT DEFINED
10 Official extract
Charity Policy
- Policy Name
- Conflicting interests
- Policy Name
- Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Complaints policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Risk management
- Policy Name
- Internal risk management policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Paying staff
- Policy Name
- Complaints handling
- Policy Name
- Financial reserves policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Investing charity funds policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Social media policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Trustee expenses policy and procedures