CPDQE

Commercial identification and contactability

CPDQE operates at cpdqe.co.uk and presents itself as a CPD accreditation organisation under the name "CPDQE -- Continuing Professional Development, Quality Ensured." No legal entity name is disclosed anywhere on the website. No Companies House registration number appears on any page. No registered or trading address is published. The contact details available are a mobile telephone number and an email address. No street address, registered office, or correspondence address appears on the homepage, contact page, terms and conditions, or privacy policy.

A search of the Companies House register returned no entry corresponding to CPDQE, "CPD Quality Ensured," or "Continuing Professional Development Quality Ensured" as at 28 May 2026. No sole trader, partnership, or limited company registration has been identified that can be linked to this trading name.

The absence of any disclosed legal entity means it is not possible for a CPD training provider or consumer entering into a contract with CPDQE to identify the party with whom they are contracting, serve legal correspondence, or verify the accountability of the individuals behind the organisation. This represents a material gap in commercial transparency. Under the Companies Act 2006, sections 1200 to 1206, any business operating under a trading name is required to disclose the name of the person or entity behind that name on its website and in commercial correspondence.

Source: https://cpdqe.co.uk/contact-us/ -- accessed 28 May 2026; https://cpdqe.co.uk/terms-conditions/ -- accessed 28 May 2026; Companies House search -- accessed 28 May 2026.

Transparency of assessment framework

CPDQE publishes a CPD Framework page at https://cpdqe.co.uk/cpd-framework/ which describes its accreditation service in general terms. The page states that submitted courses are evaluated against a "CPDQE Certification Framework" and that learning outcomes must be "clearly defined, measurable and relevant to professional development." A PDF document titled "CPDQE-Framework.pdf" is referenced on both the CPD Framework page and the CPD Courses page.

However, access to the framework document is gated. Both pages require a visitor to submit an email address before the document is made available for download. The framework criteria are therefore not freely accessible without providing personal data, which is not consistent with good practice for a published assessment framework. No version date, revision history, or criteria summary is published on the website itself.

The CPD Framework page also contains text that appears to be placeholder or template content, including the phrase "Quick financial guidance to get you ahead" appearing immediately beneath the heading "Why Choose Us" -- content that has no relevance to CPD accreditation. This raises questions about the completeness and accuracy of the published framework materials.

Source: https://cpdqe.co.uk/cpd-framework/ -- accessed 28 May 2026; https://cpdqe.co.uk/cpd-courses/ -- accessed 28 May 2026.

Pricing transparency

CPDQE publishes a pricing calculator on its CPD Courses page at https://cpdqe.co.uk/cpd-courses/. The calculator invites visitors to select the number of courses (1 to 20) and an accreditation term (12, 24, or 36 months). However, as rendered in the accessible page content, the calculator displays a cost of £0.00 for all inputs. No static pricing table is published on the website. Actual fees can therefore not be verified without interactive JavaScript execution and it is not possible to confirm from the published page whether any specific fee applies to any specific service tier.

Separately, the "Become a CPD Provider" page at https://cpdqe.co.uk/cpd-providers-2/ offers "Free CPDQE Approval for Your Training Organisation." This creates an apparent inconsistency: provider status is offered as free, while course accreditation fees are described as applying on the CPD Courses page. The relationship between these two pricing structures is not clearly explained.

The terms and conditions state that "Fees for accreditation are applied based on the services provided" and that "Prices may be adjusted periodically." No current fee schedule is accessible without using the calculator tool.

Source: https://cpdqe.co.uk/cpd-courses/ -- accessed 28 May 2026; https://cpdqe.co.uk/cpd-providers-2/ -- accessed 28 May 2026; https://cpdqe.co.uk/terms-conditions/ -- accessed 28 May 2026.

Terms and conditions

CPDQE publishes terms and conditions at https://cpdqe.co.uk/terms-conditions/, accessible from the website footer. The terms address accreditation services, fees, data protection, intellectual property, and termination. Accreditation validity periods of 12, 24, or 36 months are referenced. A seven-day refund policy for courses is stated in clause 3.2, though this clause is titled "Agreement and Acceptance" rather than "Refund Policy," which introduces ambiguity.

The terms contain a structural drafting error: clause 6.3 "Service Suspension" appears twice -- once within Section 6 and again within Section 7 (Payment and Billing), with the same text reproduced under a duplicate clause number. This suggests the document has not been subject to legal review.

No date of publication or version number appears on the terms, meaning it is not possible for a contracting party to confirm which version of the terms applied at the time of entering into a contract. The terms state that CPDQE reserves the right to update them at any time, with continued use of services constituting acceptance of changes.

The terms do not disclose the legal name of the contracting party. Section 12 states that the agreement is governed by the laws of England and Wales, but no entity name is given as the contracting party on behalf of CPDQE. This compounds the concern identified in Section 1 regarding the absence of a disclosed legal entity.

Source: https://cpdqe.co.uk/terms-conditions/ -- accessed 28 May 2026.

Individual course assessment

CPDQE states that submitted courses are reviewed individually against its certification framework. The CPD Framework page states: "The Provider must submit the course and the relevant team will evaluate and certify by checking it against CPDQE Certification Framework." The CPD Courses page describes a four-stage process: submission of course structure and learning outcomes; review against CPDQE professional standards; approval and CPD hour allocation; and certification framework implementation.

No blanket accreditation model is described. The published process refers to individual submission and individual assessment of each course or activity. However, the framework document against which assessment is conducted is not freely accessible (see Section 2), which means the criteria applied at the individual course level cannot be independently verified from the published website alone.

The "Become a CPD Provider" page describes a three-stage application process for provider approval that assesses the provider's "organisation, training delivery model, instructor competence, and quality assurance procedures." The relationship between provider-level approval and subsequent individual course assessment is not clearly distinguished.

Source: https://cpdqe.co.uk/cpd-framework/ -- accessed 28 May 2026; https://cpdqe.co.uk/cpd-courses/ -- accessed 28 May 2026; https://cpdqe.co.uk/cpd-providers-2/ -- accessed 28 May 2026.

Further Information about this organisation

Website

https://cpdqe.co.uk/

Companies House Number

Not Registered

Companies House Incorporation Date

Not Registered

ICO Number

Not Registered

ICO Registration Date

Not Registered

Physical Office Published

Telephone

Yes

Live Chat

Pricing Published

Partial

Accreditation Criteria Published

Partial

Activities Individually Accredited

Stated

Review Frequency

Stated

Last Updated

28th May 2026

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