The CPD UK - The CPD Register Review

Commercial Identification and Contactability

The legal entity operating this service is The CPD Qualification and Certification Board Uk Ltd (Companies House number 16167517), incorporated on 7 January 2025. The organisation trades publicly as The CPD UK at https://thecpduk.org/.

The trading name "The CPD UK" does not on its face disclose the full registered company name. Under the Companies Act 2006, sections 1200–1206, businesses operating under a trading name are required to disclose the registered company name on their website and in commercial correspondence. No registered company name or Companies House number was identified in the footer or elsewhere on the homepage at the date of this review.

The footer of the homepage states a head office address of Woodland Way, Tadworth, England with no street number. This address does not match the registered office address on Companies House, which is 50 Princes Street, Ipswich, England, IP1 1RJ. The Tadworth address as stated is insufficient to enable reliable service of legal correspondence.

The email contact link on the homepage is non-functional. No telephone number is published on the homepage.

Source: https://thecpduk.org/ — accessed 11 May 2026.
Source: Companies House — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/16167517 — accessed 11 May 2026.

Transparency of Assessment Framework

The accreditation page at https://thecpduk.org/accreditation/ describes the benefits of accreditation and the process for applying, but publishes no assessment criteria whatsoever. The described process consists of three steps: contact the organisation by email; complete a registration form; and wait for the "assessment team" to act. No criteria, standards, or assessment methodology against which courses are evaluated are disclosed at any point in this process.

The page states that accreditation adds a "prestigious seal of approval" and that courses "meet established standards of quality and excellence" without identifying what those standards are or how they are applied. These are unsubstantiated claims in the absence of any published framework.

A published assessment framework is a foundational requirement of meaningful accreditation. Training providers and consumers relying on accreditation from The CPD UK cannot verify the basis on which accreditation decisions are made.

Source: https://thecpduk.org/accreditation/ — accessed 11 May 2026.

Pricing Transparency

No accreditation fees or pricing information are published on the website. The accreditation page directs prospective applicants to contact the organisation by email and complete a registration form, with no indication of cost at any stage of the publicly accessible process. Pricing is not disclosed anywhere on the homepage or accreditation page.

The absence of published pricing prevents training providers from assessing affordability before committing to an enquiry and is inconsistent with transparent commercial practice.

Source: https://thecpduk.org/ — accessed 11 May 2026.
Source: https://thecpduk.org/accreditation/ — accessed 11 May 2026.

Terms and Conditions

No terms and conditions are published.

No terms and conditions governing the accreditation service were identified anywhere on the publicly accessible website at the date of this review. The homepage, accreditation page, and footer contain no link to any terms of service, accreditation agreement, intellectual property policy, refund policy, or dispute resolution procedure.

Training providers submitting course materials to The CPD UK for assessment do so without any published contractual framework governing how their materials will be handled, what conditions apply to accreditation, or what recourse is available in the event of a dispute.

Source: https://thecpduk.org/ — accessed 11 May 2026.
Source: https://thecpduk.org/accreditation/ — accessed 11 May 2026.

Individual Course Assessment

No published individual course assessment policy or methodology was identified on the website at the date of this review. The accreditation page describes an application process without identifying any criteria against which individual courses are evaluated, and no verifiable public register of individually assessed and accredited courses is accessible without login.

The homepage claims 14,054+ accredited activities. It is not possible for training providers or consumers to verify from publicly available information whether any specific course has been individually assessed, or to establish what assessment process it underwent.

Good practice in CPD accreditation requires that each course or activity is assessed individually against published criteria, and that a verifiable register of accredited courses is publicly accessible. Neither condition is met on the evidence available at the date of this review.

Source: https://thecpduk.org/ — accessed 11 May 2026.
Source: https://thecpduk.org/accreditation/ — accessed 11 May 2026.

Review and Renewal

No review or renewal cycle for accredited courses is published anywhere on the website. The accreditation page makes no reference to the duration of accreditation, to any periodic reassessment process, or to procedures for handling material changes to accredited course content between assessment cycles.

Source: https://thecpduk.org/accreditation/ — accessed 11 May 2026.

Sale of Training Courses or Materials

The director of The CPD Qualification and Certification Board Uk Ltd, Hassan Gomaa Hassan Ahmed, is also a director of Ertiqaa International Academy UK Ltd (company number 16855618), a training provider whose courses The CPD UK accredits. Ertiqaa International Academy operates a commercial training business offering English language courses, TEFL qualifications, IELTS and TOEFL preparation, and professional development programmes at https://ertiqaaacademy.com/.

This arrangement means the same individual occupies a directorial position at both the accreditation body and a training provider receiving that accreditation. No published safeguards, conflict of interest policy, or intellectual property protections address this arrangement anywhere on the thecpduk.org website.

Training providers submitting proprietary course materials to The CPD UK for accreditation assessment should be aware that the organisation's director holds a concurrent directorial position at a competing training provider, and that in the absence of published terms and conditions, there are no stated protections governing the use of submitted materials.

Source: Companies House — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/16167517/officers — accessed 11 May 2026.
Source: Companies House — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/16855618/officers — accessed 11 May 2026.
Source: https://ertiqaaacademy.com/ — accessed 11 May 2026.

Financial Relationships with Third-Party Service Providers

No affiliate or referral relationships with third-party service providers — such as insurance providers, software platforms, or CPD tools — are disclosed on the website. No such relationships were identified at the date of this review.

Source: https://thecpduk.org/ — accessed 11 May 2026.

Ownership or Control Relationships with Aligned Commercial Interests

Companies House records confirm that Hassan Gomaa Hassan Ahmed (date of birth April 1984, Egyptian nationality, country of residence Kuwait) is a director of both The CPD Qualification and Certification Board Uk Ltd (company number 16167517, the accreditation body, appointed 7 January 2025) and Ertiqaa International Academy UK Ltd (company number 16855618, a training provider whose courses The CPD UK accredits, appointed 14 November 2025).

The same individual therefore sits on both sides of the accreditation relationship: as a director of the body granting accreditation, and as a director of a training provider that receives that accreditation. This is a directly evidenced structural conflict of interest. The independence of any accreditation decisions made in respect of Ertiqaa International Academy UK Ltd's courses cannot be established while this shared directorship exists.

No disclosure of this relationship was identified anywhere on the thecpduk.org website at the date of this review.

Source: Companies House — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/16167517/officers — accessed 11 May 2026.
Source: Companies House — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/16855618/officers — accessed 11 May 2026.

Consistency of Filings with Advertised Activity

The CPD Qualification and Certification Board Uk Ltd was incorporated on 7 January 2025. First accounts are due for the period ending 31 January 2026, with a filing deadline of 7 October 2026. No accounts have been filed to date, which is consistent with the filing timeline for a recently incorporated company at the date of this review.

The company's advertised activity — a commercial CPD accreditation service claiming 8,740+ approved providers and 14,054+ accredited activities — is, however, difficult to reconcile with the profile of a company incorporated 16 months prior with no filed accounts, no ICO registration, and no publicly accessible evidence of the accreditation activity claimed. These figures are unsubstantiated and not verifiable from any publicly accessible source.

Source: Companies House — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/16167517 — accessed 11 May 2026.
Source: https://thecpduk.org/ — accessed 11 May 2026.

Companies House Status

The CPD Qualification and Certification Board Uk Ltd (company number 16167517) is recorded as Active at Companies House. The company is a private limited company incorporated on 7 January 2025, with a registered office at 50 Princes Street, Ipswich, England, IP1 1RJ.

The registered company name contains the word "Qualification", which appears on the Companies House Annex A list of sensitive words and expressions requiring approval prior to use in a company name. The presence of this word in the registered name warrants verification that the required approval was obtained at the point of incorporation.

The company has two directors — Hassan Gomaa Hassan Ahmed and Samy Ahmed — and one Person with Significant Control, Samy Ahmed (date of birth September 2006), holding between 25% and 50% of shares and voting rights. Both directors completed ECCTA identity verification on 21 January 2026.

Source: Companies House — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/16167517 — accessed 11 May 2026.

Website Status

The website at https://thecpduk.org/ is active and serving content related to CPD accreditation services at the date of this review.

Source: https://thecpduk.org/ — accessed 11 May 2026.

Regulatory Rulings and Public Enforcement Records

A search of the Advertising Standards Authority rulings database was conducted on 11 May 2026 using the search term "CPD UK". The search returned zero results across all categories — rulings, informally resolved cases, mail order cases, and database cases. No ASA rulings against The CPD UK or The CPD Qualification and Certification Board Uk Ltd have been identified at the date of this review.

No ICO registration was found for "CPD Qualification and Certification Board" or "The CPD UK" on the ICO register as at 11 May 2026. Organisations that process personal data in the course of providing a commercial service are generally required to register with the ICO under the Data Protection Act 2018, unless a specific exemption applies. The absence of a registration is a matter requiring further investigation.

No other regulatory rulings, Trading Standards actions, or court judgments against this organisation have been identified at the date of this review.

Source: ASA rulings database — https://www.asa.org.uk/codes-and-rulings/rulings.html — searched 11 May 2026.
Source: ICO register — https://ico.org.uk/ESDWebPages/Search — searched 11 May 2026.

Distinguishing CPD from Regulated Qualifications

The registered company name The CPD Qualification and Certification Board Uk Ltd incorporates the word "Qualification", and the website's accreditation page states that upon completing an accredited course, learners can accumulate "CPD credits" and receive an "accredited certificate." These terms, alongside the broader presentation of the service, may lead consumers to conflate CPD accreditation with regulated qualifications overseen by Ofqual or equivalent qualifications regulators.

CPD accreditation is distinct from regulated qualifications. Regulated qualifications carry a qualification number, a defined learning level, and formal assessment requirements, and are delivered through awarding organisations recognised by Ofqual (England), Qualifications Wales, SQA Accreditation (Scotland), or CCEA Regulation (Northern Ireland). No statement clearly distinguishing CPD accreditation from regulated qualifications was identified anywhere on the website at the date of this review.

Source: https://thecpduk.org/ — accessed 11 May 2026.
Source: https://thecpduk.org/accreditation/ — accessed 11 May 2026.

Unsubstantiated Claims

Multiple unsubstantiated and potentially misleading claims identified.

The following claims appear on the website without supporting evidence and are assessed as potentially in breach of CAP Code rule 3.7, which requires that objective claims be capable of substantiation:

"The CPD Certification Service is the foremost and biggest independent accreditation organization globally"
A superlative claim of global market leadership. The company was incorporated on 7 January 2025 and has no filed accounts. No evidence supporting this claim is provided.

"8,740+ Approved Providers" and "14,054+ Accredited Activities"
Volume claims that are unverifiable from any publicly accessible source. No searchable register is accessible without login, and the figures are implausible for a company incorporated 16 months prior.

"The #1 destination for all things CPD"
A superlative ranking claim without supporting evidence.

"officially recognized accreditation"
Implies formal regulatory or governmental recognition, which has not been established.

"trusted by professionals worldwide"
A global trust claim without supporting evidence.

In addition, the website refers to itself under four different names — "The CPD Qualification and Certification UK", "The CPD Certification Service", "The CPD Certification Body", and "The CPD UK" — none of which precisely matches the registered company name. This inconsistency is liable to cause confusion as to the identity of the organisation with which training providers and consumers are engaging.

Source: https://thecpduk.org/ — accessed 11 May 2026.
Source: https://thecpduk.org/accreditation/ — accessed 11 May 2026.

Further Information about this organisation

Website

https://thecpduk.org/

Companies House Number

16167517

Companies House Incorporation Date

7th January 2025

ICO Number

Not found

ICO Registration Date

Not found

Physical Office Published

No — Woodland Way, Tadworth, England (footer; no street number; does not match Companies House registered office)

Telephone

Yes

Live Chat

Pricing Published

No — gated behind login

Accreditation Criteria Published

Activities Individually Accredited

Unknown

Review Frequency