2026
Year enacted
12
Asset classes
3
Registration journeys
0%
Corp. tax on qualifying income
What we do

Three service lines. One firm, end to end.

From establishing and running a Data Asset Foundation to benchmarking and certifying your data management capability, Cavendish delivers the full picture under one relationship.

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Data Asset Foundations

Establish, register, and run a DAF. Full Registered Agent and CSP services across the entire lifecycle.

Foundation Council
Registered Agent
AAP Assurance In development
Data Enforcer
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DCAM Assessment

An independent, EDMA-certified DCAM V3 assessment, scored and benchmarked against 430+ global organisations.

EDMA Authorised Partner
8 components · 34 capabilities
Objective, scored capability view
Certified to global best practice
Assessment details
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DCAM V3 Training

Certified training delivered by an EDMA DCAM V3 Certified Trainer. Pass the EDMA exam to earn globally recognised DCAM V3 Certification.

EDMA DCAM V3 Certified Trainer
Complete DCAM V3 framework
Recognised digital credential
Virtual and in-person, worldwide
Training details
Free assessment tool

Discover if your data qualifies in under ten minutes

Our DAF Classification Tool guides you through the suitability and classification process. No legal or technical background required. Receive your full classification profile, registration journey, and a downloadable PDF summary.

DAF Readiness and Classification Assessment
Four sections. Twenty questions. Your complete assessment profile.
Answer questions about your data across four sections: asset viability, legal readiness, asset profile, and full classification. Receive your class code, registration journey, AAP tier, governance flags, and a personalised PDF report.
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Section A and B: Asset viability and legal readiness (11 questions)
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Section C and D: Asset profile and classification (9 questions)
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Full profile: class code, journey, AAP level
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Download your PDF summary report
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Who should use this tool

If your data has value that governance can unlock

Financial institutions, banks, and insurers with transaction, credit, counterparty, or fraud data that cannot currently be licensed, shared, or placed on a balance sheet
AI companies, technology firms, and platform operators seeking a statutory property right in training data, provenance certification, or a legally defensible data IP position
Life sciences, pharma, healthcare, and research bodies with clinical datasets, patient registries, or federated evidence pools needing governed, licensed access
Consortia and multi-party data pools across any sector where competing organisations need a neutral structure to share data safely, govern it independently, and share in its commercial returns
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Why Cavendish

Independent. Experienced. Regulated.

Cavendish Trust Company Limited was established in 2007, built on the founding team's decades of Isle of Man expertise.

Full-service capability

We provide the complete range of DAF services from a single firm: Registered Agent, CSP, Data Enforcer, and deep regime expertise. One relationship, every stage.

Genuinely independent

We work comfortably alongside any existing professional relationships. Our independence means every engagement is shaped entirely by your interests, with no competing mandates.

Regime expertise

We have followed the development of the DAF regime from its earliest consultation stages and built our tooling and methodology to reflect the most current published framework.

Credibility and commitment

Built on the regime. Ready from day one.

Regime engagement

"Cavendish has been engaged with the DAF regime's development from its earliest consultation stages, taking part throughout as the framework has progressed."

Industry consultation and technical development sessions, Isle of Man, 2024–2026
Track record

"Established in 2007 and active across trust, corporate, fintech, space and satellite, and blockchain sectors, Cavendish brings genuine breadth to every data governance engagement."

Cavendish Trust Company Limited, Isle of Man, est. 2007
Legislative milestone

"The Foundations (Amendment) Act 2026, which received Royal Assent in May 2026, creates the world's first statutory framework recognising data as a formally registered legal asset."

Isle of Man Government, Royal Assent May 2026 Read timeline
Upcoming event

DCAM V3 Certified Training
Isle of Man

An in-person DCAM V3 certified training session in the Isle of Man. Two days of structured, instructor-led training covering the complete DCAM V3 framework, delivered by our EDMA Certified Trainer and designed for data and governance professionals working in, or preparing to engage with, the DAF regime.

Participants who pass the EDM Association's certification exam receive DCAM V3 Certification, a globally recognised digital credential.

Event details
13 and 14 October 2026
Two full days, instructor led
Isle of Man
In person
DCAM V3 Certified Training
EDMA Certified Trainer, full framework coverage
DCAM V3 Certification pathway
Globally recognised EDMA digital credential

Places are limited. Contact us to confirm availability and receive joining details. DCAM training is exclusively available to EDMA member organisations.

Experience

Cavendish's pre-qualification assessment turned our business problems in general terms, cross-border data friction across our group's legal entities, into a real design of how we could use the Data Asset Foundation concept to unlock potential in our data assets across geographies as the legal framework comes to life in Isle of Man.

Emmanuel Osanga Head of Data & Analytics · Standard Bank Isle of Man
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