Isle of Man Data Asset Foundation Regime

Isle of Man Data Asset Foundation Services

Your data has value. Now it has a legal home.

The Isle of Man Foundations (Amendment) Bill 2025/26, currently progressing through the Isle of Man Parliament, creates the world's first statutory framework for registering, governing, and commercialising data as a formally recognised asset. Cavendish Trust Company Limited is positioned to guide you through every stage.

Check if your data qualifies What is a Data Asset Foundation?
30+ Years IoM Experience Independent & Licensed
2025/26
Bill in progress
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Asset classes
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Registration journeys
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Corporate tax rate (IoM)
The regime explained

A statutory framework for data as an asset

A Data Asset Foundation is a legal entity under Isle of Man law whose sole purpose is to hold, govern, and utilise a specific data asset. It gives data a permanent legal home: a structured vehicle for commercialisation, licensing, research collaboration, and long-term stewardship.

Whether your data is internal analytics, financial records, health data, or an AI training corpus, the DAF regime provides the governance framework and statutory recognition to unlock its full value.

Learn more about the regime

Registered Agent

Full CSP and Registered Agent services for DAF establishment and administration.

AAP Assurance

Accredited Assurance Provider services for asset verification and full registration.

Data Enforcer

Independent Data Enforcer appointments for ongoing governance and compliance oversight.

Advisory

Independent specialist advisory for organisations with existing CSP relationships.

Free assessment tool

Discover if your data qualifies in under ten minutes

Our DAF Feasibility and 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 Feasibility and Classification Tool
Two phases. Fourteen questions. Your complete asset profile.
Answer questions about your data, then receive your classification code, registration journey, AAP tier, governance flags, and a personalised next-steps plan.
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Phase 1: Suitability check (8 questions)
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Phase 2: Asset classification (6 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 you hold data with commercial, research, or strategic value

Financial services firms with proprietary transaction, credit, or market datasets
Technology companies seeking to commercialise or licence data assets
Research institutions with datasets suitable for open access or federated sharing
AI developers seeking a governed, provenance-assured training data structure
International businesses already using the Isle of Man as a jurisdiction for asset structuring
Why Cavendish

Independent. Experienced. Regulated.

Cavendish Trust Company Limited has provided corporate and trust services in the Isle of Man for over 30 years.

Full-service capability

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

Genuinely independent

Where clients already have a CSP relationship, we work alongside them without conflict. Our independence is a commercial asset, not a constraint.

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.

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Ready to explore a Data Asset Foundation?

Run the free feasibility and classification tool to discover your asset class, registration journey, and what Cavendish can do for your project.

Run the free tool Email Rick Landman