Tesco Bank: company and regulatory profile
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What Tesco Bank says about its regulation
Source: www.tescobank.com (Tesco Bank's own website) · Fetched 26 October 2026 · quoted word for word · How we collect this
Tesco Bank is a trading name of Barclays Bank UK PLC. Barclays Bank UK PLC is authorised by the Prudential Regulation Authority and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority and the Prudential Regulation Authority. Barclays Bank UK PLC is entered in the Financial Services Register and its Register number is 759676.
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Companies House record
Source: Companies House · Fetched 26 October 2026 · values copied as returned · How we collect this
- Registered name
- BARCLAYS BANK UK PLC
- Company number
- 09740322
- Company status
- active
- Incorporated
- 19 August 2015
- Registered office
- 1 Churchill Place, London, E14 5HP, England
- SIC codes
- 64191
- Latest accounts made up to
- 31 December 2025
- Next accounts due
- 30 June 2027
- Accounts overdue (as recorded by Companies House)
- No
Persons with significant control
- Barclays Plcownership of shares 75 to 100 percent; voting rights 75 to 100 percent; right to appoint and remove directors · notified 1 April 2018
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Ownership, accounts and filings
Source: Companies House · Fetched 26 October 2026 · values copied as filed · How we collect this
Who owns the company
- Owner of the company behind Tesco BankBarclays Plc · registered in England & Walesownership of shares 75 to 100 percent; voting rights 75 to 100 percent; right to appoint and remove directorsAs recorded at Companies House
Corporate owners recorded as persons with significant control, copied as Companies House records them and followed up the chain only while each is a single owner registered there under the same name. Individuals are not shown.
Figures from the latest accounts
The latest accounts, made up to 31 December 2025, were not filed in a machine-readable form, so no figures are copied here. See the filing at Companies House.
Registered charges
17 registered, of which 5 satisfied and 12 not recorded as satisfied. See the charges
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Previous company names
- BARCLAYS UK AND EUROPE PLC · 19 August 2015 to 15 June 2017
Filing timeline (30 most recent filings shown)
- 6 June 2026Resolution filed
- 3 June 2026Accounts filed, made up to 2025-12-31
- 7 November 2025Confirmation statement filed
- 11 June 2025Charge registered or updated
- 10 June 2025Accounts filed, made up to 2024-12-31
- 29 May 2025Resolution filed
- 15 April 2025Charge registered or updated
- 11 November 2024Confirmation statement filed
- 4 November 2024Charge registered or updated
- 30 May 2024Accounts filed, made up to 2023-12-31
- 28 May 2024Resolution filed
- 16 November 2023Confirmation statement filed
- 22 June 2023Accounts filed, made up to 2022-12-31
- 10 June 2023Resolution filed
- 10 November 2022Confirmation statement filed
- 13 June 2022Resolution filed
- 24 March 2022Accounts filed, made up to 2021-12-31
- 14 February 2022Confirmation statement filed
- 14 June 2021Resolution filed
- 19 May 2021Accounts filed, made up to 2020-12-31
- 12 March 2021Confirmation statement filed
- 29 July 2020Charge registered or updated
- 16 July 2020Charge registered or updated
- 4 June 2020Resolution filed
- 12 May 2020Accounts filed, made up to 2019-12-31
- 6 February 2020Confirmation statement filed
- 10 December 2019Charge registered or updated
- 19 June 2019Charge registered or updated
- 12 June 2019Charge registered or updated
- 12 June 2019Charge registered or updated
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0, source Companies House.
Complaints to the Financial Ombudsman Service
Source: Financial Ombudsman Service, half-yearly business complaints data · Fetched 26 October 2026 · figures copied as published · How we collect this
Figures for BARCLAYS BANK UK PLC, the registered company behind Tesco Bank. They cover complaints about all of the company’s products, not only international transfers.
| Period | Total new cases | Total % of cases upheld | Total proactive settled resolved |
|---|---|---|---|
| H1 20261 January to 30 June 2026 | 4,883 | 24% | 311 |
| H2 20251 July to 31 December 2025 | 6,826 | 25% | 461 |
- New cases, Banking & Credit (H1 2026)
- 4,512
- New cases, Mortgages & Home Finance (H1 2026)
- 313
- New cases, General Insurance / Pure Protection (Includes PPI) (H1 2026)
- 20
- New cases, Investments (H1 2026)
- 33
- New cases, Decumulation Life & Pensions (H1 2026)
- 5
- % of closed cases upheld, Banking & Credit (H1 2026)
- 24%
- % of closed cases upheld, Mortgages & Home Finance (H1 2026)
- 29%
Across all businesses in H1 2026, the Ombudsman states: “Average % of cases upheld = 26%”.
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- 26 October 2026Complaints data published for H1 2026 changed · Financial Ombudsman Service
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Identity
- Registered company name
- Source material collected · Companies HouseCopied from the source by software
- FCA number, as stated by the provider
- Source material collected · Provider websiteQuoted word for word, with a link to the source
- Company number, incorporation date, registered office
- Source material collected · Companies HouseCopied from the source by software
- Persons with significant control
- Source material collected · Companies HouseCopied from the source by software
Regulation
- Provider's regulatory statement
- Source material collected · Provider websiteQuoted word for word, with a link to the source
- Status, restrictions and requirements
- Live lookup only · FCA RegisterQuoted word for word, with a link to the source
- Registered agents (count)
- Live lookup only · FCA RegisterCopied from the source by software
- How customer money is safeguarded
- No source material collected · Provider terms and conditionsQuoted word for word, with a link to the source
Financial health
- Latest accounts date, overdue accounts flag
- Source material collected · Companies HouseCopied from the source by software
- Revenue and profit (where filed)
- No source material collected · Filed accounts at Companies HouseCopied from the source by software
Complaints
- Complaint volumes and uphold rate (where published)
- Source material collected · Financial Ombudsman ServiceCopied from the source by software
Product
- Countries and currencies served
- No source material collected · Provider websiteExtracted by software, shown with the exact wording it came from
- Service availability
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- Delivery times and payment cut-offs
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- Payout methods (bank, cash pickup, mobile wallet)
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- Fees, limits, minimums
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- ID documents required
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