BABTAC Limited
Reference number: 473872
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Appointed representative
This firm does not hold FCA authorisation of its own, and acts under a principal firm, which is legally responsible for its regulated business.
- Appointed for 19 years
- Protected through the principal
- No FCA actions
- Active company since 2008
- Accounts filed up to 31 December 2025
Responsible principal firm
Balens Limited Reference number: 305787 View firm →What does this mean?
- An appointed representative (AR) can carry out regulated financial services, but is not directly authorised by the FCA. A principal firm holds the authorisation and is legally responsible for the AR's conduct.
- BABTAC Limited (FRN 473872) is an AR of Balens Limited (FRN 305787). When you use BABTAC's services, the FCA authorisation sits with the principal firm.
- Example: if you take financial advice from BABTAC, complaints and compensation usually follow the same rules as dealing with the principal, but this depends on the product and your circumstances.
- Before you proceed, confirm contact details match the official FCA register for both firms. Scammers sometimes clone legitimate AR names and FRNs but use fake phone numbers and websites.
Website, phone number and address
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Website
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Phone number
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Address
C3 & C4 Spinnaker House, Spinnaker Road, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, GL2 5FD, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When babtac.com first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 01452 623110 is
- Who else gives the postcode GL2 5FD
Other names (2)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- BABTAC Ltd Former name: A name it was registered under before.
- British Association of Beauty Therapy & Cosmetology Ltd Former name: A name it was registered under before.
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through Balens Limited, the principal firm responsible for this firm's regulated activity. FSCS cover and the Financial Ombudsman Service apply as they would to the principal.
- Complaints Ombudsman, freeYou can refer a complaint about this firm to the Financial Ombudsman Service for free, whichever activity it relates to.
FCA disciplinary action and complaints
No FCA disciplinary action.
The Financial Ombudsman Service only publishes complaint figures for firms with 30 or more new complaints in six months, so there are none here for this firm.
Companies House record
The company behind the firm: its status, age, registered office and directors.
- Company number
- 06744285 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private company limited by guarantee
- Incorporated
- 7 November 2008 (17 years old)
- Registered office
- Unit C4 Spinnaker House, Spinnaker Road, Gloucester, GL2 5FD, United Kingdom
- Nature of business
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- Activities of business and employers membership organisations (SIC 94110)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
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| Lesley Isobel Blair | Director | Dec 1969 | 19 Mar 2013 | 6 other companies |
| Susan Barbara Routledge | Director | Apr 1963 | 8 May 2022 | 4 other companies |
| Sara Jane Shoemark | Director | Aug 1967 | 8 May 2022 | 2 other companies |
| Keith Conniford | Director | Jun 1952 | 26 Jul 2024 | 1 other company |
| Caroline Hirons | Director | Jul 1969 | 1 Oct 2025 | None |
| STRATEGY FIRST LTD | Corporate secretary | Not published | 1 Apr 2018 | – |
Other companies run by these 5 directors
A firm is run by people, and their other companies are their track record: what they built, what closed, and anything that failed. It is the check most people never think to make.
- other companies
- 10
- still active
- 10
- run together
- 1
In the full report: all 10 companies, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of these 5 directors sit on each board, and since when
- Any that went into liquidation or administration
- The 1 company these 5 directors run together
- All 20 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
£158k
−3.1% from £163k
Cash at bank
£186k
−14% from £216k
Employees (average)
16
+6.7% from 15
Owed within a year
£268k
+3.1% from £259k
Assets and liabilities
In the full report: all 7 years of accounts
- Every year from 2019 to 2025
- The chart, over every year
- Every filed figure, year by year
About these figures
- Turnover
- Money taken from sales in the year, before any costs.
- Profit before tax
- What was left after the year’s costs, before corporation tax. A minus figure is a loss.
- Net assets, or total equity
- Everything the company owns minus everything it owes. A minus figure means it owes more than it owns.
- Total assets and total liabilities
- Everything the company owns, and everything it owes, on the last day of the year. The gap between them is its net assets.
- Cash at bank
- Money in the company’s accounts on the last day of the year.
- Owed within a year, owed after a year
- Debts and bills due in the next twelve months, and those due later.
There is no turnover or profit: small companies do not have to publish them.
Accounts filed at Companies House for company 06744285. Every figure is as filed, apart from total assets and total liabilities, which are added up from filed figures. Nothing is estimated.
Key dates in its history
Babtac’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2026
24 February 2026
- Changed its registered name from "BABTAC Ltd"
FCA register
2025
5 February 2025
- Jason Phillips no longer has significant control
Companies House
2024
1 November 2024
- Strategy First Ltd no longer has significant control
Companies House
2022
1 January 2022
- Lynn Kimpton no longer has significant control
Companies House
2018
31 August 2018
- Anthony Duffin no longer has significant control
Companies House
2017
10 September 2017
- Kelly Shaw no longer has significant control
Companies House
2016
6 April 2016
- Anthony Duffin gained significant control
- Jason Phillips gained significant control
- Kelly Shaw gained significant control
- Lesley Isobel Blair gained significant control
- Lynn Kimpton gained significant control
- Strategy First Ltd gained significant control
Companies House
2009
2 January 2009
- Changed its registered name from "British Association of Beauty Therapy & Cosmetology Ltd"
FCA register
2008
7 November 2008
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
2007
15 October 2007
- Became an appointed representative
FCA register
In the full report: all 50 events
- All 50 events in its history (15 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 35
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- 10 other companies its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details
- 7 years of accounts, charted
- All 50 events in its history
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Sources and links
- Its entry on the FCA register register.fca.org.uk
- Its Companies House record gov.uk
- Complaints the Financial Ombudsman Service can help with financial-ombudsman.org.uk
- Report a scam to the FCA fca.org.uk