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About Halden Regulatory
Halden Regulatory Ltd is a UK Responsible Person for cosmetics brands based outside the UK. If you make skincare, haircare, body care, makeup or fragrance abroad and want to sell it in England, Scotland or Wales, the law needs a person or company based in the UK to take legal responsibility for each product. That is the job we do.
Who runs it
Halden is a small practice run from Bristol by Abdi Mohamed, its director. When you write to us, the reply comes from the person doing the work on your products.
I set Halden up because the UK rules for overseas beauty brands are clear enough, but the help on offer tends to be priced for much bigger companies, or bolted onto an EU package as an extra. I wanted to do one thing properly: a fixed yearly price you know in advance, and every product read line by line before our name goes on it. If your range is not a good fit, I will say so.
Abdi Mohamed, Director
What we do
- Check each formula against the UK lists of banned and restricted substances.
- Check your label and claims against GB rules and tell you in writing what must change before we notify.
- Notify each product to the UK government on SCPN before it goes on sale.
- Hold your product information file in the UK for at least 10 years after the last batch is placed on the market in Great Britain, as the law requires.
- Deal with Trading Standards and the Office for Product Safety and Standards, and report serious reactions as the law requires.
- Tell you when UK cosmetics law changes in a way that affects your products. We publish what we track on our UK updates page.
What we do not do
- We do not write safety reports ourselves. Where you need one, we arrange a qualified safety assessor, engaged for you, with the assessor's fee at cost plus our £150 coordination fee per product, and we check the report is complete.
- We cover Great Britain only. Northern Ireland follows EU rules and needs a Responsible Person in the EU or Northern Ireland.
- We do not handle goods, samples or customer returns. Our address is for official correspondence only.
- We do not take on sunscreens, skin lightening, hair dyes and relaxers, products for children under 3, products with medical claims, nail and lash glues, tooth whitening, injectables or anything that may not be a cosmetic.
How we are set up
- We work under a written mandate that you sign and we accept in writing, as Article 4 of the UK Cosmetics Regulation requires.
- Fees are fixed, paid upfront and confirmed in a written quote. We do not charge or pay interest of any kind.
- Your formulas and documents stay confidential. We are happy to sign an NDA before you send anything.
Company details
Halden Regulatory Ltd. Registered in England and Wales, company no. 17508746.
Registered office: Unit 1, Easton Business Centre, Felix Road, Bristol BS5 0HE.
Email: hello@haldenrp.co.uk