United Kingdom · Financial institution
Barclays Bank UK PLC
Barclays Bank UK PLC is a public limited company incorporated in England and Wales, with its registered office at 1 Churchill Place, London. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Barclays PLC and the ring-fenced bank of the Barclays Group. It provides personal banking, business banking, mortgages and Barclaycard consumer credit cards in the UK. On 1 November 2024 it took over the retail banking business of Tesco Personal Finance plc, which it operates under the Tesco Bank brand.
Licences and registrations
Held by the legal entity, not by this BIC
This BIC is mapped to LEI 213800UUGANOMFJ9X769 (Barclays Bank UK PLC) in the Swift and GLEIF BIC-to-LEI file. The legal entity’s page is Barclays Bank UK PLC (BUKBGB22). None matched by LEI in the 22 tracked registers.
Licences belong to the legal entity. Each applies in the country of the regulator that granted it, not to every BIC that carries the LEI.
Regulatory status
FSB · global systemically important banks
2025 list
- G-SIB
- Barclays
- Relation
- In a G-SIB groupGLEIF records a G-SIB entity as this legal entity’s ultimate parent. The bucket applies to the group, and membership does not make this entity a bank.
- Bucket
- 2 of 5 · extra capital buffer 1.5% of risk-weighted assets
- On the list since
- 2011
Swift network
Swift’s ISO 9362 BIC directory
- BIC
- TPFGGB2EXXX head office
- Connection to Swift
- Connected to SwiftThis BIC is registered as a live address on the Swift network. The institution sends and receives Swift messages under TPFGGB2E directly.
- Swift GPI
- Not on the member list
- Payment schemes and systems
- No entry in the EPC registers, the ECB T2 and TIPS lists or the SIX Bank Master cites this BIC
- Branch codes
- None: head-office BIC only
- BIC first registered
- 2010-01-16
- Last updated
- 2024-11-02
Overview
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
Total assets
Not published
Employees
Not published
Ownership
Group subsidiary
100% Barclays PLC
Institution type
Commercial bank
Trades as Barclays UK
- Ownership
- Barclays PLC holds 100% of the bank.
- Direct parent
- Barclays PLC ↗, United Kingdom 100%
- Head office
- 1 Churchill Place, E14 5HP London, United Kingdom
- Company register
- 09740322, Companies House (England and Wales); FCA Financial Services Register No. 759676
- Former name
- BARCLAYS UK AND EUROPE PLC
Business lines
The bank holds the Barclays Group's UK retail and business banking activities, including Personal Banking, Business Banking, Barclaycard Consumer UK, Kensington Mortgage Company and, since November 2024, Tesco Bank.
Online
- Websites & references
- barclays.co.uk ↗ did not load when checked
tescobank.com ↗ Tesco Bank retail site (Tesco Bank is a trading name of Barclays Bank UK PLC)
home.barclays ↗ Barclays Group corporate and investor relations site (publishes the entity's reports and board announcements)
Wikipedia ↗ group article - Official social accounts
- X ↗ · Facebook ↗ · YouTube ↗
Sources · 11 pages consulted
- find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/09740322
- find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/09740322/officers
- fca.org.uk/news/press-releases/fca-fines-barclays-42-million-poor-handling-financial-crime-risks
- fca.org.uk/publication/final-notices/barclays-bank-uk-plc-2025.pdf
- tescobank.com/transfer-scheme/
- home.barclays/news/press-releases/2024/11/completion-of-the-acquisition-of-tesco-s-retail-banking-busin
- home.barclays/news/press-releases/2025/07/robert-swaak-to-join-barclays-uk-board-as-non-executive-direc
- home.barclays/news/press-releases/20260/080/three-non-executive-directors-join-barclays-uk-board/
- home.barclays/content/dam/home-barclays/documents/investor-relations/ResultAnnouncements/H12026Results/
- home.barclays/content/dam/home-barclays/documents/investor-relations/reports-and-events/annual-reports/
- barclays.co.uk/content/dam/documents/personal/savings/personalsavingscurrencyaccount.pdf
Leadership
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- Chief executive
- Vim Maru Chief Executive, Barclays UK (executive director of Barclays Bank UK PLC)
- Chair
- Sir John Kingman Chair, Barclays Bank UK PLC
- Chief financial officer
- Claire Peel Chief Financial Officer, Barclays UK (executive director)
- Executive
-
Robert Swaak
Non-Executive Director (Board Audit Committee Chair from March 2026, subject to regulatory approval)
Supervisors & regulators
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- United Kingdom
- Prudential Regulation Authority Prudential supervisor
- United Kingdom
- Financial Conduct Authority ConductAML supervisor
- United Kingdom
- Bank of England Central bankResolution
Recent events 1 enforcement or investigation item
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
-
Leadership
Stacey Madge, Adam Banks and Kelly Richdale joined the board as non-executive directors on 1 September 2026.
find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk ↗ -
Merger / acquisition
The bank agreed to acquire GoHenry, a UK money management platform for young people. Completion is expected in the fourth quarter of 2026.
home.barclays ↗ -
Enforcement
The FCA fined the bank GBP 3,093,600 for failures in its AML controls on a client money account it opened for WealthTek LLP.
fca.org.uk ↗ -
Merger / acquisition
The bank took over the retail banking business of Tesco Personal Finance plc through a court-approved Part VII transfer.
home.barclays ↗ -
Leadership
Vim Maru joined the board as Chief Executive of Barclays UK. Matt Hammerstein stepped down as a director the same day.
find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk ↗
Compliance-relevant events of the last three years, newest first: fines and enforcement, investigations, incidents, leadership changes, mergers and licence changes. Each links to its source.
Identifiers
Head-office record
- BIC
- TPFGGB2EXXX
- How the BIC breaks down
- TPFGBank
- GBCountry · United Kingdom
- 2ELocation
- XXXBranch · head office
- Branch description
- Not recorded in the directory
- LEI record
- View on GLEIF ↗
- How the LEI was matched
- BIC: Mapped to this BIC in the Swift and GLEIF BIC-to-LEI relationship file.
Profile
- Type
- Financial institutionClassified as a financial institution in Swift’s ISO 9362 BIC directory, with no licence on a tracked register. This includes banks that neither the ECB nor the FSB lists, as well as brokers, fund managers, insurers and market infrastructure.
- Regulation
- Not on a tracked registerNo licence or registration was found for this entity on the registers the directory tracks, or on the ECB and FSB bank lists. Most banks are licensed by national supervisors whose registers are not tracked yet. This does not mean that the institution is unregulated.
- Register licences
- None matched by LEI in the 22 tracked registers
- Country · region
- United Kingdom · Europe & Central Asia
- FSB G-SIB list
- In a G-SIB group · Barclays list of 2025
- Trading venues (MIC)
- No MIC registered under this LEI list of 2026-09-17
- OFAC sanctions
- No listing cites this BIC
- EU sanctions
- No listing matched this BIC or its LEI
- Country sanctions
- No country programme
Types come from Swift’s BIC classification, the licences on the 22 tracked registers, and the ECB and FSB bank lists. Most banks outside the euro area appear as financial institutions, because their supervisors’ registers are not tracked yet.
No licence or registration was found for this entity on the 22 registers the directory tracks, or on the ECB and FSB bank lists. Most banks are licensed by national supervisors whose registers are not tracked yet. This does not mean that the institution is unregulated.
Ownership and group
GLEIF relationship records
- Direct parent
- Barclays PLC · United Kingdom213800LBQA1Y9L22JB70 ↗
- FSB G-SIB list
- In a G-SIB group · Barclays bucket 2 · 2025 listGLEIF records a G-SIB entity as this legal entity’s ultimate parent. The bucket applies to the group, and membership does not make this entity a bank.
The Barclays PLC group has 48 institutions in the directory, in 26 countries: 47 hold a BIC and 1 does not.
Including Barclays Bank Ireland PLC, Barclays Bank PLC, Barclays Bank PLC, Barclays Bank Ireland PLC Frankfurt, Barclays Bank Ireland PLC Milan Branch.
See the Barclays PLC group →Group membership follows the accounting-consolidation relationships reported to GLEIF. It does not show ownership shares or control.
Addresses
- Registered address
- 1 CHURCHILL PLACE LONDON E14 5HP UNITED KINGDOM
- Operational address
- 1 CHURCHILL PLACE LONDON LONDON E14 5HP UNITED KINGDOM
ISO 20022 identification
As an agent in a Swift cross-border payment message (CBPR+)
A CBPR+ message identifies this institution by its BIC, and may add its LEI or a clearing code. CBPR+ does not allow a name and postal address next to a BIC.
- Identified by
- BIC, with its LEI
- Roles in CBPR+
- Any agent, including the instructing and instructed agents
CBPR+
For cross-border payments on Swift: the BIC, with the LEI and clearing code where known
<FinInstnId>
<BICFI>TPFGGB2EXXX</BICFI>
<LEI>213800UUGANOMFJ9X769</LEI>
</FinInstnId>Full record
Every ISO 20022 element the directory holds. Base ISO 20022 allows them together. CBPR+ does not allow a name and address next to a BIC
<FinInstnId>
<BICFI>TPFGGB2EXXX</BICFI>
<LEI>213800UUGANOMFJ9X769</LEI>
<Nm>BARCLAYS BANK UK PLC</Nm>
<PstlAdr>
<TwnNm>LONDON</TwnNm>
<Ctry>GB</Ctry>
<AdrLine>1 CHURCHILL PLACE LONDON E14 5HP</AdrLine>
</PstlAdr>
</FinInstnId>The BIC, name and address are as published in Swift’s BIC directory. The LEI comes from the Swift and GLEIF BIC-to-LEI file. Check them against your own records before use.
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Sources & method
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Read the methodology →Credits for this page
- Ownership and group—GLEIF Level 2 relationship records (accounting consolidation), matched by LEI.
- Overview, leadership, regulators and events—researched per institution by an AI model with web search, from the institution's own website and reports, regulators, company registers and news. Figures, people and events link to their source, and each card shows the research date. AI research can be wrong or out of date, so check key facts at the source.
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