UK Responsible Person
Marketplaces now ask cosmetics sellers for Responsible Person details, sometimes before you list, sometimes right after your first sales spike. We act as your UK Responsible Person and prepare exactly what the platforms ask for, so the listing stays live.
Built for small-batch, fast-moving, many-SKU sellers. Compliant before the listing gets paused, not after.
UK cosmetics law has required a Responsible Person for every cosmetic product sold in Great Britain since long before marketplaces started checking. The RP is the UK-established business that holds the Product Information File, notifies the product through SCPN and answers to the authorities. If you are based outside the UK, you cannot be your own.
What has changed is enforcement. Amazon UK, TikTok Shop and other platforms are now expected by regulators to make sure the products they list are compliant, so they ask sellers for Responsible Person details, notification evidence and a compliant label. Sometimes the request comes before you can list, sometimes as a compliance email after your first sales spike.
The email usually gives a deadline and a list of documents, and the listing is paused if the deadline passes. That is the moment most sellers discover the requirement existed.
The fix is not complicated, but it has to be done properly and in order: a real Responsible Person, a product file that stands up, a notification for every product and a label that matches. We do all four.
Taylored becomes the named UK Responsible Person for your products, with our address on your label and our name on the notification. We carry the legal obligations, not a letterbox.
Every product and variant is notified through the Submit Cosmetic Product Notification portal before it goes on sale, with confirmation you can show the platform.
Your artwork is checked against UK requirements: RP address, INCI ingredient list, warnings, durability and claims. Most marketplace rejections come from labels, so this is where we start.
When the platform asks for documents, we answer the request with you: what they are asking for, in the form they want it, before the deadline.
Large compliance firms are built for large brands. Our marketplace RP service is built for the way sellers actually work.
Twenty shades, three sizes and a seasonal bundle are normal for a marketplace seller. We group variants sensibly, notify them together where the rules allow and keep the file organised so adding the next one is quick.
New products every month, discontinued ones every quarter. We keep notifications current, tell you when a formulation change needs a new safety assessment and stop you paying for products you no longer sell.
Sellers in Europe, North America and Asia use us as their UK-established Responsible Person so they can list on UK marketplaces without setting up a UK company. The same team can act as EU Responsible Person if you sell into Europe too.
You get a named consultant who knows your range, answers within the working day and speaks to the platform in its own language.
If your product files are in order, it is quick. If they are not, we tell you what is missing and how long it takes before anything is signed. A typical sequence:
Send us your product list, labels and any safety reports you already have
We check the files and tell you the same week what is ready and what is missing
Missing safety assessments are quoted separately and started immediately if you go ahead
We are appointed as Responsible Person and your labels are corrected for the next print run
Every product is notified through SCPN and you receive confirmation for each one
We prepare the document pack the platform asked for and support you until the listing is live
With complete files, notification can be done within days. Products that still need a safety assessment take longer, and we will say so at the start rather than after you have paid.
Many marketplace sellers run cosmetics and food supplements side by side, and the platforms ask for different things for each. Supplements do not have a Responsible Person; they need a UK-established Food Business Operator (FBO) named on the label and registered with a local authority.
We provide both under one roof, so one partner covers your whole catalogue and the platform gets consistent answers for every listing.
If you sell supplements on Amazon UK or TikTok Shop, start with our guide to what the platforms actually require.
What moves the price, what should be included as standard, and what the cheapest quotes leave out.
Responsible Person cover is a fixed annual fee based on the number of products and variants you list and the state of your files when we take them on. Safety assessments for products that do not yet have one are quoted separately, per product, before any work starts.
We do not publish a rate card, because a seller with five finished products and one with fifty half-documented ones are not the same job. What you get is a price in writing for your actual range, and a clear list of anything that would change it.
If a platform has rejected your current RP's details, or your provider is not answering the platform's questions, switching is straightforward and your products stay covered throughout.
We take over the files, re-notify your products and answer the platform. Our switching guide explains the sequence.
UK law does: every cosmetic sold in Great Britain needs a UK Responsible Person and an SCPN notification, whatever the sales channel. TikTok Shop and Amazon UK are increasingly asking sellers to prove it, and pausing listings that cannot.
Yes. The obligation starts with the first unit sold, not at a revenue threshold. The good news is that for a small range compliance is quick and affordable, and it protects the listing you have worked to build.
If your product file is in order, notification is fast, often within days. If safety work is missing we tell you up front what is needed and how long it takes. No surprises mid-process.
Typically the Responsible Person's name and address, evidence of SCPN notification, and label images showing the required information. Requests vary by category and can arrive at any point, including after a competitor report. We prepare the pack so it is ready before it is asked for.
Yes. The Responsible Person requirement comes from UK law, not the platform, so one appointment and one set of notifications covers every channel you sell through in Great Britain. What differs between platforms is what they ask you to upload and when.
We act as UK Responsible Person for sellers across Europe, North America and Asia, notify hundreds of products a year and deal with platform compliance requests every week. You get one named contact, a fixed fee and answers the platform accepts.
