Getting help
CTPA membership
If you are a brand owner, supplier, distributor, manufacturer or if you fill or pack cosmetic products then you may be eligible for full membership.
As a supplier or manufacturer of raw materials or packing materials, analytical laboratory, safety assessor, claims support laboratory or a supplier of technical services to brand owners and manufacturers you may be eligible for associate membership.
Retailers, wholesalers and online sellers may be eligible for retail associate membership.
To find out more about the benefits of joining the Association, please read about 'membership benefits’.
If you are already a member of CTPA please login and visit our help for members section.
Independent consultants
If you are considering having your product contract manufactured in the UK, a directory of contract manufacturers is published online by the trade journal SPC together with raw material suppliers and plant and packaging suppliers.
The following lists of consultants are available on request (free of charge) from the CTPA. Please state which lists you require when contacting us.
- Chemical/Analytical
- Packaging
- Microbiological
- Regulatory
- Safety Assessment
- Efficacy/Claims/Benchmarking
- Quality Management/Audit
- Research & Development/Formulation
- Toxicological - Testing Houses
- Health & Safety
- Commercial
The consultants listed have not been vetted by the Association and accordingly this listing does not constitute an endorsement.
UK Competent Authority for cosmetics
Department for Business Innovation and Skills
1 Victoria Street
London
SW1H 0ET
Tel: 020 7215 5000