BBL Complaints and Outcomes Archives

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[ March 19, 2026 ] Liam Mark Mullen, Director of Edie Fabworx Ltd Slapped with an 11 Year Ban for Blagging a Second Bounce Back Loan for that Company Five Days After Applying for the First BBL The Disqualification Files
[ March 19, 2026 ] Nuno Miguel Teixeria Alves, Director of Poncho Sales and Marketing Ltd, Pivot Car Rentals Ltd and Ratdog Garage Ltd Banned for 10 Years for Misusing Funds from all Three of Those Companies Bounce Back Loans, Two of Which Weren’t Eligible for a BBL The Disqualification Files
[ March 19, 2026 ] Mohammad Abdul Kayum Khalique, Director of Max Business Ltd Slapped with an 11 Year Ban for Over-Egging His Company’s Turnover and Then Blagging Two Bounce Back Loans (Barclays and Starling Bank) and Misusing BBL Funds The Disqualification Files
[ March 17, 2026 ] Brentford Held by Wolves After Throwing Away Two-Goal Lead Gambling
[ March 17, 2026 ] Read the Undertaking Signed by Sancha Maria Pereira the Director of Tuga Investments Ltd, Accepting an 11 Year Ban for Over-Estimating Her Company’s Estimated Turnover Used to Get a £50,000 Bounce Back Loan Based on Developing a Relatives Property When That Relative Was Already Subject to Bankruptcy Proceedings The Disqualification Files
[ March 17, 2026 ] David Elroy Walters Jnr, Director of 4PROPERTYUK Limited Slapped with a Meaty 12 Year Ban for Over-Egging that Company’s Turnover to Blag a £50,000 Bounce Back Loan then Transferring the Funds to Non Company Bank Accounts The Disqualification Files
[ March 16, 2026 ] Six Nations Rollercoaster: England Struggles whilst Ireland Wins Historic Triple Crown Gambling
[ March 16, 2026 ] Having Been Jailed Last May for Blagging Two Bounce Back Loans Shohid Ahmed of Bardsey Crescent, Bradford Has Just Been Told to Repay £123,000, plus costs of £6,000 in Three Months from Behind Bars or Get another 15 Months in Prison BBL Jailbirds
[ March 16, 2026 ] Steven Peter Cornwell-Dobson, Director of XS Rentals Limited Slapped with a 10 Year Ban for Over-Egging His Company’s Turnover Used to Get a £50,000 Santander Bounce Back Loan by Claiming the Turnover Was £210,000 When It Was Just £84,283.16 and For Misusing the BBL Funds The Disqualification Files
[ March 16, 2026 ] Kennedy Uyinmwen, Director of Connect Property Investing Limited, Slapped with an 8 Year Ban For Not Providing Evidence of How He Worked Out His Company’s Estimated Turnover That He Was Allowed to Estimate, Which He Used to Get a £50,000 HSBC Bounce Back Loan, He Was Therefore Deemed to Have Over-Estimated It The Disqualification Files
[ March 16, 2026 ] Jennifer aka Macaulay Meek and Jeffery Meek, Directors of Strathmore Specialist Landscaping Limited Slapped with 3 and a Half Year Bans for Trading to the Detriment of HMRC Which Led to a Winding Up Order Resulting in £26,277 of a Bank of Scotland Bounce Back Loan Being Left Unpaid The Disqualification Files
[ March 13, 2026 ] Fatal flaw in the Companies House Website Discovered Allowing Anyone to View the Private Dashboard of Any One of the Five Million Registered Companies, See Directors’ Personal Details and Scarily, Modify Them Subscriber Special Reports
[ March 12, 2026 ] Ryan Dunlop the Director of Dekzem Ltd Slapped with a 7 Year Ban for Over-Estimating His Estimated Turnover He Had to and Was Allowed to Estimate (As His Company Was Incorporated Weeks Before the Pandemic) to Get a £50,000 RBS Bounce Back Loan The Disqualification Files
[ March 11, 2026 ] Nathaniel Cole the Director of IC3 Attire Limited Slapped with a 10 Year Ban for Over-Egging His Company’s Turnover to Get a £45,000 Barclays BBL and a £5,000 BBL Top-Up, His Actual Turnover Was £4,623 Not the £300,000 He Self-Declared Which Wasn’t Enough for a BBL of Any Amount The Disqualification Files
[ March 11, 2026 ] Adam Clayton the Director of All Secure Contracts Limited Slapped with a 10 Year Ban for Over-Egging His Company’s £28,720 Turnover to Blag a £20,000 Santander Bounce Back Loan by Claiming the Turnover was £86,000, then Blagging a Second £30,000 BBL from TSB by Claiming His Turnover Was £240,000 The Disqualification Files

March 19, 2026

Man With Physical and Other Vulnerabilities Claims Someone Scammed Him Out of an Expensive Watch By Paying for It By Applying for a Barclays BBL in His Name Without His Knowledge – Ombudsman Says I Doubt It and Dismisses the Complaint

November 16, 2023

Here is another extraordinary BBL related complaint, give it a read through and make your own mind up on who you believe. […]

Company Director Complains That Lloyds Bank Approved and Paid Out a Bounce Back Loan Without Her Knowledge As the Company Secretary Applied For It, Bagged It and Left – Ombudsman Says Tough, She Was a Signatory on the Business Bank Account

November 16, 2023

Another not too unusual case here for you to peruse the details and outcome of. […]

Customer Complains Barclays Defaulted His BBL When He Had Taken the Pay As You Grow No Payments for 6 Months Option, Arrr Says the Ombudsman You Had Missed Three Payments When You Took the PAYG Options So Tough

November 10, 2023

Here is yet another BBL complaint that has just been decided on by the Ombudsman. […]

Customer Complains NatWest Defaulted Her BBL for Missing One Repayment, But the Bank Said, “Don’t Worry We Will Reattempt Taking the Payment” But Never Did – Ombudsman Decrees It Was Her Fault Not the Banks!

November 10, 2023

Here is another bizarre ruling by Paul Cooper the Ombudsman. […]

Monzo Refuse to Refund Money to a Customer Scammed By a Crypto Trading Scam, Some From Her Company’s BBL – Ombudsman Says Tough and You Shouldn’t Have Used Money from Your Company’s BBL to “Invest” That Way

November 10, 2023

As you will see, the Ombudsman decided not to award this scam victim a penny. […]

BBL Complaints and Outcomes

Man With Physical and Other Vulnerabilities Claims Someone Scammed Him Out of an Expensive Watch By Paying for It By Applying for a Barclays BBL in His Name Without His Knowledge – Ombudsman Says I Doubt It and Dismisses the Complaint

Company Director Complains That Lloyds Bank Approved and Paid Out a Bounce Back Loan Without Her Knowledge As the Company Secretary Applied For It, Bagged It and Left – Ombudsman Says Tough, She Was a Signatory on the Business Bank Account

Customer Complains Barclays Defaulted His BBL When He Had Taken the Pay As You Grow No Payments for 6 Months Option, Arrr Says the Ombudsman You Had Missed Three Payments When You Took the PAYG Options So Tough

Customer Complains NatWest Defaulted Her BBL for Missing One Repayment, But the Bank Said, “Don’t Worry We Will Reattempt Taking the Payment” But Never Did – Ombudsman Decrees It Was Her Fault Not the Banks!

Monzo Refuse to Refund Money to a Customer Scammed By a Crypto Trading Scam, Some From Her Company’s BBL – Ombudsman Says Tough and You Shouldn’t Have Used Money from Your Company’s BBL to “Invest” That Way

As We Wait for the Strike Off/Dissolution Unblocking Mechanism for LTD Companies with an Unpaid BBL to be Put in Place, Here is an Insight into the Options, Problems, Risks and Possible Solutions Currently Being Discussed and Evaluated by the Powers that be

What to do if Your Bounce Back Loan Mischief, Skulduggery or Even a Simple Mistake When Applying for it Comes Back to Haunt You in 2026 – Plus Dates and Schedules for BBL Enforcement Action and Write-Offs Coming This Year

Here is a Copy of the Letter the Public Sector Fraud Authority Have Sent Out to The Initial Batch of Suspected Bounce Back Loan Blaggers – Check to See What They Offer You and/or the Threats They Use and the Timeline You Have