Firm analysis

Bank of Ireland (UK) Plc complaint analysis

A public analysis page covering published Financial Ombudsman decisions involving Bank of Ireland (UK) Plc, including outcome context, product mix, complaint themes, and representative cases.

Published decisions

1,217

Firm-specific decision volume in the public corpus

Upheld rate

29.2%

355 upheld decisions

Page summary

1,217 published decisions involving Bank of Ireland (UK) Plc, with product mix, upheld-rate context, complaint themes, precedent signals, and representative cases.

Published decisions

1,217

Firm-specific decision volume in the public corpus

Upheld rate

29.2%

355 upheld decisions

Latest published decision 05 Mar 2026

How to use this page

Read the metrics first, then the ranked view.

The top-line cards show scale and outcome context. The ranked view and representative decisions show where the slice is concentrated and what the published decision set actually looks like.

Published decisions

1,217

Firm-specific decision volume in the public corpus

Upheld rate

29.2%

355 upheld decisions

Leading product

Banking and credit

679 decisions

Leading complaint theme

Delay In Claim Handling

236 tagged decisions

Bank of Ireland (UK) Plc at a glance

Analysis

Bank of Ireland (UK) Plc appears in 1,217 published decisions in this corpus. 29.2% of those decisions were upheld, which gives a public view of how often complaints involving this firm ended in a fully upheld outcome in the final published set.

Banking and credit is the firm’s clearest product exposure in the published decisions, with 679 decisions and an upheld rate of 24.6%.

  • Latest active year in the published data: 2026 (2 decisions)
  • Most common complaint theme: Delay In Claim Handling
  • Most common precedent signal: Consumer Credit Act 1974

Volume and outcome trajectory

Analysis

Bank of Ireland (UK) Plc's decision trail runs from 2013 to 2026. That range gives enough public history to see whether complaint exposure has been broad-based or concentrated into certain years.

In the latest year represented here, Bank of Ireland (UK) Plc appeared in 2 published decisions with an upheld rate of 0.0%.

  • 2026: 2 decisions, 0.0% upheld
  • 2025: 31 decisions, 41.9% upheld
  • 2024: 48 decisions, 22.9% upheld
  • 2023: 50 decisions, 36.0% upheld
  • 2022: 70 decisions, 32.9% upheld

Themes, products, and precedent signals

Analysis

Delay In Claim Handling is the strongest complaint-theme signal tied to Bank of Ireland (UK) Plc in the published decisions. In this corpus, those themes are the most stable public proxy for complaint “type”.

Consumer Credit Act 1974, Section 75 Cca, Disp, and others are the most visible precedent signals in the firm’s published decisions. That gives extra context on the rules and fairness arguments appearing most often around the firm.

  • Banking and credit: 679 decisions
  • Second complaint theme: Fraud Or Scam Concern
  • Second precedent signal: Section 75 Cca

Representative cases

Recent published decisions in this slice

5 examples shown

DRN-593811505 Mar 2026Not upheld

Bank of Ireland (UK) Plc · Consumer Credit

My final decision is that I don’t uphold this complaint against Bank of Ireland (UK) Plc trading as Post Office Financial Services. Under the rules of the Financial Ombudsman Service, I’m required to ask Ms M to accept or reject my decision before 2 April 2026.

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DRN-603196109 Feb 2026Not upheld

Bank of Ireland (UK) Plc · Consumer Credit

My final decision is that I don’t uphold this complaint. Under the rules of the Financial Ombudsman Service, I’m required to ask Mr E to accept or reject my decision before 9 March 2026.

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DRN-603359223 Dec 2025Upheld

Bank of Ireland (UK) Plc · Mortgages

DRN-6033592 The complaint Mr M complains that Bank of Ireland (UK) Plc (“BoI”) refused to allow him to sell part of the land which forms security for his mortgage. Mr M said this sale would have greatly improved the position of his mortgage, and he couldn’t understand why BoI turned him... (5 pages)

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DRN-575137516 Dec 2025Upheld

Bank of Ireland (UK) Plc · Consumer Credit

DRN-5751375 The complaint Bank of Ireland (UK) Plc (“Bank of Ireland”) provided Mr D with a loan for £19,500 in August 2022. This was to be paid back at £379 a month over 84 months. Mr D says the credit was provided irresponsibly. What happened The details of this complaint are well-kn... (3 pages)

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DRN-588011825 Nov 2025Upheld

Bank of Ireland (UK) Plc · Banking and Payments

DRN-5880118 The complaint Mr A complains that Bank of Ireland (UK) Plc (BOI) did not accept a cheque he’d paid into his bank account. What happened In July 2025, Mr A paid a cheque for £2,100 into his BOI bank account. But the funds were not credited to his account. BOI said that was be... (4 pages)

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