Firm analysis

Black Horse Limited complaint analysis

A public analysis page covering published Financial Ombudsman decisions involving Black Horse Limited, including outcome context, product mix, complaint themes, and representative cases.

Published decisions

1,394

Firm-specific decision volume in the public corpus

Upheld rate

30.0%

418 upheld decisions

Page summary

1,394 published decisions involving Black Horse Limited, with product mix, upheld-rate context, complaint themes, precedent signals, and representative cases.

Published decisions

1,394

Firm-specific decision volume in the public corpus

Upheld rate

30.0%

418 upheld decisions

Latest published decision 17 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

1,394

Firm-specific decision volume in the public corpus

Upheld rate

30.0%

418 upheld decisions

Leading product

Banking and credit

586 decisions

Leading complaint theme

Affordability Assessment Failure

129 tagged decisions

Black Horse Limited at a glance

Analysis

Black Horse Limited appears in 1,394 published decisions in this corpus. 30.0% 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 586 decisions and an upheld rate of 29.0%.

  • Latest active year in the published data: 2026 (9 decisions)
  • Most common complaint theme: Affordability Assessment Failure
  • Most common precedent signal: Consumer Credit Act 1974

Volume and outcome trajectory

Analysis

Black Horse Limited'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, Black Horse Limited appeared in 9 published decisions with an upheld rate of 22.2%.

  • 2026: 9 decisions, 22.2% upheld
  • 2025: 178 decisions, 32.0% upheld
  • 2024: 82 decisions, 31.7% upheld
  • 2023: 51 decisions, 13.7% upheld
  • 2022: 65 decisions, 29.2% upheld

Themes, products, and precedent signals

Analysis

Affordability Assessment Failure is the strongest complaint-theme signal tied to Black Horse Limited in the published decisions. In this corpus, those themes are the most stable public proxy for complaint “type”.

Consumer Credit Act 1974, Section 140a Cca, Conc, 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: 586 decisions
  • Second complaint theme: Delay In Claim Handling
  • Second precedent signal: Section 140a Cca

Representative cases

Recent published decisions in this slice

5 examples shown

DRN-604713517 Mar 2026Not upheld

Black Horse Limited · 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 M to accept or reject my decision before 14 April 2026.

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DRN-621804017 Mar 2026Not upheld

Black Horse Limited · Consumer Credit

My final decision is that I do not uphold this complaint. Under the rules of the Financial Ombudsman Service, I’m required to ask Miss L to accept or reject my decision before 14 April 2026.

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DRN-615706016 Mar 2026Not upheld

Black Horse Limited · Consumer Credit

My final decision is that I do not uphold this complaint. Under the rules of the Financial Ombudsman Service, I’m required to ask Ms K to accept or reject my decision before 13 April 2026.

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DRN-609328910 Feb 2026Not upheld

Black Horse Limited · Consumer Credit

For the reasons I’ve explained, I don’t uphold this complaint. So, I don’t require Black Horse Limited to do anything more here.

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DRN-612420509 Feb 2026Not upheld

Black Horse Limited · Consumer Credit

For the reasons explained, I don’t uphold Mr O’s complaint about Black Horse Limited. Under the rules of the Financial Ombudsman Service, I’m required to ask Mr O to accept or reject my decision before 9 March 2026.

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