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Clydesdale Financial Services Limited complaint analysis

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

Published decisions

1,746

Firm-specific decision volume in the public corpus

Upheld rate

20.4%

357 upheld decisions

Page summary

1,746 published decisions involving Clydesdale Financial Services Limited, with product mix, upheld-rate context, complaint themes, precedent signals, and representative cases.

Published decisions

1,746

Firm-specific decision volume in the public corpus

Upheld rate

20.4%

357 upheld decisions

Latest published decision 27 Jul 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

1,746

Firm-specific decision volume in the public corpus

Upheld rate

20.4%

357 upheld decisions

Leading product

Banking and credit

896 decisions

Leading complaint theme

Non-disclosure Or Misrepresentation

341 tagged decisions

Clydesdale Financial Services Limited at a glance

Analysis

Clydesdale Financial Services Limited appears in 1,746 published decisions in this corpus. 20.4% 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 896 decisions and an upheld rate of 24.4%.

  • Latest active year in the published data: 2026 (88 decisions)
  • Most common complaint theme: Non-disclosure Or Misrepresentation
  • Most common precedent signal: Consumer Credit Act 1974

Volume and outcome trajectory

Analysis

Clydesdale Financial Services 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, Clydesdale Financial Services Limited appeared in 88 published decisions with an upheld rate of 3.4%.

  • 2026: 88 decisions, 3.4% upheld
  • 2025: 101 decisions, 15.8% upheld
  • 2024: 147 decisions, 17.0% upheld
  • 2023: 212 decisions, 10.4% upheld
  • 2022: 147 decisions, 19.7% upheld

Themes, products, and precedent signals

Analysis

Non-disclosure Or Misrepresentation is the strongest complaint-theme signal tied to Clydesdale Financial Services Limited 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, Section 140a Cca, 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: 896 decisions
  • Second complaint theme: Affordability Assessment Failure
  • Second precedent signal: Section 75 Cca

Representative cases

Recent published decisions in this slice

5 examples shown

DRN-651656727 Jul 2026Not upheld

Clydesdale Financial Services Limited · Consumer Credit

For the reasons set out above, I do not uphold this complaint. Under the rules of the Financial Ombudsman Service, I’m required to ask Mrs W to accept or reject my decision before 25 August 2026.

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DRN-651170823 Jul 2026Not upheld

Clydesdale Financial Services 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 Ms R to accept or reject my decision before 20 August 2026.

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DRN-645938929 Jun 2026Upheld

Clydesdale Financial Services Limited · Consumer Credit

My final decision is that I uphold Mr A’s complaint about Clydesdale Financial Services Limited and I direct it to pay compensation to him and take the actions as set out above. Under the rules of the Financial Ombudsman Service, I’m required to ask Mr A to accept or reject my decision before 28 July 2026.

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DRN-595734326 Jun 2026Not upheld

Clydesdale Financial Services Limited · Consumer Credit

I do not uphold Mr C’s complaint that Clydesdale Financial Services Limited trading as Barclays Partner Finance was unfair in not accepting his claims under Section 75 of the CCA. Under the rules of the Financial Ombudsman Service, I’m required to ask Mr C to accept or reject my decision before 24 July 2026.

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DRN-645410125 Jun 2026Not upheld

Clydesdale Financial Services Limited · Consumer Credit

For the reasons set out above, I don’t uphold this complaint. Under the rules of the Financial Ombudsman Service, I’m required to ask Mr D to accept or reject my decision before 23 July 2026.

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