Published decisions
253
Firm-specific decision volume in the public corpus
Firm analysis
Financial Administration Services Limited complaint analysis
A public analysis page covering published Financial Ombudsman decisions involving Financial Administration Services Limited, including outcome context, product mix, complaint themes, and representative cases.
Page summary
253 published decisions involving Financial Administration Services Limited, with product mix, upheld-rate context, complaint themes, precedent signals, and representative cases.
Published decisions
253
Firm-specific decision volume in the public corpus
Upheld rate
23.7%
60 upheld decisions
Latest published decision 19 Dec 2025
Upheld rate
23.7%
60 upheld decisions
Leading product
Investments
132 decisions
Leading complaint theme
Delay In Claim Handling
60 tagged decisions
Financial Administration Services Limited at a glance
Financial Administration Services Limited appears in 253 published decisions in this corpus. 23.7% 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.
Investments is the firm’s clearest product exposure in the published decisions, with 132 decisions and an upheld rate of 23.5%.
- Latest active year in the published data: 2025 (30 decisions)
- Most common complaint theme: Delay In Claim Handling
- Most common precedent signal: Cobs
Volume and outcome trajectory
Financial Administration Services Limited's decision trail runs from 2014 to 2025. 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, Financial Administration Services Limited appeared in 30 published decisions with an upheld rate of 13.3%.
- 2025: 30 decisions, 13.3% upheld
- 2024: 33 decisions, 15.2% upheld
- 2023: 48 decisions, 41.7% upheld
- 2022: 30 decisions, 26.7% upheld
- 2021: 16 decisions, 6.3% upheld
Themes, products, and precedent signals
Delay In Claim Handling is the strongest complaint-theme signal tied to Financial Administration Services Limited in the published decisions. In this corpus, those themes are the most stable public proxy for complaint “type”.
Cobs 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.
- Investments: 132 decisions
- Second complaint theme: Fraud Or Scam Concern
Representative cases
Recent published decisions in this slice
5 examples shown
DRN-603500619 Dec 2025Not upheld
Financial Administration Services Limited · Investments
DRN-6035006 The complaint Mr W complains that Financial Administration Services Limited (“Fidelity”) failed to identify his status as a US person. He says because it didn’t, he’s now unable to access the funds in his account, and faces costs to renounce his US citizenship and a potentia... (4 pages)
View source decisionDRN-598981715 Dec 2025Not upheld
Financial Administration Services Limited · Investments
DRN-5989817 The complaint Mrs W complains about a transfer she requested with her stocks and shares individual savings account (ISA). She asked Financial Administration Services Limited (“FASL” trading as Fidelity) to transfer one of her funds to it from her current provider, but instea... (3 pages)
View source decisionDRN-569799410 Dec 2025Not upheld
Financial Administration Services Limited · Investments
DRN-5697994 The complaint Mr P complains about Financial Administration Services Limited (Fidelity) not being contactable so he could set up a regular savings plan. He said this has cost him in higher service fees. Mr P would like Fidelity to pay service fees back to him and compensate... (4 pages)
View source decisionDRN-551890820 Nov 2025Not upheld
Financial Administration Services Limited · Investments
DRN-5518908 The complaint Mr K complains about the problems he had when instructing Financial Administration Services Limited (trading as Fidelity) to sell units in holdings within his investment accounts. He says the failure to execute his instructions when requested has caused him los... (4 pages)
View source decisionDRN-555248513 Nov 2025Not upheld
Financial Administration Services Limited · Investments
DRN-5552485 The complaint Mrs B complains that Financial Administration Services Limited (Fidelity) sold some of her shares causing a financial loss. What happened Mrs B complained to Fidelity when she noticed some of her shares had been sold without her permission. Fidelity replied say... (2 pages)
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