Firm analysis

Hargreaves Lansdown Asset Management Limited complaint analysis

A public analysis page covering published Financial Ombudsman decisions involving Hargreaves Lansdown Asset Management Limited, including outcome context, product mix, complaint themes, and representative cases.

Published decisions

561

Firm-specific decision volume in the public corpus

Upheld rate

18.0%

101 upheld decisions

Page summary

561 published decisions involving Hargreaves Lansdown Asset Management Limited, with product mix, upheld-rate context, complaint themes, precedent signals, and representative cases.

Published decisions

561

Firm-specific decision volume in the public corpus

Upheld rate

18.0%

101 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

561

Firm-specific decision volume in the public corpus

Upheld rate

18.0%

101 upheld decisions

Leading product

Investments

279 decisions

Leading complaint theme

Delay In Claim Handling

113 tagged decisions

Hargreaves Lansdown Asset Management Limited at a glance

Analysis

Hargreaves Lansdown Asset Management Limited appears in 561 published decisions in this corpus. 18.0% 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.

Investments is the firm’s clearest product exposure in the published decisions, with 279 decisions and an upheld rate of 15.8%.

  • Latest active year in the published data: 2026 (5 decisions)
  • Most common complaint theme: Delay In Claim Handling
  • Most common precedent signal: Cobs

Volume and outcome trajectory

Analysis

Hargreaves Lansdown Asset Management 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, Hargreaves Lansdown Asset Management Limited appeared in 5 published decisions with an upheld rate of 60.0%.

  • 2026: 5 decisions, 60.0% upheld
  • 2025: 63 decisions, 17.5% upheld
  • 2024: 112 decisions, 8.9% upheld
  • 2023: 61 decisions, 19.7% upheld
  • 2022: 81 decisions, 30.9% upheld

Themes, products, and precedent signals

Analysis

Delay In Claim Handling is the strongest complaint-theme signal tied to Hargreaves Lansdown Asset Management Limited in the published decisions. In this corpus, those themes are the most stable public proxy for complaint “type”.

Cobs, Disp, Fca Principles 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: 279 decisions
  • Second complaint theme: Fraud Or Scam Concern
  • Second precedent signal: Disp

Representative cases

Recent published decisions in this slice

5 examples shown

DRN-592937017 Mar 2026Upheld

Hargreaves Lansdown Asset Management Limited · Investments

For the reasons I’ve given above, I uphold this complaint and direct Hargreaves Lansdown Asset Management Limited to put things right as I’ve set out above. Under the rules of the Financial Ombudsman Service, I’m required to ask Mr H to accept or reject my decision before 14 April 2026.

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DRN-594346605 Mar 2026Upheld

Hargreaves Lansdown Asset Management Limited · Investments

My final decision is that I uphold Ms T’s complaint and require Hargreaves Lansdown Asset Management Limited to pay the sum above. Under the rules of the Financial Ombudsman Service, I’m required to ask Ms T to accept or reject my decision before 3 April 2026.

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DRN-577871217 Feb 2026Not upheld

Hargreaves Lansdown Asset Management Limited · Investments

For the reasons I’ve set out above, my final decision is that I uphold this complaint. Hargreaves Lansdown Asset Management Limited trading as Hargreaves Lansdown must pay Mr C the amount set out above.

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DRN-584044917 Feb 2026Not upheld

Hargreaves Lansdown Asset Management Limited · Investments

For the reasons I’ve set out above, my final decision is that I don’t uphold this complaint. Under the rules of the Financial Ombudsman Service, I’m required to ask the estate of Mr B to accept or reject my decision before 17 March 2026.

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DRN-595812804 Feb 2026Upheld

Hargreaves Lansdown Asset Management Limited · Pensions and Annuities

My final decision is that I uphold Ms S’ complaint and direct Hargreaves Lansdown Asset Management Limited to put things right as detailed above. Under the rules of the Financial Ombudsman Service, I’m required to ask Ms S to accept or reject my decision before 4 March 2026.

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