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

571

Firm-specific decision volume in the public corpus

Upheld rate

18.0%

103 upheld decisions

Page summary

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

Published decisions

571

Firm-specific decision volume in the public corpus

Upheld rate

18.0%

103 upheld decisions

Latest published decision 07 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

571

Firm-specific decision volume in the public corpus

Upheld rate

18.0%

103 upheld decisions

Leading product

Investments

287 decisions

Leading complaint theme

Delay In Claim Handling

119 tagged decisions

Hargreaves Lansdown Asset Management Limited at a glance

Analysis

Hargreaves Lansdown Asset Management Limited appears in 571 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 287 decisions and an upheld rate of 16.0%.

  • Latest active year in the published data: 2026 (15 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 15 published decisions with an upheld rate of 33.3%.

  • 2026: 15 decisions, 33.3% 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, 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.

  • Investments: 287 decisions
  • Second complaint theme: Fraud Or Scam Concern
  • Second precedent signal: Disp

Representative cases

Recent published decisions in this slice

5 examples shown

DRN-635451207 Jul 2026Not upheld

Hargreaves Lansdown Asset Management Limited · Banking and Payments

For the reasons explained, 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 4 August 2026.

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DRN-623127906 Jul 2026Not upheld

Hargreaves Lansdown Asset Management Limited · Investments

For the reasons given above, I do not uphold Mr A's complaint about Hargreaves Lansdown Asset Management Limited. Under the rules of the Financial Ombudsman Service, I’m required to ask Mr A to accept or reject my decision before 22 July 2026.

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DRN-644903026 Jun 2026Upheld

Hargreaves Lansdown Asset Management Limited · Investments

As can be seen with the detail outlined above, Mr M’s complaint has been taken seriously, and considerable time has been spent reviewing the relevant evidence and corresponding with the parties to reach a fair and reasonable outcome. My overall decision is that HL’s platform was not explicitly clear that automatic dividend reinvestment was not an option with VCTs.

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DRN-645033026 Jun 2026Not upheld

Hargreaves Lansdown Asset Management Limited · Investments

For the reasons given, I don’t upon Mr C complaint about Hargreaves Lansdown Asset Management Limited trading as Hargreaves Lansdown. 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-629456824 Jun 2026Not upheld

Hargreaves Lansdown Asset Management Limited · Pensions and Annuities

I’m not upholding Mr P’s complaint and it therefore follows that I won’t be asking Hargreaves Lansdown Asset Management Limited to take any further action on the matter. Under the rules of the Financial Ombudsman Service, I’m required to ask Mr P to accept or reject my decision before 22 July 2026.

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