Firm analysis

Skipton Building Society complaint analysis

A public analysis page covering published Financial Ombudsman decisions involving Skipton Building Society, including outcome context, product mix, complaint themes, and representative cases.

Published decisions

495

Firm-specific decision volume in the public corpus

Upheld rate

30.1%

149 upheld decisions

Page summary

495 published decisions involving Skipton Building Society, with product mix, upheld-rate context, complaint themes, precedent signals, and representative cases.

Published decisions

495

Firm-specific decision volume in the public corpus

Upheld rate

30.1%

149 upheld decisions

Latest published decision 23 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

495

Firm-specific decision volume in the public corpus

Upheld rate

30.1%

149 upheld decisions

Leading product

Payment protection insurance (PPI)

183 decisions

Leading complaint theme

Delay In Claim Handling

44 tagged decisions

Skipton Building Society at a glance

Analysis

Skipton Building Society appears in 495 published decisions in this corpus. 30.1% 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.

Payment protection insurance (PPI) is the firm’s clearest product exposure in the published decisions, with 183 decisions and an upheld rate of 32.2%.

  • Latest active year in the published data: 2026 (7 decisions)
  • Most common complaint theme: Delay In Claim Handling
  • Most common precedent signal: Cobs

Volume and outcome trajectory

Analysis

Skipton Building Society'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, Skipton Building Society appeared in 7 published decisions with an upheld rate of 14.3%.

  • 2026: 7 decisions, 14.3% upheld
  • 2025: 28 decisions, 39.3% upheld
  • 2024: 49 decisions, 32.6% upheld
  • 2023: 28 decisions, 28.6% upheld
  • 2022: 31 decisions, 19.4% upheld

Themes, products, and precedent signals

Analysis

Delay In Claim Handling is the strongest complaint-theme signal tied to Skipton Building Society 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.

  • Payment protection insurance (PPI): 183 decisions
  • Second complaint theme: Affordability Assessment Failure

Representative cases

Recent published decisions in this slice

5 examples shown

DRN-625494723 Jul 2026Not upheld

Skipton Building Society · Mortgages

Skipton Building Society has already made a fair and reasonable offer to settle this complaint. As such, my final decision is that Skipton Building Society should reimburse the cost Mr and Mrs M incurred in splitting the property title and it should also pay them £500 compensation in full and final settlement of this complaint.

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DRN-635714421 Jul 2026Upheld

Skipton Building Society · Mortgages

My decision is that Skipton Building Society should pay £300 (in total) to Mr and Mrs C. It can deduct any amounts already paid.

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DRN-617119807 Jul 2026Not upheld

Skipton Building Society · Banking and Payments

My final decision is that I don’t uphold Mr S’s complaint about Skipton Building Society. Under the rules of the Financial Ombudsman Service, I’m required to ask Mr S to accept or reject my decision before 4 August 2026.

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DRN-638682026 Jun 2026Not upheld

Skipton Building Society · Banking and Payments

I do not uphold this complaint. Under the rules of the Financial Ombudsman Service, I’m required to ask Mr B to accept or reject my decision before 24 July 2026.

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DRN-629284521 Apr 2026Not upheld

Skipton Building Society · Pensions and Annuities

Skipton has already made a fair and reasonable offer to resolve Ms B’s complaint and I do not recommend it does anything further. To the extent that it hasn’t already done so, I require it to pay Ms B the sum of £262.

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