Product analysis

Consumer Credit complaint analysis

A public view of how Consumer Credit performs in the published Financial Ombudsman decisions dataset, including volume, outcome mix, firm exposure, and recurring complaint themes.

Page summary

28,686 published FOS decisions in Consumer Credit, with upheld-rate context, firm exposure, complaint themes, advisory patterns, and representative cases.

Published decisions

28,686

Product-specific decision volume in the public corpus

Upheld rate

42.6%

12,222 upheld decisions

Latest published decision 05 Feb 2026

Published decisions

28,686

Product-specific decision volume in the public corpus

Upheld rate

42.6%

12,222 upheld decisions

Leading firm

Shawbrook Bank Limited

1,361 decisions

Leading complaint theme

Affordability Assessment Failure

4,121 tagged decisions

Consumer Credit in the ombudsman corpus

28,686 published decisions in this corpus sit within Consumer Credit. 42.6% of those decisions were upheld, which makes this a useful public category page for spotting where complaint outcomes have tended to land.

Shawbrook Bank Limited is the single biggest firm exposure inside Consumer Credit in the published decision set. Affordability Assessment Failure is the leading complaint theme in the same category.

  • Latest year in the product series: 2026
  • Leading precedent signal: Consumer Credit Act 1974
  • Advisor risk signal: medium

How the product moved over time

Consumer Credit has a multi-year decision trail in the corpus, which makes it possible to compare recent complaint pressure against earlier years rather than relying on a single snapshot.

In 2026, Consumer Credit recorded 234 published decisions with an upheld rate of 15.8%.

  • 2026: 234 decisions, 15.8% upheld
  • 2025: 6,201 decisions, 32.5% upheld
  • 2024: 4,478 decisions, 40.9% upheld
  • 2023: 4,266 decisions, 39.1% upheld
  • 2022: 5,905 decisions, 44.7% upheld

Themes, precedent signals, and handling implications

affordability assessment failure, delay in claim handling, non-disclosure or misrepresentation, and others are the strongest complaint-theme signals in Consumer Credit. For public analysis, those tags are the closest durable “type” layer available in the dataset.

The existing advisor model also points to recurring handling implications for Consumer Credit, including review consumer credit act 1974 precedent (appears in 12.9% of cases), review section 75 cca precedent (appears in 8.6% of cases), and others.

  • Leading complaint theme: Affordability Assessment Failure

Representative cases

Recent published decisions in this slice

5 examples shown

DRN-475617905 Feb 2026Not upheld

Shawbrook Bank Limited · Consumer Credit

For the reasons I’ve set out 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 O to accept or reject my decision before 5 March 2026.

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DRN-520013305 Feb 2026Not upheld

Shawbrook Bank Limited · Consumer Credit

I do not uphold Mr and Mrs L’s complaint against Shawbrook Bank Limited. Under the rules of the Financial Ombudsman Service, I’m required to ask Mr L and Mrs L to accept or reject my decision before 5 March 2026.

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DRN-520678405 Feb 2026Not upheld

Shawbrook Bank Limited · Consumer Credit

I do not uphold Mrs and Mr G’s complaint. I do not require Shawbrook Bank Limited to do anything more.

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DRN-574892205 Feb 2026Upheld

EE Limited · Consumer Credit

I uphold this complaint and direct EE Limited to: • Cancel the loan at no cost to Mr P – ensuring any associated adverse information (if any) is removed from his credit file; • refund any payments Mr P has made to the agreement to date; and • add 8% simple yearly interest to any refunds calculated from the date of payment to the date of settlement. If EE considers it should deduct tax from the interest element of...

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DRN-575982505 Feb 2026Not upheld

Shawbrook Bank 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 Mrs A and Mr A to accept or reject my decision before 5 March 2026.

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