Published decisions
28,686
Product-specific decision volume in the public corpus
Product 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
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.
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%.
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.
Representative cases
5 examples shown
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.
View source decisionI 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.
View source decisionI do not uphold Mrs and Mr G’s complaint. I do not require Shawbrook Bank Limited to do anything more.
View source decisionI 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...
View source decisionFor 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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