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Annual ombudsman complaint analysis

Browse year-by-year public analysis of the Financial Ombudsman decisions corpus, including upheld-rate context, leading firms, product concentration, complaint themes, and representative cases.

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2026 annual complaints analysis

2026

391 published decisions with an upheld rate of 20.7%.

Decisions

391

Upheld

20.7%

Latest published decision 02 Feb 2026

2025 annual complaints analysis

2025

31,770 published decisions with an upheld rate of 31.3%.

Decisions

31,770

Upheld

31.3%

Latest published decision 31 Dec 2025

2024 annual complaints analysis

2024

27,617 published decisions with an upheld rate of 40.1%.

Decisions

27,617

Upheld

40.1%

Latest published decision 31 Dec 2024

2023 annual complaints analysis

2023

26,268 published decisions with an upheld rate of 41.5%.

Decisions

26,268

Upheld

41.5%

Latest published decision 31 Dec 2023

2022 annual complaints analysis

2022

27,326 published decisions with an upheld rate of 36.3%.

Decisions

27,326

Upheld

36.3%

Latest published decision 31 Dec 2022

2021 annual complaints analysis

2021

29,837 published decisions with an upheld rate of 31.9%.

Decisions

29,837

Upheld

31.9%

Latest published decision 31 Dec 2021

2020 annual complaints analysis

2020

28,003 published decisions with an upheld rate of 32.3%.

Decisions

28,003

Upheld

32.3%

Latest published decision 31 Dec 2020

2019 annual complaints analysis

2019

26,747 published decisions with an upheld rate of 30.4%.

Decisions

26,747

Upheld

30.4%

Latest published decision 31 Dec 2019

2018 annual complaints analysis

2018

33,811 published decisions with an upheld rate of 37.2%.

Decisions

33,811

Upheld

37.2%

Latest published decision 31 Dec 2018

2017 annual complaints analysis

2017

27,932 published decisions with an upheld rate of 27.6%.

Decisions

27,932

Upheld

27.6%

Latest published decision 28 Dec 2017

2016 annual complaints analysis

2016

34,881 published decisions with an upheld rate of 31.8%.

Decisions

34,881

Upheld

31.8%

Latest published decision 30 Dec 2016

2015 annual complaints analysis

2015

36,349 published decisions with an upheld rate of 35.9%.

Decisions

36,349

Upheld

35.9%

Latest published decision 31 Dec 2015

2014 annual complaints analysis

2014

37,155 published decisions with an upheld rate of 23.1%.

Decisions

37,155

Upheld

23.1%

Latest published decision 31 Dec 2014

2013 annual complaints analysis

2013

19,023 published decisions with an upheld rate of 28.1%.

Decisions

19,023

Upheld

28.1%

Latest published decision 31 Dec 2013