Financial Ombudsman Service shares a festive finance warning
18 December 2025
With the festive season approaching, we are encouraging consumers to take a few practical steps to protect their finances.
Today we’ve published data showing the number of complaints we received between October and December 2019.
Between 1 October and 31 December 2019 we received 195,851 new enquiries and 83,754 new complaints – with 9,160 complaints passed to an ombudsman for final decision. On average, we upheld 34% of the complaints we resolved. View the full data on our product complaints data page.
We’re also publishing data showing the number of complaints against claims management companies (CMCs) over the same period. You can see this data on our Claims Management Ombudsman website.
18 December 2025
With the festive season approaching, we are encouraging consumers to take a few practical steps to protect their finances.
11 December 2025
Today we have published our joint statement with the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) following their new guidance on targeted support.
27 November 2025
The continuous delivery of changes and improvements to our service will be a key focus for 2026/27 as we launched a consultation on our Plans and Budget.