Financial Ombudsman received 53,600 cases in the first quarter of 2026/27
22 July 2026
Case levels at the Financial Ombudsman Service remained stable in the first quarter of 2026/27, newly published data showed today.
We’ve published our complaints data about individual businesses
Today we’ve published data showing how many complaints we received about individual businesses between January to June 2019.
The data shows that we received 161,390 total complaints – an average of over 6,000 a week. PPI remains the most complained about product, with over 70,000 new complaints received in the first half of 2019. On average, we upheld 29% of complaints in the consumers’ favour – and, excluding PPI, the average uphold rate is 39%. View the full data set on our business complaints page.
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Financial Ombudsman Service appoints permanent Chief Executive Officer and Chief Ombudsman
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The Financial Ombudsman Service Board has appointed Jenny Simmonds as permanent Chief Executive Officer and James Dipple-Johnstone as permanent Chief Ombudsman.
‘Buy now, pay later’ users will soon be able to bring complaints to the Financial Ombudsman
8 July 2026
From 15 July, consumers can bring eligible complaints to us about BNPL agreements if they can't resolve things with their provider.