Financial Ombudsman Service sees lowest complaint levels in two years
5 February 2026
New cases coming to us have returned to complaint volumes last seen in 2023/24.
We’ve published our complaints data from the second half of 2021
Today we’ve published data showing the number of complaints we received about individual businesses between 1 July and 31 December 2021.
We received a total of around 73,200 complaints in this period. We upheld 37% of complaints we received.
For the full data set and analysis, see our half-yearly complaints data page.
We’ve also published our latest half-yearly data showing the number of complaints received about individual claims management companies (CMCs).
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