Festival refunds are not guaranteed so know your rights, warns the Financial Ombudsman Service
4 June 2026
As festival season gets going, many consumers may not understand their rights to getting their money back if things go wrong.
We’ve published our latest complaints data about products and individual businesses
Today we’ve published data showing number of complaints we received between 1 October and 31 December 2020. We have also published data showing how many complaints we received about individual businesses between July and December 2020.
We received 112,845 enquiries and 72,498 complaints in this time. We upheld 28% of complaints we received.
For the full data set and analysis of the trends, see our quarterly complaints data page.
We’ve also published our latest quarterly data showing the number of complaints we’ve received and resolved about claims management companies (CMCs).
Today we’ve also published data showing how many complaints we received about individual businesses. For the full data set and analysis, see our half-yearly complaints data page.
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