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Key figures about Ombudsman Services

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Introducing Ombudsman Services

We were founded in 2002 to provide independent dispute resolution to the customers of public communications providers. Since then we have successfully resolved over 65,000 complaints 

Introducing Ombudsman Services 
We were founded in 2002 to provide independent dispute resolution to the customers of public communications providers. Since then we have successfully resolved over 65,000 complaints
We currently run four schemes
• Communications (2003)
• Energy (2006)
• Property (2007)
• Copyright Licensing (2009)
We expect to deal with more than 250,000 queries per year, which will lead to us accepting about 25,000 complaints. We are a not-for-profit private company, limited by guarantee. 
Our service is free to use for consumers. Our decisions are binding on the companies we handle complaints about. On average, over a third of consumers
said that their confidence in dealing with the company had increased after dealing with Ombudsman Services
To read more facts and figures about Ombudsman Services, its people and the types of complaints we handle  click We were founded in 2002 to provide independent dispute resolution to the customers of public communications providers. Since then we have successfully resolved over 65,000 complaints

We currently run four schemes:

  • Communications established 2003.
  • Energy established 2006
  • Property established 2007
  • Copyright Licensing established 2009

We resolved over 18,000 complaints last year.

Our service is free to use for consumers. Our decisions are binding on the companies we handle complaints about.

On average, two thirds of consumers said that their confidence in dealing with the company had increased after dealing with Ombudsman Services

To read more facts and figures about Ombudsman Services, its people and the types of complaints we handle.