Complaints Procedure

We strive to ensure that there should be no time that you should have any cause for complaint in relation to the service we provide to you. In the unlikely event that you wish to raise a complaint or have any other concerns with regard to any service we have provided you may submit a formal complaint. This procedure sets out the process which should be followed.

Complaints may be made in writing, by e-mail, by telephone or in any other form in respect of a claims management service that we have provided and that is authorised and regulated under the Financial Conduct Authority.

You should address your complaint to The Complaints Department:

ACL Consultancy Ltd, The Old Carnegie Library, 361 Ormskirk Road, Wigan, WN5 9AE

By e-mail info@aclconsultancy.co.uk or by telephone 0333 358 0074.

We will send you a written or electronic acknowledgement of a complaint within five business days of receipt, identifying the person who will be handling the complaint for the business together with a copy of this complaints handling procedure. Wherever possible, that person will not have been directly involved in the matter which is the subject of the complaint and will have authority to settle the complaint.

Within eight weeks of receiving a complaint we will send you either:

a) a final response which adequately addresses the complaint (including contact details for the Financial Ombudsman should you wish to make a complaint to them); or

b) a response which:

  • explains why we are still not in a position to make a final response, giving reasons for the further delay and indicating when we expect to be able to provide a final response;
  • informs you that you may refer the handling of the complaint to the Financial Ombudsman if you are dissatisfied with the response, the time frame for doing so and full contact details.

Where we decide that redress is appropriate, we will provide you with fair compensation for any acts or omissions for which we are responsible and will comply with any offer of redress which you accept.

Appropriate redress will not always involve financial redress. If you are not satisfied with our response, or if a complaint is not resolved after eight weeks, you may refer the complaint to:

Writing: The Claims Management Ombudsman (which is part of the Financial Ombudsman Service), Exchange Tower, London, E14 9SR

Email:  complaint.info@financial-ombudsman.org.uk

Telephone: 0300 123 9 123 or 0800 023 4 567 (Opening times: Monday to Friday – 8am to 8pm and Saturday – 9am to 1pm)

SMS: You can also text the Claims Management Ombudsman on 07860 027 586 and they will call you back. But please don’t send any account numbers or bank details – they’ll sort that out later.

Online:  Online contact form: https://help.financial-ombudsman.org.uk/cmc Visit: https://cmc.financial-ombudsman.org.uk/consumers/complain

Any complaint must be referred to the Claims Management Ombudsman within six months of the date of our written final response.