Signposts for your
treasure hunt
Supplement your search with reliable information from trusted organisations. Check out these helpful resources offered by the UK government and other recognised pension organisations.
Useful organisations
Pension Tracing Service
www.gov.uk/find-pension-contact-details
A government service designed to help you find contact details for old workplace or personal pension schemes. You’ll need the name of an employer or a pension provider to use it. This service can’t tell you whether you have a pension, or what its value is.
Beware: there is a commercial organisation called The Pension Tracing Service, which isn’t linked to the government service.
Pension Wise
www.moneyhelper.org.uk/pension-wise
A government service from MoneyHelper that offers free, impartial guidance about your defined contribution (DC) pension options. If you’re aged 50 or over you can get a free appointment with a Pension Wise adviser to help you understand the options you have for taking retirement benefits. They can talk you through all the options and explain the good and bad things about each one. This isn’t financial advice, though. Pension Wise won’t recommend which of the options would work best for you.
MoneyHelper, Pensions and retirement
MoneyHelper has lots of useful information about pensions on its website including pension basics, auto enrolment, building a retirement pot and problems with pensions.
ScamSmart
If you’re worried you might have been approached by a scammer – or are already dealing with one – get on the Financial Conduct Authority’s ScamSmart website. It has a list of unauthorised firms to avoid, a form for reporting potential scams and guidance on what to do if you have been scammed.
Founders and sponsors
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Punter Southall’s specialist advisory services embrace everything from chartered financial planning and employee benefits to pension scheme solutions and analytical expertise, as well as ventures in insurance and law.
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Working with advisers, employers and individuals, Aegon offer long-term savings, investments and pension solutions to help customers achieve a lifetime of financial security.
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We are Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM), the asset management business of Legal & General Group. Our purpose is to create a better future through responsible investing.
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Scottish Widows has been helping people prepare for the future since 1815. Today we remain as committed as ever to empowering our customers to make the most of their financial future.
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Standard Life is a trusted brand, looking after peoples’ life savings and retirement for nearly 200 years. Today, we proudly serve millions of customers who come to us directly, through advisers and through their employer pension scheme.
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Aviva exists to offer wealth and protection solutions to people when it really matters, throughout their lives. Because at Aviva, we understand that what you do today creates what is possible tomorrow.
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Helping people to save and invest with confidence is why we do what we do. We can offer more choice, control and flexibility when it comes to pensions, savings and investments, whether it’s through an employer, adviser or independently.
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Royal London is the UK’s largest mutual life, pensions and investment company. Our mutuality means we can give customers that little bit more and you can trust us to be there for you.
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Smart Pension is one of the fastest-growing companies in the retirement savings market, offering a modern pension that will be net zero by 2040. Our mission is to transform retirement, savings and financial wellbeing across all generations.
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One of the largest master trust workplace pensions in the UK, savers trust us to grow and protect £20bn+ of their money, helping them on the way to a better retirement.
National Pension Tracing Day is brought to you in association with the Pension Attention campaign.
Pension Attention is a cross-industry collaboration coordinated by the Pension and Lifetime Savings Association (PLSA) and Association of British Insurers (ABI) to boost the nation’s #PensionAttention.
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