The People’s Pension has over 5.3 million members and is one of the largest master trust workplace pensions in the UK. We provide pensions to people from all walks of life.
Introducing The People’s Pension
The People’s Pension is run by not-for-profit organisation, B&CE.
With over 30 years’ experience, B&CE has provided workplace pensions to employers, large and small. We’re used to making pensions simple.
And in November 2011 B&CE launched The People’s Pension as an additional product to help employers comply with their automatic enrolment duties.
If you’re with The People’s Pension, we’ll be here to help you along the way, from start to finish – from setting up a workplace pension scheme as an employer, to planning your retirement as an employee.
Download our corporate brochure to find out more about who we are and what we do.
A master trust
A master trust is a multi-employer scheme, run by trustees.
The People’s Pension is a multi-employer scheme with independent trustees and is operated on a not-for-profit basis. It’s a hassle-free, flexible and portable workplace pension designed for people, not profit. And it’s suitable for any organisation, large or small, in any sector.
The People’s Pension was the first master trust to report on its governance and administration arrangements in accordance with the Institute of Chartered Accountants of England and Wales’ (ICAEW) new assurance framework for master trusts. It’s an authorised master trust which means it’s recognised and approved by The Pensions Regulator as a master trust that’s properly run and governed in the best interest of its members.
Not for profit
The People’s Pension is run on a not-for-profit basis – we’re for people, not profit.
What does ‘not for profit’ mean?
It means we have no shareholders to answer to and so we use any profit we make to improve our products and services for our members.
Our award-winning products and service
Our awards and accreditations
- The People’s Pension has a Defaqto 5 Star Rating. Defaqto is an independent financial research company focused on supporting better financial decision making.
How The People’s Pension works
Run by independent trustees and administered by B&CE, a company with a proven track record, The People’s Pension is suitable for employers of any size in any sector.
We’re open to all employers
- Suitable for employers of any size in any sector
- Simple processes to submit employer data seamlessly
- Clear and engaging communications, written in plain English, for you to use with your employees
- Our independent Trustee looks after the scheme on behalf of the members, so you don’t have to worry about it
Employers: Adding money to employee pensions
Each employer has its own section of the scheme. This allows you to customise your own contribution rates and payment dates for different groups of employees, if you’d like to. You can set up your contributions as simply or as varied as you need.
Using our secure portal, files can be submitted from your payroll software to us, where we will allocate contributions to employees’ pension pots.
Employee contributions, along with contributions from you as their employer and tax relief from the government, are invested in a member account in the employee’s name.
More about workplace pension contributions
How employees invest their pension savings
Members can choose to remain in our default investment option throughout the life of their account and their pension savings will automatically move to more secure investments as they approach retirement.
Alternatively, members can choose from a concise range of investment profiles or choose an investment fund (or funds) themselves. Members can choose their investment options, and make any other changes, through their own dedicated member portal.
How much members are charged
The People’s Pension currently has an annual management charge made up of 3 elements:
- a management charge of 0.5% of the value of their pension pot each year – that’s just 50p a year for every £100 of value in their account
- a potential rebate on the management charge of between 0.1% on savings over £3,000 and 0.3% on savings over £50,000
- an annual charge of £2.50 deducted during the scheme year (which runs from 1 April to 31 March), if they have investments with us as of 1 April.
Find out more about our annual management charge.
Member protection
The People’s Pension is an occupational pension scheme defined contribution master trust and therefore does not have a financial strength rating.
Its trust-based structure is intended to deliver a level of member security since the scheme’s assets are kept quite separate from creditors in the event of failure of any party.
The People’s Pension is a trust-based defined contribution scheme, registered with HMRC and The Pensions Regulator.
The People’s Pension Trustee Limited is the Trustee of the Scheme. The Trustee is responsible for the investment of members’ pension accounts held within the Scheme in accordance with any instructions from members.
Our values
Our values support our objectives as a not-for-profit organisation – we’re for people, not profit.
And our people are guided by our 3 values every day. They’re all about meeting people’s needs:
- Creating Simplicity
- Showing Compassion
- Keeping Promises