Finding Old Pensions (1 Viewer)

Nick · Jul 14, 2022

I have just installed Pension Bee, thought I'd have a look.

I remember getting a letter years ago about a pension I had, I think I worked for the Council in a school (scab). Was only a couple of hundred quid in it but thought I'd see what I can do with it.

How would I find out who it was with? Is it linked to NI number?

Ian1779 · Jul 14, 2022

The council would have used a payroll company maybe - you could start there?

Nick · Jul 14, 2022

West Midlands Pension Fund, sorted

shmmeee · Jul 14, 2022

How did you figure it out? I’m sure I’ve got some from old jobs, not least my last job which I can’t find any details for.

Nick · Jul 14, 2022

I vaguely remembered the name of it, its only a really shit one but I was going to see what I can do with it.

fernandopartridge · Jul 15, 2022

Nick said:
I have just installed Pension Bee, thought I'd have a look.

I remember getting a letter years ago about a pension I had, I think I worked for the Council in a school (scab). Was only a couple of hundred quid in it but thought I'd see what I can do with it.

How would I find out who it was with? Is it linked to NI number?

Just leave it there you greedy bastard and accept what you've got

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Nick · Jul 15, 2022

fernandopartridge said:
Just leave it there you greedy bastard and accept what you've got

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Nah, I am taking it upon myself to try and improve it.

CCFCSteve · Jul 15, 2022

shmmeee said:
How did you figure it out? I’m sure I’ve got some from old jobs, not least my last job which I can’t find any details for.

I might be wrong but I think IFAs can do searches on your behalf

fernandopartridge · Jul 15, 2022

If it was a council pension might be worth contacting the Local Government Pension scheme

Contact your fund :: LGPS (lgpsmember.org)

Sky Blue M · Jul 15, 2022

Within the next couple of years you will be able to use Pensions Dashboards to search for any pensions that you may have

Sky Blue M · Jul 15, 2022

Nick said:
I have just installed Pension Bee, thought I'd have a look.

I remember getting a letter years ago about a pension I had, I think I worked for the Council in a school (scab). Was only a couple of hundred quid in it but thought I'd see what I can do with it.

How would I find out who it was with? Is it linked to NI number?

LGPS pensions work differently to normal pensions. When you say it only had a couple of hundred quid in it - it might be that's your annual pension and the actual value of the pension will be a couple of grand

Nick · Jul 15, 2022

Sky Blue M said:
LGPS pensions work differently to normal pensions. When you say it only had a couple of hundred quid in it - it might be that's your annual pension and the actual value of the pension will be a couple of grand

I managed to find it on the west mids pension site.

I have requested it is transferred to PensionBee so I can have a play about with it and see.

I have one currently but as it's a live one you can't do much with it I don't think.

Sky Blue M · Jul 15, 2022

No worries. WMPF should give you some forms to complete and you will need to get Pensions Bee to do it as well. Pensions Bee will try and claim that you don't need to fill out anything with them but they're full of shit

Nick · Jul 15, 2022

Sky Blue M said:
No worries. WMPF should give you some forms to complete and you will need to get Pensions Bee to do it as well. Pensions Bee will try and claim that you don't need to fill out anything with them but they're full of shit

Ha cheers, I will see what happens

Houchens Head · Jul 15, 2022

I had a letter out of the blue a couple of years ago regarding an old pension. I thought I was going to be quids in! Checked it out and they wrote back saying it was worth around £7 per year!! I told them to politely shove it where the sun don't shine!

thekidfromstrettoncamp · Jul 16, 2022

Houchens Head said:
I had a letter out of the blue a couple of years ago regarding an old pension. I thought I was going to be quids in! Checked it out and they wrote back saying it was worth around £7 per year!! I told them to politely shove it where the sun don't shine!

Mr Rockefeller could you have asked them to give to charity.Never leave it with them.

Johnnythespider · Jul 16, 2022

I contacted Royal London a couple of years ago about a pension from an old job, I'd had a statement through for it but also one for another plan i didn't know about so i asked how many plans i had with them and was told 4, they sent me statements for all of them, then this year i received statements for those 4 and another one so 5 in total, i don't think they even know and there should be a way of simplifying this as the plans i didn't know about add up to about £30,000.

Houchens Head · Jul 16, 2022

thekidfromstrettoncamp said:
Mr Rockefeller could you have asked them to give to charity. Never leave it with them.

Thinking back, I recall that I did say to pass it to a charity of their choice (after it had been cleaned of orifice crumbs etc! )

wingy · Jul 16, 2022

Houchens Head said:
Thinking back, I recall that I did say to pass it to a charity of their choice (after it had been cleaned of orifice crumbs etc! )

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