Tracking old work place pensions.

[steven]

Hi,
Morning,
Im at that age now that im hunting for old work place pensions.
I managed to find one, but they have kept in touch with me for years, the rest I have no idea about.
I have always worked since leaving school, and would like to track these down.
I found out at work, that there WAS a government site, that helped you track them down, I went to said site recently, but they no longer provide this service it says.
I thought that perhaps with the age group on here, that someone could mabey point me in the right direction to make a start on hunting these old pensions down.
Thanks in advance for any replies.
Cheers,
Steven.

[chrisg]

Is this the site?  Ive written to them on behalf of my wife BUT had no reply yet and its been 4 weeks. 
I got the info from Martin Lewis - Money saving expert. (Brilliant site).


www.gov.uk/find-pension-contact-details


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[steven]

Hi Chris,
Thanks for the reply, I will have a look at the link you posted.
This was the site I saw on a notice board at work,but when I phoned the number, they said the service no longer existed, it was a Standard Life website.
www.standardlife.co.uk/articles/article-page/tracking-a-pension-lottery
Steven.

[rigga]

Pension tracing site as linked above , I thought was the go to way of tracking down old pensions.

[steven]

Hi Rigga,
Thanks for the reply.
I was told by others, in the past, that there was a number you phoned, and they sorted it all out for you, thats what happened with the people I spoke to about it before who had done it.
I cant seem to find anything like that, So I will have to have a go at it my self.
Thanks again for the reply.

[LC_BOTT]

Have you not had any yearly statement, or are you trying to see whether you had a pension with these companies? Do you remember who you worked for.

[steven]

Hi,
I have only ever had any correspondence from the one pension mob, and that was a civil service pension from a gazilion years ago, they have always kept in touch.
No other pension company has sent me any corespondence, but I haved moved house a few times over the years.
Yes, I have all the details of when and who I have worked for over the years.
I had a glance at the .gov pension site posted above, and was going to make a start at it soonest.
Any pointers would be much appreciated.
Thanks.

[dc]

Hi Steven,

I don't know if you have seen the service below. It's apparently paid for by the banks and building societies that use the platform. Have a look at their faq's, if you use it and have any thing to report good or bad, let us know.

Who knows, you may get near the lifetime allowance of £1,073,100 😉, that's the total you can save under normal circumstances before charges etc.

Good luck 🤑

www.gretel.co.uk/find-lost-pensions