Finding a Lost Pension

Statistics show there is a large treasure chest of unclaimed pensions in the UK totalling over £27.6 billion.

The Pension Policy Institute (PPI) reported their concern in 2022 over growing numbers of unclaimed pension pots being missed out. Currently over 3 million pensions were unmatched to their tightful ow

Reasons for this were people forgetting previous workplace pensions, not updating their details after moving house , or they have changed their n

Pension providers are apparently working hard and spending millions each year to trace owners to their owner, but in my opnion, not enough is being done to combat th

Tracing pensions should be easy if we created one central database for all pensions and linked them to our national insurance number. But this sadly doesnt seem to be the ca

When I used the pension tracking service, I had to provide the employer name, my postcode at the time and national insurance. This can get confusing if, like me, you have had a number of jobs and lived in various locatio

But having said that ... i eventually managed to find my pensions so it is worth taking time to

A few interesting statistics before we jump into search

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So to start searhing for your lost pensions, i would advise you have a pen and pad to make some notes. Or you can log in and use the pension tracker feature to help you complete your search.

If you have a printer, you can download and print this word/pdf template to make it a little easier for you.

Go to online Pension Tracker festure

Download word doc template

Download pdf tenplate

To use the government pension tracking service, visit: www.gov.uk blah blah blah