With effect from 06/04/2022, we will make be making the following changes to the way our membership fees are structured on some of our plans. If your plan is affected by these changes, we will communicate this by email to you.
A summary of the changes we’re making
The following changes will apply to members whose plans include a regular monthly fee:
What does this mean?
If you are regularly saving into your pension pot with us and your plan has a regular monthly fee, your active membership fee of £2.00 will remain the same. If you are no longer paying into your pension pot, your deferred membership fee will increase to £1.50 from £1.20.
However, if you are a member with a pension value of £102 or less, we will no longer charge a monthly membership fee so long as your pension pot remains below this threshold, ensuring the value of your pension pot is protected. This is an improvement from the existing charge threshold of £52 for active members and £51.20 for deferred members.
Why is this changing?
In recent months, the government has consulted with all UK pension providers about protecting the value of smaller pension pots, which we fully support. Accordingly, to help protect savers, we will introduce a new minimum threshold of £102 effective from 06/04/2022. This can benefit anybody with a smaller pension pot, such as short term, temporary or seasonal workers.
Due to the impact of the above changes and a sustained increase in the costs of managing your workplace pension, this means we must increase our deferred member charge. Workplace pensions like Creative Pension Trust charge small, regular monthly member fees to pay towards running costs. These costs include regulatory fees, government levies, and the cost of ensuring members have a robust and well managed way of saving for the future. We believe our new charging structure achieves value and fairness across our membership by protecting those with smaller pension pots and retaining a low-cost monthly charge for all members.
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