There are a number of ways you can take your money. You may already have an idea of what could work best for you, but it's worth taking time out now to make sure you fully understand all of your pension options.

Want to know more about your options?

Want to know more about your options?

Need to understand what your retirement could look like? We can help. Understand more to learn the basics about pensions and your options as you approach retirement. And don't forget, in 2028, the age from which pension benefits can be taken is set to increase to 57 from 55.

Learn more about your retirement options

Knowing what your options are is useful in planning for retirement.

In this video, we explain your retirement options and how you can access more information. 

Have a closer look at your options

Flexible access to your pension savings

Flexible access to your pension savings

You can leave your pension savings invested, and take parts of your pension or withdraw a flexible income when you need it.

Flexible access

Take a guaranteed income for life (annuity)

Take a guaranteed income for life (annuity)

Use your money to provide a regular guaranteed income for life.

Annuity

Take it all in cash

Take it all in cash

You can take all of your pension savings as cash.

Take it in cash

Leave it for now

Leave it for now

You don't need to do anything yet, you can leave your money invested and make a decision when you're ready to retire.

Leave it

You don't have to use just one option. You can combine these options in many different ways to meet your needs. Have a look at our table (PDF, 50KB) to help you compare the options.

Retirement options calculator

Retirement options calculator

Calculate and compare your retirement options.

Retirement options calculator

Making managing your pensions easier

Are you ready to retire

Are you ready to retire

Our retirement checklist can help guide you through what you need to do and when.

Combine your pensions

Combine your pensions

You might want to combine pensions. This can make keeping track of the value of your pension savings a little easier. It also means less paperwork to deal with, and may reduce the costs of managing your pension savings.

 

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Extra help

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