Trustees

Trustees are vital to providing good quality trust-based pensions and protecting members’ benefits. Guidance and resources to help you in your important and challenging role.

Understanding your role

Understand your wide range of duties as a trustee. Find information on becoming a new trustee and running a scheme well.

Governing the scheme

How to set a purpose and strategy, manage risks and conflicts of interest, and make sure the scheme provides value for members.

Member communications

Information to provide to scheme members including communications about retirement options, scams warnings and responding to requests from members.

Professional pension trustee standards

What happens if you don’t meet scheme duties, paying penalty notices and appealing against enforcement notices.

Trustee toolkit online learning

We provide a free online learning programme called the Trustee Toolkit which you should complete, unless you arrange the equivalent learning. You must log in or sign up to use the Trustee Toolkit.

Employers

Detailed guidance on how to meet legal requirements and the standards set out in our code of practice.