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Lifetime Allowance Abolished 2024

With effect from 6 April 2024, there will no longer be a Lifetime Allowance (LTA) which limits the amount of tax-efficient pension savings that you can build up.

Changes to DC 2022

With effect from 01 November 2021, DTUK introduced a new workplace pension scheme called a Master Trust with Legal & General (L&G) for future DC contributions including Money Purchase arrangements (also known as 1% top up) and AVCs. This Plan is called the Deutsche Telekom (UK) Ltd DC Pension Plan.

Alongside this, the Trustee transferred the DC benefits already built up in the Current Scheme to L&G on 03 February 2022. Please visit the L&G microsite for further information.
Newsletter and Summary Funding Statement 2025

The annual member Newsletter and Summary Funding Statement, our update summarising developments within the T-Mobile International UK Pension Scheme (the Scheme).

Understanding Contributions and Benefit Statements 2025

A summary of key information about your contributions and benefit statements to help you complete your tax return more easily. For active members.

Implementation Statement 31 December 2024

This sets out how the Trustee have invested in the Schemes assets in line with the SIP during the Scheme year.

Annual Report and Accounts 2024

Find out how the Scheme’s been managed and any changes which have happened during the year.

Newsletter 2024

Annual member newsletter summarising developments within the Scheme.

Summary Funding Statement 2024

An overview of the Scheme’s funding position and the latest actuarial valuation, highlighting the changes in the position since the previous valuation.

Statement of Investment Principles (SIP) 2024

This sets out the principles governing the Trustees decisions to invest the assets of the Scheme.

Newsletter 2022

Annual member newsletter summarising developments within the Scheme.

Helpful information

Pension Scams
Pension scammers are after your savings! Follow these steps to protect your future finances.
If you think you’re being scammed:

Contact us immediately – we might be able to stop a transfer that hasn’t taken place yet.

Report it on the Action Fraud website or call 0300 132 2040.

Remember – if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is!

Find out more about staying scam smart at www.fca.org.uk/scamsmart and Steps to stay scam safe

You’re likely to receive a State Pension as well. This is a valuable benefit, to understand more about the State Pension, what you might receive and when, visit www.gov.uk/state-pension

Your State Pension is based on how many years you’ve made National Insurance contributions.

Visit moneyhelper.org to learn more.

  • How the State Pension works
  • How much you’re on track to get
  • Ways to increase your State Pension
  • When you can claim State Pension
  • How to apply for State Pension
Annual Allowance (AA)

This is the total amount you can save into your pension(s) in each tax year, without incurring a tax charge. For most people the AA is £60,000 for the tax year.

Different rules apply if you have a ‘threshold income’ of more than £200,000 or ‘adjusted income’ of more than £260,000. For information on the current AA limits please visit www.gov.uk/tax-on-your-private-pension/annual-allowance

Money Purchase Annual Allowance (MPAA)

The AA can also be reduced if you take benefits ‘flexibly’ from your Account or another pension arrangement. The reduced limit, called the MPAA, is the maximum amount you can make to pension arrangements (like the Scheme). From the 6 April 2023, it’s set at £10,000. If you think you might be affected you should consider seeking financial advice.

Irrespective of the AA, your own payments and those from the Government (tax relief) in each tax year will normally be limited to 100% of your earnings, or £3,600 (whichever is greater).

For information on the current AA limits please visit www.gov.uk/tax-on-your-private-pension/annual-allowance

Pension Input Period

HMRC require the amount of pension savings to be tested each year over a ‘pension input period’. The Trustee has previously decided that the Scheme’s pension input period should run from each 6 April to the following 5 April and has nominated 5 April in each calendar year as the last day of each pension input period. Pension savings in excess of £460,000 do not qualify for tax relief.

For more information on pension input please visit www.tax.service.gov.uk/pension-annual-allowance-calculator

Useful links

Financial Conduct Authority

If you’d like some advice about your own situation, you should consider speaking to a financial adviser. To find an independent financial adviser, authorised and regulated by the FC

Financial Conduct Authority

The MoneyHelper brings together the support and services of three government backed financial guidance providers: the Money Advice Service, the Pensions Advisory Service and Pension Wise. You can visit MoneyHelper for free and impartial guidance about your pension. You can also use Money Helper to find a financial adviser near you.

The Pensions Ombudsman

The Pensions Ombudsman can investigate complaints related to occupational and private pension schemes. The service is free. The Pension Ombudsman generally expects members to firstly raise complaints with the party at fault to give them the chance to put things right, though the website also gives guidance on how to complain to the party at fault and provides an Early Resolution Service.

Key Information

Report a death

To report a death please call or email Barnett Waddingham directly.

Pension scams

Know how to identify, avoid and report a scam.

Update details

Let us know if something’s changed. It’s important to keep your details up to date.

Expression of wishes

You can name and update your nominated beneficiaries by logging into your online account.