About us

As one of the UK’s leading pension administration companies, at LPPA we support over 2,100 employers and 660,000 members of Local Government, Police and Firefighters’ pension schemes.

What we do

Who we support

We’re proud to work in partnership with 19 public sector organisations across the UK – including 11 Local Government Pension Schemes (LGPS), 7 Firefighters’ Pension Schemes (FPS) and 1 police pension scheme (PPS).

Clients

We work with 19 partners, including the local government authorities and police and fire services mentioned above. To find out more, see our ‘Working in partnership’ section below.

Employers

We support over 1,500 active employers from a diverse range of organisations – young and old, large and small – helping them to send us the information we need to pay members’ pensions.

Members

We help over 738,000 members of our partners’ public sector pension schemes – people of different ages and backgrounds – from setting up their pensions to preparing them for retirement. 

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Our story

From now to then

We’ve achieved a lot over the years. Scroll through the LPPA timeline to discover some of our key highlights.

October
2025

LAPF Investment Awards

LPPA wins the 2025 Pension Administration award – for excellence across all areas of the business.

September
2025

CEO joins PASA

LPPA CEO, Jo Darbyshire OBE, joins the PASA (Pensions Administration Standards Association) Board. 

June
2025

UK Pension Awards

LPPA wins award for Best Pension Scheme Communications Strategy at the 2025 UK Pensions Awards. 

April
2025

Hackney

Hackney Pension Fund becomes LPPA’s 19th client.

July
2024

Automation

LPPA starts to implement more automation projects, including key letters and an online retirement form.

January
2024

AI software

LPPA starts to implement artificial intelligence (AI) software across the business to further improve data security and reduce risk, such as Culture AI and Defender.

June
2023

New office

LPPA moves to new office in County Hall, Preston.

June
2023

Automation begins

LPPA’s first key automated pension administration process is rolled out.

January
2023

Cyber Essentials certified

LPPA is certified with Cyber Essentials Plus – a government-backed scheme set up to protect UK businesses from cyberattacks.

December
2022

UPM goes live

UPM, PensionPoint and the UPM employer portal go live for all clients.

February
2022

Hammersmith & Fulham

Hammersmith and Fulham Pension Fund become LPPA’s 18th client. 

January
2022

UPM roll out begins

LPPA starts to roll out its new pension administration system (UPM), which includes PensionPoint (new member portal) and the UPM employer portal.

December
2021

LinkedIn launched

LPPA Pensions LinkedIn channel launches. 

September
2021

PASA accredited

LPPA becomes a member of the Pensions Administration Standards Association (PASA), which aims to improve the quality of UK pensions administration services.

June
2021

Happy birthday!

LPPA’s first Birthday. 

April
2021

YouTube launched

LPPA YouTube channel launches.

April
2021 

Scam pledge signed

LPPA signs pledge, set up by The Pensions Regulator, to help combat pension scams. 

December
2020

LPPA Pensions

lppapensions.co.uk website launched – to support members and employers with their everyday pension administration queries. 

November
2020

Combating pension scams

LPPA joins the Pension Scams Industry Forum, an industry-wide forum to tackle the problem of pension scams.     

June
2020

LPP split

LPP is split into two independent companies – LPPI (Local Pensions Partnership Investments) and LPPA (Local Pensions Partnership Administration).

October
2018

Brent Pension Fund

Brent Pension Fund becomes LPP’s 17th client.

April
2018

My Pension Online

LPP’s secure member portal (My Pension Online) is launched.

2017

Havering & Kent fire service

Havering Pension Fund and Kent Fire and Rescue Service join LPP as new clients.

From April
2016

LGPS pools

LPP one of eight LGPS pools is established to support a number of local government, police and firefighter pension schemes.

April
2016

LPP / LPPI launch

LPP and LPPI are launched – Lancashire County Council (LCC) and London Pensions Fund Authority (LPFA) join together to combine their funds.

2015

Government plans

The government announces plans to create pools from 89 Local Government Pension Schemes (LGPS) to attract investors.



Our commitment to the world around us

Our environmental responsibility

We always like to keep one eye on the environment. By using our online portals to send and receive customer information, we help reduce paper use and lower our carbon footprint.  

Our social responsibility

We support people from all walks of life and get behind charities and campaigns that promote diversity – especially in today’s digital world. 

Our values

Committed to excellence

Committed to excellence

Every day, we do our best to make the pension process simple, straightforward and stress-free. 

Forward thinking

Forward thinking

With the help of market-leading knowledge, we come up with new ways to make life easier for our members.

Doing the right thing

Doing the right thing

We listen carefully to feedback, respond quickly to enquiries and go out of our way to make sure everything runs smoothly.

Working together

Working together

We work with 19 clients, over 1,500 active employers and 738,000 members to make pension administration easier.


A few kind words from our customers

Very helpful, patient and understanding.
LPPA active member – Lancashire County Pension Fund
The consultant was absolutely excellent – their individual help was very good. Thank you very much.
LPPA member – Ealing Pension Fund
The adviser I spoke to was very helpful, very easy to understand – a credit to you.
LPPA deferred member – Lancashire County Pension Fund
Excellent service provided – was very patient and explained everything to me. A credit to the team. Thank you very much for your help.
LPPA member – pensioner – London Fire Brigade
The advisor I got was very clear, very precise, very friendly and gave me everything I needed.
LPPA deferred member – Lancashire County Pension Fund

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