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TrustScore 5 out of 5

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Craig was extremely knowledgeable, helpful, friendly and very nice to deal with. I would recommend The Pension Planner Ltd for advise with pensions, I have more peace of mind after speaking to them.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

From my initial meeting and then further reviews the whole experience has been perfect. Craig’s insight and guidance has been brilliant..he takes the time to explain every type of situation and sugges... See more

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Craig from Pension Planner couldn't have been more helpful and knowledgeable. He's really improved my understanding of pensions generally and specifically my own numbers. This service is exactly what... See more

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Shane Kao steered me through what felt like a pension minefield after my husband's death. He explained everything patiently and clearly. I felt a genuine care for me and my family. The written report... See more

Company details

  1. Pension fund
  2. Asset manager services
  3. Investment company
  4. Investment service
  5. Pension office
  6. Retirement Scheme

About The Pension Planner

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The Pension Planner was established in 2012 by Andrew Hursthouse and Nicholas Pratt in order to provide professional pension advice specialising in the post retirement market.

Between them, Andrew and Nicholas have over twenty years experience as Independent Financial Advisors.

We genuinely care about our clients, take pride in our work and always deliver on our promises.

It’s these simple but all important qualities together with our knowledge and expertise which helps differentiate us from the rest and ensures we build lasting and trusted relationships with our clients.

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Excellent service

I am very glad i engaged with PP and would like to thank Shae, Beth and all team involved with my portfolio for an excellent and professional service

6 November 2020
Unprompted review
Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Patient and Professional

I engaged with Pension Planner to make sense of my pension plans and to get an independent, objective assessment of whether I could take an early retirement. Sanjoy was my allocated advisor and I found him to be knowledgeable, patient and practical in his assessments and advice. All in all a good experience.

6 November 2020
Unprompted review
Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Great service

Great service from Sean, Leanne and the rest of the team. They were tenacious in getting all the information needed for me to make a fully informed decision and gave me great advice. Excellent service, would definitely use again.

3 October 2020
Unprompted review
Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Always a quick response

I have always had a quick response from The Pension Planner team. The video link meetings I have had with Shane worked very well and he has explained things in a very clear and concise way. Any questions I have had he has answered quickly, and if anything needs updating Beth is on the case straight away.
It's good to know someone is there to help if you need it.

8 September 2020
Unprompted review
Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Excellent service

On retirement five years ago Nick helped me manage my finances to maximise my returns with consideration to my cautious nature. The advice from both Nick and Shane has been supportive and reassuring. Excellent service, accessible, and responsive.

30 August 2020
Unprompted review
Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Pension Advice

Having chosen Pension Planner for my financial advice I found Sanjoy Sen both helpful and patient in explaining my needs. Without any pressure sales I found this both refreshing and reassuring , helped also by his assistant Beth Walton.

24 August 2020
Unprompted review
Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Highly recommend The Pension Planner

I can't reccomend The Pension Planner enough.
They were very helpful and answered any amount of questions I had.
They took time to explain everything to me. They worked around when I was available to talk and gave me time to look at everything they had researched and what they thought would be the best options for me.
They were very professional, keeping me up to date at each stage of the process.
The service was faultless and I completely trusted their knowledge and experience to help me choose the option best for me.

20 August 2020
Unprompted review
Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Excellent Service and Financial Advice

I have been with The Pension Planner for a couple of years now, and have been very satisfied, from the first meeting with Marvin to the present day, and they have a very good Client Web-Site from checking the performance of your pension to receiving documents and updates.

20 August 2020
Unprompted review
Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Highly recommended and professional organisation

A client for over three years now, I have been totally satisfied with the professional advice and high level of service received.
Although the value of my fund suffered from the initial uncertainty surrounding the pandemic crisis I am delighted to say it has recovered ground and has returned to previous levels.
My financial adviser at the Pension Planner (Nick Pratt) was on hand to offer reassurance and sound advice which was most welcome.

18 August 2020
Unprompted review
Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Excellent response and analysis

Excellent response and analysis, able to relate to your circumstances, weekly feedback even after they referred me to specialist were still happy to advise me. Highly recommend!

2 August 2020
Unprompted review
Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Excellent service & valuable advice

Having had several financial and pension advisors in the past and been charged large fees without any real value. I can honestly say Pension Planner stand out over and above anyone else I have spoken to in the past. Shane Kao came to visit my wife and me at our home. He was able to offer advice on both pension and financial investments without any immediate obligation. He was extremely helpful, honest and friendly. More importantly happy to spend time to explain our options and ensured we fully understood the risk and benefits. It was several months before we finally decided to act on Shane’s advice, not once did he push us to make changes until we were comfortable to do so. We will be using the Pension Planner team in the future to ensure we have ongoing and updated advice.
So thank you Shane and to Beth who works closely with Shane. She has ensured that we were kept informed on progress throughout the process, guided us through the documentation we needed to approve and fed back valuable updates from the external pension investment companies. So, in other words provided a great deal of communication and support!

15 July 2020
Unprompted review
Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Shane reviewed my savings and pensions…

Shane reviewed my savings and pensions and gave sound advice even if it didn’t financially benefit The Pension Planner. Shane has years of experience and lots of patience. Beth was efficient in letting me know what was going on with my review every step of the way. I would highly recommend The Pension Planner.

14 July 2020
Unprompted review
Rated 5 out of 5 stars

I have recently used pension planner…

I have recently used pension planner for a review of my pensions through Andrew Hursthouse(Sheffield).
Lots of important information given to me by Andrew over our 2 meetings.
Very professional & would recommend along with coming back to them when I am ready.

13 July 2020
Unprompted review
Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Pension Transfer

hi my name is Anthony, i first contacted a website called unbiased as there is so many financial advisers out there,some good and some not so, but how would you know. so within 2 days Steve Hodder from the Pension Planner called me . After a lengthy discussion with Steve i decided to go with them as all relevent questions i wanted answering was done including costs (hence which many dont tell you). i was referred to Nicolas Pratt to see me through the process. to cut a long story short ,i was given advice by True potential and the pension has been transferred at the end of June no problems, Nick always keeps you in the picture whats going on any any relevent information required. If you want to transfer your pension give the Pension Planner a ring ,they are truly a professional company which you can trust every step of the way.

9 July 2020
Unprompted review
Rated 5 out of 5 stars

I contacted Shane and his team as I…

I contacted Shane and his team as I have a number of pensions from previous employment and wanted to understand what action if any I should take with these.

Shane and his team offered a friendly service and helped me collate information about my collection of pensions and then ran through potential recommendations.

Shane offered free advice with the recommendation of not taking any additional actions as there would not be a significant financial benefit for me to do so.

Great to get this service and be provided with the reassurance that I am doing the right thing.

30 June 2020
Unprompted review
Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Excellent advise

Excellent advise, as had issue with another pension company. Staff were constantly chasing the company for my details and keeping me informed of the progress. Advise given was in a clear and simple form, for me to make the correct choice.Thankyou
Would highly recommend
Thanks Shane, Elle and Beth

19 May 2020
Unprompted review
Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Independent Financial Advice

I recently required a pension review. I used The Pension Planner. The service was excellent as was the communication during the process. The fees were competitive. I did not have to use a financial advisor but I am glad I used TPP who helped to maximise the potential of my pension options having recently retired. Special thanks to Shane, Elle & Beth at Sheffield branch.

29 April 2020
Unprompted review

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