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SIPPs that allow employer standing order contributions

Good evening all,

My employer, who does not have offer a pension scheme, has said that I can pay into one of my own via salary sacrifice. However I have a problem as my current pension scheme will only allow contributions to be via a direct debit and my employer will only allow the contributions to be paid via a standing order (so that they are in full control of how much money is paid out of their account).

I've looked at various schemes websites, trying to find out which would allow standing orders, but this type of information seems to be well hidden, so to help me in my quest I wondered whether anyone had the names of any SIPP firms that they knew would allow payment to be via a standing order.

Thanks for any help

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  • CannySaver_2
    CannySaver_2 Posts: 482 Forumite
    Hi

    I know Talbot & Muir allow standing orders, there are bound to be others, although I would suggest they would be the smaller providers.

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  • jamesd
    jamesd Posts: 26,103 Forumite
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    Hargreaves Lansdown can't directly take money by standing order but can via cheque periodically. If your employer would pay into a dedicated account with no overdraft facility by standing order a direct debt could be set up to go from that account.
  • dunstonh
    dunstonh Posts: 121,226 Forumite
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    standing order is quite rare to see available nowadays. I would think, as mentioned above, it is likely to be the smaller providers.
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  • IanSt
    IanSt Posts: 366 Forumite
    Thanks for the help - I'll have a look into these.
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