Certificate Of Preserved Pension Rights

Cat_House

My husband has a certificate of preserved pension rights having left his job in February 1990, for the grand sum of £131.00 per annum.

Having contacted the government website for tracing old pensions, they have directed him to Capita, Harrogate, North Yorkshire. Current name of pension scheme is Baird Group Pension Scheme.

He has sent several emails to Capita providing all the relevant information, but they cannot find anything on their database.

I am guessing this small pension should have grown in value somewhat?

Hubby is 62 and the date payable is from December 2020.

Can anyone advise what to do next?

Thanks in advance...

molerat

Is this the textiles company ?

http://www.rothesaylife.com/policyholder/contact-us

Cat_House

No, the company was called Meritus. They made welding machines, (engineering).

Part of the Darchem group...

Cat_House

I see that Baird Group is in the drop down menu. Will try contacting them to see if they have anything.

Thanks for your help...

xylophone

There does seem to be some confusion here?

You mention Meritus and Darchem
http://www.meritus.uk.com/

http://www.esterline.com/engineeredmaterials/DarchemProducts/Products/CompanyOverview.aspx

both of which seem compatible with the details given of your husband's employment.

Baird Group seems only to be concerned with textiles?

https://www.trustnet.com/Investments/Article.aspx?id=200607070700388340F

Cat_House

As far as we know, Meritus has closed down and Darchem has been bought out by an American Company.

Pension Tracing has quoted The Baird Group and told us to contact Capita, but we are not getting anywhere with them.

xylophone

If the Baird Group Pension Scheme proves a red herring,

https://www.prospot.co.uk/ now owns the Meritus brand.

ProSpot is the newest member of MTI’s European Subsidiary Group and the company also owns the Meritus brand, one of the oldest British machine manufacturers, in addition to micro bench welding company Hirst, Holden & Hunt Ltd.

https://www.prospot.co.uk/Brochure_Prospot_JAN13_sm.pdf

In 2003 Prospot acquired Meritus, one of the oldest British
manufacturers of resistance welding machine’s having
commenced production in 1932 in East End Road, London
building rocker arm type spot welders. Meritus has
manufactured and supplied over 29,000 machines accross
a wide and diverse range of applications and industries.

Is it possible that Meritus was sold to Darchem and by Darchem to MTI?

Cat_House

If you google Baird Group Darchem Pension, there is a pensions ombudsman case bought against the Baird Group by a man named Waggot. In this case the linked words are Darchem, Baird Group and Hymans Robertson. Having found this link a couple of months ago we contacted Hymans Robertson through their website. We received an acknowledgement but no reply. We think that this is the company responsible? Having just done a search it looks like the Baird Group Pension Scheme has been closed...

Cat_House

Hi Xylophone, The pension certificate is Darchem Group which we don't think is anything to do with Meritus. Meritus was sold off many years ago to 2 individuals and the three I's group and then sold to another welding company in Dudley.

xylophone

I have at last found the link between Baird (Textiles) and Darchem.

http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12725054.Weir_Group_still_on_the_prowl_after_pouncing_on_Darchem/

WEIR Group used up another slice of its substantial cash pile

yesterday, paying around #16m for the bulk of Darchem, the specialist

engineering arm of William Baird.

And in Vol 2 of "Major Companies of Europe 1991-92 under "Baird William PLC"

Holding company with interests in textiles and clothing manufacture.....................specialist engineering.......subsidiary companies.......Darchem Ltd.....

Therefore your husband was indeed working for part of William Baird PLC in 1990?


See https://www.trustnet.com/Investments/Article.aspx?id=200607070700388340F

https://www.hymans.co.uk/news-and-insights/research-and-publications/publication/the-view-april-2016/

Try again with Hymans Robertson?

molerat

One of the options in that 2006 document was to transfer to the Jacques Vert 2006 pension scheme. Jacques Vert group is now Style Group Brands http://stylegroupbrands.com/contact/