Pilkington Superannuation Scheme

The Pilkington Superannuation Scheme has many significant benefits for its members.
Below is a summary of the 10 main ones. Click on the
for more information on any particular benefit.
- A pension based on your salary near retirement.
- The annual pension build up is 1/60th for each year that you contribute if you retire at age 65.
- The Company also contributes into the Scheme. This is a significant benefit that you wouldn't get in a personal pension arrangement.
- The Scheme provides security for your family. Your spouse and dependants would receive lump sum benefits and pensions in the event of your death.
- The opportunity to pay Additional Voluntary Contributions (AVCs) to boost your pension, and two choices of where to invest these.
- The option, on retirement, of converting some of your pension to a tax-free lump sum payment.
- An absolute right to retire at any age from your 60th birthday.
- Should you leave the Company, your pension benefit is transferable to another scheme, or it can be preserved for you in the Pilkington Superannuation Scheme.
- The possibility of early retirement from the age of 50 with the Company's consent.
- Your pension increases regularly, once in payment, to help keep pace with inflation.
