Hartley Pensions

Hartley Pensions Client Support Group

ShareSoc has established this group to support clients of Hartley Pensions who are experiencing difficulties in recovering their SIPPs. If you would like our support, or to help other Hartley clients, please join this Support Group. Objectives The objectives of this group are: To provide assistance to former Hartley Pensions clients who are experiencing difficulties To liaise with the FCA to try to prevent similar issues arising in future Background Hartley Pensions is a manager of SIPP and SASS pension schemes, with over 16,000 clients. ...

Hartley – the story so far

ShareSoc director Mark Bentley has been working hard behind the scenes to support Hartley pension clients.  In July 2022, Hartley entered administration. In February 2023, as part of our ongoing work to represent individual shareholder rights, ShareSoc director Mark Bentley joined an informal client committee to help represent the interests of Hartley clients.   Despite significant obstacles, we assisted in obtaining the agreement of the FSCS in early 2024 to cover the costs of the administration process. This was a huge win.  ShareSoc also formed ...

Human Impact of the Hartley Pensions Case and ShareSoc’s Role

The FT reports on the impact of the Hartley Pensions case on Hartley’s clients: https://www.ft.com/content/3e4bbd98-7d99-4dce-93eb-2c747aad1ce5  It’s been a nightmare for clients since Hartley went into Administration in July 2022.  ShareSoc provided heavy support to Hartley clients over the last year and as part of the Administrator’s client committee.  In the comments on the FT article someone asked: "What process is used to ensure that the administrator fees (c.£2k per pension pot released) are reasonable?". In the absence of FSCS support, ShareSoc has been battling ...