Pensions advisory

Expert guidance for pension trustees and businesses in a changing environment

Clear, actionable advice tailored to your unique situation, ensuring pension schemes and businesses are protected from risk and fit for the future.

Practical solutions for your pensions scheme

We offer tailored pensions advisory services, providing clear, concise and strategic guidance specific to your defined benefit pension scheme and unique circumstances. Our expert team ensures you have the necessary insights to navigate the complexities of pension regulations and make informed decisions with confidence. With deep expertise in financial review, corporate restructuring, and corporate finance, we assess risk, develop solutions and implement practical strategies. Our extensive experience advising both scheme-side and employers, ensures balanced, effective outcomes.

Enhancing pension scheme sustainability

Our team understands the complexities of pension schemes and the challenges trustees and employers face. We work closely with stakeholders to evaluate covenant strength, assess funding strategies, and navigate regulatory requirements. Whether supporting negotiations, managing risk, or advising on restructuring, our goal is to deliver effective, practical solutions that protect pension scheme members while supporting long-term business stability. With deep industry expertise, we provide the clarity and guidance needed to make informed, strategic decisions with confidence.

Services

Expert pensions advisory services for informed business decisions

Employer covenant advisory

Understanding and managing your pensions obligations is essential to financial stability. Our employer covenant advisory service assesses businesses financial health, sustainability and options, helping directors and trustees determine appropriate levels of pension scheme support. Through financial analysis and scenario planning, we ensure compliance, mitigate risks, and create a balanced, sustainable approach to pension funding.

Pension scheme transaction advisory

Commercially focused and practical advice to enables us to support you through change of ownership, refinancing and restructuring transactions. Our proactive approach identifies risks, addresses challenges so facilitating smooth transactions. With extensive corporate finance experience, we provide tailored solutions and support you navigate the added complexity of a defined benefit pension scheme.

Trustee support

We provide expert guidance to trustees and trustee boards on employer covenant matters, including triennial valuations, monitoring and responses to transactions and other key events such as refinancing, restructuring and insolvency. Our tailored support helps trustees make informed decisions, ensuring pension scheme security while balancing employer affordability and long-term sustainability in an evolving financial landscape.

Pension scheme restructuring advisory

Restructuring a business with a pension scheme is complex. FRP combines expertise in corporate restructuring and defined benefit pensions to deliver tailored solutions. We assess available options, provide clear, impartial advice and consider stakeholder impacts, ensuring a balanced approach that supports both business viability and pension scheme security.

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We help clients simplify the complexities of pension schemes

We’re dedicated to providing clear, actionable advice tailored to your unique situation, be it as a trustee navigating the changing regulatory environment or a director facing a business change.

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