Pension Schemes Registry meaning

Pension Schemes Registry is practitioner shorthand for the regulators’ databases recording core details of pension schemes and their trustees. In the UK, The pensions regulator (TPR) maintains an internal register of work‑based schemes—principally trust‑based occupational pension schemes—and allocates each a Pension Scheme Registry (PSR) number. Information provided via the scheme return and notifiable events includes the scheme’s name and address, trustee and scheme manager details and addresses, benefit type, membership profile and scheme status (for example, open, closed or winding up). The register underpins supervisory activity, regulatory filings and correspondence; it is not a publicly searchable list of all schemes. It is distinct from HMRC’s tax registration (Pension Scheme Tax Reference, PSTR). TPR does, however, publish the authorised master trust list separately. In Ireland, the Pensions Authority maintains a statutory register of occupational pension schemes and PRSAs under the Pensions Act 1990, recording comparable scheme and trustee information; tax approval is a separate Revenue process. Practitioners use registry data to verify scheme identity (including the PSR), complete scheme returns, notify trustee changes, and support due diligence on transactions and bulk transfers. Usage is consistent across England & Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, with the Irish position as above.