Total Membership
As at 31 March 2021, the total membership of the Scheme was 6.23million, compared with 6.16million as at 31 March 2020. The greatest increase in absolute and relative terms was to pensioner membership, which increased by 2.6% over the year to 2020.
 |
(000s) |
Actives |
Deferreds |
Pensioners |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
2013 █ |
1,728 |
1,621 |
1,408 |
4,758 |
|
2014 █ |
1,819 |
1,723 |
1,459 |
5,001 |
|
2015 █ |
1,870 |
1,798 |
1,487 |
5,156 |
|
2016 █ |
1,899 |
1,859 |
1,530 |
5,289 |
|
2017 █ |
1,964 |
2,078 |
1,642 |
5,684 |
|
2018 █ |
2,010 |
2,159 |
1,691 |
5,861 |
|
2019 █ |
1,957 |
2,214 |
1,728 |
5,899 |
|
2020 █ |
2,019 |
2,307 |
1,833 |
6,160 |
|
2021 █ |
2,018 |
2,328 |
1,881 |
6,226 |
|
Increase (decrease) 2014 |
1.9% |
2.1% |
1.1% |
5.1% |
|
Increase (decrease) 2015 |
1.0% |
1.5% |
0.6% |
3.1% |
|
Increase (decrease) 2016 |
0.6% |
1.2% |
0.8% |
2.6% |
|
Increase (decrease) 2017 |
1.2% |
4.1% |
2.1% |
7.5% |
|
Increase (decrease) 2018 |
0.8% |
1.4% |
0.9% |
3.1% |
|
Increase (decrease) 2019 |
-0.9% |
0.9% |
0.6% |
0.6% |
|
Increase (decrease) 2020 |
1.1% |
1.6% |
1.8% |
4.4% |
|
Increase (decrease) 2021 |
0.0% |
0.3% |
0.8% |
1.1% |
Change in membership over year ended 31 March 2021
Actives |
Deferreds |
Pensioners |
Total |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
2013 |
36.3% |
34.1% |
29.6% |
100% |
|
2014 |
36.4% |
34.4% |
29.2% |
100% |
|
2015 |
36.3% |
34.9% |
28.8% |
100% |
|
2016 |
35.9% |
35.2% |
28.9% |
100% |
|
2017 |
34.5% |
36.6% |
28.9% |
100% |
|
2018 |
34.3% |
36.8% |
28.9% |
100% |
|
2019 |
33.2% |
37.5% |
29.3% |
100% |
|
2020 |
32.8% |
37.5% |
29.8% |
100% |
|
2021 |
32.4% |
37.4% |
30.2% |
100% |
Employers
The total number of employers with active contributing members was 14,448 compared to 14,253 in 2020. In previous years a total figure was accumulated based on the total number of employers listed in the fund annual reports. This figure included funds who reported a total based on employers with active, deferred and/or pensioner members and others who reported a total number of employers only with active members. This total figure is considered too inconsistent to report.
CIPFA annual report guidance was updated for 2014 to included provision of an employer table with the aim of providing clear and accurate figures the total number of active and ceased and scheduled and admitted employers. Tables were only provided in 44% of annual reports.
Average number of employers per fund by type of administering authority
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The chart shows how the average number of employers differs between the types of administering authority. County council administered funds typically have more participating employers compared with London boroughs. The 'Other' category comprises the London Pension Fund Authority and the Environment Agency funds (for the purpose of administration, City of London is included in London Boroughs).
