About SSAS Pension

Why We Built This Site

If you have tried to research SSAS pensions online, you will have noticed that useful, plain-English information is remarkably hard to find. Most of what exists falls into one of three categories: dense technical guidance written for pension professionals and actuaries; brief marketing copy on provider websites designed to generate enquiries rather than inform; or outdated articles citing contribution limits and rules from three or four tax years ago. Nowhere on the open web is there a comprehensive, scheme-administrator-written, regularly updated explanation of how SSASs actually work — written for the intelligent but non-specialist company director who just wants to understand the rules before making a decision.

We built ssaspension.co.uk to fill that gap. After more than two decades of administering SSASs for UK company directors, we have answered every possible question about how these schemes work. We know which rules confuse people, where the risks are, what HMRC’s actual position is on the grey areas, and which common assumptions are wrong. Publishing that knowledge publicly costs us nothing extra and serves directors who might never work with us directly — but it also means that when a director is ready to talk to a provider, they know what to look for, and they know who published the most useful information they read.

Who Publishes This Site

ssaspension.co.uk is a trading style of Holtram TLPI Ltd, a professional pension scheme administrator based in Didcot, Oxfordshire.

Key facts:

• Established: 2004. Holtram TLPI Ltd has administered occupational pension schemes for UK company directors for over two decades.
• HMRC registration: HMRC Scheme Administrator, registration number A0140182. This registration is a legal requirement for any firm acting as a professional SSAS scheme administrator under Finance Act 2004.
• Regulated by: The Pensions Regulator (TPR). TPR is the independent public body that regulates work-based pensions in the United Kingdom.
• SSAS administration since: 2004
• Directors served: Over 1,000 UK company directors have worked with TLPI across its SSAS and pension administration services.
• Operating address: Trident House, Trident Business Park, Didcot, OX11 7HJ
• FCA status: Holtram TLPI Ltd is not authorised or regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority for investment advice. SSAS administration is a non-advised, non-regulated activity under FSMA 2000. If you require regulated investment advice, you should consult an FCA-authorised independent financial adviser.

The trading style relationship:
ssaspension.co.uk operates as a named trading style of Holtram TLPI Ltd. It is not a separate legal entity. Holtram TLPI Ltd is the legal publisher of all content on this site, the data controller for all personal data collected via this site (including guide download forms), and the entity responsible for HMRC compliance of any scheme administered as a result of enquiries generated here. The lockup in the site logo is an honest statement, not a footnote.

What You Can Expect from This Site

We apply the following standards to everything we publish.

1. Plain English, always. If an article uses pension jargon — Annual Allowance, loanback, scheme sanction charge, expression of wish — the term is defined in plain English in the same article, at first use. We write for directors, not for advisers.
2. No commercial CTAs in article content. You will not find “Book a Consultation” or “Speak to an Expert” buttons embedded in our educational articles. The only conversions we ask for in article content are guide downloads (so you can keep reading offline) and newsletter signups (so we can tell you when rules change). The commercial hand-off to TLPI lives at the bottom of articles — clearly labelled, never pushy.
3. Every article reviewed by a HMRC Registered SSAS Scheme Administrator. Content is written and reviewed by people who administer SSASs for a living. We do not outsource articles to generalist content writers and we do not publish AI-generated content without scheme administrator review.
4. Dated and refreshed. Every article carries a “last reviewed” date. SSAS rules, HMRC guidance, and tax allowances change — sometimes significantly (the April 2027 IHT change being the most material at the time of writing). We commit to reviewing every article at least once in each tax year and immediately when a relevant HMRC or TPR change occurs.
5. No fee ranges, no provider comparisons. We will explain what to look for in a SSAS administrator, what service levels should include, and what questions to ask. We will not quote what SSAS administration costs. TLPI does not publicise its fees, and we believe it is not in a director’s interest to select a pension administrator based on a headline fee figure rather than service quality and regulatory track record.

About the Author

All content on ssaspension.co.uk is written or reviewed by Mike Holtram, Director of Holtram TLPI Ltd, who has practised as a SSAS scheme administrator since 2004. Every article published on this site carries a byline and a reviewed date, so you always know who wrote it and when it was last checked against current HMRC rules.

Get in Touch

For SSAS administration enquiries:
If you have read enough and you are ready to speak to someone about whether a SSAS is right for your company, the right contact is the TLPI team directly. ssaspension.co.uk is an education resource — enquiries about SSAS setup, administration, transfers, and loanback are handled by TLPI.

Speak to TLPI

For site feedback or content corrections:

• Email: info@ssaspension.co.uk
• Subject line suggestion: ssaspension.co.uk — [Article name or topic]

For press and media enquiries:

• Email: press@ssaspension.co.uk subject prefix]