The Purple Book

Every year we publish the pensions universe risk profile - the most comprehensive data and analysis of the UK defined benefit pension landscape.

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About the data

Find out more about the schemes we protect, including scheme demographics and funding, by using the interactive graph feature or download this year’s Purple Book.

There are an estimated 5,327 defined benefit (DB) schemes in the eligible universe as at 31 March 2020, a reduction from 5,436 as at 31 March 2019. The declining universe reflects schemes winding-up, scheme mergers, and schemes entering our assessment period.

This year the dataset covers 5,318 schemes – 99.8 per cent of the estimated 5,327 schemes eligible for compensation from us.

Please send us your feedback on this beta version of our Purple Book interactive graph. Your input will help us make sure this feature is useful and any issues are fixed. You can email our web team with your feedback at [email protected]. Thank you.