West Riding County Council pension fund

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Many years ago I worked for this entity, which no longer exists. I still wonder if they have a pension fund in my name, but various attempts to contact various organisations have come up with 'no record'. Does anybody have a suggestion as to where I might apply? 

Thanks.

[Wobblybob]

It's a bit of a long shot but have you come across this Archive Service for West Yorks, might be worth a try. Good luck.

 

https://www.wyjs.org.uk/archive-service/

[Mutt Daeng]

17 hours ago, cooked said:

Many years ago I worked for this entity, which no longer exists. I still wonder if they have a pension fund in my name, but various attempts to contact various organisations have come up with 'no record'. Does anybody have a suggestion as to where I might apply? 

Thanks.

There is a pension tracing service on gov.uk website. Here is an excerpt from the website.

"Use this service to find contact details to search for a lost pension.

You can find contact details for:

your own workplace or personal pension scheme
someone else’s scheme if you have their permission
This service will not tell you whether you have a pension, or what its value is.

You need the name of an employer or a pension provider to use this service."

https://www.gov.uk/find-pension-contact-details

[noobexpat]

21 hours ago, cooked said:

Many years ago I worked for this entity, which no longer exists. I still wonder if they have a pension fund in my name, but various attempts to contact various organisations have come up with 'no record'. Does anybody have a suggestion as to where I might apply? 

Thanks.

 

How many years membership in the scheme? ...possibly less than 2?

[cooked]

1 hour ago, noobexpat said:

 

How many years membership in the scheme? ...possibly less than 2?

Oh dear, dunno. About two years I guess, maybe three...

[Mutt Daeng]

1 hour ago, cooked said:

Oh dear, dunno. About two years I guess, maybe three...

Have you tried the link in my previous post?

[noobexpat]

2 hours ago, cooked said:

Oh dear, dunno. About two years I guess, maybe three...

 

You may have had a refund of your contributions and therefore no accrued service.

 

Whilst this rule is not applied in recent times for public sector schemes, historically it may have been.

[cooked]

13 hours ago, noobexpat said:

 

You may have had a refund of your contributions and therefore no accrued service.

 

Whilst this rule is not applied in recent times for public sector schemes, historically it may have been.

Thanks! I did receive a response from WYPFE at last, confirming that I had received refund of my contributions as I was emigrating. Sounds right.