Uniquely tailored to you as an Equity member
The Equity Pension Scheme is available to all our members, regardless of your occupation. It’s the only bespoke scheme designed for you as an Equity member and a performer or creative.
Why join?
- Tailored to you: Specifically designed to meet the needs of those working under an Equity Agreement.
- Better rates: The only pension scheme where production companies and theatres contribute using the preferential rates negotiated by Equity in our Agreements, better than standard auto-enrolment rates.
- Complete flexibility: Contribute when you are working and take a break when you are not.
- Compliant: Updates seamlessly with legislative changes or market trends.
If you're working under an Equity agreed contract, you could get your employer to contribute to your Equity pension. Employers that currently contribute to Equity pensions are: BBC, ITV, PACT & TAC, Society Of London Theatre, UK Theatre - Commercial, UK Theatre - Sub Rep, RSC, RNT, Walt Disney, ITC, plus a number of other in-house arrangements.
You can still join the Equity Pension though if you’re not working on the above contracts. You can make personal payments into the scheme at any time, both regularly and as one-off payments.
The scheme is administered by Chester Rose (formerly Hencilla) with AVIVA as the product provider.
How to join
You can join online on the Chester Rose website or find out more about the scheme in our FAQs.
When you join Equity, you're not automatically enrolled into the EPS: you must choose to join.
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