Employing authorities
At 31 March 2025, there were 170 employing authorities contributing to the Scheme. These employing authorities were composed of 11 councils, 1 Education Authority, 1 library authority, 48 associated bodies, 89 schools, 9 further and higher education colleges and universities and 11 employers with restricted membership (closed to new members). A full list of these organisations can be found on our contributing employers section.
Members
Membership of the Scheme increased during the 2024/25 year to 176,915 members. At 31 March 2025, the Scheme consisted of 86,137 contributing members, 48,171 pensioners and 37,063 deferred members, plus 5,544 members with a miscellaneous classification.