Details of Escalating Penalty Notices for automatic enrolment breaches and fines for scheme return offences.
Section 89 of the Pensions Act 2004 gives us the power to publish information on cases where we have exercised or considered exercising our powers.
Our ability to publish information – including details of our enforcement cases – plays an important part in enabling our commitment to transparency, and increases awareness and understanding of our decisions and actions.
The following tables name employers who have received an Escalating Penalty Notice (EPN) for breaches relating to automatic enrolment under the Pensions Act 2008. We will publish the names of those who have paid their EPN and remain non-compliant, as well as those who have failed to pay their EPN and as a result have been made subject to a court order.
We also publish information about failures to complete a scheme return. Trustees have a legal obligation to give us information about their pension scheme by completing a scheme return when required, and can be fined under section 10 of the Pensions Act 1995.
The Occupational Pension Schemes (Charges and Governance) Regulations 2015 also require us to issue a mandatory penalty where there has been a failure to prepare a chair’s statement. We have carried out a review of our approach and concluded it is no longer proportionate to publish a list of names of schemes that were fined.
Please note that penalties are listed when they become payable but may relate to an historical breach.
Employer non-compliant, subject to further action (EPN paid)
1 January to 30 June 2021
| Employer name | City / town | Amount paid |
|---|---|---|
| Searson Family Funeral Service | Portsmouth | £5,000 |
| INTERNAP NETWORK SERVICES UK LTD | London | £5,000 |
| Footscray Social Club | Dartford | £14,000 |
| Lawrie & Son (Rfc) Ltd | Perth | £5,000 |
| Taj Cuisine Ltd | Medway | £5,000 |
| TROPIX VENTURES HOLDINGS LTD | Not provided | £5,000 |
| Pawling's Insulation & Supplies Ltd | Belfast | £5,000 |
| Croyland Pre School | London | £5,000 |
| HUMAN WORKSPACE UK LIMITED | Brighton | £700 |
| Allied Knitwear Ltd | Manchester | £700 |
| DWS COUNTRY SPORTS LIMITED | Huddersfield | £1,400 |
| Teledata Solutions Limited | Swansea | £700 |
| Loc Med Recruitment Limited | Watford | £1,400 |
| WECORP SECURITY LTD | Twickenham | £5,000 |
| Harcourt Garage Limited | Leicester | £5,000 |
| TWIN MEDIA GROUP LIMITED | London | £5,000 |
| Clifford Tee and Gale Ltd | Redhill | £700 |
| SAMUEL THOMAS BATHROOMS LTD | Cardiff | £1,400 |
| Scot-Ion Research, Development & Innovation Ltd | Glasgow | £700 |
| RV CORPORATION LIMITED | London | £1,400 |
| FOOD EQUIPMENT EUROPE LTD | Gloucester | £700 |
| Resman Limited | Liverpool | £1,400 |
| SOCIAL PARK HOUSING LTD | London | £1,400 |
| Echelon Sport Ltd | Sheffield | £5,000 |
| POWER MACHINES LTD | Lincoln | £5,000 |
| Cobsen-Davies Roofing (Southern) Ltd | Oldham | £700 |
| LITTLE FLOWERTOTS DAYCARE LTD | Coventry | £1,400 |
| SLEEPING GIANT MUSIC INTERNATIONAL LTD | Bromley | £1,400 |
| AKTIVA CAMPS LTD | Guilford | £7,500 |
| Mrs Kate Kitchen | Guilford | £700 |
| David Street & Company | Redhill | £700 |
| M & B Plant (Devon) Ltd | Exeter | £5,000 |
| S Keeping | London | £1,400 |
| RAZ & RAZOR LTD | Exeter | £1,400 |
| SOTREX LTD | Crewe | £700 |
| ALL THINGS MEDIA LIMITED | Medway | £1,400 |
| Saks Hair & Beauty | Bolton | £1,400 |
| Sopura | Redhill | £5,000 |
| I.S.S. WINDOWS LIMITED | Nottingham | £700 |
| Global Business Angel Ltd | London | £700 |
| MR GRANITE LTD | Coventry | £700 |
| Angela's Travel | Oxford | £1,400 |
| Hello Dolly Limited | Stevenage | £1,400 |
| D W Chapman & Son | Darlington | £700 |
| Agile Security Consultancy Limited | London | £14,000 |
| Folkestone Motors Ltd | Canterbury | £1,400 |
| UK Journals Limited | London | £1,400 |
| KW DESIGN AND BUILD LTD | London | £1,400 |
| MOT EXPERT LTD | Northampton | £700 |
| Live Smarter | London | £5,000 |
| CARIBEAN FOODS LTD | London | £700 |
| Pawling's Insulation & Supplies Ltd | Belfast | £1,400 |
| Blue Clarity Design Services Ltd | Belfast | £8,000 |
| DINAS LANE MEDICAL CENTRE | Liverpool | £700 |
| Beautiful Designs | Ipswich | £700 |
| Cosmetic Couture Ltd | Manchester | £1,400 |
| Total Plant Ltd | Northampton | £700 |
| 3 Ways R C S | Romford | £1,400 |
| N G Badges | Coventry | £1,400 |
| MR UROS DRAGIC | London | £1,400 |
Please note that the values shown as paid are the values for the Escalating Penalty Notice only and may not be the value of the payment made. The payment value will include the Fixed Penalty Notice value if that remained unpaid as well as the associated court fees.
Unpaid EPNs subject to a Court Order
1 January to 30 June 2021
| Employer name | City / town | Amount paid |
|---|---|---|
| GG Promotions Ltd | Warrington | £14,400 |
| ROBINHURST PROPERTY VENTURES (UK) LIMITED | Guilford | £1,900 |
| FIS SUPPLIERS LIMITED | Birmingham | £2,500 |
| PBHM CONTRACTORS LTD | Slough | £1,100 |
| HAPPY DAYZ PRE SCHOOL LTD | Bristol | £5,400 |
| THE SIPLICITY GROUP LIMITED | Plymouth | £2,200 |
| THE STYLE BAR STEVENAGE LTD | Stevenage | £1,100 |
| TENDER CAPITAL LIMITED | London | £1,100 |
| PHARMADYNAMICS UK LIMITED | Canterbury | £3,000 |
| COUNTY WINDOW CLEANING SERVICES LIMITED | Newcastle | £1,800 |
| Chinese British Enterprise Ltd | London | £14,000 |
| PETER LOCKWOOD LIMITED | Huddersfield | £1,800 |
| INTERALIA SERVICES LIMITED | Kingston | £5,400 |
| CHADWICKS INN (LEASE) LTD | Cleveland | £3,900 |
| THE UPPER HAND CARE LIMITED | London | £14,400 |
| CONVENIENCE FOOD SERVICES LTD | Birmingham | £2,400 |
| MPE ENGINEERING SERVICES LTD | London | £5,000 |
| First Idea London Limited | Twickenham | £1,800 |
| Hermitage Pre-school Playgroup | Reading | £1,050 |
| ELITE CARS U K LIMITED | Reading | £5,400 |
| Fur Fabrics Ltd | London | £7,900 |
| L. C. I. SITE SERVICES (SURREY) LIMITED | Croydon | £4,900 |
| AY MEATS LTD | Enfield | £4,000 |
| FOODEE LIMITED | Kingston | £1,400 |
| MSO LOFTS LIMITED | Enfield | £1,100 |
| CLASSIC CARE (HOMECARE SERVICES) LTD | Hemel | £4,000 |
| BRINKWORTH PRODUCTIONS LIMITED | London | £14,400 |
| Tenants History Ltd | Croydon | £5,400 |
| OLDHAM SALVAGE (UK) LIMITED | Not provided | £6,500 |
| PWE CONTRACTING LIMITED | Not provided | £10,800 |
| OAMEER LTD | Birmingham | £5,400 |
| TOPMOVE ESTATE AGENTS LIMITED | Croydon | £1,500 |
Scheme return fine – failing to submit to us on time
1 January to 30 June 2021
No scheme return fines were issued during this period.