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How to get a registration code for your vouching scheme
To connect a vouching scheme, you will require a registration code.
Get a registration code from The Pensions Regulator (TPR)
The process you follow depends on how close the vouching scheme is to the 'connect by' date.
If the vouching scheme is more than 5 months before the ‘connect by’ date
If the vouching scheme is more than 5 months before the ‘connect by’ date
1. Identify the vouching scheme that you will connect.
- Contact them to confirm that they consent to be the vouching scheme.
- Ask them for their Pension Scheme Registry (PSR) number and inform them that TPR will send them a registration code.
2. Inform the Pensions Dashboards Programme (PDP) who the vouching scheme will be, including their PSR number.
- PDP will notify TPR of the vouching scheme you connect.
- After preregistration checks are completed, PDP will inform TPR.
- TPR will generate the registration codes and send them to the scheme’s primary dashboard contact (for example, chair of trustees).
The pension scheme must send you a registration code so you can register the scheme.
3. When you create your primary business contact account and register your first scheme, you will need to enter the vouching scheme’s:
- regulating body (TPR)
- regulator number (PSR number)
- registration code
4. PDP will check the regulating body, regulator number and registration code against the information supplied by TPR.
5. If the codes match, you will be able to create additional users.
If you enter in the code incorrectly 3 times, all codes associated with the vouching scheme will be cancelled. If this happens, the vouching scheme will need to reapply for new codes.
If the vouching scheme is within 5 months of the ‘connect by’ date
If the vouching scheme is within 5 months of the ‘connect by’ date
1. Identify the vouching scheme.
- Contact them to confirm that they consent to be the vouching scheme.
2. Ask them for their PSR number and registration code.
- TPR will generate the registration codes and send them to the vouching scheme’s primary dashboard contact (for example, chair of trustees) 5 months before their connect by date in guidance.
The vouching scheme must send you a registration code before you can register the scheme.
3. When you create your primary business contact account and register your first scheme, you will need to enter the vouching scheme’s:
- regulating body (TPR)
- regulator number (PSR number)
- registration code
4. PDP will check the regulating body, regulator number and registration code against the information supplied by TPR.
5. If the codes match, you will be able to create additional users.
If you enter in the code incorrectly 3 times, all codes associated with the vouching scheme will be cancelled. If this happens, the vouching scheme will need to reapply for new codes.
Get a registration code from the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)
How to access the FCA application from changes from April 2025. The process you follow depends on when you require a registration code. ‘Connect by’ dates are set out in DWP’s guidance on connection: the staged timetable .
Before April 2025
Before April 2025
1. Identify the vouching scheme.
- Contact them to confirm that they consent to be the vouching scheme.
- Ask them for their Firm Reference Number (FRN) and inform them that the FCA will send them an application form to request their registration code.
2. Inform the Pensions Dashboards Programme (PDP) who the vouching scheme will be, including their Firm Reference Number (FRN).
- After preregistration checks are completed, PDP will inform the FCA.
- The FCA will send the vouching scheme’s SMF-16 an application form to request their registration code.
- The vouching scheme’s SMF-16 will submit the application form to the FCA to request their registration code.
- The FCA will generate the registration code and send it to the vouching scheme.
The vouching scheme must send you a registration code before you can register them.
3. When you create your primary business contact account and register your first pension provider, you will need to enter the:
- name of the vouching scheme’s regulating body (FCA)
- regulator number (FRN)
- registration code
4. PDP will check the regulating body, regulator number and registration code against the information supplied to PDP by the FCA.
5. If the codes match, you will be able to create additional users.
If you enter in the code incorrectly 3 times, all codes associated with the vouching scheme will be cancelled. If this happens, the vouching scheme will need to reapply for new codes.
From April 2025 onwards
From April 2025 onwards
1. Identify the vouching scheme.
- Contact them to confirm that they consent to be the vouching scheme.
- Ask them to request their registration codes from the FCA – they do this via an online application form on the FCA’s website.
- The FCA will generate the registration code and send it to the vouching scheme.
The vouching scheme must send you a registration code so you can register them.
2. When you create your primary business contact account and register your first pension provider, you will need to enter the vouching scheme’s:
- regulating body (FCA)
- regulator number (FRN)
- registration code
3. PDP will check the regulating body, regulator number and registration code against the information supplied to PDP by the FCA.
Once you have registered the vouching scheme, you will be able to create additional users.
If you enter in the code incorrectly 3 times, all codes associated with the vouching scheme will be cancelled. If this happens, the vouching scheme will need to reapply for new codes.
Support
If you are experiencing issues with the connection portal or have questions about the provided guidance, our support hub is here to help. You can visit PDP’s support hub to get assistance, raise new queries, or report incidents.