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Get cashback with our Self-Invested Personal Pension (SIPP)

Get your retirement savings working harder. Plus, with our latest offer, you can get £250 to £2,500 cashback when you add a lump sum or apply to transfer into our SIPP, or both, by 9 November 2026. Exclusions, T&Cs apply.

A SIPP is one of the most tax-efficient ways to save for retirement.

  • Get 20% to 45% tax relief (48% if you live in Scotland) on eligible contributions up to your annual allowance*
  • You choose what to invest in and when
  • You won’t pay Capital Gains Tax on any growth in your investments
  • Flexible income options when you're ready to access your pension

Important: Investing over 5+ years can increase your chances of a better return than cash savings. But, unlike cash, investing isn’t risk-free so you may get back less money than you invest. SIPP eligibility and tax treatment depends on individual circumstances and tax rules may change. You cannot normally access money in a pension until age 55 (57 from 2028). Before transferring a pension, compare all the benefits, charges and features and always seek financial advice if you’re unsure.

Why Fidelity?

Over 50 years' experience

We’ve helped people just like you invest with confidence and build a more secure financial future since 1969.

Independently recognised

We’ve been a Which? Recommended Provider for Self-Invested Personal Pensions for six years in a row.

Access to:

  • Wide investment options, giving you more ways to meet your goals.
  • Help to choose, with fund and investment ideas.
  • Funds from popular providers, including Fidelity funds, Artemis, Fundsmith, Vanguard and many more.
  • Shares in some of the best-known UK companies - from Burberry to Wetherspoon.
  • Dedicated teams to talk to for extra support when you need it.
  • Flexible ways to contribute, from £20 a month with a regular savings plan or invest a lump sum from £800.

*The government contributes 20% basic rate tax relief of the total amount invested in your SIPP. To pay in a total of £25 to your SIPP, you only need to contribute £20, and the government will pay the other £5. If you pay income tax at above the basic rate, you can claim even more tax relief through your tax return or by writing to HMRC. You can contribute and get tax relief up to the annual allowance of £60,000, or if you earn below this then tax relief is limited to 100% of your earnings (or to £3,600 if you have no earnings). Learn more about pension tax allowances.

Make the most of your pension savings with a Fidelity SIPP. Plus get £250 to £2,500 cashback when you add a lump sum or apply to transfer into our SIPP, or both, by 9 November 2026. The cashback is based on the total amount added. Minimum value, exclusions, T&Cs apply.

Value Amount 
£40,000 - £99,999  £250  
£100,000 - £199,999  £600 
£200,000 - £399,999  £1,000 
£400,000 - £599,999  £1,250 
£600,000 - £799,999  £1,500 
£800,000 - £999,999  £1,750 
£1,000,000 or over  £2,500 

Your cashback will be paid directly into your Cash Management Account within 90 days following the closure of the offer (9 November 2026). If your transfer hasn’t completed by then, we’ll pay your cashback within 90 days after completion of your last eligible transfer.

Our SIPP fees and charges

Service fee rate

0.35%

typically £3.50 for every £1,000 invested*

Larger portfolios*

0.2%

and qualify for our Wealth Management Service

Buy and sell shares

£7.50

for share deals placed online

*0.35% annual service fee applies if you have a regular savings plan or have more than £25,000 in total across your Personal Investing accounts with Fidelity. Otherwise, a £7.50 per month service fee applies. A reduced annual service fee of 0.2% applies when the total value of your accounts is over £250,000. There will also be investment charges set by the companies and funds you’re investing into which sit outside of our service and dealing fees.

Why consider a SIPP?

People invest in SIPPs for many reasons. It could be a good option if you:

  • Want to keep more of what you earn through tax-efficient saving
  • Would like to bring your pensions together into one more manageable account
  • Are self-employed and want to make the most of tax advantages
  • Are retired or on a career break but want to keep saving into a pension
  • Prefer more control and choice over how your pension is invested
  • Want flexible income options at retirement

Your pension investment options

Opening your SIPP is one step. You’ll also need to choose your investments to hold in it. If you’re unsure, here’s some fund ideas to consider.

One fund to get you started

Retirement Builder

A diversified, medium risk fund that aims to achieve stable growth over the medium to long term.
I’d like as much help as possible

Navigator

Answer a few simple questions and we’ll show you a diversified fund to consider based on what’s important to you.
I’d like a little help

Select 50

A list of our favourite funds, selected by experts to help you narrow down your options.

If you want to see all the investments we have, you can search, filter and compare funds, shares, ETFs and investment trusts from the thousands we have available.

Important: This information and these tools are not a personal recommendation for a specific investment. You must ensure that the fund you choose is suitable for your individual circumstances and remains so over time. Seek advice if you're unsure.

Our SIPP charges summary

Our service fee

  • The service fee is based on the total amount of money you have with us:
  • Less than £25,000 - 0.35% if you have a regular savings plan or £90 (£7.50 a month) if you don't
  • £25,000 or more but less than £250,000 - 0.35%*
  • £250,000 or more but less than £1 million - 0.2%
  • £1 million+ - 0.2% a year for the first £1 million and no service fee for investments over £1 million. This means the maximum fee you will ever pay for all of your personal accounts is £2,000 a year.

There will also be investment charges set by the companies and funds you’re investing into, which sit outside of our service and dealing fees.

Our share dealing charges

  • There is a charge made for each buy and sell transaction you place (including switches and dividend reinvestments). This will be deducted from the amount invested or raised through a sale.
  • £7.50 - Simple charge for each deal placed online
  • £1.50 - for deals as part of a regular savings or withdrawal plan, or for a reinvestment of income or a dividend
  • £30 - for each deal made by phone

Stamp Duty can apply to shares. Levies and taxes may also apply to certain transactions. See our Charges in detail page for a full breakdown of our fees and charges.

SIPP FAQs

To be able to open a SIPP you need to be:

  • a UK resident or
  • a Crown servant performing duties abroad or
  • married to or in a civil partnership with a Crown servant

If you wish to make contributions to the Fidelity SIPP you need to be:

  • under the age of 75 and a
  • UK resident for tax purposes or a
  • Crown servant performing duties abroad or
  • married to or in a civil partnership with a Crown servant

If you are a US person you cannot open a SIPP with Fidelity.

Anyone can contribute to your SIPP as a single or regular contributor using our paper form. You will be eligible to receive tax relief on any contributions made on your behalf by another individual subject to you having relevant earnings and subject to your annual allowance.

An employer may also choose to contribute to your SIPP by completing our form. You will not be eligible to receive tax relief on any contributions made by an employer.

You will not have to pay tax on money while it remains in your pension pot. You will normally only pay tax if you withdraw money from the pension pot. Up to 25% of your pension pot is usually tax-free up to the lump sum allowance, and any further money that is taken will be taxed just like any other earnings.

However, there are two other occasions which may result in paying tax on the savings within your pension pot:

  • exceeding your annual allowance (see more details on pension allowances)
  • when you die and there is still money remaining in the pension

Find out about the ways of taking money from a pension and how the tax works or more about tax-free cash.

Yes, you can transfer your pension to us. When you move your pension (minimum of £100) to us, we’ll reimburse any exit fees (subject to T&Cs) that your former providers charge you, up to a maximum of £500 per customer. Of course, you need to decide whether these fees will impact the future value of your pension. You should also check your pension for valuable benefits that you may give up by moving your pension.

You can find out more about transferring your pension with our pension transfer factsheet or on our pension transfer page.

Self-employed workers have the same right to a pension as those who are employed by a third party.

The State Pension is an obvious example. The rules on eligibility are exactly the same, but where an employed person would have their National Insurance contribution deducted and paid to HMRC by their employer from their gross pay, a self-employed person needs to do it themselves through their tax return.

Similarly, a self-employed person will need to open and make contributions to a pension themselves as there's no employer to take care of this for them. This could be done in a personal pension, or in any savings account, for example a stocks and shares ISA (after all, a pension at its most basic level is any money you have saved for your retirement). Both options offer the same tax efficiencies that an employed person enjoys.

Fidelity offer both a Stocks & Shares ISA and a Self-Invested Personal Pension (SIPP), both of which allow you to invest in a wider range of investments from different providers, including funds from Jupiter, M&G, Fundsmith and Invesco, as well as Fidelity's own range of mutual funds, investment trusts and exchange-traded funds (ETFs).

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