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UK retirement planning, in today's money

100-year stress test ↓

UK RETIREMENT CALCULATOR

See every pot.
Plan every age.

Bring your pension, ISA and general investments together. Add what you'll save before retirement, then map how you'll spend it.

New: 100-year stress testAfter your projection, test whether the plan survived past markets →

01

Your timeline

Set when saving ends and retirement begins.

Investment returns are set separately for each account below.

02

Your investments

Enter today's balance, yearly contribution and expected return.

03

Pensions & drawdown

Set pension access and which accessible account to spend first.

The other accessible account is used next, followed by added investment sources, then the pension once available. State Pension reduces the amount withdrawn.

04

Spending by age

Set different annual spending phases after retirement.

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YOUR PROJECTION

One retirement.
Every account.

Before retirement, contributions are added to every account. In retirement, the calculator starts with your general investments, follows your chosen order, and uses the pension once accessible.

AT RETIREMENT£1.8M
FINAL BALANCE£2.9M
Total invested balanceToday's money
Age 41Retire 55Age 95
Pension £2,200,963ISA £685,280General £0
Age 55£40,000 spending£1,782,445
Age 67£12,000 pension income£1,842,210
Age 95£12,000 pension income£2,886,243

100-YEAR HISTORICAL STRESS TEST

Would this plan have survived past markets?

Run the retirement part of your plan through every complete 40-year S&P 500 sequence across 100 calendar years, from 1926 to 2025. Returns include reinvested dividends and are adjusted by your inflation assumption.

HISTORICAL FAILURE RATE0%

0 of 61 complete historical retirement cohorts ran out of money before age 95.

WORST START1929£6,722,560 left
MEDIAN FINISH£37.0MAcross all cohorts
BEST FINISH£63.4MStarted in 1950

Tested 61 complete sequences from 19262025. A “failure” means the invested balance reached zero before the end age. This simplified test treats the retirement pot as 100% invested in the S&P 500, deducts spending yearly, applies State Pension income, and excludes tax and fees.