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Barnett Waddingham
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Overview

We are proud to be a leading independent UK professional services consultancy at the forefront of risk, pensions, investment and insurance.

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Number of Employees

1,001-5,000

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Consulting

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Europe

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Countries

United Kingdom

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Year of foundation

1989

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Structure

Privately Held

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Offerings

Problems we solve

Solving Complex Challenges Across Risk, Pensions, Investment and Insurance

Our clients come to us when the challenges they face are too complex, too consequential or too specialised to navigate alone. Pension trustees and scheme sponsors turn to us when they need clear strategic direction — whether they are managing a DB scheme towards buyout or run-on, improving DC member outcomes, navigating GMP equalisation, or ensuring their governance frameworks meet regulatory expectations. Employers rely on us when their benefits and reward strategies are no longer fit for purpose, their workforce wellbeing is at risk, or they need to understand and close pay gaps that threaten both compliance and culture. Insurers engage us when they need robust actuarial support, smarter capital modelling, longevity analysis or technology that brings genuine efficiency to complex processes. Investors — from pension funds and family offices to charities and public bodies — look to us when they need independent investment advice free from conflicts, or when they want to integrate sustainability considerations into their portfolios without compromising returns. Risk leaders across all sectors use our expertise to build resilience, improve governance, make faster and better decisions with data, and respond meaningfully to the growing demands of climate-related reporting. Across every engagement, the common thread is the same: clients with high-stakes decisions to make, who need an adviser they can trust completely — one that will bring fresh thinking, stay honest, and deliver.

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Consulting Solutions By Capability

Risk

Advisory services helping organizations identify, assess, and manage business risks through governance, analytics, sustainability, people risk, and technology-enabled risk management.

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Pensions & Benefits

Consulting and administration services covering pension strategy, employee benefits, retirement planning, investment consulting, and pension scheme management.

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Insurance

Actuarial and insurance consulting services supporting insurers with capital modelling, regulatory compliance, pricing, risk management, and technology solutions.

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Technology

Delivers proprietary risk, pensions, and insurance technology platforms — including governance systems, DC and DB pension technology, carbon emissions reporting, board evaluation tools, and real-time decision analytics — to bring clarity and efficiency to complex data and decision-making.

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Investment

Offers investment consulting across defined benefit, defined contribution, charity, family office, public sector, and insurer portfolios, alongside outsourced and streamlined investment governance services and investment monitoring tools.

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Insurance and longevity

Provides actuarial and risk management support for life and non-life insurers, longevity services, capital modelling, crisis simulation, and insurance-specific technology and investment services.

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Self-invested pensions

Delivers SIPP and SSAS administration, white label SIPP provider services, and online self-invested pension tools for individuals and businesses managing their own retirement investments.

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Digital Solutions By Capability

GEM

DC pension technology bringing clarity to the complexity of DC pensions and workforce data, part of the Clarity Analyse suite, providing deep analytics and actionable insights for confident decision-making.

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Illuminate

Specialist DB pension technology tool guiding trustees and sponsors through the financial management of their scheme, providing greater clarity and focus for DB pension strategy, with a Global View option tracking DB plans across the UK and overseas.

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BW CORE

Comprehensive, flexible system streamlining pension scheme governance processes and supporting compliance with statutory obligations, including General Code compliance and pension risk management.

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Insight

Trustee analytics dashboard providing data-driven visibility into pension scheme performance, part of the Clarity Analyse suite alongside Illuminate and GEM.

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Risk Portal

Access over 1,000 hours of risk management content, guidance, and training, covering more than 20 risk management topics, part of the Clarity Connect suite.

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CARAT

Carbon emissions reporting tool helping organizations measure and report on their carbon footprint as part of sustainability and ESG commitments.

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