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South Yorkshire Pensions Authority Publishes 2024/25 Annual Report
27/10/2025
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South Yorkshire Pensions Authority (SYPA) has published its audited 2024/25 Annual Report, highlighting another year of progress, strong governance, and commitment to responsible investment on behalf of nearly 180,000 members and 600 employers.
Key achievements include:
- Local Investment: Launch of two £20 million Place-Based Impact Investment Funds to support South Yorkshire businesses and jobs.
- Climate Action: £525 million invested in climate opportunities, renewables, and natural capital as part of SYPA’s Net Zero journey.
- Award-Winning Innovation: Winner of the Investment Innovation Award for Project Chip, a £260 million natural capital initiative with Royal London.
- Strong Governance: An independent review by Aon rated SYPA’s governance as “excellent”.
- Leadership Update: Director George Graham announced his retirement after seven years leading the Authority.
Councillor Donna Sutton, Chair of SYPA, said: “This year’s report showcases our commitment to delivering long-term value for members while investing responsibly and locally to benefit the region.”
Alongside the report, SYPA has also released its Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) for 2025 and 2025 Stewardship Reports, further demonstrating transparency and accountability. These can be found in the document library on the SYPA In Focus page on the website here.
SYPA’s 2024/25 In Focus video update and detailed Q&A will be published in early November, offering members an accessible overview of this year’s achievements, it can also be accessed using the link above but look out for a separate update on this next week.
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Audited Accounts 2024/25 Publication and Notice of Delay in Conclusion of Audit
22/10/2025
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An unqualified audit opinion has been issued on the Statement of Accounts of the South Yorkshire Pensions Authority and the South Yorkshire Pension Fund for the year ended 31 March 2025. The Independent Auditor’s Report to the Pensions Authority was issued on 21 October 2025 for these accounts, however the audit certificate has not yet been issued.
The external auditor is unable to certify that they have completed the audit of the financial statements of South Yorkshire Pensions Authority for the year ended 31 March 2025 in accordance with the requirements of the Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014 and the NAO Code of Audit Practice for the following reasons:
• At the date of issuing the independent auditor’s report, the external auditor has not yet completed their work in respect of Whole of Government Accounts consolidation for the Authority for the year ended 31 March 2025.
• The certification of completion of the audit has not yet been issued in respect of the year ended 31 March 2024.
Once both outstanding points above have been completed and the audit certificate has been received, we will publish the audit certificate and the Notice of Audit Conclusion required by Regulation 16 of the Accounts and Audit (England) Regulations 2015 and the Accounts and Audit (Amendment) Regulations 2024.
The audited statement of accounts have now been published on
Our Accounts page.
Will Goddard
Acting Assistant Director – Resources & Chief Finance Officer
21 October 2025
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Temporary Closure of Oakwell House
10/10/2025
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Please be advised that Oakwell House is closed due to a loss of water supply. All staff will be working remotely during this time to ensure minimal disruption to services.
You can contact us in the usual way on 0300 303 6160 or email us at customerservices@sypa.org.uk
Thank you for your understanding.
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Office Closure
29/09/2025
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On Tuesday 30 September 2025 we will be conducting our annual employee away day and our office and phone lines will be closed all day. Employees will be unavailable for meetings, telephone and email enquiries during this time. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.
Our Employee Away Day brings the whole authority together to develop, improve and inform management on issues identified and ultimately on areas where we can make improvements which will help to ensure that we continue to enhance the level of service you receive from us.
Please note our office will re-open for business-as-usual Wednesday 1 October 2025.
During this time you can still use our website to access your
mypension
online account and have instant access to your pension account. Active and deferred members have the facility to run retirement quotes online while our pensioner members can view their monthly pension payments.
You can also email us at customerservices@sypa.org.uk and we will respond on our return to the office.
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Here are the links for the Pension Awareness Week sessions
15/09/2025
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If you've booked onto the Pension Awareness Week online sessions with us here are the links to join them:
- Deferred Retirement - 16th September at 5.30 pm https://vimeo.com/event/5305402
This session is for deferred members who are no longer paying into their LGPS pension but are 55+ and looking to claim their benefits with us.
- Mypension (active) - 17th September at 5.30 pm https://vimeo.com/event/5305408
This session is for our active members who are currently paying into their LGPS pension with us who want to know more about how to use their online account.
If you haven't joined us for one of our Vimeo sessions before read on for a short guide on how to register for a free accont and make sure to do this before the session starts.
If you haven't joined us for one of our Vimeo sessions before read on for a short guide on how to register for a free account. You will need to register for a free Vimeo account first so please give yourself time to do this before the session starts. Follow our 5 easy steps below to get started:
If you haven't joined us for one of our Vimeo sessions before read on for a short guide on how to register for a free account.
You will need to register for a free Vimeo account first so please give yourself time to do this before the session starts.
Follow our 5 easy steps below to get started:
- You will need to either click the link for the event on the email we have previously sent inviting you to the session, and you will get a log in / sign up pop up or click here: https://vimeo.com/ and use the grey ‘join’ button in the top right of the screen.
- From here you can register by entering your name, email address and then you will set a password which must be at least 8 characters long and contain at least one number and one symbol. For example: password9!
- It will then log you in, if you accessed through the link for the session, you will be ready to go on the right screen.
- If not, you will need to find that link on your emails and then you may need to log in again using your new Vimeo account details.
- You will then see the screen that will show the presentation. If that chat box isn’t already open, click on the ‘chat’ icon on the right hand side of the screen to open up the chat box to ask any questions you may have during the presentation.
If you’re unable to attend or miss out this time, don’t worry—further sessions will be available next year, so keep an eye out for future announcements! We will also upload the recording next week to the website.
If you’re unable to attend or miss out this time, don’t worry—further sessions will be available later this year, so keep an eye out for future announcements! We will also upload the recording next week to the website.
You will then see the screen that will show the presentation. If that chat box isn’t already open, click on the ‘chat’ icon on the right hand side of the screen to open up the chat box to ask any questions you may have during the presentation.
If you’re unable to attend or miss out this time, don’t worry—further sessions will be available later this year, so keep an eye out for future announcements! We will also upload the recording next week to the website.
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