The Scheme gives you a final salary pension when you retire and provides death benefits for your dependants.

The Crown Service and 1984 schemes merged on 6 April 1991 to form The Royal Ordnance Pension Scheme, and then in 1995 the BMARC scheme merged with the Scheme. The three membership categories in the Scheme correspond to the three old schemes:

Crown Service: This section is for members who were part of The Royal Ordnance (Crown Service) Pension Scheme. 1984: This section is for members who were part of The Royal Ordnance (1984) Pension Scheme. BMARC: This section is for members who were part of the British Manufacture and Research Company Limited Pension and Life Assurance Scheme (BMARC).

Benefits differ between the sections of the Scheme.

Members of the Royal Ordnance Pension Scheme are contracted-out of the the State Second Pension (S2P), the second tier of the State Pension. This means that the Scheme replaces some of the pension that the second tier of the State Pension would have paid to you at retirement. Your basic State Pension (the first tier) remains unaffected and you remain eligible to receive it in addition to your pension from the Royal Ordnance Pension Scheme.

We will send you regular newsletters, which give an overview of the annual financial health of the Scheme and any changes in rules or benefits. We also report on important changes in legislation and other topical pensions news.