Both directors live in Stockport and Helen Ashley Taylor (HAT) grew up and was educated in Stockport, a town once the centre of the country’s hatting industry with over 400 years of hatting in the area. By 1884 Stockport exported more than 6 million hats a year and the hatting industry used to be one of Stockport’s primary employers.
Given the challenges of the many hats that some pension scheme trustees are required to wear in the governance of their schemes, the name of our company not only reflects the initials of our directors’ names and the history of our first office location, but also symbolises the essence of one of the challenging issues of serious concern to The Pensions Regulator (TPR) – the multi-hat problem. HAT Trustees is experienced and proficient at finding solutions to manage such conflicts of interest faced by many pension scheme trustees. The company has also been appointed to act for schemes as an independent trustee in order to bring independence to the decision making process where actual and perceived conflicts of interest exist.
We warmly welcome you to our website and we are genuinely interested in you and the ways in which we can be involved with your pension scheme.
We look forward to hearing from you.
With warm regards 
Andrew Ashley Taylor, Chair and Founding Director of HAT Trustees Limited
We specialise in professional independent trusteeship to occupational pension schemes. We aim to make a difference and put people at the centre of our culture.
We have specialist knowledge and experience across many types of schemes and business sectors, enabling us to use our skills to best support and look after your pension scheme. We are a safe pair of hands.
I hope you find our website interesting. If you have any enquiries please do contact us.
We help look after your pension scheme by taking on the role of independent trustee in a number of situations:
In taking on an appointment we seek to tailor our service to the needs of the scheme and its sponsor. Not all schemes are the same so it is important to understand what they do, their practices and how they deliver the pension promise.
Providing leadership and direction for the board in an inclusive manner.
As part of an existing board of trustees we can provide guidance and support.
We can provide a cost effective solution for the sponsor and working collegiately with it.
We can assist the board of trustees to manage a specific issue or appointed for a limited period.
After all the challenges of 2020 brought about by the pandemic, we are delighted to announce that our Director, Andrew Ashley Taylor, has been awarded full Accredited Professional Trustee status by the Pensions Management Institute. Accreditation has been introduced to build credibility and raise governance standards in the pensions industry and marks a new chapter…
2019 started with the appointment of our Director Helen onto the Audit and Risk committee of the Church of England Pensions Board. The Board is Trustee to four pension schemes for over 40,000 people working for 600 employers, investing £2.5bn ethically to help provide for their future in line with its robust industry-leading ethical investment…
Our directors Andrew and Helen are delighted to have been invited to attend the Queen’s garden party on 4 July 2018.
Our Director Helen has contributed to the latest Annual Impact report of the British Lung Foundation.
