UTC (UK) Pension Scheme - Annual Report & Chair's Statement

UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION (UK) PENSION SCHEME YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

22 Current assets

2024

2023

Accrued income - Asset Backed Funding

1,430 2,230

1,410 2,180

Prepaid pensions VAT recoverable Other debtors Cash balances

161

134

6

-

2,823

2,784

6,650

6,508

23 Current liabilities

2024

2023

613 525

452 772

Unpaid benefit creditors Accrued expenses Prepaid contributions

2,956

2,956

393

329

PAYE and taxes

4,487

4,509

24 Related party transactions

Transactions with related parties of the Scheme comprise:

Key management personnel

E M Egan, G P Smart and A R Smith who are directors of the Trustee of the Scheme are in receipt of a pension from the Scheme in accordance with the Scheme rules. Trustee fees paid in the year are disclosed in note 7.

Employer and other related parties

There have been no direct employer related investments in the year. Asset Backed Funding arrangements are disclosed in note 13. VAT on Scheme expenses amounting to £566k (2023: £529k) was recovered in the year through participating employers.

25 Contingencies and commitments

In the opinion of the Trustee, except as noted below, the Scheme had no contingent liabilities at 31 December 2024 (2023: £nil).

Investments There were no contractual commitments at 31 December 2024 (2023: the CIF had an unfunded commitment to invest £11.0m in the BlackRock Secure Income Fund). Review of benefit specifications A review of a number of historic benefit calculations and specifications is on-going, and it has become apparent that adjustments may become necessary to both past and future benefit payments. The Trustee is reviewing, with its advisers, the implications of these adjustments. As soon as this review is finalised and any liability quantified, a communication will be issued to affected members and the financial impact will be accounted for.

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