Practical retirement planning for normal people
Work out when you could retire, and what life could look like when you do
I built Retirement Calculators to help answer the questions that sit behind a pension forecast. Could you stop work earlier? What would another year buy you? How do your pensions, ISAs, property and spending fit together?
Use your own figures to test different routes and make decisions based on the life you want, rather than a generic retirement target.
Explore calculators by theme
Start with the area that matches your biggest question. Each section shows a few tools to begin with, then a link to the full set for that theme.
FIRE & Early Retirement
For people who want work to become optional well before traditional retirement ages. Model your FIRE number, bridge years and different lifestyle levels.
Pension Calculators
Understand how workplace pensions, SIPPs and the State Pension fit together. Explore contribution limits, tax free cash and the gap between where you are and where you want to be.
Property, Mortgage & BTL
See how your home and any rental properties support your retirement plans. Compare selling, keeping, overpaying the mortgage or using equity as part of your strategy.
Tax Optimisation
Explore how to use ISAs, pensions and efficient wrappers so you keep more of your returns. These tools highlight the long term impact of fees, allowances and tax planning.
Work & Career Transition
Not everyone wants to jump straight from full time work to full retirement. Model part time work, semi retirement and career breaks to see how they shift your retirement timeline.
Public Sector Profession Calculators
Specialised tools designed for NHS staff, teachers and other public sector professionals, reflecting the quirks of public sector pension schemes and benefits.
- NHS Pension Early Retirement Reduction Calculator
- Teacher Pension Scheme (TPS) Retirement Calculator
- Armed Forces (AFPS 75, AFPS 05, AFPS 15) Pension Calculator
- Civil Service Pension Retirement Calculator
- Police Pension 1987/2006/2015 Retirement Calculator
- Firefighters Pension (1992/2006/2015) Retirement Calculator
Retirement Income & Withdrawal
Plan how to generate and withdraw retirement income efficiently. These tools help you understand your total retirement income, optimise withdrawal strategies, and see how different income sources work together.
Investment & Portfolio
Understand how your investment choices and fees shape your long term outcomes. Compare growth rates, contribution levels and portfolio structures.
Life Events & Scenario Modelling
Test big one off decisions and what if scenarios. Business sale, redundancy, windfalls, inheritance planning and other life events can all shift the shape of your retirement journey.
Geo-Lifestyle & Relocation
Explore how moving region within the UK or changing your cost of living could accelerate or support your retirement plans.
Crypto & Geo-Arbitrage
Explore how crypto holdings and international relocation can work together for tax-efficient retirement planning. Compare crypto-friendly jurisdictions and residency strategies.
- Crypto International Geo-Arbitrage Calculator
- Crypto Tax Record-Keeping & CARF Readiness Calculator (UK)
- Global Crypto Withdrawal Sequencing Tool (UK Expat Edition) Coming soon
- Temporary Non-Resident Crypto Tax Trap Simulator (UK 5-Year Rule) Coming soon
- International Pension + Crypto Residency Optimiser Coming soon
- Offshore Residency Payoff Calculator Coming soon
Core Planning Tools
Essential tools for lifestyle planning and risk assessment. These calculators help you plan your spending, assess longevity risk, and see how robust your retirement plan is under different scenarios.
Featured resources
Guides and articles that explore retirement, purpose, health & more.
Should I Sell My Buy-to-Let Before Retirement?
Keep your buy-to-let, sell and invest, or do a bit of both? Compare net rent, sale costs, tax and the retirement trade-offs using your numbers.
Healthy Life Expectancy and Retirement: How Many Good Years?
Your money has a timeline. So does your health. Healthy Life Expectancy and Retirement: How Many Good Years? Most retirement plans ask how long your money needs to…
The One More Year Trap
Money versus time The One More Year Trap: What Does Another Year of Work Buy You? You have done the saving, built the pension and circled a retirement…
Can an NHS Nurse Retire at 55?
NHS retirement guide Can an NHS Nurse Retire at 55? Retiring from nursing at 55 is not simply a question of whether you can take your NHS pension.…
Investing a Lump Sum: Should You Invest All at Once or Drip Feed It?
📌 Investing Guide Investing a Lump Sum: Should You Invest All at Once or Drip Feed It? If you have a lump sum from savings, a bonus, an…
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Certified Money First Aider®
These calculators are built by a Certified Money First Aider to help you think more clearly about money and time. Money First Aid® is about practical, non-judgemental support for financial wellbeing. The calculators can certainly help you make informed decisions, but they are not regulated financial advice.
Behind Retirement Calculators
Built from the questions I was asking myself
I'm Ryan, the person behind Retirement Calculators. I started the site after selling an online business and trying to understand what our pensions, ISAs, investments and property actually meant for the way we wanted to live.
The calculators are built around those real decisions: whether you could work less, retire earlier, spend more now or use your money differently. They will not give you a perfect answer, but they can make the trade-offs much easier to see.
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