You only pay our fee if your HRP claim results in backdated arrears paid to you following correction of your National Insurance record (for example, State Pension arrears and any linked Pension Credit arrears). If no arrears are paid, you pay £0. There are no upfront fees.
Important: Any State Pension arrears (and any linked Pension Credit arrears) arising from an HRP correction are paid by DWP directly to you (not to Evanshaw). If you receive arrears, you will be responsible for paying Evanshaw's success fee within 7 days of receipt.
A claim is considered successful only if it results in backdated arrears paid to you as a result of the HRP correction.
Our success fee is 30% of the arrears you actually receive, plus VAT at 20% on our fee. In practice, this means the total you pay is 36% of the arrears you actually receive.
We calculate the fee based on the net arrears you receive, after any deductions DWP must make to repay a debt (sometimes called a “set-off”). We never charge on ongoing State Pension or ongoing Pension Credit — only on backdated arrears.
If DWP pays you £2,000 in arrears and £300 is set off to settle a debt, the net arrears received by you are £1,700.
HRP arrears payments
For HRP-related claims, any arrears are paid directly to you. HMRC will not make a payment to Evanshaw (or any agent) in relation to an HRP claim, and DWP will only pay arrears directly to you.
If you are worried about paying, please contact us — we can discuss options.
If no arrears are paid to you, you pay nothing.
| Description | Fee |
|---|---|
| Success Fee | 30% of arrears actually received, plus 20% VAT on that fee (total 36%) |
| Upfront/Admin Charges | £0 |
| Fee if Claim Unsuccessful | £0 |
For full details, please refer to:
Notes: “Arrears actually received” means the amount after any deductions DWP must make to repay a debt. For HRP-related claims, any arrears are paid directly to you, and you are responsible for paying Evanshaw’s success fee within the timeframe set out above.
