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Sustainable income

What income can my savings sustain?

The most a pot and savings can pay every year, rising with inflation, to the horizon age — the plan's answer, not a rule of thumb.

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What you enter: age at retirement · pension pot · cash and isas · growth % a year · state pension a year · plan to age.

Worked example

What income can my savings sustain — an example

Inputs
Age at retirement
65
Pension pot
£400,000
Cash and ISAs
£60,000
Growth % a year
4%
State pension a year
£12,000
Plan to age
95
Result
Sustainable income a year (today's money)
£26,600
A month
£2,217
Of which guaranteed
100%
As a share of the pot
6.7%

How it is worked out. The highest after-tax income, rising with inflation, that leaves no year short to the horizon — found by search over the full projection.

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