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UK FIRE tracker · plan vs actual

You could retire earlier than you think. Find your year, then watch it get closer.

Your ISAs, SIPPs and pensions already hold the answer. myRetireAge.com projects them through 86 years of real market history, tells you the year you could stop working, and shows you every month how much closer you are.

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Actual vs plan · months 1 to 18Fig. 01
£147k£129k£111kMONTH 1MONTH 18
Plan (dashed)ActualIllustrative example
Vs plan+£8,050
Earliest FI age5554
History86 yrs
Illustrative tracking chart of actual balance versus plan.
Method

Three simple steps to your retirement date.

1 · Project

Get your earliest age

Answer a few questions. Get the earliest age you could stop working, stress-tested against 86 years of market history.

2 · Track

Log real balances monthly

Log your real balances once a month. It takes a minute.

3 · Watch

See your year move closer

See whether you're ahead or behind, by exactly how much, and watch your retirement year move closer.

Proof

What 18 months of tracking looks like

Illustrative example. Realistic numbers, not a real user.Fig. 02
MONTH 1MONTH 18

Priya assumed she'd work to 63. The maths said 55. And 18 months of tracking, £8,050 ahead of plan, has moved it to 54.

See the full demoSet your plan once. Every month, your real balances are drawn over it.
Coverage

Built for the UK. All the way down.

The engine only models one country, so it can go deeper: every wrapper, access age and tax band, exactly as they work here.

Every UK wrapper, first-class.

ISA, LISA, SIPP, workplace pension and GIA, each modelled by its own rules.

The pre-57 bridge, planned for.

You can't touch your pension early. The plan covers the years before access from the accounts that are open.

Tax-aware withdrawals.

Money comes out of the right wrapper in the right order, so more of it stays yours.

Tax-free cash, split correctly.

Pension withdrawals count 25% tax-free and the rest as income, the way HMRC does.

Capital gains, counted.

GIA drawdowns include the CGT you'd actually pay.

State Pension, by your cohort.

Your real claim age and amount, not a guess.

Scottish bands, supported.

Your tax, wherever in the UK you are.

Couples, one plan.

Two people, two pension ages, one shared retirement date.

Stress test

If your plan only works in the lucky years, we say so.

Every plan is replayed through real market history since 1940, once from every start year with enough history left to hold the whole plan. Each replay is a different market your plan either survives or fails.

Not an average. Not a guess about the future. One history at a time. And one rule is hard-coded into the engine: we never call you financially independent while the maths says otherwise.

If some start years run your money out, the headline says so before it says anything cheerful. Every assumption is visible and editable. The dataset and its sources are published.

Final pot by start year · sample plan, retiring one year earlyFig. 03
1940 to 1965 · 26 start years · √ scale
Backtested success: 81% · 21 / 26 start years. 5 ran dry. At 55, the engine calls this plan safe.
Pricing

One plan. Two ways to pay.

Monthly

£9/month

  • Unlimited projections
  • Monthly tracking, plan vs actual
  • Couples included
  • Every UK wrapper: ISA, LISA, SIPP, GIA, pensions
  • Backtested against 86 years of market history
  • Cancel anytime
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Lifetime

£119One-time payment · lifetime access

  • Unlimited projections
  • Monthly tracking, plan vs actual
  • Couples included
  • Every UK wrapper: ISA, LISA, SIPP, GIA, pensions
  • Backtested against 86 years of market history
  • All future updates included
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Every plan starts with a 7-day free trial. No credit card required.

FAQ

Questions, answered plainly.

How is this different from the free calculator?

The calculator is a 3-minute estimate. The subscription tracks your real accounts month by month, so the date firms up and you see early whether you're ahead of plan or behind it.

Is my financial data safe?

Your own encrypted account. No bank connections required. Delete everything anytime.

Do you connect to my bank?

No. Manual monthly entry, by design. A minute a month, no credentials shared.

What about my partner?

Couples are first-class: two people, their own wrappers and access ages, one plan.

Is this financial advice?

No. myRetireAge.com is a planning tool, not financial advice. Projections are illustrative.

What does it cost?

£9 a month, or £119 once for lifetime access. Every plan starts with a 7-day free trial. No credit card required.

Next step

Your date is closer than you think. Or further. Either way, better to know.