Member

1. Company law.

In relation to a company, a shareholder.

2. Mutual organisations.

A retail customer of a mutual organisation, such as a building society.

3. Closed group.

More generally, a participant in a closed group of some kind.

For example, a member-administered closed user group (MA-CUG).

4. Pensions.

A beneficiary under an occupational pension scheme.

Pension scheme members may be:

• Active (still accruing benefits by virtue of current service); or

• Deferred (no longer accruing benefits through having left the scheme, but entitled to receive benefits in the future); or

• Pensioners (currently receiving benefits). This third category will also usually include widows and other dependants of former members.

See also

• Building society
• Company
• Equity
• Maturity
• Member-administered closed user group
• Mutual
• Occupational pension scheme
• Pensioner
• Pensions Ombudsman
• Separate personality principle
• Share
• Shareholder
• Shareholder value
• Shareholders
• Shareholders’ funds
• Shareholders’ wealth
• Stakeholder
• Trust
• Trust deed
• Trustee