Dividend tracker UK: guides, spreadsheets, and calculator walkthroughs
Dividend tracker UK guides for spreadsheet-first investors, app-first investors, and the people sitting on the fence between them. Walkthroughs of tracker apps, retirement-income planning, platform-fee comparisons, UK dividend tax, and the DividendMapper calculator. Worked examples, tool-linked follow-ons, and no fluff.
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Most common starting points
If you are new here, these four cover what a dividend tracker is, how to manage a portfolio across wrappers, how we compare to Sharesight, and how to project retirement income.
- UKDividendTracking
What is a dividend tracker, and does every UK income investor need one?
A practical UK dividend tracker guide: what a dividend tracker does, when a free spreadsheet is enough, and when a dedicated tracker tool earns its place in an ISA, SIPP, or GIA wrapper mix.
11 min read - UKDividendPortfolio
Portfolio tracking for dividend income: a UK investor's practical guide
Portfolio tracking for UK dividend income: how yield on cost, dividend-growth tracking, and income rebalancing combine into a dividend tracker workflow that projects retirement income from your actual holdings.
9 min read - UKComparisonDividend
Sharesight vs DividendMapper: what UK income investors actually need
A straight comparison for UK dividend investors: where Sharesight is strong, where DividendMapper is different, and when you might use one, both, or neither.
9 min read - UKRetirementCalculator
Retirement Income Calculator Guide: What Your Dividend Portfolio Could Pay
A practical UK guide to the retirement income calculator: what the Bear, Base and Bull scenarios mean, how yield and wrapper choices change your post-tax picture, and how to use projections in your dividend planning.
7 min read
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- USDividend SafetyResearch
US companies paying out more than they earn cut their dividend 2.5 times as often
We tested the payout ratio warning on US data from 2015 to 2024. Companies paying out more than 100% of earnings cut their dividend within a year 20.2% of the time, against 8.2% for those paying out 60% or less.
6 min read - UKDividend SafetyResearch
Dogs of the FTSE: the highest UK yielders cut their dividends nearly twice as often as the rest
We tested the Dogs of the FTSE idea on UK data from 2015 to 2024. The ten highest-yielding large UK companies cut their dividend within a year 29.0% of the time, against 14.2% for everyone else. What that means if you buy for income.
6 min read - UKISATrading 212
Trading 212 Invest vs Stocks and Shares ISA: how to move your shares across
Trading 212 will not transfer shares from Invest to your ISA. You have to sell, move the cash and buy again. The steps, the 30-day rule, the stamp duty and FX costs, and a worked example at 2026 to 2027 tax rates.
9 min read - UKISATrading 212
Transferring an ISA to Trading 212: check what you hold first
Start the transfer from Trading 212 and never withdraw the money yourself. Shares and ETFs Trading 212 offers can move without being sold. Funds cannot. What the big providers charge to leave, how long it takes, and two worked examples of what moving saves.
8 min read - UKSIPPBroker
Trading 212 SIPP: how it works, and what it cannot do yet
How the Trading 212 SIPP works in 2026: who can open one, what it charges, how tax relief and pension transfers work, what you can hold, and the gap you hit at retirement.
11 min read - UKGiltsTax
Are gilts tax free? The part that is, and the part that is not
Gilt gains are exempt from CGT under TCGA 1992 s.115, with no limit and no wrapper needed. The coupon is taxed as savings income. That split means two gilts at the same yield can differ by two percentage points a year after tax.
10 min read - UKSIPPPension Transfer
Transferring an Aviva pension to Trading 212: check the charge first
Most guides to this open with a 1% charge and invite you to imagine the saving. If your Aviva pot is a modern workplace pension the median charge is 0.32%, and moving £7,350 buys you about £634 over twenty years. Where the number gets big enough to act on.
9 min read - UKSIPPDividend Tax
SIPP dividend tax: what is free, and what is not
Dividends in a SIPP are free of UK dividend tax, and that is where most answers stop. The two things it leaves out are worth real money: US shares can pay 0% withholding instead of 15%, and UK REIT distributions arrive gross.
7 min read - UKSIPPPension Transfer
Transferring an Aegon pension to Trading 212: check your plan number
Aegon is five different pension products wearing one name, and the reference on your statement tells you which one you hold. Modern platform plans move easily. Legacy Scottish Equitable contracts are where the expensive charges and the valuable guarantees both hide.
8 min read - UKSIPPPension Transfer
Transferring a Scottish Widows pension to Trading 212: check this first
Scottish Widows is not one pension, it is forty years of them. Some transfer to the Trading 212 SIPP in a few clicks. Some carry guarantees Trading 212 cannot accept and you would be unwise to give up. How to tell which you hold.
8 min read - UKSIPPPension Transfer
Transferring a Nest pension to Trading 212: fees are not the reason
Nest will not release your pot while you are still paying in, and its 0.3% charge is not the problem people assume. The rule that blocks most transfers, what the fee gap is actually worth over 20 years, and the argument that does hold up.
8 min read - UKState PensionRetirementOECDPlanning
OECD triple-lock reform: what UK dividend retirees should stress-test
The OECD has recommended reforming the UK State Pension triple lock. This evidence-checked guide explains what changed, what did not, and how to stress-test ISA, SIPP and GIA withdrawals using the official 2026/27 State Pension rate and transparent 25-year scenarios.
10 min read - UKDividendEducation
Dividend yield vs total return: what UK investors should really focus on
Dividend yield vs total return for UK investors: a total-return framework, income-and-capital split, and the supporting dividend tracker, yield, growth, and safety lenses that put a single number in context.
9 min read - UKDividendEducation
Best UK dividend stocks for income: a practical screening framework for 2026/27
A UK dividend stock screening framework for income investors, covering yield-range sanity checks, payout and dividend-cover sustainability filters, dividend-growth record, valuation, sector concentration, and a worked 12-name example that ends in a balanced shortlist rather than a tip sheet.
11 min read - UKDividendTracking
Dividend tracker spreadsheet (UK): ISA, SIPP and GIA setup
The exact columns to include, how to split ISA, SIPP and GIA cleanly, and the point where a spreadsheet stops being enough for a UK dividend portfolio.
14 min read - UKDividendCalculator
Dividend income calculator UK: how much do you need for your target passive income?
A practical UK dividend income calculator walk-through showing the required-portfolio formula across 3% to 6% yields, a worked 1,000-a-month example, and the ISA, SIPP, GIA wrapper and platform-fee friction that changes the real answer.
10 min read - UKDividendEducation
Dividend growth vs high-yield: which UK income strategy fits your plan
A practical comparison of dividend growth (lower initial yield, compounding over time) vs high-yield (higher current income, more risk) for UK investors, with worked scenarios, the barbell approach, and wrapper-specific tax considerations.
11 min read - UKDividendEducation
Build a UK dividend portfolio from scratch: a step-by-step beginner guide
A step-by-step guide for UK beginners on building a dividend portfolio from scratch, covering wrapper choice, platform fees, diversification, dividend safety, and how to track income like an income system.
12 min read - UKTaxISASIPP
Dividend tax efficiency across ISA, SIPP, and GIA: the complete UK comparison
A practical UK comparison showing what £10,000 of annual dividends looks like in an ISA, a SIPP, and a GIA, including the 2026/27 tax arithmetic, wrapper trade-offs, and retirement spending-order implications.
10 min read - UKREITsTax
REITs for UK income investors: tax, yield, and what to watch for
A practical UK guide to REIT dividends: how property income distributions are taxed differently from equity dividends, why the ISA or SIPP wrapper decision is critical, the three REIT sectors and their risk profiles, and the five metrics that actually measure REIT dividend safety.
9 min read - UKSharesightComparison
Sharesight's AI importer makes setup easier. UK dividend investors should still check these 4 things.
Sharesight's June 2026 AI importer removes a lot of setup friction. Useful move. But UK dividend investors still need to check wrapper context, dividend confirmation, DRP handling and the gap between tracking and income planning.
10 min read - UKSharesightTax
Sharesight added UK tax settings. Here's what UK dividend investors should still check.
Sharesight's June 2026 update adds UK-specific tax settings. Useful move. But UK dividend investors still need to verify DRP handling, wrapper context, and what a tax report does not tell you.
9 min read - UKSIPPPension Transfer
Transferring a workplace pension to Trading 212: what actually happens
I moved a £7,350 Aviva workplace pension into the Trading 212 SIPP. Here is the real app journey step by step, the checks worth doing before you click transfer, and when staying put is still the better call.
10 min read - UKDividendEducation
Dividend safety score: how to tell if a UK dividend stock is truly sustainable
A practical framework for evaluating whether a UK dividend stock's payout is sustainable using payout ratio, dividend cover, free cash flow support, leverage, and sector context.
9 min read - UKHMRCISATax
HMRC's June ISA update is niche. If you hold dividend shares, these are the 4 bits worth caring about.
HMRC's June 2026 ISA newsletter confirms cETNs move to IFISAs for new money and LTAFs qualify for stocks and shares ISAs. The bigger lesson for UK dividend investors: wrapper boundaries are real, they move, and knowing the split between grandfathered and open positions matters more than the niche assets themselves.
8 min read - UKFeesPlatform
UK dividend platform fees compared: £10k, £50k, £100k costs
Percentage vs fixed-fee platforms across ISA, SIPP and GIA. Crossover points, dividend handling charges, and when to switch, with a worked £50k example.
12 min read - UKRetirementTax
Dividend income in retirement: tax and planning for UK investors
A practical guide to how retirement changes UK dividend tax rules, covering the personal allowance taper, the £500 dividend allowance, state pension interaction, and the tax-efficient GIA-to-SIPP-to-ISA withdrawal order.
12 min read - UKValuationEducation
DCF vs DDM for UK dividend stocks: which to use, when
When to use DCF, when DDM, and why the discount rate matters more than the model. Sensitivity tests every UK income investor should run.
8 min read - UKDividendEducation
Why headline yield can be misleading
A practical guide for UK dividend investors on the difference between a high quoted yield and income that is actually likely to hold up.
8 min read - UKISASIPP
ISA vs SIPP for Dividend Investors: What Actually Changes in Practice
A practical UK guide to when an ISA beats a SIPP, when a SIPP beats an ISA, and how dividend investors should think about tax relief, access and wrapper mix.
8 min read - UKBrokerSIPP
Trading 212 SIPP review: the fees, and the two real gaps
The Trading 212 SIPP is cheap and the fee story holds up. Two things are genuinely missing though: drawdown, and anyone to talk to when it matters. Here is what it costs, what you can hold, and how it compares to HL and AJ Bell.
10 min read - UKTax
UK Dividend Tax Guide 2026/27
What you actually pay on UK dividends in 2026/27. Allowance, rates, ISA and SIPP shielding, and worked examples for the gap year.
9 min read
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