UK pension vs Salary - which should come first?

[gatersUK]

I currently receive a monthly UK pension and also run my own small limited company (me!) My pension (circa 13k PA) eats up all my tax relief so I pay NI & tax as per normal on my contractor salary. Both my pension & annual salary (minus dividends) are around the same amount; which would be the better option? Declare salary first or keep it as it is with my pension first?

[Jessica@WhiteFieldTax]

Shouldn't make any difference either way.

Salary is nicable, pension isn't.

Both are taxable and income is aggregated for tax purposes.

[gatersUK]

Thank you for that information