AJ BELL PLC

AJ BELL PLC has submitted data every year since 2017, with all 9 submissions on time.

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Last submission received on Friday, 27 Mar 2026 at 09:13 UTC.

Employer ID 1057
Company Number 04503206
Employer Size 1000 to 4999
Years Submitted
201720182019202020212022202320242025

Overall workforce composition

Deviation from a 50:50 gender split, averaged across all four pay quartiles per year. 0% represents an equal split of men and women; positive values mean more women, negative means fewer women.

Hourly pay gap over time

Positive values indicate women's hourly pay is lower than men's by that percentage. A value of 0 indicates equal pay; negative values indicate women earn more.

Pay quartile breakdown

Each band shows the percentage of that quartile that is male vs female.

Lower quartile bottom 25% of earners

Lower-middle quartile 25–50th percentile

Upper-middle quartile 50–75th percentile

Top quartile top 25% of earners

Bonus pay

Percentage of each gender who received a bonus payment.

Bonus pay gap — positive values indicate women's bonus pay is lower than men's.

Year by year

Each year's submission in full. Most recent year shown first.

2025 Mean pay gap 22.3%

In this organisation, women earned 83p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women's median bonus pay was 30.5% lower than men's.

Women made up 21.5% of the highest paid quarter and 45.3% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 22.3%
Median hourly pay gap 17.1%
Men receiving bonus 84.5%
Women receiving bonus 84.8%
Mean bonus gap 39.1%
Median bonus gap 30.5%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 21.5%
78.5%
Upper-middle 42.0%
58.0%
Lower-middle 45.5%
54.5%
Lower quartile 45.3%
54.7%
2024 Mean pay gap 21.8%

In this organisation, women earned 88p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women's median bonus pay was 22.2% lower than men's.

Women made up 22.1% of the highest paid quarter and 43.0% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 21.8%
Median hourly pay gap 12.3%
Men receiving bonus 80.5%
Women receiving bonus 78.9%
Mean bonus gap 48.3%
Median bonus gap 22.2%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 22.1%
77.9%
Upper-middle 44.6%
55.4%
Lower-middle 44.2%
55.8%
Lower quartile 43.0%
57.0%
2023 Mean pay gap 21.4%

In this organisation, women earned 92p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women's median bonus pay was 20.3% lower than men's.

Women made up 23.3% of the highest paid quarter and 43.7% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 21.4%
Median hourly pay gap 7.6%
Men receiving bonus 71.6%
Women receiving bonus 75.0%
Mean bonus gap 37.7%
Median bonus gap 20.3%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 23.3%
76.7%
Upper-middle 42.7%
57.3%
Lower-middle 43.2%
56.8%
Lower quartile 43.7%
56.3%
2022 Mean pay gap 25.5%

In this organisation, women earned 86p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women's median bonus pay was 29.2% lower than men's.

Women made up 23.4% of the highest paid quarter and 43.6% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 25.5%
Median hourly pay gap 13.6%
Men receiving bonus 75.6%
Women receiving bonus 81.6%
Mean bonus gap 59.1%
Median bonus gap 29.2%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 23.4%
76.6%
Upper-middle 44.7%
55.3%
Lower-middle 45.3%
54.7%
Lower quartile 43.6%
56.4%
2021 Mean pay gap 28.3%

In this organisation, women earned 88p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women's median bonus pay was 20.0% lower than men's.

Women made up 24.1% of the highest paid quarter and 47.7% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 28.3%
Median hourly pay gap 11.7%
Men receiving bonus 80.7%
Women receiving bonus 81.8%
Mean bonus gap 43.7%
Median bonus gap 20.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 24.1%
75.9%
Upper-middle 47.7%
52.3%
Lower-middle 43.2%
56.8%
Lower quartile 47.7%
52.3%
2020 Mean pay gap 29.0%

In this organisation, women earned 87p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women's median bonus pay was 12.7% lower than men's.

Women made up 24.2% of the highest paid quarter and 44.5% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 29.0%
Median hourly pay gap 13.5%
Men receiving bonus 83.5%
Women receiving bonus 81.9%
Mean bonus gap 62.8%
Median bonus gap 12.7%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 24.2%
75.8%
Upper-middle 47.6%
52.4%
Lower-middle 46.9%
53.1%
Lower quartile 44.5%
55.5%
2019 Mean pay gap 26.7%

In this organisation, women earned 94p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women's median bonus pay was 23.2% lower than men's.

Women made up 25.5% of the highest paid quarter and 38.0% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 26.7%
Median hourly pay gap 6.2%
Men receiving bonus 65.6%
Women receiving bonus 75.7%
Mean bonus gap 58.8%
Median bonus gap 23.2%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 25.5%
74.5%
Upper-middle 45.0%
55.0%
Lower-middle 44.5%
55.5%
Lower quartile 38.0%
62.0%
2018 Mean pay gap 29.2%

In this organisation, women earned 92p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women's median bonus pay was 19.9% lower than men's.

Women made up 29.7% of the highest paid quarter and 47.2% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 29.2%
Median hourly pay gap 8.3%
Men receiving bonus 74.5%
Women receiving bonus 73.2%
Mean bonus gap 70.3%
Median bonus gap 19.9%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 29.7%
70.3%
Upper-middle 45.1%
54.9%
Lower-middle 46.9%
53.1%
Lower quartile 47.2%
52.8%
2017 Mean pay gap 31.0%

In this organisation, women earned 92p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women's median bonus pay was 22.6% lower than men's.

Women made up 26.1% of the highest paid quarter and 44.4% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 31.0%
Median hourly pay gap 8.4%
Men receiving bonus 81.6%
Women receiving bonus 85.5%
Mean bonus gap 67.5%
Median bonus gap 22.6%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 26.1%
73.9%
Upper-middle 43.8%
56.2%
Lower-middle 49.0%
51.0%
Lower quartile 44.4%
55.6%