THE PRESS ASSOCIATION LIMITED

THE PRESS ASSOCIATION LIMITED has submitted data every year since 2017, with all 9 submissions on time.

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Last submission received on Thursday, 2 Apr 2026 at 09:11 UTC.

Employer ID 12526
Company Number 05946902
Employer Size 500 to 999
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 3.7%

In this organisation, women earned 93p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women made up 31.7% of the highest paid quarter and 36.8% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 3.7%
Median hourly pay gap 7.1%
Men receiving bonus 73.0%
Women receiving bonus 67.0%
Mean bonus gap -22.5%
Median bonus gap 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 31.7%
68.3%
Upper-middle 33.5%
66.5%
Lower-middle 41.5%
58.5%
Lower quartile 36.8%
63.2%
2024 Mean pay gap 1.7%

In this organisation, women earned 95p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women made up 33.3% of the highest paid quarter and 35.3% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 1.7%
Median hourly pay gap 5.3%
Men receiving bonus 71.5%
Women receiving bonus 66.2%
Mean bonus gap 17.6%
Median bonus gap 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 33.3%
66.7%
Upper-middle 32.4%
67.6%
Lower-middle 37.2%
62.8%
Lower quartile 35.3%
64.7%
2023 Mean pay gap 2.9%

In this organisation, women earned 95p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women's median bonus pay was 30.8% lower than men's.

Women made up 30.7% of the highest paid quarter and 35.8% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 2.9%
Median hourly pay gap 5.2%
Men receiving bonus 65.3%
Women receiving bonus 62.7%
Mean bonus gap 16.2%
Median bonus gap 30.8%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 30.7%
69.3%
Upper-middle 31.9%
68.1%
Lower-middle 37.1%
62.9%
Lower quartile 35.8%
64.2%
2022 Mean pay gap 0.0%

In this organisation, women and men earned the same median hourly pay.

Women made up 33.0% of the highest paid quarter and 32.0% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 0.0%
Median hourly pay gap 0.0%
Men receiving bonus 69.0%
Women receiving bonus 61.0%
Mean bonus gap 12.0%
Median bonus gap 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 33.0%
67.0%
Upper-middle 35.0%
65.0%
Lower-middle 36.0%
64.0%
Lower quartile 32.0%
68.0%
2021 Mean pay gap 3.0%

In this organisation, women earned 98p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women made up 32.4% of the highest paid quarter and 36.2% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 3.0%
Median hourly pay gap 2.5%
Men receiving bonus 73.0%
Women receiving bonus 72.1%
Mean bonus gap 24.0%
Median bonus gap 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 32.4%
67.6%
Upper-middle 29.9%
70.1%
Lower-middle 33.8%
66.2%
Lower quartile 36.2%
63.8%
2020 Mean pay gap 5.3%

In this organisation, women earned 95p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women made up 33.1% of the highest paid quarter and 40.8% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 5.3%
Median hourly pay gap 4.8%
Men receiving bonus 69.0%
Women receiving bonus 68.3%
Mean bonus gap 29.1%
Median bonus gap 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 33.1%
66.9%
Upper-middle 33.7%
66.3%
Lower-middle 33.9%
66.1%
Lower quartile 40.8%
59.2%
2019 Mean pay gap 0.3%

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

Women made up 33.5% of the highest paid quarter and 38.8% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 0.3%
Median hourly pay gap 6.3%
Men receiving bonus 74.8%
Women receiving bonus 72.0%
Mean bonus gap -16.1%
Median bonus gap 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 33.5%
66.5%
Upper-middle 31.3%
68.7%
Lower-middle 29.8%
70.2%
Lower quartile 38.8%
61.2%
2018 Mean pay gap 0.0%

In this organisation, women earned 95p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women made up 35.2% of the highest paid quarter and 37.6% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 0.0%
Median hourly pay gap 4.6%
Men receiving bonus 72.6%
Women receiving bonus 69.9%
Mean bonus gap 1.1%
Median bonus gap 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 35.2%
64.8%
Upper-middle 32.2%
67.8%
Lower-middle 35.2%
64.8%
Lower quartile 37.6%
62.4%
2017 Mean pay gap 0.8%

In this organisation, women earned 100p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women made up 34.3% of the highest paid quarter and 33.3% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 0.8%
Median hourly pay gap 0.5%
Men receiving bonus 70.5%
Women receiving bonus 69.9%
Mean bonus gap 28.5%
Median bonus gap 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 34.3%
65.7%
Upper-middle 37.5%
62.5%
Lower-middle 39.4%
60.6%
Lower quartile 33.3%
66.7%