THE MERCIAN TRUST

THE MERCIAN TRUST has submitted data every year since 2018, with all 7 submissions on time.

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Last submission received on Tuesday, 17 Mar 2026 at 12:13 UTC.

Employer ID 18848
Company Number 07611347
Employer Size 1000 to 4999
Years Submitted
2018202020212022202320242025

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 16.0%

In this organisation, women earned 78p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women made up 61.0% of the highest paid quarter and 83.0% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 16.0%
Median hourly pay gap 22.0%
Men receiving bonus 0.0%
Women receiving bonus 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 61.0%
39.0%
Upper-middle 66.0%
34.0%
Lower-middle 73.0%
27.0%
Lower quartile 83.0%
17.0%
2024 Mean pay gap 16.0%

In this organisation, women earned 77p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women made up 60.0% of the highest paid quarter and 80.0% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 16.0%
Median hourly pay gap 23.0%
Men receiving bonus 0.0%
Women receiving bonus 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 60.0%
40.0%
Upper-middle 65.0%
35.0%
Lower-middle 75.0%
25.0%
Lower quartile 80.0%
20.0%
2023 Mean pay gap 14.0%

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

Women made up 55.0% of the highest paid quarter and 82.0% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 14.0%
Median hourly pay gap 17.0%
Men receiving bonus 0.0%
Women receiving bonus 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 55.0%
45.0%
Upper-middle 68.0%
32.0%
Lower-middle 65.0%
35.0%
Lower quartile 82.0%
18.0%
2022 Mean pay gap 22.0%

In this organisation, women earned 69p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women made up 55.0% of the highest paid quarter and 81.0% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 22.0%
Median hourly pay gap 31.0%
Men receiving bonus 0.0%
Women receiving bonus 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 55.0%
45.0%
Upper-middle 71.0%
29.0%
Lower-middle 78.0%
22.0%
Lower quartile 81.0%
19.0%
2021 Mean pay gap 22.0%

In this organisation, women earned 67p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women made up 57.0% of the highest paid quarter and 87.0% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 22.0%
Median hourly pay gap 33.0%
Men receiving bonus 0.0%
Women receiving bonus 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 57.0%
43.0%
Upper-middle 65.0%
35.0%
Lower-middle 80.0%
20.0%
Lower quartile 87.0%
13.0%
2020 Mean pay gap 19.0%

In this organisation, women earned 65p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women made up 71.0% of the highest paid quarter and 83.0% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 19.0%
Median hourly pay gap 35.0%
Men receiving bonus 0.0%
Women receiving bonus 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 71.0%
29.0%
Upper-middle 56.0%
44.0%
Lower-middle 80.0%
20.0%
Lower quartile 83.0%
17.0%
2018 Mean pay gap 24.3%

In this organisation, women earned 66p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women made up 54.1% of the highest paid quarter and 88.0% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 24.3%
Median hourly pay gap 33.6%
Men receiving bonus 0.0%
Women receiving bonus 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 54.1%
45.9%
Upper-middle 71.2%
28.8%
Lower-middle 75.0%
25.0%
Lower quartile 88.0%
12.0%