HERCULES PLC

HERCULES PLC has submitted data every year since 2022, with all 4 submissions on time.

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Last submission received on Thursday, 2 Apr 2026 at 12:53 UTC.

Employer ID 21954
Company Number 06607001
Employer Size 1000 to 4999
Years Submitted
2022202320242025

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 25.0%

In this organisation, women earned 71p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women's median bonus pay was 144.0% higher than men's.

Women made up 2.1% of the highest paid quarter and 20.6% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 25.0%
Median hourly pay gap 28.7%
Men receiving bonus 1.7%
Women receiving bonus 1.4%
Mean bonus gap 42.7%
Median bonus gap -144.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 2.1%
97.9%
Upper-middle 3.4%
96.6%
Lower-middle 2.6%
97.4%
Lower quartile 20.6%
79.4%
2024 Mean pay gap 30.0%

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

Women's median bonus pay was 26.0% lower than men's.

Women made up 0.6% of the highest paid quarter and 16.1% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 30.0%
Median hourly pay gap 35.0%
Men receiving bonus 1.6%
Women receiving bonus 8.2%
Mean bonus gap 48.0%
Median bonus gap 26.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 0.6%
99.4%
Upper-middle 1.8%
98.2%
Lower-middle 3.7%
96.3%
Lower quartile 16.1%
83.9%
2023 Mean pay gap 31.0%

In this organisation, women earned 63p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women's median bonus pay was 100.0% lower than men's.

Women made up 0.8% of the highest paid quarter and 17.5% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 31.0%
Median hourly pay gap 36.7%
Men receiving bonus 1.4%
Women receiving bonus 0.0%
Mean bonus gap 100.0%
Median bonus gap 100.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 0.8%
99.2%
Upper-middle 1.5%
98.5%
Lower-middle 2.2%
97.8%
Lower quartile 17.5%
82.5%
2022 Mean pay gap 23.6%

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

Women's median bonus pay was 100.0% lower than men's.

Women made up 1.2% of the highest paid quarter and 13.8% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 23.6%
Median hourly pay gap 33.3%
Men receiving bonus 1.1%
Women receiving bonus 0.0%
Mean bonus gap 100.0%
Median bonus gap 100.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 1.2%
98.8%
Upper-middle 1.2%
98.8%
Lower-middle 1.7%
98.3%
Lower quartile 13.8%
86.2%