Legal Ombudsman

Legal Ombudsman has submitted data every year since 2017, with all 8 submissions on time.

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Last submission received on Wednesday, 21 Jan 2026 at 15:56 UTC.

Employer ID 562
Company Number N/A
Employer Size 250 to 499
Years Submitted
20172018202020212022202320242025

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 9.0%

In this organisation, women earned 96p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women's median bonus pay was 17.0% lower than men's.

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

Mean hourly pay gap 9.0%
Median hourly pay gap 4.0%
Men receiving bonus 28.0%
Women receiving bonus 72.0%
Mean bonus gap -4.0%
Median bonus gap 17.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 60.0%
40.0%
Upper-middle 70.0%
30.0%
Lower-middle 70.0%
30.0%
Lower quartile 80.0%
20.0%
2024 Mean pay gap 8.0%

In this organisation, women earned 96p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women's median bonus pay was 24.0% lower than men's.

Women made up 58.6% of the highest paid quarter and 80.4% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 8.0%
Median hourly pay gap 4.0%
Men receiving bonus 34.0%
Women receiving bonus 66.0%
Mean bonus gap 3.0%
Median bonus gap 24.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 58.6%
41.4%
Upper-middle 62.0%
38.0%
Lower-middle 74.7%
25.3%
Lower quartile 80.4%
19.6%
2023 Mean pay gap 11.0%

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

Women's median bonus pay was 15.0% higher than men's.

Women made up 59.0% of the highest paid quarter and 82.0% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 11.0%
Median hourly pay gap 5.0%
Men receiving bonus 35.0%
Women receiving bonus 65.0%
Mean bonus gap -6.0%
Median bonus gap -15.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 59.0%
41.0%
Upper-middle 67.7%
32.3%
Lower-middle 68.2%
31.8%
Lower quartile 82.0%
18.0%
2022 Mean pay gap 10.0%

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

Women made up 56.6% of the highest paid quarter and 80.0% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 10.0%
Median hourly pay gap 5.0%
Men receiving bonus 52.0%
Women receiving bonus 56.0%
Mean bonus gap -3.0%
Median bonus gap 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 56.6%
43.4%
Upper-middle 72.7%
27.3%
Lower-middle 64.2%
35.8%
Lower quartile 80.0%
20.0%
2021 Mean pay gap 11.0%

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

Women's median bonus pay was 50.0% lower than men's.

Women made up 60.9% of the highest paid quarter and 83.3% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 11.0%
Median hourly pay gap 5.0%
Men receiving bonus 21.9%
Women receiving bonus 21.7%
Mean bonus gap 11.0%
Median bonus gap 50.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 60.9%
39.1%
Upper-middle 75.0%
25.0%
Lower-middle 69.1%
30.9%
Lower quartile 83.3%
16.7%
2020 Mean pay gap 9.0%

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

Women made up 64.9% of the highest paid quarter and 79.2% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 9.0%
Median hourly pay gap 2.0%
Men receiving bonus 48.0%
Women receiving bonus 48.0%
Mean bonus gap 9.0%
Median bonus gap 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 64.9%
35.1%
Upper-middle 72.5%
27.5%
Lower-middle 70.0%
30.0%
Lower quartile 79.2%
20.8%
2018 Mean pay gap 16.0%

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

Women made up 61.2% of the highest paid quarter and 90.0% of the lowest paid quarter.

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

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 61.2%
38.8%
Upper-middle 61.8%
38.2%
Lower-middle 66.7%
33.3%
Lower quartile 90.0%
10.0%
2017 Mean pay gap 10.0%

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

Women made up 59.4% of the highest paid quarter and 68.4% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 10.0%
Median hourly pay gap 0.0%
Men receiving bonus 0.0%
Women receiving bonus 0.0%
Mean bonus gap 0.0%
Median bonus gap 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 59.4%
40.6%
Upper-middle 68.2%
31.8%
Lower-middle 66.7%
33.3%
Lower quartile 68.4%
31.6%