PARAGON FINANCE PLC

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

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Last submission received on Thursday, 26 Mar 2026 at 11:35 UTC.

Employer ID 9563
Company Number 01917566
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 34.7%

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

Women's median bonus pay was 2.0% lower than men's.

Women made up 28.5% of the highest paid quarter and 71.2% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 34.7%
Median hourly pay gap 33.6%
Men receiving bonus 93.4%
Women receiving bonus 95.1%
Mean bonus gap 79.0%
Median bonus gap 2.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 28.5%
71.5%
Upper-middle 41.9%
58.1%
Lower-middle 59.3%
40.7%
Lower quartile 71.2%
28.8%
2024 Mean pay gap 35.8%

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

Women's median bonus pay was 1.0% lower than men's.

Women made up 30.2% of the highest paid quarter and 71.3% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 35.8%
Median hourly pay gap 31.0%
Men receiving bonus 95.7%
Women receiving bonus 96.8%
Mean bonus gap 75.4%
Median bonus gap 1.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 30.2%
69.8%
Upper-middle 41.2%
58.8%
Lower-middle 59.9%
40.1%
Lower quartile 71.3%
28.7%
2023 Mean pay gap 34.7%

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

Women's median bonus pay was 0.5% lower than men's.

Women made up 30.2% of the highest paid quarter and 30.5% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 34.7%
Median hourly pay gap 33.2%
Men receiving bonus 91.0%
Women receiving bonus 92.7%
Mean bonus gap 70.6%
Median bonus gap 0.5%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 30.2%
69.8%
Upper-middle 43.1%
56.9%
Lower-middle 61.3%
38.7%
Lower quartile 30.5%
69.5%
2022 Mean pay gap 36.1%

In this organisation, women earned 68p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women's median bonus pay was 1.9% lower than men's.

Women made up 28.1% of the highest paid quarter and 69.3% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 36.1%
Median hourly pay gap 31.7%
Men receiving bonus 87.9%
Women receiving bonus 92.3%
Mean bonus gap 84.7%
Median bonus gap 1.9%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 28.1%
71.9%
Upper-middle 46.5%
53.5%
Lower-middle 60.3%
39.7%
Lower quartile 69.3%
30.7%
2021 Mean pay gap 38.1%

In this organisation, women earned 64p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women's median bonus pay was 3.4% lower than men's.

Women made up 27.7% of the highest paid quarter and 68.4% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 38.1%
Median hourly pay gap 36.4%
Men receiving bonus 92.2%
Women receiving bonus 95.8%
Mean bonus gap 76.7%
Median bonus gap 3.4%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 27.7%
72.3%
Upper-middle 46.1%
53.9%
Lower-middle 67.1%
32.9%
Lower quartile 68.4%
31.6%
2020 Mean pay gap 40.4%

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

Women's median bonus pay was 2.3% lower than men's.

Women made up 25.7% of the highest paid quarter and 68.7% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 40.4%
Median hourly pay gap 35.0%
Men receiving bonus 89.9%
Women receiving bonus 91.6%
Mean bonus gap 83.2%
Median bonus gap 2.3%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 25.7%
74.3%
Upper-middle 51.9%
48.1%
Lower-middle 65.2%
34.8%
Lower quartile 68.7%
31.3%
2019 Mean pay gap 41.4%

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

Women's median bonus pay was 1.2% lower than men's.

Women made up 26.6% of the highest paid quarter and 67.1% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 41.4%
Median hourly pay gap 31.3%
Men receiving bonus 91.5%
Women receiving bonus 94.0%
Mean bonus gap 77.7%
Median bonus gap 1.2%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 26.6%
73.4%
Upper-middle 50.8%
49.2%
Lower-middle 66.3%
33.7%
Lower quartile 67.1%
32.9%
2018 Mean pay gap 40.0%

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

Women's median bonus pay was 2.8% lower than men's.

Women made up 27.7% of the highest paid quarter and 67.1% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 40.0%
Median hourly pay gap 29.5%
Men receiving bonus 86.9%
Women receiving bonus 93.8%
Mean bonus gap 85.6%
Median bonus gap 2.8%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 27.7%
72.3%
Upper-middle 49.2%
50.8%
Lower-middle 63.2%
36.8%
Lower quartile 67.1%
32.9%
2017 Mean pay gap 34.2%

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

Women's median bonus pay was 2.0% lower than men's.

Women made up 33.9% of the highest paid quarter and 70.0% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 34.2%
Median hourly pay gap 22.8%
Men receiving bonus 93.3%
Women receiving bonus 96.0%
Mean bonus gap 87.6%
Median bonus gap 2.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 33.9%
66.1%
Upper-middle 54.7%
45.3%
Lower-middle 64.0%
36.0%
Lower quartile 70.0%
30.0%