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BLADES RESTAURANTS LTD

Company number 04201937 ·

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Gender pay gap

In the 2025/26 reporting year, women's median hourly pay here was 1.14% higher than men's (500 to 999 employees).

That puts it in the top quarter for pay parity — closer to an equal median than 82% of the 9,642 employers who reported for 2025/26. See the pay gap league table.

Within food and beverage services it is around the middle of the pack of 363 sector employers who reported.

-20.0% to -17.5%: 122 employers -17.5% to -15.0%: 40 employers -15.0% to -12.5%: 52 employers -12.5% to -10.0%: 82 employers -10.0% to -7.5%: 95 employers -7.5% to -5.0%: 125 employers -5.0% to -2.5%: 250 employers -2.5% to 0.0%: 553 employers 0.0% to 2.5%: 1,886 employers 2.5% to 5.0%: 835 employers 5.0% to 7.5%: 698 employers 7.5% to 10.0%: 599 employers 10.0% to 12.5%: 578 employers 12.5% to 15.0%: 527 employers 15.0% to 17.5%: 487 employers 17.5% to 20.0%: 438 employers 20.0% to 22.5%: 388 employers 22.5% to 25.0%: 356 employers 25.0% to 27.5%: 302 employers 27.5% to 30.0%: 253 employers 30.0% to 32.5%: 197 employers 32.5% to 35.0%: 159 employers 35.0% to 37.5%: 131 employers 37.5% to 40.0%: 489 employers -20% -10% 0 +10% +20% +30% +40% ← women paid more men paid more → this company

All 9,642 reporting employers for 2025/26 by median gap. 0 is equal pay; bars right of it are employers where men's median pay is higher, bars left of it where women's is.

-20% -10% 0 +10% +20% +30% 2017/18 2018/19 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24 2024/25 2025/26 2017/18: 1% 2018/19: 0% 2020/21: 2% 2021/22: 18% 2022/23: 0% 2023/24: 0% 2024/25: 0% 2025/26: -1.14% Median gap 2017/18: 7% 2018/19: 6% 2020/21: 5% 2021/22: 7% 2022/23: 1.68% 2023/24: 0.58% 2024/25: -0.98% 2025/26: -1.32% Mean gap 2017/18: 20% 2018/19: 5% 2020/21: 30% 2021/22: 12% 2022/23: 14.52% 2023/24: -13.51% 2024/25: -6.25% 2025/26: 0% Median bonus gap

The gap has widened since the 1% reported for 2017/18.

YearMedian gapMean gapBonus gap Women in top pay quartileWomen in lowest
2025/26 -1.14% -1.32% 0% 52% 44%
2024/25 0% -0.98% -6.25% 49% 34%
2023/24 0% 0.58% -13.51% 47% 47%
2022/23 0% 1.68% 14.52% 50% 48%
2021/22 18% 7% 12% 52% 64%
2020/21 2% 5% 30% 51% 64%
2018/19 0% 6% 5% 50% 60%
2017/18 1% 7% 20% 42% 65%

Reported by the employer under the gender pay gap regulations — full report on the official service. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.