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EDWARDS & WARD LIMITED

Company number 03714522 ·

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Gender pay gap

In the 2025/26 reporting year, women's median hourly pay here was 17% lower than men's (500 to 999 employees).

That puts it around the middle of the pack for pay parity — closer to an equal median than 30% of the 9,656 employers who reported for 2025/26. See the pay gap league table.

Within food and beverage services it is in the bottom 10% of 369 sector employers who reported.

-20.0% to -17.5%: 122 employers -17.5% to -15.0%: 40 employers -15.0% to -12.5%: 53 employers -12.5% to -10.0%: 82 employers -10.0% to -7.5%: 95 employers -7.5% to -5.0%: 126 employers -5.0% to -2.5%: 250 employers -2.5% to 0.0%: 554 employers 0.0% to 2.5%: 1,894 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%: 579 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%: 389 employers 22.5% to 25.0%: 357 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 9,656 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.

-40% -20% 0 +20% +40% +60% +80% +100% 2017/18 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24 2024/25 2025/26 2017/18: 13.8% 2018/19: 14% 2019/20: 11.3% 2020/21: 12.5% 2021/22: 12.3% 2022/23: 14.2% 2023/24: 26.9% 2024/25: 18.4% 2025/26: 17% Median gap 2017/18: 38.3% 2018/19: 31.5% 2019/20: 29.8% 2020/21: 40.9% 2021/22: 41.5% 2022/23: 45.9% 2023/24: 44% 2024/25: 37.8% 2025/26: 40% Mean gap 2017/18: 95.2% 2018/19: 83.1% 2019/20: 94.5% 2020/21: 94% 2022/23: -32.2% 2023/24: 19.8% 2024/25: 91.8% 2025/26: 84.3% Median bonus gap

The gap has widened since the 13.8% reported for 2017/18.

YearMedian gapMean gapBonus gap Women in top pay quartileWomen in lowest
2025/26 17% 40% 84.3% 87.6% 97.2%
2024/25 18.4% 37.8% 91.8% 86.9% 96.7%
2023/24 26.9% 44% 19.8% 79.9% 97.1%
2022/23 14.2% 45.9% -32.2% 82.3% 96.5%
2021/22 12.3% 41.5% — 81.2% 96.1%
2020/21 12.5% 40.9% 94% — —
2019/20 11.3% 29.8% 94.5% 79.7% 94.1%
2018/19 14% 31.5% 83.1% 85% 95.7%
2017/18 13.8% 38.3% 95.2% 88.2% 97.1%

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.