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FUTURE PUBLISHING LIMITED

Company number 02008885 ·

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Gender pay gap

In the 2025/26 reporting year, women's median hourly pay here was 12.4% lower than men's (1000 to 4999 employees).

That puts it around the middle of the pack for pay parity — closer to an equal median than 41% of the 9,642 employers who reported for 2025/26. See the pay gap league table.

Within publishing activities it is around the middle of the pack of 85 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.

-200% -150% -100% -50% 0 +50% +100% 2017/18 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24 2024/25 2025/26 2017/18: 14.5% 2018/19: 8.6% 2019/20: 6.9% 2020/21: 9.9% 2021/22: 7.8% 2022/23: 4.95% 2023/24: 6.3% 2024/25: 6.68% 2025/26: 12.4% Median gap 2017/18: -4.3% 2018/19: 6.3% 2019/20: 1% 2020/21: 8% 2021/22: 3.9% 2022/23: 3.82% 2023/24: 12.5% 2024/25: 14.96% 2025/26: 20.6% Mean gap 2017/18: -166% 2018/19: 0% 2019/20: 0% 2020/21: 0% 2021/22: 100% 2022/23: -9.09% 2023/24: 0% 2024/25: 56.3% 2025/26: 0% Median bonus gap

The gap has narrowed since the 14.5% reported for 2017/18.

YearMedian gapMean gapBonus gap Women in top pay quartileWomen in lowest
2025/26 12.4% 20.6% 0% 39% 54%
2024/25 6.68% 14.96% 56.3% 41.9% 54.2%
2023/24 6.3% 12.5% 0% 43.2% 53.4%
2022/23 4.95% 3.82% -9.09% 46% 51%
2021/22 7.8% 3.9% 100% 48% 51%
2020/21 9.9% 8% 0% 31.9% 47.2%
2019/20 6.9% 1% 0% 35.4% 49.4%
2018/19 8.6% 6.3% 0% 36% 46%
2017/18 14.5% -4.3% -166% 32% 45%

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.