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HALLMARK CARDS PLC

Company number 03414540 ·

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Gender pay gap

In the 2025/26 reporting year, women's median hourly pay here was 12.33% higher than men's (250 to 499 employees).

That puts it around the middle of the pack for pay parity — closer to an equal median than 41% of the 9,656 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%: 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.

-1e+04% -8000% -6000% -4000% -2000% 0 +2000% 2017/18 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24 2024/25 2025/26 2017/18: 32.5% 2018/19: 26.6% 2019/20: 30.9% 2020/21: 21.7% 2021/22: 17.7% 2022/23: 20.4% 2023/24: -10.4% 2024/25: -7.7% 2025/26: -12.33% Median gap 2017/18: 33.4% 2018/19: 33.8% 2019/20: 33.5% 2020/21: 34% 2021/22: 25.1% 2022/23: 26.7% 2023/24: 0.1% 2024/25: 5% 2025/26: 1.4% Mean gap 2017/18: -8408% 2018/19: -3598% 2019/20: 88.9% 2020/21: 34.2% 2021/22: 0% 2022/23: 7.8% 2023/24: 23.5% 2024/25: 24.5% 2025/26: 0% Median bonus gap

The gap has narrowed since the 32.5% reported for 2017/18.

YearMedian gapMean gapBonus gap Women in top pay quartileWomen in lowest
2025/26 -12.33% 1.4% 0% 62.2% 60%
2024/25 -7.7% 5% 24.5% 61.1% 73.6%
2023/24 -10.4% 0.1% 23.5% 64.2% 67.3%
2022/23 20.4% 26.7% 7.8% 63.6% 91.2%
2021/22 17.7% 25.1% 0% 70.5% 90.7%
2020/21 21.7% 34% 34.2% 70.1% 96.6%
2019/20 30.9% 33.5% 88.9% 67% 96.3%
2018/19 26.6% 33.8% -3598% 67.9% 92.1%
2017/18 32.5% 33.4% -8408% 65.2% 86.7%

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.