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POSTCODE LOTTERY LIMITED

Company number 04862732 ·

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Gender pay gap

In the 2025/26 reporting year, women's median hourly pay here was 15.3% lower 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 33% of the 9,642 employers who reported for 2025/26. See the pay gap league table.

-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.

0 +5% +10% +15% +20% +25% 2017/18 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24 2024/25 2025/26 2017/18: 1.5% 2018/19: 15.1% 2019/20: 11% 2020/21: 11.1% 2021/22: 11.4% 2022/23: 15.77% 2023/24: 19.6% 2024/25: 16% 2025/26: 15.3% Median gap 2017/18: 9.9% 2018/19: 13.3% 2019/20: 12.8% 2020/21: 11.1% 2021/22: 9.6% 2022/23: 13.6% 2023/24: 17.1% 2024/25: 12.6% 2025/26: 11.5% Mean gap 2017/18: 0% 2018/19: 0% 2019/20: 11.6% 2020/21: 9% 2021/22: 4% 2022/23: 7.1% 2023/24: 7.7% 2024/25: 7.5% 2025/26: 21.4% Median bonus gap

The gap has widened since the 1.5% reported for 2017/18.

YearMedian gapMean gapBonus gap Women in top pay quartileWomen in lowest
2025/26 15.3% 11.5% 21.4% 36% 51%
2024/25 16% 12.6% 7.5% 35% 52%
2023/24 19.6% 17.1% 7.7% 35% 67%
2022/23 15.77% 13.6% 7.1% 37% 70%
2021/22 11.4% 9.6% 4% 37% 55%
2020/21 11.1% 11.1% 9% 33.3% 63.2%
2019/20 11% 12.8% 11.6% 35% 65.4%
2018/19 15.1% 13.3% 0% 34.8% 76.8%
2017/18 1.5% 9.9% 0% 38% 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.