WARBURTONS LIMITED

Company number 00178711 ·

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Gender pay gap

In the 2025/26 reporting year, women's median hourly pay here was 3.9% 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 68% of the 9,642 employers who reported for 2025/26. See the pay gap league table.

Within manufacture of food products it is around the middle of the pack of 266 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.

-10% 0 +10% +20% +30% +40% 2017/18 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24 2024/25 2025/26 2017/18: 8.5% 2018/19: 4.4% 2019/20: 5.1% 2020/21: 2.5% 2021/22: 4.2% 2022/23: 3.4% 2023/24: 2% 2024/25: 4.3% 2025/26: 3.9% Median gap 2017/18: 2.4% 2018/19: 2.3% 2019/20: 1.6% 2020/21: -2.6% 2021/22: 0.4% 2022/23: -2.7% 2023/24: -5.2% 2024/25: -3.4% 2025/26: -3.8% Mean gap 2017/18: 30.7% 2018/19: 32.5% 2019/20: 31.5% 2020/21: 33.2% 2021/22: 24.5% 2022/23: 38.2% 2023/24: 16.2% 2024/25: 20.5% 2025/26: 23.2% Median bonus gap

The gap has narrowed since the 8.5% reported for 2017/18.

YearMedian gapMean gapBonus gap Women in top pay quartileWomen in lowest
2025/26 3.9% -3.8% 23.2% 17.3% 22.9%
2024/25 4.3% -3.4% 20.5% 15.7% 23.3%
2023/24 2% -5.2% 16.2% 16.9% 21.4%
2022/23 3.4% -2.7% 38.2% 16% 23%
2021/22 4.2% 0.4% 24.5% 15.1% 24.9%
2020/21 2.5% -2.6% 33.2% 19.6% 23.5%
2019/20 5.1% 1.6% 31.5% 17.7% 28.3%
2018/19 4.4% 2.3% 32.5% 16.6% 28.4%
2017/18 8.5% 2.4% 30.7% 17.6% 28.8%

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.