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WILLIAM LEE LIMITED

Company number 02575974 ·

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Gender pay gap

In the 2025/26 reporting year, women's median hourly pay here was 0.9% lower than men's (250 to 499 employees).

That puts it in the top quarter for pay parity — closer to an equal median than 84% of the 9,642 employers who reported for 2025/26. See the pay gap league table.

Within manufacture of basic metals it is in the top quarter of 32 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% +50% +60% 2017/18 2018/19 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24 2024/25 2025/26 2017/18: 10.6% 2018/19: 7.6% 2020/21: 7% 2021/22: 14.2% 2022/23: 13.9% 2023/24: 15.6% 2024/25: 11% 2025/26: 0.9% Median gap 2017/18: 9.5% 2018/19: 6.5% 2020/21: 3.3% 2021/22: 6.2% 2022/23: 8.6% 2023/24: 5.1% 2024/25: 5.8% 2025/26: 12.6% Mean gap 2017/18: 41.8% 2018/19: 54.4% 2020/21: 14.3% 2021/22: 26.4% 2022/23: 27.4% 2023/24: 3.2% 2024/25: 0.2% 2025/26: -5.5% Median bonus gap

The gap has narrowed since the 10.6% reported for 2017/18.

YearMedian gapMean gapBonus gap Women in top pay quartileWomen in lowest
2025/26 0.9% 12.6% -5.5% 4.2% 9.5%
2024/25 11% 5.8% 0.2% 3.6% 14.3%
2023/24 15.6% 5.1% 3.2% 4.8% 14.3%
2022/23 13.9% 8.6% 27.4% 4.4% 14.4%
2021/22 14.2% 6.2% 26.4% 5.2% 18%
2020/21 7% 3.3% 14.3% 13.8% 21.4%
2018/19 7.6% 6.5% 54.4% 4.4% 12.1%
2017/18 10.6% 9.5% 41.8% 5% 16%

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.