Gender Pay Reporting

The Equality Act 2010 (Gender Pay Gap information) Regulations 2017 require the reporting of the difference between average earnings of male and female employees. Calculations from data taken as of 5 April 2024 are considered to be accurate and are as follows:

• Women’s hourly rate is 14.9% lower (mean) and 0.64% lower (median) than men’s hourly rate.

• The distribution of male and female employees at each pay quartile shows:
  • Top quartile 48.1% male and 51.9% female
  • Upper middle quartile 34.1% male and 65.9% female
  • Lower middle quartile 25.1% male and 74.9% female
  • Lower quartile 31.8% male and 68.2% female
• In line with the definitions within the Gender Pay Gap reporting requirement, 4.0% of male employees and 1.4% of female employees received a bonus.
• Women’s bonus pay is 99.5% lower (mean) and 1.5% higher (median) than men’s bonus pay.

Background information about Notcutts

At the time the data was taken the company employed 1,067 people deemed full-pay relevant, of which 64.7% were female and 35.3% were male.

• There has been a female Board chair since 2015 and 66% of our non-executive Board directors are female;
• The composition of the Executive Leadership Team has changed in the year, increasing female members to 38%;
• Garden Centre employees, excluding Garden Centre Managers, represent the majority of our workforce. The Gender Pay gap at this level is 4.1% (mean) and 0.0% (median).

Nick Burrows
Chief Executive Officer

March 2025