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 2025 are considered to be accurate and are as follows:

• • Women’s hourly rate is 11.2% lower (mean) and 1.11% lower (median) than men’s hourly rate.

• The distribution of male and female employees at each pay quartile shows:
  • Top quartile 47.1% male and 52.9% female
  • Upper middle quartile 35.5% male and 64.5% female
  • Lower middle quartile 24.4% male and 75.6% female
  • Lower quartile 33.5% male and 66.5% female
• In line with the definitions within the Gender Pay Gap reporting requirement, 32.5% of male employees and 40.2% of female employees received a bonus.
• Women’s bonus pay is 75.6% lower (mean) and 32.8% lower (median) than men’s bonus pay.

Background information about Notcutts

At the time the data was taken the company employed 1,033 people deemed full-pay relevant, of which 64.9% were female and 35.1% were male.

• There has been a female Board chair since 2015 and 66% of our non-executive Board directors are female;
• 3 out of 8 of the executive leadership team are female, with their appointments resulting from internal promotions.
• All employees are eligible to participate in the annual bonus scheme.
• Garden Centre employees, excluding Garden Centre Managers, represent the majority of our workforce. The Gender Pay gap at this level is 2.33% (mean) and 0.0% (median).

Nick Burrows
Chief Executive Officer

March 2026