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Gender Pay Gap Reporting

Salaries are based on the role regardless of the gender of the person performing the duties. YMCA England & Wales operates a staff grading system for all roles, where points are allocated based on the skills and responsibility of each role which determines the salary level for that role. 

Salary levels for each grade are set by benchmarking against other voluntary sector organisations, as well as using our own system (and reviewed against an external benchmarking tool). As we have more than 250 staff, we are required to give our gender pay analysis in the statutory format, as at 5 April 2024:

 

Pay level Male employees Female employees
Number of employees 141 349
Quartile 1 (highest) 38% 62%
Quartile 2 29% 71%
Quartile 3 24% 76%
Quartile 4 (lowest) 23% 77%
Average hourly rate £15.72 £14.02
Median hourly rate £11.80 £11.80

As is shown in the table above, over two thirds of the staff working for YMCA England & Wales at April 2024 were female. In addition, over 85% of the staff employed by YMCA England & Wales work in Retail (many of whom welcome the ability to work part-time) and consequently means that a more significant percentage of staff fall within the lower quartile bands. As a consequence, the above analysis is distorted and it is more meaningful to separate out the results of Retail staff from non-Retail staff which provides for the following analysis:

  Retail Non-Retail
Pay level Male employees Female employees Male employees Female employees
Quartile 1 (highest) 25% 27% 14% 34%
Quartile 2 29% 70% – 1%
Quartile 3 24% 76% – –
Quartile 4 (lowest) 23% 77% – –
Average hourly rate £13.26 £12.49 £33.66 £24.61
Median hourly rate £13.23 £11.80 £28.21 £22.15

The above analysis is further explained below.

  • Two thirds of the staff working for YMCA England & Wales are female;
  • In every pay quartile YMCA England & Wales employs more women than men (which is common throughout the voluntary sector). This is partly due to the range of family friendly and flexible working policies available to staff. The pay disparity shown in the table is largely due to the relatively low number of male employees;
  • As at April 2024, there were 4 people on the Senior Leadership Team of which 2 are female and 2 male; and
  • Over 85% of our staff work in the retail operation. Hourly rates for the Retail staff have been increased and the lowest level is above the rates required by the National Living Wage.

Every role within YMCA England & Wales is benchmarked and considered against the market. We ensure our assessment of salaries is undertaken against a robust job evaluation process and consistent with our range of policies that ensure fair recruitment. 

We continue to review the implications of our gender pay gap statement and specifically the gender balance of staffing across the organisation – in particular at the higher quartiles – and have undertaken a review of our pay and grading framework.