Corporate Responsibility
Gender Pay Gap 2023
Last Updated: 20 Mar 2023
About Us
Established in 2015, Birmingham Community Leisure Trust (BCLT) was created in partnership with Birmingham City Council to revitalise the city’s sport and leisure centres, and offer value for money leisure services. Our vision is the creation and maintenance of a first class range of health leisure and recreational activities, and facilities that serves all parts of Birmingham’s communities.
BCLT employs just under 600 staff and has taken over the reporting of the gender pay gap figures since 2018/19 from the Serco Group Plc, whose subsidiary Serco Leisure Operating Ltd act as Managing Agents to BCLT.
Our Gender Pay Gap
BCLT falls under the requirement for organisations with 250 employees or more to report on their gender pay gap with figures compiled based on the reporting snapshot of 5 April 2021 and 5 April 2022.
The gender pay gap is the difference between the average pay of men and women, expressed as a percentage (a positive figure indicates a gender pay gap in favour of men, in comparison to a negative pay gap which demonstrates a gap in favour of women). The gender pay gap is different from equal pay, which is defined as being paid the same regardless of gender for the same jobs, or similar work of equal value.
This report includes four years of gender pay gap reporting data, including the following as set out in the reporting requirements:
- Mean gender pay gap
- Median gender pay gap
- The proportion of men and women in each quartile pay band
- Mean bonus pay gap
- Median bonus pay gap
- The proportion of men and women receiving bonuses
|
2018/19 |
2019/20 |
2020/21 |
2021/22 |
2022/23 |
|
|
Mean |
-10.23% |
-15.78% |
7.7% |
-1.9% |
-5.26% |
|
Median |
-6.63% |
-5.75% |
-4.4% |
-2.5% |
-3.84% |
|
2018/19 |
2019/20 |
2020/21 |
2021/22 |
2022/23 |
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|
Male |
Female |
Male |
Female |
Male |
Female |
Male |
Female |
Male |
Female |
|
|
Lower Quartile |
54% |
46% |
57% |
43% |
41.4% |
58.6% |
55.8% |
44.2% |
53.2% |
46.8% |
|
Lower Middle Quartile |
46% |
54% |
44% |
56% |
46.2% |
53.8% |
47.1% |
52.9% |
32.8% |
67.2% |
|
Upper Middle Quartile |
42% |
58% |
36% |
64% |
33.7% |
66.3% |
47.1% |
52.9% |
47.4% |
52.6% |
|
Upper Quartile |
42% |
58% |
38% |
62% |
45% |
55% |
45.6% |
54.4% |
39.6% |
60.4% |
|
2018/19 |
2019/20 |
2020/21 |
2021/22 |
2022/23 |
|
|
Mean Bonus Pay Gap |
48.02% |
63.16% |
24.30% |
-1.60% |
16.10% |
|
Median Bonus Pay Gap |
-141.88% |
-213.80% |
-236.90% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
|
Male Proportion Receiving Bonus |
25% |
20.35% |
18.90% |
45.07% |
83.40% |
|
Female Proportion Receiving Bonus |
27.30% |
26.37% |
19.20% |
54.04% |
84.90% |
Explaining our Pay Gaps
There are often many factors which contribute to, or cause, a gender pay gap, and these vary for different employers and for different industries.
Following a small reduction in the male/female proportions in 2021 (54% in 2021, compared to 57% in 2020) we continue to have more women in employment than men at BCLT with this figure increasing to 57.6%.
This reporting year, both our mean and median pay gaps remain negative, demonstrating that within BCLT, women (on average) continue to earn more than males when speaking about hourly pay. This could be supported by the fact that within the Lower Quartile (the lowest paid employee group), the majority of the population remain as males, meaning the lower paid jobs within BCLT are held by more males, therefore reducing the overall median. This is the same as the previous reporting year, hence the median and mean remain in favour of females. Also, compared to last year, we can see there has been significant movement of females into the upper quartile (60.4% compared to 54.4% in the previous reporting year). This mirrors our commitment to attracting and retaining females in higher paid roles and we will continue to support equality, inclusion and diversity within BCLT.
Our Mean Bonus Pay Gap is now swayed in favour of males (16.10%), compared to the previous year (-1.60%). Whilst a larger proportion of females receive a bonus, the highest bonus payments are predominately received by males, hence the mean bonus pay gap is more in favour of males.
When we look at the median, we need to take into account an additional £100 recognition payment which was received by the majority of employees, both male and female. As per our previous reporting year this continues to skew the median and it remains at 0%.
As it has in previous years, our results exceed wider industry trends with the Office for National Statistics stating that within the Leisure industry women earn 7.4% less than men. Our pay gap in favour of women further supports our commitment to pay fairly and equitably irrelevant of gender, and our continuing investment in attracting and retaining females in higher paid positions.
Our Continued Action Plan
Whilst our gender pay gap is already in favour of females BCLT commit to continued equality, diversity and inclusion and we are committed to the following actions:
We will continue to monitor progress on a regular basis and report on this in future gender pay gap statements. These actions are part of, and integrated with, our broader approach to equality and diversity in the workplace.
We will continue to invest in and develop our workforce and to implement our action plans to improve diversity and inclusion. We will continue to monitor, and capture gender pay gap data to ensure that we maintain our efforts to create a working environment to attract, retain and enable all talent to flourish.
I can confirm that the data reported and the information in this statement is accurate.
Brian Taylor
Chair
Birmingham Community Leisure Trust