Gender Pay Gap

Hensol Castle Distillery is part of the J H Leekes group of Companies and is family owned. The Distillery and Visitor Centre led by our Managing Director, Chris Leeke, is a relatively new business which has been operating for the last 6 years. The operation offers a full production and contract bottling service as well as hosting visitors with gin distillery tours and experience within the grounds of Hensol Castle.

We have exciting employment opportunities for colleagues looking to work full or flexible and reduced hours. This is evidenced by excellent retention rates as our colleagues recognise that they work within a business that is inclusive, fair, respectful and appreciative of all employees.

Our recruitment and career development strategy ensures that everyone, regardless of their gender, background, race, or ethnicity have equal opportunities. The business operates with multiple disciplines incorporating a range of professional skills such as Distilling, Contract Bottling and production, finance, marketing, sales, and warehousing & logistics.

Our career opportunities have enabled us to create a business environment that attracts and retains a good balance of men and woman across the group and the ratio is 57.7% male employees and 42.3% female employees. We regularly monitor remuneration by role to ensure that pay rates are governed solely by job position and not gender.

Both senior and line management roles across the group are well spilt between male and female and have equal salary, bonus & commission criteria. Female staff operating in the same role as male colleagues receive the same remuneration package.

The data for the pay gap and pay quartiles reports covers 26 full pay relevant employees, 11 females and 15 males:

Mean females earnings are 24.6% lower than males
Median female earnings are 15.2% lower than males

Pay Quartiles Female Male

The variance for both the mean and median earnings figures is a direct reflection of the family friendly approach to working hours which the Company takes. All colleagues are supported in their approach to balancing their working and family life and in many cases, this means looking at working reduced hours and this is evidenced the fact that 9.10% of female colleagues work part time.

The pay gap bonus figures represent earnings over a 12-month period for 1 female and 2 males. Bonuses are paid in relation to work undertaken for both the Distillery and for other companies within the J H Leekes Group.

Mean female bonus payments are 25.81% higher than males

Median female bonus payments are 25.81% higher than males

The Company is comfortable that its equal opportunities policy is always observed at during recruitment and promotions.