Gender Pay Gap

About HICA

HICA Group are a ‘Not for Profit’ organisation providing a range of care services to older people and people with learning disabilities, including residential and nursing care, domiciliary homecare, assisted living, and extra care schemes in partnership with local authorities.

Whilst the HICA Group operates across Yorkshire, Lincolnshire and Lancashire regions our business is separated into three entities: Humberside Independent Care Association (HICA), Louth-W Care Ltd and Oakbridge Retirement Village Ltd. This Gender Pay analysis represents HICA.

Our Gender Pay Gap Results

Women’s mean hourly rate is 13.2% higher than men. Here is a little background information:

· Our pay gap has increased in April 2025 due to stronger female presence in our junior and middle management roles. As typical within the care sector, with an overall ratio that is 13% male v 87% female, it seems inevitable that more females hold higher paid management roles than males.

· Our pay structure for core roles in our lower bands is gender neutral: men and women in the same roles earn the same hourly rate. Given the high proportion of operational roles within our business with colleagues on the same hourly rate, our Median Pay Gap is therefore 0%.

· HICA’s reward strategies do not include the payment of bonus at any level therefore our Bonus Pay Gap is 0%.

I can confirm the information and data reported is accurate as of the snapshot date of 5 April 2025.

Terry Peel, Chief Executive Officer.