FARA Enterprises Limited (FEL) is the trading arm and wholly owned subsidiary of the FARA Foundation Ltd. ( Charity No: 1139349). FEL operates shops in London in order to raise funds to support the charitable aims of the FARA Foundation in Romania. Since its foundation in 1992, FEL has recruited staff of both sexes, one of the Company’s core values being the promotion of equality, inclusion, and diversity. All members of staff regardless of their age, disability, gender, sexual orientation, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, religion or belief, race, or gender reassignment will be supported and encouraged to perform to their full potential. FARA Charity Shops actively promotes from within and is committed to providing all staff with equal opportunities skills development through training and support, flexibility in performing their duties, and reward to help them do just that.
Understanding the Gender Pay Gap Data
This report covers the gender pay gap data for the 12 months to 5th April 2024 and has been calculated using the pay data of over 264 staff.
| Gender Pay Gap | Median (middle) | Mean (average) |
| 2022 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 2023 | 3.0% | 13.9% |
| 2024 | 0.9% | 13.4% |
*The UK national median gender pay gap including full and part-time workers 2024 is 4.93%
*The UK national mean gender pay gap including full-time workers in 2024 is 7.0% part-time workers 3.0%
FARA Charity Shop’s median average is 0.9% and indicates that women earn 99.9p for every £1 earned by men when comparing the median hourly wage. The mean average indicates that male staff are paid on average 13.4% more per hour than female staff including bonuses.
In common with many charity and Third Sector organisations, FARA Charity Shops are predominantly staffed by female staff whilst many of the shop servicing and support functions including warehouse and property maintenance are carried out by male staff. As of 5th April 2024 female staff accounted for 82.6% of total staff. Of the remaining 17.4% male staff, 32.6% are employed in the various servicing and management roles. The entry level positions in the shops both fulltime and part-time attract the lowest salaries and are predominantly filled by female staff.
In order to address the pay gap FARA Charity Shops will continue to review shop salaries and benefits annually with a view to improving the overall package of all staff. It is the intention that over time this will have a positive impact on lower paid staff which are predominantly female.
In addition, it will activiely seek to recruit more female staff to fill the warehouse and other support roles as they become vacant.
Throughout all aspects of recruitment, training & development, salary, and reward structures FARA Charity Shops will adopt a transparent approach that promotes gender pay equality at every level of the organisation.
Updated gender pay gap figures will be published on the FARA Charity Shops website on an annual basis.
Pay Quartiles
The pay quartiles confirm that a significant proportion of staff are female and part-time and are at both the lower rates of pay but equally hold the salaried and more senior positions within FEL.
The proportion of males and females in each quartile pay band.
| Male | Female | ||
| Quartile 1 | (Highest paid) | 23.3% | 76.7% |
| Quartile 2 | 16.4% | 83.6% | |
| Quartile 3 | 9.8% | 90.2% | |
| Quartile 4 | (Lowest paid) | 14.8% | 85.2% |
