Religion
We ask all our new starters to declare their religion when they apply for a role with us. This data is not shared with recruiting managers. Completion of the monitoring form is now compulsory, but we continue to offer the option of ‘prefer not to say’.
The number of colleagues who have not declared their religion or who prefer not to say does not include any new starters, which demonstrates the efficacy of this approach. We will contact the 119 colleagues to explain why we would like the data and how we will store and process it, to encourage declarations.
The majority of our colleagues are Christian or have declared no religion, so we have calculated our pay gap by comparing the pay of those who have declared a non-Christian religion against those who have declared they are Christian or have no religion.
| 2024 | 2025 | |||
| Religious belief | Number | Percentage | Number | Percentage |
| Buddhist | 1 | 0.1% | 1 | 0.1% |
| Christian | 300 | 39.6% | 296 | 37.2% |
| Jewish | 1 | 0.1% | 1 | 0.1% |
| Muslim | 2 | 0.3% | 2 | 0.3% |
| No religion | 318 | 42.0% | 357 | 44.9% |
| Other | 17 | 2.2% | 16 | 2.0% |
| Sikh | 2 | 0.3% | 3 | 0.4% |
| Unknown/prefer not to say | 117 | 15.4% | 119 | 15.0% |
| 758 | 795 | |||
Mean and median religious pay gap
Calculating the pay gap between those who declare themselves to be a non-Christian with those who declare a Christian religion, no religious belief or who have not declared their religious belief:
- Our mean religious pay gap was -4.3
This means that on average, colleagues in Beyond Housing who declare they hold non-Christian religious beliefs are paid 4.3% more than those with Christian, no religion, unknown religion or who prefer not to say. This is a minor reduction in the pay gap from the previous year which was –4.1.
- Our median religious pay gap was -3.1
This means the average colleague who declares they hold non-Christian religious beliefs are paid 3.1% more than those with Christian, no religion, unknown religion or who prefer not to say. This is a reduction on the pay gap for the previous year which was 0.3% (the average colleague declaring a non-Christian religion was paid 0.3% less than other colleagues).
Pay quartiles
| Non-Christian religion | Christian/no religion/unknown | |
| Lower % | 1% (-) | 99% (+) |
| Lower middle % | 4% (+) | 96% (-) |
| Upper middle % | 5% (+) | 95% (-) |
| Upper % | 3% (-) | 97% (+) |
Commentary on religious pay gap
Our religious pay gap data indicates that our colleagues who declare a non-Christian religion are less concentrated in the lower quartile.
There remains a positive pay gap, with those declaring a non-Christian religion paid more than those with Christian, no religion, unknown religion or who prefer not to say.
