'Tacking inequality' | British Heart Foundation announces zero gender & ethnicity pay gaps in new report

British Heart Foundation analysis shows it has no gender and ethnicity pay gaps, and the charity is redoubling its efforts with bold new ambitions to advance equality, diversity and inclusion.

BHF's Gender and Ethnicity Pay Gap Report 2025 shows a median gender pay gap of 0.0%, compared to the UK average of 12.8%. The charity’s median ethnicity pay gap is also 0.0%.

A strong and unwavering commitment to improving equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) underpins this success, as set out in BHF’s first ever EDI strategy Igniting Change in 2022, and reinforced today with a series of bold new ambitions to accelerate progress even further.

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The new ambitions will continue to drive real change for employees, increase the impact of BHF’s cardiovascular research for all, and champion the voice of heart patients and ultimately aim to reduce the heart health gaps caused by inequality.