Diversity questionnaire June 2025
In June 2025 we had 81 members of staff who were surveyed anonymously and we have adopted the categories used by the Solicitors’ Regulation Authority. Our employees could opt not to answer either the survey (15 employees) or any part of it if they so choose. The results, where the survey was answered, were as follows:
|
Category |
|
Directors and Managers (18) |
Qualified Lawyers (excl. directors) (11) |
All other fee earning roles (21) |
IT/HR/Finance/Billing / Reception/ Secretarial (16) |
|
Gender |
Male |
6 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
|
Female |
12 |
10 |
19 |
14 |
|
|
Other preferred description |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
Age |
16-24 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
1 |
|
25-34 |
1 |
7 |
7 |
6 |
|
|
35-44 |
11 |
2 |
6 |
3 |
|
|
45-54 |
3 |
1 |
3 |
4 |
|
|
55-64 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
|
|
65+ |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
Gender different from sex registered at birth |
Yes |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
No |
18 |
11 |
21 |
16 |
|
|
Individuals with a disability according to the definition in the Equality Act |
Yes |
3 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
|
No |
15 |
11 |
18 |
13 |
|
|
Day-to-day activities limited by disability or condition |
Yes, limited a lot |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
Yes, limited a little |
2 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
|
|
No |
15 |
10 |
19 |
13 |
|
|
Prefer not to say |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
What is your ethnic group? |
Asian/Asian British - Chinese |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
|
Asian/Asian British - Indian |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
|
|
Black/Black British - African |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
|
|
Black/Black British - Caribbean |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
British/ English/ Welsh/ Northern Irish/ Scottish |
18 |
9 |
17 |
13 |
|
|
White and Asian |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
Any other white background |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
|
Religion or belief |
No religion or belief |
12 |
6 |
13 |
5 |
|
Christian |
6 |
4 |
5 |
9 |
|
|
Jewish |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
Hindu |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
|
Muslim |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
|
Sikh |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
|
Prefer not to say |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
|
|
Sexual orientation |
Bi |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
|
Gay/lesbian |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
Heterosexual |
18 |
11 |
19 |
14 |
|
|
Prefer not to say |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
School attended |
UK state run or funded school (selective) |
5 |
5 |
2 |
5 |
|
UK state school (non-selective) |
10 |
4 |
17 |
9 |
|
|
UK Independent/ fee-paying school (received bursary) |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
UK Independent/ fee-paying school (no bursary) |
2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
|
|
Outside the UK |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
|
Don’t know/not sure/other |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
|
Prefer not to say |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
|
Did either of your parents attend university by the time you were 18? |
Yes |
8 |
7 |
7 |
3 |
|
No |
9 |
4 |
13 |
12 |
|
|
Don’t know/not sure |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
|
Roles of main income earner in household (when individual was 14) |
Modern professional (e.g. teacher/lecturer, nurse, social worker, artist, software designer) |
10 |
7 |
5 |
5 |
|
Senior, middle or junior managers or administrators |
5 |
3 |
5 |
2 |
|
|
Clerical or intermediate occupation (e.g. secretary, call centre agent, nursery nurse) |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
|
Technical and craft occupations such as: motor mechanic, plumber, printer. |
1 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
|
|
Routine manual or service occupation (e.g. machine operative, cleaner, bar staff) |
1 |
0 |
4 |
3 |
|
|
Small-business owner |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
|
|
Unemployed |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
Other |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
|
Primary carer - child under 18 |
|
10 |
4 |
6 |
5 |
|
Other caring responsibilities |
|
2 |
1 |
1 |
2 |