TRUSTEES' REPORT AND ACCOUNTS 2022 23
People and culture
KEY PEOPLE DATA: 2022 2021
Headcount (at 31 December 2022)
Total - 1,554 workers
1,440 employees (92.5%)
61 casuals (4.0%)
53 contractors (3.5%)
3.4% declaring a disability
(at 31 December 2021)
Total 1,505 workers
1,404 employees (93%)
54 casuals (4%)
47 contractors (3%)
2.81% declaring a disability
Employee turnover (January-December 2022)
Voluntary (permanent employees only): 13.8%
(which compares favourably to the UK third
sector average of 19.4% in 2021)*
Overall turnover: 14.0%
Voluntary (permanent and fixed-term
employees): 15.5%
Overall turnover: 15.7%
(January-December 2021)
Voluntary (permanent employees only): 11.48%
(which compares favourably to the UK third
sector average of 16% in 2020)*
Overall turnover: 11.62%
Voluntary (permanent and fixed-term
employees): 13.05%
Overall turnover: 13.19%
Average days lost to sickness (12 months to 31 December 2022)
9.27 days (the median number of sick days
taken per employee in the UK third sector in
2021 was 8.3)*
Average employee headcount for 2022 was
1,593 including casuals
(12 months to 31 December 2021)
9.16 days (the median number of sick days
taken per employee in the UK third sector in
2020 was 9.1)*
Average employee headcount for 2021 was
1,465 including casuals
Gender split as identified
by the employee
(at 31 December 2022)
Female: 62.7%
Male: 23.3%
Transgender: <1%
Prefer not to say: 2.4%
Blank response: 11.5%
(at 31 December 2021)
Female: 59.5%
Male: 24.5%
Transgender: <1%
Prefer not to say: 3%
Blank response: 12%
Ethnic origin (at 31 December 2022)
English/Welsh/Scottish/Northern Irish/British: 82%
BAME: 1%
Other: 2%
Prefer not to say: 3%
Blank response: 12%
(at 31 December 2021)
English/Welsh/Scottish/Northern Irish/British: 81%
BAME: 2%
Other: 3%
Prefer not to say: 3%
Blank response: 11%
LGBTQ+ (at 31 December 2022)
Bisexual: 1.91%
Gay man: 1.58%
Gay woman/lesbian: 2.44%
(at 31 December 2021)
Bisexual: 1.31%
Gay man: 1.59%
Gay woman/lesbian: 2.48%
*Source Agenda Consulting
✚ begin implementing our
wellbeing strategy
✚ introducing mental health training for inspectors
✚ initiating new procedures around firearms
and the use of drugs when inspectors sadly
have to euthanase animals
✚ Helping our people feel more able to open
up about any mental health issues means we
can offer them the support they need to do
their vital and often very challenging work