HM Treasury Women in Finance Charter commitment progress update and Pay Gap Reporting

Continuing to build gender and ethnicity balance across The Co-operative Bank

HM Treasury Women in Finance Charter Update 2025

Despite a time of significant change at the Bank in 2025 as we became part of Coventry Building Society, our determination to achieve a greater gender balance is as strong as ever.

We ended the year with 42.8% of senior positions being held by women against our current aim of 45% by the end of 2026. We know that there is still more work to do as we turn our attention to the future, and to many exciting opportunities as part of Coventry Building Society.

HM Treasury Women in Finance Charter Update 2025 (PDF)

Pay Gap Reporting 2024 (PDF)

HM Treasury Women in Finance Charter Update 2024

HM Treasury Women in Finance Charter Update 2024 (PDF)

About the Charter

The Women in Finance Charter commits financial services firms to supporting the progression of women into senior management by focusing on developing existing colleagues with the potential to progress, setting public targets for improving gender diversity in senior management roles; and requiring firms to publicly report on progress to deliver against these internal targets to support the transparency and accountability needed to drive change.

The Charter was developed following a joint report, Empowering Productivity: Harnessing the Talents of Women in Financial Services, by HM Treasury and Jayne-Anne Gadhia, CEO of Virgin Money, on increasing opportunities for women in the financial services sector to improve gender equality.

Further information about the Charter can be found at GOV.UK.