UK reward metrics · Incentives & Recognition

What profit-share or gainshare arrangement do UK organisations operate for the general population?

Source lumi HRBase 266 organisationsFieldwork 2026 H1

77.4%No

77.4% of organisations in the lumi HR community answered “No” on profit share or gainshare arrangements (base: 266 UK organisations, 2026 H1).

Figures describe organisations in the lumi HR community, not a random sample of UK employers.

How UK organisations answered

Profit share — all-employee 6.8% Gainshare (site or team) 15.8% No 77.4%
Profit share or gainshare arrangements (base: 266 organisations, 2026 H1). Percentages percentages may not sum to 100 because of rounding.
Profit share or gainshare arrangements: share of organisations by answer
AnswerShare of organisations
Profit share — all-employeerare6.8%
Gainshare (site or team)rare15.8%
Nocommon77.4%

Common, alternative and rare describe how each answer sits against the community: the most chosen answer is common; an answer chosen by fewer than one in five organisations is rare.

Definition

Whether staff broadly share in company profits or team gains, distinguishing all-employee profit share from site or team gainshare. See the methodology for how the base is built, how not-applicable answers are handled, the public floor, and which organisations are excluded.

Cite this figure
Source: lumi HR, UK Reward Metrics, September 2026, lumihr.co.uk/metrics/profit-share-or-gainshare-arrangements
Last updated 19 September 2026 · Data licence: CC BY 4.0 for the figures in the CSV download.

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