Age Discrimination Compensation Calculator
Estimate age discrimination compensation using real published UK employment tribunal awards.
Important Context
These figures represent awarded compensation only. Many cases settle out of court for undisclosed sums. Success rate includes cases won at hearing; many withdrawn cases are also settled without a public award.
How compensation is measured in age discrimination claims
This age discrimination compensation calculator uses published employment tribunal judgments to give context on real awards. It is built for people trying to understand the range of outcomes, not to promise a result in any individual case. The figures combine the tribunal's visible compensation data with the claim type recorded for the judgment, so the page reflects documented decisions rather than private settlement figures or broad anecdotal estimates.
For age discrimination, compensation can include injury to feelings, financial loss, interest and, in some cases, aggravated damages. Age is unusual because even direct discrimination can be lawful if the employer shows it was a proportionate means of achieving a legitimate aim, so many claims turn on that justification defence. Where a claim succeeds, injury to feelings is assessed using the Vento bands and financial loss is considered separately, with no statutory cap on the award.
Discrimination and whistleblowing compensation is not assessed by a simple tariff. Some awards are modest because the proven loss is limited; others are much higher because they include long-term earnings loss, psychiatric injury, interest or multiple successful complaints. The published examples are useful because they show the spread of real outcomes rather than a single headline number.
The numbers on this page are not a prediction of any individual claim. They summarise published decisions where compensation appears in the judgment, so they are useful for context but not a complete view of every claim issued, negotiated or settled. Many employment tribunal cases settle privately, and those settlement values usually do not appear in the public judgment record.
Use the median, highest award and top published cases as a starting point for research. The median is usually more useful than the average because very large awards can pull the average upward. The top cases show what has happened in documented disputes, but they should not be treated as normal outcomes. Legal advice is still needed before relying on any number for settlement, litigation risk or pleading a schedule of loss.
Top 10 Highest-Value Judgments
Entserve UK Ltd
2024
The claimant succeeded in unfair dismissal and failed in direct and indirect age discrimination claims. The compensation awarded is capped at £88,519.
View JudgmentFirst West Yorkshire Ltd
2025
The claimant Mr G Lennon was successful in his claims for unfair dismissal and direct disability discrimination against First West Yorkshire Limited. The respondent was ordered to pay a total award of £29,347.20.
View JudgmentMechinoh L’Yeshiva School
2020
Mr L Bookatz was unfairly dismissed by Mechinoh L'Yeshiva School and awarded a total compensation of £21,467 for unfair dismissal, past losses, breach of contract, and direct discrimination.
View JudgmentLambton Holdings Ltd
2025
The claimant, Mrs C Sheehan, was successful in her unfair dismissal claim and received a total compensation of £21,091.97, which includes a basic award and compensatory award, as well as holiday pay and notice pay.
View JudgmentGenepool Personnel Ltd (in voluntary liquidation)
2025
The case involved claims of age discrimination, unauthorised wage deductions, breach of contract for notice pay and holiday pay, and a contractual redundancy payment. The tribunal found the respondent liable for several issues but dismissed the age discrimination claim.
View JudgmentTayside Health Board
2022
The claimant succeeded in her claim for unlawful deduction of wages in the sum of £13,199.50, but her claim of indirect age discrimination was dismissed.
View JudgmentStep Up Children and Family Services Ltd
2025
The claim of unfair dismissal was successful, and the respondent was ordered to pay £8755.69 to the claimant.
View Judgment15405172 Ltd (previously Gonbayy Ltd)
2025
Miss S Li successfully claimed direct disability and age discrimination, as well as harassment related to age against 15405172 Limited. The respondent was ordered to pay £6500 in compensation for injury to feelings.
View JudgmentBibimoney Global Ltd
2023
The case involved claims for detriments, unfair dismissal, harassment, and direct age and sex discrimination. The claimant was partially successful in her claims for harassment and direct age and sex discrimination, with the respondent ordered to pay £5,500 for injury to feelings.
View JudgmentHPI UK Holding Ltd
2025
The tribunal upheld a claim for unpaid share of service charge but dismissed other claims including direct age discrimination, whistleblowing detriment, and constructive dismissal.
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What is the average payout for age discrimination?
In the published awarded cases in this dataset, the average age discrimination payout is £10,275 and the median award is £2,396. This is based on 22 cases with visible compensation.
What is the highest age discrimination award?
The highest published age discrimination award in this dataset is £88,519. Large awards are unusual and can be driven by long periods of financial loss, injury to feelings or other case-specific factors.
What percentage of age discrimination claims succeed?
In the matching published judgments, claimants succeeded in 18.4% of cases. That is based on 565 documented outcomes, not every claim issued or settled.