Breach of Contract Compensation Calculator
Estimate breach of contract 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 Success rate includes cases won at hearing; many withdrawn cases are also settled without a public award.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 breach of contract claims
This breach of contract 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 breach of contract, the tribunal is usually looking at a defined contractual loss rather than a broad fairness remedy. Common examples include notice pay, unpaid contractual sums, commission, bonus disputes or other money said to be due under the employment contract. The award is normally tied to the amount the contract required the employer to pay.
Pay and contract claims are often more arithmetical than discrimination or dismissal claims, but the outcome still depends on evidence. The tribunal may need payslips, contracts, schedules, correspondence and witness evidence to decide what was due, what was paid and whether the claim was brought within the relevant time limit.
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
University of Southampton
2021
The claimant's claims for wrongful dismissal, unfair dismissal, failure to pay holiday pay, direct religion or belief discrimination, direct race discrimination, indirect religion or belief discrimination, indirect race discrimination, harassment related to religion or belief, harassment related to race and victimisation were well founded.
View JudgmentFinablr Ltd and others
2022
The 1st Respondent was ordered to pay £248,307.72 for unlawful deductions and £6,258.48 in holiday entitlement, as well as £25,000 for breach of contract.
View JudgmentSynthite Ltd
2023
The 49 claimants, who were members of the Unite trade union, claimed the respondent made an inducement relating to collective bargaining in breach of section 154B Trade Union & Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992. The tribunal found in favour of the claimants and ordered the respondent to pay each claimant £4,554.
View JudgmentMaxa London Ltd
2025
The respondent was found to have made unauthorized wage deductions and breached the claimant's contract, resulting in a total compensation of £127,250.
View JudgmentK Ryan Consulting Ltd
2025
The respondent failed to present a valid response and was ordered to pay the claimant €87,750 for unauthorised deductions from wages and €9,661.12 for failure to pay holiday entitlement.
View JudgmentMr R Mackinnon and Chiropractic First Group Limited (in liquidation)
2024
The claimant was successful in claims for unfair dismissal, breach of contract, unlawful deduction of wages, and holiday pay. The total compensation includes a basic award, compensatory award, breach of contract/notice pay, and other.
View JudgmentBehold.ai Technologies Ltd
2024
The tribunal found in favour of the first and second claimants, ordering the respondent to pay £20,047.22 to the first claimant and £74,803.14 to the second claimant for unauthorised deductions from wages and failure to pay employer pension contributions.
View JudgmentKingdom of Sweets Ltd and Pick N Mix London Ltd
2024
The claimants were employed by the second respondent. The claims against the first respondent are dismissed. The claims for unlawful deduction from wages, breach of contract, and constructive unfair dismissal against the second respondent are successful.
View JudgmentAssets 365 Ltd
2025
The claimant succeeded in claims for unauthorised deductions from wages, unpaid holiday pay, and failure to make pension contributions. The respondent was ordered to pay a total of £90,066.55 to the claimant.
View JudgmentSeven Resourcing Ltd
2025
Mr Richard Cooke was unfairly dismissed by Seven Resourcing Limited. The tribunal awarded a basic award, increased compensatory award due to ACAS Code non-compliance, damages for wrongful dismissal, and costs.
View JudgmentFrequently asked questions
What is the average payout for breach of contract?
In the published awarded cases in this dataset, the average breach of contract payout is £8,340 and the median award is £2,782. This is based on 1,954 cases with visible compensation.
What is the highest breach of contract award?
The highest published breach of contract award in this dataset is £3,449,329. 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 breach of contract claims succeed?
In the matching published judgments, claimants succeeded in 57.2% of cases. That is based on 4,681 documented outcomes, not every claim issued or settled.