Zigup's CEO is Martin Ward, appointed in Feb 2020, has a tenure of 6.42 years. total yearly compensation is £1.88M, comprised of 34.4% salary and 65.6% bonuses, including company stock and options. directly owns 1.22% of the company’s shares, worth €14.86M. The average tenure of the management team and the board of directors is 2.5 years and 6.4 years respectively.
Key information
Martin Ward
Chief executive officer
UK£1.9m
Total compensation
CEO salary percentage
34.40%
CEO tenure
6.4yrs
CEO ownership
1.2%
Management average tenure
2.5yrs
Board average tenure
6.4yrs
Recent management updates
Recent updates
CEO Compensation Analysis
How has Martin Ward's remuneration changed compared to Zigup's earnings?
Date
Total Compensation
Salary
Company Earnings
Oct 31 2025
n/a
n/a
UK£86m
Jul 31 2025
n/a
n/a
UK£83m
Apr 30 2025
UK£2m
UK£646k
UK£80m
Jan 31 2025
n/a
n/a
UK£87m
Oct 31 2024
n/a
n/a
UK£94m
Jul 31 2024
n/a
n/a
UK£109m
Apr 30 2024
UK£2m
UK£628k
UK£125m
Jan 31 2024
n/a
n/a
UK£128m
Oct 31 2023
n/a
n/a
UK£132m
Jul 31 2023
n/a
n/a
UK£136m
Apr 30 2023
UK£4m
UK£609k
UK£139m
Jan 31 2023
n/a
n/a
UK£134m
Oct 31 2022
n/a
n/a
UK£128m
Jul 31 2022
n/a
n/a
UK£115m
Apr 30 2022
UK£1m
UK£592k
UK£102m
Jan 31 2022
n/a
n/a
UK£101m
Oct 31 2021
n/a
n/a
UK£100m
Jul 31 2021
n/a
n/a
UK£83m
Apr 30 2021
UK£1m
UK£514k
UK£66m
Jan 31 2021
n/a
n/a
UK£36m
Oct 31 2020
n/a
n/a
UK£7m
Jul 31 2020
n/a
n/a
UK£7m
Apr 30 2020
UK£391k
UK£71k
UK£8m
Compensation vs Market: Martin's total compensation ($USD2.51M) is above average for companies of similar size in the German market ($USD1.81M).
Compensation vs Earnings: Martin's compensation has been consistent with company performance over the past year.
CEO
Martin Ward (59 yo)
6.4yrs
Tenure
UK£1,878,000
Compensation
Mr. Martin Ward had been Chief Executive Officer at Redde plc since October 2011. Mr. Ward served as Group Managing Director of Redde plc since April 8, 2009. Mr. Ward served as Managing Director of Albany...
Leadership Team
Name
Position
Tenure
Compensation
Ownership
Martin Ward
CEO & Director
6.4yrs
UK£1.88m
1.22% € 14.9m
Rachel Coulson
CFO & Director
less than a year
no data
0.0056% € 69.0k
Matthew Barton
Company Secretary & General Counsel
2yrs
no data
no data
Katie Tasker-Wood
Chief Strategy Officer
no data
no data
0.042% € 512.3k
Mark Tredwell
Head of Development
5.5yrs
no data
no data
Russell Smithers
Managing Director
no data
no data
no data
Harvey Stead
Chief Executive Officer of UK&I
1.5yrs
no data
no data
Roberto Maestro
Chief Financial Officer of Spain
5.5yrs
no data
no data
Jorge Alejandre
Chief Executive Officer of Northgate Espana
7.5yrs
no data
no data
Debbie MacMorran
Managing Director of Equine Rescue Service
no data
no data
no data
Mel Bebbington
Managing Director of Auxillis
2.4yrs
no data
no data
Neil McCrossan
Managing Director of Northgate Mobility
2.5yrs
no data
no data
2.5yrs
Average Tenure
52yo
Average Age
Experienced Management: 21W's management team is considered experienced (2.5 years average tenure).
Board Members
Name
Position
Tenure
Compensation
Ownership
Martin Ward
CEO & Director
6.4yrs
UK£1.88m
1.22% € 14.9m
Rachel Coulson
CFO & Director
less than a year
no data
0.0056% € 69.0k
Mark McCafferty
Non-Executive Director
6.4yrs
UK£58.00k
0.0049% € 59.8k
John Pattullo
Senior Independent Non-Executive Director
7.5yrs
UK£78.00k
0.036% € 435.0k
Avril Palmer-Lavery
Independent Non-Executive Chairman
6.9yrs
UK£206.00k
0.049% € 600.4k
Alexander Butcher
Independent Non-Executive Director
6.8yrs
UK£68.00k
0.015% € 188.5k
Nicola Rabson
Independent Non-Executive Director
3.7yrs
UK£58.00k
0.0025% € 30.9k
Bindiya Karia
Independent Non-Executive Director
4.2yrs
UK£58.00k
no data
6.4yrs
Average Tenure
60.5yo
Average Age
Experienced Board: 21W's board of directors are considered experienced (6.4 years average tenure).
Company Analysis and Financial Data Status
Data
Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis
2026/07/07 16:25
End of Day Share Price
2026/07/07 00:00
Earnings
2025/10/31
Annual Earnings
2025/04/30
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Analyst Sources
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