Global InformationCEO compensation among charities in the United Kingdom information
In the UK, CEOs of charities are compensated for their time, and the data of which is available in the public domain. In comparison to the private sector, the compensation of charity CEOs is generally substantially lower. For example Steve Robertson of the privatised Thames Water, which serves water to 10,000,000 people,[1] received a fixed salary of £745,000 in 2018, with potential bonus of £3,750,000 in 2020. [2] For a public-sector comparison, the UK prime minister is entitled to a salary of £167,391[3][4] and the Cabinet Secretary is entitled to a salary of £200,000 to £204,999.[5]
The table below outlines financial data - CEO salaries and turnover figures - where available, of a selection of major charities in the United Kingdom, by capital.
Data for 2001 and 2002 is available on The Guardian's website
| Charity | CEO salary (£) | Source | CEO name | Salary data sourced | Charity turnover (£) | Source | Turnover data sourced | Salary percentage (2 s.f.) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age UK | 190,000 | [6] | Jonny Towers | 2015 | 86,400,000 | [7] | 2016 | 0.22% |
| Amnesty International UK | 210,000 | [6] | Shalil Shetty | 2015 | 24,900,000 | [8] | 2015 | 0.82% |
| Anchor Trust | 420,000 | [9] | Jane Ashcroft | 2015 | 374,700,000 | [10] | 2017 | 0.11% |
| Arts Council England | 40,000 | [11] | Sir Nicholas Serota CH | 2022 | 1,488,655,343 | [12] | 2021 | 0.0027% |
| Barnardos | 209,999 | [13] | Javed Khan | 2019 | 306,000,000 | [14] | 2021 | 0.069% |
| BBC Children in Need | 154,044 | [15] | Simon Antrobus | 2023 | 50,078,000 | [15] | 2023 | 0.31% |
| British Heart Foundation | 180,000 | [16] | Simon Gillespie | 2013 | 158,900,000 | [17] | 2017 | 0.11% |
| British Red Cross | 173,000 | [18] | Mike Adamson | 2017 | 251,700,000 | [19] | 2016 | 0.069% |
| Cancer Research UK | 240,000 | [6] | Harpal Kumar | 2015 | 621,000,000 | [20] | 2015 | 0.039% |
| Macmillan Cancer Support | 200,000 | [21] | Lynda Thomas CBE | 2022 | 227,145,000 | [21] | 2022 | 0.088% |
| NSPCC | 162,000 | [22] | Peter Wanless | 2016 | 106,800,000 | [23] | 2016 | 0.15% |
| Oxfam | 120,936 | [24] | Danny Sriskandarajah | 2021 | 400,000,000 | [24] | 2016 | 0.031% |
| National Trust | 209,000 | [25] | Hilary McGrady | 2023 | 704,700,000 | [25] | 2023 | 0.030% |
| Nuffield Health | 1,229,999 | [26] | Steve Gray | 2022 | 1,238,400,000 | [26] | 2022 | 0.10% |
| Prince's Trust | 140,000 | [16] | Martina Milburn | 2013 | 610,000,000 | [16] | 2013 | 0.023% |
| RSPCA | 162,217 | [27] | Chris Sherwood | 2022 | 152,107,708 | [27] | 2022 | 0.11% |
| Scope | 129,000 | [28] | Mark Atkinson | 2015 | 99,500,000 | [29] | 2017 | 0.13% |
| Shelter | 122,500 | [30] | Polly Neate | 2017 | 58,000,000 | [16] | 2017 | 0.21% |
| Sightsavers | 144,288 | [31] | Caroline Harper | 2021 | 261,200,000 | [32] | 2020 | 0.055% |
| St Andrew's Healthcare | 433,000 | [33] | Gil Baldwin | 2017 | 205,600,000 | [33] | 2017 | 0.21% |
| St. John Ambulance | 140,000 | [16] | Sue Killen | 2013 | 910,000,000 | [16] | 2013 | 0.015% |
| Wateraid | 128,000 | [34] | Barbara Frost | 2016 | 84,000,000 | [34] | 2016 | 0.15% |
| Wellcome Trust | 445,220 | [35] | Jeremy Farrar | 2017 | 1,134,000,000 | [36] | 2017 | 0.039% |
The below table shows the inflation-adjusted, equivalent value of 100 British pounds in 2017, for previous years. It is sourced from Bank of England website:
| Year | Equivalent value of £100 in 2017 |
|---|---|
| 2012 | 1.17 |
| 2013 | 1.09 |
| 2014 | 1.06 |
| 2015 | 1.05 |
| 2016 | 1.04 |
- ^ "Thames Water - 2017 - Facts and figures".
- ^ Plimmer, Gill (28 June 2018). "Financial Times - 2018 - Thames Water defers chief's £3.8m potential bonus until 2020". Financial Times.
- ^ "Salaries of members of His Majesty's Government: April 2022 (HTML)". GOV.UK. Retrieved 2024-02-24.
- ^ UK Parliament. "Pay and expenses for MPs". UK Parliament. Retrieved 2024-02-24.
- ^ "Cabinet Office senior officials 'high earners' salaries". GOV.UK. 2023-07-20. Retrieved 2024-02-24.
- ^ a b c "AOL - 2015 - Charity bosses pocket huge salaries". 15 July 2016.
- ^ "Age UK - 2016 - Report of trustees and annual accounts" (PDF).
- ^ "Amnesty International - 2015 - Annual report" (PDF).
- ^ "The Telegraph - 2015 - 32 charity bosses paid over £200,000 last year". 26 February 2015.
- ^ "Anchor Trust - 2017 - Annual report and financial statements".
- ^ "Arts Council England Annual Report and Accounts 2021/22" (PDF).
- ^ "Charity Commission for England and Wales register of charities".
- ^ "Annual Report and Accounts" (PDF). Barnados. 2019. Retrieved 8 December 2021.
- ^ "Annual Report and Accounts" (PDF). Barnados. 2019. Retrieved 8 December 2021.
- ^ a b "BBC CHILDREN IN NEED - Charity 802052". register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk. Retrieved 2024-02-24.
- ^ a b c d e f "Third Sector - 2015 - Charity pay study: Who are the highest earners?".b
- ^ "British Heart Foundation - 2017 - Our Annual Review and Accounts".
- ^ "Third Sector - 2017 - Charity pay study 2017: Who are the highest earners?".
- ^ "Third Sector - 2017 - British Red Cross's income falls by more than £23m".
- ^ "Cancer Research - 2015 - Annual report and accounts" (PDF).
- ^ a b "MACMILLAN CANCER SUPPORT - Charity 261017". register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk. Retrieved 2024-02-24.
- ^ "NSPCC - 2016 - Details of pay for our executive board members".
- ^ "Civil Society - 2016 - NSPCC's income falls after cutting spending on fundraising activities".
- ^ a b "OXFAM GB ANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS 2020/21".
- ^ a b "Read the latest Annual Report". National Trust. Retrieved 2024-02-24.
- ^ a b "NUFFIELD HEALTH - Charity 205533". register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk. Retrieved 2024-02-24.
- ^ a b "ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS - Charity 219099". register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk. Retrieved 2024-02-24.
- ^ "Third Sector - 2015 - Scope appoints interim chief executive Mark Atkinson in permanent capacity".
- ^ "Third Sector - 2017 - Scope paid almost £1m for redundancies in latest financial year".
- ^ "Third Sector - 2017 - Polly Neate appointed chief executive of Shelter".
- ^ "Meet our CEO". Sightsavers. December 2021. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
- ^ "Sightsavers Global Annual Report 2020" (PDF).
- ^ a b "Third Sector - 2017 - Income at St Andrew's Healthcare tops £200m for first time".
- ^ a b "Third Sector - 2017 - Barbara Frost on the rise and rise of WaterAid".
- ^ "Annual Report and Financial Statements 2017" (PDF). Wellcome. Retrieved 31 March 2019.
- ^ "Annual Report and Financial Statements 2017" (PDF). Wellcome. Retrieved 31 March 2019.