CEO compensation among charities in the United Kingdom

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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

CharityCEO salary (£)SourceCEO nameSalary data sourcedCharity turnover (£)SourceTurnover data sourcedSalary percentage (2 s.f.)
Age UK 190,000 [6] Jonny Towers201586,400,000 [7] 20160.22%
Amnesty International 210,000 [6] Shalil Shetty201524,900,000 [8] 20150.84%
Anchor Trust 420,000 [9] Jane Ashcroft2015374,700,000 [10] 20170.11%
Arts Council England 40,000 [11] Sir Nicholas Serota CH 20221,488,655,343 [12] 20210.0027%
Barnardos 209,999 [13] Javed Khan2019306,000,000 [14] 20210.069%
BBC Children in Need 154,044 [15] Simon Antrobus202350,078,000 [15] 20230.31%
British Heart Foundation 180,000 [16] Simon Gillespie2013158,900,000 [17] 20170.11%
British Red Cross 173,000 [18] Mike Adamson2017251,700,000 [19] 20160.069%
Cancer Research UK 240,000 [6] Harpal Kumar2015621,000,000 [20] 20150.039%
Macmillan Cancer Support 200,000 [21] Lynda Thomas CBE2022227,145,000 [21] 20220.088%
NSPCC 162,000 [22] Peter Wanless2016106,800,000 [23] 20160.15%
Oxfam 120,936 [24] Danny Sriskandarajah2021400,000,000 [24] 20160.031%
National Trust 209,000 [25] Hilary McGrady2023704,700,000 [25] 20230.030%
Nuffield Health 1,229,999 [26] Steve Gray20221,238,400,000 [26] 20220.10%
Prince's Trust 140,000 [16] Martina Milburn2013610,000,000 [16] 20130.023%
RSPCA 162,217 [27] Chris Sherwood2022152,107,708 [27] 20220.11%
Scope 129,000 [28] Mark Atkinson201599,500,000 [29] 20170.13%
Scottish SPCA 140,000 [30] Kirsteen Campbell202320,936,000 [31] 20230.67%
Shelter 122,500 [32] Polly Neate201758,000,000 [16] 20170.21%
Sightsavers 144,288 [33] Caroline Harper2021261,200,000 [34] 20200.055%
St Andrew's Healthcare 433,000 [35] Gil Baldwin2017205,600,000 [35] 20170.21%
St. John Ambulance 140,000 [16] Sue Killen2013910,000,000 [16] 20130.015%
Wateraid 128,000 [36] Barbara Frost 201684,000,000 [36] 20160.15%
Wellcome Trust 445,220 [37] Jeremy Farrar20171,134,000,000 [38] 20170.039%

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:

YearEquivalent value of £100 in 2017
20121.17
20131.09
20141.06
20151.05
20161.04

References

  1. ↑ "Thames Water - 2017 - Facts and figures".
  2. ↑ Plimmer, Gill (28 June 2018). "Financial Times - 2018 - Thames Water defers chief's £3.8m potential bonus until 2020". Financial Times.
  3. ↑ "Salaries of members of His Majesty's Government: April 2022 (HTML)". GOV.UK. Retrieved 2024-02-24.
  4. ↑ UK Parliament. "Pay and expenses for MPs". UK Parliament. Retrieved 2024-02-24.
  5. ↑ "Cabinet Office senior officials 'high earners' salaries". GOV.UK. 2023-07-20. Retrieved 2024-02-24.
  6. 1 2 3 "AOL - 2015 - Charity bosses pocket huge salaries". 15 July 2016.
  7. ↑ "Age UK - 2016 - Report of trustees and annual accounts" (PDF).
  8. ↑ "Amnesty International - 2015 - Annual report" (PDF).
  9. ↑ "The Telegraph - 2015 - 32 charity bosses paid over £200,000 last year". 26 February 2015.
  10. ↑ "Anchor Trust - 2017 - Annual report and financial statements".
  11. ↑ "Arts Council England Annual Report and Accounts 2021/22" (PDF).
  12. ↑ "Charity Commission for England and Wales register of charities".
  13. ↑ "Annual Report and Accounts" (PDF). Barnados. 2019. Retrieved 8 December 2021.
  14. ↑ "Annual Report and Accounts" (PDF). Barnados. 2019. Retrieved 8 December 2021.
  15. 1 2 "BBC CHILDREN IN NEED - Charity 802052". register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk. Retrieved 2024-02-24.
  16. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Third Sector - 2015 - Charity pay study: Who are the highest earners?".b
  17. ↑ "British Heart Foundation - 2017 - Our Annual Review and Accounts".
  18. ↑ "Third Sector - 2017 - Charity pay study 2017: Who are the highest earners?".
  19. ↑ "Third Sector - 2017 - British Red Cross's income falls by more than £23m".
  20. ↑ "Cancer Research - 2015 - Annual report and accounts" (PDF).
  21. 1 2 "MACMILLAN CANCER SUPPORT - Charity 261017". register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk. Retrieved 2024-02-24.
  22. ↑ "NSPCC - 2016 - Details of pay for our executive board members".
  23. ↑ "Civil Society - 2016 - NSPCC's income falls after cutting spending on fundraising activities".
  24. 1 2 "OXFAM GB ANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS 2020/21".
  25. 1 2 "Read the latest Annual Report". National Trust. Retrieved 2024-02-24.
  26. 1 2 "NUFFIELD HEALTH - Charity 205533". register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk. Retrieved 2024-02-24.
  27. 1 2 "ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS - Charity 219099". register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk. Retrieved 2024-02-24.
  28. ↑ "Third Sector - 2015 - Scope appoints interim chief executive Mark Atkinson in permanent capacity".
  29. ↑ "Third Sector - 2017 - Scope paid almost £1m for redundancies in latest financial year".
  30. ↑ "Scottish SPCA Annual Report 2023" (PDF).
  31. ↑ "Scottish SPCA Annual Report 2023" (PDF).
  32. ↑ "Third Sector - 2017 - Polly Neate appointed chief executive of Shelter".
  33. ↑ "Meet our CEO". Sightsavers. December 2021. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
  34. ↑ "Sightsavers Global Annual Report 2020" (PDF).
  35. 1 2 "Third Sector - 2017 - Income at St Andrew's Healthcare tops £200m for first time".
  36. 1 2 "Third Sector - 2017 - Barbara Frost on the rise and rise of WaterAid".
  37. ↑ "Annual Report and Financial Statements 2017" (PDF). Wellcome. Retrieved 31 March 2019.
  38. ↑ "Annual Report and Financial Statements 2017" (PDF). Wellcome. Retrieved 31 March 2019.
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