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 | 210,000 | [6] | Shalil Shetty | 2015 | ||||
| Amnesty International UK | 24,900,000 | [8] | 2015 | |||||
| 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 |
