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, received a fixed salary of £745,000 in 2018, with potential bonus of £3,750,000 in 2020. For a public-sector comparison, the UK prime minister is entitled to a salary of £167,391 and the Cabinet Secretary is entitled to a salary of £200,000 to £204,999.
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 Jonny Towers 2015 86,400,000 2016 0.22% Amnesty International 210,000 Shalil Shetty 2015 24,900,000 2015 0.84% Anchor Trust 420,000 Jane Ashcroft 2015 374,700,000 2017 0.11% Arts Council England 40,000 Sir Nicholas Serota 2022 1,488,655,343 2021 0.0027% Barnardos 209,999 Javed Khan 2019 306,000,000 2021 0.069% BBC Children in Need 154,044 Simon Antrobus 2023 50,078,000 2023 0.31% British Heart Foundation 180,000 Simon Gillespie 2013 158,900,000 2017 0.11% British Red Cross 173,000 Mike Adamson 2017 251,700,000 2016 0.069% Cancer Research UK 240,000 Harpal Kumar 2015 621,000,000 2015 0.039%The Institute of Cancer Research457,000Kristian Helin2025131,400,00020250.35% Macmillan Cancer Support 200,000 Lynda Thomas 2022 227,145,000 2022 0.088% NSPCC 162,000 Peter Wanless 2016 106,800,000 2016 0.15% Oxfam 120,936 Danny Sriskandarajah 2021 400,000,000 2016 0.031% National Trust 209,000 Hilary McGrady 2023 704,700,000 2023 0.030% Nuffield Health 1,229,999 Steve Gray 2022 1,238,400,000 2022 0.10% Prince's Trust 140,000 b Martina Milburn 2013 610,000,000 2013 0.023% RSPCA 162,217 Chris Sherwood 2022 152,107,708 2022 0.11% Scope 129,000 Mark Atkinson 2015 99,500,000 2017 0.13%Scottish SPCA140,000Kirsteen Campbell202320,936,00020230.67% Shelter 122,500 Polly Neate 2017 58,000,000 2017 0.21% Sightsavers 144,288 Caroline Harper 2021 261,200,000 2020 0.055% St Andrew's Healthcare 433,000 Gil Baldwin 2017 205,600,000 2017 0.21% St. John Ambulance 140,000 Sue Killen 2013 910,000,000 2013 0.015% Wateraid 128,000 Barbara Frost 2016 84,000,000 2016 0.15% Wellcome Trust 445,220 Jeremy Farrar 2017 1,134,000,000 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
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