Chief Executive Pay

The debate about senior pay in the sector, with comment and the wider background.

Chief Executive Pay In Depth

Will charities follow the NCVO recommendation on executive pay?

Tuesday, 06 May 2014

Editorial: Publication of senior charity salaries should become the norm

Tuesday, 06 May 2014

Analysis: Fat cats? The bigger picture of senior salaries

Tuesday, 10 Dec 2013

We could learn much from the private sector on pay

By Ray Jones, Tuesday, 19 Nov 2013

Editorial: The charity health sector has the real mega-salaries

By Stephen Cook, editor, Monday, 21 Oct 2013

Peter Stanford: Muddle and poor research surround executives' pay

By Peter Stanford, Tuesday, 10 Sep 2013

Analysis: Transparency in the sector

Tuesday, 03 Sep 2013

Analysis: Senior pay - a fair price for good leadership?

Tuesday, 19 Mar 2013

Editorial: Top pay in charities is higher than you think

By Stephen Cook, editor, Tuesday, 19 Mar 2013

Chief Executive Pay News

Departing Terrence Higgins Trust executives paid at least £350k last year, accounts indicate

By Andy Ricketts, Friday, 16 Jan 2015

Almost half of MPs oppose £100k pay for charity chiefs, research shows

By Andy Ricketts, Friday, 19 Sep 2014

St Andrew's paid departing chief executive Philip Sugarman £751,000 in his final year

By Sam Burne James, Thursday, 04 Sep 2014

Charities won't want to share pay information, says Kath Abrahams of Breakthrough

By Susannah Birkwood, Wednesday, 09 Jul 2014

Public trust in sector improving, Acevo conference told

By Sam Burne James, Friday, 09 May 2014

Charity websites should highlight salaries of top-earning staff, says inquiry

By Ian Griggs, Monday, 28 Apr 2014

Small Charities Coalition head resigns after charity says it cannot support his salary

By Sam Burne James, Tuesday, 15 Apr 2014

Charities will not have to disclose top salaries under Sorp, regulators say

By Edward Lander, Wednesday, 02 Apr 2014

Charity Commission chair 'surprised' that charities are affronted by criticism over pay

By Jenna Pudelek, Wednesday, 29 Jan 2014

Four out of ten think charity chiefs should earn less than MPs, says NPC poll

By Ian Griggs, Wednesday, 05 Mar 2014

Large charities should give reasons for executive pay levels, Acevo guide recommends

By Chloe Stothart, Wednesday, 18 Dec 2013

Charities named in newspapers' salary probes have suffered a fall in donations, NCVO chair tells MPs

By Chloe Stothart, Wednesday, 18 Dec 2013

Capping charity chiefs' pay would do 'irreparable damage' to the sector, evidence to MPs' inquiry says

By Jenna Pudelek, Wednesday, 11 Dec 2013

Private schools are the type of charity most likely to pay higher salaries, research shows

By Stephen Cook, Tuesday, 10 Dec 2013

Chief executive salaries 'have risen in line with charity income over five years'

By Jenna Pudelek, Wednesday, 20 Nov 2013

House of Commons committee to conduct inquiry into charity chief executive pay

By David Ainsworth, Wednesday, 30 Oct 2013

St Andrew's chief executive to take 50 per cent pay cut this year

By Andy Ricketts, Tuesday, 22 Oct 2013

Chief executive of St Andrew's received a pay rise of more than £100,000 last year

By Andy Ricketts, Friday, 18 Oct 2013

NCVO requests meetings with MPs who have criticised chief executive pay

By David Ainsworth, Tuesday, 15 Oct 2013

National Council for Voluntary Organisations launches inquiry into chief executive pay

By Abi Rimmer, Friday, 11 Oct 2013

Scotland charity chiefs' average salary fell by more than £5,500 over the past year, study finds

By Sophie Hudson, Monday, 19 Aug 2013

Charity Commission chair's remarks on salary levels dubbed 'a disgraceful distraction'

By Abi Rimmer, Tuesday, 06 Aug 2013

Charity Commission chair's remarks on salary levels dubbed 'a disgraceful distraction'

By Abi Rimmer, Tuesday, 06 Aug 2013

NCVO and Charity Commission to draw up guidelines on executive pay

By David Ainsworth, Monday, 12 Aug 2013

Pay of charity chief executives is widely viewed as administration cost, finds nfpSynergy

By Abi Rimmer, Thursday, 08 Aug 2013

Charities should be more transparent about spending, says International Development Secretary

Wednesday, 07 Aug 2013

Nuffield Health chief executive tops sector pay list at £860k

By Andy Hillier, Tuesday, 19 Mar 2013

National media coverage on the topic of chief executive pay

Thursday, 15 Aug 2013

Best of the blogs: Charity chief executive pay

Friday, 16 Aug 2013

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