A feature article in the Daily Telegraph, which focussed on executive salaries within charities in the international aid sector, has now prompted a wider debate on salary levels within the charity sector more generally.
The initial article included the following:
Some of the executives were paid more than the Prime Minister’s £142,500 a year in 2013, which is used by ministers as a Whitehall high water mark. William Shawcross, the chairman of the Charity Commission, warned that charities were risking their reputations if they were not being seen to get a grip on boardroom excess. He told The Daily Telegraph: “It is not for the commission to tell charities how much they should pay their executives. That is a matter for their trustees. However, in these difficult times, when many charities are experiencing shortfalls, trustees should consider whether very high salaries are really appropriate, and fair to both the donors and the taxpayers who fund charities. Disproportionate salaries risk bringing organisations and the wider charitable world into disrepute.”
The initial and ‘follow-up’ articles are listed here:
- Revealed: who is getting the most money at biggest aid charities 5th Aug
- Executive pay at charities ‘not excessive’, claims industry 6th Aug
- Justine Greening: charities must grasp nettle on transparency 6th Aug
- Aid charities must ‘grasp transparency’ 6th Aug
- Right wingers hate us because we are so effective at campaigning, say charity leaders 7th Aug