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Overpaid charity bosses? Not in Scotland, research reveals

This news post is almost 5 years old
 

​Myth of overpaid charity chiefs put to bed

Recruiters say Scottish charity bosses earn around 9% less than their UK counterparts.

Recruitment firm BTA found that the average charity chief executive in Scotland earned £47,500, compared with £52,000 across the UK.

The firm analysed job adverts over two years to compile its Scottish Charity Workforce Salary Survey ahead of the full report being published next month.

An unusual finding was that charity directors in Scotland are earning more than chief executives. This is because some roles will be for running the Scottish arm of a larger UK charity while some larger Scottish charities may also pay reasonably well for senior roles below chief executive.

Abeer Macintyre, joint chief executive of BTA said: “At last we can disprove this myth about charity leaders being overpaid in Scotland,” she said. “They are not. They do hard jobs, running complex organisations on tight budgets.”

Pat Armstrong, chief executive of the Association of Chief Officers of Scottish Voluntary Organisations, “sector leaders give real value for money for their organisations.”

Top salaries at the bigger organisations have come under intense scrutiny over the past few years following well-publicised charity scandals.

 

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Pedestrian
almost 5 years ago
Some ceo’s are earning way above what they are worth. They award themselves and staff much more than is acceptable while income from government sources are being cut. They seem to be unaccountable to no one but themselves. There is more money spent on salaries and expenses than on the purported ‘charity work’ which they claim to undertake
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Lok Yue
almost 5 years ago
There is sometimes too cosy a relationship between the Chairman and the Chief Executive which can lead to the rest of the Trustees losing immediate grip and allowing chair and CEO to get on with things. This in turn can lead to the CEO's remuneration being linked to the generosity of the remuneration committee, usually headed by the chairman, rather than to any coruscating brilliance on the part of the CEO
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dorisdutt
over 4 years ago
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David Allison
almost 5 years ago
Apples and pears surely!? A random sample of salaries based on job titles- rather than responsibilities/ competencies! Salaries will reflect more the latter. There are people in the third sector called chief executives who's organisation employs less than 10 people!!!! Others employ 1,000s- I'd expect massive differences in salaries accordingly.
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