Research seen by The Independent shows that more than 50 charity chief executives received between £100,000 and £210,000 last year. In one case, a charity paid its chief executive nearly £400,000.
Unite, the union which represents 60,000 charity workers, said too many charity bosses were paying themselves more than the Prime Minister's salary of £197,000.
Rachael Maskell, Unite's national officer for the not-for-profit sector, said: "The excessive City pay culture is seeping into the remuneration packages of charity bosses and should be curbed. This is to be deplored, as it corrupts the ethos of the voluntary sector and is an insult to those, often on average incomes, who donate to charity.
*RSPCA: Mark Watts, chief executive, received £105,500 in pay and perks in the year to April 2009.
"I think the general public will be shocked by the scale of the packages that some executives are being awarded. This sector is losing its sense of what real value is."
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/city-pay-culture-has-spread-to-charities-union-says-1817725.html
3 comments:
No wonder the animals fare so badly.
If these people truly cared, they'd accept half of the ammount they are paid. It's criminal that the public have to pay this ammount in wages, when they think money is going on animal welfare!!
I just find the RSPCA's approach to the general public astonishing. There is no way that that guy is worth that kind of cash - plus the perks (private healthcare, final salary pension etc). No wonder he said that his "charity" was having to cut £54 million (yes, £54,000,000!) from its animal care budget a couple of months ago.
Most of the individual donations they receive come mainly from people living on state pensions, which contributes to what? Another box of Havana cigars for Xmas? He really should not be taking that level of salary, especially when you consider the overall shortage of qualified inspectors in the UK.
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