Half of MPs and a third of charity workers against £100k salaries in charities
4 in 5 Conservatives happy for charities to provide frontline services
- Half of MPs (47%) think it is ‘unacceptable’ for charities to pay some staff over £100k a year, while a third (35%) are in favour
- A survey of 480 charity staff showed 38% of them were also against it, with 47% in favour
- 13% of MPs are happy with charities paying staff over £200k a year, with three quarters opposed (77%).
Less than half of Conservative MPs think charities should challenge the government and political parties
5 in 6 Labour MPs disagree as politicians split on charities in politics
- Just 42% of Conservative MPs think it is acceptable for charities to challenge government policy, with 39% against the idea
- Only 37% of them feel charities should challenge the policies of political parties, with 46% opposed.
Public thinks charity spending on admin is more than double their acceptable level
Find out how much the public think charities should spend on admin, fundraising and the cause, plus what they think charities actually spend.
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A chief concern: how CEO pay has changed in the UK’s best known charities over the last five years
Charity chief executives have recently found themselves under the spotlight in one area more than any other; their salaries. Plenty has been said about the public objecting to anyone at a charity earning over £100k a year, but we have been looking at how we got to this stage.