[WiLT] Surge in pay for small charity CE but gender gap widens

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Survey shows surge in pay for chief executives of small charities

The pay of chief executives of small charities shot up by an average
of 23 per cent last year, according to the annual salary survey from
Acevo.

Research by the chief executives body showed that the median pay for
heads of charities with annual incomes of less than £150,000 had risen
to £37,000 - an increase of £7,000.

The Acevo Pay Survey 2008/09 asked almost 700 charity chief executives
about their salaries. It showed that pay for heads of charities of all
sizes rose by an average of 8 per cent to a median of £57,300.

The median salary for chief executives of charities with annual
incomes of between £150,000 and £250,000 rose by almost 10 per cent.

Ralph Michell, policy advocate at Acevo, said the 23 per cent rise was
a positive development. The role that chief executives played in
getting results should be rewarded, he said.

"In order to get the right outcomes, you need to have chief executives
in place who know what they are doing, and you need to pay for that,"
he said. "We should not be ashamed of it."

Although the survey covered only 26 chief executives from charities
with incomes of less than £150,000 a year, the figure should be seen
as indicative for the rest of the sector, said Michell.

Neil Cleeveley, director of policy and communications at local
umbrella body Navca, said his organisation's members were not
reporting a comparable rate of pay rises.

"We are currently seeing local third sector groups coming under the
twin pressures of rising costs and rising demand for the services they
provide," he said.

"In these circumstances, we are surprised at this reported increase in
chief executive salaries."

The survey also showed that fewer than one in three charity boards had
any trustees from ethnic minority groups.

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Gender gap widens in pay for the top job

The pay gap between male and female charity chief executives has
widened over the past year, The Acevo Pay Survey 2008/09 has revealed.

The research showed that the median male chief executive salary had
risen by 8 per cent, whereas the equivalent female salary had gone up
by only 5 per cent.

The difference in average pay now stands at £11,000, up from just
under £8,700 a year ago.

The survey also revealed that women were less likely to hold the top
position in large charities.

Although there were more female than male chief executives of
organisations with annual incomes of up to £1m, there were more than
twice as many male as female chief executives in organisations with
incomes of more than £5m.

Stephen Bubb, chief executive of Acevo, said the figures showed that
the sector "needed to get its house in order".

He said: "It is shameful that there is a growing gender gap in a
sector that champions social justice."

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