Charities C.E.O.'s Salaries.

When parting with your hard earned Dosh/pension..consider the wages of the following C.E.O's.

Christian Aid. £126,000
Cancer research £240,000
NSPCC. £167,000
UK Red Cross. £184,000
UNICEF £395,000
Age UK £190,000
McMillan. £161,000
Oxfam £119,000
Save the children £163,000.
Not even mentioning BBC's Children in need Scam.

It has always been like that, and that is why I don't and never have given any money to charities.

Billinge Biker this is a drop in the ocean compared to how much money is sent overseas which you think is being spent here. Also the amount that is spent on advertising. RSPCA advert saying they are in the middle of a funding crisis but spend over £22 million on adverts

I don't imagine they are wanting to give money to the television and advertising companies. Why would they?

We would need to know how much additional income is derived from the over £22M spent in this way.

I have been somewhat bemused in the past, when this has been discussed. Various members have posted how they only give money to such and such.

And often their chosen 'such and such' turn out to be THE WORST offender in terms of the proportion of income actually going to the cause for which it is collected.

Ena the RSPCA spend 81pence in the pound on animal rescue etc and running the business but how much money is directly generated by spending £22million your guess is has good has mineCharities are multi billion pound industries and some people are getting very rich off the gullibility of the general public. Due to circumstances my wife's only pleasure is watching Television and if you donated to all of the charity adverts on Tv you would be a few hundred pounds out of pocket every day either direct payments or when you pop your clogs through your will

Billinge Biker don't forget these highly paid CEO also get a golden handshake pension or a bonus payment on top of their wage

Peter

I am not defending what they do in any way.

Given the sheer number of charity appeals on TV, particularly at this time of year, I guess that they find such action a highly effective way of drawing in funds.

TV adverts are spectacularly effective.

I only give to the Salvation Army, Derian House. and Wigan Hospice.

There are more charity shops in Wigan Than normal retail shops and they are all busier than the retail shops, I admit to having a good rumble about inside bargain hunting, I look for cheap clothing for my mannikins, jigsaws, balsawood models , boxed games, furniture, tools, things of interest and you can see the logic for the shop owner,
free workers, free goods to sell, grants from the council for rent and business tax , they are on a win win situation for the shop owner and the customer, Little wonder the CEO's make loads,

I used to enjoy flea markets for similar reasons.

Had to quit.

I have got too much stuff.

Nowadays, trying to get rid of stuff, not acquire more.

A quick google tells me this......

UNICEF relies entirely on voluntary contributions from governments and private donors. Its total income as of 2020 was $7.2 billion; of which public-sector partners contributed $5.45 billion

In 2018, UNICEF assisted in the birth of 27 million babies, administered pentavalent vaccines to an estimated 65.5 million children, provided education for 12 million children, treated four million children with severe acute malnutrition, and responded to 285 humanitarian emergencies in 90 countries.

Not sure how much you think these people should be paid but quite frankly any CEO blessed with the capability, skills and acumen to effectively lead and manage an organisation capable of achievements such as this deserves every penny of that £395K.

Don't forget what UNICEF stands for United Nations Children's Fund and is a multi national group and is not run by any one person

If UNICEF is not run by one person you had better let her know

My old plumbing company was a none profit making concern,, It was not intended to be that way but, thats how it turned out,, I had a lot of happy customers and a very unhappy Tax collector

Bialystock und Bloom

beggars belief!! there is self made millionaire business men who give millions!!!!! You don't think they don't know what Charities are doing with there money??? you think they would give there hard earned money before checking on how their money is being spent.....
i have said before my wife is the Vice President for Resource Development at a Academy of Arts and Design She flew out last night to Cleveland thats 12 hours and no not in business she is their for 2 day then she is off to new york for 2 days then she is back to london for 3 days she will be having about 6 meeting a day..... then back here she may do these trips every 2 months or more that is what a Charities C.E.O.'s does and more .....



IF you have to question were your 10 pound a year goes to and how it's spent don't give it........

The widows mite.

If there is one thing people should not do is agree to pay a monthy direct debit of just £2 or £3 per month as you will be constandly pestered to increase the amount on a regular basis.

The very name 'charity' is misused in these cases. . For me charity conjures up the idea of volunteers working selflessly for a good cause . .....Let's call them what they are . Businesses .

I read for every £ given to the Salvation army 98p goes to admin .

Those appeals that appear on TV so regularly are advertising really

Where did you read that MrsC?

Cant think where you read that MrsC

92 pence in your donated £1 goes to the delivery of caring services and the support of those services.
8 pence in your donated £1 is invested in fundraising to generate those funds and governance.
LINK

Sorry I'm afraid I can't remember where I read it , it was a long time ago.
It would seem what I read was incorrect .

MRSC your 100% right it's a business..... A lot of the big Charities do pay 30% of what is collected in the tin to the worker.....
And most Charities work on 27% admin

First Mate's the most telling line is " and the support of those services" that can mean also admin

I once got invited to one of those posh charity events.

A work colleague was a friend of the organiser, and she needed a plus one to take along.

It was held at Sledmere House: then the home of Baron Sykes. (His ancestor is the Sykes of the infamous Sykes-Picot agreement)

I cannot recall the beneficiary, but it would have been health related.

Lots of good wine and good nosh flowed, and then we settled down to the business of the evening. A distinguished artist, whose name I no longer recall had gifted a whole portfolio of his paintings. These were duly auctioned, and raised more than £5 Million in just a matter of minutes.

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Conversely, as I have previously posted on a different thread. I personally know the chair of one of our national charities, and also of his criminal past.


I guess, as in so many walks of life, there are good and there are bad...

ena malcup you made me smile.... my wife also has posh charity events in London before covid it was in the british museum .... why you made me smile remember the Guinness share-trading fraud in the 80s take a look at what the people are up to today take a look at Gerald Ronson

I never give money to charities anymore but I do donate stuff which is surplus to my requirements to charity shops.

Clothing, bric a brac etc.
It saves me from sending them to landfill and also someone can grab a bargain in the said charity shops.
They are doing me and the planet a favour as I dont have to dump it, and another person can use it.
I look at it as a way of recycling

When we downsized I must have done 20 runs to various charity shops. Also when we had to reshuffle the bedroom for the electric bed I sent a small pouffe a set of draws and a medium sized folding table to the charity shop .I slipped up and bought a flower from the Alzheimer's Society online and now I am being plagued by begging letters from them but they will not be getting any money from me