Gender pay gap narrows to 6.3% at large charities, research finds

The brilliant Civil Society has created a report which explores the Gender Pay Gap in charitable organisations – I have enclosed the text of the link below, but please have a look at their site for some of the best reporting on third sector organisations – the following article is here. . The average gender pay gap at a sample of almost 100 of the largest UK charities has continued to narrow, according to Civil Society’s analysis of recently published data. In April 2024, the average median gender pay gap…

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Richest 10 charities see assets rise to £67.7bn but trail inflation

  The total assets of the 10 wealthiest charities grew from £67bn to £67.7bn for financial years ending in 2023. They accounted for 27% of the charity sector’s total assets in 2023, a proportion that remained the same as in 2022 but was a 1% decrease from 2021. Meanwhile, the charity sector overall saw its total assets increase by 2% in 2023 to £255bn, up from £251bn the year before. This was the third consecutive year of growth for the sector since Civil Society started reporting it. However, inflation averaged…

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11% of large charities report their ethnicity pay gap, research finds

Some 11% of the largest charities in the UK currently report their ethnicity pay gap, according to research by Civil Society.  Analysis of the top 250 charities by income, according to Charity Finance’s 100 and 250 Indexes, shows that 27 published their ethnicity pay gap for 2022.  All 27 charities that reported data had a lower ethnicity pay gap than the UK national average of 31.3% and had a combined average of 21.9% in favour of white staff. Year-on-year changes The ethnicity pay gap measures the difference in average pay…

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