Kids Company's Camila Batmanghelidjh Paid Greater Proportion Of Income Than Britain's Top Charities

One Awkward Fact That Shows Kids Company's Boss Was Not 'Exceptional' Value

Kids Company directed a greater proportion of its income towards paying its chief executive than Britain's biggest charities, arguably undermining claims it provided "exceptional" value.

Camila Batmanghelidjh, the colourful, self-styled champion of young Londoners, is said to have lobbied David Cameron personally to ensure her charity received vital cash injections, despite concerns over its financial mismanagement.

Many were left aggrieved at Batmanghelidjh's reported £90,000 salary as details of the charity's profligate spending emerged after its closure this summer.

Batmanghelidjh claimed today that Kids Company provided "exceptional clinical and financial value as well as its rigorous accountability".

But an analysis of Britain's biggest charities by income show Kids Company appears to have been paying its top earner more, in proportion to the money it raised.

Kids Company awarded its top-paid staff member, believed to be Batmanghelidjh, a £90,000 salary - or a 0.389% of its £23,104,012 income.

This compares to 0.110% of income spent on the salary of Britain's highest paid charity boss at healthcare provider Nuffield Health. Cancer Research UK awards 0.036%, Oxfam 0.0326%, and The National Trust 0.0367% of income towards their highest-paid employee.

Some 36,000 young people were left without support after Kids Company's closure, with Batmanghelidjh later telling Parliament that just 1,036 clients had since been referred on to other providers.

This is the proportion of top executives' pay at Britain's biggest charities

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