High Pay Centre

The High Pay Centre is a UK think tank carrying out research and analysis on issues relating to top incomes, corporate governance, and business performance.[1] The Centre is generally critical of existing top pay practices, and advocates policies designed to reduce economic inequality.[2] HPC research and commentary on high pay and inequality are regularly cited in the UK media.[3]

High Pay Centre
TypeThink tank
Registration no.Company Registration (England and Wales) No. 07891638
Legal statusPrivate Limited by Guarantee
HeadquartersLondon
Executive Director
Luke Hildyard
Chair
Nick Isles
Revenue (2016)
£94,239
Expenses (2016)£94,239
Staff (2018)
2

Since 2014, the Centre has promoted 'fatcat day', usually occurring in the first week of January, marking the date on which the earnings for the average FTSE 100 Chief Executive surpasses the amount that the average UK worker can expect to earn all year.[4]

The Centre was established by Compass in 2009 as the High Pay Commission, and changed its name to the High Pay Centre following publication of the final report of the Commission.[5]

Funders for project work during 2018 include Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust (£50,000) and Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (£25,000).[6]

Funding

The High Pay Centre has been a given a A grade for funding transparency by Who Funds You?[7]

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gollark: But I guess being able to model how computers work is useful for programmers since many people are so very bad at this.
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References
  1. "About - High Pay Centre". Highpaycentre.org. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
  2. "Reform Agenda: How to make top pay fairer - Publications - High Pay Centre". Highpaycentre.org. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
  3. "Press - High Pay Centre". Highpaycentre.org. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
  4. https://www.theguardian.com/business/2018/jan/04/fat-cat-thursday-top-bosses-earn-workers-annual-salary-by-lunchtime
  5. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2018-06-12. Retrieved 2018-06-10.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. "High Pay Centre - FAQs". High Pay Centre. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
  7. "High Pay Centre | Who Funds You?". whofundsyou.org. Retrieved 2019-07-07.


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