FOI 00470 - Remuneration of CEO or Head of PFEW
Request:
Received: 28 January 2026
QUESTION:
Please provide details of the financial salary (and other known financial benefits) of the CEO/head of national Federation/equivalent rank for the last 10 years.
If this is too time consuming, please provide the details for the last 5 years.
Response:
Responded: 7 April 2026
RESPONSE:
The CEO was appointed in July 2023 so there is no salary information for this position prior to that. Before this date there was no comparable equivalent position.
Information relating to the CEO’s salary has been published in the Police Federation of England and Wales’ financial accounts here - pfew_financial_statements_fy23_final_signed.pdf
|
Staff based at Federation House |
2023 |
2022 |
|
|
£’000 |
£’000 |
|
Wages and salaries |
6,797 |
6,041 |
|
Social security costs |
723 |
684 |
|
Other pension costs |
434 |
466 |
|
Other costs |
360 |
346 |
|
|
8,314 |
7,537 |
Included in the above is compensation relating to the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) who was appointed on 5th July 2023. Remuneration in 2023 amounted to £138,553 basic salary for the part year in role, a retention payment of £114,000 for achieving Board approved objectives, standard employer contributions into the organisation's defined contribution pension scheme of £8,999 and participation in the organisation's health insurance scheme of £760.
Remuneration for the first full year in 2024 amounted to £342,000 basic salary, a retention payment of £342,000 for achieving Board approved objectives, standard employer contributions into the organisation's defined contribution pension scheme of £20,615 and participation in the organisation's health insurances scheme of £1,727.
CEO remuneration is determined by the National Board and benchmarked against similar roles in organisations with comparable balance sheet sizes, industry type and annual revenue.
Above is the information contained within the 2023 accounts.
Information relating to the CEO’s salary for 2025 will shortly be published in those end of year accounts. Therefore, that information is exempt under section 22 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000. PFEW has considered the public interest of providing this information before the accounts are published and as this information is due for publication this year as per Regulation 27 of the Police Federation (England and Wales) Regulations 2017.
