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CEO in Crisis
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ACEVO Utilities
ACEVO SmartEnergy
Pay and Equalities Survey 2025 (online version)
6 November 2025
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Table of contents
Welcome
Foreword
Executive summary
CEO pay, processes and benefits
Equality and diversity
Leadership and governance
Part one: who responded
About the organisations represented
About CEO respondents themselves
Part two: CEO pay, processes and benefits
Disability, learning differences and health conditions
Caring status
Ethnicity
Sexual orientation
Charity CEO salaries in more detail
Pay rises and salary reviews
Use of comparative data in determining salary
Working benefits
Holidays and unpaid hours
Part three: equality and diversity
At a glance: respondent profiles
Age
Ethnicity
Religion
Disability, learning differences and health conditions
Sexual orientation
Socio-economic background
Caring responsibilities
Experience of barriers or discrimination
Policy and monitoring
CEO satisfaction with board diversity
Part four: leadership and governance
Educational and professional backgrounds
Clarity of role, objectives and development plans
Appraisal and feedback
Personal development
Job and sector satisfaction
Wellbeing and work-life balance
Succession planning, structural change and charity regulation
Conclusion
The picture in Scotland
Scotland CO as individuals
As organisations
Salary and processes
Equalities monitoring
Leadership challenges, wellbeing and satisfaction
Regulation
About the Pay and Equalities Survey
Methodology, analysis and presentation of data
Acknowledgements
About the partners
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