sainthelens said:
Always remember the sacrifice they made.
BUT
The Royal British Legion have over 70 million in the bank with the head taking 150k a year in salary. Together with the value in the many buildings/property they own.
Not sure I'm happy buying a poppy with that knowledge.
That's interesting, I didn't know that.
I wouldn't overly complain about the salary, it doesn't seem excessive for being in charge of a charity that is big enough to have £70m in the bank. It's around £90k take home. As long as he/she isn't taking bonuses on top of that, I don't see it as a problem.
The £70m in the bank is fine as long as they have good reason for it. If they're keeping it to be spent on causes they identify as priority or holding large financial reserves as a precaution to be able to continue charitable work if the money stops coming in, then fair enough. If they're keeping it in the bank for employees to profit from the interest or at the expense of charity work, then that's another story, although that seems far-fetched.
Is this just another smear attempt on a charity to deflect attention away from the real money-grabbing insects in the country I wonder (not suggesting you're doing that personally, just lots of charities seem to have come under attack in recent years)?