# Cheltenham: senior pay and councillor allowances url: https://whereyourmoneygoes.co.uk/councils/pay-and-allowances/cheltenham/ updated: 29 September 2026 licence: Our words, analysis, charts and derived calculations: CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), credit [Tekstak Ltd](https://tek-stak.co.uk). Figures: each source's own licence, listed under Sources. publisher: [Tekstak Ltd](https://tek-stak.co.uk) # Cheltenham: senior pay and councillor allowances Last updated 29 September 2026. Figures refresh every night. [How each figure is worked out](/methodology/). In its statement of accounts for 2024-25, Cheltenham reports total remuneration of **£157,959** for its chief executive officer (including employer pension contributions), **1** employees paid £100,000 or more, and **£457,144** paid in members' allowances. ## Key figures - £157,959Chief Executive Officer, 2024-25 - 1Staff paid £100,000 or more, 2024-25 - £457,144Members' allowances, 2024-25 ## Chief Executive Officer Total remuneration of **£157,959** in 2024-25, including employer pension contributions. Excluding pension contributions: £131,600. The median among the 4 other district councils collected so far is £178,074. From the accounts: 2024/25: salary 131,140; expenses/allowances 390; other payments 70; total excluding pension 131,600; pension 26,359; total including pension 157,959. The table header shows 2024/25 and 2023/24 but only one set of figures is printed, so no 2023/24 chief executive figure was read. The note says 'Senior Officer' means Executive Directors whose salary is between £50,000 and £160,000. PDF page 45, Note 11 ## Employees paid £50,000 or more 35 employees in 2024-25, up 34.6% on 2023-24 (26). 1 were paid £100,000 or more, 0.8 per 100,000 residents. The median among the 4 other district councils collected so far is 1.0 per 100,000. | Band | 2024-25 | 2023-24 | | --- | --- | --- | | £50,000 to £54,999Details | 11 | 10 | | 2023-2410 | | | | £55,000 to £59,999Details | 3 | 8 | | 2023-248 | | | | £60,000 to £64,999Details | 11 | 3 | | 2023-243 | | | | £65,000 to £69,999Details | 2 | 2 | | 2023-242 | | | | £70,000 to £74,999Details | 3 | 1 | | 2023-241 | | | | £75,000 to £79,999Details | 0 | 0 | | 2023-240 | | | | £80,000 to £84,999Details | 2 | 2 | | 2023-242 | | | | £85,000 to £89,999Details | 2 | 0 | | 2023-240 | | | | £90,000 to £94,999Details | 0 | 0 | | 2023-240 | | | | £95,000 to £99,999Details | 0 | 0 | | 2023-240 | | | | £100,000 to £104,999Details | 0 | 0 | | 2023-240 | | | | £105,000 to £109,999Details | 1 | 0 | | 2023-240 | | | Excludes schools staff. Senior officers listed separately are not in these counts. From the accounts: Current = 2024/25, previous = 2023/24. 'The number of other employees whose remuneration, excluding employer's pension contributions, was £50,000 or more in bands of £5,000' follows the senior officers table. Totals 35 (2024/25) and 26 (2023/24). Cheltenham is a district council and does not employ school staff (includesSchools recorded false on that basis, not from the note). The second band is printed '£55.000 - £59,999'. Source: Cheltenham, [Cheltenham Borough Council Statement of Accounts 2024/25](https://www.cheltenham.gov.uk/media/pl2fovjt/cbc-statement-of-accounts-2024-25.pdf) (audited), PDF pages 45-46, Note 11. Read by hand; checked 2026-09-24. ## Councillors' allowances £457,144 in 2024-25, up 6.8% on 2023-24 (£428,009), or £3.76 per resident. The median among the 4 other district councils collected so far is £3.24 per resident. From the accounts: "In 2024/25 the council paid £457,144 (2023/24 £428,009) in allowances to its 40 members." (PDF page 44, Note 10) Published allowances: . ## What this data does and doesn't show - Every figure is as Cheltenham printed it. Counts in the £100,000 figure are our sum of the council's bands. - Comparisons are with the other district councils read so far; no national figure is published for England. - No 2025/26 statement of accounts was found on the council website or democracy portal at the time of checking, so the 2024/25 statement is used. The auditor (Bishop Fleming) issued a disclaimer of opinion on the 2024/25 financial statements under the backstop arrangements ('We do not express an opinion on the financial statements'); status is recorded as 'audited' in that sense. The council's Members' Allowances page lists summaries by year but the documents could not be retrieved in the time available. ## Related pages - [Back to Council senior pay and councillor allowances](https://whereyourmoneygoes.co.uk/councils/pay-and-allowances/) - [How much is council tax and what does it pay for?](https://whereyourmoneygoes.co.uk/council-tax/) - [Who is my MP, and what does their office cost?](https://whereyourmoneygoes.co.uk/mps/) - [Where does my tax money actually go?](https://whereyourmoneygoes.co.uk/for-every-100-pounds-of-tax/) ## More from this publisher - [UK tax calculators](https://howlongisit.co.uk) Published by [Tekstak Ltd](https://tek-stak.co.uk). Our words, analysis, charts and derived calculations: CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), credit [Tekstak Ltd](https://tek-stak.co.uk). The figures belong to the publishers listed under Sources and are used under their licences. Figures last updated 29 September 2026.