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Cheltenham: senior pay and councillor allowances
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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 |
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£50,000 to £54,999Details for £50,000 to £54,999 | 11 | 10 |
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£55,000 to £59,999Details for £55,000 to £59,999 | 3 | 8 |
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£60,000 to £64,999Details for £60,000 to £64,999 | 11 | 3 |
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£65,000 to £69,999Details for £65,000 to £69,999 | 2 | 2 |
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£70,000 to £74,999Details for £70,000 to £74,999 | 3 | 1 |
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£75,000 to £79,999Details for £75,000 to £79,999 | 0 | 0 |
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£80,000 to £84,999Details for £80,000 to £84,999 | 2 | 2 |
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£85,000 to £89,999Details for £85,000 to £89,999 | 2 | 0 |
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£90,000 to £94,999Details for £90,000 to £94,999 | 0 | 0 |
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£95,000 to £99,999Details for £95,000 to £99,999 | 0 | 0 |
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£100,000 to £104,999Details for £100,000 to £104,999 | 0 | 0 |
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£105,000 to £109,999Details for £105,000 to £109,999 | 1 | 0 |
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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 (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)
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.