# Croydon: senior pay and councillor allowances

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updated: 29 September 2026
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# Croydon: senior pay and councillor allowances



Last updated 29 September 2026.
Figures refresh every night. [How each figure is worked out](/methodology/).





In its draft statement of accounts for 2025-26, Croydon reports total remuneration of **£219,667** for its chief executive (including employer pension contributions), a year in which the post changed hands, **44** employees paid £100,000 or more, and **£1,438,000** paid in members' allowances.






## Key figures



- £219,667Chief Executive, 2025-26
- 44Staff paid £100,000 or more, 2025-26
- £1,438,000Members' allowances, 2025-26








## Chief Executive



Total remuneration of **£219,667** in 2025-26, including employer pension contributions.
Excluding pension contributions: £178,301.
The post changed hands, or the figure covers part of a year, so it is not compared with the year before.
The median among the 3 other London boroughs collected so far is £286,502.





| As printed | Year | Total |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Katherine Kerswell - Chief Executive (note 1: left 31/10/2025)Details | 2025-26 | £185,554 |
| Year2025-26 | | |
| Elaine Jackson - (Interim) Chief Executive and Head of Paid Services (note 2)Details | 2025-26 | £219,667 |
| Year2025-26 | | |
| Katherine Kerswell - Chief ExecutiveDetails | 2024-25 | £223,838 |
| Year2024-25 | | |





From the accounts: Note 2: Elaine Jackson's position changed from Assistant Chief Executive to (Interim) Chief Executive and Head of Paid Services on 10/12/2025; 'This line contains pay for both roles.' 'current' shows her line as the post holder at year end.



PDF page 69 (printed page 70), Note 27





## Employees paid £50,000 or more



1,455 employees in 2025-26, up 20.9% on 2024-25 (1,203).
44 were paid £100,000 or more, 10.7 per 100,000 residents. The median among the 5 other London boroughs collected so far is 33.2 per 100,000.



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| Band | 2025-26 | 2024-25 |
| --- | --- | --- |
| £50,000 to £54,999Details | 426 | 628 |
| 2024-25628 | | |
| £55,000 to £59,999Details | 472 | 159 |
| 2024-25159 | | |
| £60,000 to £64,999Details | 262 | 180 |
| 2024-25180 | | |
| £65,000 to £69,999Details | 103 | 59 |
| 2024-2559 | | |
| £70,000 to £74,999Details | 29 | 29 |
| 2024-2529 | | |
| £75,000 to £79,999Details | 21 | 23 |
| 2024-2523 | | |
| £80,000 to £84,999Details | 71 | 41 |
| 2024-2541 | | |
| £85,000 to £89,999Details | 12 | 6 |
| 2024-256 | | |
| £90,000 to £94,999Details | 7 | 19 |
| 2024-2519 | | |
| £95,000 to £99,999Details | 8 | 38 |
| 2024-2538 | | |
| £100,000 to £104,999Details | 8 | 2 |
| 2024-252 | | |
| £105,000 to £109,999Details | 3 | 2 |
| 2024-252 | | |
| £110,000 to £114,999Details | 4 | 0 |
| 2024-250 | | |
| £115,000 to £119,999Details | 2 | 9 |
| 2024-259 | | |
| £120,000 to £124,999Details | 7 | 0 |
| 2024-250 | | |
| £125,000 to £129,999Details | 3 | 1 |
| 2024-251 | | |
| £130,000 to £134,999Details | 4 | 5 |
| 2024-255 | | |
| £135,000 to £139,999Details | 7 | 0 |
| 2024-250 | | |
| £140,000 to £144,999Details | 3 | 1 |
| 2024-251 | | |
| £145,000 to £164,999Details | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-250 | | |
| £145,000 to £149,999Details | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-250 | | |
| £150,000 to £154,999Details | 1 | 0 |
| 2024-250 | | |
| £155,000 to £199,999Details | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-250 | | |
| £165,000 to £169,999Details | 1 | 0 |
| 2024-250 | | |
| £170,000 to £174,999Details | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-250 | | |
| £175,000 to £179,999Details | 1 | 1 |
| 2024-251 | | |
| £180,000 to £199,999Details | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-250 | | |










Includes schools staff. Senior officers listed separately are not in these counts. From the accounts: 'Out of more than 7,000 employees, the number whose remuneration, excluding on-costs and allowances, was £50,000 or more in bands of £5,000'. 'The table above does not include the members of the Corporate Management Team listed on the following page on note 27B'. Schools and Non-Schools columns, no combined column; totals Schools 356 / Non-Schools 1,099 (2025/26) and 274 / 929 (2024/25). Values checked against word positions in the PDF; runs of all-zero bands collapsed here.



Source: Croydon, [Statement of Accounts 2025-26 (draft)](https://www.croydon.gov.uk/sites/default/files/2026-06/statement-of-accounts-2025-26-draft.pdf) (draft), PDF page 68 (printed page 69), Note 27. Read by hand; checked 2026-09-24.





## Councillors' allowances



£1,438,000 in 2025-26, up 7.6% on 2024-25 (£1,337,000), or £3.51 per resident.
The median among the 5 other London boroughs collected so far is £5.35 per resident.





From the accounts: "Total allowances paid to the Members of the Council was £1.438m in 2025/26 (£1.337m in 2024/25). The Council pays employer's national insurance on Members' allowances, taking the total cost to £1.601m in 2025/26 (£1.478m in 2024/25)." (PDF page 68 (printed page 69), Note 26)



Published allowances: .





## What this data does and doesn't show



- Every figure is as Croydon printed it, in accounts that have not yet been audited. Counts in the £100,000 figure are our sum of the council's bands.

- Comparisons are with the other London boroughs read so far; no national figure is published for England.

- Croydon publishes members' allowances as monthly lists ('Members Allowances Scheme - Additional Information', April 2025 to March 2026) without an annual total; these were not summed here. The March 2026 list shows a monthly 'Members Allowance Contractual Non Pen' of 1,030.58 per councillor; the annual basic allowance was not confirmed from a council document in the time available (a local news report gives £11,984 for 2025-26, not used).

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