{ "council": "City of Edinburgh", "nation": "scotland", "financial_year": "2024/25", "officers": [ { "name": "P. Lawrence", "title": "Chief Executive (from 17.06.24) and Executive Director of Place (to 16.06.24)", "salary": 195905, "salary_band": null, "is_band": 0, "pension": 34479, "benefits": 1806, "notes": "Excludes Returning Officer fees (£7,671 approved separately for 2024/25).", "council": "City of Edinburgh", "source_url": "https://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/downloads/file/38217/audited-annual-accounts-2024-25", "source_title": "The City of Edinburgh Council Audited Annual Accounts 2024/25", "financial_year": "2024/25", "ident": { "full_name": "Paul Lawrence", "confidence": "record", "basis": "Same person and evidence as the senior_pay entry: the 2024/25 audited accounts name and are signed by 'PAUL LAWRENCE, Chief Executive'.", "sources": "https://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/downloads/file/38217/audited-annual-accounts-2024-25" } }, { "name": "A. Hatton", "title": "Executive Director of Children, Education and Justice Services", "salary": 186939, "salary_band": null, "is_band": 0, "pension": 30973, "benefits": 405, "notes": null, "council": "City of Edinburgh", "source_url": "https://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/downloads/file/38217/audited-annual-accounts-2024-25", "source_title": "The City of Edinburgh Council Audited Annual Accounts 2024/25", "financial_year": "2024/25", "ident": { "full_name": "Amanda Hatton", "confidence": "record", "basis": "Same person and evidence as the senior_pay entry: council news article (23 September 2021) announcing Amanda Hatton's appointment as Executive Director of Education and Children's Services (directorate later renamed Children, Education and Justice Services).", "sources": "https://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/news/article/13308/senior-leadership-team-appointments" } }, { "name": "Dr. D. Smart", "title": "Executive Director of Corporate Services", "salary": 186939, "salary_band": null, "is_band": 0, "pension": 30945, "benefits": 205, "notes": null, "council": "City of Edinburgh", "source_url": "https://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/downloads/file/38217/audited-annual-accounts-2024-25", "source_title": "The City of Edinburgh Council Audited Annual Accounts 2024/25", "financial_year": "2024/25", "ident": { "full_name": "Deborah Smart", "confidence": "record", "basis": "Same person and evidence as the senior_pay entry: council news article (15 December 2022) announcing Dr Deborah Smart's appointment as Executive Director of Corporate Services.", "sources": "https://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/news/article/13619/new-executive-director-joins-council-s-senior-leadership-team" } }, { "name": "R. Lloyd-Bithell", "title": "Service Director - Finance and Procurement", "salary": 140396, "salary_band": null, "is_band": 0, "pension": 24710, "benefits": 918, "notes": null, "council": "City of Edinburgh", "source_url": "https://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/downloads/file/38217/audited-annual-accounts-2024-25", "source_title": "The City of Edinburgh Council Audited Annual Accounts 2024/25", "financial_year": "2024/25", "ident": { "full_name": "Richard Lloyd-Bithell", "confidence": "record", "basis": "Same person and evidence as the senior_pay entry: the 2024/25 audited accounts are signed 'RICHARD LLOYD-BITHELL - CPFA, Service Director: Finance and Procurement, Section 95 Officer'.", "sources": "https://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/downloads/file/38217/audited-annual-accounts-2024-25" } }, { "name": "R. Howley", "title": "Chief Social Work Officer", "salary": 124840, "salary_band": null, "is_band": 0, "pension": 21972, "benefits": 0, "notes": null, "council": "City of Edinburgh", "source_url": "https://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/downloads/file/38217/audited-annual-accounts-2024-25", "source_title": "The City of Edinburgh Council Audited Annual Accounts 2024/25", "financial_year": "2024/25", "ident": { "full_name": "Rose Howley", "confidence": "record", "basis": "Same person and evidence as the senior_pay entry: council FOI response 59663 names 'Chief Social Work Officer (CSWO) - Rose Howley'; Social Work Scotland CSWO list (March 2024) lists Rose Howley for Edinburgh.", "sources": "https://edinburgh.axlr8.uk/documents/59663/59663%20Staff%20Contact%20Details%20-%20Response.pdf; https://socialworkscotland.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/CSWO-Contact-List-2024-Updated-Mar-2024.pdf" } }, { "name": "G. Barwell", "title": "Interim Executive Director of Place (from 29.08.24)", "salary": 110555, "salary_band": null, "is_band": 0, "pension": 29455, "benefits": 307, "notes": "Part year from 29.08.24; full-year equivalent salary £186,939.", "council": "City of Edinburgh", "source_url": "https://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/downloads/file/38217/audited-annual-accounts-2024-25", "source_title": "The City of Edinburgh Council Audited Annual Accounts 2024/25", "financial_year": "2024/25", "ident": { "full_name": "Gareth Barwell", "confidence": "record", "basis": "Same person and evidence as the senior_pay entry: council FOI response 59663 names 'Corporate Director of Place - Gareth Barwell'; Scottish Housing News reports his permanent appointment after 14 months as interim, succeeding Paul Lawrence.", "sources": "https://edinburgh.axlr8.uk/documents/59663/59663%20Staff%20Contact%20Details%20-%20Response.pdf; https://www.scottishhousingnews.com/articles/city-of-edinburgh-council-appoints-gareth-barwell-as-corporate-director-of-place" } } ], "senior_team_by_year": [ { "council": "City of Edinburgh", "financial_year": "2019/20", "n": 7, "team_bill": 953529, "comparative": 1 }, { "council": "City of Edinburgh", "financial_year": "2020/21", "n": 7, "team_bill": 937859, "comparative": 0 }, { "council": "City of Edinburgh", "financial_year": "2021/22", "n": 7, "team_bill": 754229, "comparative": 1 }, { "council": "City of Edinburgh", "financial_year": "2022/23", "n": 8, "team_bill": 1012323, "comparative": 0 }, { "council": "City of Edinburgh", "financial_year": "2023/24", "n": 7, "team_bill": 922790, "comparative": 1 }, { "council": "City of Edinburgh", "financial_year": "2024/25", "n": 9, "team_bill": 1071687, "comparative": 0 } ], "band_d_by_year": { "2015/16": 1169, "2016/17": 1169, "2017/18": 1204.07, "2018/19": 1240.19, "2019/20": 1277.4, "2020/21": 1338.59, "2021/22": 1338.59, "2022/23": 1378.75, "2023/24": 1447.69, "2024/25": 1447.69, "2025/26": 1563.51, "2026/27": 1626.05 }, "pay_bands_by_year": [ { "fy": "2019/20", "nominal": 948, "real": 948, "realEarn": 948, "nominal100": 25, "real100": 25 }, { "fy": "2020/21", "nominal": 981, "real": 945, "realEarn": 720, "nominal100": 25, "real100": 24 }, { "fy": "2021/22", "nominal": 1018, "real": 864, "realEarn": 800, "nominal100": 19, "real100": 18 }, { "fy": "2022/23", "nominal": 1164, "real": 665, "realEarn": 722, "nominal100": 14, "real100": 12 }, { "fy": "2023/24", "nominal": 2716, "real": 913, "realEarn": 996, "nominal100": 24, "real100": 10 }, { "fy": "2024/25", "nominal": 2827, "real": 846, "realEarn": 700, "nominal100": 25, "real100": 13 } ], "exit_packages_by_year": [ { "fy": "2019/20", "packages": 85, "cost": 3295000, "costPartial": false }, { "fy": "2020/21", "packages": 39, "cost": 2650000, "costPartial": false }, { "fy": "2021/22", "packages": 22, "cost": 1905000, "costPartial": false }, { "fy": "2022/23", "packages": 8, "cost": 306000, "costPartial": false }, { "fy": "2023/24", "packages": 15, "cost": 1347000, "costPartial": false }, { "fy": "2024/25", "packages": 9, "cost": 943000, "costPartial": false } ], "exit_packages_over_100k": [ { "council": "City of Edinburgh", "fy": "2021/22", "lower": 250001, "upper": 300000, "packages": 1, "cost": 290000 }, { "council": "City of Edinburgh", "fy": "2023/24", "lower": 250001, "upper": 300000, "packages": 1, "cost": 268000 }, { "council": "City of Edinburgh", "fy": "2019/20", "lower": 200001, "upper": 250000, "packages": 2, "cost": 458000 }, { "council": "City of Edinburgh", "fy": "2020/21", "lower": 200001, "upper": 250000, "packages": 2, "cost": 466000 }, { "council": "City of Edinburgh", "fy": "2021/22", "lower": 200001, "upper": 250000, "packages": 1, "cost": 211000 }, { "council": "City of Edinburgh", "fy": "2024/25", "lower": 200001, "upper": 250000, "packages": 1, "cost": 237000 }, { "council": "City of Edinburgh", "fy": "2019/20", "lower": 150001, "upper": 200000, "packages": 1, "cost": 151000 }, { "council": "City of Edinburgh", "fy": "2020/21", "lower": 150001, "upper": 200000, "packages": 4, "cost": 702000 }, { "council": "City of Edinburgh", "fy": "2021/22", "lower": 150001, "upper": 200000, "packages": 1, "cost": 164000 }, { "council": "City of Edinburgh", "fy": "2023/24", "lower": 150001, "upper": 200000, "packages": 2, "cost": 336000 }, { "council": "City of Edinburgh", "fy": "2024/25", "lower": 150001, "upper": 200000, "packages": 1, "cost": 153000 }, { "council": "City of Edinburgh", "fy": "2019/20", "lower": 100001, "upper": 150000, "packages": 3, "cost": 358000 }, { "council": "City of Edinburgh", "fy": "2020/21", "lower": 100001, "upper": 150000, "packages": 1, "cost": 123000 }, { "council": "City of Edinburgh", "fy": "2021/22", "lower": 100001, "upper": 150000, "packages": 5, "cost": 613000 }, { "council": "City of Edinburgh", "fy": "2023/24", "lower": 100001, "upper": 150000, "packages": 1, "cost": 104000 }, { "council": "City of Edinburgh", "fy": "2024/25", "lower": 100001, "upper": 150000, "packages": 2, "cost": 240000 } ], "employer_pension_by_year": [ { "council": "City of Edinburgh", "fy": "2019/20", "lgps": 64097000, "teachers": 31974000, "notes": "LGPS: Note 42.2 comparative, 'Employer's contributions payable to the scheme' £64,097k (£000s); excludes £5,358k contributions in respect of unfunded benefits shown separately. Teachers: Note 41 comparative, 'Amount paid to Scottish Government in respect of teachers' pension costs' £31,974k. No combined LGPS+teachers total printed." }, { "council": "City of Edinburgh", "fy": "2020/21", "lgps": 68031000, "teachers": 36657000, "notes": "LGPS: Note 42.2, 'Employer's contributions payable to the scheme' £68,031k (£000s); excludes £5,201k contributions in respect of unfunded benefits shown separately. Note 42.1 narrative separately cites £66.934m paid into the Lothian Pension Fund (22.7% of pensionable pay). Teachers: Note 41, 'Amount paid to Scottish Government in respect of teachers' pension costs' £36,657k. No combined total printed." }, { "council": "City of Edinburgh", "fy": "2021/22", "lgps": 71514000, "teachers": 37327000, "notes": "LGPS: Note 41.2 comparative, 'Employer's contributions payable to the scheme' £71,514k (£000s); excludes £4,970k unfunded-benefit contributions shown separately. Teachers: Note 40 comparative (headed 'Re-stated'), 'Amount paid to Scottish Government in respect of teachers' pension costs' £37,327k. No combined total printed." }, { "council": "City of Edinburgh", "fy": "2022/23", "lgps": 75947000, "teachers": 36260000, "notes": "LGPS: Note 41.2, 'Employer's contributions payable to the scheme' £75,947k (£000s); excludes £4,827k unfunded-benefit contributions shown separately. Teachers: Note 40, 'Amount paid to Scottish Government in respect of teachers' pension costs' £36,260k. No combined total printed." }, { "council": "City of Edinburgh", "fy": "2023/24", "lgps": 83764000, "teachers": 46182000, "notes": "LGPS: Note 41.2 comparative, 'Employer's contributions payable to the scheme' £83,764k (£000s); excludes £5,032k unfunded-benefit contributions shown separately. Teachers: Note 40 comparative, 'Amount paid to Scottish Government in respect of teachers' pension costs' £46,182k. No combined total printed." }, { "council": "City of Edinburgh", "fy": "2024/25", "lgps": 68986000, "teachers": 51198000, "notes": "LGPS: Note 41.2, 'Employer's contributions payable to the scheme' £68,986k (£000s); excludes £5,072k unfunded-benefit contributions shown separately. Teachers: Note 40, 'Amount paid to Scottish Government in respect of teachers' pension costs' £51,198k (rate 26.00% of pensionable pay). No combined total printed." } ], "councillor_remuneration_by_year": [ { "council": "City of Edinburgh", "fy": "2019/20", "total": 1462564, "salaries": 1422542, "n": 63, "notes": "Remuneration Report, 'Members' Salaries and Expenses' table, 2019/20 comparative (whole £): salaries £1,422,542; total £1,462,564. Expenses printed only as two components with no subtotal (claimed by councillors £387; paid directly by the Council £39,635), so expenses left null. 63 councillors stated in the Management Commentary." }, { "council": "City of Edinburgh", "fy": "2020/21", "total": 1468544, "salaries": 1455259, "n": 63, "notes": "Remuneration Report, 'Members' Salaries and Expenses' table (whole £): salaries £1,455,259; total £1,468,544. Expenses printed only as two components with no subtotal (claimed by councillors £0; paid directly by the Council £13,286), so expenses left null. 63 councillors stated in the Management Commentary." }, { "council": "City of Edinburgh", "fy": "2021/22", "total": 1515443, "salaries": 1503070, "n": 63, "notes": "Remuneration Report, 'Members' Salaries and Expenses' table, 2021/22 comparative (whole £): salaries £1,503,070; total £1,515,443. Expenses printed only as two components with no subtotal (claimed by councillors £72; paid directly by the Council £12,301), so expenses left null. 63 councillors stated in the Management Commentary." }, { "council": "City of Edinburgh", "fy": "2022/23", "total": 1599734, "salaries": 1568090, "n": 63, "notes": "Remuneration Report, 'Members' Salaries and Expenses' table (whole £): salaries £1,568,090; total £1,599,734. Expenses printed only as two components with no subtotal (claimed by councillors £42; paid directly by the Council £31,602), so expenses left null. 63 councillors stated in the Management Commentary." }, { "council": "City of Edinburgh", "fy": "2023/24", "total": 1671256, "salaries": 1638143, "n": 63, "notes": "Remuneration Report, 'Members' Salaries and Expenses' table, 2023/24 comparative (whole £): salaries £1,638,143; total £1,671,256. Expenses printed only as two components with no subtotal (claimed by councillors £261; paid directly by the Council £32,852), so expenses left null. 63 councillors stated in the Management Commentary." }, { "council": "City of Edinburgh", "fy": "2024/25", "total": 1766456, "salaries": 1730980, "n": 63, "notes": "Remuneration Report, 'Members' Salaries and Expenses' table (whole £): salaries £1,730,980; total £1,766,456. Expenses printed only as two components with no subtotal (claimed by councillors £325; paid directly by the Council £35,151), so expenses left null. 63 councillors stated in the Management Commentary." } ], "arms_length_bodies": [ { "council": "City of Edinburgh", "body": "Edinburgh Trams Ltd", "body_type": "company", "fy": "2025", "name": null, "title": "Highest paid director", "salary": 460445, "salary_band": null, "is_band": 0, "notes": "Note 6 directors' remuneration: highest paid director's emoluments and benefits £460,445 (2024: £182,265), plus pension contributions £97,592; includes £327,713 compensation for loss of office approved August 2025; name not disclosed. Directors are the company's key management personnel. Identification (corroborated public record, not this document's disclosure): the accounts show only one director received pension contributions, i.e. a single executive director; Companies House (SC451434) shows Lea Harrison (Managing Director, appointed 2017) resigned 31 January 2026; and City of Edinburgh Council's 2025/26 (unaudited) accounts as reported by Edinburgh Evening News and Daily Business (June 2026) name Harrison as recipient of the £327,713 loss-of-office payment. The name field stays null because this document does not name the individual.", "source_url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/SC451434/filing-history/MzUzNDYxNDc5NGFkaXF6a2N4/document?format=pdf&download=0", "source_title": "Edinburgh Trams Limited Financial Statements for the period ended 27 December 2025", "ident": { "full_name": "Lea Harrison", "confidence": "corroborated", "basis": "Sole executive (pensioned) director per the accounts; Companies House SC451434 shows Mark Lea Harrison, Managing Director, appointed 16 March 2017, resigned 31 January 2026; City of Edinburgh Council 2025/26 accounts (as reported June 2026) name Harrison as recipient of the £327,713 loss-of-office payment.", "sources": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/SC451434/officers; https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/edinburgh-trams-boss-received-excessive-ps327000-pay-off-council-chiefs-call-for-immediate-investigation-8758797; https://dailybusinessgroup.co.uk/2026/06/inquiry-called-into-ex-tram-chiefs-golden-goodbye/" } }, { "council": "City of Edinburgh", "body": "Lothian Buses Ltd", "body_type": "company", "fy": "2025", "name": null, "title": "Highest paid director", "salary": 226000, "salary_band": null, "is_band": 0, "notes": "Note 26 directors' remuneration: highest paid director's emoluments and benefits £226k, disclosed in £'000 (2024: £205k), plus pension contributions £61k; name not disclosed. Aggregate directors' emoluments and benefits £903k for the period, including £120,174 compensation for loss of office. Directors are the company's key management personnel.", "source_url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/SC096849/filing-history/MzUzNDYxNDc5MGFkaXF6a2N4/document?format=pdf&download=0", "source_title": "Lothian Buses Limited Consolidated Financial Statements for the period ended 27 December 2025", "ident": { "full_name": "Sarah Boyd", "confidence": "corroborated", "basis": "Companies House SC096849 shows Sarah Jean Boyd, director from 25 November 2016, and she served as Managing Director (chief executive of the Lothian group) throughout the period ended 27 December 2025 - the company's most senior executive. Her appointment as permanent MD at a GBP 180,000 salary was publicly reported (2023), and her 2023/24 package of GBP 218,779 was reported from the council's group disclosures; the GBP 226k highest-paid-director figure for 2025 is consistent with her package and no other executive approaches it.", "sources": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/SC096849/officers; https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/politics/council/edinburgh-lothian-buses-director-salary-agreed-at-ps180000-a-year-more-than-prime-minister-rishi-sunak-3952766; https://www.lothianbuses.com/meet-our-director-team/" } }, { "council": "City of Edinburgh", "body": "Edinburgh International Conference Centre Ltd", "body_type": "company", "fy": "2024", "name": null, "title": "Highest paid director", "salary": 199365, "salary_band": null, "is_band": 0, "notes": "Note 7(b) directors' emoluments: highest paid director's remuneration £199,365 plus pension £20,358 (total £219,723); name not disclosed. Directors are the only key management personnel. Fetched because parent C.E.C. Holdings Ltd files consolidated-only accounts.", "source_url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/SC131773/filing-history/MzQ3MDE5NTkyNWFkaXF6a2N4/document?format=pdf&download=0", "source_title": "Edinburgh International Conference Centre Limited Annual Report and Accounts for the year to 31 December 2024", "ident": { "full_name": "Marshall Dallas", "confidence": "corroborated", "basis": "Sole executive director in 2024: Companies House SC131773 shows Marshall Cameron Dallas, director 1 October 2014 to 26 May 2025, serving as Chief Executive; every other 2024 board member was a City of Edinburgh councillor or a non-executive, and the accounts state the directors are the only key management personnel. Press throughout 2024-25 names Dallas as EICC chief executive (announced November 2024 he would step down; succeeded by Amanda Wrathall in 2025).", "sources": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/SC131773/officers; https://dailybusinessgroup.co.uk/2024/11/dallas-quits-eicc-amid-row-over-stalled-hotel-plan/; https://www.scotsman.com/business/edinburgh-international-conference-centre-chief-to-step-down-after-ten-years-leading-eicc-4887095" } }, { "council": "City of Edinburgh", "body": "Transport for Edinburgh Ltd", "body_type": "holding company", "fy": "2024", "name": null, "title": "Highest paid director", "salary": 139000, "salary_band": null, "is_band": 0, "notes": "Note 7 directors' remuneration: highest paid director's emoluments and benefits £139k, disclosed in £'000 (2023: £161k); name not disclosed. One director received emoluments from the company. Directors are the company's key management personnel.", "source_url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/SC443895/filing-history/MzQ4MzE5ODk3OGFkaXF6a2N4/document?format=pdf&download=0", "source_title": "Transport for Edinburgh Limited Consolidated Financial Statements for the period ended 28 December 2024", "ident": { "full_name": "George Lowder", "confidence": "corroborated", "basis": "The accounts state only one director received emoluments from the company in the period. Companies House SC443895 shows George Edward Lowder, director 7 January 2016 to 31 August 2024, the only executive (chief executive) among a board otherwise of councillors and unpaid non-executives; publicly reported as standing down as TfE chief executive at the end of August 2024 after almost nine years. The part-year figure of GBP 139k against GBP 161k for full-year 2023 is consistent with eight months' service.", "sources": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/SC443895/officers; https://transform.scot/2024/11/05/meet-our-new-chair-george-lowder/; https://edinburghtrams.com/news/new-appointments-edinburgh-trams-lothian-buses-and-transport-edinburgh" } }, { "council": "City of Edinburgh", "body": "Edinburgh Leisure", "body_type": "charitable company", "fy": "2024/25", "name": null, "title": "Employees in band", "salary": null, "salary_band": "£110,000 - £119,999", "is_band": 1, "notes": "Employees receiving salaries plus benefits in kind of more than £60,000; highest band disclosed. Lower bands: £80,000-£89,999 x4, £70,000-£79,999 x1, £60,000-£69,999 x4.", "source_url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/SC179259/filing-history/MzQ3NzUyNDYxNmFkaXF6a2N4/document?format=pdf&download=0", "source_title": "Edinburgh Leisure Report and Financial Statements 31 March 2025", "ident": null }, { "council": "City of Edinburgh", "body": "Capital Theatres", "body_type": "charitable company", "fy": "2024/25", "name": null, "title": "Employees in band", "salary": null, "salary_band": "£150,001 - £160,000", "is_band": 1, "notes": "Employees who earned greater than £60,000; highest band disclosed (2024: nil in this band, one in £140,001-£150,000). Lower bands 2025: £80,001-£90,000 x2, £70,001-£80,000 x2.", "source_url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/SC134619/filing-history/MzQ3ODExMjc0OGFkaXF6a2N4/document?format=pdf&download=0", "source_title": "Capital Theatres Annual report and consolidated financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2025", "ident": null } ], "notes": "Null means not disclosed, never zero. In pay_bands_by_year, 'nominal' counts staff above a fixed cash threshold and 'real' counts staff above the CPI-equivalent of that threshold in the first recorded year. Officer 'ident' is the full name behind disclosed initials, with its basis. See /methodology/." }