Further Notes to the Annual Accounts
Remuneration Managing Director
Name | Tjipke Bergsma | Ramin Shahzamani | |||
Function | Managing Director | Managing Director | |||
Duration | indefinite from 1/9/2015 | indefinite from 17/5/2021 | |||
Hours/week | 40 | 40 | |||
Part-time percentage | 100% | 100% | |||
Period | 1-1-2021 to 31-05-2021 | 17-5-2021 to 31-12-2021 | |||
Annual income | |||||
Gross salary | € 45 908 | 72,726 | |||
Holiday allowance | € 8 814 | 5,818 | |||
13th month / Variable annual income / Bonus | € 0 | € 0 | |||
Total director remuneration | € 54,722 | € 78,544 | |||
Taxable allowances | € 0 | € 0 | |||
Pension premium (employer part) | € 10 563 | € 10 612 | |||
Social security contribution (employer part) | € 4 186 | € 5,712 | |||
Other remuneration / Pension compensation / End of service fee | € 0 | € 0 | |||
Total remuneration and benefits 2021 | € 69,471 | € 94,868 | |||
Total remuneration and benefits 2020 | € 152,474 | - |
The total remuneration of the Managing Directors of War Child during 2021 was € 133,266 which is well below the maximum of € 168,893 (1 full time employee for 12 months) as set by the guideline for Directors’ Remuneration of the Dutch association for fundraising organisations Goede Doelen Nederland (GDN), based on a BSD score for War child of 530 points.
The annualized remuneration of the Managing Director, together with all taxable allowances and all employer’s charges, pension compensation and other remuneration on the long term is € 154,441 which is also well within the maximum set by the guideline of € 201,000 (1 full time employee for 12 months).
No loans, advances or guarantees were given to War Child's directors.
Remuneration Supervisory Board members
No remuneration is offered to Supervisory Board members and no loans, advances or guarantees existed in 2021. Members of the Supervisory Board occasionally visit War Child's field offices if this is relevant in respect of their role. Expenses related to the travel are paid by War Child and it is left to the discretion of the Supervisory Board members to reimburse the expenses to War Child. In 2021, no expenses were incurred for Supervisory Board members.
Number of employees
The average number of fulltime equivalent employees (FTE) increased by 3 per cent (13 FTE) to 556 FTE. This increase in FTE was fullty attributable to more staff in our program countries.
2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | ||||||
Employees at head office excl. interns (in FTE) | 105 | 109 | 98 | 101 | 90 | |||||
Employees on local contract in programme countries (in FTE) | 428 | 413 | 376 | 325 | 296 | |||||
Employees on expat contract in programme countries (in FTE) | 23 | 21 | 22 | 21 | 19 | |||||
Total average number of employees (in FTE) | 556 | 543 | 496 | 447 | 405 | |||||
Average number of interns at head office (in FTE) | 7 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 11 |
Pension Plan
The pension charge recognized for the reporting period is equal to the pension contributions payable to the pension fund over the period. War Child's head office pension plans are in accordance with the conditions of the Dutch Pension Act. It is a defined contribution system without indexing arrangements. War Child's pension insurance company is Brand New Day. There are no self-administered pension plans. There is a strict segregation of the responsibilities of the parties involved and of the risk-sharing between the said parties (War Child, Brand New Day and staff).
In its project countries, War Child acts in accordance with local pension laws and regulations.
Adoption of Annual Accounts
The Annual Accounts are prepared by the management of War Child. On the condition of obtaining an unqualified opinion of the independent auditor the Financial Statements were unanimously adopted by the Supervisory Board of War Child in its meeting of 17 June 2022.
Amsterdam, 17 June 2022
Supervisory Board: Hans van der Noordaa (Chair), Willemijn Verloop (Vice Chair), Rob Theunissen (Treasurer), Raymond Cloosterman, Edith Kroese, Arjan Hehenkamp and Stef Oud
Managing Director: Ramin Shahzamani