In-Reply-To: <CAEgLstR6hEym_xvq6ugVynKacLpkELQgBUecD4=RrkJnkLau6Q@mail.gmail.c- om> What might be useful is an indication as to how the £57,000 breaks down. In other words how much is down to recruitment costs (e.g. advertising) how much is down to maybe an interim CE demanding more pay and how much to a period in which more than one person being paid a salary related to the post (e.g. due to accumulated untaken annual leave amounting to several months pay or an unworked notice period or paid sick leave entitlement, you needn't specify which) or ex gratia payments being made to the departing CE.
Also are there any plans being put into place to try to reduce the potential for the next transition costing as much?