Marie Stopes International’s (MSI) chief executive, earned a 100% performance-related bonus on his salary in 2018, effectively rewarding him for increasing the number of abortions MSI undertook. According to accounts released by Companies House in August, Simon Cooke earned £217,250 as his basic salary which was doubled to £434,500.
MSI performed 4.8 million abortions in 2018 across the 37 countries in which they operate. This figure is up from 4.1 million the previous year, an increase of 17.1%. In the UK, MSI performed approximately a third of all abortions.
Government funds murder
The accounts also show MSI had an income of £296.8 million, receiving over £48 million in 2018 from the Department for International Development, who remain their single largest donor.
