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Motability A Charity Really?

As someone who was recently awarded enhanced mobility I have been looking into the Mobility scheme.
The more I read about them making vast sums of profit and their swanky offices, with art on the walls, and their CEO earning a 1.7m salary, the more I think it's a cheek that they are considered a charity.
I can lease a Honda Jazz 1.3 i-VTEC S for 1 advanced payment of £158.58 and then 36 payments of £158.58 at 5000 miles per year. Motability would want my full allowance which would be £244.80. I know you get insurance, servicing, tyres and breakdown included with Mobility, but that is a saving of £86.22 a month which would more than cover the extras.
The point being is that they are supposed to be a charity, who get the cars vat free etc, so why do their prices not reflect this?
The more I read about them making vast sums of profit and their swanky offices, with art on the walls, and their CEO earning a 1.7m salary, the more I think it's a cheek that they are considered a charity.
I can lease a Honda Jazz 1.3 i-VTEC S for 1 advanced payment of £158.58 and then 36 payments of £158.58 at 5000 miles per year. Motability would want my full allowance which would be £244.80. I know you get insurance, servicing, tyres and breakdown included with Mobility, but that is a saving of £86.22 a month which would more than cover the extras.
The point being is that they are supposed to be a charity, who get the cars vat free etc, so why do their prices not reflect this?
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They are in the same class as the RSPCA they pay themselves way over the top.
They were no help to me, infact I found car dealers were more affordable.
Time the govenment audit that scheme
The renumeration for the Director of Motability, which is a charity was £177,407 for 2017/18 a far cry from £1 million.
Motability leases are through Motability Operations - the company, not the charity.
Both Motability and Motability Operations have agreed an arrangement with the National Audit Office to be audited by them for three years. Neither are above criticism, but it is worth reading the NAO audit to get some facts. A couple of key points raised was Motability Operations risk aversion policy and performance indicators related bonuses being set too low.
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At the end of the day I don't particularly care what they get. I just know something isn't quite right. If I can lease a car from a dealer and pay the full VAT etc, for a lot less than Motability want, considering Motability don't pay the VAT and get a better deal that I would ever get. Can someone please explain to me why that is?