11 BBC executives who will earn more than double than Prime Minister Theresa May's salary

The BBC receives £3.7 billion ($4.9 billion) in public money through the UK television licence and is under constant pressure to be transparent about the way this cash is spent.

It is why, on Tuesday, the broadcaster released its annual avalanche of financial information in the form of its annual report. The figures are poured over by journalists and, very often, executive pay is thrust into the spotlight.

This year's annual report showed that the pay of the BBC's top management board rose 2.2% to £3.73 million ($4.9 million) in the 12 months to March 2016. This was largely the result of a £224,000 ($297,000) bonus for Tim Davie, the chief executive of the BBC's commercial arm BBC Worldwide.

The BBC's total wage bill was also up. The corporation's 19,000 staff took home £990 million ($1.3 billion) in 2015/16, a 1.3% increase on £977 million ($1.3 billion) the previous year.

Eleven of the BBC's top team earn more than double than the £143,462 ($190,000) Theresa May will take home every year when she becomes the British Prime Minister on Wednesday.

This ranking was compiled using figures from the BBC's 2015/16 annual report and quarterly pay information published by the BBC.