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Changelog

What changed.

Grades get awarded, flag rules get published, accounts get filed. This is the running record of everything that has changed on Charity Receipts, newest first. If a grade moves, you will read about it here before anywhere else.


Flag rule

Expensive fundraising rule published

Fires when the cost of raising funds tops 35% of donated and traded income. Live wherever we hold line-level spending data; it currently fires on Oxfam's 2024/25 accounts.

Flag rule

Admin-heavy rule published

Fires when governance spend passes 8% of total spending, against a sector norm under 5%. Runs where we hold line-level spending data.

Flag rule

Income declining rule published

Fires when income sits more than 20% below where it was two years earlier. Needs at least three filed years of history.

Site

Compare view launched

Any two graded charities side by side: grades, verdicts, income, spending and flags on one page. 91 pairings, plus a picker.

Site

Receipts move to the front door

The homepage is now the search box and the graded fourteen. Every graded charity also gets a shareable scorecard image.

New grade

Against Malaria Foundation graded A+

Independently verified GiveWell top charity, tiny overhead by design, with a credible cost-per-net and cost-per-life model.

New grade

Cancer Research UK graded A

Clear mission, strong finances, and a published efficiency figure. Just short of A+ because cause area, not execution, caps measurable impact.

New grade

British Heart Foundation graded A-

Strong research mandate and scale, lightly marked down for a retail-heavy model and a single deficit year.

New grade

Macmillan Cancer Support graded A-

Strong finances and a clear support mission; care and support are harder to quantify than research or lives saved.

New grade

British Red Cross graded B+

Strong delivery and transparency, marked down for a deficit year and the usual large-charity efficiency drag.

New grade

Marie Curie graded B+

Strong, well-run care provider; marked down slightly for a deficit year and care impact that resists per-pound measurement.

New grade

RSPB graded B+

Strong delivery and transparency, dragged slightly by the cost of feeding a 1.1-million-member fundraising engine.

New grade

Save the Children graded B+

Strong delivery and a genuine reform track record, marked down for the 2020 Charity Commission findings and a deficit year.

New grade

Christian Aid graded B

Credible, well-governed development charity working through local partners; per-pound effectiveness is harder to verify.

New grade

Comic Relief graded B

Tight governance and a credible grant-making record, with the structural caveat that it is a middleman with a heavy fundraising cost.

New grade

NSPCC graded B

Genuine frontline services and strong reach, tempered by a small deficit year and a large cost of raising funds.

New grade

WWF-UK graded B

Competent and reformed since 2020, but the human-rights findings and hard-to-quantify conservation impact keep it short of an A.

New grade

Shelter graded B-

Real advice services and policy weight, held back by a deficit year and a fundraising line nearly the size of charitable activities.

New grade

Oxfam graded B+

Strong humanitarian arm. Mixed development record. Weak campaigning ROI. Reformed on safeguarding.

Accounts

Oxfam 2024/25 accounts added

Five years of filed history plus full income and spending breakdowns from the 2024/25 accounts, verified against the Charity Commission register.

Site

Charity Receipts launched

Search any of 170,000 registered UK charities and get the receipt: the three numbers that matter, plus red flags computed from filed accounts.