British Heart Foundation vs British Red Cross
British Heart Foundation grades higher: A- against B+.
A-5 out of 5
British Heart Foundation
Registered charity #225971
Give with confidence
The UK’s largest independent funder of cardiovascular research, backed by a huge retail engine and clean, on-time reporting.
Read the full receiptB+4 out of 5
British Red Cross
Registered charity #220949
Give with eyes open
A large, competent emergency-response charity that spent more than it raised last year and asks you to fund overhead as well as outcomes.
Read the full receiptThe numbers
Side by side, from the accounts
British Heart Foundation
British Red Cross
Mar 2025
Year ended
Dec 2025
£411m
Income
£294m
£427m
Spending
£305m
4,545
Staff
4,186
20,000
Volunteers
9,800
11
Trustees
12
1 red, 0 amber
Flags raised
None
Each column shows the latest year that charity has filed, so the periods can differ. Spend ratios appear only where both charities disclose them at that level of detail. See methodology.