British Heart Foundation vs Comic Relief
British Heart Foundation grades higher: A- against B.
Registered charity #225971
The UK’s largest independent funder of cardiovascular research, backed by a huge retail engine and clean, on-time reporting.
Read the full receiptRegistered charity #326568
A well-run grant-maker that regrants donor money to frontline causes and keeps governance costs tiny, but adds a layer between you and the work and carries real fundraising and operating overhead.
Read the full receiptThe numbers
Side by side, from the accounts
British Heart Foundation
Comic Relief
Mar 2025
Year ended
Jul 2025
£411m
Income
£51m
£427m
Spending
£50m
4,545
Staff
155
20,000
Volunteers
0
11
Trustees
15
None
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.