British Heart Foundation vs NSPCC
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 #216401
A frontline child-protection charity running Childline and a national helpline at real scale, currently spending slightly more than it raises and carrying a heavy fundraising load.
Read the full receiptThe numbers
Side by side, from the accounts
British Heart Foundation
NSPCC
Mar 2025
Year ended
Mar 2025
£411m
Income
£120m
£427m
Spending
£122m
4,545
Staff
1,484
20,000
Volunteers
3,909
11
Trustees
12
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.