British Heart Foundation vs Oxfam
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 #202918
A B+ charity with an A+ brand. Serious humanitarian operator, uneven on development, weak on translating its campaigning into policy wins, and with a safeguarding history that was handled badly before it was handled well.
Read the full receiptThe numbers
Side by side, from the accounts
British Heart Foundation
Oxfam
Mar 2025
Year ended
Mar 2025
£411m
Income
£339m
£427m
Spending
£363m
4,545
Staff
4,084
20,000
Volunteers
28,920
11
Trustees
10
None
Flags raised
0 red, 1 amber
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.