British Heart Foundation vs Save the Children
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
Save the Children
Registered charity #213890
Give with eyes open
A large, reputable children’s charity that has reformed after a regulator-confirmed workplace-culture failure and ran a small deficit last year.
Read the full receiptThe numbers
Side by side, from the accounts
British Heart Foundation
Save the Children
Mar 2025
Year ended
Dec 2025
£411m
Income
£263m
£427m
Spending
£276m
4,545
Staff
885
20,000
Volunteers
2,988
11
Trustees
9
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.