British Heart Foundation vs Shelter
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 #263710
A credible housing and homelessness charity that mixes frontline advice with heavy campaigning, currently running a deficit and carrying a fundraising load almost as large as its direct service spend.
Read the full receiptThe numbers
Side by side, from the accounts
British Heart Foundation
Shelter
Mar 2025
Year ended
Mar 2025
£411m
Income
£77m
£427m
Spending
£80m
4,545
Staff
1,226
20,000
Volunteers
2,652
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.