British Red Cross vs Cancer Research UK
Cancer Research UK grades higher: A against B+.
Registered charity #220949
A large, competent emergency-response charity that spent more than it raised last year and asks you to fund overhead as well as outcomes.
Read the full receiptRegistered charity #1089464
The world’s largest charitable funder of cancer research, running a healthy surplus and publishing exactly how much of your pound reaches the science.
Read the full receiptThe numbers
Side by side, from the accounts
British Red Cross
Cancer Research UK
Dec 2025
Year ended
Mar 2025
£294m
Income
£735m
£305m
Spending
£715m
4,186
Staff
5,169
9,800
Volunteers
26,000
12
Trustees
14
None
Flags raised
1 red, 0 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.