British Red Cross vs Comic Relief
British Red Cross grades higher: B+ 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 #326568
A well-run grant-maker that regrants donor money to frontline causes and keeps governance costs tiny, but adds a layer between you and the work and carries real fundraising and operating overhead.
Read the full receiptThe numbers
Side by side, from the accounts
British Red Cross
Comic Relief
Dec 2025
Year ended
Jul 2025
£294m
Income
£51m
£305m
Spending
£50m
4,186
Staff
155
9,800
Volunteers
0
12
Trustees
15
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.