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British Red Cross vs Macmillan Cancer Support

Macmillan Cancer Support grades higher: A- against B+.

B+
British Red Cross

Registered charity #220949

Give with eyes open

A large, competent emergency-response charity that spent more than it raised last year and asks you to fund overhead as well as outcomes.

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A-
Macmillan Cancer Support

Registered charity #261017

Give with confidence

The UK’s leading cancer-support charity, financially healthy, ran a clear surplus in its latest filed year, and reports cleanly.

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The numbers

Side by side, from the accounts

British Red Cross

Macmillan Cancer Support

Dec 2024

Year ended

Dec 2024

£287m

Income

£246m

£310m

Spending

£226m

3,286

Staff

1,782

10,200

Volunteers

11,634

12

Trustees

11

1 red, 0 amber

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.