British Red Cross vs Macmillan Cancer Support
Macmillan Cancer Support 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 #261017
The UK’s leading cancer-support charity, financially healthy, ran a clear surplus in its latest filed year, and reports cleanly.
Read the full receiptThe 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.