British Red Cross vs NSPCC
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 #216401
A frontline child-protection charity running Childline and a national helpline at real scale, currently spending slightly more than it raises and carrying a heavy fundraising load.
Read the full receiptThe numbers
Side by side, from the accounts
British Red Cross
NSPCC
Dec 2025
Year ended
Mar 2025
£294m
Income
£120m
£305m
Spending
£122m
4,186
Staff
1,484
9,800
Volunteers
3,909
12
Trustees
12
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.