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Cancer Research UK vs Oxfam

Cancer Research UK grades higher: A against B+.

A
Cancer Research UK

Registered charity #1089464

Give with confidence

The world’s largest charitable funder of cancer research, running a healthy surplus and publishing exactly how much of your pound reaches the science.

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B+
Oxfam

Registered charity #202918

Give with eyes open

A B+ charity with an A+ brand. Serious humanitarian operator, uneven on development, weak on translating its campaigning into policy wins, and with a safeguarding history that was handled badly before it was handled well.

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The numbers

Side by side, from the accounts

Cancer Research UK

Oxfam

Mar 2025

Year ended

Mar 2025

£735m

Income

£339m

£715m

Spending

£363m

5,169

Staff

4,084

26,000

Volunteers

28,920

14

Trustees

10

None

Flags raised

0 red, 1 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.