Cancer Research UK vs Save the Children
Cancer Research UK grades higher: A against B+.
Registered charity #1089464
The world’s largest charitable funder of cancer research, running a healthy surplus and publishing exactly how much of your pound reaches the science.
Read the full receiptRegistered charity #213890
A large, reputable children’s charity that has reformed after a regulator-confirmed workplace-culture failure and ran a small deficit last year.
Read the full receiptThe numbers
Side by side, from the accounts
Cancer Research UK
Save the Children
Mar 2025
Year ended
Dec 2024
£735m
Income
£305m
£715m
Spending
£309m
5,169
Staff
910
26,000
Volunteers
3,351
14
Trustees
9
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.