Comic Relief vs NSPCC
Level on grade: both marked B. The receipts settle the rest.
Registered charity #326568
A well-run grant-maker that regrants donor money to frontline causes and keeps governance costs tiny, but adds a layer between you and the work and carries real fundraising and operating overhead.
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
Comic Relief
NSPCC
Jul 2025
Year ended
Mar 2025
£51m
Income
£120m
£50m
Spending
£122m
155
Staff
1,484
0
Volunteers
3,909
15
Trustees
12
None
Flags raised
None
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.