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Comic Relief vs Oxfam

Oxfam grades higher: B+ against B.

B
Comic Relief

Registered charity #326568

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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.

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B+
Oxfam

Registered charity #202918

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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

Comic Relief

Oxfam

Jul 2025

Year ended

Mar 2025

£51m

Income

£339m

£50m

Spending

£363m

155

Staff

4,084

0

Volunteers

28,920

15

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.