Comic Relief vs RSPB
RSPB grades higher: B+ against B.
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 #207076
A serious conservation operator with real land and real outcomes, but a large membership machine where a meaningful slice of every pound goes to running the membership machine.
Read the full receiptThe numbers
Side by side, from the accounts
Comic Relief
RSPB
Jul 2025
Year ended
Mar 2025
£51m
Income
£195m
£50m
Spending
£177m
155
Staff
2,486
0
Volunteers
13,000
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.