Comic Relief vs Save the Children
Save the Children 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 #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
Comic Relief
Save the Children
Jul 2025
Year ended
Dec 2025
£51m
Income
£263m
£50m
Spending
£276m
155
Staff
885
0
Volunteers
2,988
15
Trustees
9
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.