Comic Relief vs Shelter
Comic Relief 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 #263710
A credible housing and homelessness charity that mixes frontline advice with heavy campaigning, currently running a deficit and carrying a fundraising load almost as large as its direct service spend.
Read the full receiptThe numbers
Side by side, from the accounts
Comic Relief
Shelter
Jul 2025
Year ended
Mar 2025
£51m
Income
£77m
£50m
Spending
£80m
155
Staff
1,226
0
Volunteers
2,652
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.