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Macmillan Cancer Support vs Oxfam

Macmillan Cancer Support grades higher: A- against B+.

A-
Macmillan Cancer Support

Registered charity #261017

Give with confidence

The UK’s leading cancer-support charity, financially healthy, ran a clear surplus in its latest filed year, and reports cleanly.

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B+
Oxfam

Registered charity #202918

Give with eyes open

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

Macmillan Cancer Support

Oxfam

Dec 2024

Year ended

Mar 2025

£246m

Income

£339m

£226m

Spending

£363m

1,782

Staff

4,084

11,634

Volunteers

28,920

11

Trustees

10

1 red, 0 amber

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.