Macmillan Cancer Support vs Save the Children
Macmillan Cancer Support grades higher: A- against B+.
Registered charity #261017
The UK’s leading cancer-support charity, financially healthy, ran a clear surplus in its latest filed year, and reports cleanly.
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
Macmillan Cancer Support
Save the Children
Dec 2024
Year ended
Dec 2024
£246m
Income
£305m
£226m
Spending
£309m
1,782
Staff
910
11,634
Volunteers
3,351
11
Trustees
9
1 red, 0 amber
Flags raised
1 red, 0 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.