Marie Curie vs Shelter
Marie Curie grades higher: B+ against B-.
Registered charity #207994
The UK’s leading end-of-life charity, providing hospice and home nursing care, with a clear mission and clean reporting.
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
Marie Curie
Shelter
Mar 2025
Year ended
Mar 2025
£181m
Income
£77m
£190m
Spending
£80m
3,582
Staff
1,226
5,129
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.