NSPCC vs Save the Children
Save the Children grades higher: B+ against B.
Registered charity #216401
A frontline child-protection charity running Childline and a national helpline at real scale, currently spending slightly more than it raises and carrying a heavy fundraising load.
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
NSPCC
Save the Children
Mar 2025
Year ended
Dec 2025
£120m
Income
£263m
£122m
Spending
£276m
1,484
Staff
885
3,909
Volunteers
2,988
12
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.