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NSPCC vs Shelter

NSPCC grades higher: B against B-.

B
NSPCC

Registered charity #216401

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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.

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B-
Shelter

Registered charity #263710

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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.

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The numbers

Side by side, from the accounts

NSPCC

Shelter

Mar 2025

Year ended

Mar 2025

£120m

Income

£77m

£122m

Spending

£80m

1,484

Staff

1,226

3,909

Volunteers

2,652

12

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.