Oxfam vs Shelter
Oxfam grades higher: B+ against B-.
Registered charity #202918
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.
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
Oxfam
Shelter
Mar 2025
Year ended
Mar 2025
£339m
Income
£77m
£363m
Spending
£80m
4,084
Staff
1,226
28,920
Volunteers
2,652
10
Trustees
12
0 red, 1 amber
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.