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Oxfam vs Shelter

Oxfam grades higher: B+ against B-.

B+
Oxfam

Registered charity #202918

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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.

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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

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.