RSPB vs Shelter
RSPB grades higher: B+ against B-.
Registered charity #207076
A serious conservation operator with real land and real outcomes, but a large membership machine where a meaningful slice of every pound goes to running the membership machine.
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
RSPB
Shelter
Mar 2025
Year ended
Mar 2025
£195m
Income
£77m
£177m
Spending
£80m
2,486
Staff
1,226
13,000
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.