Save the Children vs Shelter
Save the Children grades higher: B+ against B-.
Registered 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 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
Save the Children
Shelter
Dec 2025
Year ended
Mar 2025
£263m
Income
£77m
£276m
Spending
£80m
885
Staff
1,226
2,988
Volunteers
2,652
9
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.