If as our simian friend suggests Waddington, (with its attendance of a quarter or so of RIAT I think - and ticket prices of less than half), donates more to charity than RIAT, then regardless of the reasoning for this disparity I wish the RIAT defenders would stop using the 'It's all for charity' response whenever anyone knocks any aspect of the show.
But I really would love to know if this disparity exists for real, where does all RIAT's money go? If the parties, t-shirts, baseball caps etc. are all sponsored, come on, tell us all where the money goes... I hear less than 50p a ticket ends up in the RAFBF coffers!