KIDNEY RESEARCH UK

Charity overview
Activities - how the charity spends its money
To fund and deliver life-saving research into kidney diseases. To improve treatments for people with kidney diseases and enhance their quality of life and to increase awareness of kidney health.
Income and expenditure
Data for financial year ending 31 March 2024
Total income:
£13,561,301
Donations and legacies | £7.52m | |
Charitable activities | £4.41m | |
Other trading activities | £790.65k | |
Investments | £848.62k | |
Other | £0 |
Total expenditure:
£14,398,297
Raising funds | £2.92m | |
Charitable activities | £11.48m | |
Other | £0 |
£658,257 investments gains (losses)
Total income includes £1,328,831 from 2 government grant(s)
Charitable expenditure
Charitable expenditure with investment gains
Charitable expenditure
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Investments can experience large swings in value so trustees may, in a particular year, decide to realise and spend part of their charity’s capital or to invest part of its income.
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Raising funds and other expenditure | £2.92m | |
Charitable expenditure | £11.48m |
People

85 Employee(s)
13 Trustee(s)
278 Volunteer(s)
Employees with total benefits over £60,000
Number of employees | |
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£60k to £70k | 3 |
£70k to £80k | 1 |
£80k to £90k | 2 |
£90k to £100k | 1 |
£120k to £130k | 1 |
Fundraising
Trading
Trustee payments
What, who, how, where
- General Charitable Purposes
- Education/training
- The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
- Children/young People
- Elderly/old People
- People With Disabilities
- People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
- Other Defined Groups
- The General Public/mankind
- Makes Grants To Individuals
- Makes Grants To Organisations
- Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
- Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- Throughout England And Wales
- Northern Ireland
- Scotland
Governance
- 24 July 1967: Standard registration
- 27 September 2016: Funds received from 1145953 AHUSUK
- 13 October 2017: Funds received from 266630 KIDS KIDNEY RESEARCH
- 24 July 2020: Funds received from 1156252 IMPERIAL KIDNEY FUND
- 11 June 2021: Funds received from 702650 LANCASHIRE AND SOUTH CUMBRIA KIDNEY PATIENTS ASSOC...
- 09 February 2022: Funds received from 1167204 BLOOMINYORKSHIRE
- KIDNEY RESEARCH (Working name)
- KIDNEY RESEARCH UK (Working name)
- NATIONAL KIDNEY RESEARCH FUND LIMITED (Previous name)
- THE NATIONAL KIDNEY RESEARCH FUND (Previous name)
- Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
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- Complaints policy and procedures
- Conflicting interests
- Financial reserves policy and procedures
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
- Internal risk management policy and procedures
- Investing charity funds policy and procedures
- Investment
- Paying staff
- Risk management
- Safeguarding policy and procedures
- Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
- Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
- Social media policy and procedures
- Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
- Trustee expenses policy and procedures
- Volunteer management
Trustees
Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service
13 Trustee(s)
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Tejal Patel | Trustee | 25 June 2024 |
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Dr Moin Saleem | Trustee | 25 June 2024 |
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John Eric Milad | Trustee | 19 December 2023 |
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Claire Sharpe | Trustee | 19 December 2023 |
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Matthew Newcombe-Ellis | Trustee | 29 June 2023 |
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Simon Davies | Trustee | 01 March 2023 |
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Ian Dodd | Trustee | 02 January 2023 |
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Professor Sir John Cunningham | Trustee | 28 June 2021 |
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Lisa Chan | Trustee | 08 March 2021 |
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Ben Digby | Trustee | 22 June 2020 |
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Angela Watt | Trustee | 25 June 2019 |
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Professor Caroline Savage | Trustee | 25 March 2019 |
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Professor Elizabeth Lightstone | Trustee | 06 December 2018 |
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Financial history
Financial period end date
Income / Expenditure | 31/03/2020 | 31/03/2021 | 31/03/2022 | 31/03/2023 | 31/03/2024 | ||
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Total gross income | £9.95m | £6.95m | £12.77m | £14.49m | £13.56m | |
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Total expenditure | £9.97m | £5.88m | £9.61m | £14.60m | £14.40m | |
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Income from government contracts | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
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Income from government grants | £20.18k | £23.00k | £10.63k | N/A | £1.33m | |
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Income - Donations and legacies | £6.01m | £5.36m | £8.33m | £7.27m | £7.52m | |
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Income - Other trading activities | £557.00k | £340.00k | £479.00k | £828.23k | £790.65k | |
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Income - Charitable activities | £2.95m | £684.00k | £3.74m | £5.97m | £4.41m | |
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Income - Endowments | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | |
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Income - Investment | £441.00k | £251.00k | £207.00k | £425.10k | £848.62k | |
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Income - Other | £0 | £314.00k | £12.00k | £0 | £0 | |
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Income - Legacies | £3.05m | £2.62m | £5.22m | £4.67m | £4.33m | |
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Expenditure - Charitable activities | £7.71m | £4.09m | £7.44m | £11.62m | £11.48m | |
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Expenditure - Raising funds | £2.25m | £1.78m | £2.18m | £2.62m | £2.92m | |
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Expenditure - Governance | £168.00k | £868.00k | £148.00k | £155.89k | £84.82k | |
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Expenditure - Grants institution | £5.37m | £3.23m | £6.46m | £7.33m | £7.68m | |
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Expenditure - Investment management | £33.00k | £23.00k | £28.00k | £30.79k | £37.02k | |
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Expenditure - Other | £0 | £0 | £0 | £362.65k | £0 |
Assets and liabilities
Definitions for assets and liabilities
These are assets, other than investments, which are held for more than 12 months and used to run and administer the charity such as buildings, offices, exhibits and fixtures and fittings.
Long term InvestmentsInvestments are assets held by the charity with the sole aim of generating income which will be used for their charitable purposes such as deposit accounts, shares, rental property and unit trusts.
Investment assets are re-valued every year and included in the balance sheet at their current market value.
Long term investments are held for more than 12 months.
These are assets held generally for less than 12 months such as cash and bank balances, debtors, investments to be sold within the coming year and trading stock.
Defined benefit pension scheme asset or liabilityThis is a surplus or deficit in any defined benefit pension scheme operated and represents a potential long-term asset or liability.
Total liabilitiesThese are all the amounts owed by the charity at the balance sheet date to third parties such as bills due but not yet paid, bank overdrafts and loans and mortgages.
Asset / Liability | 31/03/2020 | 31/03/2021 | 31/03/2022 | 31/03/2023 | 31/03/2024 | ||
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Own use assets | £226.00k | £155.00k | £146.00k | £429.23k | £159.91k | |
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Long-term investments | £8.41m | £10.34m | £11.77m | £11.66m | £17.02m | |
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Other assets | £15.12m | £13.77m | £16.86m | £20.14m | £17.88m | |
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Defined benefit pension scheme asset or liability | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | |
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Total liabilities | £16.54m | £14.30m | £14.91m | £18.47m | £21.48m |
Accounts and annual returns
Title | Reporting year | Date received | Received | Download |
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Annual return | 31 March 2024 | 24 January 2025 | On Time | |
Accounts and TAR | 31 March 2024 | 24 January 2025 | On Time | Download Open in new window |
Annual return | 31 March 2023 | 05 January 2024 | On Time | |
Accounts and TAR | 31 March 2023 | 05 January 2024 | On Time | Download Open in new window |
Annual return | 31 March 2022 | 21 October 2022 | On Time | |
Accounts and TAR | 31 March 2022 | 21 October 2022 | On Time | Download Open in new window |
Annual return | 31 March 2021 | 09 November 2021 | On Time | |
Accounts and TAR | 31 March 2021 | 09 November 2021 | On Time | Download Open in new window |
Annual return | 31 March 2020 | 03 February 2021 | 3 days late | |
Accounts and TAR | 31 March 2020 | 03 February 2021 | 3 days late | Download Open in new window |
Governing document
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 12/05/1967 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 23/07/1998 AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 07/08/1998 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 06/12/2007 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 26/09/2011 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 24/09/2015
Charitable objects
3.1 THE ADVANCEMENT AND PROMOTION OF RESEARCH INTO KIDNEY AND URINARY TRACT AND INTO THE DISEASES WHICH AFFECT THEM. SUCH RESEARCH INCLUDES EPIDEMIOLOGICAL,CLINICAL AND BASIC RESEARCH DIRECTED TOWARDS UNDERSTANDING THE PROCESSES RESPONSIBLE FOR KIDNEY DISEASE AS WELL AS THE DEVELOPMENT AND EVALUATION OF TREATMENT OF DISEASES OF THE KIDNEY AND URINARY TRACT; 3.2 THE DISSEMINATION OF KNOWLEDGE AND RESEARCH ABOUT THE KIDNEY AND URINARY TRACT AND THEIR DISEASES BY ALL POSSIBLE MEANS AND AS WIDELY AS POSSIBLE IN A MANNER WHICH CAN BEST SERVE THOSE WHO MAY BENEFIT; 3.3 THE RELIEF OF PERSONS SUFFERING FROM KIDNEY DISEASE; AND 3.4 THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC ABOUT KIDNEY DISEASE AND THE NEEDS OF PERSONS SUFFERING FROM IT
Area of benefit
NOT DEFINED
Contact information
- Address:
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Kidney Research Uk
Stuart House
City Road
PETERBOROUGH
PE1 1QF
- Phone:
- 0300 303 1100
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