Finance Score: -1

Governance Score: 9

Support Score: 1

Large legacies income: +1
Multiple Deficits: -2

Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +1

Overall GiG Score: 9

KIDNEY RESEARCH UK

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.

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Positives:

The charity has received backing from a grant maker
This charity has received considerable income from legacies in recent years
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

Established: 57 years

www.kidneyresearchuk.org

enquiries@kidneyresearchuk.org

0300 303 1100

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Sources of Income ?

Y/E		Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/03/23		£14,491	£14,597	£-106	£2,588	£13,757	£11,906	9.8	72	320
31/03/22		£12,773	£9,613	£3,160	£2,148	£13,863	£12,173	15.2	56	352
31/03/21		£6,951	£5,876	£1,075	£1,760	£9,960	£9,179	18.7	60	385
31/03/20	*	£9,949	£9,967	£-18	£2,220	£7,218	£5,587	6.7	73	481
31/03/19		£9,750	£12,002	£-2,252	£1,879	£8,041	£7,419	7.4	57	372
31/03/18		£10,932	£11,611	£-679	£1,671	£10,105	£8,325	8.6	54	0
31/03/17		£9,373	£10,204	£-832	£1,748	£9,926	£9,816	11.5	50	0
31/03/16		£8,989	£9,645	£-656	£1,731	£9,233	£8,654	10.8	49	0
31/03/15		£9,160	£9,115	£45	£2,565	£10,427	£10,412	13.7	46	0
31/03/14		£8,356	£8,500	£-144	£2,609	£9,803	£9,793	13.8	46	0
31/03/13		£7,468	£6,931	£537	£2,704	£9,447	£9,447	16.4	47	0
31/03/12	*	£7,561	£7,725	£-164	£3,547	£7,823	£7,823	12.2	56	0
31/03/11		£7,956	£8,470	£-514	£3,614	£8,109	£6,876	9.7	63	0
31/03/10		£7,653	£7,946	£-293	£3,793	£8,120	£8,120	12.3	96	0
31/03/09		£8,574	£7,352	£1,221	£3,463	£7,157	£7,157	11.7	97	0
31/03/08		£9,672	£6,362	£3,309	£3,639	£7,228	£6,468	12.2	95	0
31/03/07		£7,891	£6,954	£937	£3,827	£4,382	£4,382	7.6	99	0
31/03/06	*	£5,086	£6,223	£-1,137	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05	*	£4,779	£5,514	£-735	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
05/04/04		£5,920	£5,308	£612	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 19.8%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 17.9%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 3%
Highest pay band: £100,000-£110,000
Liabilities/Assets: 57%
Liabilities/Income: 127%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 87%
Reserves/Spending: 9.8 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 6 months
Quick Ratio: 0.3

Asset Split ?

Listed activities

Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

How it operates

Makes Grants to Individuals
Makes Grants to Organisations
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides buildings/facilities/open space

Where it operates

Northern Ireland, Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
Other Defined Groups
People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
People With Disabilities
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

72 employees
320 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Rothschild Foundation - Grant to Kidney Research UK
£500	16/08/2023	Funding to support staff member to raise funds for Kidney Research UK, through a 'Small Garden Party' in August.
Masonic Trust - Research Grant - PhD Studentship
£255,000	21/02/2018	3 PhD studentships to research the role of microphages in accelerated atherosclerosis during chronic kidney disease.
Masonic Trust - Inflammatory Macrophages in Accelerated Atherosclerosis
£144,690	19/10/2016	To identify the role of the immune system in accelerating atherosclerosis during chronic kidney disease.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (10)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 38-74

ANGELA WATT Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Nurse

BEN DIGBY Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Senior Manager, Hsbc Group Holdings Plc

DR DAVID HUGHES Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Doctor

IAN DODD Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Finance Manager

LISA CHAN Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Business Professional

MATTHEW NEWCOMBE-ELLIS Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Investment Banking

PROFESSOR CAROLINE SAVAGE Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Retired

PROFESSOR ELIZABETH LIGHTSTONE Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Medical Practitioner

PROFESSOR SIR JOHN CUNNINGHAM Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Physician, Other trusteeship: THE ASTOR FOUNDATION,

SIMON DAVIES Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Consultant

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 24/07/1967, number: 252892
Registered at Companies House on 12/05/1967, number: 00905963

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Event History

27/09/2016 - Asset transfer in from AHUSUK
13/10/2017 - Asset transfer in from KIDS KIDNEY RESEARCH
24/07/2020 - Asset transfer in from IMPERIAL KIDNEY FUND
11/06/2021 - Asset transfer in from LANCASHIRE AND SOUTH CUMBRIA KIDNEY PATIENTS ASSOCIATION
09/02/2022 - Asset transfer in from BLOOMINYORKSHIRE

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
Complaints handling
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

Filing Record

20 returns made; AR20: 3 days late, AR12: 2 days late, AR06: 1 days late, AR05: 22 days late,

Recent reorganisation events:

Asset transfer in from IMPERIAL KIDNEY FUND on 24/07/2020
Asset transfer in from LANCASHIRE AND SOUTH CUMBRIA KIDNEY PATIENTS ASSOCIATION on 11/06/2021
Asset transfer in from BLOOMINYORKSHIRE on 09/02/2022

Main office

Kidney Research Uk
Stuart House
City Road
PETERBOROUGH
PE1 1QF

Objectives

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; AND3.4 THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC ABOUT KIDNEY DISEASE AND THE NEEDS OF PERSONS SUFFERING FROM IT

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

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