European Renal Association

Analysis

European Renal Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in January 1997, 29 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending December 2025, European Renal Association reported income of £8.9m and spending of £8.0m, spending 90% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £4.8m to £8.9m (+85%), an average of +17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 44%. Over the whole period it spent 77% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, European Renal Association sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 99th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Community Forest Trust (£8.9m), The Foundation Trust Network (£9.0m) and Imperial Health Charity (£8.9m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 55%, trading 42% and investments 2.1%. Charitable activities took 92% of spending and raising funds 5.0%. Reserves of £16.0m would cover about 23 months of spending at that rate. It employed 15 people.