Kidney Research UK

Analysis

Kidney Research UK is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Peterborough. It was registered in July 1967, 59 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training and the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 00905963). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Kidney Research UK reported income of £14.5m and spending of £16.0m, spending 111% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £7.0m to £14.5m (+108%), an average of +20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 84%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Kidney Research UK sits at the 99th 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 The Congregation of the Little Sisters of the Poor - English Province (£14.5m), Keech Hospice (£14.5m) and Pancreatic Cancer UK (£14.5m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 62%, charitable activities 26%, investments 6.7% and trading 4.6%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £5.7m. Charitable activities took 77% of spending and raising funds 22%. Grants to other organisations totalled £7.7m. Reserves of £2.7m would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 94 people.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.