Bristol Area Kidney Patients Association

Analysis

Bristol Area Kidney Patients Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bristol. It was registered in August 1976, 50 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Bristol Area Kidney Patients Association reported income of £90k and spending of £26k, leaving 71% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £24k to £90k (+268%), an average of +38% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 1143%. 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, Bristol Area Kidney Patients Association sits at the 61st percentile: it is larger than about 61% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 69th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Amber Training, Advisory & Support Services (£90k), Basildon Hospital and Community League of Friends (£90k) and Paulton Memorial Hospital League of Friends (£89k).