South Eastern Kidney Patients Association
Analysis
South Eastern Kidney Patients Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Littlehampton. It was registered in August 1982, 44 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides services.
In the financial year ending August 2025, South Eastern Kidney Patients Association reported income of £23k and spending of £36k, spending 152% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income fell from £54k to £23k (-56%), an average of -19% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2023, when income rose by 140%. Over the whole period it spent 93% of the income it received.
Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, South Eastern Kidney Patients Association sits at the 40th percentile: it is larger than about 40% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 48th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Pastures New Racehorse Rehabilitation (£23k), The Lehman Brothers Foundation Europe (£23k) and Orphans International (£23k).
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.
Income and spending
Where the income comes from
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In the charity's own words
SEKPA is a Registered Charity formed in 1980 to help Kidney Patients in East and West Sussex, from Littlehampton to Rye on the South Coast, to Horsham and East Grinstead inland.Patients are treated at the Sussex Kidney Unit, Royal Sussex County Hospital, Brighton and at its satellite Dialysis Units at Bexhill, Eastbourne, Worthing and Crawley. Some patients can also carry out treatment at home.
Similar-sized charities, same cause
| Charity | Location | Income |
|---|---|---|
| Pastures New Racehorse Rehabilitation | Cheshire | £23k |
| The Lehman Brothers Foundation Europe | Cambridge | £23k |
| Orphans International | East Sussex | £23k |
| The Leonard Trust | Winchester | £23k |