Northern Counties Kidney Research Fund

Analysis

Northern Counties Kidney Research Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Northumberland. It was registered in March 1988, 38 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Northern Counties Kidney Research Fund reported income of £325k and spending of £176k, leaving 46% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £34k to £325k (+851%), an average of +76% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2024, when income rose by 571%. Over the whole period it spent 64% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Northern Counties Kidney Research Fund sits at the 79th percentile: it is larger than about 78% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 86th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Cleft (£325k), Siri Guru Singh Sabha (£325k) and Cherry Lodge Cancer Care (£325k).