The Kidney Fund

Analysis

The Kidney Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Carshalton. It was registered in February 1989, 37 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 makes grants to organisations, provides buildings/facilities/open space and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Kidney Fund reported income of £297k and spending of £294k, spending 99% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £309k to £297k (-3.9%), an average of -1.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 272%. 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, The Kidney Fund sits at the 77th percentile: it is larger than about 77% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 85th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Island House Community Centre (£297k), Gujarat Hindu Society, Preston (£297k) and Home-Start County Borough of Wrexham (£297k).