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European Renal Association

Registered charity 1060134 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as EUROPEAN RENAL ASSOCIATION-EUROPEAN DIALYSIS AND TRANSPLANT ASSOCIATION

The advancement of medical knowledge by promoting scientific and clinical advances in the field of nephrology, dialysis, renal transplantation, hypertension & related subjects. The objectives are achieved by publishing journals, holding annual congresses, producing epidemiological data for research, organising educational courses, supporting fellowships and research, producing guidelines.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£8.3m
Latest spending
£6.2m
Registered
1997
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of €2,906,257 for the year ended 31 December 2024, with unrestricted reserves increasing to €18,281,442. Per the trustees' report, this level of reserves is in line with the stated policy target of sustaining activities for at least two years, and the auditor confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Related-party transaction: Spouse of Executive Director paid for services
“During the year, the spouse of the Executive Director, Monica Fontana, was paid €Nil (2023: €11,302) for services provided to the charity on an arm's length basis.” — page 33
“As at 31 December 2024 the Association owed €2,957 (2023: €Nil) to its subsidiary company ERA Eurocongress Limited in relation to an invoice paid on their behalf.” — page 33
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Amount owed to subsidiary
“During the year, the spouse of the Executive Director, Monica Fontana, was paid €Nil (2023: €11,302) for services provided to the charity on an arm's length basis.” — page 33
“As at 31 December 2024 the Association owed €2,957 (2023: €Nil) to its subsidiary company ERA Eurocongress Limited in relation to an invoice paid on their behalf.” — page 33
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: ERA-Eurocongress Limited
“The Association has a trading subsidiary company, ERA-Eurocongress Limited” — page 7
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by PKF Littlejohn LLP. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

In the news

Recent coverage mentioning this charity by name (automated match; headlines belong to their publishers).

Corporate structure

ERA-EUROCONGRESS LIMITED — per its own Companies House accounts
  • Turnover: £3.8m
  • Profit before tax: £-227k

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Total income
£8.3m
Total spending
£6.2m
Cost of raising funds
£212k
Reserves (reported)
£15.8m
Employees
13

Reported reserves equal ~30.6 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (53% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 2.5% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Albania · Algeria · Andorra · Armenia · Austria · Azerbaijan · Belarus · Belgium · Bosnia And Herzegovina · Bulgaria · Croatia · Cyprus

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£8.3m£6.2m
31/12/2023£8.0m£5.9m
31/12/2022£6.9m£5.0m
31/12/2021£4.8m£3.5m
31/12/2020£4.2m£3.2m

Common questions

Is European Renal Association financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of €2,906,257 for the year ended 31 December 2024, with unrestricted reserves increasing to €18,281,442. Per the trustees' report, this level of reserves is in line with the stated policy target of sustaining activities for at least two years, and the auditor confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by PKF Littlejohn LLP.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE PIERREPONT TRUST1£30k
THE BARTLETT FOUNDATION1£10k
THE GEOFFREY AND PAULINE MARTIN TRUST1£10k
PILKINGTON CHARITIES FUND1£7k
THE LORD FARINGDON CHARITABLE TRUST1£5k
THE STRANGWARD TRUST1£5k
THE HOSPITAL OF GILBERT, EARL OF SHREWSBURY AT SHEFFIELD1£4k
THE BENHAM CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT1£4k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE RENAL ASSOCIATION.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
European Renal Association£8.3m——above—no doubt
THE RENAL ASSOCIATION FY2025£6.5m£150,000 - £160,000—within—no doubt
KIDNEY RESEARCH NORTHWEST FY2025£126k—0above—no doubt
Kidney Wales Charity FY2025£319k—0unclear—no doubt
THE KIDNEY FUND FY2025£297k—0unclear—no doubt
NATIONAL KIDNEY FEDERATION FY2025£707k—0unclear—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.