KIDNEY RESEARCH NORTHWEST

Registered charity 1144798 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as KIDNEY FIRST, MERSEY KIDNEY FIRST

Principal objects of the charity are to undertake, promote, develop and encourage research into diseases of the kidney and urinary tract and research into the treatment of such diseases.

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

Latest income

£126k

Latest spending

£71k

Registered

2011

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £98,713 for the year ended 30 June 2025, driven by total income of £125,809 and expenditure of £71,156. Per the trustees' report, free reserves amounted to £608,339, which meets the stated target of equaling one year's total expenditure. The trustees confirmed the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: one year’s total expenditure (held: £608k)

“Ideally the trustees would wish to create ‘free’ reserves equal to one year’s total expenditure.” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Kidney Research Northwest (matched by registered charity number).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (13/05/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

ABDUL HAMMADchair
Dr Asheesh Sharma
Graham John Kemp
Matthew Lynch

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

Operates in: Cheshire West & Chester · Halton · Knowsley · Liverpool City · Wirral

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
30/06/2025	£126k	£71k
30/06/2024	£129k	£316k
30/06/2023	£129k	£316k
30/06/2022	£113k	£185k
30/06/2021	£292k	£278k

Common questions

Is KIDNEY RESEARCH NORTHWEST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £98,713 for the year ended 30 June 2025, driven by total income of £125,809 and expenditure of £71,156. Per the trustees' report, free reserves amounted to £608,339, which meets the stated target of equaling one year's total expenditure. The trustees confirmed the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE CATHERINE COOKSON CHARITABLE TRUST	2	£26k
PILKINGTON CHARITIES FUND	2	£13k
THE JAMES WEIR FOUNDATION	2	£8k
THE FRANK LITCHFIELD GENERAL CHARITABLE TRUST	2	£5k
THE IAN ASKEW CHARITABLE TRUST	2	£5k
DORIS FIELD CHARITABLE TRUST	2	£2k
THE A AND R WOOLF CHARITABLE TRUST	2	£2k
THE STONEYGATE TRUST	1	£1.9m

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with KIDNEY RESEARCH UK.

KIDNEY RESEARCH UK income £14.5m
Kidney Wales Charity income £319k
KIDNEY RESEARCH YORKSHIRE income £181k
NORTHERN COUNTIES KIDNEY RESEARCH FUND income £325k
THE KIDNEY FUND income £297k
Kidneys for Life income £218k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
KIDNEY RESEARCH NORTHWEST	£126k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
KIDNEY RESEARCH UK FY2025	£14.5m	£130,001 - £140,000	—	within	—	no doubt
Kidney Wales Charity FY2025	£319k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
KIDNEY RESEARCH YORKSHIRE FY2025	£181k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
NORTHERN COUNTIES KIDNEY RESEARCH FUND FY2025	£325k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE KIDNEY FUND FY2025	£297k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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