Popham Kidney Support
To provide all Kidney Patients in Wales with a better quality of life. Putting Patients First, helping them believe in themselves to achieve a better quality of life for them and their families. Providing support services that share information, advice and emotional support through our Peer Mentor Services and supporting projects that improve facilities, patients welfare and wellbeing
Objects
TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT THE HEALTH OF RENAL PATIENTS IN WALES BY PROVIDING AND ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES, SUPPORT SERVICES AND EQUIPMENT NOT NORMALLY PROVIDED BY THE STATUTORY AUTHORITIES. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN HEALTH CARE BY THE PROVISIONS OF LECTURES, FORA AND BY THE PUBLICATION OF NEWS LETTERS DEVOTED TO HEALTH CARE.
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £12,432 for the year, resulting in total unrestricted and restricted fund balances of £87,242. The trustees confirm that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, adopting the going concern basis of accounting.
What the accounts disclose
Policies the charity declares
- Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
- Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
- Complaints handling
- Complaints policy and procedures
- Conflicting interests
- Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
- Financial reserves policy and procedures
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
- Internal risk management policy and procedures
- Paying staff
- Safeguarding policy and procedures
- Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
- Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
- Social media policy and procedures
- Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
- Trustee expenses policy and procedures
- Volunteer management
Trustees
- LYNNE DENISE ORTONchair
- Ashraf Mikhail
- Christopher Patrick Dorrell
- Dr Alexa Wonnacott
- Dr Janice St John-Matthews
- Dr Jishnu Bhattacharyya
- Dr Rhian Gwilliam
- Gillian Sheppard
- John Turner
- Kim Loosmore
- Martin Newbury
- ROBERT SHEFFIELD
- Roger Hickman
Income and spending
| Financial year end | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 05/04/2025 | £250k | £238k |
| 04/04/2024 | £198k | £207k |
| 04/05/2023 | £158k | £185k |
| 04/04/2022 | £195k | £146k |
| 04/04/2021 | £169k | £109k |
Common questions
Is Popham Kidney Support financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £12,432 for the year, resulting in total unrestricted and restricted fund balances of £87,242. The trustees confirm that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, adopting the going concern basis of accounting. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.
Who funds Popham Kidney Support?
Funders whose own accounts filings name Popham Kidney Support as a grant recipient include SWANSEA C V S, THE AUSTIN BAILEY FOUNDATION.
Known funders
| Funder | Year | Amount | Purpose (as stated by the funder) |
|---|---|---|---|
| SWANSEA C V S | FY2022 | £5k | Third Sector ICF Capital Grant Scheme |
| THE AUSTIN BAILEY FOUNDATION | FY2022 | £1k |
Government & lottery funding
| Funder | Date | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 12/03/2026 | £20k | Developing Peer Support in Primary Care |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 30/10/2024 | £20k | Popham Kidney Cafes |
| Postcode Lottery | 28/06/2024 | £25k | Unrestricted Funding |
| Postcode Lottery | 03/04/2023 | £25k | Project Funding |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 06/12/2022 | £489k | Peer Support Service for people with kidney disease in Wales. |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 18/04/2019 | £99k | Developing the Paul Popham Befriending & Counselling Services |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 12/04/2019 | £10k | Kidney Patients Education Services |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 27/08/2015 | £5k | Volunteer Recruitment Campaign |
Funders of similar charities
| 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 IAN ASKEW CHARITABLE TRUST | 2 | £5k |
| THE FRANK LITCHFIELD GENERAL CHARITABLE TRUST | 2 | £5k |
| THE A AND R WOOLF CHARITABLE TRUST | 2 | £2k |
| DORIS FIELD CHARITABLE TRUST | 2 | £2k |
| THE STONEYGATE TRUST | 1 | £1.9m |
Charities like this
- THE BRITISH KIDNEY PATIENT ASSOCIATION
- Kidney Wales Charity
- PATIENT WELFARE SOCIETY (PWS)
- THE POLYCYSTIC KIDNEY DISEASE CHARITY
- Kidneys for Life
- NATIONAL KIDNEY FEDERATION
Side by side with its peers
| Charity | Income | Top pay band | Staff >£60k | Reserves vs policy | Fundraising cost | Going concern |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Popham Kidney Support | £250k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| THE BRITISH KIDNEY PATIENT ASSOCIATION | £5.0m | — | — | unclear | — | no doubt |
| Kidney Wales Charity | £319k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| PATIENT WELFARE SOCIETY (PWS) | £169k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| THE POLYCYSTIC KIDNEY DISEASE CHARITY | £348k | — | 0 | above | 29.0% | no doubt |
| Kidneys for Life | £218k | — | — | below | — | no doubt |