Kidneys for Life

Registered charity 505256 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as KIDNEYS FOR LIFE FUNDRAISING FOR MINT, KIDNEYS FOR LIFE FUNDRAISING FOR MINT AT THE MRI RENAL UNITS, MANCHESTER INSTITUTE OF NEPHROLOGY AND TRANSPLANTATION (MINT), MANCHESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY - RENAL UNIT FUND, MANCHESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY AND BOOTH HALL RENAL UNIT FUND

Relief of renal related illnesses and the funding of research and education in renal disease, transplantation and allied fields together with the provision of direct patient amenities

Objects

THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS IN PATIENTS WITH KIDNEY COMPLAINTS AND DISORDERS BY:A. THE PROVISION OF AMENITIES AND MEDICAL EQUIPMENT FOR PATIENTS OF RENAL UNITS IN HOSPITALS IN GREATER MANCHESTER AND ITS NEIGHBOURING COUNTIES RELATIVE RESPECTIVELY TO THE TREATMENT GIVEN AND THE TREATMENT RECEIVED BY THE AFOREMENTIONED PATIENTS IN RESPECT OF KIDNEY COMPLAINTS AND DISORDERS. B. UNDERTAKING, PROMOTING, DEVELOPING AND ENCOURAGING RESEARCH OF THE KIDNEY AND URINARY TRACT AND RESEARCH INTO TREATMENT OF SUCH DISEASES AND TO PUBLISH THE USEFUL RESULTS THEREOF AND PROVIDING SUPPORT FOR CONFERENCES AND WORKSHOPS BOTH IN THE UK AND OVERSEAS RELATING TO DISEASES OF THE KIDNEY AND URINARY TRACT. C. UNDERTAKING, PROMOTING AND DEVELOPING TREATMENT OF PERSONS SUFFERING FROM DISEASES OF THE KIDNEY AND URINARY TRACT. D. EDUCATING THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN DISEASES OF THE KIDNEY AND URINARY TRACT. E. EDUCATING RENAL STAFF AT HOSPITALS IN GREATER MANCHESTER AND ITS NEIGHBOURING COUNTIES IN DISEASES OF THE KIDNEY AND URINARY TRACT THROUGH EDUCATIONAL COURSES, WORKSHOPS AND CONFERENCES BOTH IN THE UK AND OVERSEAS.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Manchester, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £20,687 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £316,105 to £295,418. The trustees note that expenditure exceeded income, but confirm the charity can continue for the foreseeable future based on investment income and current reserves.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment 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
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• 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

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Kidneys for Life (matched by registered charity number).

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

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (11/06/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Afshin Tavakolichair
• Dr Ajay Dhaygude
• Dr Amrit Kaur
• Dr Andrew Nixon
• Dr Durga Kanigicherla
• Dr Maharajan Raman
• Professor Rachel Lennon-Wolowczyk
• Professor Sandip Mitra
• Professor Smeeta Sinha

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

Operates in: Cheshire East · Cheshire West & Chester · Cumbria · Lancashire · Manchester City

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with Kidney Wales Charity.

• Kidney Wales Charity income £319k
• KIDNEY RESEARCH UK income £14.5m
• THE BRITISH KIDNEY PATIENT ASSOCIATION income £5.0m
• Popham Kidney Support income £250k
• KENT KIDNEY PATIENTS ASSOCIATION income £31k
• NATIONAL KIDNEY FEDERATION income £707k

Side by side with its peers

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