TYNESIDE KIDNEY PATIENTS ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 518767 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as T K P A

The charity supports chronically-ill renal patients, and their carers, who are outpatients attending the Newcastle Upon HospitalsNHS Foundation Trust Renal Units.

Objects

TO PROMOTE THE WELFARE OF PERSONS WHO ATTEND THE FREEMAN HOSPITAL IN NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE AND THE ROYAL VICTORIA INFIRMARY IN NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, AND SATELLITE UNITS WHO ARE SUFFERING FROM KIDNEY DISEASE, OR RENAL FAILURE.

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: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: North Tyneside, North East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£60k
Latest spending
£12k
Registered
1987
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity maintains a substantial credit balance with total available funds carried forward of £124,139.14 for the year ended 31 May 2025. The trustees report that the charity is able to fulfil all its financial commitments and has no investments in financial products. The reserves policy is to maintain at least 25% of the opening annual balance for the following year.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: at least 25% of our opening annual balance (reserves figure: £124k)
“The TKPA”s policy is to maintain at least 25% of our opening annual balance to go forward to the following financial year.” — page 4
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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.

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

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/05/2025

  • Volunteers: 5

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/05/2024

  • Volunteers: 5

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/05/2023

  • Volunteers: 5

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 2 were received after the due date: year ending 31/05/2024 (received 02/04/2025, 2 days after the 31/03/2025 due date); year ending 31/05/2023 (received 24/03/2025, 358 days after the 31/03/2024 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Durham · Newcastle Upon Tyne City · North Tyneside · Northumberland

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/05/2025£60k£12k
31/05/2024£23k£16k
31/05/2023£18k£10k
31/05/2022£10k£18k
31/05/2021£16k£7k

Common questions

Is TYNESIDE KIDNEY PATIENTS ASSOCIATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity maintains a substantial credit balance with total available funds carried forward of £124,139.14 for the year ended 31 May 2025. The trustees report that the charity is able to fulfil all its financial commitments and has no investments in financial products. The reserves policy is to maintain at least 25% of the opening annual balance for the following year. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund12/08/2005£1kTrips and Christmas meal
The National Lottery Community Fund02/04/2004£3kpresentation equipment
Northern Rock Foundation11/10/2002£5kGrant awarded to Tyneside Kidney Patients' Association (North East)

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Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
TYNESIDE KIDNEY PATIENTS ASSOCIATION£60k—0above—no doubt
NATIONAL KIDNEY FEDERATION FY2025£707k—0unclear—no doubt
ADDENBROOKE'S KIDNEY PATIENTS ASSOCIATION LIMITED FY2026£113k—0unclear—no doubt
BRISTOL AREA KIDNEY PATIENTS ASSOCIATION FY2025£90k—0unclear—no doubt
DUDLEY KIDNEY PATIENTS ASSOCIATION FY2025£36k—0unclear—no doubt
EXETER AND DISTRICT KIDNEY PATIENTS' ASSOCIATION FY2025£36k—0unclear—no doubt

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