NORTHERN COUNTIES KIDNEY RESEARCH FUND

Registered charity 700037 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Provides funding for kidney research in the North of England.

Objects

FOR RESEEARCH INTO DISEASES OF THE KIDNEY AND RELATED DISEASES. (FOR FURTHER DETAILS SEE CLAUSE 1 OF THE DECLARATION OF TRUST).

Area of benefit: 1) NORTHUMBERLAND. 2) DURHAM 3) TYNE AND WEAR 4) CUMBRIA

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: Northumberland, North East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£325k

Latest spending

£176k

Registered

1988

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £149,290 for the year ended 5 April 2025, with total unrestricted funds increasing to £887,226. Per the trustees' report, these free reserves are well in excess of the stated reserves policy target, indicating strong financial stability.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: thirty months' expected future expenditure (held: £887k)

“It is considered prudent to maintain cash reserves at approximately thirty months' expected future expenditure” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: The majority of the Trustees and committee members are employed by organisations to which the Charity makes grants, primarily Newcastle University, the Freeman Hospital and the Royal Victoria Infirmary in Newcastle-upon-Tyne.

“The majority of the Trustees and committee members are employed by organisations to which the Charity makes grants, primarily Newcastle University, the Freeman Hospital and the Royal Victoria Infirmary in Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Neither Trustees nor committee members take part in any decisions of the Charity where they, or a project with which they have an interest, might benefit.” — page 6

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.

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

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Anna-Maria Steel
Dr Sally Johnson
John Andrew Kirby
PROFESSOR NEIL STEPHEN SHEERIN

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

Operates in: Cumbria · Durham · Gateshead · Newcastle Upon Tyne City · North Tyneside · Northumberland · South Tyneside · Sunderland

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
05/04/2025	£325k	£176k
05/04/2024	£227k	£108k
05/04/2023	£34k	£70k
05/04/2022	£107k	£18k
05/04/2021	£34k	£94k

Common questions

Is NORTHERN COUNTIES KIDNEY RESEARCH FUND financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £149,290 for the year ended 5 April 2025, with total unrestricted funds increasing to £887,226. Per the trustees' report, these free reserves are well in excess of the stated reserves policy target, indicating strong financial stability. 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
THE IAN ASKEW CHARITABLE TRUST	2	£5k
THE FRANK LITCHFIELD GENERAL CHARITABLE TRUST	2	£5k
THE A AND R WOOLF CHARITABLE TRUST	2	£2k
THE STONEYGATE TRUST	1	£1.9m
THE THOMPSON FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£345k
THE KIDNEY FUND	1	£40k
THE JOSEPH AND LILIAN SULLY FOUNDATION	1	£25k

Charities like this

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

KIDNEY RESEARCH NORTHWEST income £126k
KIDNEY RESEARCH UK income £14.5m
NATIONAL KIDNEY FEDERATION income £707k
THE KIDNEY FUND income £297k
SOUTHPORT KIDNEY FUND [PATIENT SUPPORT AND RESEARCH] income £10k
KIDNEY RESEARCH YORKSHIRE income £181k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
NORTHERN COUNTIES KIDNEY RESEARCH FUND	£325k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
KIDNEY RESEARCH NORTHWEST FY2025	£126k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
KIDNEY RESEARCH UK FY2025	£14.5m	£130,001 - £140,000	—	within	—	no doubt
NATIONAL KIDNEY FEDERATION FY2025	£707k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE KIDNEY FUND FY2025	£297k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
SOUTHPORT KIDNEY FUND [PATIENT SUPPORT AND RESEARCH] FY2024	£10k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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