Kidney Wales Charity

Registered charity 700396 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as KIDNEY RESEARCH UNIT FOR WALES FOUNDATION, KIDNEY WALES FOUNDATION

The promotion, provision, maintenance and improvement of renal units in hospitals, schools of medicine and universities; by the provision therein or in connection therewith of equipment, laboratories, facilities or personnel whatsoever calculated to relieve such persons and by the promotion of medical research into renal and other diseases.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, THE RELIEF OF THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH OF PERSONS WHO ARE SUFFERING FROM A RENAL DISEASE OR DISEASES IN WALES OR ELSEWHERE IN GREAT BRITAIN AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME DECIDE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO: - (A) THE PROMOTION, PROVISION, MAINTENANCE AND IMPROVEMENT OF RENAL UNITS IN HOSPITALS, AND KIDNEY TRANSPLANT UNITS, SCHOOLS OF MEDICINE, UNIVERSITIES AND SUCH OTHER LOCATIONS AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DECIDE AND THE PROVISION THEREIN OR IN CONNECTION THEREWITH OF ANY EQUIPMENT, LABORATORIES, FACILITIES OR OTHER RESOURCES AS MAY BE REQUIRED; (B) PROVIDING SUPPORT, EDUCATION AND PRACTICAL ADVICE; (C) ADVANCING THE EDUCATION OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN ALL AREAS RELATING TO RENAL DISEASES; AND (D) THE PROMOTION OR PROVISION OF OTHER EFFECTIVE CARE AND SUPPORT FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE AFFECTED BY RENAL DISEASES.

Area of benefit: WALES (AND ELSEWHERE IN GREAT BRITAIN)

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 · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Cardiff, Wales (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £141,070 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £931,760 to £790,690. The trustees note that this increase in costs was due to using reserves to expand resources for patient support and staff. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £785,499, which the trustees consider sufficient to meet their target range of over 14 months of expenditure.

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 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.

• 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
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media 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 — Kidney Wales (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Short Breaks Scheme — “Kidney Wales receives £30,450.00 in funding from the Short Breaks Scheme” (source page)
• The Masonic and Military Order of the Red Cross of Constantine and the Orders of the Holy — “Kidney Wales is thrilled to announce the receipt of a £2,700 grant from The Masonic and Military Order of the Red Cross of Constantine and t…” (source page)
• The Postcode Community Trust — “Announced 2nd May 2023 Kidney Wales was delighted to receive an award of £15,473 from The Postcode Community Trust” (source page)
• Awards for All – National Lottery — “Announced 20th October 2021 Kidney Wales were thrilled to be awarded £9,242 in National Lottery funding” (source page)
• Third Sector Resilience Fund for Wales Phase 3 Scheme — “Announced 13 April 2022 Kidney Wales is delighted to announce a successful funding award from the Third Sector Resilience Fund for Wales Pha…” (source page)

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2023)

Reported reserves equal ~31.8 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 7.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 9.1% of total income — above the median for charities its size (3.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Ben Hughes
• Emma Jones
• Jamie Bowen
• Judith Stone
• MICHAEL STEPHENS
• Mike Weir
• Nathan Hazell
• Richard Jenkins
• Ryland Lloyd
• Stacey Bruce

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

Operates in: Throughout Wales

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with Kidneys for Life.

• Kidneys for Life income £218k
• Popham Kidney Support income £250k
• NATIONAL KIDNEY FEDERATION income £707k
• KIDNEY RESEARCH UK income £14.5m
• KIDNEY RESEARCH NORTHWEST income £126k
• KENT KIDNEY PATIENTS ASSOCIATION income £31k

Side by side with its peers

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