# KIDNEY RESEARCH NORTHWEST

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1144798
- **Other names:** MERSEY KIDNEY FIRST, KIDNEY FIRST
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** Nov. 25, 2011
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1144798


## Contact

- **Address:** Nuffield Building, 1st Floor Physiology Block, Crown Street, LIVERPOOL
- **Postcode:** L69 3BX
- **Phone:** 01517948823
- **Email:** ann.edge@liverpool.ac.uk
- **Website:** http://kidneyresearchnorthwest.org/



## Activities

**Objects:** The charity's objects ("Objects") are specifically restricted to the following:  (1) to undertake, promote, develop and encourage research into diseases of the kidney and urinary tract and research into the treatment of such diseases;   (2) to undertake, promote and develop treatment of persons suffering from diseases of the kidney and urinary tract;   (3) to undertake, promote and develop methods enabling those who are or have been under treatment for chronic renal disease to be medically rehabilitated;    (4) and in the furtherance of these objectives and ancillary thereto, the charity may also:    (a) Enable those suffering from renal diseases to follow their gainful employment and to continue their normal activities;     (b) Provide activities through which patients suffering from renal diseases may find opportunity for social contact and responsibility;     (c) Support patients through the distribution of information;     (d) Provide support to patients suffering from renal diseases with the provision of equipment and facilities at local hospital renal units or at home at the discretion of the trustees;     (e) Work to remove the fears associated with renal diseases;     (f) Promote all or any of the objectives for the benefit of the community which are now or hereinafter may be deemed by law to be charitable.

**Activities:** Principal objects of the charity are to undertake, promote, develop and encourage research into diseases of the kidney and urinary tract and research into the treatment of such diseases.




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Organisations
- **What:** The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
- **Who:** The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Cheshire West & Chester
- Halton
- Knowsley
- Liverpool City
- Wirral



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 30, 2025 | £125809 | £71156 | — | — |
| June 30, 2024 | £129324 | £316199 | — | — |
| June 30, 2023 | £129324 | £316199 | — | — |
| June 30, 2022 | £112955 | £184555 | — | — |
| June 30, 2021 | £292350 | £278419 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **ABDUL HAMMAD** (Chair) — appointed Jan. 22, 2013
- Dr Asheesh Sharma — appointed Feb. 7, 2022
- Graham John Kemp — appointed Jan. 27, 2014
- Matthew Lynch — appointed Feb. 6, 2025