# KIDNEY RESEARCH NORTHWEST

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1144798
- **Other names:** MERSEY KIDNEY FIRST, KIDNEY FIRST
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Company number:** [07567881](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/07567881)
- **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&amp;p_p_lifecycle=0&amp;p_p_state=maximized&amp;p_p_mode=view&amp;_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:** 0151 794 8823
- **Email:** ann.edge@liverpool.ac.uk
- **Website:** http://kidneyresearchnorthwest.org/



## Activities

**Objects:** The charity&#x27;s objects (&quot;Objects&quot;) 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



## Geography

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





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| **ABDUL HAMMAD** | Chair | Jan. 22, 2013 |
| Dr Asheesh Sharma |  | Feb. 7, 2022 |
| Graham John Kemp |  | Jan. 27, 2014 |
| Matthew Lynch |  | Feb. 6, 2025 |




