Registered charity · Liverpool
Kidney Research Northwest
Kidney Research Northwest is a registered charity (number 1144798) based in Liverpool, governed by 4 trustees and chaired by Abdul Hammad since 2013. Latest income £126k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 11th October 2026.
Also known as Kidney First (Charity Commission)
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...
- 4 trustees
- Income £126k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 11th October 2026 · Sources
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About
- What it does
- The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
- Where
- Liverpool City, Wirral, Halton, Cheshire West & Chester and more
- Website
- kidneyresearchnorthwest.org (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Kidney Research Northwest
- Registered
- 2011
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£126k£71k
- 2024£129k£316k
- 2023£129k£316k
Earlier years
- 2022£113k£185k
- 2021£292k£278k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable 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.
Board analysis
Board DNA
How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.
4 trustees on the board
- Abdul Hammad Chair since 2013
- Dr Asheesh Sharma since 2022
- Graham John Kemp since 2014
- Matthew Lynch since 2025
Trustees past 6 years
- Abdul Hammad Chair since 2013
- Graham John Kemp since 2014
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (4)
- Abdul Hammad Chair since 2013
- Dr Asheesh Sharma since 2022
- Graham John Kemp since 2014
- Matthew Lynch since 2025
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Gaps to watch
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
- Narrow spread of causes across the board
Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.
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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1144798
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 17/03/2011 as amended on 20 Aug 2019 as amended on 18 Sep 2019
- Companies House
- Company number 07567881 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01517948823 · ann.edge@liverpool.ac.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 11th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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