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Registered charity · Bristol

The Renal Association

The Renal Association is a registered charity (number 800733) based in Bristol, governed by 13 trustees. Latest income £6.5m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 18th October 2026.

Also known as UK Kidney Association (Charity Commission)

  • 13 trustees
  • Income £6.5m (2025)
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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
Where
Throughout England And Wales, Scotland
Website
www.renal.org (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
The Renal Association
Registered
1989

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£6.5m£5.2m
  • 2024£5.6m£5.1m
  • 2023£4.7m£4.6m
Earlier years
  • 2022£4.1m£4.1m
  • 2021£4.2m£3.2m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2023: Government grants under 1%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS AND PROTECTION AND PRESERVATION OF PUBLIC HEALTH BY:A. ADVANCING, COLLATING AND DISSEMINATING KNOWLEDGE OF RENAL STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION, RENAL DISEASE AND RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY;B. SEEKING MEANS FOR THE PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF RENAL DISORDERS;C. DEALING WITH ANY MATTERS CONCERNING THE WELFARE OF PATIENTS WITH RENAL DISEASES AND THE ORGANISATION OF SERVICES FOR THEIR RELIEF.

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.

13 trustees on the board

2.3y median 2y
average tenure
5y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
4.5y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (12)

Portfolio (1)

11
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 13Education/training 1Environment/conservation/heritage 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Professional services 11Health and social care 2Other services 2

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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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£5.6m latest income · income exceeded spending in 2023 and 2024
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

10.1 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months

48 from 37 in 2020
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
800733
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 11 MAR 1988AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 19 OCT 1988AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 03 APR 2001NOW ARTICLES ADOPTED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 24 JUN 2010AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 20 JUN 2018AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 23 SEP 2020AS REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 05 NOV 2020
Companies House
Company number 02229663 · Active
Contact on the register
0117 235 6550 · ukka@ukkidney.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 18th October 2026
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