Registered Charity No: 252892 (England & Wales), SC039245 (Scotland).

As the leading charity dedicated to kidney research in the UK, nothing is going to stop us in our urgent mission to end kidney disease.

Our kidneys are vital organs, helping keep our blood clean, chemically balanced and maintaining our body’s overall health. When kidneys go wrong it is life changing.  

Kidney disease affects around 3.5 million people in the UK. Treatments can be gruelling and there’s no cure. No one should live in fear with this life-limiting condition.

And kidney disease doesn’t discriminate, affecting all generations.

When their kidneys fail, children face a lifetime of kidney failure, and it can affect their physical growth and social development. A transplant isn’t a cure because it rarely lasts a lifetime.

Only research will end kidney disease. By leaving a gift to Kidney Research UK in your Will our doctors, nurses and scientists can continue their life-saving work. In 2017, Kidney Research UK and Kids Kidney Research merged - increasing paediatric kidney research to find a cure and transform young people’s lives.

We aim to prevent kidney disease by developing new ways to spot it earlier and stop it in its tracks.