Annual report for Kidney Research UK

To design Kidney Research UK’s annual report for 2023/24 in accessible PDF format. The opening section would also be printed as their Impact Report.

Project notes

The design of Kidney Research’s publications is lively and vibrant – something I wanted to retain while ensuring the ease of reading and use essential to visual accessibility.

The report contains pie charts showing income and expenditure, which I presented with direct segment labels (rather than a key) in order to minimise cognitive load. The segments are separated with white to make the boundaries clear and the artwork is set up to allow a screen reader to access all the information.

During remediation, I reviewed both reading orders and remediated the extensive financial tables. I also implemented a solution for the occasional use of white text to allow it to remain readable on reflow.

Finally, I ensured that the PDF passed PAC24 programmatic checks for PDF/UA compliance and read correctly in the NVDA screen reader.

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Transcript

Heading Level 4 page 18

Where the money is spent.

Total expenditure was 14.4 million pounds across research, awareness and education, investment in raising funds and support costs.

Charitable expenditure reached 11.5 million pounds in the year, a slight decrease from the previous year but an increase as an overall proportion of total spending.

Graphic pie chart showing the areas of Kidney Research UK's expenditure for the year. The largest graphic proportion was spent on research.

Research 10.8 million pounds. This includes research and career development.

Generating income costs 2 million pounds.

Trading 0.9 million pounds. This includes the cost of running our charity shops and raffles.

Awareness and education 0.7 million pounds. This includes working with patients and raising awareness of kidney disease.

Total expenditure 14.4 million pounds.

Heading level 5

Pence in the pound invested in research and awareness.

84 pence in the pound in 2023/24

82 pence in the pound in 2022/23.

The charity strives to continuously improve efficiency and to invest as much as possible of each pound in research and raising awareness of kidney disease.

We are pleased to report that the pence in the pound has increased from last year as we continue to invest more in research.