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Magenta Living

Magenta Living is a registered charity (number 1106969) based in Birkenhead, governed by 11 trustees and chaired by Gerard Lucas since 2021. Latest income £83m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.

Also known as Wirral Partnership Homes, WPH (Charity Commission)

  • 11 trustees
  • Income £83m (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
Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty and 2 more
Where
Wirral, Cheshire West & Chester
Website
www.magentaliving.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Magenta Living
Registered
2004

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£83m£75m
  • 2024£77m£72m
  • 2023£70m£71m
Earlier years
  • 2022£74m£63m
  • 2021£70m£60m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 6%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE COMPANY SHALL BE: (1) TO PROVIDE HOUSES OR HOSTELS INCLUDING SOCIAL HOUSING AND ANY ASSOCIATED AMENITIES FOR PERSONS IN NECESSITOUS CIRCUMSTANCES UPON TERMS APPROPRIATE TO THEIR MEANS; (2) TO PROVIDE FOR AGED, DISABLED OR CHRONICALLY SICK PERSONS IN NEED THEREOF HOUSES OR HOSTELS INCLUDING SOCIAL HOUSING AND ANY ASSOCIATED AMENITIES SPECIALLY DESIGNED OR ADAPTED TO MEET THE DISABILITIES AND REQUIREMENTS OF SUCH PERSONS; (3) TO PROVIDE SERVICES, ADVICE OR ASSISTANCE UPON TERMS APPROPRIATE TO THEIR MEANS TO AGED, DISABLED, OR CHRONICALLY SICK PERSONS IN NEED THEREOF AND PROVIDE ANY ASSOCIATED AMENITIES SPECIALLY DESIGNED OR ADAPTED TO MEET THE DISABILITIES AND REQUIREMENTS OF SUCH PERSONS; (4) TO PROVIDE RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE FACILITIES IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE RESIDENTS OF THE LOCAL AUTHORITY AREAS IN WHICH THE COMPANY OWNS OR MANAGES HOUSING STOCK; (5) TO RELIEVE POVERTY AMONGST RESIDENTS OF THE LOCAL AUTHORITY AREAS IN WHICH THE COMPANY OWNS OR MANAGES HOUSING STOCK; (6) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, TRAINING OR RETRAINING, PARTICULARLY AMONG UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE AND PROVIDING UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE WITH WORK EXPERIENCE; (7) TO MAINTAIN, IMPROVE OR PROVIDE PUBLIC AMENITIES FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN THE INTERESTS OF REGENERATION IN AREAS OF SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DEPRIVATION IN WHICH THE COMPANY OWNS OR MANAGES HOUSING STOCK.

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.

3.5y median 4y
average tenure
6y
longest tenure
1
trustees past 6 years
9.7y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (10)

Portfolio (1)

10
company-linked trustees

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

Education/training 11The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 11Disability 10General Charitable Purposes 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.

Property 10Construction 7Utilities 3

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.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£82.7m latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025
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.

25.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.5 months · was 22.5 in 2021

583 from 543 in 2021
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
1106969
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 26/09/2003AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 01/11/2004AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 30/09/2008NOW ARTICLES ADOPTED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 17/08/2013AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 20 SEP 2016AS REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 01 OCT 2016 AS AMENDED ON 12 APR 2019 AS AMENDED ON 12 APR 2019AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 11 MAR 2021
Companies House
Company number 04912562 · Active
Contact on the register
0800 100 9596 · governanceteam@magentaliving.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 25th October 2026
Labels
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