Registered charity · Birkenhead
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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Who leads it
- Gerard LucasChair · since 2021
- Ann-Louise GilmoreTrustee · since 2020
- Helen Mary O'DohertyTrustee · since 2024
- Liam Garth Christey KellyTrustee · since 2021
- Michael Lee RileyTrustee · since 2022
- Myles Jonathan EdwardsTrustee · since 2021
- Paul Andrew RichardsTrustee · since 2024
- Rachel Elizabeth BarberTrustee · since 2024
- Robert Patrick Nelson ChapmanTrustee · since 2024
- Stephen Robert AllcockTrustee · since 2022
- William Shaun YewdaleTrustee · since 2025
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.
11 trustees on the board
- Gerard Lucas Chair since 2021
- Ann-Louise Gilmore since 2020
- Helen Mary O'Doherty since 2024
- Liam Garth Christey Kelly since 2021
- Michael Lee Riley since 2022
- Myles Jonathan Edwards since 2021
- Paul Andrew Richards since 2024
- Rachel Elizabeth Barber since 2024
- Robert Patrick Nelson Chapman since 2024
- Stephen Robert Allcock since 2022
- William Shaun Yewdale since 2025
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (10)
- Gerard Lucas Chair since 2021
- Ann-Louise Gilmore since 2020
- Helen Mary O'Doherty since 2024
- Liam Garth Christey Kelly since 2021
- Michael Lee Riley since 2022
- Paul Andrew Richards since 2024
- Rachel Elizabeth Barber since 2024
- Robert Patrick Nelson Chapman since 2024
- Stephen Robert Allcock since 2022
- William Shaun Yewdale since 2025
Portfolio (1)
- Myles Jonathan Edwards since 2021
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.
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
25.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.5 months · was 22.5 in 2021
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
- 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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