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The Magpie Project

  • 8 trustees
  • Income £626k (2025)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources

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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 Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Where
Newham
Website
www.themagpieproject.org (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2017

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£626k£564k
  • 2024£457k£479k
  • 2023£430k£447k
Earlier years
  • 2022£246k£311k
  • 2021£368k£245k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

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

Charitable objects

THE PREVENTION AND RELIEF OF POVERTY FOR FAMILIES WITH YOUNG CHILDREN LIVING IN TEMPORARY ACCOMMODATION OR AT THREAT OF HOMELESSNESS IN NEWHAM AND ADJACENT BOROUGHS - IN PARTICULAR PROVIDING A SPACE TO PLAY AND LEARN, AND FOR PARENTS AND CARERS TO GAIN PROFESSIONAL ADVICE AND FORM A SOCIAL NETWORKS IN ORDER TO ALLEVIATE IMMEDIATE DIFFICULTIES, SEEK SOLUTIONS TO ADDRESS THEIR NEEDS AND RE-INTEGRATE INTO EXISTING UNIVERSAL SERVICES.

Grants received

36 grants · £1,634,033 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

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Board analysis for researchers

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.

8 trustees on the board

2.9y median 2.5y
average tenure
5y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
6.2y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

Portfolio (2)

2
company-linked trustees

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

The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 8Education/training 2Economic/community Development/employment 1General 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.

Health and social care 3Other services 1Professional services 1

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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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

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£626k latest income
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.

4.6 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months

13
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
1176267
Status
Registered
Governing document
CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 13 Dec 2017
Contact on the register
07561180825 · themagpieprojecte7@gmail.com
Edition
Register edition compiled 20th September 2026
Labels
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