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Magenta Living

Registered charity 1106969 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WIRRAL PARTNERSHIP HOMES, WIRRAL PARTNERSHIP HOMES LIMITED, WPH

To provide social housing to those who are unable to meet their own housing costs in the open market.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · Economic/community Development/employment · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£82.7m
Latest spending
£74.5m
Registered
2004
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a consolidated operating surplus of £9.1 million and total reserves of £154.9 million, supported by robust cash balances and undrawn loan facilities. Per the trustees' report, the organization maintains a G1/V2 regulatory grading, indicating high governance standards and financial robustness despite inflationary pressures.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Social housing lettings (95% of income)
“Social housing lettings 78,247”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Intra-group transactions with subsidiary Wirral Partnership Homes (Developments) Limited for housing property design and build services.
“During the year Magenta Living had intra group transactions with subsidiary Wirral Partnership Homes (Developments) Limited, an unregulated entity, of £13,287k (2024: £3,529k) relating to housing property design and build services.” — page 91
“A management charge of £522k (2024: £157k) was made to Wirral Partnership Homes (Developments) Limited which was calculated on a pro-rata staff basis.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Management charge to subsidiary Wirral Partnership Homes (Developments) Limited.
“During the year Magenta Living had intra group transactions with subsidiary Wirral Partnership Homes (Developments) Limited, an unregulated entity, of £13,287k (2024: £3,529k) relating to housing property design and build services.” — page 91
“A management charge of £522k (2024: £157k) was made to Wirral Partnership Homes (Developments) Limited which was calculated on a pro-rata staff basis.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Intra-group transactions with subsidiary Bamboo Estates LLP.
“During the year Magenta Living had intra group transactions with subsidiary Wirral Partnership Homes (Developments) Limited, an unregulated entity, of £13,287k (2024: £3,529k) relating to housing property design and build services.” — page 91
“A management charge of £522k (2024: £157k) was made to Wirral Partnership Homes (Developments) Limited which was calculated on a pro-rata staff basis.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: Wirral Partnership Homes (Developments) Limited, Bamboo Estates LLP
“Wirral Partnership Homes (Developments) Limited undertakes construction for the parent company. Bamboo Estates LLP whose principal activity is the letting of housing properties at market rent in the northwest of England.” — page 30
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Beever and Struthers. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

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Corporate structure

WIRRAL PARTNERSHIP HOMES (DEVELOPMENTS) LIMITED — per its own Companies House accounts
  • Turnover: £13.3m
  • Profit before tax: £88k
  • Donated/gift-aided to the charity: £88k
  • Debtors due within one year include £6,042,000 due from group undertakings.
“A gift aid payment of £88k (2024: £4k) will be made to Magenta Living in respect of the year.”
BAMBOO ESTATES LLP — per its own Companies House accounts
  • Turnover: £935k
  • Profit before tax: £457k
  • Properties leased from Magenta Living (operating lease rentals of £306k in 2025).

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

598 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (578 freehold); recorded price paid £22.9m. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Trustpilot: Magentaliving scores 3.2/5 from 1 reviews (source) — reviews usually concern the charity’s shops or services, not its charitable performance.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook (11,551 likes) · instagram (2,213 followers)

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income
£82.7m
Total spending
£74.5m
Reserves (reported)
£154.9m
Employees
583

Reported reserves equal ~25.0 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (95% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.8%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Cheshire West & Chester · Wirral

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£82.7m£74.5m
31/03/2024£77.2m£72.3m
31/03/2023£69.6m£70.5m
31/03/2022£73.9m£63.4m
31/03/2021£69.6m£59.6m

Common questions

Is Magenta Living financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a consolidated operating surplus of £9.1 million and total reserves of £154.9 million, supported by robust cash balances and undrawn loan facilities. Per the trustees' report, the organization maintains a G1/V2 regulatory grading, indicating high governance standards and financial robustness despite inflationary pressures. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Beever and Struthers.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE POINTER FAMILY TRUST1£212k
THE ALICE ELLEN COOPER-DEAN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION1£30k
THE CLARE MILNE TRUST1£10k
SOMERSET COMMUNITY FOUNDATION1£6k
THE FRENCH HUGUENOT CHURCH OF LONDON CHARITABLE TRUST1£3k
CHAPMAN CHARITABLE TRUST1£2k
The Dentons UK and Middle East LLP Charitable Trust1£2k
THE EDGAR E LAWLEY FOUNDATION1£2k

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Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
Magenta Living£82.7m——unclear—no doubt
MAGNA VITAE FY2025£8.1m——above—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY MAGDALENE CHURCH, TORQUAY FY2025£221kUnder £60,0000below—noted
THE MAGENI TRUST FY2025£145k—0within—no doubt
MAGNIFY COLLECTIVE FY2024£193k—0unclear—no doubt
ST MARGARET'S HOUSE FY2025£1.3m—0unclear—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.