PENNINE MAGPIE

Registered charity 1147911 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To benefit young people and adults with special needs by the provision of training and other facilities to enable such persons to acquire skills, confidence and the infrastructure neccessary for them to live a more independent and fulfilling life within the community.

Causes: Education/training · Disability · Economic/community Development/employment · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£1.6m
Latest spending
£1.6m
Registered
2012
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net loss of £30,357 for the year ended 31 December 2025, driven by a net loss of £28,736 in unrestricted funds and £1,721 in restricted funds. Per the trustees' report, free reserves excluding fixed assets stood at £1,106,977, with designated funds of £750,000 leaving £410,977 in available reserves against a policy target of three to six months of running costs. The trustees identified ongoing financial pressures from rising costs and lower investment returns but confirmed the use of the going concern basis of accounting.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Support Services (76% of income)
“Support Services 1,231,817” — page 14
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: three and six months of running costs (held: £411k)
“The Trustees maintain a reserves policy of holding between three and six months of running costs to ensure financial stability.” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Walter Dawson & Son. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

The charity’s company — latest Companies House iXBRL filing (balance sheet 31.12.25)
  • Average employees: 54

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.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Total income
£1.6m
Total spending
£1.6m
Reserves (reported)
£1.2m
Employees
54

Reported reserves equal ~8.5 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (98% 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 (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Bradford City · Calderdale · Kirklees

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£1.6m£1.6m
31/12/2024£1.6m£1.5m
31/12/2023£1.6m£1.4m
31/12/2022£957k£759k
31/12/2021£540k£550k

Common questions

Is PENNINE MAGPIE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net loss of £30,357 for the year ended 31 December 2025, driven by a net loss of £28,736 in unrestricted funds and £1,721 in restricted funds. Per the trustees' report, free reserves excluding fixed assets stood at £1,106,977, with designated funds of £750,000 leaving £410,977 in available reserves against a policy target of three to six months of running costs. The trustees identified ongoing financial pressures from rising costs and lower investment returns but confirmed the use of the going concern basis of accounting. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Walter Dawson & Son.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council—£34kSS
Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council—£567SS
Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council—£33kSS
Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council—£39kSS
Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council—£40kSS
Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council—£34kSS
Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council—£38kSS
Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council—£39kSS
Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council—£31kSS
Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council—£26kSS
Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council—£28kSS
Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council—£27kSS
Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council—£38kSS
Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council—£34kSS
Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council—£567SS
Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council—£33kSS
Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council—£39kSS
Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council—£40kSS
Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council—£34kSS
Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council—£38kSS
Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council—£39kSS
Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council—£31kSS
Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council—£26kSS
Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council—£28kSS
Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council—£38kSS

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Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
PENNINE MAGPIE£1.6m—0unclear—no doubt
PENNINE CAMPHILL COMMUNITY FY2025£3.3m——unclear—no doubt
PENNYHOOKS FARM TRUST FY2025£597k—0unclear—noted
THE PENDERELS TRUST LIMITED FY2025£9.5m—1above—no doubt
THE MAGPIE PROJECT FY2025£626k—0unclear—no doubt
DOWNS VIEW LIFE SKILLS COLLEGE FY2025£1.4m—0above—no doubt

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