About Us

Magenta Living is the largest registered housing provider in Wirral, and a not-for-profit organisation owning and managing c.13,000 properties.  Employing around 600 staff with a turnover of c. £70 million (20/21), we are a significant local employer demonstrated by an Investors in People Gold standard and retaining our Customer Service Excellence certificate.

Since 2005 we have spent over £190m on our homes social and affordable rent properties, shared ownership, rent to buy, extra care and private rental homes.  Magenta Living is building a further 1,000 new homes as part of its growth strategy following a successful refinancing earlier in the year. We are also committed to investing in our existing housing stock by meeting The Decent Homes Standard and External Wall Insulation, Energy Performance and Carbon Zero initiatives.

We have a major role to play across our region. We have achieved a considerable amount in recent years and are delighted that we have achieved a G1 governance rating from our regulator this summer, however there is still much more to do. Given the very significant challenges to the communities we serve are now facing, not least with the cost-of-living spiralling, now more than ever we remain committed to delivering a great service and having a positive impact on our customers.

Our culture at Magenta Living is collegiate and customer centric and The Magenta Way, our cultural change programme continues to strengthen these values and underpins the way we do things.

Since 2018 we have been progressing our Corporate Plan for 2018-2024. Our Corporate Plan clearly sets out what we want to achieve in the future (our Vision), identifies how we will operate as an organisation working towards this Vision (our Values) and highlights four clear strategic objectives we have set as we measure progress towards the achievement of this vision (our VIBE).

Governance Structure

Magenta Living is led by a team of Non-Executive Directors and an Executive Leadership Team.

The governance structure consists of Magenta Living Board with several committees including Audit and Risk; People and Culture; Assets and Development; and Magenta Communities.

Below you will see a diagram of Magenta Living’s governance structure.

For further information about Magenta Living please visit our website at: https://www.magentaliving.org.uk/ 

Our Board

Ged Lucas, Chair

Ged started working in housing in 1975 and has been Director of Housing for three Councils and finished his local government career as Deputy Chief Executive. He is currently Chair of First Choice Homes Oldham and has previously sat on the Board of Trafford Housing Trust. Ged has spent three years as a nationally elected member of the Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH) and chaired the policy board. He has a wealth of housing and governance experience from both an Executive and Non-Executive Director perspective

Myles Edwards, Senior Independent Director

Myles is an experienced Executive and Non-Executive Director with extensive governance, risk management and commercial experience in mutual and social enterprise organisations within both the financial services and healthcare sectors. He is currently a member of Royal London’s Independent Governance Committee and Trustee and Treasurer of Age UK Wirral. Myles is also a member of the Group Audit and Risk Committee

Ann-Louise Gilmore, Board Director

Ann-Louise is a Building Surveyor with over 20 years senior management experience in the social housing sector; currently working in the private sector with Small and Medium Enterprises. Ann-Louise brings experience from both the public and the private sector and is passionate about the tenant’s experience within social housing, having previously been a council tenant, pre-stock transfer.

Susan Goodman, Board Director

Susan has worked in social housing for over 30 years in a variety of senior positions including working at the former Housing Corporation for 22 years. She has experience of working for housing associations and an Arm’s Length Management Organisation to provide high quality housing service to those in need and the homeless. Susan is a member of the Institute of Housing and currently carries out a number of Non-Executive Board roles.

Sharon Grover, Board Director

Sharon is an experienced Housing Solicitor having worked with a great number of Liverpool and Wirral based Housing Associations during her career. She brings to the role her vast experience of asset management, housing management and audit and risk through her legal and housing roles. She currently carries out a number of non-executive roles and is an active member of Magenta Living’s Board and Enterprise and Development Committee.

Liam Kelly, Board Director

Liam is a social entrepreneur and Chief Executive of a community business operating throughout the Liverpool City Region (LCR). He has been a member of the LCR Town Centre Commission and Land Commission, both of which looked at systemic challenges in Wirral.

Paul McGrady

Paul is a Chartered Public Finance Accountant with a master’s degree in Business Administration and is currently the Executive Director of Resources for ClwydAlyn, a north Wales based housing association.  Prior to that he held senior finance posts in various public bodies. Paul is an experienced non-executive director and is currently the Chair of the Audit Committee for Glyndwr University in Wrexham and Chair of the Board for WellFed, a social enterprise food production company set up to provide high quality, affordable meals to vulnerable people through partnerships with Councils, housing associations and other partners. Paul is originally from Liverpool and now lives in Wrexham.

Gordon Ronald, Board Director

Gordon is Chartered Surveyor with over 25 years’ experience in the private and public sectors of construction, property asset management, development, regeneration and procurement. He also is involved in providing strategic technical advice on the restoration of Heritage Assets to the Houses of Parliament.

Mike Turner, Board Director

Mike brings extensive knowledge having worked within the housing sector for many years. Mike is a qualified Quantity Surveyor and has worked for some of the big construction companies including Lovell where he was a Regional Director. He is also a Trustee of Tranmere Rovers in the Community and a member of Magenta Living’s Enterprise and Development Committee.

Jules Booker

Jules is currently the Executive Director of Resources at Peaks & Plains Housing Association in Cheshire where she is responsible for Finance, ICT, Governance, Procurement and Organisational Development, previously working at Wythenshawe Community Housing Group where she was Assistant Director of Finance. Jules is an FCCA qualified accountant (qualifying at one of the Top 10 Audit firms) and has worked in finance for over 20 years, in both the private and not for profit sectors, moving in 2011 to the Social Housing sector.

 

Andrew McCullagh, Co-optee to Group Audit and Risk Committee

Andy is currently a Head of Enterprise Risk Management at Coop Funeralcare and has substantial risk management, internal audit and governance experience within financial services. His areas of specialism include operational, enterprise and strategic risk management, internal audit, business continuity and risk event management, outsourcing arrangements and the development of governance frameworks.