Equality and Diversity

Our Gender Pay Gap 2025

At Magenta Living, we believe in empowering people. It's at the heart of everything we do, and that includes being open about how we support fairness, equality and opportunity across our workforce.   

Our latest Gender Pay Gap results show we are making good progress, but we know there is more we want to achieve. This update explains our results, what the numbers mean, and most importantly, the actions we are taking to keep improving representation and to continue closing the gap.  

Our commitment is to create a workplace where everyone can thrive, regardless of gender, through fair pay practices, inclusive recruitment, and clear development pathways. We will continue to:  

  • Monitor and report our progress transparently each year  

  • Promote flexible and modern ways of working that support different life stages and caring responsibilities  

  • Strengthen pathways into leadership and specialist roles through mentoring, development and succession planning  

  • Increase the representation of women in trades and technical roles by widening entry routes and community partnerships  

  • Review our recruitment and progression practices to reduce bias and improve fairness

Understanding the Gender Pay Gap 

The Government requires organisations with more than 250 employees to report on their gender pay gap each year. Our figures are calculated using the national methodology, based on a snapshot of our workforce on 5th April 2025 .   

A negative percentage means women are paid more on average, a positive percentage means men are paid more, and zero means no gap.  

We do not pay bonuses at Magenta, so those elements of the national calculation do not apply to us.  

What Our Results Show  

The Gender Pay Gap compares the average pay of men and women across an organisation. It is not the same as equal pay, which means paying people the same for the same role.  

Our 2025 results reflect a positive picture for Magenta, and they show we continue to move towards greater equity.  

  • Our mean gender pay gap is - 1.34%, which means women are paid slightly more on average than men  

  • Our median gender pay gap is - 3.16%  

  • Nationally, the median pay gap in 2024 was 7%, so Magenta sits much closer to zero, and in favour of women  

  • Women make up 42.63% of our workforce, up from 41.04% last year  

  • Men make up 57.37% of our workforce  

This shift shows we are making steady progress, especially as the Property Services sector is traditionally male dominated.  

Our Commitments

We are proud of our progress, but we are not stopping here. Our commitment to equality goes beyond reporting, and we are putting real actions in place to create a fairer and more inclusive workplace.  

Positive Action Leadership Pathways

Our new Talent and Succession Programme gives us a clearer picture of gender representation across Magenta. We're using this insight to: 

  • Embed fair, transparent leadership pathways 

  • Offer mentoring and development opportunities 

  • Build diverse pipelines for future senior roles 

Encouraging Women into Trades and Technical Roles

Property Services remains a maledominated area, both locally and nationally. We want to change that. We are: 

  • Strengthening partnerships with colleges across Wirral and the wider region 

  • Developing a more diverse talent pipeline 

  • Exploring community-led initiatives to encourage women into trades 

  • Looking at alternative routes into technical roles, beyond traditional apprenticeships 

  • Shaping a new Women into Construction and Assets initiative with flexible working at the core 

Supporting Modern Working Lives

We want work at Magenta to fit around real life. To do that, we are: 

  • Supporting colleagues through life events, including parenthood, caring and flexible retirement 

  • Reviewing working patterns across the organisation 

  • Making sure senior roles are accessible without compromising work-life balance 

  • using flexible approaches to encourage greater representation of women in Property Services and Assets 

We are proud of how far we've come, but we will keep challenging ourselves to create a workplace where everyone has the opportunity to succeed.