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Yorkshire and The Humber

Barnsley South

1st decile deprivation (IMD 2025) HIGH funding gap
74
Blocked

What the data shows

Health deprivation: bottom 1.8%. Number of health-focused charities: 36.
English Indices of Deprivation / Charity Commission
79 registered charities serving one of England's most deprived constituencies.
Charity Commission Register
Blocked score: 74/100. High need, low resources.
Blocked Britain composite index
Ranked 48th most deprived of England's 543 constituencies. Grant funding: below the national median.
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) / 360Giving

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Index of Multiple Deprivation by domain

Rank out of 543 English constituencies. Lower rank = more deprived.

crime
37/543
Bottom 10%
health
12/543
Bottom 10%
income
77/543
Bottom 20%
housing
464/543
education
33/543
Bottom 10%
employment
45/543
Bottom 10%
environment
353/543

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG), published October 2025. See methodology.

Identified resource gaps

crime CRITICAL
Rank 37/543 for crime deprivation (IMD 2025)
No crime-focused charities in constituency
employment HIGH
Rank 45/543 for employment deprivation (IMD 2025)
17 employment-focused charities, 56 employees
health HIGH
Rank 12/543 for health deprivation (IMD 2025)
36 health-focused charities, 78 employees
GP ratio: 1:2023 (above 1:2000 threshold)
education HIGH
Rank 33/543 for education deprivation (IMD 2025)
27 education-focused charities, 56 employees
income MODERATE
Rank 77/543 for income deprivation (IMD 2025)
12 income-focused charities, 56 employees

Gap severity is computed from IMD 2025 domain ranks and Charity Commission data. See methodology.

79 registered charities

79
Charities
£232,673
Grants to HQ'd charities
95
Employees
1,005
Volunteers
HIGH
Funding gap

Grant funding is below the national median. Grant totals reflect money received by charities whose registered office is in this constituency. National charities headquartered here will inflate the total even if most of their work happens elsewhere; charities that serve this constituency but are registered elsewhere will not appear. Source: 360Giving GrantNav and the Charity Commission Register. See methodology for definitions and known limitations.

Largest charities by income

HIGHGATE COMMUNITY BASE
THE COALFIELDS REGENERATION TRUST
£7,425,000
56 staff
BARNSLEY AND DISTRICT ANIMAL RESCUE CHARITY
£541,882
17 staff
DIAL BARNSLEY
£537,698
22 staff
BARNSLEY INDEPENDENT ALZHEIMER'S AND DEMENTIA SUPPORT
£480,923
WOMBWELL MAIN COMMUNITY AND SPORTING ASSOCIATION C.I.O
£344,946
STATION HOUSE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION LIMITED
£236,303
BARNSLEY FOOD BANK PARTNERSHIP
£228,282
ACTIVE BARNSLEY
£219,648
ELSECAR COMMUNITY NURSERY
£216,001

GP and primary care

12
GP practices
61
FQ FTE GPs
1:2,023
Patients per FQ FTE GP

The NHS England average is approximately 2,200 patients per fully-qualified full-time equivalent GP (NHS Digital General Practice Workforce, February 2026; trainees, grant-paid and locum GPs excluded from the denominator). See methodology.

People working in Barnsley South, by sector

Sector Employees
Education 2,250
Social Care 2,200
Construction 1,850
NHS / Healthcare 1,750
Transport 735
Environment / Green 115

Employee jobs in each sector within this constituency. Workforce exists; the question is whether central government chooses to fund the posts. Source: NOMIS Business Register and Employment Survey (2024). Figures are rounded by ONS for disclosure control. See methodology.

Data sources & provenance
360Giving GrantNav [source]
Accessed 2026-04-08
NHS Digital / Commons Library GP Data [source]
Accessed 2026-04-08
Charity Commission Register [source]
Accessed 2026-03-31
English Indices of Deprivation [source]
Accessed 2026-04-10
ONS NOMIS Labour Market Statistics [source]
Accessed 2026-04-04
Charity Commission Annual Return Data [source]
Accessed 2026-04-10
Charity Commission Classification Extract [source]
Accessed 2026-04-08

All data on this page is drawn from official public sources. Blocked Britain has no political affiliation. It is funded by no organisation.