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Beckenham and Penge

9th decile deprivation (IMD 2025) LOW funding gap
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What the data shows

1 GP for every 2,366 patients. The NHS England average is around 2,200.
NHS Digital General Practice Workforce (Feb 2026) and Patients Registered at a GP Practice (Mar 2026)

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Your councillors

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Index of Multiple Deprivation by domain

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

crime
382/543
health
490/543
income
407/543
housing
389/543
education
523/543
employment
416/543
environment
126/543

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

Identified resource gaps

environment LOW
Rank 126/543 for environment deprivation (IMD 2025)
139 environment-focused charities, 460 employees

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

683 registered charities

683
Charities
£10,349,650
Grants to HQ'd charities
3,707
Employees
19,045
Volunteers
23.9%
Govt funded
LOW
Funding gap

Grant funding is above 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

ALMSHOUSE CHARITY OF SIR JOHN BANKS

10 staff
MARIA ELEANOR ANDERDN
COULSDON AND OTHER COMMONS

12 staff
BISHOP OF ROCHESTERS FUND FOR MISSION

58 staff
THE DIOCESE OF ROCHESTER CONSOLIDATED EDUCATIONAL ENDOWMENTS

3 staff
ELMSTEAD BAPTIST CHURCH
FREEMAN GHANAIAN METHODIST CHURCH
ROEBUCKS RUGBY LIMITED
THE CHRIST CHURCH BROMLEY WORKERS TRUST
CROYDON PETFOOD SAMARITANS

GP and primary care

13
GP practices
43
FQ FTE GPs
1:2,366
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). This constituency is 166 patients above that. See methodology.

People working in Beckenham and Penge, by sector

Sector Employees
NHS / Healthcare 3,000
Education 2,500
Social Care 2,250
Construction 1,630
Transport 480
Environment / Green 70

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

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