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South East

Bexhill and Battle

5th decile deprivation (IMD 2025) LOW funding gap
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What the data shows

Housing deprivation: bottom 8.5%. Number of housing-focused charities: 106.
English Indices of Deprivation / Charity Commission
1 GP for every 2,239 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
387/543
health
267/543
income
315/543
housing
55/543
Bottom 20%
education
252/543
employment
266/543
environment
209/543

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

Identified resource gaps

housing MODERATE
Rank 55/543 for housing deprivation (IMD 2025)
106 housing-focused charities, 3558 employees
employment LOW
Rank 266/543 for employment deprivation (IMD 2025)
261 employment-focused charities, 2215 employees
health LOW
Rank 267/543 for health deprivation (IMD 2025)
858 health-focused charities, 9604 employees
GP ratio: 1:2239 (above 1:2000 threshold)
education LOW
Rank 252/543 for education deprivation (IMD 2025)
1086 education-focused charities, 12228 employees
environment LOW
Rank 209/543 for environment deprivation (IMD 2025)
688 environment-focused charities, 3701 employees

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

2278 registered charities

2,278
Charities
£39,515,398
Grants to HQ'd charities
17,163
Employees
70,187
Volunteers
16.3%
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

THOMAS WHITFIELD
BENJAMIN JOHNSON
VIOLET COLEMAN BEQUEST
ETHEL EUPHEMIA BESGROVE FOR THE BLIND

13 staff
PHILIP BAKER
MRS CATHERINE ANNE COCKBURN BATLEY
SACKVILLE COLLEGE CHRISTMAS TRUST
BRIGHTON AND HOVE CITY CCG CHARITABLE FUND
ST HILARY'S TRUST

148 staff
ANGUS LODGE TRUST

44 staff

GP and primary care

9
GP practices
39
FQ FTE GPs
1:2,239
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 39 patients above that. See methodology.

People working in Bexhill and Battle, by sector

Sector Employees
Education 3,000
Social Care 2,650
Construction 2,125
NHS / Healthcare 1,750
Transport 590
Environment / Green 175

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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