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North East

Bishop Auckland

2nd decile deprivation (IMD 2025) MEDIUM funding gap
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What the data shows

Health deprivation: bottom 6.8%. Number of health-focused charities: 607.
English Indices of Deprivation / Charity Commission

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Your councillors

No councillor records have been loaded for Bishop Auckland yet. Full data arrives after the May 2026 elections.

Index of Multiple Deprivation by domain

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

crime
113/543
health
44/543
Bottom 10%
income
120/543
housing
180/543
education
115/543
employment
63/543
Bottom 20%
environment
101/543
Bottom 20%

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

Identified resource gaps

health HIGH
Rank 44/543 for health deprivation (IMD 2025)
607 health-focused charities, 5314 employees
GP ratio: 1:2093 (above 1:2000 threshold)
employment MODERATE
Rank 63/543 for employment deprivation (IMD 2025)
249 employment-focused charities, 1955 employees
crime MODERATE
Rank 113/543 for crime deprivation (IMD 2025)
No crime-focused charities in constituency
environment MODERATE
Rank 101/543 for environment deprivation (IMD 2025)
433 environment-focused charities, 1423 employees
income LOW
Rank 120/543 for income deprivation (IMD 2025)
259 income-focused charities, 2235 employees
education LOW
Rank 115/543 for education deprivation (IMD 2025)
706 education-focused charities, 7007 employees
housing LOW
Rank 180/543 for housing deprivation (IMD 2025)
56 housing-focused charities, 3157 employees

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

1355 registered charities

1,355
Charities
£53,905,337
Grants to HQ'd charities
9,204
Employees
47,727
Volunteers
26.2%
Govt funded
MEDIUM
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

JOHN EDEN'S ALMSHOUSES (OTHERWISE METHOLD HOUSES)
MARKET LEASE CHARITY
ALLOTMENT FOR QUARRIES
JONATHAN WOOLER FOR WIDOWS
HOSPITAL OF GOD

98 staff
THE NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE ROYAL GRAMMAR SCHOOL PROPERTY TRUST

285 staff
THE ANDREW BARTON MEMORIAL PRIZE

218 staff
WHICKHAM OLD SCHOOL CHARITY
DAVIES LEGACY

197 staff
CASTLESIDE PLAYGROUP

GP and primary care

12
GP practices
43
FQ FTE GPs
1:2,093
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 Bishop Auckland, by sector

Sector Employees
Social Care 2,750
Education 2,500
Construction 2,400
NHS / Healthcare 2,250
Transport 1,650
Environment / Green 130

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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