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Blyth and Ashington

2nd decile deprivation (IMD 2025) MEDIUM funding gap
53
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What the data shows

Crime deprivation: bottom 5.2%. Number of crime-focused charities: 0.
English Indices of Deprivation / Charity Commission

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Index of Multiple Deprivation by domain

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

crime
34/543
Bottom 10%
health
40/543
Bottom 10%
income
107/543
Bottom 20%
housing
515/543
education
50/543
Bottom 10%
employment
39/543
Bottom 10%
environment
393/543

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

Identified resource gaps

crime CRITICAL
Rank 34/543 for crime deprivation (IMD 2025)
No crime-focused charities in constituency
employment HIGH
Rank 39/543 for employment deprivation (IMD 2025)
210 employment-focused charities, 1589 employees
health HIGH
Rank 40/543 for health deprivation (IMD 2025)
544 health-focused charities, 5532 employees
GP ratio: 1:2010 (above 1:2000 threshold)
education HIGH
Rank 50/543 for education deprivation (IMD 2025)
653 education-focused charities, 5505 employees
income MODERATE
Rank 107/543 for income deprivation (IMD 2025)
181 income-focused charities, 1204 employees

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

1330 registered charities

1,330
Charities
£37,061,334
Grants to HQ'd charities
8,570
Employees
31,224
Volunteers
24.7%
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

TREASURER'S FARM'S

1 staff
JOHN ARTHUR WALBANK FOR HOMES FOR AGED MINEWORKERS'

29 staff
CHARITY OF ANNABEL LORIMER FOR NURSES HOME
EDWARD PIT INSTITUTE

7 staff
SIR BOBBY ROBSON FOUNDATION FUND
HOSPITAL OF GOD

98 staff
THE ARMSTRONG HOME

69 staff
THE BISHOP HAROLD ERNEST BILBROUGH FUND

38 staff
STANLEY WALTON-BROWN CLERGY SPOUSES FUND
THE NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE ROYAL GRAMMAR SCHOOL PROPERTY TRUST

285 staff

GP and primary care

6
GP practices
44
FQ FTE GPs
1:2,010
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 Blyth and Ashington, by sector

Sector Employees
Social Care 3,250
NHS / Healthcare 3,000
Education 3,000
Transport 1,725
Construction 1,725
Environment / Green 700

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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