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Bridgwater

5th decile deprivation (IMD 2025) LOW funding gap
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Index of Multiple Deprivation by domain

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

crime
268/543
health
276/543
income
265/543
housing
147/543
education
142/543
employment
236/543
environment
354/543

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

Identified resource gaps

crime MODERATE
Rank 268/543 for crime deprivation (IMD 2025)
No crime-focused charities in constituency
income LOW
Rank 265/543 for income deprivation (IMD 2025)
331 income-focused charities, 2004 employees
employment LOW
Rank 236/543 for employment deprivation (IMD 2025)
272 employment-focused charities, 3404 employees
education LOW
Rank 142/543 for education deprivation (IMD 2025)
1150 education-focused charities, 10341 employees
housing LOW
Rank 147/543 for housing deprivation (IMD 2025)
112 housing-focused charities, 6443 employees

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

2548 registered charities

2,548
Charities
£12,110,091
Grants to HQ'd charities
17,312
Employees
67,819
Volunteers
20.1%
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 LANDSEY
MELLS CHURCH LANDS
UNKNOWN DONOR (OTHERWISE POOR'S MONEY)
GIFTS OF DONORS UNKNOWN
HENRY PARSONS
MALTWOOD FUND

1 staff
RICHARD HAYWARD'S CHARITY FOR POOR
SILAS FEAVER
THE KESTEVEN RECREATION GROUND MAINTENANCE FUND
THOMAS PONSFORD

GP and primary care

10
GP practices
52
FQ FTE GPs
1:2,017
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 Bridgwater, by sector

Sector Employees
Transport 3,750
Education 3,500
Social Care 2,200
NHS / Healthcare 2,000
Construction 1,950
Environment / Green 610

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.