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Burnley

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

Employment deprivation: bottom 6.6%. Number of employment-focused charities: 389.
English Indices of Deprivation / Charity Commission
1 GP for every 2,547 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)

Your councillors

No councillor records have been loaded for Burnley 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
78/543
Bottom 20%
health
56/543
Bottom 20%
income
71/543
Bottom 20%
housing
255/543
education
47/543
Bottom 10%
employment
43/543
Bottom 10%
environment
45/543
Bottom 10%

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

Identified resource gaps

employment HIGH
Rank 43/543 for employment deprivation (IMD 2025)
389 employment-focused charities, 4044 employees
education HIGH
Rank 47/543 for education deprivation (IMD 2025)
1649 education-focused charities, 10983 employees
crime HIGH
Rank 78/543 for crime deprivation (IMD 2025)
No crime-focused charities in constituency
environment HIGH
Rank 45/543 for environment deprivation (IMD 2025)
804 environment-focused charities, 2575 employees
income MODERATE
Rank 71/543 for income deprivation (IMD 2025)
548 income-focused charities, 5110 employees
health MODERATE
Rank 56/543 for health deprivation (IMD 2025)
1141 health-focused charities, 9718 employees
GP ratio: 1:2547 (above 1:2000 threshold)
housing LOW
Rank 255/543 for housing deprivation (IMD 2025)
157 housing-focused charities, 4211 employees

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

3177 registered charities

3,177
Charities
£200,427,356
Grants to HQ'd charities
16,998
Employees
80,581
Volunteers
22.7%
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

CAMPBELL CHARITY
RESIDENCE FOR MINISTER AND OTHER PURPOSES IN CONNEXION WITH THE ANSDELL UNITARIAN CHAPEL
GEORGE HAWORTH
MANCKNOLLS WALTON COTTAGE HOMES
THE JAMES CROSS FUND
ELLEN BOULTON
ROBERT RIGBYE
HUMPHREY BOOTH THE ELDER

8 staff
ELIZA JANE DIXON BEQUEST
FUND KNOWN AS DUGDALE'S CHARITY

GP and primary care

12
GP practices
46
FQ FTE GPs
1:2,547
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 347 patients above that. See methodology.

People working in Burnley, by sector

Sector Employees
NHS / Healthcare 4,500
Education 3,500
Social Care 2,750
Construction 2,350
Transport 1,775
Environment / Green 200

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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