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Frome and East Somerset

7th 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
460/543
health
398/543
income
320/543
housing
293/543
education
264/543
employment
346/543
environment
289/543

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

Identified resource gaps

education LOW
Rank 264/543 for education deprivation (IMD 2025)
1474 education-focused charities, 13328 employees

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

3232 registered charities

3,232
Charities
£23,124,259
Grants to HQ'd charities
21,468
Employees
85,816
Volunteers
18.6%
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
JOHN WEST
SILAS FEAVER
THE KESTEVEN RECREATION GROUND MAINTENANCE FUND

GP and primary care

8
GP practices
54
FQ FTE GPs
1:1,623
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 Frome and East Somerset, by sector

Sector Employees
Education 3,500
Construction 2,150
Transport 1,960
NHS / Healthcare 1,750
Social Care 1,200
Environment / Green 195

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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