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Herne Bay and Sandwich

5th decile deprivation (IMD 2025) LOW funding gap
22
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Index of Multiple Deprivation by domain

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

crime
227/543
health
245/543
income
235/543
housing
91/543
Bottom 20%
education
220/543
employment
188/543
environment
305/543

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

Identified resource gaps

crime MODERATE
Rank 227/543 for crime deprivation (IMD 2025)
No crime-focused charities in constituency
housing MODERATE
Rank 91/543 for housing deprivation (IMD 2025)
218 housing-focused charities, 4026 employees
income LOW
Rank 235/543 for income deprivation (IMD 2025)
660 income-focused charities, 4025 employees
employment LOW
Rank 188/543 for employment deprivation (IMD 2025)
487 employment-focused charities, 1821 employees
health LOW
Rank 245/543 for health deprivation (IMD 2025)
1461 health-focused charities, 10392 employees
education LOW
Rank 220/543 for education deprivation (IMD 2025)
2212 education-focused charities, 17629 employees

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

4604 registered charities

4,604
Charities
£39,847,144
Grants to HQ'd charities
25,699
Employees
112,592
Volunteers
14.5%
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

MARY MASTERS
ELIZABETH ANN FORREST
UNKNOWN DONOR
GEORGE SMEED FOR COAL AND BREAD
THOMAS STANLEY
BETENSONS ALMSHOUSES MAINTENANCE FUND
SARA GODFREY
THE SHORNE CHARITY OF SIR THOMAS SMYTHE FOR THE POOR
FORDWICH TOWN TRUST
SIDNEY AND LILIAN HOWLAND TRUST (C.H.) N0 2 ACCOUNT

GP and primary care

8
GP practices
56
FQ FTE GPs
1:1,956
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 Herne Bay and Sandwich, by sector

Sector Employees
Construction 2,975
Social Care 2,800
Education 2,500
NHS / Healthcare 1,500
Transport 630
Environment / Green 560

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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