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East Midlands

Louth and Horncastle

3rd decile deprivation (IMD 2025) MEDIUM funding gap
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What the data shows

Housing deprivation: bottom 7.7%. Number of housing-focused charities: 125.
English Indices of Deprivation / Charity Commission
1 GP for every 2,394 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)

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Index of Multiple Deprivation by domain

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

crime
430/543
health
159/543
income
246/543
housing
50/543
Bottom 10%
education
164/543
employment
153/543
environment
282/543

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

Identified resource gaps

housing HIGH
Rank 50/543 for housing deprivation (IMD 2025)
125 housing-focused charities, 1789 employees
income LOW
Rank 246/543 for income deprivation (IMD 2025)
382 income-focused charities, 1701 employees
employment LOW
Rank 153/543 for employment deprivation (IMD 2025)
266 employment-focused charities, 1760 employees
health LOW
Rank 159/543 for health deprivation (IMD 2025)
860 health-focused charities, 5008 employees
GP ratio: 1:2394 (above 1:2000 threshold)
education LOW
Rank 164/543 for education deprivation (IMD 2025)
1068 education-focused charities, 5447 employees

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

2428 registered charities

2,428
Charities
£13,224,447
Grants to HQ'd charities
7,895
Employees
46,741
Volunteers
21.6%
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

LINCOLN FREEMENS CHARITY (1915) FUND
THOMAS KETTLEBOROUGH
IDA BOWEN BEQUEST
LAND NEAR ROMAN BANK (ALGARKIRK SHARE)
JOHNSON CENTENARY TRUST
SIR RICHARD CUST
POOR'S MONEY
SALT MARSH ALLOTMENT
MARY ANN ANDERSON HILL
THE BISHOP'S ALMSHOUSES ENDOWMENT FUND

GP and primary care

13
GP practices
45
FQ FTE GPs
1:2,394
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 194 patients above that. See methodology.

People working in Louth and Horncastle, by sector

Sector Employees
Education 2,500
Construction 1,925
Social Care 1,900
NHS / Healthcare 1,500
Transport 1,125
Environment / Green 330

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.