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Makerfield

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
255/543
health
139/543
income
286/543
housing
454/543
education
302/543
employment
177/543
environment
266/543

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

Identified resource gaps

crime MODERATE
Rank 255/543 for crime deprivation (IMD 2025)
No crime-focused charities in constituency
employment LOW
Rank 177/543 for employment deprivation (IMD 2025)
103 employment-focused charities, 970 employees
health LOW
Rank 139/543 for health deprivation (IMD 2025)
264 health-focused charities, 2659 employees
GP ratio: 1:2153 (above 1:2000 threshold)
environment LOW
Rank 266/543 for environment deprivation (IMD 2025)
163 environment-focused charities, 1241 employees

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

648 registered charities

648
Charities
£15,868,992
Grants to HQ'd charities
5,554
Employees
18,579
Volunteers
25.9%
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 INCE AND OTHERS
PROPERTY KNOWN AS HALLGATE HOUSE
HINDLEY POORS TRUST
THE THOMAS OWEN MCCANN TRUST
THE RICHARD MITTON COMPASSIONATE AND WAR MEMORIAL FUND
BOOTHSTOWN PROJECT COMMITTEE
THE ELMSLIE FUND

10 staff
WESTWOOD FORUM
MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST STAFF AMENITIES FUND
CLAYTON PLAYING FIELD & RECREATION GROUND

GP and primary care

15
GP practices
43
FQ FTE GPs
1:2,153
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 Makerfield, by sector

Sector Employees
Education 3,500
Social Care 2,400
Construction 2,275
Transport 1,190
NHS / Healthcare 1,000
Environment / Green 125

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.