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Melksham and Devizes

8th 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
485/543
health
412/543
income
400/543
housing
202/543
education
365/543
employment
375/543
environment
299/543

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

Identified resource gaps

housing LOW
Rank 202/543 for housing deprivation (IMD 2025)
88 housing-focused charities, 4897 employees

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

2378 registered charities

2,378
Charities
£20,173,066
Grants to HQ'd charities
15,010
Employees
53,794
Volunteers
19.1%
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 WHITE
JAMES WHITE
EAST KNOYLE EDUCATIONAL CHARITY
THE BLECHYNDEN AND BROWN ALMSHOUSE CHARITY

22 staff
HANNAH NICHOLAS (OR NICHOLLS)
SAMUEL EDWIN BARTLEET
POOR'S STOCK
CHARITY OF THE REVEREND F DE VEIL WILLIAMS
JOHN JORDON
PARISH STOCK

GP and primary care

9
GP practices
49
FQ FTE GPs
1:1,864
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 Melksham and Devizes, by sector

Sector Employees
Education 3,500
Social Care 2,500
Construction 2,250
NHS / Healthcare 2,000
Transport 875
Environment / Green 210

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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