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Mid Dorset and North Poole

9th 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
469/543
health
411/543
income
409/543
housing
247/543
education
337/543
employment
443/543
environment
543/543

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

Identified resource gaps

housing LOW
Rank 247/543 for housing deprivation (IMD 2025)
111 housing-focused charities, 4047 employees

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

2580 registered charities

2,580
Charities
£24,916,682
Grants to HQ'd charities
16,472
Employees
54,695
Volunteers
19.3%
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

CHILD WELFARE CHARITY
RICHARD GOLLOP'S CHARITY
THOMAS STRANGWAYS, JUNIOR
MALTHOUSE AND BREWHOUSE APPRENTICING CHARITY
MRS HORNER'S CHARITY
SARAH GILES
ROBERT MIDDLETON
SIR SAMUEL MICO FOR ADVANCEMENT IN LIFE CHARITY
MRS STRANEWAYS
MISS ELIZABETH MARIA FOY

GP and primary care

8
GP practices
50
FQ FTE GPs
1:1,725
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 Mid Dorset and North Poole, by sector

Sector Employees
Education 3,500
Construction 2,700
NHS / Healthcare 2,250
Transport 1,350
Social Care 1,300
Environment / Green 745

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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