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Newton Aycliffe and Spennymoor

2nd decile deprivation (IMD 2025) MEDIUM funding gap
47
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What the data shows

Health deprivation: bottom 3.4%. Number of health-focused charities: 605.
English Indices of Deprivation / Charity Commission
1 GP for every 2,284 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
97/543
Bottom 20%
health
22/543
Bottom 10%
income
100/543
Bottom 20%
housing
199/543
education
114/543
employment
44/543
Bottom 10%
environment
466/543

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

Identified resource gaps

employment HIGH
Rank 44/543 for employment deprivation (IMD 2025)
249 employment-focused charities, 2115 employees
health HIGH
Rank 22/543 for health deprivation (IMD 2025)
605 health-focused charities, 5474 employees
GP ratio: 1:2284 (above 1:2000 threshold)
crime HIGH
Rank 97/543 for crime deprivation (IMD 2025)
No crime-focused charities in constituency
income MODERATE
Rank 100/543 for income deprivation (IMD 2025)
258 income-focused charities, 2209 employees
education LOW
Rank 114/543 for education deprivation (IMD 2025)
705 education-focused charities, 7165 employees
housing LOW
Rank 199/543 for housing deprivation (IMD 2025)
56 housing-focused charities, 3131 employees

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

1351 registered charities

1,351
Charities
£53,537,473
Grants to HQ'd charities
9,362
Employees
47,656
Volunteers
26.4%
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

JOHN EDEN'S ALMSHOUSES (OTHERWISE METHOLD HOUSES)
MARKET LEASE CHARITY
ALLOTMENT FOR QUARRIES
JONATHAN WOOLER FOR WIDOWS
HOSPITAL OF GOD

98 staff
THE NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE ROYAL GRAMMAR SCHOOL PROPERTY TRUST

285 staff
THE ANDREW BARTON MEMORIAL PRIZE

218 staff
DAVIES LEGACY

197 staff
CASTLESIDE PLAYGROUP
HERITAGE LOTTERY FUND/DEPARTMENT FOR CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT CATALYST: ENDOWMENTS FUND (THE BOWES MUSEUM CATALYST ENDOWMENT FUND)

82 staff

GP and primary care

10
GP practices
48
FQ FTE GPs
1:2,284
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 84 patients above that. See methodology.

People working in Newton Aycliffe and Spennymoor, by sector

Sector Employees
Transport 4,200
Education 3,000
Construction 2,900
Social Care 2,500
NHS / Healthcare 1,250
Environment / Green 310

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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