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North Durham

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

Health deprivation: bottom 5.8%. Number of health-focused charities: 608.
English Indices of Deprivation / Charity Commission

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But here is what the data shows — and North Durham could be next.

Your councillors

No councillor records have been loaded for North Durham yet. Full data arrives after the May 2026 elections.

Index of Multiple Deprivation by domain

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

crime
93/543
Bottom 20%
health
38/543
Bottom 10%
income
136/543
housing
331/543
education
140/543
employment
61/543
Bottom 20%
environment
316/543

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

Identified resource gaps

health HIGH
Rank 38/543 for health deprivation (IMD 2025)
608 health-focused charities, 6333 employees
crime HIGH
Rank 93/543 for crime deprivation (IMD 2025)
No crime-focused charities in constituency
employment MODERATE
Rank 61/543 for employment deprivation (IMD 2025)
249 employment-focused charities, 1962 employees
income LOW
Rank 136/543 for income deprivation (IMD 2025)
258 income-focused charities, 2253 employees
education LOW
Rank 140/543 for education deprivation (IMD 2025)
703 education-focused charities, 8052 employees

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

1352 registered charities

1,352
Charities
£54,944,765
Grants to HQ'd charities
10,249
Employees
48,512
Volunteers
29.0%
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

13
GP practices
53
FQ FTE GPs
1:1,838
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 North Durham, by sector

Sector Employees
Education 2,500
Social Care 2,500
Transport 1,950
Construction 1,700
NHS / Healthcare 1,250
Environment / Green 265

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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