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Penrith and Solway

6th 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
443/543
health
342/543
income
433/543
housing
87/543
Bottom 20%
education
281/543
employment
361/543
environment
95/543
Bottom 20%

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

Identified resource gaps

housing MODERATE
Rank 87/543 for housing deprivation (IMD 2025)
85 housing-focused charities, 1105 employees
environment MODERATE
Rank 95/543 for environment deprivation (IMD 2025)
637 environment-focused charities, 1407 employees

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

2149 registered charities

2,149
Charities
£203,157,963
Grants to HQ'd charities
6,097
Employees
36,601
Volunteers
20.8%
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

NEVILLE HALL CHARITY
THE JAMES CROSS FUND
YOUDALL AND WILKINSON'S DOLE
THOMAS THOMPSON
WESTMORLAND SOCIETY FOR MENTAL HANDICAP CLUB TRUST FUND
JANE RAMSEY'S CHARITY
ANN LANGTON
WILLIAM WALKER
GILES MOORE GIFT
SARAH AGNES ALBRIGHT

GP and primary care

14
GP practices
61
FQ FTE GPs
1:1,796
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 Penrith and Solway, by sector

Sector Employees
Education 3,000
NHS / Healthcare 2,250
Construction 2,200
Transport 1,855
Social Care 1,700
Environment / Green 170

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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