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Yorkshire and The Humber

Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley

2nd decile deprivation (IMD 2025) MEDIUM funding gap
38
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What the data shows

Crime deprivation: bottom 7.2%. Number of crime-focused charities: 0.
English Indices of Deprivation / Charity Commission

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But here is what the data shows — and Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley could be next.

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Index of Multiple Deprivation by domain

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

crime
47/543
Bottom 10%
health
66/543
Bottom 20%
income
151/543
housing
405/543
education
63/543
Bottom 20%
employment
108/543
Bottom 20%
environment
307/543

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

Identified resource gaps

crime CRITICAL
Rank 47/543 for crime deprivation (IMD 2025)
No crime-focused charities in constituency
employment MODERATE
Rank 108/543 for employment deprivation (IMD 2025)
106 employment-focused charities, 1548 employees
health MODERATE
Rank 66/543 for health deprivation (IMD 2025)
310 health-focused charities, 3429 employees
education MODERATE
Rank 63/543 for education deprivation (IMD 2025)
357 education-focused charities, 3803 employees
income LOW
Rank 151/543 for income deprivation (IMD 2025)
129 income-focused charities, 634 employees

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

677 registered charities

677
Charities
£11,449,159
Grants to HQ'd charities
6,070
Employees
17,756
Volunteers
14.1%
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

ECCLESISTICAL CHARITY OF JOHN SMYTH
JAMES WHITAKER
RICHARD PYMOND
PURSTON-JAGLIN POOR'S LAND
ANN BOWES
ELISABETH EXWOOD MEMORIAL FUND
LADY ELIZABETH HASTING'S NON-EDUCATIONAL CHARITY
CONSTABLE'S CHARITY
MRS SURTEES
OLD PARSONAGE FUND

GP and primary care

9
GP practices
46
FQ FTE GPs
1:1,960
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 Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley, by sector

Sector Employees
Transport 5,010
Education 3,000
Social Care 2,750
Construction 2,150
NHS / Healthcare 2,000
Environment / Green 365

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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