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Poole

7th 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
243/543
health
287/543
income
260/543
housing
414/543
education
243/543
employment
303/543
environment
368/543

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

Identified resource gaps

crime MODERATE
Rank 243/543 for crime deprivation (IMD 2025)
No crime-focused charities in constituency
income LOW
Rank 260/543 for income deprivation (IMD 2025)
119 income-focused charities, 902 employees
education LOW
Rank 243/543 for education deprivation (IMD 2025)
283 education-focused charities, 2444 employees

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

620 registered charities

620
Charities
£6,629,935
Grants to HQ'd charities
6,578
Employees
16,555
Volunteers
19.9%
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

CANFORD SCHOOL SCHOLARSHIP, BURSARY AND PRIZE FUND

488 staff
ST SCHOLASTICA'S TRUST

128 staff
GEMINI BATON TWIRLING TEAM
YOUNG MENS'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION WINTON BRANCH

176 staff
THE DORSET CARERS HUB
AFFINITY VISION
STROUDEN PARK COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION
THE WESTBOURNE CHARITABLE TRUST
21ST BOURNEMOUTH SCOUT GROUP
MEREDITH'S MISSION

GP and primary care

7
GP practices
70
FQ FTE GPs
1:1,956
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 Poole, by sector

Sector Employees
NHS / Healthcare 8,000
Social Care 4,750
Education 3,000
Construction 2,450
Transport 1,785
Environment / Green 235

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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