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Reading West and Mid Berkshire

9th 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
427/543
health
495/543
income
477/543
housing
184/543
education
423/543
employment
481/543
environment
467/543

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

Identified resource gaps

housing LOW
Rank 184/543 for housing deprivation (IMD 2025)
63 housing-focused charities, 1176 employees

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

1375 registered charities

1,375
Charities
£5,886,404
Grants to HQ'd charities
9,463
Employees
46,154
Volunteers
14.0%
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

HOGMORE ISLAND CHARITY
INKPEN POORS ALLOTMENT
EDWARD HAMBLIN
HAYWARDS BEQUEST
ENDOWMENT FOR ALMSHOUSES FOR ALMSPEOPLE
RICHARD ALDWORTH
ST BARTHOLOMEW'S SCHOOL FOUNDATION CONSOLIDATED PRIZE FUND
The Reverend William Bishop Fund
OXFORDSHIRE MIND

190 staff
YOUNG BEQUEST

GP and primary care

8
GP practices
44
FQ FTE GPs
1:2,132
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 Reading West and Mid Berkshire, by sector

Sector Employees
Social Care 7,000
Education 4,500
Construction 3,300
Transport 1,000
NHS / Healthcare 700
Environment / Green 565

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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