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Runcorn and Helsby

4th 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
161/543
health
80/543
Bottom 20%
income
257/543
housing
335/543
education
146/543
employment
152/543
environment
326/543

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

Identified resource gaps

health MODERATE
Rank 80/543 for health deprivation (IMD 2025)
678 health-focused charities, 8665 employees
GP ratio: 1:2025 (above 1:2000 threshold)
crime MODERATE
Rank 161/543 for crime deprivation (IMD 2025)
No crime-focused charities in constituency
income LOW
Rank 257/543 for income deprivation (IMD 2025)
246 income-focused charities, 2481 employees
employment LOW
Rank 152/543 for employment deprivation (IMD 2025)
228 employment-focused charities, 3338 employees
education LOW
Rank 146/543 for education deprivation (IMD 2025)
915 education-focused charities, 9858 employees

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

1756 registered charities

1,756
Charities
£17,012,637
Grants to HQ'd charities
13,745
Employees
41,825
Volunteers
20.2%
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

CONSOLIDATED CHARITIES
UNKNOWN DONOR
WILLIAM SMITH
BOWERS AND GOODWIN CHARITY
THE JOAN HARLEY TRUST

11 staff
TIMOTHY DEAN
THE JAMES CROSS FUND
NAYLORS TENEMENT
ELLEN GREENOE
ROBERT OLDFIELD

GP and primary care

8
GP practices
47
FQ FTE GPs
1:2,025
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 Runcorn and Helsby, by sector

Sector Employees
NHS / Healthcare 9,000
Transport 3,300
Education 2,500
Construction 2,450
Social Care 1,600
Environment / Green 135

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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