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Shrewsbury

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
361/543
health
252/543
income
349/543
housing
352/543
education
393/543
employment
339/543
environment
414/543

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

Identified resource gaps

health LOW
Rank 252/543 for health deprivation (IMD 2025)
552 health-focused charities, 5410 employees
GP ratio: 1:2159 (above 1:2000 threshold)

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

1494 registered charities

1,494
Charities
£14,567,864
Grants to HQ'd charities
9,650
Employees
30,334
Volunteers
13.6%
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

ELIZABETH METCALF
THE HINSTOCK CHARITY
HOLT ENDOWMENT FUND
HENRY MORGAN
NON-EDUCATIONAL CHARITY OF RICHARD DOVEY
HONOURABLE GEORGIANA RUSHOUT
EDWARD PARRY
HODNET UNKNOWN DONORS

1 staff
THE JAMES CROSS FUND
THE MID-CHESHIRE HOSPITALS NHS TRUST (EXPENDABLE FUNDS) COMMON INVESTMENT FUND

GP and primary care

13
GP practices
51
FQ FTE GPs
1:2,159
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 Shrewsbury, by sector

Sector Employees
NHS / Healthcare 10,000
Social Care 4,750
Education 4,000
Construction 1,750
Transport 1,550
Environment / Green 745

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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