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Sunderland Central

2nd decile deprivation (IMD 2025) MEDIUM funding gap
43
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What the data shows

Health deprivation: bottom 4.5%. Number of health-focused charities: 347.
English Indices of Deprivation / Charity Commission

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Index of Multiple Deprivation by domain

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

crime
84/543
Bottom 20%
health
29/543
Bottom 10%
income
110/543
housing
511/543
education
170/543
employment
56/543
Bottom 20%
environment
57/543
Bottom 20%

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

Identified resource gaps

health HIGH
Rank 29/543 for health deprivation (IMD 2025)
347 health-focused charities, 4457 employees
crime HIGH
Rank 84/543 for crime deprivation (IMD 2025)
No crime-focused charities in constituency
employment MODERATE
Rank 56/543 for employment deprivation (IMD 2025)
138 employment-focused charities, 1416 employees
environment MODERATE
Rank 57/543 for environment deprivation (IMD 2025)
193 environment-focused charities, 440 employees
income LOW
Rank 110/543 for income deprivation (IMD 2025)
162 income-focused charities, 1422 employees
education LOW
Rank 170/543 for education deprivation (IMD 2025)
363 education-focused charities, 4066 employees

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

730 registered charities

730
Charities
£29,786,974
Grants to HQ'd charities
5,846
Employees
25,096
Volunteers
30.4%
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

JOHN ARTHUR WALBANK FOR HOMES FOR AGED MINEWORKERS'

29 staff
SIR BOBBY ROBSON FOUNDATION FUND
HOSPITAL OF GOD

98 staff
THE ANDREW BARTON MEMORIAL PRIZE

218 staff
OXCLOSE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION
SUNDERLAND CITY CENTRE DETACHED YOUTH PROJECT
STOCKSFIELD MEETING HOUSE
DALTON LE DALE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION
INSPIRED BY ERIN
FOUNDATIONS 4 YOUNG PEOPLE

GP and primary care

19
GP practices
82
FQ FTE GPs
1:1,895
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 Sunderland Central, by sector

Sector Employees
NHS / Healthcare 9,000
Education 6,000
Social Care 5,750
Construction 1,850
Transport 1,600
Environment / Green 120

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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