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Taunton and Wellington

6th 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
328/543
health
274/543
income
324/543
housing
262/543
education
274/543
employment
312/543
environment
425/543

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

Identified resource gaps

housing LOW
Rank 262/543 for housing deprivation (IMD 2025)
113 housing-focused charities, 6443 employees

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

2566 registered charities

2,566
Charities
£12,299,485
Grants to HQ'd charities
17,433
Employees
68,229
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

THOMAS LANDSEY
MELLS CHURCH LANDS
UNKNOWN DONOR (OTHERWISE POOR'S MONEY)
GIFTS OF DONORS UNKNOWN
HENRY PARSONS
MALTWOOD FUND

1 staff
RICHARD HAYWARD'S CHARITY FOR POOR
SILAS FEAVER
THE KESTEVEN RECREATION GROUND MAINTENANCE FUND
THOMAS PONSFORD

GP and primary care

10
GP practices
58
FQ FTE GPs
1:2,078
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 Taunton and Wellington, by sector

Sector Employees
NHS / Healthcare 9,000
Social Care 5,500
Education 5,000
Construction 2,100
Transport 925
Environment / Green 310

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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