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West Midlands

Tipton and Wednesbury

1st decile deprivation (IMD 2025) MEDIUM funding gap
61
Blocked

What the data shows

Education deprivation: bottom 2.5%. Number of education-focused charities: 647.
English Indices of Deprivation / Charity Commission
Blocked score: 61/100. High need, low resources.
Blocked Britain composite index
1 GP for every 2,625 patients. The NHS England average is around 2,200.
NHS Digital General Practice Workforce (Feb 2026) and Patients Registered at a GP Practice (Mar 2026)

Your councillors

No councillor records have been loaded for Tipton and Wednesbury yet. Full data arrives after the May 2026 elections.

Index of Multiple Deprivation by domain

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

crime
88/543
Bottom 20%
health
54/543
Bottom 10%
income
25/543
Bottom 10%
housing
277/543
education
16/543
Bottom 10%
employment
33/543
Bottom 10%
environment
204/543

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

Identified resource gaps

income HIGH
Rank 25/543 for income deprivation (IMD 2025)
330 income-focused charities, 2124 employees
employment HIGH
Rank 33/543 for employment deprivation (IMD 2025)
232 employment-focused charities, 1099 employees
health HIGH
Rank 54/543 for health deprivation (IMD 2025)
532 health-focused charities, 6106 employees
GP ratio: 1:2625 (above 1:2000 threshold)
education HIGH
Rank 16/543 for education deprivation (IMD 2025)
647 education-focused charities, 5328 employees
crime HIGH
Rank 88/543 for crime deprivation (IMD 2025)
No crime-focused charities in constituency
environment LOW
Rank 204/543 for environment deprivation (IMD 2025)
337 environment-focused charities, 1365 employees

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

1254 registered charities

1,254
Charities
£19,810,580
Grants to HQ'd charities
9,195
Employees
38,375
Volunteers
22.8%
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

GEORGE HENRY WILLETTS

89 staff
ROBERT SAUNDBY BEQUEST FUND
ST JAMES THE LESS CHURCH FUND

356 staff
THE DUDLEY GROUP OF HOSPITALS NHS TRUST (EXPENDABLE FUNDS) COMMON INVESTMENT FUND

3 staff
PERSEHOUSE PENSIONS FUND
D A HILL FUND
RING AND RIDE WEST MIDLANDS LIMITED

921 staff
CHRIST THE KING PLAYSCHOOL COVENTRY
TRUST PROPERTY ADMINISTERED ICW BEARWOOD GOSPEL HALL
MUSLIM KHALIFA SUNNAT JAMAT (WOLVERHAMPTON AND BILSTON)

GP and primary care

15
GP practices
47
FQ FTE GPs
1:2,625
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). This constituency is 425 patients above that. See methodology.

People working in Tipton and Wednesbury, by sector

Sector Employees
Transport 3,555
Education 2,500
Social Care 2,300
Construction 1,350
Environment / Green 670
NHS / Healthcare 600

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

All data on this page is drawn from official public sources. Blocked Britain has no political affiliation. It is funded by no organisation.