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Wells and Mendip Hills

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
437/543
health
425/543
income
382/543
housing
104/543
Bottom 20%
education
323/543
employment
345/543
environment
272/543

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

Identified resource gaps

housing MODERATE
Rank 104/543 for housing deprivation (IMD 2025)
128 housing-focused charities, 6979 employees

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

3137 registered charities

3,137
Charities
£16,912,000
Grants to HQ'd charities
21,233
Employees
83,445
Volunteers
19.0%
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)
PHILIP JOHN MILES
GIFTS OF DONORS UNKNOWN
ELIZABETH COULTON
HENRY PARSONS
REDHILL VILLAGE HALL ENDOWMENT FUND
JOHN LANE FOR THE SCHOOLMASTER AND FOR BREAD
THE POORS LAND

GP and primary care

10
GP practices
89
FQ FTE GPs
1:1,435
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 Wells and Mendip Hills, by sector

Sector Employees
Education 3,000
Construction 2,250
Social Care 2,000
NHS / Healthcare 1,500
Transport 1,150
Environment / Green 125

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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