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West Bromwich

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

Income deprivation: bottom 8.0%. Number of income-focused charities: 250.
English Indices of Deprivation / Charity Commission
1 GP for every 2,575 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)

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Your councillors

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Index of Multiple Deprivation by domain

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

crime
130/543
health
118/543
income
52/543
Bottom 10%
housing
154/543
education
54/543
Bottom 10%
employment
76/543
Bottom 20%
environment
164/543

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

Identified resource gaps

income HIGH
Rank 52/543 for income deprivation (IMD 2025)
250 income-focused charities, 1972 employees
education HIGH
Rank 54/543 for education deprivation (IMD 2025)
450 education-focused charities, 4183 employees
employment MODERATE
Rank 76/543 for employment deprivation (IMD 2025)
185 employment-focused charities, 1145 employees
crime MODERATE
Rank 130/543 for crime deprivation (IMD 2025)
No crime-focused charities in constituency
health LOW
Rank 118/543 for health deprivation (IMD 2025)
378 health-focused charities, 4634 employees
GP ratio: 1:2575 (above 1:2000 threshold)
housing LOW
Rank 154/543 for housing deprivation (IMD 2025)
64 housing-focused charities, 1708 employees
environment LOW
Rank 164/543 for environment deprivation (IMD 2025)
236 environment-focused charities, 760 employees

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

861 registered charities

861
Charities
£17,510,651
Grants to HQ'd charities
7,288
Employees
33,079
Volunteers
22.0%
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
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)
THE KINGFISHER CLUB

GP and primary care

13
GP practices
37
FQ FTE GPs
1:2,575
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 375 patients above that. See methodology.

People working in West Bromwich, by sector

Sector Employees
NHS / Healthcare 7,000
Social Care 4,750
Education 4,000
Transport 3,700
Construction 2,500
Environment / Green 160

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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