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of people in the UK and all over the world". It was founded in 1992, and in the five years prior to 2012 it gave £30 million to charitable causes. A 2017 report listed it as the 31st largest foundation (and 18th-largest family foundation) by size of donations, having given £16.32 million in the year ending March 2016. In the year 2022-2023 its charitable expenditure was £23.3 million, the largest donations being £5 million to the UK Youth Fund (part of
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