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The Observer
|September 07, 2025
Most British businesses are disengaged from meaningful investment in their community.
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Among the 923,000 UK businesses with a turnover of at least £250,000, only a quarter gave to charity in 2024, according to last week’s corporate giving 2025 report by the Charities Aid Foundation (CAF).
This story is from the September 07, 2025 edition of The Observer.
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