The owner of Gateshead cheese maker Primula has announced that it donated £7.8m to good causes last year.
Profits from The Kavli Group, which includes Team Valley based Primula Cheese and Castle MacLellan, enabled Kavli Trust to donate the multimillion-pound sum.
Kavli Trust is the sole owner of The Kavli Group, which employs 840 people in four countries and has contributed a total of £62.7m to good causes around the world since 2012.