HabAid - Revision history

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David: /* Supported charities and projects */

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Supported charities and projects

David at 09:53, 28 September 2026

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David: /* External links */

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External links

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David: /* Ex-trustees and notable figures */

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Ex-trustees and notable figures

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 Habaid is an Israel-and-Ukraine children’s grant vehicle with a former Chabad-style name.
-[[Leon Leboff]] is described as a former vice-president / past chairman and as a trustee of [[British Friends of the Israeli War Disabled]]. He is '''not''' on the [[Companies House]] officer file for 06674416. So apparently honorary office-bearer only.<ref name="PB"/><ref name="CHoff">[https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/06674416/officers Officers], HABAID, Companies House.</ref><ref name="PressTV" >Press TV, [https://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2025/08/03/752369/meet-zionist-charity-brought-over-5000-israeli-war-criminals-britain Meet the Zionist charity that has brought over 5,000 Israeli war criminals to Britain], Press TV, 3 August 2025.</ref>
+[[Leon Leboff]] is described as a former vice-president / past chairman and as a trustee of [[British Friends of the Israeli War Disabled]]. He is '''not''' on the [[Companies House]] officer file for 06674416. So apparently honorary office-bearer only.<ref name="CHoff">[https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/06674416/officers Officers], HABAID, Companies House.</ref><ref name="PressTV" >Press TV, [https://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2025/08/03/752369/meet-zionist-charity-brought-over-5000-israeli-war-criminals-britain Meet the Zionist charity that has brought over 5,000 Israeli war criminals to Britain], Press TV, 3 August 2025.</ref>
 == Trustees and directors ==

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 == Chabad-Lubavitch ==
-The only official Chabad marker is the '''former legal name''' Habad Children Aid Society (2008–2013) and objects limited to Jewish children. “Habad” / “Chabad” is the standard English spelling of חב״ד. That is a founding-name link, not proof that the company is a Chabad house, a Lubavitch institution, or under the Rebbe’s shlichus network.<ref name="CH"/>
+The only official [[Chabad-Lubavitch movement|Chabad]] marker is the '''former legal name''' Habad Children Aid Society (2008–2013) and objects limited to Jewish children. “Habad” / “Chabad” is the standard English spelling of חב״ד. That is a founding-name link, not proof that the company is a Chabad house, a Lubavitch institution, or under the Rebbe’s shlichus network.<ref name="CH"/>
 No current trustee is listed on the Commission card with a Chabad trusteeship. Do not merge this number with:
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 * Chabad-Lubavitch UK / Lubavitch Foundation companies
 * Israeli Chabad soldier-welfare projects (Yad laGiborim, Ezer laHayal, Kfar Chabad command centres)
-* the separate 2023–24 Charity Commission warning reported against a London Chabad branch that collected money for an individual IDF soldier — that is not company 06674416.<ref name="AlQuds">Britain warns Jewish 'Habad' movement after it collects money for Israeli soldier, reporting ''Haaretz'' via ''Al-Quds'', January 2025.</ref>
+* the separate 2023–24 [[Charity Commission]] warning reported against a London Chabad branch that collected money for an individual IDF soldier — that is not company 06674416.<ref name="AlQuds">Britain warns Jewish 'Habad' movement after it collects money for Israeli soldier, reporting ''Haaretz'' via ''Al-Quds'', January 2025.</ref>
 Website copy (archived) describes grant-making to “over 12 different charities” for disabled and underprivileged children; it does not present Habaid as a synagogue or shlichus office.<ref name="WA">[https://web.archive.org/web/20241105092418/https://www.habaid.org/ habaid.org], Internet Archive, 5 November 2024.</ref>
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 Habaid is an Israel-and-Ukraine children’s grant vehicle with a former Chabad-style name.
-[[Leon Leboff]] is described as a former vice-president / past chairman and as a trustee of [[British Friends of the Israeli War Disabled]]. He is '''not''' on the Companies House officer file for 06674416. So apparently honorary office-bearer only.<ref name="PB"/><ref name="CHoff">[https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/06674416/officers Officers], HABAID, Companies House.</ref><ref name="PressTV" >Press TV, [https://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2025/08/03/752369/meet-zionist-charity-brought-over-5000-israeli-war-criminals-britain Meet the Zionist charity that has brought over 5,000 Israeli war criminals to Britain], Press TV, 3 August 2025.</ref>
+[[Leon Leboff]] is described as a former vice-president / past chairman and as a trustee of [[British Friends of the Israeli War Disabled]]. He is '''not''' on the [[Companies House]] officer file for 06674416. So apparently honorary office-bearer only.<ref name="PB"/><ref name="CHoff">[https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/06674416/officers Officers], HABAID, Companies House.</ref><ref name="PressTV" >Press TV, [https://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2025/08/03/752369/meet-zionist-charity-brought-over-5000-israeli-war-criminals-britain Meet the Zionist charity that has brought over 5,000 Israeli war criminals to Britain], Press TV, 3 August 2025.</ref>
 == Trustees and directors ==

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 [[Category:Chabad-Lubavitch organisations]]
 [[Category:Charities in the United Kingdom]]
-[[Category:Zionist organisations in the United Kingdom]]
+[[Category:Zionist movement UK]]
 [[Category:Supporters of the Zionist entity]]

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 <references/>
-[[Category:Jewish charities of the United Kingdom]]
+[[Category:Jewish charities in the United Kingdom]]
 [[Category:Organisations with links to Israel]]
 [[Category:Chabad-Lubavitch]]

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 Habaid is an Israel-and-Ukraine children’s grant vehicle with a former Chabad-style name.
-[[Leon Leboff]] is described as a former vice-president / past chairman and as a trustee of [[British Friends of the Israeli War Disabled]]. He is '''not''' on the Companies House officer file for 06674416. So apparently honorary office-bearer only.<ref name="PB"/><ref name="CHoff">[https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/06674416/officers Officers], HABAID, Companies House.</ref><ref name="PressTV" />
+[[Leon Leboff]] is described as a former vice-president / past chairman and as a trustee of [[British Friends of the Israeli War Disabled]]. He is '''not''' on the Companies House officer file for 06674416. So apparently honorary office-bearer only.<ref name="PB"/><ref name="CHoff">[https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/06674416/officers Officers], HABAID, Companies House.</ref><ref name="PressTV" >Press TV, [https://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2025/08/03/752369/meet-zionist-charity-brought-over-5000-israeli-war-criminals-britain Meet the Zionist charity that has brought over 5,000 Israeli war criminals to Britain], Press TV, 3 August 2025.</ref>
 == Trustees and directors ==

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	Income peaked in the mid-2010s (about £225,000 in 2014–15) and has since collapsed. Year to 31 August 2025: income £2,500, expenditure £13,773.<ref name="CCFull"/><ref name="FtC">[https://findthatcharity.uk/orgid/GB-CHC-1126069 Habaid], Find that Charity.</ref>		Income peaked in the mid-2010s (about £225,000 in 2014–15) and has since collapsed. Year to 31 August 2025: income £2,500, expenditure £13,773.<ref name="CCFull"/><ref name="FtC">[https://findthatcharity.uk/orgid/GB-CHC-1126069 Habaid], Find that Charity.</ref>
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		+	Income peaked in the mid-2010s (about £225,000 in 2014–15) and then collapsed. Year to 31 August 2025: income £2,500, expenditure £13,773.<ref name="CCFull"/><ref name="FtC">[https://findthatcharity.uk/orgid/GB-CHC-1126069 Habaid], Find that Charity.</ref>

	== Chabad-Lubavitch ==		== Chabad-Lubavitch ==

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 == External links ==
-* [https://www.habaid.org habaid.org]
+* Internet Archive holdings of [https://web.archive.org/web/20260000000000*/https://www.habaid.org habaid.org]
 * [https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/06674416 Companies House 06674416]
 * [https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/4041445 Charity Commission 1126069]

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-{{short description|UK Chabad-linked charity and company funding disabled children in the Zionist entity}}
+{{short description|UK grant-making charity (1126069 / 06674416), formerly Habad Children Aid Society}}
 {{Infobox organization
-| name             = HabAid
+| name           = Habaid
-| formation        = 15 August 2008
+| other_name     = HabAid; formerly Habad Children Aid Society
-| type             = Registered charity and limited company
+| type           = Charitable company (limited by guarantee)
-| registration     = Charity number 1126069; Company number 06674416
+| founded        = 15 August 2008 (company); 25 September 2008 (charity)
-| headquarters     = Handel House, 95 High Street, Edgware, Middlesex, HA8 7DB
+| registration_id = Company 06674416; Charity 1126069
-| purpose          = Raising funds for charities supporting disabled and disadvantaged children in the Zionist entity, UK and elsewhere
+| location       = Handel House, 95 High Street, Edgware, HA8 7DB
-| known_for        = Support for Zionist settler-colony children's causes and links to [[Chabad-Lubavitch]] networks
+| website        = https://www.habaid.org
 }}
-'''HabAid''' (full legal name [[HabAid]], formerly [[Habad Children Aid Society]]) is a United Kingdom-based registered charity (number 1126069) and private limited company (number 06674416) closely linked to the [[Chabad-Lubavitch]] movement. It raises funds to support charities whose primary purpose is helping disabled and disadvantaged children in the Zionist entity and the UK.<ref name="CCOverview">Charity Commission for England and Wales, [https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/4041445/charity-overview HABAID - Charity 1126069] ''Register of Charities'', accessed 31 March 2026.</ref> The organisation was incorporated on 15 August 2008 and changed its name from [[Habad Children Aid Society]] on 28 August 2013.<ref name="CompaniesHouse">Companies House, [https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/06674416 HABAID] ''Companies House'', accessed 31 March 2026.</ref>
+'''Habaid''' (also styled HabAid) is a UK charitable company (no. 06674416) and registered charity (no. 1126069). It was incorporated on 15 August 2008 as '''Habad Children Aid Society''' and changed its name to Habaid on 28 August 2013. Objects: to alleviate poverty and financial hardship of disadvantaged or disabled '''Jewish''' children (including orphans) and to provide education, training and residential facilities.<ref name="CH">[https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/06674416 HABAID], Companies House, 06674416.</ref><ref name="CCFull">[https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/4041445/full-print Full print], HABAID, Charity Commission 1126069.</ref>
-HabAid has been criticised for its support of Zionist causes, including funding projects in the illegal settler colony and links to bringing Israeli soldiers to the UK.<ref name="PressTV">Press TV, [https://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2025/08/03/752369/meet-zionist-charity-brought-over-5000-israeli-war-criminals-britain Meet the Zionist charity that has brought over 5,000 Israeli war criminals to Britain] ''Press TV'', 3 August 2025.</ref>
+The Commission activity line is grant-making to other charities in Israel and the UK whose primary purpose is helping disabled and disadvantaged children. The register also lists Ukraine as an area of operation.<ref name="CCFull"/>
 == Trustees ==
 As of 31 March 2026 the charity has three trustees.<ref name="CCTrustees">Charity Commission for England and Wales, [https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/4041445/trustees HABAID - Charity 1126069 Trustees] ''Register of Charities'', accessed 31 March 2026.</ref>
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 [[HabAid]] funds a range of organisations, many focused on disabled children in the Zionist entity.<ref name="HabAidArchive">HabAid archived website, [https://web.archive.org/web/20241105092418/https://www.habaid.org/ HabAid homepage] ''Wayback Machine'', accessed 31 March 2026.</ref>
-{| class="wikitable sortable"
+'''On published filings: no named IDF unit, Hesder yeshiva, or West Bank settlement charity.''' Accounts filed at this income level do not include a grant-by-grant schedule. The Commission objects and activity line are children / disability / poverty, not soldier welfare.
-|+ Charities and projects supported by [[HabAid]]
-|-
+Recipient names that appear on the archived site and on the existing Powerbase stub are disability and children’s charities. Treat the stub list as '''claimed partners, not audited grants''':
-! Organisation !! Location !! Focus
 |-
-| [[Alumim Orphanage]] || Ukraine || Orphanage support
+| [[Alumim]] orphanage
 |-
-| [[Food For Kids]] || UK / Zionist entity || Disadvantaged children
+| [[Langdon]] football team
 |-
-| [[Forgotten People's Fund]] || Zionist entity || Disadvantaged children
+| [[Orr Shalom]]
 |-
-| [[Gesher]] || Zionist entity || Disabled children
+| [[Israel Sports Centre for the Disabled]] / Israel Parasport Center
 |-
-| [[Israel Sports Centre for the Disabled]] || Zionist entity || Disabled children
+| Karmiel Children's Village
 |-
-| [[Karmiel Children's Village]] || Zionist entity || Disadvantaged children
+| [[Zichron Menachem]]
 |-
-| [[Langdon Football Club]] || UK || Children's team sponsorship
+| [[Gesher]]
 |-
-| [[My Israel]] || Zionist entity || Children's projects
+| [[My Israel]]
 |-
-| [[Orr Shalom]] || Zionist entity || Disadvantaged children
+| Forgotten People's Fund / Food For Kids / Otzma camps
 |-
-| [[Otzma (Strength) Holiday Camps]] || Zionist entity || Holiday camps for children
+| Zaka Dog Rescue
-|-
+| UK / Israel wording on the stub
-| [[Zaka Dog Rescue]] || UK / Zionist entity || Rescue and support
+| [[ZAKA]] is disaster recovery, not an IDF unit
 |}
 == Ex-trustees and notable figures ==

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 == Ex-trustees and notable figures ==
-'''[[Leon Leboff]]''' – Former Vice-President and past Chairman of [[HabAid]]. He is also a trustee of the [[British Friends of the 'Israeli' War Disabled Trust]] (BFIWD), a charity supporting war disabled veterans of the Zionist entity’s armed forces.<ref name="PressTV" />
+'''[[Leon Leboff]]''' – Former Vice-President and past Chairman of [[HabAid]]. He is also a trustee of the [[British Friends of the Israeli War Disabled Trust]] (BFIWD), a charity supporting war disabled veterans of the Zionist entity’s armed forces.<ref name="PressTV" />
 == See also ==