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{{Infobox organization | {{Infobox organization | ||
| − | | name | + | | name = Habaid |
| − | | | + | | other_name = HabAid; formerly Habad Children Aid Society |
| − | + | | type = Charitable company (limited by guarantee) | |
| − | | | + | | founded = 15 August 2008 (company); 25 September 2008 (charity) |
| − | | | + | | registration_id = Company 06674416; Charity 1126069 |
| − | | | + | | location = Handel House, 95 High Street, Edgware, HA8 7DB |
| − | + | | website = https://www.habaid.org | |
}} | }} | ||
| − | ''' | + | '''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> |
| − | + | 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"/> | |
| + | 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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| + | == Chabad-Lubavitch == | ||
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| + | 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"/> | ||
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| + | No current trustee is listed on the Commission card with a Chabad trusteeship. Do not merge this number with: | ||
| + | |||
| + | * 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> | ||
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| + | 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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| + | == Ukraine: Alumim orphanage (not Kibbutz Alumim) == | ||
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| + | JustGiving campaign [https://www.justgiving.com/campaign/ukraine-alumim ukraine-alumim] is run by HabAid (RCN 1126069). It is for '''Alumim Children’s Orphanage in Ukraine''', described as a recognised Ukrainian Jewish orphanage supported for “over eight years.” After the 2022 invasion the children were moved to the Carpathian mountains. The campaign page reports about £10,450 plus Gift Aid. That is '''not''' [[Kibbutz Alumim]] in the western Negev (UJIA / October 7 rebuild appeals).<ref name="JG">[https://www.justgiving.com/campaign/ukraine-alumim UKRAINE - Alumim Children's Orphanage Appeal], JustGiving, campaign by HabAid.</ref> | ||
== Trustees == | == 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> | 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> | [[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 | + | '''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. |
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| − | + | 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''': | |
| − | ! | + | |
| + | {| class="wikitable" | ||
| + | ! Name | ||
| + | ! Where it sits | ||
| + | ! IDF / Green Line? | ||
|- | |- | ||
| − | | [[Alumim | + | | [[Alumim]] orphanage |
| + | | Ukraine | ||
| + | | No | ||
|- | |- | ||
| − | | [[ | + | | [[Langdon]] football team |
| + | | UK | ||
| + | | No. Shirt sponsorship; [[KisharonLangdon]] is a UK learning-disability charity | ||
|- | |- | ||
| − | | [[ | + | | [[Orr Shalom]] |
| + | | Israel (Beit Shemesh HQ) | ||
| + | | Inside the Green Line; welfare children, not IDF | ||
|- | |- | ||
| − | | [[ | + | | [[Israel Sports Centre for the Disabled]] / Israel Parasport Center |
| + | | Ramat Gan | ||
| + | | Inside the Green Line | ||
|- | |- | ||
| − | | | + | | Karmiel Children's Village |
| + | | Karmiel | ||
| + | | Inside the Green Line | ||
|- | |- | ||
| − | | [[ | + | | [[Zichron Menachem]] |
| + | | Israel | ||
| + | | Childhood cancer; not IDF | ||
|- | |- | ||
| − | | [[ | + | | [[Gesher]] |
| + | | Israel (name collision — several Gesher bodies) | ||
| + | | Need the exact payee before tagging | ||
|- | |- | ||
| − | | [[My Israel]] || | + | | [[My Israel]] |
| + | | UK friends-of vehicle | ||
| + | | Mixed Israel children’s projects; including illegal settlements | ||
|- | |- | ||
| − | | | + | | Forgotten People's Fund / Food For Kids / Otzma camps |
| + | | Israel-facing names on the stub | ||
| + | | Not verified to a settlement or IDF line in Habaid accounts | ||
|- | |- | ||
| − | | | + | | Zaka Dog Rescue |
| − | + | | UK / Israel wording on the stub | |
| − | + | | [[ZAKA]] is disaster recovery, not an IDF unit | |
| − | |||
| − | | [[ | ||
|} | |} | ||
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| + | '''Conclusion for the page:''' Habaid is an Israel-and-Ukraine children’s grant vehicle with a former Chabad-style name. That is not the same as funding the IDF or settlements. If a year-pack of accounts names a Friends-of-settlement or Beit Halochem-type payee, add it with the year. Do not import Powerbase’s “illegal settler colony / bringing Israeli soldiers to the UK” sentence unless a source other than that stub is attached.<ref name="PB">[[HabAid]], Powerbase.</ref> | ||
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| + | [[Leon Leboff]] is described on Powerbase 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. Record him as an alleged honorary office-bearer only, until a contemporaneous Habaid document names him.<ref name="PB"/><ref name="CHoff">[https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/06674416/officers Officers], HABAID, Companies House.</ref> | ||
== Ex-trustees and notable figures == | == Ex-trustees and notable figures == | ||
Revision as of 09:42, 28 September 2026
UK grant-making charity (1126069 / 06674416), formerly Habad Children Aid Society
| Habaid
| |
|---|---|
| Type | Charitable company (limited by guarantee) |
| Founded | 15 August 2008 (company); 25 September 2008 (charity) |
| Registration ID | Company 06674416; Charity 1126069 |
| Location | Handel House, 95 High Street, Edgware, HA8 7DB |
| Website | https://www.habaid.org |
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.[1][2]
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.[2]
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.[2][3]
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.[1]
No current trustee is listed on the Commission card with a Chabad trusteeship. Do not merge this number with:
- 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.[4]
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.[5]
Ukraine: Alumim orphanage (not Kibbutz Alumim)
JustGiving campaign ukraine-alumim is run by HabAid (RCN 1126069). It is for Alumim Children’s Orphanage in Ukraine, described as a recognised Ukrainian Jewish orphanage supported for “over eight years.” After the 2022 invasion the children were moved to the Carpathian mountains. The campaign page reports about £10,450 plus Gift Aid. That is not Kibbutz Alumim in the western Negev (UJIA / October 7 rebuild appeals).[6]
Trustees
As of 31 March 2026 the charity has three trustees.[7]
| Name | Role | Date appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Jonathan Adrian Castle | Trustee | 1 May 2018 |
| Harry Jonathan Daniel | Trustee | (prior to 2018) |
| Lane Gary Bednash FCA FIPA | Trustee (Chairman) | (prior to 2018) |
Directors and company officers
HabAid Limited (company number 06674416) has the following directors and officers.[8]
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harry Jonathan Daniel | Director & Secretary | 15 August 2008 (Secretary) / 10 November 2009 (Director) | Active | British |
| Lane Gary Bednash | Director | 15 August 2008 | Active | British, FCA FIPA |
| Jonathan Adrian Castle | Director | 1 May 2018 | Active | British |
| Gerald Abrahams | Director | 15 August 2008 | 10 November 2009 | Resigned |
| Ian Joseph Crooke | Director | 15 August 2008 | 26 November 2013 | Resigned |
| Rowel Gabriel Genn | Director | 17 January 2012 | 8 March 2018 | Resigned |
| Temple Secretaries Limited | Secretary | 15 August 2008 | 15 August 2008 | Resigned same day |
Committee members
Joel Anderson James Castle Jonathan Castle (past Chairman) Ray Levy (past Chairman) Mel Lewis (past Chairman) Robert Oppenheimer Jamie Paskin Maurice Shear (past Chairman) Spencer Simons Robert Waterman
Supported charities and projects
HabAid funds a range of organisations, many focused on disabled children in the Zionist entity.[9]
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.
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:
| Name | Where it sits | IDF / Green Line? |
|---|---|---|
| Alumim orphanage | Ukraine | No |
| Langdon football team | UK | No. Shirt sponsorship; KisharonLangdon is a UK learning-disability charity |
| Orr Shalom | Israel (Beit Shemesh HQ) | Inside the Green Line; welfare children, not IDF |
| Israel Sports Centre for the Disabled / Israel Parasport Center | Ramat Gan | Inside the Green Line |
| Karmiel Children's Village | Karmiel | Inside the Green Line |
| Zichron Menachem | Israel | Childhood cancer; not IDF |
| Gesher | Israel (name collision — several Gesher bodies) | Need the exact payee before tagging |
| My Israel | UK friends-of vehicle | Mixed Israel children’s projects; including illegal settlements |
| Forgotten People's Fund / Food For Kids / Otzma camps | Israel-facing names on the stub | Not verified to a settlement or IDF line in Habaid accounts |
| Zaka Dog Rescue | UK / Israel wording on the stub | ZAKA is disaster recovery, not an IDF unit |
Conclusion for the page: Habaid is an Israel-and-Ukraine children’s grant vehicle with a former Chabad-style name. That is not the same as funding the IDF or settlements. If a year-pack of accounts names a Friends-of-settlement or Beit Halochem-type payee, add it with the year. Do not import Powerbase’s “illegal settler colony / bringing Israeli soldiers to the UK” sentence unless a source other than that stub is attached.[10]
Leon Leboff is described on Powerbase 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. Record him as an alleged honorary office-bearer only, until a contemporaneous Habaid document names him.[10][11]
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.[12]
See also
Chabad-Lubavitch movement British Friends of the Israeli War Disabled Trust Colel Chabad Lubavitch Foundation of Israel
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 HABAID, Companies House, 06674416.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Full print, HABAID, Charity Commission 1126069.
- ↑ Habaid, Find that Charity.
- ↑ Britain warns Jewish 'Habad' movement after it collects money for Israeli soldier, reporting Haaretz via Al-Quds, January 2025.
- ↑ habaid.org, Internet Archive, 5 November 2024.
- ↑ UKRAINE - Alumim Children's Orphanage Appeal, JustGiving, campaign by HabAid.
- ↑ Charity Commission for England and Wales, HABAID - Charity 1126069 Trustees Register of Charities, accessed 31 March 2026.
- ↑ Companies House, Officers of HABAID Companies House, accessed 31 March 2026.
- ↑ HabAid archived website, HabAid homepage Wayback Machine, accessed 31 March 2026.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 HabAid, Powerbase.
- ↑ Officers, HABAID, Companies House.
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
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