Britain10 August, 20263 min read
UK Charity Commission Probes Al-Khair Foundation Over Alleged Hamas Links And Gaza Funding
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Charity Commission opened investigation into Al-Khair Foundation over alleged Hamas links and Gaza funding. Investigative focus includes alleged financial support to Hamas during three-year Gaza conflict.
Charity Commission probe
Britain’s Charity Commission launched an investigation into the UK-based Muslim faith-based charity Al-Khair Foundation over alleged links to Hamas after it received a complaint alleging the charity and its partners had connections to Hamas and that it had funded the organisation. The Commission said it escalated its engagement to a statutory inquiry and that it was aware that Mohammad Yousef Hasna, an individual employed by an organisation that the charity worked to deliver aid in Gaza, was arrested in the UK and charged by US authorities for conspiring to provide material support to Hamas.
The Commission said it issued a legal order restricting certain financial transactions by the charity without the Commission’s prior consent amid concerns of possible serious risk to charitable funds, and it said the inquiry will examine the extent to which trustees are complying or have complied with their legal duties in respect of administration, governance and management. In London, Counter Terror Policing confirmed investigations into the charity with two search warrants on addresses in Croydon, South London, while Al-Khair said it was cooperating fully with the statutory inquiry and taking the matter seriously.
Hasna arrest and charges
The probe followed the arrest of Mohammad Yousef Hasna in the UK last week, with the UK Charity Commission saying it was considering all relevant information as part of its investigation, including verifying his connection to the charity and wider allegations made about it. The UK Charity Commission announcement said Hasna was extradited to the US and charged with conspiring to provide material support to Hamas, and it said the US Department of Justice described the financing as coming through what was identified as a Sham Charity.
The Times of India reported that the US Department of Justice has not publicly named the organisation it describes in its case as a “sham charity”, while Al-Khair said Hasna was employed by one of its implementing partners rather than by the foundation itself. The Times of India also said Hasna remains in UK custody pending extradition proceedings to the United States, where he faces charges including conspiring to provide material support to Hamas, conspiring to finance terrorism and financing terrorism, with each charge carrying a maximum sentence of 20 years.
Income, oversight, and next steps
The investigation is tied to the charity’s financial scale, with the Peoples Gazette Nigeria reporting that the charity recorded an income of over £74 million in the financial year ending 31 July 2025, and the Times of India reporting it became the subject of a statutory inquiry after reporting more than £74 million in income in the year to July 2025. The Jerusalem Post said the Charity Commission’s investigation will seek to establish the nature and extent of the charity’s links to Hasna, whether trustees carried out appropriate checks and due diligence on international partners, and whether trustees were effectively monitoring the end use of funds internationally with appropriate policies and procedures to protect funds from risk of misuse.
The Commission said it cannot investigate criminal matters itself and that if evidence of criminal activity is found it will be referred to the police, which has the power to investigate, while the Peoples Gazette Nigeria quoted the Commission saying, “The regulator will be considering all relevant information as part of its investigation.” In parallel, the Charity Commission’s statutory inquiry and Counter Terror Policing’s searches in Croydon were described as separate from the US criminal case, and the Times of India said no arrests had been made in the UK investigation.