UK Reviews 4 Al-Khair Schools After Director Faces 20-Year Hamas Charges

2 articles · Updated · uklfi.com · Aug 15

Four independent Al-Khair schools with more than 550 pupils are being reviewed by the Department for Education after the Charity Commission opened a statutory inquiry into the charity that runs them.
Mohammad Yousef Hasna, who identified himself as Al-Khair’s global director, was arrested in London on July 31 and faces US extradition on three terrorism-related counts tied to alleged support for Hamas.
The DfE told UK Lawyers for Israel on Aug. 11 that its counter-extremism team was working with other departments and agencies to assess allegations affecting safeguarding and compliance with the schools’ Prevent duty.
The Charity Commission has also restricted Al-Khair’s financial activity over a possible serious risk to charitable funds, as it examines trustee oversight, due diligence on overseas partners and where money sent abroad ultimately went.
Al-Khair’s reported gross income rose to about £74.8 million in the year to July 2025 from £31.3 million two years earlier, widening the stakes of the parallel education and charity probes.