# The Habbal Foundation

- Type: Trust / foundation
- Charity number: 1216467 (https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-search/-/charity-details/1216467)
- Website: https://www.habbal.org.uk
- What it funds: General charitable purposes, Disability, Prevention or relief of poverty
- Who it helps: Children / young people, Older people, People with disabilities, Other charities or voluntary bodies, The general public
- How it gives: Makes grants to individuals, Makes grants to organisations
- Area of operation: Throughout England and Wales, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan
- Trustees: 3
- Last verified: 2026-11-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Canonical URL: https://opengrant.co.uk/funders/habbal-foundation

To empower communities through, small-scale grant-making, education, health promotion, and community development rooted in dignity and trust.

## Open and forthcoming schemes (0)

None in OpenGrant's sources right now.

## Charitable objects

> 3.1. The objects of the CIO are:3.1.1. To prevent or relieve poverty, and to advance the welfare of individuals in financial hardship, including but not limited to refugees, asylum seekers, recent migrants, and low-income households in the United Kingdom, through the provision of small-scale financial grants to individuals or organisations following an established screening or assessment process.3.1.2. To advance any other exclusively charitable purpose for the public benefit as the trustees may from time to time determine, provided that such purposes are recognised as charitable under the laws of England and Wales and satisfy the public benefit requirement set out in the Charities Act 2011.3.1.3. Nothing in this constitution shall authorise an application of the property of the CIO for purposes which are not charitable in accordance with section 7 of the charities and trustee investment (Scotland) act 2005 and section 2 of the Charities Act (northern Ireland) 2008.

## What it funds

The Habbal Foundation is registered under the Charity Commission purposes disability and prevention or relief of poverty for children / young people, older people, people with disabilities and other charities or voluntary bodies; the register records that it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

The Charity Commission register lists its area of operation as England and Wales, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan.

## How to apply

OpenGrant has not found an open scheme from The Habbal Foundation in its sources (last checked 5 Nov 2026). Its website (habbal.org.uk) may list programmes that are not yet open or are by invitation only. OpenGrant does not take applications; always check the funder's own guidance.

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