Airbnb UK Limited
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Airbnb UK Limited is a company on the UK Companies House register with documented links to business activity in the Israeli-occupied territories. This profile is part of UK companies linked to 'Israel'; see UK companies linked to 'Israel': Methodology for how companies were selected and scored.
Profile
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| Type | Private limited Company |
| Founded | 5 October 2011 |
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| Defunct | |
| Headquarters | C/O Company Secretarial Department, 280 Bishopsgate, London, EC2M 4AG |
| Industry | 96090 - Other service activities not elsewhere classified |
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| Parent | Airbnb, Inc. |
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- Category: B – UK subsidiary of OHCHR-listed parent (Airbnb Inc.)
- Company number: 07797907[1]
- Status: Active
- Type: Private limited Company
- SIC: 96090 - Other service activities not elsewhere classified
- Registered office: C/O Company Secretarial Department, 280 Bishopsgate, London, EC2M 4AG
- Listing / market cap: Parent Airbnb Inc. (NASDAQ: ABNB) ≈ US$99.1bn (Oct 2026).[2]
Persons with significant control (CH):[1]
- Airbnb, Inc. (active) — address: 888 Brannan Street, San Francisco, Ca 94103, United States Notified on 10 December 2020 Governing law Laws Of The State Of Delaware, USA Legal form Corporation Place registered State Of Delaware, USA - Division Of Corporations Registration number 4566980 Incorporated in Delaware, USA Nature of control Ownership of shares – 75% or more Ownership of voting rights - 75% or more Right to appoint or remove directors
- Statement: The company knows or has reasonable cause to believe that there is no registrable person or registrable relevant legal entity in relation to the company
Directors (CH; 8 director appointments, 2 current; † = Israel correspondence address, 0 appointments):[1]
| Name | Born (month/year) | Service | † |
|---|---|---|---|
| David Charles Bernstein | January 1962 | Jan 2020–present | |
| Jonathan Robert Cooke | September 1983 | Aug 2026–present | |
| Jonathan Robert Cooke | September 1983 | Nov 2025–Mar 2026 | |
| Amanda Suzanne Cupples | May 1981 | Nov 2022–Feb 2025 | |
| Joseph Nicholas Gebbia | August 1981 | Oct 2011–Jul 2014 | |
| Madeleine Ellen Gorman | April 1985 | Jan 2025–Mar 2025 | |
| Eoin Michael Hession | July 1981 | Jul 2014–Jan 2020 | |
| Katherine Anneliese Pawson | August 1980 | Jan 2020–Aug 2026 |
Current secretary: Abogado Nominees Limited[1]
Latest accounts (income/expenditure): FY to 31 Dec 2025 (filed 8 Oct 2026): turnover £88,720,161 (2024: £76,586,401); profit before tax £9,839,222 (2024: £12,274,661); profit after tax £7,749,089.[3]
Documented OPT activity:
- Airbnb Inc. listed under (e) in 2020[4] and 2025.[5]
- Amnesty's 'Destination: Occupation' (Jan 2019) documented Airbnb listings in settlements incl. East Jerusalem.[6]
- The UK subsidiary's own role in settlement listings: not documented.
Controversies:
- Nov 2018 announcement to remove ~200 West Bank settlement listings reversed in April 2019 after litigation; Airbnb said it would donate profits from West Bank activity.[7]
Links to Israeli government / WZO / JNF / JA / Keren Hayesod / security apparatus / IDF: None found.
Arms trade involvement: None.
See also
- UK companies linked to 'Israel'
- UK Companies with Address or Ownership Links to Israel - Alphabetical
- UK Companies with Address or Ownership Links to Israel - Ranked by density of connection
- UK Companies with documented links to business activity in the Occupied Palestinian territories and the occupied Golan
- UK defence, security, surveillance and dual-use technology companies with documented business ties to 'Israel'
- UK companies linked to 'Israel': Methodology
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Airbnb UK Limited overview. Companies House.
- ↑ Airbnb (ABNB) - Market capitalization.
- ↑ Airbnb UK Limited filing history. Companies House.
- ↑ Database of all business enterprises involved in the activities detailed in paragraph 96 of the independent international fact-finding mission to investigate the implications of the Israeli settlements on the civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights of the Palestinian people throughout the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem. United Nations.
- ↑ Database of all business enterprises involved in the activities detailed in paragraph 96 of the report of the independent international fact-finding mission to investigate the implications of the Israeli settlements on the civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights of the Palestinian people throughout the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem.
- ↑ Destination: Occupation.
- ↑ Reuters, Reuters, Apr 2019 Reuters.