Cellebrite UK Limited

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Cellebrite UK Limited is a company on the UK Companies House register in the defence, security, surveillance or dual-use technology sector with documented business ties to Israel. 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

Cellebrite UK Limited
Trade name
Logo Cellebrite UK Limited logo.png
Type Private limited Company
Founded 19 February 2014
Founder(s)
Defunct
Headquarters 280 Bishopsgate, London, United Kingdom, EC2M 4RB
Industry 82990 - Other business support service activities not elsewhere classified
Services
Parent Cellebrite DI Ltd
Subsidiaries
Revenue
Number of employees
Homepage cellebrite.com
  • Category: P (Israeli parent company / PSC / beneficial owner)
  • Company number: 08903114[1]
  • Status: Active
  • Type: Private limited Company
  • SIC: 82990 - Other business support service activities not elsewhere classified
  • Registered office: 280 Bishopsgate, London, United Kingdom, EC2M 4RB
  • Listing / market cap: Not listed. Parent Cellebrite DI (NASDAQ: CLBT) ≈ US$2.86bn.[2]

Israel connection:

  • CH PSC: Cellebrite DI Ltd, Petah Tikva, Israel (from 31 Aug 2021). Before that, Sun Corporation, Japan.

Persons with significant control (CH):[1]

  • Cellebrite DI Ltd (active) — address: 94 Derech Em Hamoshavot St, P.O. Box 3925, Petah Tikva, Israel, 49130 Notified on 31 August 2021 Governing law Israeli Law Legal form Public Company Place registered Israel Registration number 512766577 Incorporated in Israel Nature of control Ownership of shares – 75% or more Ownership of voting rights - 75% or more Right to appoint or remove directors
  • Sun Corporation (ceased) — address: 250 Asahi, Kochino-Cho, Konan, Japan, 483-8555 Notified on 6 April 2016 Ceased on 31 August 2021 Governing law Japan Legal form Public Limited Company- Listed Place registered Japan Registration number Jp3336450006 Incorporated in Japan Nature of control Ownership of shares – 75% or more Ownership of voting rights - 75% or more Right to appoint or remove directors

Directors (CH; 4 director appointments, 1 current; † = Israel correspondence address, 1 appointments):[1]

Directors (month/year as shown by Companies House; † = Israel correspondence address, an address fact only)
Name Born (month/year) Service †
Roni Fialkov October 1983 Sep 2025–present
Yosef Carmil September 1966 May 2015–Dec 2024
Dana Gerner September 1967 Dec 2024–Sep 2025
Masanori Yamaguchi February 1949 Feb 2014–Apr 2020 †

Latest accounts (income/expenditure): FY to 31 Dec 2025 (filed 6 Jul 2026; OCR): turnover £25,473,144 (2024: £23,648,916); operating profit £592,572; profit after tax £613,405 (2024: £729,674).[3]

Arms trade involvement: Not arms. Dual-use surveillance and forensic technology.

Supply to the IDF / Israel MOD / Israeli security services: AFSC: Cellebrite supplies the Israeli police and intelligence agencies (8 police units; ≈US$11m in police contracts 2016–2025). Israel used its tools to extract data from the phones of Palestinians detained from Gaza.[4]

Activities in the occupied territories: Parent: use on Gaza detainees' phones (AFSC, above). No OPT activity by the UK entity is documented.

Links to the Israeli government: Parent supplies Israeli police and security services (AFSC).

WZO / JNF / Jewish Agency / Keren Hayesod: None found. Searches covered the WZO, JNF/KKL, Jewish Agency and Keren Hayesod.

Controversies (protests, legal cases, export-licence rulings):

  • UK police forces (City of London, Leicestershire, BTP, Kent, Essex, Northumbria) and the SFO hold Cellebrite contracts; PSC criticised this.[5]
  • Israeli court petition (2020) over exports to Hong Kong.[6]

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