Our Taap UK Ltd
Our Taap UK Ltd is a company on the UK Companies House register with address or ownership links 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
| Our Taap UK Ltd | |
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| Type | Private limited Company |
| Founded | 28 Aug 2003 |
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| Defunct | |
| Headquarters | 79-81 Paul Street, London, EC2A 4NQ, England |
| Industry | 47890 - Retail sale via stalls and markets of other goods, 47910 - Retail sale via mail order houses or via internet |
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| Parent | Waterlogic Gb Limited |
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- Category: P / O (Israeli corporate PSC / parent company; officer(s) with an Israeli correspondence address); connection score 4
- Company number: 04880825[1]
- Status: Active
- Type: Private limited Company
- Incorporated / registered: 28 Aug 2003
- SIC: 47890 - Retail sale via stalls and markets of other goods, 47910 - Retail sale via mail order houses or via internet
- Registered office: 79-81 Paul Street, London, EC2A 4NQ, England
- Previous names: Virgin Strauss Water UK Ltd (7 Feb 2012 – 26 Mar 2025); Strauss Water UK Limited (15 Nov 2010 – 7 Feb 2012); Tana Water (UK) Limited (28 Aug 2003 – 15 Nov 2010)
- Listing / market cap: Not listed. Strauss Water's parent, Strauss Group (TASE: STRS), ≈ US$4.44bn.[2]
Israel connection:
- CH PSCs: Strauss Water Ltd (Or Yehuda, Israel), 50–75%; Waterlogic GB Limited (Wolverhampton), 25–50%. 7 of 32 director appointments had Israeli correspondence addresses, none of them current (CH).
Persons with significant control (CH):[1]
- Waterlogic Gb Limited (active) — address: Shaw Road, Wolverhampton, WV10 9LE, England; legal form Limited Company; governing law Companies Act 2006; registered at England And Wales; registration number 02418453; country registered England; notified 10 Jan 2023; nature of control: ownership of shares – 25% to 50%; voting rights – 25% to 50%
- Strauss Water Ltd (active) — address: Yoni Netanyahu, Or Yehuda, 603761, Israel; legal form Limited Company; governing law Israel Law; notified 6 Apr 2016; nature of control: ownership of shares – 50% to 75%; voting rights – 50% to 75%
Directors (CH; 32 director appointments, 5 current; † = Israel correspondence address, 7 appointments):[1]
| Name | Born (month/year) | Service | † |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jeremy Paul Ben-David | January 1963 | Jan 2025–present | |
| Robert Bruce | August 1978 | Sep 2025–present | |
| Ms. Esti Carmeli | April 1965 | Jun 2021–present | |
| Ellit Mann-Bitton | April 1972 | Sep 2025–present | |
| Thomas Stazicker | July 1977 | Sep 2025–present | |
| Claudia De Antoni | April 1980 | Apr 2017–May 2020 | |
| Giora Bardea | May 1953 | Aug 2015–Jan 2019 | |
| Amy Jennifer Harriet Becker | February 1976 | Feb 2024–Jan 2025 | |
| Ms. Linda Cohen Rofe | September 1979 | Jul 2020–Sep 2023 | |
| Toby Rufus Coppel | January 1972 | Nov 2011–Feb 2014 | |
| Charles David Everitt | August 1973 | Jul 2014–Mar 2017 | |
| Andrew Philip Gibbs | December 1988 | Apr 2017–Jan 2023 | |
| Nicholas Heane | December 1960 | Aug 2005–Nov 2011 | |
| Gadi Lesin | April 1967 | Nov 2011–Aug 2015 | † |
| Dror Morad | February 1971 | Aug 2015–Mar 2016 | |
| Stephen Thomas Murphy | August 1956 | Nov 2011–Dec 2013 | |
| Mrs. Dalia Nessimi | February 1965 | Mar 2019–Oct 2022 | |
| Yaniv Reuven | January 1969 | Sep 2023–Sep 2025 | |
| Rami Ronen | June 1963 | Jun 2010–Mar 2015 | |
| Ohad Schwartz | May 1959 | Aug 2003–Dec 2005 | † |
| Yaniv Shirazi | June 1972 | Jan 2014–Aug 2015 | |
| Ofra Strauss Keizman | August 1960 | Nov 2011–Feb 2014 | † |
| Wendie Marianne Summers | February 1960 | Dec 2003–Aug 2005 | |
| Daniel Taragan | October 1956 | Aug 2003–Jun 2010 | † |
| Mark Taylor | March 1970 | Jan 2023–Jul 2024 | |
| James Tipple | November 1971 | Jan 2014–Apr 2017 | |
| Arye Weingrod | June 1948 | Aug 2003–Nov 2006 | † |
| Shai Joseph Weiss | March 1968 | Nov 2011–Jul 2014 | |
| Gur Zamir | October 1969 | Feb 2014–Mar 2019 | † |
| Gur Zamir | February 1969 | Nov 2006–Nov 2011 | † |
| Ronen Zohar | February 1960 | Mar 2015–Jun 2021 | |
| Waterlow Nominees Limited (corporate nominee director) | – | Aug 2003–Aug 2003 |
Latest accounts (income/expenditure): Full accounts for FY to 31 Dec 2025 (filed 16 Sep 2026; scanned, read by OCR): revenue £11,636,898 (2024: £8,851,154); cost of sales £(6,353,452); gross profit £5,283,446; distribution costs £(913,873); administrative expenses £(3,047,599); exceptional items £(61,366); operating profit £1,299,427 (2024: loss £(258,127)); finance costs £(533,055); profit for the year £766,372 (2024: loss £(645,422)).[3]
Arms trade involvement: None documented. The company's stated business is not in the arms trade.
Supply to the IDF / Israel MOD / Israeli security services: Parent group: the World Jewish Congress, citing the Jerusalem Post, reported in 2010 that Strauss Group had removed its support for the IDF from its English-language website after US BDS campaigners objected, while Hebrew pages still carried it; campaigners asked whether Strauss still supported the Golani Brigade.[4]
Activities in the occupied territories: None documented in the sources reviewed; not listed by Who Profits or the OHCHR database.
Links to the Israeli government: None documented in the sources reviewed.
WZO / JNF / Jewish Agency / Keren Hayesod: None found in the sources reviewed.
Controversies (protests, legal cases, export-licence rulings):
- Parent group: in 2010 Philadelphia activists campaigned against Sabra hummus, then co-owned by Strauss, over the company's IDF support.[4]
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 Companies House, Our Taap UK Ltd (04880825): company overview Find and update company information (GOV.UK).
- ↑ CompaniesMarketCap, Strauss Group (STRS.TA) – market capitalization companiesmarketcap.com, October 2026.
- ↑ Companies House, Our Taap UK Ltd (04880825): filing history Find and update company information (GOV.UK).
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 World Jewish Congress, Israeli food giant removes support for IDF from English website World Jewish Congress, 18 November 2010.