Phoenix Optical Technologies Limited
Phoenix Optical Technologies 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
| Phoenix Optical Technologies Limited | |
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| Type | Private limited Company |
| Founded | 15 July 2004 |
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| Headquarters | Dowlish Ford, Ilminster, Somerset, United Kingdom, TA19 0PF |
| Industry | 32990 - Other manufacturing not elsewhere classified |
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| Parent | Phoenix Optical Holdings Limited |
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- Category: S (supplier of arms/components to Israel (UK export licences) or to the F-35 programme Israel takes part in)
- Company number: 05180538[1]
- Status: Active
- Type: Private limited Company
- SIC: 32990 - Other manufacturing not elsewhere classified
- Registered office: Dowlish Ford, Ilminster, Somerset, United Kingdom, TA19 0PF
- Listing / market cap: Not listed (G&H group).
Israel connection:
- Not Israeli-owned. Link is export licences.
Persons with significant control (CH):[1]
- Phoenix Optical Holdings Limited (active) — address: C/O Slater Heelis LLP, 86 Deansgate, Manchester, England, M3 2ER Notified on 24 October 2017 Governing law Companies Act 2006 Legal form Private Limited Company Place registered England & Wales Registration number 10899284 Incorporated in England & Wales Nature of control Ownership of shares – 75% or more as a member of a firm Ownership of voting rights - 75% or more as a member of a firm Right to appoint or remove directors as a member of a firm
- Mr Antony William Palframan (ceased) — address: Brynllithrig Hall, Rhuallt, Rhuallt, United Kingdom, LL17 0TP Notified on 1 July 2016 Ceased on 24 October 2017 Date of birth February 1958 Nature of control Ownership of shares – 75% or more
Directors (CH; 7 director appointments, 2 current; † = Israel correspondence address, 0 appointments):[1]
| Name | Born (month/year) | Service | † |
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| James Roger Corte | November 1976 | Apr 2026–present | |
| Charles St John Stewart Peppiatt | March 1970 | Oct 2024–present | |
| Caroline Gray | September 1964 | Nov 2007–Sep 2010 | |
| Martin Peter Hopcroft | August 1960 | Aug 2025–Jan 2026 | |
| Christopher Adrian Jewell | July 1964 | Oct 2024–Aug 2025 | |
| Anthony William Palframan | February 1958 | Jul 2004–Oct 2024 | |
| Steven David Shaw | April 1962 | Oct 2017–Jan 2019 |
Latest accounts (income/expenditure): FY to 30 Sep 2025 (audit-exempt; filed 27 May 2026; OCR): turnover £10,381,177 (prior: £6,593,704); operating profit £429,762; profit £245,149.[2]
Arms trade involvement: Optical components.
Supply to the IDF / Israel MOD / Israeli security services: CAAT: 13 SIELs issued, 5 pending, 1 refused, 1 withdrawn/stopped for Israel.[3]
Activities in the occupied territories: None documented.
Links to the Israeli government: Indirect (supply).
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):
- Part of the G&H campaign (above).
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 Phoenix Optical Technologies Limited overview. Companies House.
- ↑ Phoenix Optical Technologies Limited filing history. Companies House.
- ↑ How the UK arms and supports Israel's genocide in Gaza.