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'''Check Point Software Technologies (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==
{{Infobox company
| name = Check Point Software Technologies (UK) Ltd.
| former_name = Checkpoint Software Technologies (UK) Limited (5 Jul 1996 – 6 Jun 2001); Check Point Software Technologies (UK) Limited (26 Jun 1996 – 5 Jul 1996); Beamstart Limited (21 May 1996 – 26 Jun 1996)
| type = Private limited Company
| industry = 96090 - Other service activities not elsewhere classified
| hq_location = 5.2 Central House 1 Ballards Lane, London, N3 1LQ, England
}}

* '''Category:''' P / O / D (Israeli corporate PSC / parent company; officer(s) with an Israeli correspondence address; defence, security, surveillance or cyber-intelligence activity); connection score 5
* '''Company number:''' 03201839<ref name="CH03201839" />
* '''Status:''' Active
* '''Type:''' Private limited Company
* '''Incorporated / registered:''' 21 May 1996
* '''SIC:''' 96090 - Other service activities not elsewhere classified
* '''Registered office:''' 5.2 Central House 1 Ballards Lane, London, N3 1LQ, England
* '''Previous names:''' Checkpoint Software Technologies (UK) Limited (5 Jul 1996 – 6 Jun 2001); Check Point Software Technologies (UK) Limited (26 Jun 1996 – 5 Jul 1996); Beamstart Limited (21 May 1996 – 26 Jun 1996)
* '''Listing / market cap:''' Not listed. Parent [[Check Point Software Technologies]] (NASDAQ: CHKP) ≈ US$13.90bn.<ref name="CMCCheckPoint">CompaniesMarketCap, [https://companiesmarketcap.com/check-point-software/marketcap/ Check Point Software (CHKP) – market capitalization] ''companiesmarketcap.com'', October 2026.</ref>

'''Israel connection:'''
* CH PSC: Check Point Software Technologies Ltd (Tel Aviv, Israel). 7 of 18 director appointments have Israeli correspondence addresses, one of them current (CH).

'''Persons with significant control (CH):'''<ref name="CH03201839" />
* [[Check Point Software Technologies Ltd]] (active) — address: Shalom Kaplan Street, Tel Aviv, Israel; legal form Corporate; governing law Israel; registered at Israel; registration number 51-183062-2; country registered Israel; notified 6 Apr 2016; nature of control: ownership of shares – 75% or more; voting rights – 75% or more; right to appoint or remove directors

'''Directors (CH; 18 director appointments, 2 current; † = Israel correspondence address, 7 appointments):'''<ref name="CH03201839" />

{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
|+ Directors (month/year as shown by Companies House; † = Israel correspondence address, an address fact only)
! Name !! Born (month/year) !! Service !! †
|-
| [[Josef Itzkoviz]] || October 1988 || Feb 2024–present || †
|-
| [[Shira Yashar]] || January 1979 || Nov 2021–present ||
|-
| [[Eshkol Amor]] || February 1969 || Aug 2012–Oct 2013 ||
|-
| [[Limor Bakal]] || June 1964 || Apr 2001–Mar 2003 || †
|-
| [[Stephen Barnett]] || July 1963 || Jun 1996–Dec 2002 ||
|-
| [[Nechama Ben Meir]] || October 1972 || Oct 2013–Jun 2018 || †
|-
| [[Herve Bourgeois]] || August 1952 || Mar 2003–Oct 2004 ||
|-
| [[Bruno Darmon]] || March 1961 || Jul 2006–Jun 2021 ||
|-
| [[Roei Golan]] || December 1984 || Oct 2021–Feb 2024 ||
|-
| [[Erez Hershkovitz]] || December 1983 || Jan 2019–Jul 2021 || †
|-
| [[Nicholas John Hudson Lowe]] || April 1963 || Jun 2003–Jul 2011 ||
|-
| [[Marius Macht]] || July 1962 || Jun 1996–Apr 2001 || †
|-
| [[Efrat Makov]] || March 1968 || Mar 2003–Sep 2005 || †
|-
| [[Kevin Robert Maloney]] || April 1954 || Nov 2004–Jul 2006 ||
|-
| [[Sharona Novak]] || April 1972 || Apr 2006–Aug 2012 || †
|-
| [[John Slavitt]] || April 1967 || Jan 2010–Oct 2021 ||
|-
| [[Jerry Ungerman]] || December 1944 || Apr 2001–Mar 2004 ||
|-
| [[Hallmark Registrars Limited]] (corporate nominee director) || – || May 1996–Jun 1996 ||
|}

'''Latest accounts (income/expenditure):''' Full accounts for FY to 31 Dec 2024 (filed 7 Nov 2025; scanned, read by OCR): turnover £49,636,809 (2023: £42,306,934); pre-sales and marketing cost £(40,526,911); administrative expenses £(6,120,563); operating profit £2,989,335 (2023: £2,967,451); profit for the year £2,468,457 (2023: £2,149,751).<ref name="CH03201839FH">Companies House, [https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/03201839/filing-history Check Point Software Technologies (UK) Ltd. (03201839): filing history] ''Find and update company information (GOV.UK)''.</ref>

'''UK land and property:''' HM Land Registry (CCOD, Oct 2026) lists 1 title(s) in England and Wales under this proprietor name or number: Fourth Floor, 85 London Wall, London (EC2M 7AD) (leasehold, title AGL557374, added 09-02-2022).<ref name="LRCCOD" />

'''Arms trade involvement:''' Not arms. Cyber-security (firewall and network security) software.

'''Supply to the IDF / Israel MOD / Israeli security services:''' Ex-IDF links (parent): ''[[Forbes]]'' reports that founder and CEO [[Gil Shwed]] served in the IDF intelligence unit 8200, where the idea for the firewall originated.<ref name="Forbes2002">Forbes, [https://www.forbes.com/global/2002/0318/042.html A fortune in firewalls] ''Forbes Global'', 18 March 2002.</ref> No supply contract with the IDF or Israel MOD was verified.

'''Activities in the occupied territories:''' None documented in the sources reviewed; not listed by [[Who Profits]] or the [[Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights|OHCHR]] database.

'''Links to the Israeli government:''' [[Gil Shwed]] received the Israel Prize (state award) for high-tech.<ref name="GlobesShwed">Globes, [https://en.globes.co.il/en/article-check-point-ceo-gil-shwed-wins-israel-prize-1001226129 Check Point CEO Gil Shwed wins Israel Prize] ''Globes''.</ref> No other documented link.

'''WZO / JNF / Jewish Agency / Keren Hayesod:''' None found. Targeted searches covered the [[World Zionist Organization|WZO]], [[Jewish National Fund|JNF/KKL]], [[Jewish Agency for Israel|Jewish Agency]] and [[Keren Hayesod]].

'''Controversies (protests, legal cases, export-licence rulings):'''
* None found.

==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==
<references>
<ref name="CH03201839">Companies House, [https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/03201839 Check Point Software Technologies (UK) Ltd. (03201839): company overview] ''Find and update company information (GOV.UK)''.</ref>
<ref name="LRCCOD">HM Land Registry, [https://use-land-property-data.service.gov.uk/datasets/ccod UK companies that own property in England and Wales (CCOD), October 2026 file] ''HM Land Registry Use land and property data''.</ref>
</references>

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 {{Infobox company
 | name = Check Point Software Technologies (UK) Ltd.
 | logo = [[File:Check Point Software Technologies UK Ltd. logo.png|200px]]
 | type = Private limited Company
 | founded = 21 May 1996
 | hq_location = 5.2 Central House 1 Ballards Lane, London, N3 1LQ, England
 | industry = 96090 - Other service activities not elsewhere classified
 | parent = Check Point Software Technologies Ltd
 | homepage = [https://www.checkpoint.com checkpoint.com]
 }}

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