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'''Kastor Holdings Limited''' 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 = Kastor Holdings Limited
| type = Private limited Company
| industry = 64205 - Activities of financial services holding companies
| hq_location = 69 Leadenhall Street, London, EC3A 2BG, 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 3
* '''Company number:''' 13322968<ref name="CH13322968" />
* '''Status:''' Active
* '''Type:''' Private limited Company
* '''Incorporated / registered:''' 8 Apr 2021
* '''SIC:''' 64205 - Activities of financial services holding companies
* '''Registered office:''' 69 Leadenhall Street, London, EC3A 2BG, England
* '''Listing / market cap:''' Not listed. Parent [[ZIM Integrated Shipping Services]] (NYSE: ZIM) ≈ US$3.57bn.<ref name="CMCZIM">CompaniesMarketCap, [https://companiesmarketcap.com/zim/marketcap/ ZIM Integrated Shipping Services (ZIM) – market capitalization] ''companiesmarketcap.com'', October 2026.</ref>

'''Israel connection:'''
* CH PSC: ZIM Integrated Shipping Services Ltd (Haifa, Israel), 75%+. Current directors include Shimrit Hanein Bar Yoseph and Noam Nativ (CH).

'''Persons with significant control (CH):'''<ref name="CH13322968" />
* [[Zim Integrated Shipping Services Ltd]] (active) — address: Matam Scientific Industries Center, PO Box 1723, Haifa, 31016, Israel; legal form Limited; governing law Israel; registered at Israel; registration number 520015041; country registered Israel; notified 8 Apr 2021; nature of control: ownership of shares – 75% or more; voting rights – 75% or more; right to appoint or remove directors

'''Directors (CH; 5 director appointments, 4 current; † = Israel correspondence address, 0 appointments):'''<ref name="CH13322968" />

{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible"
|+ Directors (month/year as shown by Companies House; † = Israel correspondence address, an address fact only)
! Name !! Born (month/year) !! Service !! †
|-
| [[Nicholas William Andrews]] || March 1961 || Dec 2021–present ||
|-
| [[Shimrit Hanein Bar Yoseph]] || December 1971 || Dec 2021–present ||
|-
| [[Noam Nativ]] || December 1970 || Dec 2021–present ||
|-
| [[Paul Stephen Wells]] || August 1970 || Apr 2021–present ||
|-
| [[Xavier Destriau]] || May 1972 || Dec 2021–Aug 2026 ||
|}

'''Latest accounts (income/expenditure):''' Full accounts for FY to 31 Dec 2025 (filed 21 Apr 2026; digital iXBRL filing): revenue £7,048,641 (2024: £7,013,025); administrative expenses £(7,003,945); operating profit £44,696; profit before tax £208,474; profit from continuing operations £73,718; total profit £202,150 including £128,432 from the discontinued BritAmerica Management Group; 61 employees.<ref name="CH13322968FH">Companies House, [https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/13322968/filing-history Kastor Holdings Limited (13322968): filing history] ''Find and update company information (GOV.UK)''.</ref>

'''Arms trade involvement:''' Parent group: [[Who Profits]] says ZIM is one of the main shippers of weapons and military equipment for the Israeli Ministry of Defense under an Israel Carrier Association agreement dating from 1991; ammunition was reported shipped via Antwerp in 2023, and Belgian NGOs filed a criminal complaint in May 2024.<ref name="WPZIM">Who Profits Research Center, [https://www.whoprofits.org/companies/company/7393 ZIM Integrated Shipping Services] ''Who Profits'', information valid to 20 May 2025.</ref>

'''Supply to the IDF / Israel MOD / Israeli security services:''' Parent group: see arms trade (Ministry of Defense shipments).<ref name="WPZIM" />

'''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:''' Parent group: formerly state-owned, privatised in 2003 (Who Profits).<ref name="WPZIM" />

'''WZO / JNF / Jewish Agency / Keren Hayesod:''' None found in the sources reviewed.

'''Controversies (protests, legal cases, export-licence rulings):'''
* Parent group listed in the [[Who Profits]] database.<ref name="WPZIM" />

==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="CH13322968">Companies House, [https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/13322968 Kastor Holdings Limited (13322968): company overview] ''Find and update company information (GOV.UK)''.</ref>
</references>

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 {{Infobox company
 | name = Kastor Holdings Limited
 | type = Private limited Company
 | founded = 8 Apr 2021
 | hq_location = 69 Leadenhall Street, London, EC3A 2BG, England
 | industry = 64205 - Activities of financial services holding companies
 | parent = Zim Integrated Shipping Services Ltd
 }}

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