Check Point Software Technologies (UK) Ltd.
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
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| Type | Private limited Company |
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| Headquarters | 5.2 Central House 1 Ballards Lane, London, N3 1LQ, England |
| Industry | 96090 - Other service activities not elsewhere classified |
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- 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[1]
- 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.[2]
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):[1]
- 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):[1]
| Name | Born (month/year) | Service | † |
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| 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).[3]
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).[4]
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.[5] 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 OHCHR database.
Links to the Israeli government: Gil Shwed received the Israel Prize (state award) for high-tech.[6] No other documented link.
WZO / JNF / Jewish Agency / Keren Hayesod: None found. Targeted searches covered the WZO, JNF/KKL, 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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Companies House, Check Point Software Technologies (UK) Ltd. (03201839): company overview Find and update company information (GOV.UK).
- ↑ CompaniesMarketCap, Check Point Software (CHKP) – market capitalization companiesmarketcap.com, October 2026.
- ↑ Companies House, Check Point Software Technologies (UK) Ltd. (03201839): filing history Find and update company information (GOV.UK).
- ↑ HM Land Registry, UK companies that own property in England and Wales (CCOD), October 2026 file HM Land Registry Use land and property data.
- ↑ Forbes, A fortune in firewalls Forbes Global, 18 March 2002.
- ↑ Globes, Check Point CEO Gil Shwed wins Israel Prize Globes.