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ASOS POLITICAL

POLITICAL AUDIT UPDATED 2026-09-22
Political Score 2.83 /10 D ASOS - BDS-1000 307
Political 2.83

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Corporate Communications & Public Stance

ASOS’s 2025 annual report characterises the Group as a global fashion retailer.1

No public evidence identified in the supplied materials of an ASOS corporate statement endorsing or opposing Israeli government policy, Israeli military activity, Palestinian rights, or an Israel–Palestine boycott position.1, 2, 3

A November 2023 Mako report attributed temporary Israel-specific promotional reductions to an ASOS response citing “shipping limitations,” but no primary ASOS statement, carrier identification, or underlying logistics record was supplied.4

No public evidence identified in the supplied materials of continuing Israel-facing ASOS corporate communications, political-beneficiary sponsorships, relief actions, or partnerships concerning Israeli government policy, military-welfare bodies, settlements, Zionism, Palestinian rights, or anti-BDS activity.1, 2, 3

Operations in Occupied or Contested Territories

ASOS’s Israel-localised delivery page offers standard delivery to Israel, with a stated delivery charge and free-delivery threshold.5

The delivery page does not identify the delivery carrier, fulfilment origin, postal-code coverage, service to West Bank settlements, or service geography within Israel or the occupied Palestinian territory.5

ASOS’s 2025 modern-slavery statement identifies permanent employee locations in the UK, Northern Ireland, Hong Kong, Germany, the Netherlands, the United States, and Turkey.6

The same statement identifies third-party fulfilment centres in Barnsley and Berlin and returns or reprocessing sites in Poznań and Doncaster.6

Israel and the occupied Palestinian territory are not specifically identified among those listed employee, fulfilment, or returns locations.6

ASOS’s FY2025 related-undertakings disclosure does not identify an Israel-incorporated Group entity or Israeli ASOS branch, although that document-level finding does not establish the absence of Israeli customers, sales, service providers, or non-controlled arrangements.1

The supplied review found no ASOS mention in the checked 2023 and 2025 OHCHR settlement-business database materials or in the UN Special Rapporteur’s 2025 report A/HRC/59/23.7, 8

No public evidence identified of ASOS selling, labelling, sourcing, or categorising settlement-origin products.1, 6, 7, 8

Internal Governance, Content & Retail Policies

ASOS’s 2025 modern-slavery disclosure describes supply-chain and operational arrangements at an aggregate level rather than publishing a country-by-country supplier list.6

That disclosure therefore does not resolve whether individual suppliers, production, contractors, or deliveries are linked to Israel, Palestine, or Israeli settlements.6

In April 2018, Globes reported a strategic-cooperation agreement between ASOS and Zeekit, an Israeli virtual-fitting technology company, while noting that the agreement value was not disclosed.9

CTech reported that Zeekit technology had been integrated into an ASOS app feature released in March 2018 to simulate garments on models with different body types.3

The supplied sources do not establish the duration of the Zeekit arrangement, later payments, successor arrangements, or whether ASOS continued using the technology after Zeekit’s acquisition by Walmart.9, 3

No public evidence identified of a published ASOS retail policy specifically addressing settlement-origin merchandise or delivery to settlements.6, 5

Brand Heritage & State Partnerships

ASOS plc is an active English public limited company, incorporated on 2 June 2000 under company number 04006623, with a registered office at Greater London House, Hampstead Road, London NW1 7FB.10

ASOS identifies Nick Robertson as its founder and a non-executive director, and Companies House records his directorship as commencing on 6 June 2000.1, 11

The FY2025 ownership disclosure identifies private and corporate shareholders and does not identify a state shareholder, golden share, or state-directed corporate mandate.1

No public evidence identified of ASOS sponsorship of Israeli state public-relations programmes, settlement institutions, military-welfare bodies, or state-aligned advocacy organisations.1, 2, 3

Lobbying, Advocacy, Financing & Logistics

ASOS’s FY2025 Directors’ Report states that no political donations were made during the financial period, compared with £nil in 2024.1

That disclosure does not address personal political contributions by directors, shareholders, or other individuals associated with the company, nor non-political charitable contributions by directors, shareholders, or their controlled entities.1

No public evidence identified of ASOS providing conflict-period corporate logistics, free services, infrastructure, or other resources to Israeli state, military, settlement, or military-welfare activity.1, 6

No public evidence identified of ASOS being named in the reviewed organised boycott or divestment materials on Israel–Palestine grounds.7, 8

Corporate Structure & Primary Mission

ASOS plc describes itself and its subsidiaries as the ASOS Group.1

ASOS.com Limited is disclosed as a 100%-indirectly-held UK internet retailer that generated more than 99% of Group revenue in FY2025.1

The FY2025 related-undertakings disclosure includes entities in the United Kingdom, Netherlands, United States, Germany, France, Australia, Canada, and China, including ASOS Intermediate Holdings Limited, ASOS Payments Europe B.V., ASOS US, Inc., ASOS Germany GmbH, ASOS France SAS, ASOS Australia Pty Limited, ASOS Canada Services Limited, ASOS (Shanghai) Commerce Co. Limited, and an ASOS.com Limited Netherlands branch.1

ASOS plc’s registered SIC classification is “Activities of head offices.”10

Companies House states that ASOS plc is exempt from maintaining PSC information because its voting shares are admitted to trading on a UK regulated market.12

The PSC register’s exemption means it does not identify a statutory person with significant control.12

ASOS’s FY2025 annual report lists holdings of 3% or more for Aktieselskabet af 5.5.2010, Frasers Group plc, Camelot Partners LLC, and Schroders plc.1

ASOS’s latest accounts were made up to 31 August 2025, and its latest confirmation statement is dated 25 July 2026; Companies House records that confirmation statement as filed on 30 July 2026 with no updates.10, 13

Executive & Leadership Footprint

Companies House lists active ASOS directors including William Barker, Christine Cross, Wei Gao, Marie Gulin-Merle, José Manuel Martínez Gutiérrez, Aaron Izzard, Jonathan Damian Kamaluddin, Natasja Laheij, José Antonio Ramos Calamonte, Nicholas John Robertson, and Anna Maria Rugarli.11

The 2026 AGM notice identifies Natasja Laheij as Chair, William Barker as Deputy Chair, José Antonio Ramos Calamonte as CEO, Aaron Izzard as CFO, José Manuel Martínez Gutiérrez as Senior Independent Director, and Nick Robertson as Founder and Non-executive Director.14

Jonathan Damian Kamaluddin was appointed a director on 1 December 2025, Aaron Izzard was appointed a director on 1 July 2025, and Jørgen Lindemann ceased to be a director on 21 November 2025.13

ASOS’s management-committee page lists Ramos Calamonte, Izzard, Elena Martínez-Ortiz, Anthony Ben Sadoun, Rishi Sharma, Vanessa Spence, Chris Smith, Ras Vaghjiani, and Michelle Wilson.15

ASOS states that William Barker became non-independent Deputy Chair on 31 July 2025 and is founder and CEO of Camelot Capital Partners LLC.1

The 2026 AGM notice additionally identifies Barker as Executive Chairman of Tapi Carpets & Floors Limited and Synnovia Limited, a Re:Build Manufacturing LLC board member, and Co-Chairman of Slate Auto.14

Camelot Partners LLC held 18,391,264 ASOS shares, or 15.39%, as at 30 October 2025.1

An ASOS RNS dated 23 April 2026 states that Camelot Capital Partners LLC, described by ASOS as a person closely associated with Barker, bought 1,627,693 ASOS ordinary shares and then held 20,451,150 shares.16

ASOS treats founder Nick Robertson as non-independent under the UK Corporate Governance Code because of his former CEO role.1

The 2026 AGM notice states that Robertson has served as an ASOS non-executive director since September 2015 and is Chair of the ASOS Foundation.14

No public evidence identified in the supplied materials of donations, advocacy, state-linked affiliations, lobbying, sponsorships, or controlled-vehicle support by Robertson, Barker/Camelot, or the serving ASOS directors and management committee concerning Israeli government policy, military-welfare bodies, settlements, Zionism, Palestinian rights, or anti-BDS activity.1, 11, 2, 14, 15

The supplied materials do not resolve personal Israel–Palestine-related donations, statements, investments, affiliations, or controlled-vehicle activity by Robertson, Barker/Camelot, other major shareholders, directors, or management.1, 12, 14, 15

ASOS publishes corporate-governance information on its investor-facing governance page.2

Companies House provides ASOS plc’s public filing history for review.17

Footnotes

  1. https://www.asosplc.com/media/buijobcn/49775_asos_ar25_text_int_031225-final.pdf ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6 ↩7 ↩8 ↩9 ↩10 ↩11 ↩12 ↩13 ↩14 ↩15 ↩16 ↩17 ↩18 ↩19 ↩20

  2. https://www.asosplc.com/about-us/our-governance/ ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5

  3. https://www.calcalistech.com/ctech/articles/0%2C7340%2CL-3735385%2C00.html ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5

  4. https://www.mako.co.il/finances-magazine/money_week/Article-57eeb5c0e1cdb81027.htm ↩

  5. https://www.asos.com/customer-service/delivery/?country=il ↩ ↩2 ↩3

  6. https://www.asosplc.com/media/im2f3hik/modern-slavery-statement_oct-25_v6_rgb.pdf ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6 ↩7 ↩8

  7. https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2025/09/un-human-rights-office-updates-database-businesses-involved-israeli ↩ ↩2 ↩3

  8. https://docs.un.org/en/A/HRC/59/23 ↩ ↩2 ↩3

  9. https://en.globes.co.il/en/article.aspx?did=1001230409&from=iglobes ↩ ↩2

  10. https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/04006623 ↩ ↩2 ↩3

  11. https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/04006623/officers ↩ ↩2 ↩3

  12. https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/04006623/persons-with-significant-control ↩ ↩2 ↩3

  13. https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/04006623/filing-history ↩ ↩2

  14. https://www.asosplc.com/media/y0pdcsxy/49775_asos_nom26_aw_021225-final.pdf ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5

  15. https://www.asosplc.com/about-us/our-management-committee/ ↩ ↩2 ↩3

  16. https://www.lse.co.uk/rns/directorpdmr-shareholding-cnwzdjr22v6z2ei.html ↩

  17. https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/04006623/filing-history ↩