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Aston Martin ECONOMIC

ECONOMIC AUDIT UPDATED 2026-06-16
Economic Score 0.80 /10 E Aston Martin - BDS-1000 136
Economic 0.80

Evidence-only forensic audit. Scoring happens downstream - see the main dossier for the composite assessment.

Economic Audit: Aston Martin Lagonda Global Holdings plc

Audit Phase: Economic Subject Entity: Aston Martin Lagonda Global Holdings plc (LSE: AML) Registered Address: Aston Martin, Banbury Road, Gaydon, Warwick, CV35 0DB, United Kingdom Companies House No.: 11488166 (England and Wales) Audit Date: June 2026 Evidence Base: Published corporate disclosures, regulatory filings (Companies House, SEC), company press releases, automotive trade press, and named-supplier announcements. All factual claims are sourced inline to primary or named documents listed in the End Notes.

Supply Chain & Sourcing Relationships

Direct Supplier Relationships

Aston Martin is an ultra-luxury automotive manufacturer; its supply chain comprises automotive components, raw materials (aluminium, carbon fibre, leather, precision electronics), and powertrain assemblies.1 No public evidence was identified of any commercial relationship between Aston Martin and Israeli agricultural aggregators, food exporters, or fast-moving consumer goods suppliers (Mehadrin, Hadiklaim, Galilee Export, Agrexco successors). NGO databases maintained by Who Profits2 and Corporate Occupation3 and UK trade guidance4 were consulted and return no Aston Martin entry in connection with physical-goods sourcing.

Importer of Record Structure - Israel

Aston Martin does not operate a wholly-owned subsidiary as importer of record in Israel. The authorised importer and dealer is Autoart Group (trading locally as “Aston Martin Israel”), which describes itself as having “began as the official importer of the Aston Martin brand in Israel” and states it is “proud to officially represent” Aston Martin in Israel.5 Aston Martin’s own dealer locator lists “Aston Martin Israel” as an authorised dealer.6 The importer bears responsibility for wholesale purchase, customs clearance, local homologation, financing, warranty, and after-sales service.5 No joint venture, equity-linked import entity, or Aston Martin-owned retail operation within Israel was identified.

The dealership and showroom are located at 25 Maskit Street, Herzliya (postal code 4673325)5 - a location within the Green Line (pre-1967 Israel). Globes reported the launch of Aston Martin sales in Israel and dated the importer’s establishment to 2014, naming the importer as “Auto Art” and its owner as “businessman Haim Danino, brother of the Israel Police Inspector General.”7 The Israel Police Inspector General during that period was Yohanan Danino, who served from May 2011 to June 2015.8 The “Aston Martin Israel” / Autoart about page separately names the group’s founders as Tomer Dotan and Meir Ohayon.5

Seasonal Sourcing Patterns

No public evidence identified.

Third-Party & Indirect Sourcing

Aston Martin’s most significant indirect exposure to Israeli-origin technology enters via the Mercedes-Benz Group AG strategic technology agreement, under which Mercedes licenses powertrain architecture (conventional, hybrid, electric), electric/electronic (E/E) architecture, powertrain software, and hardware/software components to Aston Martin.910 This is an automotive technology licensing relationship, documented in full under Investment, Capital & Financial Exposure, rather than a product-reseller or white-label arrangement. No Israeli-origin physical automotive parts reaching Aston Martin through third-party distributors or white-label arrangements outside the Mercedes-Benz vector were identified.23

Product Origin, Labeling & Regulatory Compliance

Settlement-Origin Products

No public evidence identified. Aston Martin does not source food, agricultural produce, or consumer goods subject to country-of-origin labelling regimes, and no Who Profits2 or Corporate Occupation3 investigation citing Aston Martin in connection with settlement-origin physical goods was identified.

Labeling Compliance

No public evidence identified. No DEFRA citations, customs audits, or enforcement actions referencing Aston Martin in connection with country-of-origin labelling were found. UK government guidance on trading with Israel4 imposes no relevant labelling obligation on an automotive OEM selling through an independent Israeli importer of record.

Corporate Labeling Policy

No public evidence identified. Aston Martin has not published any corporate policy on the sourcing or labelling of goods from occupied or contested territories; annual reports, NGO databases23, and the corporate newsroom yielded no relevant policy document.1

Investment, Capital & Financial Exposure

Foreign Direct Investment

No public evidence identified of Aston Martin Lagonda holding direct equity investments, acquisitions, factories, data centres, logistics hubs, or real estate within Israel or occupied territories. Capital expenditure disclosed in corporate filings is directed toward the Gaydon, Warwickshire (UK) headquarters and primary manufacturing facility and the St Athan, Vale of Glamorgan (Wales) facility where DBX production is concentrated.111 No outbound foreign direct investment into Israel was recorded in Companies House disclosures.11

Research & Development Centres

No public evidence identified of any Aston Martin-operated R&D facility, technology partnership, innovation lab, or accelerator programme within Israel. R&D activity identifiable from corporate disclosures is conducted from the Gaydon engineering campus.1

Parent & Beneficial Ownership Structure

Aston Martin Lagonda Global Holdings plc is a publicly listed company (LSE: AML), incorporated in England and Wales on 27 July 2018 ahead of its IPO.11 As of 2025, four major shareholders are reported to control roughly 85% of the company:12

ShareholderApprox. StakeEntity TypeNotes
Yew Tree Consortium (Lawrence Stroll)~27.7% voting rightsPrivate consortiumStroll serves as Executive Chairman13
Saudi Public Investment Fund (PIF)~20.5% (raised Nov 2023)Sovereign wealth fundFinancial investor12
Geely~15.2%Chinese automotive groupFinancial investor12
Mercedes-Benz Group AG~8%German OEMStrategic technology licensor912
Public / institutional floatremainderListed shares (LSE: AML) -

Stake percentages fluctuate with share issuances; figures above are drawn from 2025 reporting and the November 2023 PIF increase.12

Mercedes-Benz Group AG is the primary technology licensor under the 2020 strategic technology agreement, which granted Mercedes equity in stages in exchange for technology access, taking its holding toward a maximum of no more than 20.0%, with rights to nominate non-executive directors.910 Mercedes-Benz operates a dedicated Israeli R&D entity, Mercedes-Benz Research & Development Tel Aviv Ltd., focused on car and IT security, connected-car, cyber security, and digital mobility services.1415 As the principal E/E-architecture and software licensor, Mercedes-Benz is the vector through which Israeli-origin technology could enter Aston Martin’s product architecture. Aston Martin holds no equity in any Mercedes-Benz Israeli entity; the relationship is a one-directional licensing and supply agreement.9

Geely (~15.2%) and Saudi PIF (~20.5%) are reported as financial investors;12 no Israel-specific investment by either, tied to its Aston Martin stake, was identified in public filings.

Technology Supply Chain - Israeli-Headquartered Vendors

SentinelOne (cybersecurity). SentinelOne’s press release on its Aston Martin Aramco Formula One Team partnership states that the team leverages the SentinelOne Singularity Platform - “the same technology that Aston Martin Lagonda has been using since 2018” - and that the partnership covers protection across “every endpoint, IoT device, and cloud workload.”16 This indicates a direct enterprise cybersecurity relationship between Aston Martin Lagonda (the road-car company) and SentinelOne dating to 2018, distinct from the later (2021, renewed 2024) Formula One team sponsorship.16 SentinelOne (NYSE: S) is incorporated in the United States and headquartered in Mountain View, California, but maintains its largest R&D concentration in Israel; one interview-based report states roughly 300 developers - about 30% of the global workforce - were based in Israel, and that co-founders Tomer Weingarten and Almog Cohen are Israeli nationals from Petah Tikva who have publicly stated they did not serve in elite Israeli military intelligence units.17 No contractual or financial link between SentinelOne and Israeli state or military structures was identified beyond the founders’ nationality and the company’s Israeli R&D footprint.17

Mobileye (ADAS). Mobileye Global Inc. (Jerusalem-headquartered) is a dominant supplier of ADAS camera-vision system-on-chips. A January 2026 Mobileye announcement (“Mobileye Surround ADAS Adds Second Top 10 Automaker”) was identified;18 the named automaker in that announcement is Mahindra & Mahindra, following Volkswagen Group - not Aston Martin.1819 No public evidence was identified naming Aston Martin as a direct Mobileye customer. Any presence of Mobileye silicon in Aston Martin vehicles would be a transitive consequence of Aston Martin’s Mercedes-derived E/E architecture9 rather than a documented direct supply relationship; no Aston Martin press release, technical specification, or filing confirming Mobileye content was identified.1

Valens Semiconductor (in-vehicle connectivity). Valens Semiconductor (NYSE: VLN, headquartered in Hod Hasharon, Israel) announced in September 2024 three automotive design wins from “leading European OEMs” for its VA7000 MIPI A-PHY chipsets, with start of production in 2026 and an estimated combined volume of approximately 500,000 vehicles per year.20 Aston Martin is not named in that release, and its global wholesale volume of roughly 6,000–7,000 vehicles per year1 is far below the per-OEM volume profile described. No public evidence was identified confirming Valens chips in Aston Martin vehicles; any such presence would be a transitive inference via the Mercedes-Benz vector, not a documented fact.920

Portfolio & Fund Exposure

No public evidence identified of Aston Martin Lagonda holding Israeli-domiciled equities, Israeli sovereign bonds, or Israel-focused investment funds.11

Operational Presence & Market Activity

Physical Footprint

Aston Martin’s operational presence in Israel is mediated through its authorised importer and dealer, Autoart Group, at 25 Maskit Street, Herzliya.567 This is the importer’s facility; it is not Aston Martin-owned or Aston Martin-operated. No offices, sales operations, support centres, warehouses, or retail locations owned or operated by Aston Martin Lagonda within Israel were identified.11 No operational presence in the West Bank, Gaza, or Golan Heights was identified in NGO databases23, corporate filings11, or the official dealer locator.6

Employment & Tax Contribution

No public evidence identified of Aston Martin employees based in Israel, or of any Aston Martin tax or regulatory registration within the Israeli jurisdiction. Any employment within Israel is attributable to Autoart Group as an independent importer.5

Market Positioning

Israel is not characterised as a strategic market, growth market, or regional hub in any Aston Martin annual report, investor presentation, or press release identified during this audit.1 The country is not named as a significant revenue geography in the company’s financial disclosures.1 The Israel importer relationship was established in 2014 per Globes,7 with no subsequent high-profile market announcements identified.

Corporate Structure & Foundational Ties

Founding & Incorporation History

Aston Martin was founded in 1913 in the United Kingdom by Lionel Martin and Robert Bamford; the marque has no Israeli founding history and no Israeli-origin predecessor operations.21 The current holding company, Aston Martin Lagonda Global Holdings plc, was incorporated in England and Wales (Companies House No. 11488166) on 27 July 2018 ahead of its London Stock Exchange IPO.11

Headquarters & Domicile

State & Institutional Linkages

No public evidence identified of Israeli state ownership stake, Israeli government board appointees, Israeli government contracts, or designation as Israeli critical national infrastructure.111 The company’s state-linked shareholders are the Saudi Public Investment Fund and - indirectly via Geely - Chinese interests.12 No UK Government ownership stake in Aston Martin was identified.11

Structural Governance Features

No public evidence identified of golden shares, founder shares, or charter restrictions tying Aston Martin’s operations or mission to the Israeli state or its policy objectives.11 Governance is exercised primarily through Lawrence Stroll’s Yew Tree Consortium and his role as Executive Chairman, appointed January 2020 following the consortium’s rescue investment.13

Executive & Governance Connections - Lawrence Stroll

Lawrence Stroll (Executive Chairman) is a Canadian billionaire fashion and motorsport investor, born in Montreal in 1959 to a Jewish family.22 He was appointed Executive Chairman of Aston Martin Lagonda in January 2020.13 No public evidence was identified, from documents retrievable during this audit, confirming that Stroll holds a leadership role in, or is a named donor to, Friends of the IDF, the Jewish National Fund, or comparable Israel-linked organisations; prior assertions to that effect could not be independently corroborated and are recorded here as unresolved. Personal religious or community background is biographical and is not, on its own, a corporate economic nexus between Aston Martin and Israel.

Profit Repatriation & Economic Contribution

Revenue Attribution

Aston Martin does not break out Israel as a named revenue geography in its financial disclosures; revenue is reported across broad regional segments and Israel is not separately disclosed.1 Given annual global wholesale volumes of approximately 6,000–7,000 vehicles,1 a single-importer market such as Israel represents an immaterial revenue contribution at the entity level. No Israel-specific revenue disclosure was identified.1

Profit Flows

Autoart Group purchases vehicles from Aston Martin on a wholesale basis.57 Revenue generated by vehicle sales in Israel flows from the Israeli importer to the UK entity as wholesale vehicle revenues - an outward flow from Israel to the UK, not an inward flow into Israel. Aston Martin’s corporate profits accrue to its shareholder base - Stroll’s Yew Tree Consortium (Canada/UK), Saudi PIF, Geely (China), and Mercedes-Benz (Germany).12 No profit flow into Israel via an Israeli-domiciled parent or controlling owner was identified.12

Economic Ecosystem Role

No public evidence identified of any Israeli government designation, industry report, or public assessment characterising Aston Martin as significant to any sector of the Israeli economy.231 Aston Martin’s role in the Israeli market is limited to that of a luxury automotive brand represented by an independent authorised importer.57

End Notes

Footnotes

  1. https://www.astonmartinlagonda.com/investors/results-reports-and-presentations ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6 ↩7 ↩8 ↩9 ↩10 ↩11 ↩12 ↩13 ↩14 ↩15

  2. https://whoprofits.org/ ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6

  3. https://www.corporateoccupation.org/ ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6

  4. https://www.gov.uk/guidance/trading-with-israel ↩ ↩2

  5. https://www.astonmartin-israel.co.il/en/pages/about ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6 ↩7 ↩8

  6. https://www.astonmartin.com/en/dealers/aston-martin-israel ↩ ↩2 ↩3

  7. https://en.globes.co.il/en/article-aston-martin-launches-israel-sales-1000968509 ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5

  8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yohanan_Danino ↩

  9. https://www.astonmartin.com/en-us/our-world/news/2020/10/27/mercedes-benz-ag-strategic-technology-agreement-new-financing-and-q3-results ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6

  10. https://www.automotiveworld.com/news-releases/mercedes-benz-ag-and-aston-martin-to-expand-technology-partnership-and-shareholding/ ↩ ↩2

  11. https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/11488166 ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6 ↩7 ↩8 ↩9 ↩10 ↩11 ↩12

  12. https://backtofrontshow.com/who-owns-aston-martin/ ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6 ↩7 ↩8 ↩9

  13. https://www.astonmartinlagonda.com/our-world/news/2020/01/aston-martin-lagonda-appoints-lawrence-stroll-executive-chairman ↩ ↩2 ↩3

  14. https://group.mercedes-benz.com/careers/about-us/locations/location-detail-page-138432.html ↩

  15. https://www.timesofisrael.com/mercedes-benz-opens-tech-hub-in-tel-aviv-to-secure-lead-in-connected-cars/ ↩

  16. https://www.sentinelone.com/press/aston-martin-aramco-formula-one-team-drives-cybersecurity-with-sentinelone/ ↩ ↩2

  17. https://www.calcalistech.com/ctech/articles/0,7340,L-3917654,00.html ↩ ↩2

  18. https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260105183141/en/Mobileye-Surround-ADAS-Adds-Second-Top-10-Automaker ↩ ↩2

  19. https://www.automotiveworld.com/news/mobileye-wins-second-top-10-automaker-for-surround-adas/ ↩

  20. https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/valens-semiconductor-announces-three-automotive-design-wins-from-leading-european-oems-for-its-va7000-mipi-a-phy-chipsets-302250154.html ↩ ↩2

  21. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aston_Martin ↩

  22. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_Stroll ↩