Fred Perry MILITARY

Target: Fred Perry Research date: 23 October 2026 Scope: Fred Perry Limited, Fred Perry (Holdings) Limited, Hit Union group relationships, identified subsidiaries, commercial licensees and named controlling principals.

Direct Defence Contracting & Procurement

Corporate identity and contracting perimeter

Fred Perry Limited is an active UK private company, incorporated on 17 October 1995 under company number 03114528, with the registered business classification of manufacturing clothing and accessories.¹

Fred Perry (Holdings) Limited, company number 03114539, is an active UK holding company classified under activities of head offices.²

The UK register identifies Fred Perry (Holdings) Limited as having at least 75% ownership and voting rights in Fred Perry Limited, together with the right to appoint or remove directors.³

The holding company’s persons-with-significant-control register contains an active statement that no registrable person or relevant legal entity has been identified under the applicable UK reporting criteria; the statement does not disclose the group’s full ultimate economic ownership.⁴

Hit Union’s corporate profile identifies Fred Perry Limited, Fred Perry (Holdings) Limited and Fred Perry USA, Inc. among its overseas associated companies, alongside Lavenham Leisure Limited and George Cox Footwear Limited.⁵

The Hit Union profile identifies Keiji Tanabe as its president and describes business activities including apparel manufacturing, sales, import-export, intellectual-property licensing, warehousing and investment.⁵

Ministry of Defence and security-force contracts

No public evidence identified of a contract, tender award, framework agreement or memorandum of understanding between Fred Perry and the Israeli Ministry of Defence, IDF, Israel Prison Service or Israeli Border Police in the reviewed corporate and public-source records.^{1, 5, 6}

Defence trade directories

No public evidence identified of Fred Perry appearing as an Israeli defence contractor, military equipment supplier or weapons-system provider in the reviewed corporate materials and AFSC military-occupation company directory.^{5, 7}

Official defence cooperation announcements

No public evidence identified of a Fred Perry defence joint venture, military research agreement, defence procurement partnership or military procurement press announcement involving an Israeli state institution.^{5, 7}

Controlling principals

Companies House records identify John Thomas Stephen Flynn, Rosario Irene Gallen, Richard Martin Gilmore and Keiji Tanabe as directors of Fred Perry Limited.⁶

The same four individuals are recorded as directors of Fred Perry (Holdings) Limited.⁸

Katsuyuki Tanabe ceased serving as a director of the holding company on 26 February 2025, according to its filing history and officers register.^{8, 9}

Richard Martin Gilmore’s public Companies House appointments include Fred Perry (Holdings) Limited and Fred Perry Tennis Trust.¹⁰

A fashion-industry company directory identifies John Flynn as chairman and Richard Gilmore as managing director of Fred Perry.¹¹

No public evidence identified in the reviewed director and corporate records establishing Israeli defence-industry board appointments, IDF procurement roles, Israeli military-equipment ownership interests or military-channel philanthropic activity by these named principals.^{6, 8, 10}

No public evidence identified of an Israeli defence-related procurement relationship attributable to Fred Perry’s founder or an identified personal investment vehicle of its controlling principals.^{5, 6, 8}

Dual-Use Products & Tactical Variants

Product categories

Fred Perry Limited’s registered industrial classification concerns clothing and accessories, while commercial descriptions identify sportswear, menswear, womenswear, childrenswear, footwear and accessories.^{1, 11}

The historical Fred Perry product line derives from tennis clothing, including the brand’s signature polo shirt.¹²

Hit Union’s current corporate profile identifies its principal activities as the design, manufacture, import, export and sale of clothing, footwear, bags and associated products.⁵

Militarised product lines

No public evidence identified of Fred Perry marketing or manufacturing military-specified clothing, ballistic protection, tactical uniforms, combat load-bearing equipment or defence-grade products for Israeli military or security services in the reviewed corporate descriptions.^{5, 11, 12}

Civilian versus military supply

Aditya Birla Group identifies Fred Perry as a fashion brand within its Indian commercial portfolio, describing the label’s sportswear origins and civilian fashion identity.¹³

No public evidence identified establishing that Fred Perry’s ordinary civilian garments were modified under Israeli military specifications or supplied through a dedicated military procurement arrangement.^{5, 11, 13}

End-user certification and export licensing

The UK government’s 2024 Strategic Export Controls Annual Report describes licensing processes and government decisions concerning controlled military and dual-use exports, including export restrictions relating to Israel.¹⁴

No public evidence identified in the reviewed export-control publications of a Fred Perry-specific Israeli military end-user certificate, controlled-goods application or military textile export licence.^{14, 15}

Related outerwear businesses

[pre-2020] Lavenham joined the Fred Perry group in 2013, with contemporary reporting describing the business as a manufacturer of equestrian products and civilian outerwear.¹⁶

No public evidence identified of Lavenham supplying ballistic garments, tactical clothing or contract-manufactured military uniforms to Israeli defence bodies.^{5, 16}

Heavy Machinery, Construction & Infrastructure

Equipment in occupied territories

Fred Perry’s registered activities concern clothing and accessories, while the parent group’s stated commercial activities include apparel-related manufacturing, distribution and warehousing.^{1, 5}

No public evidence identified of Fred Perry machinery or equipment being used for demolition, settlement construction, military engineering, separation-wall works or military installation maintenance in the occupied Palestinian territory or occupied Syrian Golan.^{1, 5, 17}

Direct and indirect supply

Human Rights Watch’s 2016 [pre-2020] investigation documents business activities supporting Israeli settlements, including construction, real estate, waste management and textile manufacturing; these descriptions do not independently establish a Fred Perry supply relationship.¹⁷

No public evidence identified establishing Fred Perry as a direct supplier, authorised dealer, distributor or secondary-market originator of machinery used in those activities.^{5, 17}

Construction and engineering contracts

No public evidence identified of Fred Perry constructing, engineering, maintaining or expanding Israeli military bases, checkpoints, detention facilities, separation barriers or settlement infrastructure.^{1, 5, 18}

Settlement-related commercial geography

[pre-2020] On 30 March 2014, Israeli news outlet Ynet reported that Fred Perry was opening an approximately 120-square-metre fashion store in Tel Aviv’s Sarona complex in partnership with Factory 54, with an investment exceeding one million shekels.¹⁹

The documented 2014 premises were a fashion-retail location in Tel Aviv; the report did not describe military facilities, settlement construction or military procurement.¹⁹

The specific store’s continued operation after 2014 and the current contractual status of Factory 54’s relationship with Fred Perry remain unconfirmed by the reviewed historical report.¹⁹

No public evidence identified establishing a Fred Perry or Factory 54 military-related operating facility, construction project or supply installation in an Israeli settlement in the West Bank, East Jerusalem or occupied Golan Heights.^{19, 20}

Supply Chain Integration with Defence Primes

Component supply

No public evidence identified of Fred Perry supplying components, materials or manufacturing services to Elbit Systems, Israel Aerospace Industries, Rafael Advanced Defense Systems or Israel Military Industries.^{5, 7}

Specific component categories

No public evidence identified of Fred Perry supplying guidance electronics, weapon optics, armour materials, military communications components, propulsion equipment or structural components for Israeli defence manufacturing.^{5, 11, 12}

Named parent-group and sibling businesses

Hit Union’s corporate portfolio identifies Fred Perry, Lavenham, George Cox, CA4LA, Jackman and narifuri among its brands and associated businesses.⁵

[pre-2020] In July 2018, Japanese trade publication Senken Shimbun reported that Hit Union acquired 100% of Weave Toshi, the company operating CA4LA, with Keiji Tanabe becoming president of the acquired company.²¹

[pre-2020] Fashion Headline’s 2013 reporting describes Lavenham’s acquisition by the Fred Perry group and identifies its equestrian and civilian outerwear manufacturing activities.¹⁶

No public evidence identified of the named associated clothing and footwear businesses undertaking Israeli weapons-system co-production or supplying military-specific components through Fred Perry.^{5, 16, 21}

Joint development and licensed manufacturing

No public evidence identified of a Fred Perry military technology-transfer agreement, Israeli weapons-component manufacturing licence or joint defence development programme.^{5, 7}

Civilian commercial collaborations

In June 2022, fashion publication Fashionsnap reported a Fred Perry collaboration with ADISH, a fashion business associated with Israeli and Palestinian founders and traditional Palestinian embroidery.²²

Complex’s reporting identified the collaborators as Amit Luzon, Eyal Eliyahu, Jordan Nassar and Qussay K and described a clothing collection using Palestinian Tatreez techniques.²³

The collaboration concerned polo shirts, T-shirts, sweatshirts, jackets and trousers rather than identified military equipment or weapons components.^{22, 23}

No public evidence identified of the ADISH collaboration supplying apparel or services to the Israeli military, an Israeli defence manufacturer or a settlement security installation.^{22, 23}

Logistical Sustainment & Base Services

Military installation support contracts

Hit Union identifies warehousing among its commercial business activities, alongside clothing manufacture, distribution and import-export operations.⁵

No public evidence identified of Fred Perry or its identified group businesses operating IDF-base catering, fuel, transportation, telecommunications, facilities management, waste disposal or military maintenance contracts.^{5, 7}

Geographic specificity

The documented 2014 Fred Perry presence in Tel Aviv was a civilian retail venture conducted with Factory 54.¹⁹

No public evidence identified establishing Fred Perry logistical services to military installations in the West Bank, East Jerusalem, occupied Golan Heights or Negev.^{5, 19}

Shipping, freight and port services

No public evidence identified of Fred Perry holding contracts to transport Israeli military cargo, ammunition, weapons systems or defence equipment through commercial ports or freight networks.^{5, 7}

The parent group’s general import-export and warehousing business descriptions do not identify a military end-user, military cargo shipment or Israeli defence logistics programme.⁵

Indirect retail distribution

[pre-2020] Factory 54 was identified as the Israeli commercial partner involved in the 2014 Fred Perry store launch.¹⁹

No public evidence identified that this fashion-retail relationship involved supply to an Israeli military base, a security-service purchasing authority or an Israeli defence logistics contractor.^{19, 20}

Munitions, Weapons Systems & Strategic Platforms

Lethal systems manufacturing

No public evidence identified of Fred Perry manufacturing, integrating, licensing or supplying firearms, artillery, military vehicles, armed drones, naval weapons or other lethal platforms to Israeli military forces.^{1, 5, 7}

Munitions and precursor materials

No public evidence identified of Fred Perry supplying ammunition, explosives, propellants, warhead components or military munitions precursors to Israeli defence organisations.^{5, 7}

Strategic platforms

No public evidence identified of Fred Perry contributing to Iron Dome, David’s Sling, Arrow, Merkava, fighter aircraft, military warships or ballistic missile systems.^{5, 7}

Weapons sub-systems

No public evidence identified of Fred Perry manufacturing or supplying military fire-control systems, targeting electronics, radar components, precision-guidance systems or weapons-specific AI software for Israeli military use.^{5, 7}

Civilian product distinction

Fred Perry’s commercially documented products and historical collaborations comprise clothing, fashion accessories and associated consumer goods.^{11, 12, 22, 23}

No public evidence identified of those products being developed primarily to generate targeting decisions or kinetic weapons effects.^{5, 11, 22}

Export Licensing, Regulatory & Legal History

UK export-control framework

The UK government’s Strategic Export Controls Annual Report 2024 describes licensing decisions, controlled military and dual-use goods, enforcement procedures and the Strategic Export Licensing Criteria.¹⁴

On 2 September 2024, the UK government announced a suspension of certain export licences covering items assessed as intended for Israeli military operations in Gaza, while specifying arrangements for the F-35 programme.¹⁵

The government subsequently published Israel-specific licensing data, including information covering decisions and licences through 31 July 2025.²⁴

A further government release covers Israeli export licensing information through 28 February 2026 and was updated on 20 April 2026.²⁵

These government publications establish the regulatory environment and general licensing activity but do not, on the reviewed pages, identify Fred Perry as a military-goods exporter.^{14, 24, 25}

Company-specific export licences

No public evidence identified of a Fred Perry-specific UK, EU, US or Israeli licence granting, refusing, suspending or revoking authority to export controlled military products to Israeli defence or security end-users.^{14, 24, 25}

Arms embargoes and sanctions compliance

No public evidence identified of a Fred Perry enforcement action, prosecution, regulatory citation or sanctions penalty connected with military exports to Israel in the reviewed company and UK regulatory material.^{1, 14, 15}

Legal proceedings

No public evidence identified of a judicial review, court proceeding or regulatory challenge alleging that Fred Perry supplied military equipment or services to Israeli defence forces.^{1, 9, 14}

Constructive-notice chronology

The relevant international legal and regulatory scrutiny intensified during 2024, and the UK government formally announced its Israel-related export licence suspension on 2 September 2024.¹⁵

No public evidence identified of a Fred Perry Israeli military supply relationship continuing after 19 July 2024 or after the November 2024 ICC arrest warrants; the reviewed materials do not establish an earlier qualifying military contract whose continuation could be examined.^{5, 9, 14, 15}

Civil Society Scrutiny & Documented Investigations

UN and specialist monitoring

Amnesty International reported in February 2020 that the UN had published a database of companies linked to specified settlement-related business activities, including digital tourism companies.²⁶

Business & Human Rights Resource Centre reported that the September 2025 OHCHR settlement database update identified 158 enterprises from 11 countries, including firms involved in settlement-related financial activity.²⁰

AFSC Investigate describes its database as covering companies with documented involvement in specified forms of military occupation, apartheid, violence or other serious rights violations.²⁷

AFSC’s methodology explains that it draws on company disclosures, government documents, NGO investigations, news reports and independent verification, and that its database is selective rather than exhaustive.²⁸

No public evidence identified in the reviewed AFSC directory and associated methodological material of a Fred Perry-specific Israeli military procurement, weapons supply or security-service contract.^{7, 27, 28}

NGO and academic investigations

[pre-2020] Human Rights Watch’s January 2016 Occupation, Inc. investigation documents settlement-related commercial activities, including construction, real estate, waste management and textile production.¹⁷

[pre-2020] A separate Human Rights Watch announcement describes businesses operating in, financing, servicing and trading with Israeli settlements and identifies its accompanying investigation as covering specific company case studies.¹⁸

Neither reviewed Human Rights Watch source identifies Fred Perry as a military or settlement-infrastructure supplier.^{17, 18}

Boycott and divestment campaigns

AFSC describes its institutional divestment approach and maintains a directory of companies selected for investigation and investment screening.^{27, 28}

No public evidence identified of an organised institutional divestment decision, shareholder resolution or defence-specific boycott campaign naming Fred Perry as an Israeli military supplier in the reviewed civil-society materials.^{7, 27, 28}

Corporate responses and policy changes

No public evidence identified of Fred Perry terminating an Israeli military supply contract, introducing a military-specific end-use restriction or responding to allegations of weapons-system involvement.^{5, 11, 27}

Documented civilian relationship with Israeli and Palestinian businesses

[pre-2020] The March 2014 Factory 54 arrangement provides evidence of a historical commercial fashion-retail relationship within Israel, without documented military procurement.¹⁹

In 2022, Fred Perry collaborated with ADISH on civilian garments incorporating traditional Palestinian embroidery, with reporting identifying both Israeli and Palestinian collaborators.^{22, 23}

No public evidence identified connecting either documented commercial relationship to Israeli defence contracting, military supply or military-related operations in occupied settlements.^{19, 22, 23}