VODAFONE GROUP PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-29 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-08-15
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£11B
+77.9% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£54B
-11.6% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
92,834
-0.7% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£19B
+0.1% vs 2024
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Telecommunications median
Accounts
3-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £37,872,000,000 | £36,217,000,000 | £37,458,000,000 | |
| Operating profit | £19,083,000,000 | £18,973,000,000 | £18,995,000,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £18,592,000,000 | £18,969,000,000 | £18,991,000,000 | |
| Net profit | £18,100,000,000 | £16,742,000,000 | £16,745,000,000 | |
| Cash | £6,114,000,000 | £6,183,000,000 | £11,001,000,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £125,750,000,000 | £111,521,000,000 | £87,028,000,000 | |
| Net assets | £68,092,000,000 | £60,998,000,000 | £53,916,000,000 | |
| Equity | £68,092,000,000 | £60,998,000,000 | £53,916,000,000 | |
| Average employees | 98,103 | 93,532 | 92,834 | |
| Wages | £5,068,000,000 | £5,093,000,000 | £5,512,000,000 | |
| Directors' remuneration | £1,233,000,000 | £1,676,000,000 | £1,779,000,000 |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Year-on-year
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
+3.4%
£36,217,000,000 £37,458,000,000
-
Cash
+77.9%
£6,183,000,000 £11,001,000,000
highest in 3 filed years
-
Net assets
-11.6%
£60,998,000,000 £53,916,000,000
lowest in 3 filed years
-
Employees
-0.7%
93,532 92,834
lowest in 3 filed years
-
Operating profit
+0.1%
£18,973,000,000 £18,995,000,000
-
Profit before tax
+0.1%
£18,969,000,000 £18,991,000,000
-
Wages
+8.2%
£5,093,000,000 £5,512,000,000
highest in 3 filed years
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 50.4% | 52.4% | 50.7% | |
| Net margin | 47.8% | 46.2% | 44.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 15.2% | 17.0% | 21.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 51.0% | 51.1% | 47.5% | |
| Current ratio | 1.85x | 1.85x | 1.75x | |
| Interest cover | 7.49x | 9.81x | 9.82x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Name history
Renamed 6 times since incorporation
- VODAFONE GROUP PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 2000-07-28 → present
- VODAFONE AIRTOUCH PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 1999-06-29 → 2000-07-28
- VODAFONE GROUP PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 1991-09-16 → 1999-06-29
- RACAL TELECOM PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 1989-01-11 → 1991-09-16
- RACAL TELECOM LIMITED 1988-09-05 → 1989-01-11
- RACAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS GROUP LIMITED 1985-09-17 → 1988-09-05
- RACAL STRATEGIC RADIO LIMITED 1984-07-17 → 1985-09-17
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors ... have formed a judgement that there is a reasonable expectation that the Company and the Group will continue in operation and meet their liabilities as they fall due over the three-year period... Therefore, the Directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting.”
Group structure
- VODAFONE GROUP PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY · parent
- Vodafone Kabel Deutschland GmbH 100%
- Vodafone Ghana Limited 70%
- Vodafone Enterprise Global Limited 100%
- Vodafone UK Limited 100%
Significant events
- “On 24 July 2024, Vodafone confirmed that the transaction was classified as a significant event.”
- “Merger of Vodafone and Three in the UK.”
- “Share buyback programme.”
- “On 14 March 2023, the Group announced that it had entered into binding agreements with Zegona Communications S.A. to sell 100% of Vodafone Spain S.A.U. ('Vodafone Spain') for €5,000 million.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
14 active · 60 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DE BIE, Maaike Helena | Secretary | 2023-03-01 | — | — |
| CARTER, Stephen Andrew | Director | 2022-07-26 | Feb 1964 | British |
| DELLA VALLE, Margherita | Director | 2018-07-27 | Apr 1965 | Italian,British |
| DEMARE, Michel Roger | Director | 2018-02-01 | Aug 1956 | Belgian,Swiss |
| DINGEMANS, Simon | Director | 2025-01-01 | Apr 1963 | British |
| DOWIDAR, Hatem Mohamed Galal | Director | 2024-02-19 | Dec 1969 | Egyptian |
| ERNOTTE CUNCI, Delphine | Director | 2022-07-26 | Jul 1966 | French |
| KERR, Deborah | Director | 2022-03-01 | Feb 1972 | American |
| LOPEZ ALVAREZ, Maria Pilar | Director | 2025-12-01 | Jun 1970 | Spanish |
| MORALEDA MARTINEZ, Maria Amparo | Director | 2017-06-01 | May 1964 | Spanish |
| NESMES, Anne-Francoise | Director | 2025-07-29 | May 1971 | British,French |
| RAMON, Kandimathie Christine | Director | 2022-11-14 | Apr 1967 | South African |
| SEGARS, Simon Anthony | Director | 2022-07-26 | Oct 1967 | British |
| VAN BOXMEER, Jean-Francois Maurice Louis | Director | 2020-07-28 | Sep 1961 | Belgian |
Show 60 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MARTIN, Rosemary Elisabeth Scudamore | Secretary | 2010-03-30 | 2023-02-28 |
| SCOTT, Stephen Roy | Secretary | — | 2010-03-30 |
| ACKERMANN, Josef | Director | 2000-05-01 | 2002-02-19 |
| AHUJA, Sanjiv | Director | 2018-11-09 | 2021-07-27 |
| BAMFORD, Peter Richard | Director | 1998-04-01 | 2006-03-07 |
| BARLOW, William, Sir | Director | — | 1998-03-31 |
| BOND, Sir John Reginald Hartnell, Sir | Director | 2005-01-01 | 2011-07-26 |
| BOSKIN, Michael Jay | Director | 1999-06-30 | 2008-07-29 |
| BROERS, Alec Nigel, Professor Lord | Director | 1999-11-09 | 2007-07-24 |
| BROERS, Alec Nigel, The Lord | Director | 1998-01-01 | 1999-06-30 |
| BUCHANAN, John Gordon St Clair, Dr | Director | 2003-04-01 | 2012-07-24 |
| CHANNING WILLIAMS, David | Director | 1996-06-04 | 1999-03-31 |
| CLARK, Robert Anthony, Sir | Director | — | 1998-03-31 |
| COLAO, Vittorio Amedeo | Director | 2006-10-09 | 2018-10-01 |
| COLAO, Vittorio Amedeo | Director | 2002-04-01 | 2004-07-11 |
| COMBES, Michel Marie Alain | Director | 2009-06-01 | 2012-07-24 |
| DAVIS, Sir Crispin | Director | 2014-07-28 | 2023-07-25 |
| DOPFNER, Mathias Oliver Christian, Dr | Director | 2015-04-01 | 2018-07-27 |
| ESSER, Klaus, Dr | Director | 2000-06-05 | 2000-09-30 |
| FISHER, Donald George | Director | 1999-06-30 | 2000-10-19 |
| FURSE, Clara Hedwig Frances, Dame | Director | 2014-09-01 | 2023-07-25 |
| GEITNER, Thomas | Director | 2000-05-15 | 2006-12-31 |
| GENT, Christopher Charles, Sir | Director | — | 2003-07-30 |
| GILDERSLEEVE, John | Director | 1998-10-01 | 1999-06-30 |
| GINN, Samuel Lou | Director | 1999-06-30 | 2000-05-23 |
| GOODING, Valerie Frances | Director | 2014-02-01 | 2023-07-25 |
| GYANI, Mohanbir Singh | Director | 1999-06-30 | 1999-09-30 |
| HALFORD, Andrew Nigel | Director | 2005-07-26 | 2014-03-31 |
| HARRISON, Ernest Thomas, Sir | Director | — | 1998-07-21 |
| HAZEN, Paul Mandeville | Director | 1999-06-30 | 2006-07-25 |
| HENNING, David | Director | 1992-12-08 | 1996-06-30 |
| HORN-SMITH, Julian Michael, Sir | Director | 1996-06-04 | 2006-07-25 |
| HUGHES, Penelope Lesley | Director | 1998-09-01 | 2006-07-25 |
| HYDON, Kenneth John | Director | — | 2005-07-26 |
| JAMES, Renee | Director | 2011-01-01 | 2021-07-27 |
| JEBSON, Alan Wayne | Director | 2006-12-01 | 2014-07-29 |
| JONAH, Samuel Esson | Director | 2009-04-01 | 2019-07-23 |
| KLEISTERLEE, Gerhard Johannes | Director | 2011-04-01 | 2020-11-03 |
| KORDESTANI, Omid | Director | 2013-03-01 | 2014-12-31 |
| LAND, Nicholas Charles Edward | Director | 2006-12-01 | 2017-07-28 |
| LAUVERGEON, Anne | Director | 2005-11-01 | 2014-07-29 |
| LOMER, Geoffrey John | Director | 1992-12-08 | 1997-03-31 |
| MACLAURIN, Ian Charter, Lord Maclaurin Of Knebworth | Director | 1997-01-01 | 2006-07-25 |
| MEIJER SWANTEE, Olaf Klaus | Director | 2021-07-27 | 2021-09-25 |
| MUCIC, Luka | Director | 2023-09-01 | 2025-11-30 |
| MURRAY, Simon | Director | 2007-07-01 | 2010-07-27 |
| NISH, David Thomas | Director | 2016-01-01 | 2025-07-29 |
| PEETT, Edward John | Director | — | 1997-10-31 |
| PUSEY, Stephen Charles | Director | 2009-06-01 | 2015-07-28 |
| READ, Nicholas Jonathan | Director | 2014-04-01 | 2022-12-31 |
| SARIN, Arun | Director | 1999-06-30 | 2008-07-29 |
| SCHOLEY, David Gerald, Sir | Director | 1998-03-01 | 2005-07-26 |
| SCHREMPP, Jurgen Erich | Director | 2000-05-01 | 2008-07-29 |
| SCHULTE NOELLE, Henning | Director | 2000-05-01 | 2001-07-25 |
| SCHWAB, Charles Robert | Director | 1999-06-30 | 2000-05-23 |
| THODEY, David Ingle | Director | 2019-09-01 | 2020-07-27 |
| VANDEVELDE, Luc Emile Rene | Director | 2003-09-01 | 2015-07-28 |
| WATSON, Anthony | Director | 2006-05-01 | 2014-07-29 |
| WHENT, Gerald Arthur, Sir | Director | — | 1998-07-21 |
| YEA, Philip Edward | Director | 2005-09-01 | 2017-07-28 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 8352 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-27 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-04-27 | SH04 | capital | Capital sale or transfer treasury shares with date currency capital figure | |
| 2026-04-16 | SH05 | capital | Capital cancellation treasury shares with date currency capital figure | |
| 2026-04-16 | SH04 | capital | Capital sale or transfer treasury shares with date currency capital figure | |
| 2026-03-31 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-03-31 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-03-31 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-03-31 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-03-31 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-03-31 | SH04 | capital | Capital sale or transfer treasury shares with date currency capital figure | |
| 2026-03-10 | SH04 | capital | Capital sale or transfer treasury shares with date currency capital figure | |
| 2026-02-24 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-02-24 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-02-24 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-02-24 | SH04 | capital | Capital sale or transfer treasury shares with date currency capital figure | |
| 2026-02-09 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-02-09 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-02-09 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-02-09 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-02-09 | SH04 | capital | Capital sale or transfer treasury shares with date currency capital figure |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 20
- Capital events
- 20
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 2
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.