VODAFONE GROUP PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY
Listed on the London Stock Exchange and NASDAQ, the group is a British multinational telecommunications company providing mobile and fixed connectivity, broadband, and enterprise technology services globally.
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Cash
£7.8bn
EUR 8,992,000,000
-15% vs 2025
Net assets
£47bn
EUR 54,365,000,000
+4.9% vs 2025
Employees
91,128
+4.7% vs 2025
Profit before tax
£4.2bn
EUR 4,879,000,000
+97.3% vs 2025
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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3 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Net assets
4-year trend · vs Telecommunications median
Accounts
4-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £32,607,969,039 | £31,400,838,108 | £31,280,808,756 | £35,152,910,513 | +12.4% | |
| Operating profit | £12,710,880,464 | £3,982,724,707 | £2,505,639,569 | £5,090,356,212 | +103.2% | |
| Profit before tax | £11,287,712,200 | £4,850,765,415 | £2,148,884,619 | £4,238,922,676 | +97.3% | |
| Net profit | — | £4,808,004,789 | £272,370,290 | £2,670,721,112 | +880.5% | |
| Cash | £5,438,473,041 | £9,315,829,984 | £9,192,915,030 | £7,812,337,098 | -15% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £71,731,022,957 | £87,790,130,848 | £68,865,402,289 | £73,337,966,985 | +6.5% | |
| Net assets | £53,533,292,286 | £42,485,247,584 | £45,046,369,789 | £47,232,841,008 | +4.9% | |
| Equity | £53,533,292,286 | £42,485,247,584 | £45,046,369,789 | £47,232,841,008 | +4.9% | |
| Average employees | 98,103 | 92,988 | 87,007 | 91,128 | +4.7% | |
| Wages | £4,753,276,454 | £3,848,456,341 | £3,843,261,760 | £3,927,888,792 | +2.2% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | £29,077,226 | £27,571,226 | £31,277,150 | +13.4% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £0 | £855,213 | £835,492 | £868,810 | +4% | |
| Highest paid director | £3,155,070,807 | £7,696,913 | £9,190,409 | £9,556,907 | +4% |
Figures converted to GBP from EUR at 0.869 per EUR (Frankfurter spot rate) — hover any figure for the original. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. 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 | 2026-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 39.0% | 12.7% | 8.0% | 14.5% | |
| Net margin | — | 15.3% | 0.9% | 7.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 17.7% | 4.5% | 3.6% | 6.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 51.3% | 71.8% | 58.0% | 58.2% | |
| Current ratio | 1.13x | 1.15x | 0.93x | 0.94x | |
| Interest cover | 4.88x | 8.02x | 1.55x | 2.47x |
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
“We have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate and that the directors have identified no material uncertainties related to going concern that they are required to disclose.”
Group structure
- VODAFONE GROUP PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY · parent
- Vodafone Luxembourg S.a.r.l. 100%
- Vodafone UK Limited 100%
- Vodafone Gmbh 100%
Significant events
- “On 01 October 2025, Vodafone Spain and Vodafone Three UK Limited completed the acquisition of Vodafone Spain, and entered into a binding agreement to transfer their mobile network operations to Telefónica.”
- “On 18 February 2026, Vodafone Group Plc announced its agreement to sell its 50% shareholding in VodafoneZiggo B.V. to Liberty Global plc.”
- “On 5 May 2026, Vodafone Group Plc announced that it had agreed to sell its 100% shareholding in Vodafone Italy S.p.A. to Swisscom for €12.5 billion, and a binding agreement to merge the Vodafone Three UK operations.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
13 active · 62 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 |
| ERNOTTE CUNCI, Delphine | Director | 2022-07-26 | Jul 1966 | French |
| KERR, Deborah | Director | 2022-03-01 | Feb 1972 | American |
| KOCH, Olaf | Director | 2026-07-27 | Jun 1970 | German |
| LOPEZ ALVAREZ, Maria Pilar | Director | 2025-12-01 | Jun 1970 | 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 62 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 |
| DOWIDAR, Hatem Mohamed Galal | Director | 2024-02-19 | 2026-07-10 |
| 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 |
| MORALEDA MARTINEZ, Maria Amparo | Director | 2017-06-01 | 2026-07-27 |
| 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 8369 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-08-06 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-08-26 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2026-08-21 | SH04 | capital | Capital sale or transfer treasury shares with date currency capital figure | |
| 2026-08-10 | SH04 | capital | Capital sale or transfer treasury shares with date currency capital figure | |
| 2026-08-10 | SH04 | capital | Capital sale or transfer treasury shares with date currency capital figure | |
| 2026-08-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-08-06 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-07-31 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-07-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-07-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-07-09 | SH04 | capital | Capital sale or transfer treasury shares with date currency capital figure | |
| 2026-07-09 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-07-09 | SH04 | capital | Capital sale or transfer treasury shares with date currency capital figure | |
| 2026-07-09 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-05-19 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-05-19 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-05-18 | MISC | miscellaneous | Miscellaneous | |
| 2026-04-27 | SH04 | capital | Capital sale or transfer treasury shares with date currency capital figure | |
| 2026-04-27 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-04-16 | SH05 | capital | Capital cancellation treasury shares with date currency capital figure |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 20
- Capital events
- 13
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 3
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.