O2 (EUROPE) LIMITED
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Cash
£6.4M
EUR 7,457,000
+1.4% vs 2024
Net assets
£6.7B
EUR 7,853,353,000
+9.5% vs 2024
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
£585M
EUR 681,778,000
+23.6% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Telecommunications median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | |
| Operating profit | -£297,505,792 | -£1,122,108,108 | £584,903,475 | +152.1% | |
| Profit before tax | -£224,495,924 | £473,253,539 | £584,966,109 | +23.6% | |
| Net profit | -£226,351,780 | £469,961,390 | £584,966,109 | +24.5% | |
| Cash | £303,331,617 | £6,311,454 | £6,398,112 | +1.4% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £7,570,858,001 | £6,153,217,503 | £6,738,183,612 | +9.5% | |
| Net assets | £7,570,858,001 | £6,153,217,503 | £6,738,183,612 | +9.5% | |
| Equity | £7,570,858,001 | £6,153,217,503 | £6,738,183,612 | +9.5% | |
| Average employees | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — |
Figures converted to GBP from EUR at 0.858 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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on capital employed | -3.9% | -18.2% | 8.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 0.0% | 0.0% | — | |
| Current ratio | — | 16.09x | 12.59x |
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 2 times since incorporation
- O2 (EUROPE) LIMITED 2004-12-10 → present
- O2 HOLDINGS LIMITED 2001-12-03 → 2004-12-10
- BT WIRELESS INTERKOM HOLDINGS LIMITED 2001-07-05 → 2001-12-03
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for at least 12 months from the date of these financial statements and thus the Directors have adopted the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the annual financial statements.”
Group structure
- O2 (EUROPE) LIMITED · parent
- Telefonica O2 (UK) Limited 100%
- The Link Stores Limited 100%
- O2 Willow Limited 100%
- O2 Pine Limited 100%
- Telefonica UK Holdings Limited 100%
- Telefonica Germany Holdings Limited 100%
- Telefonica Deutschland Holding AG 69.22%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 21 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PRISM COSEC LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2021-08-31 | — | — |
| DE ALBUQUERQUE, Thomas Peter | Director | 2021-06-17 | Jun 1980 | British |
| JIMENEZ LARRAZ, Manuel | Director | 2026-04-30 | Apr 1978 | Spanish |
Show 21 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| NEWGATE STREET SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2001-07-05 | 2001-11-19 |
| O2 NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2001-11-19 | 2009-11-10 |
| O2 SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2009-11-10 | 2021-06-17 |
| BORTHWICK, David | Director | 2001-07-06 | 2003-07-31 |
| CAMPBELL, Justine | Director | 2007-11-22 | 2008-12-29 |
| FLETCHER SMITH, Christopher | Director | 2002-01-28 | 2006-06-29 |
| HARDMAN, Mark David | Director | 2015-10-01 | 2021-06-17 |
| HARWOOD, Robert John | Director | 2001-07-05 | 2020-03-27 |
| JARVIS, Katherine Ann | Director | 2008-12-31 | 2011-11-17 |
| LOPEZ ALVAREZ, Maria Pilar | Director | 2011-11-17 | 2014-07-09 |
| LOPEZ ALVAREZ, Maria Pilar | Director | 2007-11-22 | 2011-07-31 |
| MARTI CIRUELOS, Antonio | Director | 2011-09-06 | 2011-11-17 |
| MARTINEZ MASIDE, Guillermo | Director | 2021-06-17 | 2026-04-30 |
| MCBREEN, Robert Anthony | Director | 2014-12-01 | 2015-09-30 |
| MEDINA MALO, Enrique | Director | 2011-11-17 | 2021-06-17 |
| MELCON SANCHEZ-FRIERA, David | Director | 2007-08-31 | 2012-10-31 |
| PEREZ DE URIGUEN MUINELO, Francisco Jesus | Director | 2012-08-23 | 2014-12-01 |
| RICHES, Jonathan Henry | Director | 2006-06-29 | 2007-08-31 |
| SILVERWOOD, Kathryn | Director | 2001-07-05 | 2001-11-19 |
| SMITH, Edward Augustus | Director | 2020-03-27 | 2021-06-17 |
| SMITH, Edward Augustus | Director | 2011-11-17 | 2012-08-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Telefonica S A | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 213 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-05-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-05-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-17 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-01-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-01-06 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-01-05 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-07-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-10 | RP04CS01 | confirmation-statement | Second filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2023-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-04 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-09-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-06-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-02-14 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-02-14 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-01-06 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 1
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.