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TELEFONICA O2 HOLDINGS LIMITED

#05310128 · Active · Incorporated 2004-12-10 (21y 7m) · Last filing 2026-06-20 (1mo ago)
Telecommunications · SIC 61900 · J Information & Communication · Full accounts
Accounts due 2027-09-30 (in 1y) · Confirmation due 2027-01-24 (in 7 months) · No watchouts on the register

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Cash

£313M

+160.8% highest in 3 filed years

Net assets

£5.6B

-22.9% lowest in 3 filed years

Employees

0

Average over period

Profit before tax

-£1.7B

-442.9% vs 2024

Accounts

3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31

Metric Trend 2023-12-312024-12-312025-12-31 Δ vs prior
Turnover ——— —
Operating profit -£2,968,000,000£52,000,000-£1,847,000,000 -3,651.9%
Profit before tax -£1,950,000,000£482,000,000-£1,653,000,000 -442.9%
Net profit -£1,954,000,000£481,000,000-£1,654,000,000 -443.9%
Cash £120,000,000£120,000,000£313,000,000 +160.8%
Total assets less current liabilities £7,175,000,000£7,231,000,000£5,577,000,000 -22.9%
Net assets £7,175,000,000£7,231,000,000£5,577,000,000 -22.9%
Equity £7,175,000,000£7,231,000,000£5,577,000,000 -22.9%
Average employees —00 —
Wages ——— —
Directors' remuneration ——— —

Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — 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 2023-12-312024-12-312025-12-31
Return on capital employed -41.4%0.7%-33.1%
Gearing (liabilities / total assets) 0.1%0.1%—
Current ratio 12.00x20.00x—

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 5 times since incorporation

  1. TELEFONICA O2 HOLDINGS LIMITED 2019-10-14 → present
  2. TELEFONICA O2 HOLDINGS PLC 2019-10-14 → 2019-10-14
  3. TELEFONICA EUROPE PLC 2011-02-11 → 2019-10-14
  4. TELEFÓNICA EUROPE PLC 2008-05-30 → 2011-02-11
  5. TELEFONICA O2 EUROPE PLC 2007-01-02 → 2008-05-30
  6. O2 PLC 2004-12-10 → 2007-01-02

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

  1. TELEFONICA O2 HOLDINGS LIMITED · parent
    1. VMED O2 UK Limited 50% · England and Wales · Telecoms
    2. MMO2 Limited 100% · England and Wales · Non-trading

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

People

3 active · 57 resigned

Name Role Appointed Born Nationality
PRISM COSEC LIMITED Corporate Secretary 2021-09-15 — —
DE ALBUQUERQUE, Thomas Peter Director 2021-06-17 Jun 1980 British
JIMENEZ LARRAZ, Manuel Director 2024-04-04 Apr 1978 Spanish
Show 57 resigned officers
Name Role Appointed Resigned
BRAMWELL, Philip Nicholas Secretary 2005-01-05 2006-10-31
HARWOOD, Robert John Secretary 2006-10-31 2020-03-27
KING, Peter David Spencer Secretary 2004-12-10 2005-01-05
O2 SECRETARIES LIMITED Corporate Secretary 2020-03-27 2021-06-17
ALVAREZ-PALLETE LOPEZ, Jose Maria Director 2006-09-19 2008-01-16
ANGLADA GONZALEZ, Salvador Director 2007-06-21 2010-01-31
ARCULUS, Thomas David Guy, Sir Director 2005-01-05 2011-11-28
ASHFORD, Sally Anne Director 2011-10-01 2014-12-31
BASTIDA IBARGAUEN, Luis Javier Director 2008-04-23 2011-11-28
CAMPBELL, Justine Director 2007-03-12 2008-12-29
CASTILLO SANZ, Eva Maria Director 2012-09-17 2014-03-05
CESAR, Alierta Izuel Director 2006-01-23 2008-01-16
CHANCE, David Christopher Director 2005-01-05 2006-01-23
COBIAN, Patricia Director 2011-11-07 2021-06-17
DEV, Vivek Director 2007-03-12 2008-12-31
DUNNE, Ronan James Director 2008-01-01 2016-08-01
ERSKINE, Peter Anthony Director 2008-02-01 2011-11-28
ERSKINE, Peter Anthony Director 2005-01-05 2007-12-31
EVANS, Mark Director 2016-09-30 2021-06-17
FINCH, David James Director 2005-01-05 2007-04-30
GIBBONS, Judith Mary Director 2005-09-01 2006-01-23
GRAY, Danuta Director 2006-01-23 2010-11-30
GROEGER, Rudolf Director 2005-01-05 2007-06-28
HARLEY, Andrew Kennedy Director 2007-01-01 2008-03-31
HEALY, Trevor Anthony Director 2010-02-01 2011-06-30
HODGE, Stephen Murley Garfield Director 2005-01-05 2006-01-23
JARVIS, Katherine Ann Director 2010-02-01 2011-10-01
KEERS, Catherine Jane Director 2008-02-01 2011-11-28
KEY, Matthew David Director 2006-01-23 2011-10-01
KING, Peter David Spencer Director 2004-12-10 2005-01-05
KNIGHT, Adrian Geoffrey Director 2004-12-10 2005-01-05
LAMPRECHT, Rudolf Director 2005-03-30 2006-01-23
LINARES, Anselmo Enriquez Director 2008-07-17 2011-10-01
LINARES LOPEZ, Julio Director 2006-01-23 2011-11-28
LOPEZ ALVAREZ, Maria Pilar Director 2011-10-01 2015-02-28
LOPEZ ALVAREZ, Maria Pilar Director 2007-03-12 2011-07-31
LUPO, Patrick Lawrence Director 2005-01-05 2006-01-23
MALVIDO, Luis Antonio Director 2010-02-01 2011-10-01
MARTI CIRUELOS, Antonio Director 2011-08-01 2011-10-01
MARTINEZ MASIDE, Guillermo Director 2021-06-17 2026-04-30
MCGLADE, David Paul Director 2005-01-05 2005-03-31
MEAKINS, Ian Keith Director 2005-01-05 2005-03-30
MEDINA MALO, Enrique Director 2011-10-01 2016-09-30
O'DONOVAN, Kathleen Anne Director 2005-03-30 2006-01-23
POSTON, Richard Charles Director 2007-01-01 2016-09-30
PRENDES ARROYO, Luis Ángel Director 2021-06-17 2024-02-15
QADRI, Sohail Director 2006-01-23 2007-03-12
SCHUSTER, Rene Director 2009-06-01 2011-10-01
SHURROCK, Stephen John Director 2010-12-01 2011-10-01
SMITH BASTERRA, Jaime Director 2006-01-23 2009-05-31
SUKAWATY, Andrew John Director 2005-01-05 2008-01-14
VALBUENA, Santiago Fernandez Director 2007-03-12 2008-01-16
VIANA-BAPTISTA, Antonio Director 2006-01-23 2011-10-01
VIANA-BAPTISTA, Antonio Director 2006-01-23 2007-12-19
WILLIAMS, David Director 2007-01-01 2008-02-15
ZAPLANA HERNANDEZ-SORO, Eduardo Director 2008-07-17 2011-10-01
ÁLVAREZ-PALLETE LÓPEZ, José María Director 2011-10-01 2012-09-17

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 291 total filings

Date Type Category Description
2026-06-20 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2026-05-01 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2026-01-17 CH01 officers Change person director company with change date PDF
2026-01-14 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2026-01-06 CH01 officers Change person director company with change date PDF
2026-01-05 CH01 officers Change person director company with change date PDF
2026-01-05 CH01 officers Change person director company with change date PDF
2025-07-21 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2025-01-21 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2024-07-18 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2024-04-04 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2024-02-21 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2024-01-16 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2023-06-23 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2023-06-07 CH01 officers Change person director company with change date PDF
2023-01-10 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2023-01-04 CH01 officers Change person director company with change date PDF
2022-09-24 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2022-02-14 CH01 officers Change person director company with change date PDF
2022-02-14 CH01 officers Change person director company with change date PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
8

last 12 months

Capital events
0

last 24 months

Officers appointed
0

last 12 months

Officers resigned
1

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

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