Vodafone: who owns it, who runs it and what the accounts show
Vodafone Limited's person with significant control on the Companies House register is Vodafonethree Holdings Limited. In the year to March 2025 Vodafone Limited reported turnover of £5,852m.
- In the year to March 2025, Vodafone had turnover of £5,852m, up 0.6% on the year before.
- It made a pre-tax profit of £112m.
- These accounts, for the year to 31 March 2025, end before Vodafone UK and Three UK merged on 31 May 2025 to form VodafoneThree, so they cover Vodafone on its own; Three's own accounts are on its profile (Vodafone Limited accounts to 31 March 2025; merger date from Hutchison 3G UK accounts, p. 4).
- It employed an average of 9,199 people, with staff costs of £689m.
- Vodafone Limited is controlled by Vodafonethree Holdings Limited, according to the Companies House register.
- These figures are from Vodafone Limited's accounts for the year to March 2025, filed at Companies House on 31 December 2025.
- Registered name
- VODAFONE LIMITED
- Company number
- 01471587
- Status
- Active
- Incorporated
- 7 January 1980
- Registered office area
- Reading
- Industry code on the register
- 33200: Repair and installation of machinery and equipment
- Accounts
- Single company accounts, this company only
- Accounts type
- Full accounts
- Latest accounts
- Year to March 2025, filed 31 December 2025
What does Vodafone do?
Vodafone UK is a mobile and broadband provider selling pay monthly and pay as you go mobile plans, SIM-only deals, home broadband and business connectivity. It makes money mainly from monthly contracts and airtime, with further income from handset plans, broadband subscriptions and business and public sector contracts. Vodafone made the UK's first mobile phone call in 1985 and is based in Newbury, Berkshire. It is part of VodafoneThree, a joint venture of Vodafone Group and CK Hutchison.
In brief: mobile network · broadband and business services · Newbury, Berkshire · part of VodafoneThree
Source: Spark Intel editorial, checked 24 September 2026. Official website: vodafone.co.uk.
Who owns Vodafone?
The Companies House register records Vodafonethree Holdings Limited as the person with significant control of Vodafone Limited, company number 01471587. Vodafonethree Holdings Limited is itself company number 14903490.
That places Vodafone Limited inside a larger group. The accounts on this page are the company's own, not the wider group's.
The full ownership record is on the Companies House register. Control is given in the bands the register uses, not as exact shareholdings.
Who runs Vodafone?
The Companies House register lists 5 current officers for Vodafone Limited.
All 5 current officers
| Officer | Appointed |
|---|---|
| Nicholas Francis Gliddon | 25 May 2022 |
| Max Taylor | 2 December 2022 |
| Stephen Lerner | 31 May 2025 |
| Darren Martin Purkis | 31 May 2025 |
| Stephen Daniel Lerner | 31 May 2025 |
Every current officer, with appointment dates, is on the Companies House register.
What did Vodafone file?
Vodafone Limited reported turnover of £5,852m in the year to March 2025. That was up 0.6% on £5,816m the year before.
It reported 9,199 employees. The year before it reported 9,424.
It filed a pre-tax profit of £112m for the year, against a pre-tax profit of £44m the year before.
Staff costs came to £689m. That is an average of £75,000 a head. It ended the year with £15m at the bank and net assets of £6,339m.
| Measure | Mar 2025 | Mar 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £5,852m | £5,816m |
| Pre-tax profit | £112m (filed) | £44m (filed) |
| Employees | 9,199 | 9,424 |
| Staff costs | £689m | £677m |
| Average staff cost per head | £75,000 | £72,000 |
| Bank and cash | £15m | £75m |
| Net assets | £6,339m | £6,238m |
| Interest paid | £131m | |
| Interest received | £119m | |
| Directors' pay | £3m |
What these figures cover: These accounts, for the year to 31 March 2025, end before Vodafone UK and Three UK merged on 31 May 2025 to form VodafoneThree, so they cover Vodafone on its own; Three's own accounts are on its profile (Vodafone Limited accounts to 31 March 2025; merger date from Hutchison 3G UK accounts, p. 4).
Read the accounts to March 2025 (PDF, Companies House) · every accounts filing
What do these figures mean? Turnover vs profit · Profit per £100 · Cash vs profit · Net assets
Are there any charges against Vodafone?
Vodafone Limited has registered 1 charge at Companies House, and all of them have since been satisfied. A charge is security a lender takes over a company's assets; one is satisfied when the lending behind it is repaid or released.
Each charge, with its holder and dates, is on the Companies House register.
How Vodafone compares
Of the 10 broadband and mobile, Vodafone is 5th on turnover, 4th on profit margin and 5th on growth. EE keeps the most of every £100 of sales: £26.80.
| Rank | Broadband and mobile | Turnover | Profit per £100 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | BT | £19,654m | £10.60 |
| 5th | Vodafone | £5,852m | £1.91 |
| + 8 more broadband and mobile ranked |
Ranked by turnover. Profit per £100 is pre-tax profit for every £100 of turnover, shown only where the profit is filed.
Vodafone files as Vodafone Limited, whose person with significant control is Vodafonethree Holdings Limited, with turnover of £5,852m in its latest filed year.
Questions about Vodafone
What does Vodafone do?
Vodafone UK is a mobile and broadband provider selling pay monthly and pay as you go mobile plans, SIM-only deals, home broadband and business connectivity. It makes money mainly from monthly contracts and airtime, with further income from handset plans, broadband subscriptions and business and public sector contracts. Vodafone made the UK's first mobile phone call in 1985 and is based in Newbury, Berkshire. It is part of VodafoneThree, a joint venture of Vodafone Group and CK Hutchison.
How does Vodafone compare with its rivals?
By turnover, Vodafone is 5th of the 10 companies in our battle of broadband and mobile, behind BT. The battle ranks them on turnover, pre-tax profit, margin, growth and net assets. The battle of broadband and mobile →
Who owns Vodafone?
The Companies House register records Vodafonethree Holdings Limited as the person with significant control of Vodafone Limited.
How much does Vodafone make?
Vodafone Limited reported turnover of £5,852m in the year to March 2025. It filed a pre-tax profit of £112m.
How many people work at Vodafone?
Vodafone Limited reported 9,199 employees in the year to March 2025.
Who runs Vodafone?
The Companies House register lists 5 current officers for Vodafone Limited. The full list, with appointment dates, is on the Companies House register.
- Figures come from Vodafone Limited's filings at Companies House, company number 01471587, for the period shown at the top of the page.
- These are single company accounts: they cover this company alone, not any wider group.
- Pre-tax profit is the figure the company filed, for both years.
- A figure the filing does not disclose is shown as n/d. A zero in the filing is treated as not disclosed, never as nil.
- Rounding: below £0.1m in thousands, from £0.1m to £2m to one decimal place, from £2m to the nearest million.
- Ownership is shown in the control bands the register of people with significant control uses, not as exact shareholdings.
- Officers' names and appointment dates come from the Companies House register. Job titles come from the company's own website. The description of what the company does comes from its website, or is marked Spark Intel editorial where it is written from stable, checked facts, with the date either way.
Spark Intel, “Vodafone: who owns it, who runs it and what the accounts show”, updated 9 November 2026. https://www.spark-intel.co.uk/companies/vodafone/. Figures from Companies House filings for VODAFONE LIMITED (01471587).
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