Vmed O2 UK Limited
Registered name: VMED O2 UK LIMITED
Vmed O2 UK Limited made £10.7bn revenue and a £16.5m loss in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Vmed O2 UK Limited’s revenue fell 2% to £10.7bn in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with a loss of £16.5m and 15,932 employees. The company is classified under “activities of head offices” and is based in Reading; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Reading, South East
- Age
- 6 yrs · since 2020
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £10.9bn | £10.7bn |
| Cost of sales | −£3.7bn | −£3.7bn |
| Gross profit | £7.2bn | £7bn |
| Operating profit | −£2.5bn | £928m |
| Profit before tax | −£3.9bn | £2m |
| Profit after tax | −£3.6bn | −£16.5m |
| Profit (best available) | −£3.6bn | −£16.5m |
| Employees (average) | 15,708 | 15,932 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | −33.4% | −0.1% |
| Gross margin | 65.8% | 65.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £695k | £670k |
| Profit per employee | −£232k | −£1k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼2.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲1.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Net assets | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data May 2025 | Accounts · bulk data May 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −0.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 65.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £670k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Balance-sheet signals
Year-on-year changes in filed balance-sheet items. They can hint at momentum (or investment) but are not revenue or profit and must not be read as such.
- Net assets
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▲1%
- Now 15,932
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (2)
- Vmed O2 UK Holdings LimitedRev. £10.1bn · Profit −£764m
- Virgin Media Mobile Finance LimitedFigures not disclosed
Minority corporate shareholders
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit −£16.5m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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