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Vodafone Headquarters & offices · Newbury, United Kingdom
Vodafone · Newbury, United Kingdom
Seven buildings set round a lake, linked by bridges and tents — and when it opened, not even the CEO had an office of their own.
The Newbury campus, the benefits and four decades of office history — then the pay and the business. Every number from Vodafone's own annual report, careers site, newsroom and its architect.
- 30 acrescampus in Newbury, opened 2003
- 60+ → 1Newbury buildings brought onto one site
- 16 weeksfully paid parental leave, for all parents
- 91,128employees in 15 markets (2026)
Sources: Annual Report on Form 20-F 2026 · Vodafone UK News Centre (Jan 2023) · Fletcher Priest Architects project pages · VodafoneThree Careers
Companies / United Kingdom / Telecommunications / Vodafone
THE HEADQUARTERS · NEWBURY · 2003
A lakeside campus that feels like a university
To bring 3,000 people together from more than sixty buildings around Newbury, Fletcher Priest planned seven buildings on the town's old agricultural showground, grouped around a small lake and joined by tents and bridges. Each building is two blocks around an atrium, with open stairs and bridges wide enough for informal work. Cafés, a lakeside restaurant, a fitness centre and a tensioned-fabric Pavilion for events complete the site.
- 7 buildings on 30 acres
- Opened 2003
- Design: Fletcher Priest Architects
- Lakeside restaurant, cafés and gym
- Fabric Pavilion for events
- Hot desks, even for the CEO
Around the lake (Fletcher Priest, 2003)
Fletcher Priest planned seven buildings on the town's old agricultural showground, grouped around a small lake and joined by tents and bridges.
Atria, bridges and the Pavilion
Each building is two blocks around an atrium, with open stairs and bridges wide enough for informal work.
The campus today (Vodafone News Centre, 2023)
The headquarters opened in 2003 on a 30-acre site in Newbury.
Facts: Fletcher Priest project pages “Vodafone Headquarters” and “Vodafone Headquarters Workplace” · Vodafone UK News Centre, “Vodafone's Newbury HQ: 20 years and counting” (27 Jan 2023).
The Newbury campus
| Building | Address |
|---|---|
| Vodafone House (headquarters, registered office) | Vodafone House, The Connection, Newbury, Berkshire RG14 2FN, United Kingdom |
Source: Annual Report on Form 20-F 2026, cover page · See them on the map ↓
Source: Fletcher Priest project pages · Architen Landrell project page · Vodafone UK News Centre (2023) · VodafoneThree Careers, Our Locations. Floor area is not published.
Benefits (United Kingdom and group-wide)
At least 16 weeks fully paid, plus a phased return, for all parents in every Vodafone market.
Paid leave and practical support for colleagues affected by domestic violence and abuse, in every market.
Put in up to 5% of salary by salary sacrifice; Vodafone doubles your contribution.
One day each quarter to clear meetings and focus on wellbeing, learning and connection.
Automatic cover at 50% of salary; critical illness cover can be added.
Free, confidential support for colleagues and their immediate family, plus mental health first aiders.
In the office 2–3 days a week and at least 8 days a month, with no fixed days.
Hundreds of retail discounts, a cycle to work scheme and the HouseRed recognition programme.
Source: Annual Report on Form 20-F 2026 (parental leave, safe leave) · VodafoneThree Careers, Employee Benefits and Hybrid Working (UK)
Why people stay: what Vodafone itself reports
Average of satisfaction and “would recommend us as an employer”, February 2026 survey.
Down from 8% the year before; involuntary turnover was 4%.
Vodafone says it prioritised internal recruitment to support mid-career moves.
3.7 million learning hours across the company in FY2026.
UK hybrid staff get everything they need for their role at home on non-office days.
Source: Annual Report on Form 20-F 2026, Empowering People · VodafoneThree Careers, Hybrid Working
Who works here
employees at 31 March 2026
nationalities
women in management and senior leadership
women on the Board, with a female CEO and CFO
Source: Annual Report on Form 20-F 2026 (Empowering People; note 24, Employees)
Pay at Vodafone
Year to 31 March 2026, UK employees (Option B method). Salary alone was £62,700. The Group Chief Executive's single-figure pay of £10.1M was 131 times the median.
Source: Annual Report on Form 20-F 2026, Annual Report on Remuneration (CEO pay ratio)
UK companies report pay at the 25th, 50th and 75th percentiles, not by age. At the 25th percentile total pay was £46,400; at the 75th, £89,300 (FY2026).
Office history: from above a curry house to a lakeside campus
- 1984 Racal Telecom is formed
The company was formed in 1984 as Racal Telecom Limited, a subsidiary of Racal Electronics Plc.
Source: Form 20-F 2002
No free-to-use photo found yet.Have one? We’d love to add it. - 1985 First office: above a curry house in Newbury
Vodafone began life in 1985 in an office above a curry house in Newbury town centre. On 1 January that year the first mobile call on its network was made to founder and first chairman Sir Ernest Harrison.
Source: Vodafone UK News Centre (2023) · VodafoneThree Careers, Our Locations · vodafone.com, Our history
The Broadway, Newbury · Spudgun67 / CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons - 1991 Independent, as Vodafone Group Plc
About 20% of the company was floated in October 1988. In September 1991 it was fully demerged from Racal Electronics and renamed Vodafone Group Plc.
Source: Form 20-F 2002
No free-to-use photo found yet.Have one? We’d love to add it. - 2002 The Courtyard, 2–4 London Road
By then the company worked from more than sixty buildings around Newbury. Its registered office and principal executive offices were The Courtyard, 2–4 London Road, Newbury.
Source: Form 20-F 2002 (filed June 2002) · Fletcher Priest project page
No free-to-use photo found yet.Have one? We’d love to add it. - 2003 Vodafone House, The Connection
The new campus on the old agricultural showground opened, bringing 3,000 people together in seven buildings. Vodafone House, The Connection, became the registered office.
Source: Form 20-F 2003 · Vodafone UK News Centre (2023) · Fletcher Priest project page
No free-to-use photo found yet.Have one? We’d love to add it. - 2007–08 Flood, repairs and a royal visit
In July 2007 the Lambourn river flooded the site and staff were evacuated. Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh toured the repaired headquarters on 14 November 2008.
Source: Vodafone UK News Centre (2023)
Vodafone headquarters, Newbury, 2008 · Matt Wakeman / CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons - 2023 Campus sold, buildings leased back
With hybrid working, staff needed to come in only a couple of days a week. Vodafone announced the sale of the Newbury campus with a long-term leaseback of several of its buildings.
Source: Vodafone UK News Centre, 27 Jan 2023
No free-to-use photo found yet.Have one? We’d love to add it. - Today Four buildings, still the registered home
Newbury is home to the UK headquarters, tech hub and network operations, on a complex of four buildings with two cafés. Vodafone House remains the Group's registered office; the 2026 AGM moved to Paddington, London.
Source: VodafoneThree Careers, Our Locations · Form 20-F 2026
No free-to-use photo found yet.Have one? We’d love to add it.
Map: how the headquarters moved
Vodafone has never left Newbury. It started above a curry house in the town centre, moved its registered office to London Road, and in 2003 gathered everyone onto one campus on the edge of town.
- 1 · 2002The Courtyard, 2–4 London Road, Newbury — Registered office and principal executive offices in the 2002 annual report
- 2 · 2003Vodafone House, The Connection, Newbury — The campus headquarters, still the registered office today
Addresses: Form 20-F 2002, 2003 and 2026. The 1985 office above a curry house has no published street address, so it is not on the map.
What Vodafone does
Vodafone runs mobile and fixed networks in 15 markets across Europe and Africa, with 279 million mobile customers and 18 million fixed broadband customers, plus 72 million more through joint ventures and associates.
Five operating segments: Germany, UK, Other Europe, Türkiye and Africa.
Where the money came from · Revenue by segment, FY2026
Source: Annual Report on Form 20-F 2026, segment results (year to 31 March 2026)
Source: Annual Report on Form 20-F 2026 · per-employee figure calculated by eciffo
Growth: revenue vs. people
€47.6B → €40.5B
111,556 → 92,988
Fiscal years end on 31 March. Revenue and average employees: SEC XBRL data from Vodafone's Form 20-F filings (FY2017–FY2025) and Form 20-F 2026. FY2024 onward exclude businesses later sold (restated), so the drop in FY2024 is mostly a change of scope. Multiples calculated by eciffo.
Chief executives
Group Chief Executive since 27 April 2023, after serving as interim CEO; Group CFO 2018–2023.
Succeeded Vittorio Colao on 1 October 2018; stepped down on 31 December 2022.
Appointed Group Chief Executive in July 2008.
Formed in 1984 as Racal Telecom, part of Racal Electronics. Sir Ernest Harrison was Vodafone's founder and first chairman.
Source: vodafone.com (board biography; CEO succession announcements 2018 and 2022) · Form 20-F 2002 · Vodafone UK News Centre
Vodafone: questions people ask
Where is Vodafone's headquarters?
Vodafone Group Plc's registered office and principal executive offices are at Vodafone House, The Connection, Newbury, Berkshire RG14 2FN, England. The Newbury campus is also home to VodafoneThree's UK headquarters, tech hub and network operations.
Source: Form 20-F 2026 · VodafoneThree Careers
Who designed Vodafone's Newbury headquarters?
Fletcher Priest Architects, who worked on every stage from the masterplan and building design to space planning, furniture and interior design.
Source: Fletcher Priest project pages
How big is the Vodafone campus in Newbury?
It opened in 2003 with seven buildings across 30 acres, grouped around a small lake. Today VodafoneThree describes a complex of four buildings with two cafés. Floor area has not been published.
Source: Vodafone UK News Centre (2023) · VodafoneThree Careers
What is inside the Newbury campus?
Restaurants and cafés, a gym, a video production studio, a hairdresser's and a dance studio, according to Vodafone, plus a tensioned-fabric Pavilion for events and the highly secure Network Operations Centre.
Source: Vodafone UK News Centre (2023) · Fletcher Priest
Does Vodafone still own the Newbury headquarters?
No. In January 2023 Vodafone announced the sale of the Newbury campus with a long-term leaseback of several of the buildings.
Source: Vodafone UK News Centre, 27 Jan 2023
Does Vodafone allow hybrid working?
In the UK, VodafoneThree asks people in hybrid roles to come into the office 2–3 days a week, for at least 8 days a month, with no fixed days. Staff get an “Office In a Box” kit for home.
Source: VodafoneThree Careers, Hybrid Working
What benefits does Vodafone offer?
Group-wide, at least 16 weeks of fully paid parental leave for all parents and 10 days of paid safe leave for people affected by domestic abuse. In the UK: a pension where Vodafone doubles up to 5% of salary, a Growth Day each quarter, income protection at 50% of salary and a free 24/7 employee assistance programme.
Source: Form 20-F 2026 · VodafoneThree Careers
How many people work at Vodafone?
91,128 employees at 31 March 2026, from 139 nationalities, in 15 markets. The average for the year was 92,988.
Source: Form 20-F 2026
How much do Vodafone employees in the UK earn?
The median UK employee received £77,300 in total pay and benefits in the year to 31 March 2026, with a salary of £62,700. The CEO's pay was 131 times the median.
Source: Form 20-F 2026, CEO pay ratio
Who is Vodafone's CEO?
Margherita Della Valle, Group Chief Executive since 27 April 2023. She was previously Group Chief Financial Officer.
Source: vodafone.com board of directors
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