Operating (loss)/profit (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2025

Disclosure Of Operating Loss Profit [Abstract]



	2025 €m			2024 € m			2023 € m

Amortisation of intangible assets (Note 10)		3,695			3,515			3,380

Depreciation of property, plant and equipment (Note 11):

Owned assets		3,874			3,882			4,142

Leased assets		3,235			3,017			2,733

Impairment charge/(reversal) (Note 4)		4,515			(64	)		64

Staff costs (Note 24)		5,236			5,498			5,192

Amounts related to inventory included in cost of sales		4,514			4,659			5,035

Own costs capitalised attributable to the construction or acquisition of property, plant and equipment		(1,254	)		(1,188	)		(1,099	)

Gain on the revaluation of net monetary assets resulting from IAS 29 application (Note 1)		(112	)		(360	)		(198	)

Gain on disposal of Indus Towers Limited 1		714			–			–

Pledge arrangements in respect of Indus Towers Limited (Note 29) 1		(214	)		–			–

Loss on disposal of Vodafone Hungary 1		–			–			69

Gain on disposal of Vodafone Ghana 1		–			–			(689	)

Gain on disposal of Vantage Towers 1		–			–			(8,729	)

Schedule of auditors remuneration



	2025 €m		2024 € m		2023 € m

Parent company		8		7		6

Subsidiaries		19		19		22

Audit fees 1		27		26		28



Audit-related 2		3		10		3

Non-audit fees		3		10		3



Total fees		30		36		31

Notes:

1.	Includes fees in connection with the interim review, preliminary announcement and controls audit required under Section 404 of the Sarbanes Oxley Act. In total this amounted to € 2 million (2024: € 1 million, 2023: € 1 million).

Fees for special purpose audits and statutory and regulatory filings during the year. Fees for the year ended 31 March 2024 are higher than fees for the other years presented, primarily due to Reporting Accountant and audit services performed during the year which were required in connection with the merger of Vodafone UK and Three UK and the disposal of Vodafone Spain.