GRANSTONE HOLDCO LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-11 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-09-27
Watchouts
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£524M
Equity attributable
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
£60M
Period ending 2024-12-31
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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4 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- GRANSTONE HOLDCO LIMITED 2024-04-09 → present
- VMED O2 NETWORKS LIMITED 2023-05-31 → 2024-04-09
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Unclassified median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | |
| Operating profit | — | -£59,000 | |
| Profit before tax | — | £59,791,000 | |
| Net profit | — | £59,791,000 | |
| Cash | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | |
| Net assets | £524,156,000 | £524,247,000 | |
| Equity | £524,156,000 | £524,247,000 | |
| Average employees | 0 | 0 | |
| Wages | — | — |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 0.0% | 0.0% |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. 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.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- KPMG LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis, which the directors consider to be appropriate for the following reasons: The directors are confident that the company will have sufficient funds to continue to meet its liabilities as they fall due for at least 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements and have prepared the financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- GRANSTONE HOLDCO LIMITED · parent
- O2 Networks Limited 100%
- Cornerstone Telecommunications Infrastructure Limited 50%
Significant events
- “On 9 April 2024, the company changed its name from VMED O2 UK Networks Limited to Granstone Holdco Limited.”
- “On 19 September 2023, the company acquired the entire issued share capital of O2 Networks Limited from associated companies, O2 Holdings Limited (80%) and O2 Cedar Limited (20%).”
- “On 15 November 2023, Granada Bidco Limited acquired shares in the capital of the company (2,000 ordinary shares of £1 each from O2 Cedar Limited and 1,333 ordinary shares of £1 each from O2 Holdings Limited).”
- “On 7 August 2024, Granada Bidco Limited transferred its entire shareholding in the capital of the company to Albion SPV Limited.”
- “On 27 November 2024, Albion SPV Limited acquired 1,666 ordinary shares of £1 each in the capital of Granstone Holdco Limited from O2 Holdings Limited, being 16.66% of the share capital.”
- “On 27 March 2025, the company implemented a capital reduction to reduce the share premium reserve to nil and increase retained earnings by £524.1 million. The capital reduction was effective from 28 March 2025.”
- “In March 2025, Cornerstone Telecommunications Infrastructure Limited (Cornerstone) declared and paid a dividend of £110.0 million, of which O2 Networks Limited received £55.0 million.”
- “In June 2025, Cornerstone declared and paid a dividend of £112.0 million, of which O2 Networks Limited received £56.0 million.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
8 active · 9 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VMED O2 SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2023-06-28 | — | — |
| BELFIELD, Lee Anthony | Director | 2023-11-15 | Mar 1988 | British |
| BOYLE, Julia Louise | Director | 2024-09-24 | Sep 1971 | British |
| CLARAMONTE GIL, Pedro Jose | Director | 2025-09-16 | Oct 1970 | Spanish |
| DI MEO, Adrian | Director | 2026-01-26 | Jan 1973 | Argentine |
| HARRAWAY, James Keith | Director | 2026-03-11 | Nov 1979 | British |
| O FLAHERTY, Peter Bartholomew | Director | 2024-11-27 | Feb 1973 | Irish |
| TAYLOR, Nicholas Paul | Director | 2025-06-06 | Sep 1980 | British |
Show 9 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BOYLE, Julia Louise | Director | 2023-05-31 | 2023-11-15 |
| COBIAN, Patricia | Director | 2023-11-15 | 2025-07-24 |
| DAVY, Simon George | Director | 2024-03-20 | 2025-01-31 |
| GILL, James Robert | Director | 2023-11-15 | 2025-06-06 |
| HARDMAN, Mark David | Director | 2023-05-31 | 2023-11-15 |
| KELLS, Paul | Director | 2023-11-15 | 2024-09-24 |
| MARTI CIRUELOS, Antonio | Director | 2024-06-26 | 2026-03-11 |
| SIMPSON, Colin James | Director | 2023-11-15 | 2024-06-26 |
| YORK, Sharon Jean | Director | 2023-11-15 | 2026-01-26 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albion Spv Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2024-08-07 | Active |
| Granada Bidco Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2023-11-15 | Ceased 2024-09-24 |
| O2 Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 50–75%, voting-rights-50-to-75-percent-as-firm, Appoints directors | 2023-05-31 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 48 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-03-28 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-12-04 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-12-04 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-03-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-07 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-10-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-09-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-06-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-28 | SH20 | capital | Legacy | |
| 2025-03-28 | SH19 | capital | Capital statement capital company with date currency figure | |
| 2025-03-28 | CAP-SS | insolvency | Legacy | |
| 2025-03-28 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-01-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-04 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-12-04 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-12-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-29 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 11
- Capital events
- 2
- Officers appointed
- 4
- Officers resigned
- 4
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31