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Legal entity history

Per the history of VodafoneThree Holdings on Companies House:

"Vodafone UK Trading Holdings Limited" was formed on 30 May 2023
after a period of dormancy, on 2 September 2024 it became the parent of Vodafone Limited, ie Vodafone UK (according to the accounts filed in Nov 2024)
on 28 May 2025 it was renamed "VodafoneThree Holdings Limited"
on 31 May 2025 (the day the merger completed) it became the parent of Hutchison 3G UK Holdings Limited (Three UK's immediate parent company)

Given recent edits, I put it that this article is primarily about the merger and the company after the completion of the merger. For comparison, we also have an article on EE (telecommunications) - technically the legal entity "Everything Everywhere Limited" (now EE Limited) was a rename of T-Mobile (UK) Limited and was originally formed in 1989, but in the article about the merged company we focus on the company from the point of the merger. Andreworkney (talk) 11:05, 7 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Tidistruggo: I see you left a message on my talk page - I think it's worth having the conversation here on the article talk page for the visibility of all editors. :) Andreworkney (talk) 11:11, 7 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Incidentally, I note a separate company currently named "Vodafone Distribution Holdings Limited" was previously named "VodafoneThree Holdings Limited" from the 1st of April until the 28th of May - as such, although the current company with that name is technically a legal continuation of Vodafone UK Trading Holdings, it may still be inaccurate to claim that it's the same company. Ultimately, though, "VodafoneThree" was formed as a concept by the merger completing regardless of when the legal entities were technically registered - a reliable source calls it "newly formed" here Andreworkney (talk) 14:42, 7 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Oh ok well actually you're right. Sorry for the inconvenience. Tidistruggo (talk) 08:23, 9 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]