Interim Results
Oak Holdings PLC
28 July 2004
28 July 2004
OAK HOLDINGS PLC ('the Company')
Interim Results for the six months ended
30 April, 2004
Chairman's Statement
Results
I am pleased to report the results for six months ended 30 April 2004. It has
been an active period for your Company where we have focused our energies on
utilising our property expertise to lay the foundation from which to build a
successful property consultancy and development company. In line with our
forecasts, we made an operating loss before exceptional items of £353,610 (2003:
£103,860), on a turnover of £1,267 (2003: £2,656). As at 30 April 2004, the
Group had net assets of £11,134,059 and cash of £475,782.
The Directors do not propose the payment of a dividend (2003: £Nil).
Strategy
The Directors of AWG fulfilled their previously stated strategy, having
identified a suitable reverse takeover acquisition, which was approved by
shareholders at an Extraordinary General Meeting, held on 1 December 2003. The
strategic focus since then has been to create a revenue generating property
consultancy business in tandem with developing mixed-use leisure based schemes.
Current Trading
The Group's new property consultancy business using the Board's extensive
property and financial experience has received considerable interest from both
international companies and private investors. We are marketing the service to
targeted individuals and organisations that require discreet professional advice
on optimising their property assets. The services it offers include project
consultancy and development appraisal, design, risk analysis, advice on
valuation procurement, financial engineering and insurance. We have already
secured our first major client and are currently in negotiations with a number
of others.
On the development side, progress at the 327 acre YES leisure and entertainment
project in South Yorkshire has been steady. Interest from potential anchor
tenants for the theatre and four-star spa hotel with conference facilities has
been strong and as a result, we hope to be able to announce some positive news
on this in the near future. Encouragingly, local support remains committed
which should bode well when the planning application is submitted.
In addition, we continue to look at other opportunities in the leisure property
market to widen our spread of activities and produce alternate revenue streams.
We are concentrating on securing projects which we feel can generate the right
returns for our shareholders. These are not confined to the UK but are all
focused on the leisure sector where we feel we can really add value.
We continue to make significant progress and look forward to fully maximising
the Oak Holdings potential. I would like to thank the Board for their hard work
and commitment and for creating a solid foundation from which we can build.
Malcolm Savage
28 July 2004
Oak Holdings plc
Balance Sheet
As at 30 April 2004
As at 30 April As at 30 April As at 31 October
2004 2003 2003 (audited)
(unaudited) (unaudited)
£ £ £
Intangible fixed assets 10,828,446 - -
Tangible fixed assets 129,245 128,237 127,323
10,957,691 128,237 127,323
Stock 25,116 73,611 95,178
Debtors 35,387 9,890 7,639
Cash at bank and in hand 475,782 1,326,827 1,234,401
536,285 1,410,328 1,337,218
Creditors falling due within one year (179,222) (145,499) (89,893)
Net current assets 357,063 1,264,829 1,247,325
Total assets less current liabilities 11,314,754 1,393,066 1,374,648
Creditors falling due after more than one year (180,695) (19,567) (15,997)
Net assets 11,134,059 1,373,499 1,358,651
Capital and reserves
Called up share capital 6,539,483 1,622,718 1,622,718
Share premium account 2,792,939 2,778,007 2,778,007
Capital redemption reserve 164,667 164,667 164,667
Profit and loss account (3,560,349) (3,824,193) (3,206,741)
Capital reserve - 632,300 -
Merger reserve 5,197,319 - -
Equity shareholders' funds 11,134,059 1,373,499 1,358,651
Oak Holdings plc
Profit and loss account
For the six months ended 30 April 2004
Six months ended Six months ended Twelve months ended
30 April 2004 30 April 2003 31 October 2003
(unaudited) (unaudited) (audited)
£ £ £
Turnover 1,267 2,656 86,167
Cost of sales - normal - (3,558) (44,716)
- exceptional - - 25,020
Gross profit (loss) 1,267 (902) 66,471)
Operating expenses (371,933) (126,712) (223,333)
Operating loss (370,666) (127,614) (156,862)
Interest receivable 17,056 23,754 38,154
Loss on ordinary activities before taxation (353,610) (103,860) (118,708)
Taxation - - -
Retained (loss)/profit for the period (353,610) (103,860) (118,708)
Basic loss per share (in pence) (0.1p) (0.1p) (0.1p)
Notes to the Interim Results
1 The Group results have been prepared in accordance with the accounting
polices stated in the 2003 annual report.
2 The calculation of loss per share is based upon the weighted average
number of shares in issue during the period of 571,877,331 (April 2003 -
162,271,750).
3 The results for the periods to 30 April 2004 and 30 April 2003 are
unaudited and do not constitute statutory accounts in accordance with
section 240 of the Companies Act 1985. The comparative figures for the
year ended 31 October 2003 are an abbreviated version of the full accounts
which have been reported on without qualification by the auditors and have
been filed with the Registrar of Companies.
4 The acquisition of Oak Ventures Limited (formerly Oak Holdings Limited)
during the period has been accounted for applying the acquisition basis of
accounting. The fair values of the shares issued by the company in
exchange for the entire issued share capital of Oak Ventures Limited is
considered by the directors to be 2.06p per share. This being the price
agreed by the respective boards of the combining companies as reflecting
the fair value of each entity.
5 No dividend is proposed for the period ended 30 April 2004.
6 Copies of the interim results will be available to members of the public
from the Company's registered office, at 15 Half Moon Street, London
W1J 7AT.
Further Enquiries:
Oak Holdings plc Tel: 020 7493 5522
Malcolm Savage/Michael Hill
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