23 May 2022
Pelatro Plc
("Pelatro" or the "Group")
Final Results
Pelatro Plc (AIM: PTRO), the precision marketing software specialist, is pleased to announce today its audited results for the year ended 31 December 2021.
Financial highlights
· Significant increase in revenue to $7.3m (2020: $4.0m)
· Recurring revenue of $4.8m (2020: $2.9m)
· Adjusted EBITDA* of $2.8m (2020: $0.4m)
· Adjusted loss per share of (0.4)¢ (2020: (5.5)¢)
• Equity placing to raise $4.3m to invest in our business and repay debt
· Gross cash as at 31 December 2021 $3.3m (2020: $1.8m)
• Trade receivables of $5.0m (2020: $3.5m); c. $1.9m received from debtors since year end
Operational highlights
• Three new customers bringing total to 23
• Now processing data of over one billion subscribers every day
• With recent contracts a dominant presence in Asia and increasingly in Africa
Outlook
· Substantial order book and good visibility over revenues for the coming year - ARR now c.80% of expected FY22 revenue
• New business pipeline # of c. $17m
• Further drive into fast growing mobile advertising space
Richard Day, non-executive Chairman of Pelatro commented:
"We are delighted to be able to show in these results figures which are in line with expectations; with solid growth in the revenue line of over 80% to $7.3m from $4.0m the previous year, with the majority being of a recurring revenue nature. The Group continues to trade in-line with expectations and our recurring revenue base gives us good visibility over the coming year and, together with our new business pipeline, gives us every confidence for the rest of 2022 and beyond"
Presentation
A copy of the results presentation to be provided to investors and analysts will be available on Pelatro's website in due course (www.pelatro.com).
For further information contact:
Pelatro Plc |
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Subash Menon, Managing Director |
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Nic Hellyer, Chief Financial Officer |
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finnCap Limited (Nominated Adviser and broker) |
+44 (0)20 7220 0500 |
Carl Holmes/Kate Bannatyne/Milesh Hindocha (Corporate Finance) |
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* earnings before interest, tax, depreciation, amortisation, exceptional items and share-based payments
** ARR is calculated by reference to the full annualised value of a contract; the total ARR thus calculated may not all accrue in the 12 months following due to (for example) implementation periods and other timing differences between signing a contract and the "Go Live" or similar date
# Pipeline value is defined as expected license revenue or 3 x ARR, depending on the nature of the contract
This announcement is released by Pelatro Plc and, prior to publication, the information contained herein was deemed to constitute inside information under the Market Abuse Regulations (EU) No. 596/2014. Such information is disclosed in accordance with the Company's obligations under Article 17 of MAR. The person who arranged for the release of this announcement on behalf of Pelatro Plc was Nic Hellyer, CFO.
Notes to editors
The Pelatro Group was founded in March 2013 by Subash Menon and Sudeesh Yezhuvath with the objective of offering specialised, enterprise class software solutions for customer engagement principally to telcos who face a series of challenges including market maturity, saturation and customer churn.
Pelatro provides its "mViva" platform for use by customers in B2C and B2B applications and is well positioned in the Customer Engagement space. Our technology orchestrates the digital journey of the customers of the telcos through contextual, relevant and real time offers and loyalty programs across multiple channels including websites, social media, apps and others.
For more information about Pelatro, visit www.pelatro.com
CHAIRMAN'S STATEMENT
Overview
The markets we serve have become increasingly sophisticated but the underlying themes of providing good service with outstanding products and generating real value for our customers continues to serve us and our customer base well. For us this has resulted in a year of consolidating our position as a recurring revenues service provider as well as winning new customers, ensuring we are able to report healthy growth in our business. We will still provide our software and services through a licence model if that is preferred by a customer, but this is no longer the norm.
Operations
We started the year in January 2021 with our mViva platform being chosen by an Asian telco for campaign management operations. This Asian telco is part of a much larger international telco group and we have found this is an ideal way to penetrate these larger diverse entities. We followed this with a Framework Agreement later in the year with the parent company, so that its operating companies in various jurisdictions can be serviced by Pelatro under one agreement. Including these and despite the Covid situation, Pelatro won three new telco customers in 2021, taking us to 23 customers in various countries around the world. We have also been extending the breadth and quality of our products and services we provide to our telco customers. Part of our growth effort has been directed towards the non-telco space, where non-telco brand campaigns and adverts can be sent to consumers via their mobile phones. We have recruited a senior manager for this area and are building the team but are proceeding cautiously in terms of new contracts to ensure that they are on appropriate terms.
India has taken longer to emerge from the various Covid disruptions than the UK and currently continues to remain cautious with regards to Covid. With our main operations based in Bangalore, we have successfully managed home working by our staff which has meant there has not been a significant effect on our day-to day operations and we have been able to continue to provide excellent levels of service to our customers. This included our five year Managed Services contract which went live with our largest customer in India. The implementation was smooth and successful, with over 400 million subscribers being transferred over to the new system.
The numbers of staff attending our offices safely for work has been at the 30% level for some time now and we expect this gradually to grow over the coming months. Our executive team have also been prevented from travelling overseas, but air travel has also opened up and they are now able to meet our international customer base and pursue new opportunities in person.
Non telco operations
Pelatro has been working on entering non telco sectors for the past nine months. We have initially focused on banks and fintech companies as sectors, with over 50 potential customers being targeted in India, as a geographic starting point. Through these extensive interactions over these months, it has become amply clear that these enterprises are keen on customer journey mapping, customer journey analytics and customer journey orchestration. This is a very new product set to these businesses but a number have expressed interest in exploring an engagement. Given our extensive experience in the telco sector our product mViva has very strong capabilities with respect to customer journey orchestration and on that basis we are confident of winning our first customer in this space during 2022.
We expect to undertake further recruitment to service this space when our initial customer engagements begin to mature and the business model develops further. The extent of this recruitment will depend on the potential geographic and sector breadth of the roll out.
Other developments
In June, we took the opportunity to raise approximately £3.3m through an equity placing of new shares with new and existing shareholders to help grow our sales and marketing as well as to repay debt and strengthen the Group's balance sheet. In December, our CFO Nic Hellyer, who had been with Pelatro for over four years on a part-time basis, moved to a full-time role with us.
We continue to closely monitor the situation in Ukraine, the response of international governments and any potential impact on the Group. Pelatro has a small development and support team in Russia, representing around 13% of the Group's cash cost base. This team can and does operate remotely with no requirement for travel, and is currently fully operational. The Group has no revenue from Russia or any other related sanctioned jurisdiction.
Outlook
Against this backdrop, we are delighted to be able to show in these results figures which are in line with expectations; with solid growth in the revenue line of over 80% to $7.3m from $4.0m the previous year, with the majority being of a recurring revenue nature. The Group also continues to trade in-line with expectations and our recurring revenue base gives us good visibility over the coming year and, together with our new business pipeline, gives us every confidence for the rest of 2022 and beyond.
Richard Day
Chairman
MANAGING DIRECTOR'S STATEMENT
Change, as they say, is the only constant phenomenon. Does this mean change can only be involuntary and accidental? Absolutely not. The type of change that people and organisations benefit from are those that are brought about by design. Those that involve strategizing and meticulous execution - particularly when it comes to a company. Your company went through a well-orchestrated change during 2019 and 2020 and the results came in during 2021.
The Orchestrated Change
When we started the process in 2019, we had clearly articulated both the goal and the path to it. The objective was to shift our revenue model from a one-time license fee model to recurring and/or repeating revenue, with an emphasis on recurring. Given that recurring revenue is now a sustainable 70% or so of revenue we believe we have achieved that goal. Furthermore, from a low of 20% at the time of the IPO in 2017, recurring and repeating business has gone up to around 90%, thereby significantly increasing the predictability and stability of the revenue stream, with the visibility quite high at the start of the year itself, with a key element of this being the quantum of annual recurring revenue ("ARR") as we win new contracts. We believe that we have now reached a stable level with respect to the share of these revenue streams and that augurs well for the business going forward.
Growing Customer Base
Over the years, we have been successful in adding customers. While this was impacted by Covid-19, we added three new customers in 2021 taking our tally to 23 customers in 20 countries. Some of the key statistics are given below.
• Processing data of over one billion subscribers every day
• Processing over 60 billion transactions per day, in real time, in one customer site alone
• Executing over 15,000 campaigns every day
• Present in 20 countries
Scale is a critical element for any enterprise software and for us that has now been well established. From a geographical perspective, we now have a dominant presence in Asia and Africa. Leveraging these achievements, we are now spreading into Europe.
Going Above and Beyond
Our customers are operating in a highly competitive market wherein they are being squeezed by two strong forces - reducing revenue per customer and increasing churn. Between these two debilitating factors, the telcos are finding it extremely difficult to increase revenue and margin. In this tough situation, vendors need to shoulder more responsibilities and become true partners. Pelatro is committed to this vision. Over the past few years, we have built extensive capabilities in the following areas.
• Development of campaign strategy
• Campaign consultancy
• Campaign execution
• Platform operation
• Reporting
With these enhanced capabilities, we help our customers to effectively use our solution to increase revenue and reduce churn. In many instances some of Pelatro's revenue is linked to performance thereby ensuring that interests are aligned with our customers. Thus, we share the risk perceived by our customers while helping them to meet their objectives to the fullest extent possible.
We have been on this specific journey for the past three years and are convinced that this is the way forward. Our customers are increasingly seeing us as partners and not mere vendors. They are highly appreciative of the value added by Pelatro with respect to both the software solution and the overall operations. Such engagements are flourishing on the basis of actual incremental revenue generated by Pelatro over the past few years and a comparison of the same with the status within the telcos prior to that period, and the uplift brought about by Pelatro is compelling enough for the telcos to increasingly rely on us for operations in the form of managed services.
As noted in the Chairman's statement we have also begun the journey similarly to add value to non-telco customers. We will invest in this side of the business prudently and, while it is early days, we expect these engagements to further increase our revenue in the years to come.
I take this opportunity to thank all of you and look forward to your continued support in our effort to go above and beyond.
Subash Menon
Managing Director, CEO and Co-Founder
FINANCIAL REVIEW
Income Statement
Revenue
Out of our total revenue of $7.27m, approximately $4.79m (66%) arose from recurring revenue (2020: $2.85m), comprising some $3.46m from managed service and gain share contracts and the balance from post-contract support. A further $1.96m came from change requests (2020: $0.43m) which are not contractually "recurring" but tend to provide "repeat" income as our customers' usage of the product evolves. Accordingly, over 90% of revenue was "repeating" in nature, compared to just over 80% in 2020.
This increase reflects the push by the Group over the last few years into recurring revenue contracts which initially resulted in a fall in revenue as "one off" license revenues were replaced by sustainable longer-term contracts. Whilst the coronavirus pandemic over the last two years had a relatively limited impact on high-level decision making at our customers, it did nonetheless slow our marketing efforts which, for high-level enterprise software such as ours, do require some level of face-to-face contact. Despite this, three new customers were added during the year; this, together with the number of recurring revenue customers, further reduced customer concentration with now only two customers accounting for more than 10% of revenue.
Cost of sales and overheads
Cost of sales increased by 29% to $2.2m (2020: $1.7m). These costs comprise principally (i) the direct salary costs of providing software support and maintenance, professional services and consultancy; (ii) expensed customer implementation; (iii) third-party software maintenance and licensing costs; and (iv) sales commissions. The increase in 2021 results almost entirely from the full year effect of staff taken on to service managed service and similar contracts commenced in 2020.
Pre-exceptional overheads (excluding depreciation and amortisation) increased to $2.3m (2020: $1.9m), reflecting the increase in business activity and hence people costs, plus additional efforts in sales and marketing, notably establishing the Group presence via social media. Travel costs were maintained at a relatively low level given the ongoing restrictions on international travel and the Group's success in enabling support and implementation functions remotely.
Profitability
Adjusted EBITDA (earnings before interest, tax, depreciation, amortisation and exceptional items, as adjusted for the effect of certain non-recurring or exceptional items) rose strongly by over 6x in the year to $2.81m (2020: $0.44m). After taking into account net finance costs and depreciation and amortisation (including c. $0.7m of acquisition-related amortisation) loss before tax was $(0.67)m (2020: loss of $(2.22)m before exceptional items).
Adjusted loss per share was (0.4)¢ (2020: loss of (5.5)¢), and reported loss per share was (2.1)¢ (2020: loss (7.2)¢).
Statement of Financial Position
Intangible assets
Capitalised development costs and patents
Capitalised development costs reduced slightly to $2.6m (2020: $2.9m) reflecting a reduction in direct costs attributable to software development, particularly in Nizhny Novgorod. Amounts capitalised during the year included investments in the mViva Contextual Marketing Platform ("CMP") which was developed from v.6.1 to v.6.2, the Unified Communication management ("UCM")/Link product from 12.1 to 13.0 and various new modules which add to and enhance the core product suite. The carrying value of these software assets together with the carrying value of software assets capitalised in previous periods was reviewed for impairment at the balance sheet date and no impairment was required.
The Group continues to protect its IP by registering patents when relevant and spent a further $30,000 on patent development over the year. Net of amortisation, the net book value of intangible assets relating to development costs and patents in the statement of financial position is approximately $6.4m (2020: $5.9m).
Property, plant and equipment
Expenditure on property, plant and equipment was minimal at $88,000, principally relating to IT and peripheral equipment. This compares to $0.9m in 2020 which related mainly to IT equipment placed on site at a customer's premises to implement the related managed services contract.
Depreciation in the year amounted to $0.30m (excluding amounts relating to Right-to-Use assets now recognised under IFRS 16, and gross of amounts capitalised as intangible assets) (2020: $0.20m). The increase largely reflects depreciation now charged on the customer site IT assets referred to above. The aggregate net book value of property, plant and equipment fell accordingly from $1.22m to $0.98m.
Right of use assets
The Group recognises certain long-term leases under IFRS 16 as "right of use" assets. The reduction in the overall value of the right of use assets from $0.31m in 2020 to $0.24m in 2021, is net of depreciation of $0.17m and capital additions of $0.1m. These additions do not reflect new leases but instead the capitalised value of expected extensions to current leases. The Group has had its office accommodation requirements (principally in Bangalore) under review for some time, however, the COVID pandemic and associated uncertainty had put such considerations on hold, but the Group now believes that a significant office consolidation will take place by the beginning of 2023.
Trade receivables and contract assets
Trade receivables
At 31 December 2021 total trade receivables (i.e. including long-term receivables) stood at $4.96m (2020: $3.48m). This figure includes:
(a) a receivable of $0.64m the payment of which is subject to a government approval process in the customer's jurisdiction. This process generally leads to a substantial delay to the payment of the amount outstanding - the payment concerned was originally expected in Q4 2021; however, the delay was compounded by a change to the underlying procedure which has resulted in the payment now being expected in Q2 2022. This delay is purely procedural and no impairment of the underlying amount is expected; and
(b) a receivable of $1.14m relating to an entire license contract which, though live with the customer, was pending final approval. This has taken place post the year end and $0.46m of the debt has been received to date.
In addition to the $0.46m, just under $1.5m has been received since the year end to date, i.e. a total of $1.9m.
Contract assets
Contract assets are recognised relating to support and maintenance revenue and license fees as invoices are raised in arrears of the revenue recognition relating to the services being provided. In addition, contract assets include contract fulfilment assets relating to sales commission provisions, the cost of which is amortised over the life of the corresponding contract.
Short-term contract assets deriving from revenue (i.e. those which are expected to reverse in less than one year) decreased to $0.38m (2020: $0.46m), arising from one license contract signed in the year which had invoicing terms which differed significantly from the underlying performance obligations. Long-term contract assets deriving from revenue (i.e. those which are expected to reverse after more than one year) decreased to $0.23m (2020: $0.31m), reflecting the invoicing profile of various products and services, principally on PCS.
Fulfilment assets included in contract assets total $0.18m (2020: $0.15m) in respect of short-term assets (representing costs directly relating to certain contracts to be recognised in profit and loss in the next 12 months); and $0.38m (2020: $0.44m) in respect of long-term assets (representing costs directly relating to certain contracts to be recognised in profit and loss after one year). These assets largely reflect sales commissions first contracted in 2020.
Trade and other payables, provisions and contract liabilities
Trade and other payables
At the year end, short-term trade payables stood at $0.15m (2020: $0.81m), the reduction being due entirely to an exceptional amount due in respect of sales commissions payable at the end of 2020 which were paid in 2021. Other short-term payables of $0.45m (2020: $0.28m), were due principally to amounts due in respect of staff bonuses and the balance for sundry creditors.
Provisions
Under the Indian Payment of Gratuity Act 1972, employees i n the Group's Indian subsidiary with more than 5 years' service are eligible for the payment of a "gratuity" upon certain end of employment events - short-term provisions include amounts estimated in respect of such gratuity payments, as well as carried over leave payments and sundry expense provisions, in total $37,000 (2020: $79,000). The tax provision fell from $84,000 to $35,000 mainly due to an increase in the amount of tax deducted at source from our Indian subsidiary which reduced the year end tax creditor.
Long-term provisions of $0.20m (2020: $0.17m) relate solely to amounts estimated in respect of leave encashment and gratuity payments. Further details of such provisions are given in Note 26.
Contract liabilities
Contract liabilities represent customer payments received in advance of satisfying performance obligations, which are expected to be recognised as revenue in 2022 and beyond. Short-term contract liabilities remained broadly stable at $0.47m (2020: $0.50m) and long-term contract liabilities increased slightly to $0.28m (2020: $0.21m).
Statement of Cash Flows
Cash flow and financing
Cash generated by operations before tax payments amounted to $1.27m (2020: $2.60m), the reduction largely resulting from the effect of the trade receivables which were still outstanding at the year end referred to above and the payment of the commissions referred to in the note on creditors above.
In July we raised c. $4.3m net of expenses by way of an equity placing. This has supported the Group's expansion, both in terms of recruitment (in particular in sales), the repayment of debt (some $0.75m) and working capital generally.
The Group had closing gross cash of $3.3m (2020: $1.8m). Borrowings amounted to $0.75m (2020: $1.4m) excluding amounts relating to lease liabilities. These borrowings are to be repaid on an Equal Monthly Instalment ("EMI") basis over the next 2-5 years.
Summary
Our performance this year reflects the work done over the last few years in transitioning the Group towards long-term managed service contracts underpinned by a solid base of support revenue, and a more normal year of change request income. The Group starts the year with a material proportion of the expected total revenue for the year underpinned by recurring revenue already contracted and repeating revenue (i.e. change requests) under purchase orders. The Board therefore remains optimistic that the Group is on track to deliver a strong year of growth.
Nic Hellyer
Chief Financial Officer
Group Statement of Comprehensive Income
For the year ended 31 December 2021
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2021 |
2020 |
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Note |
$'000 |
$'000 |
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(audited) |
(audited) |
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Revenue |
5 |
7,266 |
4,020 |
Cost of sales and provision of services |
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(2,206) |
(1,710) |
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_______ |
_______ |
Gross profit |
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5,060 |
2,310 |
|
|
|
|
Administrative expenses |
6 |
(4,831) |
(3,647) |
|
|
_______ |
_______ |
Adjusted operating profit/(loss) |
|
229 |
(1,337) |
Exceptional items |
7 |
- |
149 |
Amortisation of acquisition-related intangibles |
18 |
(686) |
(686) |
Share-based payments |
11 |
(32) |
(32) |
|
|
_______ |
_______ |
Operating (loss) |
|
(489) |
(1,906) |
|
|
|
|
Finance income |
12 |
44 |
64 |
Finance expense |
13 |
(221) |
(240) |
|
|
_______ |
_______ |
(Loss) before taxation |
|
(666) |
(2,082) |
Income tax expense |
14 |
(181) |
(375) |
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_______ |
_______ |
(LOSS) FOR THE YEAR ATTRIBUTABLE TO OWNERS OF THE PARENT |
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(847) |
(2,457) |
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|
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Other comprehensive income/(expense): |
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Items that may be reclassified subsequently to profit or loss: |
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Exchange differences on translation of foreign operations |
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(147) |
31 |
Items that will not subsequently be reclassified to profit or loss: |
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|
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Exchange differences on translation of equity balances |
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50 |
(55) |
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_______ |
_______ |
Other comprehensive income, net of tax |
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(97) |
(24) |
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|
|
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TOTAL COMPREHENSIVE INCOME FOR THE YEAR |
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(944) |
(2,481) |
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Earnings per share |
|
|
|
Attributable to the owners of the Pelatro Group ( basic and diluted) |
15 |
(2.1)¢ |
(7.2)¢ |
Group Statement of Financial Position
For the year ended 31 December 2021
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2021 |
2020 |
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Note |
$'000 |
$'000 |
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(audited) |
(audited) |
Assets |
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Non-current assets |
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Intangible assets |
18 |
11,453 |
11,649 |
Tangible assets |
19 |
982 |
1,218 |
Right-of-use assets |
20 |
240 |
308 |
Deferred tax assets |
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14 |
16 |
Contract assets |
21 |
606 |
751 |
Trade receivables |
21 |
163 |
149 |
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|
_______ |
_______ |
|
|
13,458 |
14,091 |
Current assets |
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|
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Contract assets |
21 |
555 |
609 |
Trade receivables |
21 |
4,793 |
3,335 |
Other assets |
22 |
315 |
485 |
Cash and cash equivalents |
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3,331 |
1,805 |
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_______ |
_______ |
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8,994 |
6,234 |
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TOTAL ASSETS |
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22,452 |
20,325 |
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Liabilities |
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Non-current liabilities |
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Borrowings |
23 |
608 |
1,196 |
Lease liabilities |
24 |
80 |
172 |
Contract liabilities |
25 |
278 |
207 |
Long-term provisions |
26 |
202 |
173 |
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_______ |
_______ |
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1,168 |
1,748 |
Current liabilities |
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|
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Short term borrowings |
23 |
136 |
244 |
Lease liabilities |
24 |
188 |
174 |
Trade and other payables |
25 |
603 |
1,093 |
Contract liabilities |
25 |
469 |
495 |
Provisions |
26 |
72 |
163 |
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_______ |
_______ |
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1,468 |
2,169 |
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|
|
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TOTAL LIABILITIES |
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2,636 |
3,917 |
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|
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NET ASSETS |
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19,816 |
16,408 |
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Issued share capital and reserves attributable to owners of the parent |
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Share capital |
27 |
1,501 |
1,212 |
Share premium |
27 |
18,046 |
14,045 |
Other reserves |
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(639) |
(583) |
Retained earnings |
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908 |
1,734 |
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_______ |
_______ |
TOTAL EQUITY |
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19,816 |
16,408 |
Group Statement of Cash Flows
For the year ended 31 December 2021
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2021 |
2020 |
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|
$'000 |
$'000 |
|
|
(audited) |
(audited) |
Cash flows from operating activities |
|
|
|
Profit/(loss) for the year |
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(847) |
(2,457) |
Adjustments for: |
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|
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Income tax expense recognised in profit or loss |
|
181 |
375 |
Finance income |
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(44) |
(20) |
Finance costs |
|
221 |
232 |
Depreciation of tangible non-current assets |
|
467 |
366 |
Profit on disposal of fixed assets |
|
(10) |
(10) |
Amortisation of intangible non-current assets |
|
2,814 |
2,122 |
Fair value adjustment on contingent consideration |
|
- |
(149) |
Share-based payments |
|
32 |
32 |
Foreign exchange gains/(losses) |
|
9 |
25 |
|
|
_______ |
_______ |
Operating cash flows before movements in working capital |
|
2,823 |
516 |
(Increase)/decrease in trade and other receivables |
|
(1,271) |
2,229 |
(Increase) in contract assets |
|
206 |
(544) |
Increase in trade and other payables |
|
(532) |
676 |
Increase/(decrease) in contract liabilities |
|
45 |
(276) |
|
|
_______ |
_______ |
Cash generated from operating activities |
|
1,271 |
2,601 |
|
|
|
|
Income tax paid |
|
(258) |
(339) |
|
|
_______ |
_______ |
Net cash generated from operating activities |
|
1,013 |
2,262 |
|
|
|
|
Cash flows from investing activities |
|
|
|
Development of intangible assets |
|
(2,540) |
(2,807) |
Purchase of intangible assets |
|
(42) |
(9) |
Acquisition of property, plant and equipment |
|
(88) |
(902) |
Payment of earn out consideration relating to prior period acquisition |
|
- |
(851) |
|
|
_______ |
_______ |
Net cash used in investing activities |
|
(2,670) |
(4,569) |
|
|
|
|
Cash flows from financing activities |
|
|
|
Proceeds from issue of ordinary shares, net of issue costs |
|
4,290 |
2,589 |
Proceeds from borrowings |
|
70 |
1,753 |
Repayment of borrowings |
|
(748) |
(919) |
Repayments of principal on lease liabilities |
|
(173) |
(171) |
Interest received |
|
44 |
20 |
Interest paid |
|
(203) |
(185) |
Interest expense on lease liabilities |
|
(25) |
(16) |
|
|
_______ |
_______ |
Net cash generated by/(used in) financing activities |
|
3,255 |
3,071 |
|
|
|
|
Net increase/(decrease) in cash and cash equivalents |
|
1,598 |
764 |
Foreign exchange differences |
|
(72) |
(60) |
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period |
|
1,805 |
1,101 |
|
|
_______ |
_______ |
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period |
|
3,331 |
1,805 |
Group Statement of Changes in Equity
For the year ended 31 December 2021
|
Share capital |
Share premium |
Exchange reserve |
Merger reserve |
Share-based payments reserve |
Retained profits |
|
Total |
|
$'000 |
$'000 |
$'000 |
$'000 |
$'000 |
$'000 |
|
$'000 |
Balance at 1 January 2020 as previously reported |
1,065 |
11,603 |
(216) |
(527) |
100 |
4,177 |
|
16,202 |
(Loss) after taxation for the period |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
(2,457) |
|
(2,457) |
Share-based payments |
- |
- |
- |
- |
98 |
- |
|
98 |
Transfer on lapse of share options |
|
|
|
|
(14) |
14 |
|
- |
Other comprehensive income: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Exchange differences |
- |
- |
(24) |
- |
- |
- |
|
(24) |
Transactions with owners: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Shares issued by Pelatro Plc for cash |
147 |
2,620 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
2,767 |
Issue costs |
- |
(178) |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
(178) |
|
_____ |
_____ |
_____ |
_____ |
_____ |
_____ |
|
_____ |
Balance at 31 December 2020 |
1,212 |
14,045 |
(240) |
(527) |
184 |
1,734 |
|
16,408 |
(Loss) after taxation for the period |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
(847) |
|
(847) |
Share-based payments |
- |
- |
- |
- |
62 |
- |
|
62 |
Transfer on lapse of share options |
|
|
|
|
(21) |
21 |
|
- |
Other comprehensive income: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Exchange differences |
- |
- |
(97) |
- |
- |
- |
|
(97) |
Transactions with owners: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Shares issued by Pelatro Plc for cash |
289 |
4,334 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
4,623 |
Issue costs |
- |
(333) |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
(333) |
|
_____ |
_____ |
_____ |
_____ |
_____ |
_____ |
|
_____ |
Balance at 31 December 2021 |
1,501 |
18,046 |
(337) |
(527) |
225 |
908 |
|
19,816 |
Notes
For the year ended 31 December 2021
As this summary announcement is extracted from the full financial statements, certain references may refer to notes which are not included herein, and the Notes section is not reproduced in full.
5 Revenue and segmental analysis
Revenue by type
At 31 December |
2021 |
2020 |
|
$'000 |
$'000 |
Recurring software sales and services |
3,456 |
1,528 |
Maintenance and support |
1,334 |
1,323 |
|
_______ |
_______ |
Total recurring revenues |
4,790 |
2,851 |
Change requests |
1,958 |
426 |
|
_______ |
_______ |
Total repeating revenues |
6,748 |
3,277 |
Software - new licenses |
498 |
698 |
Consulting |
20 |
45 |
|
_______ |
_______ |
|
7,266 |
4,020 |
Revenue by geography
The Group recognises revenue in seven geographical regions based on the location of customers, as set out in the following table:
At 31 December |
2021 |
2020 |
|
$'000 |
$'000 |
|
|
|
Caribbean |
130 |
145 |
Central Asia |
443 |
175 |
Eastern Europe |
426 |
168 |
North Africa |
104 |
64 |
South Asia |
2,656 |
1,096 |
South East Asia |
3,407 |
2,372 |
Sub-Saharan Africa |
100 |
- |
|
_______ |
_______ |
|
7,266 |
4,020 |
Customer concentration
The Group has two customers representing individually over 10% of revenue each and in aggregate approximately 38% of total revenue at $2.73m (2020: three customers, approximately 53% of total revenue at $2.14m). The two customers accounted for revenue of $1.63m and $1.10m (2020: $0.89m, $0.63m and $0.62m).
Remaining performance obligations
There are certain software support, professional service, maintenance and licences contracts that have been entered into for which both:
• the original contract period was greater than 12 months; and
• the Group's right to consideration does not correspond directly with performance.
The amount of revenue that will be recognised in future periods on these contracts when those remaining performance obligations will be satisfied is shown below.
|
Year to 31 December |
||
|
2022 |
2023 |
2024-7 |
|
$'000 |
$'000 |
$'000 |
Revenue expected to be recognised on software and service contracts |
449 |
314 |
320 |
Comparative figures for the year ended 31 December 2020 were as follows:
|
Year to 31 December |
||
|
2021 |
2022 |
2023-6 |
|
$'000 |
$'000 |
$'000 |
Revenue expected to be recognised on software and service contracts |
579 |
394 |
442 |
Costs of obtaining and fulfilling contracts of $0.12m have been capitalised in 2021 (net of amortisation against revenue recognised in respect of those contracts) (2020: $0.59m).
6 Operating expenses
Profit for the year has been arrived at after charging:
|
2021 |
2020 |
|
$'000 |
$'000 |
|
|
|
Amortisation of intangible non-current assets |
2,814 |
2,122 |
Depreciation of tangible non-current assets |
413 |
298 |
(Profit)/loss on disposal of Right to Use assets |
(10) |
(10) |
Staff costs (see note 9) |
2,865 |
1,787 |
Auditor's remuneration (see note 8) |
47 |
41 |
Short-term lease expenses |
35 |
23 |
Realised foreign exchange (gains)/losses |
17 |
3 |
7 Non-GAAP profit measures and exceptional items
Reconciliation of operating profit to adjusted earnings before interest, taxation, depreciation and amortisation ("EBITDA")
Year to 31 December |
2021 |
2020 |
|
$'000 |
$'000 |
|
|
|
Operating profit/(loss) |
(489) |
(1,906) |
Adjusted for: |
|
|
Amortisation and depreciation |
3,227 |
2,420 |
|
_______ |
_______ |
EBITDA |
2,738 |
514 |
Revenue recognised as interest under IFRS 15 |
38 |
44 |
Expensed share-based payments |
32 |
32 |
Exceptional items: |
|
|
- gain on adjustment of contingent liability |
- |
(149) |
|
_______ |
_______ |
Adjusted EBITDA |
2,808 |
441 |
The calculation of adjusted earnings per share is shown in Note 15.
8 Auditor's remuneration
Year to 31 December |
2021 |
2020 |
|
$'000 |
$'000 |
Audit of the financial statements of Pelatro Plc |
47 |
41 |
Amounts receivable by auditor in respect of: |
|
|
Tax compliance |
1 |
4 |
|
_______ |
_______ |
|
48 |
45 |
9 Staff costs
Year to 31 December |
2021 |
2020 |
|
$'000 |
$'000 |
|
|
|
Wages and salaries |
5,256 |
4,410 |
Social security contributions |
80 |
83 |
Less: amounts capitalised as intangible assets |
(2,471) |
(2,706) |
|
_______ |
_______ |
|
2,865 |
1,787 |
The average number of persons employed by the Company during the period was:
Year to 31 December |
2021 |
2020 |
|
|
|
Sales |
3 |
4 |
Software development |
98 |
96 |
Support |
113 |
48 |
Marketing |
3 |
3 |
Administration |
18 |
15 |
|
_______ |
_______ |
|
235 |
166 |
10 Directors' remuneration and transactions
The Directors' emoluments in the year ended 31 December 2021 were:
|
Basic salary |
Bonus |
Benefits in kind |
Share-based payments |
Pension |
Total |
Total |
|
2021 |
2021 |
2021 |
2021 |
2021 |
2021 |
2020 |
|
$'000 |
$'000 |
$'000 |
$'000 |
$'000 |
$'000 |
$'000 |
Executive Directors |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
N. Hellyer |
87 |
21 |
10 |
1 |
3 |
122 |
137 |
S. Menon |
201 |
57 |
21 |
- |
- |
279 |
220 |
S. Yezhuvath |
201 |
57 |
14 |
- |
- |
272 |
207 |
Non-Executive Directors |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
R. Day |
66 |
- |
- |
- |
2 |
68 |
72 |
P. Verkade |
41 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
41 |
39 |
|
_______ |
______ |
______ |
______ |
_______ |
_______ |
_______ |
|
596 |
135 |
45 |
1 |
5 |
782 |
675 |
The remuneration of the executive Directors is decided by the Remuneration Committee. Save as disclosed above no Director had a material interest in any contract of significance with the Group in either year.
11 Share-based payments
A charge of $32,000 (net of amounts capitalised of $30,000) (2020: $32,000) has been recognised during the year for share-based payments over the vesting period. This share-based payment expense comprises the charge in the current period relating to the expensing of the fair value of (a) 1,323,500 options granted under the Plan (net of lapsed or forfeited options) and (b) the 33,000 options (net of lapses) issued at the time of the Company' IPO.
Movements in the number of share options outstanding and their related weighted average exercise prices are as follows:
|
No. of options |
Weighted average exercise price |
||
|
2021 |
2020 |
2021 |
2020 |
Outstanding at the beginning of the year |
1,505,500 |
1,631,500 |
72.7p |
72.7p |
Granted during the year |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Forfeited/cancelled during the year |
(149,000) |
(126,000) |
73.0p |
73.0p |
|
_______ |
_______ |
|
|
Outstanding at the end of the year |
1,356,500 |
1,505,500 |
72.7p |
72.7p |
Outstanding options are exercisable at prices between 62.5p and 73p and have a weighted average remaining contractual life of 6.8 years.
12 Finance income
|
2021 |
2020 |
|
$'000 |
$'000 |
|
|
|
Interest receivable on interest-bearing deposits |
6 |
20 |
Notional interest accruing on contracts with a significant financing component |
38 |
44 |
|
_______ |
_______ |
Total finance income |
44 |
64 |
13 Finance expense
|
2021 |
2020 |
|
$'000 |
$'000 |
|
|
|
Interest and finance charges paid or payable on borrowings |
202 |
198 |
Interest on lease liabilities under IFRS 16 |
25 |
31 |
Less: amounts capitalised as intangible assets |
(6) |
(14) |
Acquisition-related financing expense (unwinding of discount on financial liabilities) |
- |
25 |
|
_______ |
_______ |
Total finance expense |
221 |
240 |
An element of interest on lease liabilities is deemed to be directly attributable overheads for the purposes of capitalising relevant expenditure on developing intangible assets (see Note 18).
14 Taxation
Tax on profit on ordinary activities
Year to 31 December |
2021 |
2020 |
|
$'000 |
$'000 |
Current tax |
|
|
UK corporation tax charge/(credit) on profit for the current year |
- |
- |
Overseas income tax charge/(credit) |
232 |
321 |
Adjustments in respect of prior periods |
(42) |
(18) |
|
_______ |
_______ |
Total current income tax |
190 |
303 |
|
|
|
Deferred tax |
|
|
Reversal/(recognition) of deferred tax asset |
(9) |
72 |
|
_______ |
_______ |
Total deferred income tax |
(9) |
72 |
|
|
|
Total income tax expense recognised in the year |
181 |
375 |
Deferred tax
Recognised deferred tax asset
|
2021 |
2020 |
|
$'000 |
$'000 |
|
|
|
At 1 January 2021 |
16 |
63 |
Recognised in profit and loss |
(2) |
(47) |
|
_______ |
_______ |
At 31 December 2021 |
14 |
16 |
|
|
|
Comprising: |
|
|
Tax losses |
14 |
16 |
|
_______ |
_______ |
|
14 |
16 |
Deferred income tax assets have only been recognised to the extent that it is considered probable that they can be recovered against future taxable profits based on profit forecasts for the foreseeable future. The deferred income tax assets at 31 December 2021 above are expected to be utilised in the next two years.
Recognised deferred tax liability
|
2021 |
2020 |
|
$'000 |
$'000 |
|
|
|
At 1 January 2021 |
24 |
- |
Recognised in profit and loss |
(11) |
24 |
|
_______ |
_______ |
At 31 December 2021 |
13 |
24 |
|
|
|
Comprising: |
|
|
Timing differences |
13 |
24 |
|
_______ |
_______ |
|
13 |
24 |
15 Earnings
Reported earnings per share
Basic earnings per share ("EPS") amounts are calculated by dividing net profit or loss for the year attributable to owners of the Company by the weighted average number of ordinary shares outstanding during the year.
The Group has one category of security potentially dilutive to ordinary shares in issue, being those share options granted to employees where the exercise price (plus the remaining expected charge to profit under IFRS 2) is less than the average price of the Company's ordinary shares during the period in issue. No dilution arose in the year as the exercise price was above the average share price for the year.
The following reflects the earnings and share data used in the basic earnings per share computations:
Year to 31 December |
2021 |
2020 |
|
$'000 |
$'000 |
Profit/(loss) attributable to equity holders of the parent: |
|
|
Profit/(loss) attributable to ordinary equity holders of the parent for basic earnings |
(847) |
(2,457) |
|
|
|
Weighted average number of ordinary shares in issue |
41,153,537 |
34,136,617 |
|
|
|
Basic earnings/(loss) per share attributable to shareholders |
(2.1)¢ |
(7.2)¢ |
Adjusted earnings per share
Adjusted earnings per share is calculated as follows:
|
2021 |
2020 |
|
$'000 |
$'000 |
Profit/(loss) attributable to ordinary equity holders of the parent for basic earnings |
(847) |
(2,457) |
Adjusting items: |
|
|
- exceptional items (see note 7} |
- |
(149) |
- share-based payments |
32 |
32 |
- finance expense on liabilities relating to contingent consideration |
- |
25 |
- amortisation of acquisition-related intangibles |
686 |
686 |
- prior year adjustments to tax charge |
(42) |
(18) |
|
_______ |
_______ |
Adjusted earnings attributable to owners of the Parent |
(171) |
(1,881) |
|
|
|
Weighted number of ordinary shares in issue |
41,153,537 |
34,136,617 |
|
|
|
Adjusted earnings/(loss) per share attributable to shareholders |
(0.4)¢ |
(5.5)¢ |
18 Intangible assets
Intangible assets comprise capitalised development costs (in relation to internally generated software and software acquired through business combinations), software acquired from third parties for use in the business, patents, customer relationships and goodwill.
An analysis of goodwill and other intangible assets is as follows:
2021
|
Development costs |
Third party software |
Patents |
Customer relationships |
Goodwill |
Total |
|
$'000 |
$'000 |
$'000 |
$'000 |
$'000 |
$'000 |
Cost |
|
|
|
|
|
|
At 1 January 2021 |
9,263 |
110 |
27 |
6,862 |
470 |
16,732 |
Additions |
2,576 |
12 |
30 |
- |
- |
2,618 |
Foreign exchange |
- |
(2) |
- |
- |
- |
(2) |
|
_______ |
_______ |
_______ |
_______ |
_______ |
_______ |
At 31 December 2021 |
11,839 |
120 |
57 |
6,862 |
470 |
19,348 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Amortisation |
|
|
|
|
|
|
At 1 January 2021 |
(3,373) |
(52) |
- |
(1,658) |
- |
(5,083) |
Charge for the year |
(2,105) |
(21) |
(2) |
(686) |
- |
(2,814) |
Foreign exchange |
- |
2 |
- |
- |
- |
2 |
|
_______ |
_______ |
_______ |
_______ |
_______ |
_______ |
At 31 December 2021 |
(5,478) |
(71) |
(2) |
(2,344) |
- |
(7,895) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net carrying amount |
|
|
|
|
|
|
At 31 December 2021 |
6,361 |
49 |
55 |
4,518 |
470 |
11,453 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
At 31 December 2020 |
5,890 |
58 |
27 |
5,204 |
470 |
11,649 |
2020
|
Development costs |
Third party software |
Patents |
Customer relationships |
Goodwill |
Total |
|
$'000 |
$'000 |
$'000 |
$'000 |
$'000 |
$'000 |
Cost |
|
|
|
|
|
|
At 1 January 2020 |
6,391 |
108 |
23 |
6,862 |
470 |
13,854 |
Additions |
2,872 |
4 |
4 |
- |
- |
2,880 |
Foreign exchange |
- |
(2) |
- |
- |
- |
(2) |
|
_______ |
_______ |
_______ |
_______ |
_______ |
_______ |
At 31 December 2020 |
9,263 |
110 |
27 |
6,862 |
470 |
16,732 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Amortisation |
|
|
|
|
|
|
At 1 January 2020 |
(1,957) |
(34) |
- |
(972) |
- |
(2,963) |
Charge for the year |
(1,416) |
(20) |
- |
(686) |
- |
(2,122) |
Foreign exchange |
- |
2 |
- |
- |
- |
2 |
|
_______ |
_______ |
_______ |
_______ |
_______ |
_______ |
At 31 December 2020 |
(3,373) |
(52) |
- |
(1,658) |
- |
(5,083) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net carrying amount |
|
|
|
|
|
|
At 31 December 2020 |
5,890 |
58 |
27 |
5,204 |
470 |
11,649 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
At 31 December 2019 |
4,434 |
74 |
23 |
5,890 |
470 |
10,891 |
19 Tangible assets
2021 |
Leasehold improvements |
Computer equipment |
Office equipment |
Vehicles
|
Total |
|
$'000 |
$'000 |
$'000 |
$'000 |
$'000 |
Cost |
|
|
|
|
|
At 1 January 2021 |
131 |
1,084 |
59 |
305 |
1,579 |
Additions |
- |
88 |
- |
- |
88 |
Foreign exchange differences |
(2) |
(21) |
(1) |
(6) |
(30) |
|
_______ |
_______ |
_______ |
_______ |
_______ |
At 31 December 2021 |
129 |
1,151 |
58 |
299 |
1,637 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Depreciation |
|
|
|
|
|
At 1 January 2021 |
(24) |
(222) |
(20) |
(95) |
(361) |
Charge for the year |
(18) |
(238) |
(11) |
(36) |
(303) |
Foreign exchange differences |
1 |
6 |
- |
2 |
9 |
|
_______ |
_______ |
_______ |
_______ |
_______ |
At 31 December 2021 |
(41) |
(454) |
(31) |
(129) |
(655) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net carrying amount |
|
|
|
|
|
At 31 December 2021 |
88 |
697 |
27 |
170 |
982 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
At 31 December 2020 |
107 |
862 |
39 |
210 |
1,218 |
2020 |
Leasehold improvements |
Computer equipment |
Office equipment |
Vehicles
|
Total |
|
$'000 |
$'000 |
$'000 |
$'000 |
$'000 |
Cost |
|
|
|
|
|
At 1 January 2020 |
109 |
197 |
59 |
312 |
677 |
Additions |
24 |
877 |
1 |
- |
902 |
Foreign exchange differences |
(2) |
10 |
(1) |
(7) |
- |
|
_______ |
_______ |
_______ |
_______ |
_______ |
At 31 December 2020 |
131 |
1,084 |
59 |
305 |
1,579 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Depreciation |
|
|
|
|
|
At 1 January 2020 |
(7) |
(87) |
(9) |
(59) |
(162) |
Charge for the year |
(17) |
(134) |
(11) |
(36) |
(198) |
Foreign exchange differences |
- |
(1) |
- |
- |
(1) |
|
_______ |
_______ |
_______ |
_______ |
_______ |
At 31 December 2020 |
(24) |
(222) |
(20) |
(95) |
(361) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net carrying amount |
|
|
|
|
|
At 31 December 2020 |
107 |
862 |
39 |
210 |
1,218 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
At 31 December 2019 |
102 |
110 |
50 |
253 |
515 |
20 Right-of-use assets
Right-of-use assets comprise leases over office buildings and vehicles as follows:
2021 |
Office buildings |
Vehicles |
Total |
|
$'000 |
$'000 |
$'000 |
Cost |
|
|
|
At 1 January 2021 |
661 |
32 |
693 |
Additions in respect of new leases |
112 |
- |
112 |
Disposals in respect of leases terminated |
(10) |
(32) |
(42) |
Effects of foreign exchange movements |
(13) |
- |
(13) |
|
_______ |
_______ |
_______ |
At 31 December 2021 |
750 |
- |
750 |
|
|
|
|
Depreciation |
|
|
|
At 1 January 2021 |
(355) |
(30) |
(385) |
Charge for the period |
(164) |
(2) |
(166) |
Eliminated on leases terminated |
- |
32 |
32 |
Effects of foreign exchange movements |
9 |
- |
9 |
|
_______ |
_______ |
_______ |
At 31 December 2021 |
(510) |
- |
(510) |
|
|
|
|
Net carrying amount |
|
|
|
At 31 December 2021 |
240 |
- |
240 |
|
|
|
|
At 31 December 2020 |
306 |
2 |
308 |
2020 |
Office buildings |
Vehicles |
Total |
|
$'000 |
$'000 |
$'000 |
Cost |
|
|
|
At 1 January 2020 |
690 |
31 |
721 |
Additions in respect of new leases |
227 |
- |
227 |
Disposals in respect of leases terminated |
(231) |
- |
(231) |
Effects of foreign exchange movements |
(25) |
1 |
(24) |
|
_______ |
_______ |
_______ |
At 31 December 2020 |
661 |
32 |
693 |
|
|
|
|
Depreciation |
|
|
|
At 1 January 2020 |
(368) |
(14) |
(382) |
Charge for the period |
(153) |
(14) |
(167) |
Eliminated on leases terminated |
157 |
- |
157 |
Effects of foreign exchange movements |
9 |
(2) |
7 |
|
_______ |
_______ |
_______ |
At 31 December 2020 |
(355) |
(30) |
(385) |
|
|
|
|
Net carrying amount |
|
|
|
At 31 December 2020 |
306 |
2 |
308 |
|
|
|
|
At 31 December 2019 |
322 |
17 |
339 |
21 Trade and other receivables and contract assets
Contract assets
Due after one year |
2021 |
2020 |
|
$'000 |
$'000 |
At 1 January |
751 |
519 |
Contract assets recognised in the period |
195 |
441 |
Transfer to current contract assets |
(340) |
(209) |
|
_______ |
_______ |
At 31 December |
606 |
751 |
Due within one year |
2021 |
2020 |
|
$'000 |
$'000 |
At 1 January |
609 |
293 |
Contract assets recognised in the period, net of releases to receivables or cash, or amortisation to profit or loss |
(394) |
107 |
Transfer from non-current contract assets |
340 |
209 |
|
_______ |
_______ |
At 31 December |
555 |
609 |
Contract assets are comprised as follows:
Due after one year |
2021 |
2020 |
|
$'000 |
$'000 |
Contract assets relating to revenue |
227 |
311 |
Contract fulfilment assets |
379 |
440 |
|
_______ |
_______ |
|
606 |
751 |
Due within one year |
2021 |
2020 |
|
$'000 |
$'000 |
Contract assets relating to revenue |
375 |
457 |
Contract fulfilment assets |
180 |
152 |
|
_______ |
_______ |
|
555 |
609 |
The Group recognises impairments under IFRS 9 for relevant classes of assets. The Group thus reviews the amount of expected credit loss associated with its trade receivables based on forward looking estimates that take into account current and forecast credit conditions as opposed to relying on past historical default rates. In the absence of any historic credit losses and the expectation of no specific losses in the foreseeable future, the Directors assess a hypothetical likely default amount by applying a percentage "probability of default" to the receivables balance, such probability being related to the underlying credit rating of the customer or country of origin. Furthermore, taking into account the time value of money when applied to contracts assets (which may unwind over a period of years following their initial recognition), a loss allowance for expected credit losses has been recorded as follows:
|
2021 |
2020 |
|
$'000 |
$'000 |
Loss allowance at 1 January |
37 |
29 |
Increase in loss allowance |
52 |
8 |
|
_______ |
_______ |
Loss allowance at 31 December |
89 |
37 |
The loss allowance is comprised as follows:
|
2021 |
2020 |
|
$'000 |
$'000 |
On trade receivables |
75 |
30 |
On contract assets |
14 |
7 |
|
_______ |
_______ |
Loss allowance at 31 December |
89 |
37 |
The largest individual counterparty to a receivable included in trade and other receivables at 31 December 2021 was $1.14m (of which some $0.68m related to unbilled revenue) (2020: $0.56m). Based on invoiced receivables, the largest individual counterparty owed the Group $0.52m (2020: $0.20m). The increase in loss allowance is due almost entirely to two individually significant receivables balances (other than the largest) from customers located in a jurisdiction with a notionally higher risk of default, and the weighting of the largest within the loss allowance calculation. Other than these, the Group's customers are spread across a broad range of geographies, and approximately $1.5m has been received from customers since the reporting date.
22 Other assets
At 31 December |
2021 |
2020 |
|
$'000 |
$'000 |
Prepayments |
146 |
130 |
Deposits |
77 |
80 |
Other assets (including withholding tax, GST and VAT refunds) |
92 |
275 |
|
_______ |
_______ |
Total other assets |
315 |
485 |
23 Loans and borrowings
Loans and borrowings comprise:
At 31 December |
2021 |
2020 |
|
$'000 |
$'000 |
Non-current liabilities |
|
|
Secured term loans |
23 |
277 |
Unsecured borrowings |
585 |
919 |
|
_______ |
_______ |
|
608 |
1,196 |
Current liabilities |
|
|
Current portion of term loans |
11 |
99 |
Unsecured borrowings |
125 |
145 |
|
_______ |
_______ |
|
136 |
244 |
|
|
|
Total loans and borrowings |
744 |
1,440 |
The Group has two term loans, in its operating subsidiary in India and denominated in INR, with interest rates between 10% and 15.5% (in INR), repayable between 5 and 6 years from their inception, between June 2023 and September 2024.
24 Lease liabilities
Lease liabilities comprise liabilities arising from the committed and expected payments on leases over office buildings and vehicles.
2021
Amounts due in more than one year |
Office buildings |
Vehicles |
Total |
|
$'000 |
$'000 |
$'000 |
At 1 January 2021 |
172 |
- |
172 |
Liabilities taken on in the period |
24 |
- |
24 |
Liabilities (disposed of) in the period |
(10) |
- |
(10) |
Transfer from long-term to short-term |
(103) |
- |
(103) |
Effects of foreign exchange movements |
(3) |
- |
(3) |
|
_______ |
_______ |
_______ |
At 31 December 2021 |
80 |
- |
80 |
Amounts due in less than one year |
Office buildings |
Vehicles |
Total |
|
$'000 |
$'000 |
$'000 |
At 1 January 2021 |
174 |
- |
174 |
Liabilities taken on in the period |
89 |
- |
89 |
Liabilities (disposed of) in the period |
(1) |
- |
(1) |
Repayments of principal |
(171) |
- |
(171) |
Transfer to short-term from long-term |
103 |
- |
103 |
Effects of foreign exchange movements |
(6) |
- |
(6) |
|
_______ |
_______ |
_______ |
At 31 December 2021 |
188 |
- |
188 |
2020
Amounts due in more than one year |
Office buildings |
Vehicles |
Total |
|
$'000 |
$'000 |
$'000 |
At 1 January 2020 |
186 |
1 |
187 |
Liabilities taken on in the period |
163 |
- |
163 |
Liabilities (disposed of) in the period |
(28) |
- |
(28) |
Transfer from long-term to short-term |
(140) |
(1) |
(141) |
Effects of foreign exchange movements |
(9) |
- |
(9) |
|
_______ |
_______ |
_______ |
At 31 December 2020 |
172 |
- |
172 |
Amounts due in less than one year |
Office buildings |
Vehicles |
Total |
|
$'000 |
$'000 |
$'000 |
At 1 January 2020 |
193 |
12 |
205 |
Liabilities taken on in the period |
69 |
- |
69 |
Liabilities (disposed of) in the period |
(56) |
- |
(56) |
Repayments of principal |
(164) |
(12) |
(176) |
Transfer to short-term from long-term |
140 |
1 |
141 |
Effects of foreign exchange movements |
(8) |
(1) |
(9) |
|
_______ |
_______ |
_______ |
At 31 December 2020 |
174 |
- |
174 |
PSPL, the Group's main operating subsidiary, has entered into various leases over office space in Bangalore and Mumbai, which are now all out of their initial commitment terms on notice periods of typically 2-3 months with rollover options. The Group also has a lease on office space in Nizhny Novgorod in Russia. Now the impact of COVID-19 is diminishing and working from home flexibility is becoming more defined, the Group intends to review its office accommodation with a view to consolidating its principal office accommodation from the beginning of 2023.
25 Trade and other payables and contract liabilities
At 31 December |
2021 |
2020 |
|
$'000 |
$'000 |
Due within one year |
|
|
Trade payables |
152 |
810 |
Other payables |
451 |
283 |
|
_______ |
_______ |
Total trade and other payables |
603 |
1,093 |
Trade payables include amounts due in respect of sales commissions due to sales agents which is payable in less than one year. Other payables comprise principally amounts due in respect of staff bonuses declared for December and paid in January.
Contract liabilities
Contract liabilities represent consideration received in respect of unsatisfied performance obligations. Changes to the Group's contract liabilities are attributable solely to the satisfaction of performance obligations.
At 31 December |
2021 |
2020 |
|
$'000 |
$'000 |
Due after one year |
|
|
Contract liabilities at 1 January |
207 |
274 |
Contract liabilities recognised in the period |
152 |
20 |
Transfers to short-term liabilities |
(81) |
(87) |
|
_______ |
_______ |
Contract liabilities at 31 December |
278 |
207 |
At 31 December |
2021 |
2020 |
|
$'000 |
$'000 |
Due within one year |
|
|
Contract liabilities at 1 January |
495 |
665 |
Contract liabilities recognised/(released to revenue) in the period |
(107) |
(257) |
Transfers from long-term liabilities |
81 |
87 |
|
_______ |
_______ |
Contract liabilities at 31 December |
469 |
495 |
26 Provisions
At 31 December |
2021 |
2020 |
|
$'000 |
$'000 |
Due after one year |
|
|
Employee gratuities |
141 |
116 |
Leave encashment |
61 |
57 |
|
_______ |
_______ |
|
202 |
173 |
At 31 December |
2021 |
2020 |
|
$'000 |
$'000 |
Due within one year |
|
|
Employee gratuities |
7 |
13 |
Leave encashment |
30 |
24 |
Other provisions (including tax) |
35 |
126 |
|
_______ |
_______ |
|
72 |
163 |
Other provisions comprise tax and other expenses.
Under the Indian Payment of Gratuity Act 1972, employees with more than 5 years' service are eligible for the payment of a "gratuity" upon certain end of employment events, including retirement, resignation, death and termination or redundancy. The calculation of the gratuity due is based on the last drawn salary and number of years of service. The potential liability arising from these requirements is calculated by third party actuaries based on employee profiles, their completed number of years in the organization, their age, salary and also on the probability of termination of employment, and a provision made accordingly.
Under the terms of their employment, employees are eligible to carry forward 30 "earned leaves" (EL) to the next calendar year. Any EL balance over and above this is paid in cash by March the following year, hence resulting in a long-term provision.
27 Share capital and reserves
Share capital and share premium
Ordinary shares of 2.5p each (issued and fully paid) |
$'000 |
Number |
At 1 January 2020 |
1,065 |
32,532,431 |
Issued for cash during the year |
147 |
4,500,000 |
|
_______ |
_______ |
At 31 December 2020 |
1,212 |
37,032,431 |
Issued for cash during the year |
289 |
8,375,000 |
|
_______ |
_______ |
At 31 December 2021 |
1,501 |
45,407,431 |
On 2 and 5 July the Company issued a further 8,375,000 2.5 pence Ordinary shares at a price of 40.0 pence per share by way of a placing to institutional and other investors. The Company incurred incremental costs totalling $333,000 in respect of the Placing. IAS 32 Financial Instruments: Presentation requires the costs of issuing new shares to be charged against the share premium account. Management reviewed the incremental costs to identify those solely incurred in issuing new shares, those incurred in connection with the entire share capital, and those not associated with issuing new shares. All of the costs relating to the Placing were deemed to relate directly to the issue of new shares and thus resulted in a debit to share premium of $333,000.
30 Capital commitments and contingent liabilities
Other than as disclosed above, as at 31 December 2021 the Group had no material capital commitments (2020: nil) nor any contingent liabilities (2020: nil).
31 Events after the reporting date
T here have been no events subsequent to the reporting date which would have a material impact on the financial statements.
General
Audited accounts
The financial information set out above does not comprise the Group or the Company's statutory accounts. The Annual Report and Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2020 have been filed with the Registrar of Companies. The Independent Auditors' Report on the Annual Report and Financial Statements ("Annual Report") for the year ended 31 December 2020 was unqualified, did not draw attention to any matters by way of emphasis, and did not contain a statement under 498(2) or 498(3) of the Companies Act 2006.
The Independent Auditors' Report on the Annual Report for the year ended 31 December 2021 is unqualified, does not draw attention to any matters by way of emphasis, and does not contain a statement under 498(2) or 498(3) of the Companies Act 2006. The Annual Report will be filed with the Registrar of Companies following the annual general meeting.
The Annual Report, together with a notice of the annual general meeting, are expected to be made available to shareholders in June 2021. Copies will also be available on the Company's website (www.pelatro.com) and from the Company's registered office at 49 Queen Victoria Street, London EC4N 4SA from that date.
As this summary announcement is extracted from the full financial statements, certain references may refer to notes which are not included herein, and the Notes section is not reproduced in full.
Principal risks and uncertainties
The principal risks and uncertainties facing the Group together with actions being taken to mitigate them and future potential items for consideration will be set out in the Strategic Report section of the Annual Financial Report 2021.
Presentation of figures
Figures are rounded to the nearest $0.1m, $0.01m or $'000 as the case may be. Percentage increases or decreases stated above are based on the figures as rounded. Minor differences may arise in tabulation and figures presented elsewhere due to rounding differences.
This announcement was approved by the Board of Directors on 20 May 2022.