Final Results, Annual Report and Notice of AGM

Rosslyn Data Technologies PLC

31 October 2023

 

31 October 2023

Rosslyn Data Technologies plc

("Rosslyn", the "Company" or the "Group")

Final Results

Publication of Annual Report

and Notice of AGM

Rosslyn (AIM: RDT), the provider of a leading cloud-based enterprise data analytics platform, announces its final results and publication of its annual report for the year ended 30 April 2023 and gives notice of its annual general meeting ("AGM").

Financial Highlights*

·      Revenue increased 11% to £3.0m (2022: £2.7m)

·      Gross margin improved to 34.7% (2022: 16.6%)

·      Administrative expenses reduced to £3.4m (2022: £4.3m)

·      Adj. EBITDA** loss reduced to £2.0m (2022: £3.6m loss)     

·      Loss before tax reduced to £2.8m (2022: £4.1m loss)           

·      Cash burn rate reduced to £205k per month (2022: £266k)

·      Cash and cash equivalents of £767k as at 30 April 2023*** (30 April 2022: £2.4m)

* Integritie and Langdon Systems are classified as discontinued operations for the purpose of the statutory accounts. See note 6 to the financial statements for details on the discontinued operations

** Adjustments made for exceptional items and share-based payments

*** Post year end, Rosslyn raised £3.3m through the issue of new ordinary shares and convertible loan notes

Operational and Strategic Highlights

·      Improvement in all key performance indicators ("KPIs"):

o  Annual recurring revenue ("ARR") growth of 8% (2022: -9%), with ARR of £2.4m (2022: £2.2m)

o  Net revenue retention ("NRR") rate increased to 90% (2022: 83%)

o  Total pipeline as at 30 April 2023 was £3.6m (30 April 2022: £2.7m) and weighted pipeline was £1.1m (30 April 2022: £0.87m)

o  Customer acquisition cost ("CAC") payback was 65 months (2022: 122 months)

·      Launched a new and improved Rosslyn platform

·      Rebrand completed to reflect Rosslyn's strategic focus on a single product comprising a best-in-class SaaS solution

·      Won six new contracts during the year and a further two post year end

·      Successful proof of concept ("POC") conducted to incorporate next generation artificial intelligence ("AI") into the Rosslyn platform, with full module development now underway

·      Value-accretive disposal of non-core subsidiaries, Langdon Systems ("Langdon") and Integritie, generating a profit of £2.3m

Paul Watts, CEO of Rosslyn, said: "It has been an incredibly busy year for Rosslyn. We have transformed our business, launched a new platform, renewed our strategy and established the foundations for sustainable growth. While it is still early days, we achieved improvement in all of our KPIs in 2023 compared with the previous year and we are making good progress in our transition to a partner-led go-to-market approach. At the same time, we have continued our development activities - in particular, exploring the opportunities offered by generative AI, which is poised to disrupt the marketplace. We have taken significant steps towards embedding this technology into our platform and we are very excited about its potential as are our customers. As a result, alongside our recent fundraising that has further strengthened our position, the Board continues to look to the future with confidence."  

Enquiries

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About Rosslyn

Rosslyn (AIM: RDT) provides an award-winning spend analytics and predictive analytics platform. The Rosslyn Platform helps organizations with diverse supply chains mitigate risk and make informed strategic decisions. It leverages automated workflows, artificial intelligence and machine learning to extract and consolidate procurement data providing visibility of complex supplier data, enabling supplier spend savings and delivering rapid ROI. For more information visit www.rosslyn.ai 

Operational Review

During FY 2023, Rosslyn launched a new platform and migrated its customers; re-branded to reflect a strategic focus on a single product comprising a best-in-class SaaS solution; divested two businesses that were not core to this vision; strengthened the customer success function; and increased business development activities, resulting in securing six new contracts during the year and a further two post year end. As testament to the strength of Rosslyn's offer, these new contracts are to serve multinational, blue-chip companies with complex data requirements and operating in mission-critical industries. The Company's success during the year is reflected in the improvement in all of its KPIs. A further key development that commenced during the year, and which has continued subsequently, is Rosslyn's exploration of the opportunities offered by next-generation AI, namely generative AI.

Rosslyn platform

In the first half of the year, the Company launched the new, upgraded Rosslyn platform, which has been designed to ensure that customers are able to extract maximum value from the Rosslyn solution. The new platform delivers a simplified, more intuitive interface and streamlined navigation, making it easier for users to quickly gather the insights they need. The collaboration functions have been improved to facilitate the sharing of dashboards and reports with key stakeholders across a business. There is also a closer integration between data and visualisation, including features such as enabling specialist teams within customer organisations to have their own tailored view of procurement data.

The migration of customers to the new platform was substantially complete by mid-year and Rosslyn has received strong customer - as well as partner and industry analyst - endorsement. The Company's data suggests that users are spending more time on the platform and that customers are growing the number of internal users.

Innovation opportunity

Alongside launching its new platform, Rosslyn continued its broader development activities. A key focus is incorporating data sets that relate to ESG to enable customers to take such factors into account in procurement decisions - from both a risk management and ethical business perspective. Customers are already utilising the Rosslyn platform for this purpose and the Company is continuing to improve its aggregation and analytical capabilities in this respect to support greater sales of this module.

A further key area of development work undertaken during the year was exploring the potential offered by the technological advances in AI - namely, generative AI. By harnessing the capabilities of generative AI, process automation can be transformed which is crucial for addressing the increasing demand for real-time procurement insight. Previously, procurement analytics was largely regarded as a one-off or occasional standalone project focused on identifying cost savings in the supply chain. Today, customers want real-time insight to enable dynamic decision making and risk mitigation - a trend that has been accelerated by the global supply chain challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic and resulting from the Russia-Ukraine conflict.

The Rosslyn platform has been built with automation at its core, and the strength of its automated extraction capabilities is one of its competitive differentiators. The Company is now building on this by embedding generative AI into the platform. Rosslyn is working on utilising AI to generate the categorisations and classifications of extracted data, which must be done before it can be analysed, thereby automating the process. This significantly increases accuracy, shortens the time to insight and expands the volume of data that can be incorporated.

During the year, Rosslyn commenced a POC of this technology with four of its largest customers from different industries and who procure internationally. The results of the POC, which concluded post year end, exceeded management's expectations. The Company is now further developing and refining this technology and expects the module to go live with the first customer within the new financial year. While this opportunity will likely endure longer sales cycles, Rosslyn is well placed to establish a leadership position in this new market thanks to the depth of its technology stack, which has been built on an automation-first basis; its vast experience from operating in the industry for over 15 years; and from being custodians of a large volume of complex supply chain data.

Partner-led go-to-market approach

The Company continued to make progress in its renewed go-to-market approach centred on a partner model, with half of the new contracts won during the year being via partners as well as accounting for a significant proportion of the pipeline.

Rosslyn is actively seeking to increase its number of Business Process Outsourcing ("BPO") partners. Two of these BPO partners currently are Genpact, which has more than 320 global clients and manages spend of $78bn, and Chain IQ, which has more than 60 clients in over 49 countries. Both Genpact and Chain IQ offer significant potential for growth. The Company is also enhancing partnerships with procurement advisers and other large, global consulting partners with complex enterprise requirements.

Customer success

A key focus during the year was strengthening the customer success function. Over the last 18 months, the team has been expanded and new processes have been introduced to allow Rosslyn to gain a better understanding of customers' businesses and ongoing procurement requirements. This enables Rosslyn to anticipate customer demands and make recommendations to ensure that they extract maximum value from the platform. This improves customer retention as well as allowing the Company to cross-sell or up-sell additional modules, where relevant. 

Rosslyn brand

During the year, Rosslyn launched its new brand, following a major rebranding initiative that commenced in the previous year. The project aimed to refresh Rosslyn's appearance, making it more engaging for today's market and aligning it with the new direction of the business. In particular, the Company is now branded simply as 'Rosslyn' to reflect the strategic focus on a core SaaS platform.  

The rebrand has brought great results both in terms of interaction with the Rosslyn brand, as measured by metrics such as web traffic, and also the generation of new opportunities.

Divestment

As part of the strategy to refocus on Rosslyn's core product offering, the Company decided to divest all non-core businesses - namely, Integritie, which is a content management platform, and Langdon, which specialises in bulk handling of supply chain data associated with import and export duty management systems. Accordingly, Integritie was sold for a total maximum consideration of £3.0m, comprising an initial cash consideration of £1.6m and a £1.4m conditional deferred payment based on achieving certain revenue and growth targets (with management estimating the fair value of the deferred payment to be £nil based on currently available information), and Langdon was sold for £100k. These divestments enable greater strategic and operational focus on the Rosslyn platform along with reducing cash burn.

Financial Review

The Company achieved improvement in all financial metrics in 2023 over the previous year with the exception of the cash position, which was significantly strengthened post year end with the completion of a £3.3m fundraising. The Company also significantly reduced its cash burn rate during the year.    

Discontinued operations

Integritie and Langdon have been classed as discontinued operations for the year and historical comparisons have been restated on that basis. These financial statements comprise the results for continuing operations only. See note 6 to the financial statements for detail on the discontinued operations.

Revenue

Revenue for the year increased to £3.0m (2022: £2.7m) as the Company began to rebuild its business following a period of restructuring. Of the total revenue, £2.4m was ARR, representing growth of 9% over the £2.2m of ARR in 2022.

Revenue comprises the annual licence fee - software revenue - that customers are charged for having access to the Rosslyn platform and professional services fees for work undertaken to tailor the Company's solution to align with customers' infrastructure or meet specific additional solution requirements. Software revenue continued to be the main contributor to total revenue, accounting for 80% in FY 2023. However, this was lower than the previous year of 88%, reflecting an increase in professional services revenue to £0.6m (2022: £0.3m) and software revenue remaining flat at £2.4m (2022: £2.4m). The growth in professional services revenue reflects the Company increasing its pricing to appropriate market levels for such services as well as greater activity in this area as the Company supported the onboarding of new customers. 

In total, the NRR rate grew to 90% (2022: 83%), reflecting the launch of the new Rosslyn platform and the improvements to the Customer Success function during the year.

Gross profit

Gross margin improved significantly to 34.7% (2022: 16.6%), reflecting a reduction in cost of sales as a result of increased efficiencies within a leaner team. 

In particular, software gross margin was stable due to the fixed cost base for hosting and platform costs. However, the Company will benefit from economies of scale as software revenue grows. Professional services margin improved as a result of the increase in pricing and having a leaner team.

As a result of the improved gross margin, combined with the higher revenue, gross profit more than doubled to £1.0m compared with £0.5m for 2022.

Operating expenses

Operating costs were reduced to £3.8m (2022: £4.5m). This primarily reflects administrative expenses being lower at £3.4m (2022: £4.3m), as the Company placed a strong focus on cost reduction. This was partly offset by an increase in depreciation and amortisation to £366k (2022: £40k) due to the capitalisation of development costs relating to the new platform.

Profitability measures

As a result of the lower expenses, operating loss was reduced to £2.8m (2022: £4.0m loss) and adjusted EBITDA loss was reduced to £2.0m (2022: £3.6m loss).

The loss before tax for the year was reduced to £2.8m (2022: £4.1m loss). The Company received £664k (2022: £391k) in R&D tax credits. As a result, net loss for the year for continuing operations was reduced to £2.1m (2022: £3.7m loss).

In addition, the Company generated profit of £2.5m (2022: £297k) from discontinued operations, which included profit of £2.3m from the disposals (with a further payment expected to be received based on the 12-month post-disposal performance of Integritie). Accordingly, total comprehensive income (based on continuing and discontinued operations) was £400k (2022: £3.3m loss).

Cash flow and liquidity

Net cash used in operating activities was £2.7m (2022: £2.1m), which reflects an increase in cash used in operations to £2.7m (2022: £2.2m) as a result of the timing of payables and receivables at the year end.

The Company generated net cash of £971k from investing activities compared with £1.1m of cash being used in investing activities for the previous year. This reflects £1.5m of cash being generated from the disposals as well as an investment of £1.1m in software in the previous year.

Net cash generated from financing activities was £27k (2022: £1.0m outflow). This primarily reflects Rosslyn entering an unsecured loan during the year of £160k, of which £64k was repaid during the year, and the repayment in 2022 of its secured loan of £890k.

Monthly cash burn during the year was £205k compared with £266k in 2022, reflecting the reduction in administrative expenses and increase in professional services revenue.

Accordingly, there was a net decrease in cash and cash equivalents of £1.7m compared with a net decrease of £4.3m in 2022.

Cash and cash equivalents at 30 April 2023 were £767k (2022: £2.4m). The cash position was significantly strengthened post year end with the raising of £3.3m via the issue of new ordinary shares (£2.7m) and convertible loan notes (£0.6m). The Company has also received, post year end, an R&D tax credit of £612k. 

Balance sheet

As at 30 April 2023, the Company had net assets and total equity of £1.9m compared with £1.4m at 30 April 2022. The main movements in the balance sheet during the year were:

·    the decrease in cash and cash equivalents, as described above, partly offset by an increase in corporation tax receivable, resulting in current assets of £2.6m (30 April 2022: £3.4m);

·    assets held for sale of £nil (30 April 2022: £0.7m);

·    total assets reducing to £4.1m (30 April 2022: £5.4m) due to the above; and

·    liabilities directly associated with assets held for sale of £nil compared with £1.5m at 30 April 2022, resulting in total liabilities being reduced to £2.2m (30 April 2022: £4.0m).

Material uncertainty

As discussed in note 2 to the financial statements, the Board considers the Company to be a going concern. However, if the Company is unable to deliver upon its proposed revenue projections, there is limited headroom in the current forecasts and as such there is considered to be a material uncertainty relating to going concern. The independent auditors' report is not modified in respect of this matter. The financial statements do not include any adjustments that would result if the Company were unable to continue as a going concern. For further details, refer to the Going Concern section in note 2 to the financial statements.

Current Trading and Outlook

Rosslyn entered the 2024 financial year in a stronger position than at the same point in the previous year, having completed the restructuring and rebranding of the business along with the launch of the new platform and execution on the new go-to-market strategy. Accordingly, the weighted and total pipeline were significantly higher at £1.1m and £3.6m, respectively (30 April 2022: £0.9m and £2.7m).   

During the first half of FY 2024, the Company has secured two new contract wins worth £422k in aggregate over a multi-year period representing an additional £120k of ARR. Rosslyn is in advanced negotiation with several other customers within the weighted pipeline while the total pipeline has grown substantially during H1 2024, which primarily reflects increasing business through partnerships. In addition, the Company's position has been further strengthened by the recent fundraising, which has established the foundations for Rosslyn to accelerate growth.

The Company remains on track to report results for 2024 in line with management expectations. This reflects strong revenue and ARR growth driven by new customers won via partnerships as well as expansion with existing customers through the launch of new modules, including its eagerly anticipated generative AI solution. As a result, the Board is excited about the year ahead and continues to look to the future with confidence.  

Publication of Annual Report

The Company announces that its annual report and accounts for the year ended 30 April 2023 has, today, been published on its website on the Reports and Corporate Documents page of the Investors section at https://www.rosslyn.ai/investors/reports-corporate-documents, and has been posted to shareholders.

Notice of AGM

The Company gives notice that its AGM will be held at 10.00am on Thursday 23 November 2023 at the offices of Gracechurch Group, 48 Gracechurch Street, London, EC3V 0EJ.

The Notice of AGM has been posted to shareholders and published on the Reports and Corporate Documents page in the Investors section of the Company website: https://www.rosslyn.ai/investors/reports-corporate-documents.

Consolidated statement of comprehensive income

For the year ended 30 April 2023                                          

	Note	30 April 2023 £'000	Year ended 30 April 2023 £'000	30 April 2022 £'000	Year ended 30 April 2022 £'000
Continuing operations
Revenue	3		3,012	2,731
Cost of sales			(1,968)	(2,278)
Gross profit			1,044	453
Operating expenses			(3,807)		(4,464)
Analysed as
Administrative expenses		(3,352)		(4,287)
Depreciation and amortisation		(366)		(40)
Share-based payments		(89)		(137)
		(3,807)		(4,464)
Operating loss			(2,763)	(4,011)
Finance income			3	5
Finance costs			-	(44)
Loss before income tax			(2,760)	(4,050)
Income tax			664	391
Loss for the year for continued operations			(2,096)	(3,659)
Profit for the year from discontinued operations	6		2,468	297
Profit/(loss) for the year			372	(3,362)
Other comprehensive income - translation differences			28	19
Total comprehensive income/(loss)			400	(3,343)
Profit/(loss) per share			Pence	Pence
Basic and diluted loss per share: ordinary shareholders -	4		(30.6)	(53.7)
Continued
Basic profit/(loss) per share: ordinary shareholders -             Total	4		5.9	(49.2)
Diluted profit/(loss) per share: ordinary shareholders - Total	4		5.7	(49.2)

The accompanying notes form part of these financial statements.

Consolidated statement of financial position

As at 30 April 2023

Note		30 April 2023 £'000	30 April 2022 £'000
Assets Non-current assets Intangible assets Property, plant and equipment Right-of-use assets		1,372 - 162	1,105 16 236
		1,534	1,357
Current assets
Trade and other receivables		969	820
Corporation tax receivable		852	161
Cash and cash equivalents		767	2,433
Total current assets		2,588	3,414
		4,122	4,771
Disposal group assets	6	-	650
Total assets		4,122	5,421
Liabilities
Non-current liabilities
Trade and other payables		(114)	(168)
Deferred tax		-	-
		(114)	(168)
Current liabilities
Trade and other payables		(2,001)	(2,284)
Financial liabilities - borrowings		(96)	-
Total current liabilities		(2,097)	(2,284)
Disposal group liabilities	6	-	(1,547)
Total liabilities		(2,211)	(3,999)
Net assets		1,911	1,422
Equity
Called up share capital		1,699	1,699
Share premium		18,923	18,923
Share-based payment reserve		320	255
Accumulated loss		(24,089)	(24,485)
Translation reserve		(75)	(103)
Merger reserve		5,133	5,133
Total equity		1,911	1,422

The accompanying notes form part of these financial statements.

Consolidated statement of changes in equity

For the year ended 30 April 2023

		Called up share capital	Accumulated loss	Translation reserve	Share-based payment reserve	Share premium	Merger reserve	Total equity
	Note	£'000	£'000	£'000	£'000	£'000	£'000	£'000
Balance at 1 May 2021		1,699	(21,662)	(122)	657	18,923	5,133	4,628
Loss for the year		-	(3,362)	-	-	-	-	(3,362)
Other comprehensive income		-	-	19	-	-	-	19
Lapsed options		-	539	-	(539)	-	-	-
Share-based payment transaction		-	-	-	137	-	-	137
Balance at 30 April 2022		1,699	(24,485)	(103)	255	18,923	5,133	1,422
Balance at 1 May 2022		1,699	(24,485)	(103)	255	18,923	5,133	1,422
Profit for the year		-	372	-	-	-	-	372
Other comprehensive income		-	-	28	-	-	-	28
Lapsed options		-	24	-	(24)		-	-
Share-based payment transaction		-	-	-	89	-	-	89
Balance at 30 April 2023		1,699	(24,089)	(75)	320	18,923	5,133	1,911

The merger reserve arises from the Group reorganisation that occurred on 23 April 2014. Rosslyn Data Technologies plc acquired Rosslyn Analytics Limited in a share-for-share transaction. There was no change in rights or proportions of control in the Group as a result of this transaction. As common control exists IFRS 3 was deemed to not apply and this has been accounted for as a capital reorganisation. The difference between the share capital and share premium of the Company and the share capital and share premium of Rosslyn Analytics Limited at 23 April 2014 is recognised in the merger reserve.

The translation reserve comprises translation differences arising from the translation of financial statements of the Group's foreign entities (Rosslyn Analytics, Inc.) into sterling (£).

The accumulated loss reserve includes all current and prior period retained profits and losses.

The share-based payment reserve comprises the fair value of options granted under the Group's Enterprise Management Incentive Scheme, less reductions for those options that lapsed during the year.

The accompanying notes form part of these financial statements.

Consolidated statement of cash flows

For the year ended 30 April 2023

	Note	Year ended 30 April 2023 £'000	Year ended 30 April 2022 £'000
Cash flows used in operating activities
Cash used in operations	See below	(2,668)	(2,156)
Finance income		3	5
Finance costs		-	(44)
Corporation tax (paid)/received		(27)	75
Net cash used in operating activities		(2,692)	(2,120)
Cash flows generated from/(used in) investing activities
Purchase of property, plant and equipment		(6)	(28)
Acquisition of software		(535)	(1,105)
Cash received on disposal of operation		1,512	-
Net cash generated from/(used in) investing activities		971	(1,133)
Cash flows generated from/(used in) financing activities
New loans in year		160	-
Repayment of borrowings		(64)	(890)
Repayment of capital element of obligations under leases		(69)	(122)
Net cash generated from/(used in) financing activities		27	(1,012)
Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents		(1,694)	(4,265)
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year		2,433	6,681
Foreign exchange gains		28	17
Cash and cash equivalents at end of year		767	2,433

Reconciliation of loss before income tax to cash used in operations

	Year ended 30 April 2023 £'000	Year ended 30 April 2022 £'000
Loss before income tax	(292)	(3,753)
Depreciation, amortisation and impairment charges	366	40
Share-based payment transactions	89	137
Finance income	(3)	(5)
Gain on disposal of operations	(2,468)	-
Disposal of leases	(5)	-
Finance costs	-	44
	(2,313)	(3,537)
(Increase)/decrease in trade and other receivables	(149)	875
(Decrease)/increase in trade and other payables	(206)	506
Cash used in operations	(2,668)	(2,156)

The accompanying notes form part of these financial statements.

Notes to the unaudited interim statements

For the year ended 30 April 2023

1. General information

Rosslyn Data Technologies plc (the "Company") is a company incorporated and domiciled in the UK. It is quoted on AIM, a market of the London Stock Exchange. The address of the registered office is 1000 Lakeside North Harbour, Western Road, Portsmouth, Hampshire, PO6 3EN. The Company is the ultimate parent company of Rosslyn Analytics Limited and Rosslyn Data Management Limited, companies incorporated in the UK, and the ultimate parent company of Rosslyn Analytics, Inc., a company incorporated in the USA (collectively, the "Group"). The Group's principal activity is the provision of procurement data analytics using a proprietary form, data capture, data mining and workflow management.

The financial statements are presented in British Pounds Sterling (£), the currency of the primary economic environment in which the Group's activities are operated in and reported in £'000. The financial statements are for the year ended 30 April 2023.

2. Accounting policies

Basis of preparation

The principal accounting policies adopted in the preparation of the financial statements are set out below. The policies have been consistently applied to all the years presented, unless otherwise stated.

The Group financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention subject to fair valuing certain financial instruments and in accordance with UK adopted international accounting standards.

Going concern

Information on the business environment and the factors underpinning the Group's future prospects and product portfolio are included in the CEO's statement. The cash balance at 30 April 2023 was £0.8m and on 18 September the Group successfully completed an equity fundraising round, raising £3.3m of gross proceeds. The Group has performed prudent scenario analysis on revenue and cost performance. These demonstrate that the Group can meet its liabilities as they fall due.

After making appropriate enquiries, the Directors consider that it is appropriate to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the consolidated financial statements. Accordingly, the financial statements do not include any adjustments that would be required if the going concern basis of preparation was deemed to be inappropriate. However, if the Group is unable to deliver its proposed revenue projections, there is limited headroom in the current forecasts and as such there is considered to be a material uncertainty which may cast significant doubt on the Group's ability to continue as a going concern.

Basis of consolidation

On 23 April 2014 the Company acquired the Group's previous parent company, Rosslyn Analytics Limited, via a share-for-share exchange whereby every ordinary share and A preference share in Rosslyn Analytics Limited was exchanged for eight ordinary shares and eight A preference shares respectively in Rosslyn Data Technologies Limited (prior to the conversion to a plc on 24 April 2014). On 24 April 2014 the A preference shares were converted into ordinary shares on a one-for one basis. On 29 April 2014, Rosslyn Data Technologies plc's shares were admitted to trading on AIM.

Accordingly, these financial statements are presented in the name of the new legal parent, Rosslyn Data Technologies plc, but are a continuation of the financial statements of Rosslyn Analytics Limited.

During the year, the Group disposed of the Langon Systems and Integritie parts of the Group. The Langdon Systems sale was completed on 30 September 2022 and the Integritie sale completed on 1 November 2022.

The consolidated statement of comprehensive income and statement of financial position include the financial statements of the Company and its subsidiary undertakings as of 30 April 2023.

Where the Company has control over an investee, it is classified as a subsidiary. The Company controls an investee if all three of the following elements are present: power over the investee, exposure to variable returns from the investee, and the ability of the investor to use its power to affect those variable returns. Control is reassessed whenever facts and circumstances indicate that there may be a change in any of these elements of control.

De facto control exists in situations where the Company has the practical ability to direct the relevant activities of the investee without holding the majority of the voting rights. In determining whether de facto control exists the Company considers all relevant facts and circumstances, including:

■   the size of the Company's voting rights relative to both the size and dispersion of other parties which hold voting rights or substantive potential voting rights held by the Company and by other parties;

■   other contractual arrangements; and

■   historical patterns in voting attendance.

The consolidated financial statements present the results of the Company and its subsidiaries (the "Group") as if they formed a single entity. Intercompany transactions and balances between Group companies are therefore eliminated in full.

The consolidated financial statements incorporate the results of business combinations using the acquisition method.

In the consolidated balance sheet, the acquiree's identifiable assets, liabilities and contingent liabilities are initially recognised at their fair values at the acquisition date. The results of acquired operations are included in the consolidated statement of comprehensive income from the date on which control is obtained.

Subsidiaries

Subsidiaries are entities controlled by the Company. Control exists where an investor, regardless of the nature of its involvement with an entity (the investee), shall determine whether it is a parent by assessing whether it controls the investee. An investor controls an investee when it is exposed, or has rights, to variable returns from its involvement in the investee and has the ability to affect those returns through its power over the investee. The financial information of subsidiaries is included in the consolidated financial information from the date that control commences until the date that control ceases.

Transactions eliminated on consolidation

Intragroup balances, and any gains and losses or income and expenses arising from intragroup transactions, are eliminated in preparing the consolidated financial information.

Judgements and estimates

The preparation of the financial statements requires management to exercise judgement in applying the Group's accounting policies. It also requires the use of estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, income and expenses. Actual results may differ from these estimates.

Judgements

■   Conditional deferred payment on the sale of Integritie - Based on current and available information the conditional deferred payment of up to £1.4m has been fair valued at £nil.

■   Development costs capitalised as intangible assets - Management exercises judgement in determining whether the costs can be capitalised. Management look for costs that can be directly attributable, and also measurable, to a particular project when deciding on capitalisation. During the year, the Group has capitalised intangible assets development costs of £535,000 (2022: £1,105,000), which relate specifically to the Rosslyn Platform redevelopment.

■   Impairment of intangible assets - The Directors will use their judgement to determine if indicators of impairment of intangible assets have arisen.

Estimates

■   Valuation of share-based payments - The Directors base their judgement on the Black Scholes model.

■   Recognition of professional services revenue - For projects that are in progress, management assesses how far through to completion then recognise revenue using time management records and expectation of total time required based on prior projects.

■   Impairment of intangible assets - Management have carried out an impairment review based on the recoverable amount using a discounted cash flow model. No impairment is considered necessary, but this is dependent upon future cash flows generated by the continuing subsidiary operations, which themselves are dependent on the successful commercialisation, value and timing of product sales.

■   Amortisation of development costs - The amortisation of development costs is spread in a straight-line basis over its estimated useful economic life at the outset of the project. The life of the asset will be reassessed as time progresses to ensure the estimation of its life is correct and any impairment will be taken into account at that time.

Revenue recognition

Revenue is measured at the fair value of consideration received or receivable and represents amounts for services provided to third parties in the normal course of business during the year, net of value added tax, and results from the principal activities of the Group.

Each element of revenue (described below) is recognised only when:

■   provision of the services has occurred;

■   the consideration receivable is fixed or determinable; and

■   collection of the amount due from the customer is reasonably assured.

i)   Initial data processing and analysis in connection with the deployment and customisation of the Group's proprietary solutions are recognised over the corresponding period of the related customer contract.

ii)  Annual licence fees are recognised on a straight-line basis over the period of the contractual term.

iii) Any revenue arising from consultancy or professional services work is recognised as such services are delivered.

Services that have been delivered at the end of a financial period but which have not been invoiced at that time are recognised as revenue and shown within accrued revenue in the statement of financial position.

Advance payments from customers are included within deferred income in the statement of financial position. Such amounts are recognised as the services are provided to the customer in accordance with points (i) to (iii) as set out above.

Cost of sales

Cost of sales includes utilised data storage costs proportionate to the amount utilised to service customers, together with third-party costs for software licences supplied to customers.

Other intangible assets

Customer lists, internally developed software and software licences have been acquired in a business combination; they qualify for separate recognition and are recognised as intangible assets at their fair value.

Goodwill represents the excess of the cost of a business combination over the total fair value of the identifiable assets, liabilities and contingent liabilities acquired as at the acquisition date. Goodwill is capitalised as an intangible asset with any impairment in carrying value being charged to the consolidated statement of comprehensive income. Where the fair value of identifiable assets, liabilities and contingent liabilities exceeds the fair value of consideration paid, the excess is credited in full to profit or loss.

All finite-lived intangible assets are accounted for using the cost model whereby capitalised costs are amortised on a straight-line basis over their estimated useful lives. Residual values and useful lives are reviewed at each reporting date. The following useful lives are applied:

■   Software licences - five years straight line

■   Internally developed software - five years straight line

■   Customer relationships - five years straight line

Amortisation has been included within depreciation, amortisation and impairment of non-financial assets.

Property, plant and equipment

Items of property, plant and equipment are stated at cost less accumulated depreciation and impairment losses. Cost includes the original purchase price of the asset and the costs attributable to bringing the asset to its working condition for its intended use. When parts of an item of property, plant and equipment have different useful lives, those components are accounted for as separate items of property, plant and equipment.

Subsequent costs are included in the asset's carrying amount or recognised as a separate asset, as appropriate, only when it is probable that future economic benefits associated with the item will flow to the Group and the cost of the item can be measured reliably.

Gains and losses on disposals are determined by comparing the proceeds with the carrying amount and are recognised in the income statement.

Depreciation

Depreciation is provided at the following annual rates in order to write off each asset over its estimated useful life:

■   Fixtures, fittings, and equipment - 18 to 36 months straight line

Impairment review of intangible assets

The intangible assets, with the exception of goodwill, are being amortised over their useful economic lives, however management still tests intangible assets for impairment if and when indicators of impairment arise. Where such an indication exists, management estimates the fair value less costs to sell of the assets based on the net present value of future cash flows. The Directors have considered whether there are any indicators of impairment to the carrying amount of intangible assets of £1,372,000 (2022: £1,105,000), and there is considered to be no requirement for impairment in this financial year.

Taxation

Current taxes are based on the results shown in the financial statements and are calculated according to local tax rules, using tax rates enacted or substantively enacted by the statement of financial position date.

Deferred tax is provided using the statement of financial position liability method, providing for temporary differences between the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities for financial reporting purposes and the amounts used for taxation purposes.

Temporary differences are not provided for the initial recognition of other assets or liabilities that affect neither accounting nor taxable profit. The amount of deferred tax provided is based on the expected manner of realisation or settlement of the carrying amount of assets and liabilities, using tax rates enacted or substantively enacted at the statement of financial position date.

A deferred tax asset is recognised only to the extent that it is probable that future taxable profits will be available against which the asset can be utilised. Deferred tax assets are reduced to the extent that it is no longer probable that the related tax benefit will be realised.

Deferred income tax assets and liabilities are offset when there is a legally enforceable right to offset current tax assets against current tax liabilities and when the deferred income tax assets and liabilities relate to income taxes levied by the same taxation authority on either the taxable entity or different taxable entities where there is an intention to settle the balances on a net basis.

Deferred income tax is provided on temporary differences arising on investments in subsidiaries, except for deferred income tax liability where the timing of the reversal of the temporary difference is controlled by the Group and it is probable that the temporary difference will not reverse in the foreseeable future.

Research and development

Expenditure on research activities is recognised as an expense in the period in which it is incurred. An intangible asset arising from development or the development phase of an internal project is recognised if the Group can demonstrate:

a.  the technical feasibility of completing the intangible asset so that it will be available for sale or use;

b.  the intention to complete the development;

c.  the ability to use or sell the intangible asset;

d.  how the intangible asset will generate probable future economic benefits (for example, the existence of a market for the output of the intangible asset or for the intangible asset itself);

e.  the availability of resources to complete the development; and

f.  the ability to measure the attributable expenditure reliably.

This financial year the development costs of the new Rosslyn Platform have been able to be identified meeting the tests above and have therefore been capitalised.

Foreign currencies

The functional currency of the Company is pounds sterling because that is the currency of the primary economic environment in which the Company operates. The Company's presentation currency is pounds sterling.

Assets and liabilities in foreign currencies are translated into sterling at the rates of exchange ruling at the statement of financial position date. Transactions in foreign currencies are translated into sterling at the rate of exchange ruling at the date of transaction. Exchange differences are taken into account in arriving at the operating result and are recognised in administrative expenses.

Group companies

The results and financial position of all the Group entities (none of which have the currency of a hyperinflation economy) that have a functional currency different from the presentation currency are translated into the presentation currency as follows:

■   assets and liabilities for each statement of financial position presented are translated at the closing rate at the date of that statement of financial position;

■   income and expenses for each income statement presented are translated at average exchange rates (unless this average is not a reasonable approximation of the cumulative effect of the rates prevailing on the transaction dates, in which case income and expenses are translated at the rate on the dates of the transactions); and

■   all resulting exchange differences are recognised in other comprehensive income. The following exchange rates were applied for £1 at each year end:

	2023	2022
US dollars	1.26	1.26
Euros	1.14	1.19

Retirement benefits

The Group operates a defined contribution scheme. Contributions payable to the Group's pension scheme are charged to the income statement in the period to which they relate.

Leases

All leases are accounted for by recognising a right-of-use asset and a lease liability except for:

■   leases of low value assets, which are defined as leases under £4,500 per annum; and

■   leases with a duration of 12 months or less.

Lease liabilities are measured at the present value of the contractual payments due to the lessor over the lease term, with the discount rate determined by reference to the rate inherent in the lease unless (as is typically the case) this is not readily determinable, in which case the Group's incremental borrowing rate on commencement of the lease is used. Variable lease payments are only included in the measurement of the lease liability if they depend on an index or rate. In such cases, the initial measurement of the lease liability assumes the variable element will remain unchanged throughout the lease term. Other variable lease payments are expensed in the period to which they relate.

On initial recognition, the carrying value of the lease liability also includes:

■   amounts expected to be payable under any residual value guarantee;

■   the exercise price of any purchase option granted in favour of the Group if it is reasonably certain to assess that option; and

■   any penalties payable for terminating the lease, if the term of the lease has been estimated on the basis of a termination option being exercised.

Right-of-use assets are initially measured at the amount of the lease liability, reduced for any lease incentives received, and increased for:

■   lease payments made at or before commencement of the lease;

■   initial direct costs incurred; and

■   the amount of any provision recognised where the Group is contractually required to dismantle, remove or restore the leased asset.

Subsequent to initial measurement, lease liabilities increase as a result of interest charged at a constant rate on the balance outstanding and are reduced for lease payments made. Right-of-use assets are amortised on a straight-line basis over the remaining term of the lease or over the remaining economic life of the asset if, rarely, this is judged to be shorter than the lease term.

When the Group revises its estimate of the term of any lease (because, for example, it reassesses the probability of a lessee extension or termination option being exercised), it adjusts the carrying amount of the lease liability to reflect the payments to make over the revised term, which are discounted at the same discount rate that applied on lease commencement. The carrying value of lease liabilities is similarly revised when the variable element of future lease payments dependent on a rate or index is revised. In both cases an equivalent adjustment is made to the carrying value of the right-of-use asset, with the revised carrying amount being amortised over the remaining (revised) lease term.

When the Group renegotiates the contractual terms of a lease with the lessor, the accounting depends on the nature of the modification:

■   if the renegotiation results in one or more additional assets being leased for an amount commensurate with the standalone price for the additional rights of use obtained, the modification is accounted for as a separate lease in accordance with the above policy;

■   in all other cases where the renegotiation increases the scope of the lease (whether that is an extension to the lease term, or one or more additional assets being leased), the lease liability is remeasured using the discount rate applicable on the modification date, with the right-of-use asset being adjusted by the same amount; and

■   if the renegotiation results in a decrease in the scope of the lease, both the carrying amount of the lease liability and right-of-use asset are reduced by the same proportion to reflect the partial or full termination of the lease with any difference recognised in profit or loss. The lease liability is then further adjusted to ensure its carrying amount reflects the amount of the renegotiated payments over the renegotiated term, with the modified lease payments discounted at the rate applicable on the modification date. The right-of-use asset is adjusted by the same amount.

The Group leases a number of properties on fixed rents. None of these leases have inflation clauses or break clauses.

Financial instruments

Financial instruments are classified and accounted for, according to the substance of the contractual agreement, as either financial assets, financial liabilities or equity instruments. An equity instrument is any contract that evidences a residual interest in the assets of the Group after deducting all of its liabilities.

Trade and other payables

Trade payables are stated at their original invoiced value, as the interest that would be recognised from discounting future cash payments over the expected payment period is not considered to be material.

Financial assets

Classification

Financial assets and financial liabilities are recognised in the statement of financial position when the Group becomes a party to the contractual provisions of the instrument. Investments other than investments in subsidiaries are classified as either held-for-trading or not at initial recognition. At the year end date all investments are classified as not held for trading.

Trade receivables

Trade receivables are held in order to collect the contractual cash flows and are initially measured at the transaction price as defined in IFRS 15, as the contracts of the Group do not contain significant financing components.

Impairment losses are recognised based on lifetime expected credit losses in profit or loss.

Other receivables

Other receivables are held in order to collect the contractual cash flows and accordingly are measured at initial recognition at fair value, which ordinarily equates to cost and are subsequently measured at cost less impairment due to their short-term nature.

A provision for impairment is established based on 12-month expected credit losses unless there has been a significant increase in credit risk when lifetime expected credit losses are recognised. The amount of any provision is recognised in profit or loss.

Cash and cash equivalents

Cash and cash equivalents comprise cash balances held by the Group and overnight call deposits. Financial liability and equity instruments issued by the Group are classified in accordance with the substance of the contractual arrangements entered into and the definitions of a financial liability and an equity instrument. An equity instrument is any contract that evidences a residual interest in the assets of the Group after deducting all of its liabilities. Equity instruments issued by the Company are recorded at the proceeds received, net of direct issue costs.

Share capital and share premium

Ordinary shares are classified as equity. Share premium is the amount subscribed for share capital in excess of nominal value less any costs directly attributable to the issue of new shares. Incremental costs directly attributable to the issue of new shares are shown in share premium as a deduction from the proceeds.

Share-based payments

The Group operates an equity-settled, share-based compensation plan, the Enterprise Management Incentive (EMI) Scheme.

The fair value of the employee services received in exchange for the grant of the options is recognised as an expense. The total amount to be expensed over the vesting period is determined by reference to the fair value of the options granted calculated using an appropriate option pricing model. Non-market vesting conditions are included in assumptions about the number of options that are expected to vest. At each statement of financial position date, the entity revises its estimates of the number of options that are expected to vest. Options issued under the scheme to Non-Executive Directors and other individuals who are not employees of the UK Company follow the EMI rules but are considered non-qualifying EMI options for tax purposes.

Borrowings

Borrowings are recognised initially at fair value, net of transaction costs incurred. Borrowings are subsequently carried at amortised cost; any difference between the proceeds (net of transaction costs) and the redemption value is recognised in the income statement over the period of the borrowings using the effective interest method.

Provisions

A provision is recognised in the statement of financial position when the Group has a present legal or constructive obligation as a result of a past event, and it is probable that an outflow of economic benefits will be required to settle the obligation.

If the effect is material, provisions are discounted at a rate that reflects current market assessments of the time value of money and, when appropriate, the risks specific to the liability. The increase in the provision due to passage of time is recognised in finance costs.

Net finance costs

Finance costs

Finance costs comprise interest payable on borrowings and direct issue costs.

Finance income

Finance income comprises interest receivable on funds invested. Interest income is recognised in the income statement as it accrues using the effective interest method.

Standards, amendments and interpretations

There were no new IFRSs, endorsed standards and amendments, improvements and interpretations of published standards applicable for accounting periods beginning 1 May 2022 that had a material impact on the financial statements.

Standards not yet effective

There are a number of standards, amendments to standards, and interpretations which have been issued by the IASB that are effective in future accounting periods that the Group has decided not to adopt early.

■   Classification of liabilities as current or non-current (Amendments to IAS 1)

■   Deferred tax related to Assets and Liabilities arising from a Single Transaction (Amendments to IAS 12)

■   Narrow scope amendments to IAS 1 'Presentation of Financial Statements, Practice statement 2 and IAS 8 'Accounting Policies, Changes in Accounting Estimates and Errors'

The Group does not expect any other standards issued by the IASB, but not yet effective, to have a material impact on the Group.

3. Segmental reporting

Management has determined the operating segments based on the operating reports reviewed by the Directors that are used to assess both performance and strategic decisions. Management has identified that the Directors are the Chief Operating Decision Maker in accordance with the requirements of IFRS 8 Operating segments.

The determination is that the Group operates as a single segment, as no internal reporting is produced either by geography or division. The Group views performance on the basis of the type of revenue, and the end destination of the client as shown below.

	Year ended 30 April 2023 £'000	Year ended 30 April 2022 £'000
Annual licence fees	2,406	2,414
Professional services	606	317
Total revenue	3,012	2,731

Analysis of revenue by country	Year ended 30 April 2023 £'000	Year ended 30 April 2022 £'000
United Kingdom	1,528	1,643
Europe	520	414
North America	964	674
Total revenue	3,012	2,731

Included in Europe is the Netherlands, which had revenues of £208,000 in the year ended 30 April 2023 (2022: £158,000). Included in North America is the USA, which had revenues of £964,000 in the year ended 30 April 2023 (2022: £674,000).

Analysis of future obligations:	Year ended 30 April 2023 £'000	Year ended 30 April 2022 £'000
Performance obligations to be satisfied in the next year	1,725	1,763
Performance obligations to be satisfied after 30 April 2024	125	1,426
Total future performance obligations	1,850	3,189

There were two (2022: nil) significant customers who made up greater than 10% of total revenue in the year. The following revenue arose from the Group's largest customer in each year:

	Year ended 30 April 2023 £'000	Year ended 30 April 2022 £'000
Annual licence fees	178	199
Professional services	167	8
Total revenue	345	207

4. Profit/(loss) per share

Basic earnings per share is calculated by dividing the net profit/(loss) for the year attributable to ordinary shareholders by the weighted average number of ordinary shares outstanding during the year.

Diluted earnings per share is calculated by dividing the net profit/(loss) for the year attributable to ordinary shareholders by the weighted average number of ordinary shares outstanding during the year plus the weighted average number of ordinary shares that would be issued on the conversion of all dilutive potential ordinary shares into ordinary shares.

	Year ended 30 April 2023	Year ended 30 April 2022
Profit/(loss) for the year attributable to the owners of the parent	£400,000	(£3,434,000)
	2023 Number	2022 Number
Weighted average number of shares
Weighted average number of shares in issue during the year	339,862,521	339,862,521
Weighted average number of shares post consolidation*	6,797,250	6,797,250
Dilutive effect of share options**	12,021,429	-
Number of dilutive effect of share options post consolidation*	240,429	-
Total number of dilutive effect of share options	7,037,679	-

	Pence	Pence
Basic and diluted loss per share: ordinary shareholders - continued	(30.6)	(53.7)
Basic profit per share: ordinary shareholders - discontinued	36.5	4.5
Basic profit/(loss) per share: ordinary shareholders	5.9	(49.2)
Diluted profit/(loss) per share: ordinary shareholders	5.7	(49.2)

* Ordinary shares and share options have been reinstated to reflect the share consolidation of a ratio of 50:1 which took place on 19 September 2023

** At 30 April 2023 there were 30,675,638 share options outstanding, of these 13,675,638 were not included in the calculation of diluted earnings per share as these are anti dilutive in terms of IAS 33. As at 30 April 2022 all 14,564,527 share options were not included in the calculation of diluted earnings per share as these are anti dilutive in terms of IAS 33

5. Related party disclosures

During the year, the Group received invoices from a family member of a director for the provision of consultancy services for the sum of £16,025 (2022: £10,850).

6. Discontinued operations and business disposals

In order to deliver the Group's emphasis on the Rosslyn product, a decision was taken to dispose of the Langdon Systems and Integritie parts of the Group. The Langdon Systems sale was completed on 30 September 2022 and the Integritie sale completed on 1 November 2022, and are therefore the trading and profit on disposal are presented on one line as discontinued operations for the current and prior period in the consolidated statement of comprehensive income. As part of the sale of Integritie there is a conditional deferred payment of up to £1.4m based on achieving certain revenue and growth targets. Based on current and available information, this conditional deferred payment has been fair valued at £nil. The above transactions have been treated as disposals from the dates the sales were completed.

The associated assets and liabilities were consequently presented as held for sale in the 2022 consolidated statement of financial position. Financial information relating to the discontinued operation for the Group is set out below.

Statement of comprehensive income

	Year ended 30 April               30 April 2023                   2023 £'000                  £'000	Year ended 30 April                30 April 2022                   2022 £'000                  £'000
Discontinued operations Revenue Cost of sales	1,510 (539)	3,140 (958)
Gross profit	971	2,184
Admin expenses	(830)	(1,885)
Analysed as
Administrative expenses	(830)	(943)
Depreciation and amortisation	-	(942)
Share-based payment	-	-
	-	(1,885)
Operating profit	141	297
Profit on disposal of operations	2,309	-
Finance costs	(9)	-
Profit before income tax	2,441	297
Income tax	27	-
Total comprehensive income for discontinued operations	2,468	297

Statement of financial position

The major classes of asset and liabilities held for sale at 30 April 2022 were, as follows:

	30 April 2022 £'000
Assets Non-current assets Intangible assets Property, plant and equipment Right-of-use assets	62 17 60
	139
Current assets Trade and other receivables Corporation tax receivable Cash and cash equivalents	511 - -
	511
Disposal of Group assets	650
Liabilities Non-current liabilities Trade and other payables Deferred tax Financial liabilities - borrowings	(195)                       -              -
	195
Current liabilities Discontinued operations held for sale Trade and other payables	(1,352)
Financial liabilities - borrowings	-
	(1.352)
Disposal of Group liabilities	(1,547)
Net liabilities directly associated with disposal	(897)

Before the classification of Langdon Systems and Integritie as discontinued operations, the recoverable amount was estimated for the assets and no impairment loss has been identified.

Profit on disposal of operations

	Year ended 30 April               30 April 2023                   2023 £'000                  £'000	Year ended 30 April                30 April 2022                   2022 £'000                  £'000
Cash proceeds Selling fees paid out of consideration	1,700  (188)	- -
Net cash consideration	1,512	-
Net assets disposed of
Intangible fixed assets	62
Tangible assets	20	-
Debtors	342	-
Creditors	(1,449)	-
	(1,025)	-
Post-completion costs	(228)	-
Profit on disposal before tax	2,309	-

The cash flows from the discontinued operations were as follows:

	2023 £'000	2022 £'000
Net cash (used in)/generated from operating activities	(716)	805
Net cash generated from investing activities	1,512	-
Net cash generated from financing activities	96	-

7. Post balance sheet events

After the reporting date, the Company successfully underwent an equity fundraising round, raising £3m of gross proceeds.

On 19 September 2023, 882,963,721 existing ordinary shares were consolidated into 17,659,275 new consolidated ordinary shares at a conversion ratio of 50:1.

After the year end, on 29 September 2023, the Directors determined that some of its share option schemes would be cancelled. As a result of the cancellation, some of the outstanding options under the schemes were forfeited and are no longer eligible for exercise by the option holders. The value of the forfeited share options at the date of the cancellation was determined to be £59,874. This amount represents the total expense that would have been recognised over the vesting period if the share options had not been cancelled.

 

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