Interim Results
Canisp PLC
07 December 2006
7 December 2006
CANISP PLC
('Canisp' or 'the Company')
Interim Results
for the six months ended 30th September 2006
Chairman's Statement
I present the Group's unaudited interim results for the six month period from
1st April 2006 to 30th September 2006. In the period under review the Group
recorded a loss before taxation of £262,000 (September 2005: £244,000, March
2006: £469,000) and a loss per share of 0.45p (September 2005: 1.27p, March
2006: 2.42p). No dividend is proposed.
Our determination to drive down our cost base has resulted in a very lean head
office operation, and we have worked hard to improve administration and service
to customers.
During the period, the Company placed 60,000,000 ordinary shares of 1p each at
par raising £600,000 before expenses and at the same time capitalised £257,500
of the amount due to the Company's largest shareholder, Corvus Capital Inc., by
the issue of 25,750,000 ordinary shares of 1p each at par. I should like to use
this opportunity to thank all our shareholders for their continued support.
Your board believes that it has taken the action necessary to create a sound
platform from which to grow our customer base. While this is not expected to be
easy, and the sector within which we operate remains a difficult and
increasingly competitive one, we are confident that we are approaching the task
in the right way. As noted by my predecessor, these actions will not provide a
quick result. Accordingly the management team continues to review alternative
approaches to recovering shareholder value.
Mike Hirschfield
Chairman
7 December 2006
CANISP PLC
Consolidated Income Statement
For the six months ended 30th September 2006
Six month Six month Year
period ended period ended ended
30 September 30 September 31 March
2006 2005 2006
(Unaudited) (Unaudited) (Audited)
£000 £000 £000
Turnover 1,429 1,904 3,422
Cost of sales (1,007) (1,416) (2,388)
Gross profit 422 488 1,034
Administrative expenses (407) (538) (1,023)
Operating profit / (loss)
- excluding goodwill amortisation 15 (50) 11
- goodwill amortisation (225) (123) (519)
(210) (173) (508)
Profit on sale of discontinued operations - - 185
Interest and similar items (52) (71) (146)
Loss on ordinary activities before taxation (262) (244) (469)
Taxation (note 2) - - -
Loss on ordinary activities after taxation (262) (244) (469)
and retained loss
Loss per share (note 3) (0.45)p (1.27)p (2.42)p
CANISP PLC
Consolidated Balance Sheet
As at 30th September 2006
30 September 30 September 31 March
2006 2005 2006
(Unaudited) (Unaudited) (Audited)
£000 £000 £000
Fixed assets
Intangible fixed assets 2,523 3,142 2,748
Current assets
Debtors 378 841 489
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year (2,507) (2,713) (3,409)
Net current liabilities (2,129) (1,872) (2,920)
Total assets less current liabilities 394 1,270 (172)
Creditors: amounts falling due after more than one year - (1,450) -
Net assets/(liabilities) 394 (180) (172)
Capital and reserves
Called up share capital 1,054 185 196
Share premium account 4,017 3,825 4,047
Profit and loss account (4,677) (4,190) (4,415)
Equity shareholders' funds/(deficit) 394 (180) (172)
CANISP PLC
Consolidated Cash Flow Statement
For the six months ended 30th September 2006
Six month Six month Year
period ended period ended ended
30 September 30 September 31 March
2006 2005 2006
(Unaudited) (Unaudited) (Audited)
£000 £000 £000
Net cash inflow/(outflow) from operating
Activities (note 6) 142 (251) (211)
Returns on investments and servicing of finance
Interest received 7 1 1
Interest paid (59) (72) (147)
(52) (71) (146)
Capital expenditure and financial investment
Sale of tangible fixed assets - 25 25
Net cash inflow/(outflow) outflow before financing 90 (297) (332)
Financing
Issue of shares 600 62 295
Share issue costs (30) - -
Repayment of long term loans (509) (208)
Capital element of hire purchase contracts (5) (57) (58)
Increase/(decrease) in cash (note 5) 146 (292) (303)
CANISP PLC
Notes to the Interim Statements
For the six months ended 30th September 2006
1. Basis of preparation
The interim financial information has been prepared on the basis of the
accounting policies set out in the Report and Accounts for the Group for the
year ended 31 March 2006. The interim financial information does not constitute
statutory accounts and has been neither audited nor reviewed by the Company's
Auditors. A copy of the Group's 2006 statutory accounts has been filed with the
Registrar of Companies; the auditors' opinion on those accounts was unqualified.
2. Taxation
No charge to taxation arises in view of the loss for the period.
3. Loss per share
The calculation of loss per share is based on the result after taxation and
58,070,772 ordinary shares (period ended 30 September 2005: 19,169,988, year
ended 31 March 2006: 19,392,478) being the weighted average number of shares in
issue during the half year. The impact of share options on the loss per share
is anti-dilutive.
4. Dividends
The Directors do not propose an interim dividend.
5. Reconciliation of net cash flow to movement in net debt
Six month Six month Year
period ended period ended ended
30 September 30 September 31 March
2006 2005 2006
(Unaudited) (Unaudited) (Audited)
£000 £000 £000
Increase/(decrease) in cash 146 (292) (303)
Cashflow from capital element of hire purchase 5 57 58
contracts
Change in net debt resulting from cash flows 151 (235) (245)
Loans repaid 509 - 208
660 (235) (37)
Opening net debt (1,307) (1,270) (1,270)
Closing net debt (647) (1,505) (1,307)
6. Reconciliation of operating loss to net cash flows from operating
activities
Six month Six month Year
period ended period ended ended
30 September 30 September 31 March
2006 2005 2006
(Unaudited) (Unaudited) (Audited)
£000 £000 £000
Operating loss (210) (173) (508)
Depreciation - (4) 4
Amortisation of goodwill 225 123 519
Movement in debtors 112 506 859
Movement in creditors 15 (703) (1,075)
Loss on disposal of fixed asset - - (10)
Net cash inflow/(outflow) from operating 142 (251) (211)
activities
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