Interim Results

Cheerful Scout PLC 22 March 2004 CHEERFUL SCOUT PLC ('the Company') INTERIM RESULTS FOR THE SIX MONTHS ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2003 CHAIRMAN'S STATEMENT During the period under review we have continued to remain prudent and focused on areas that have the potential to improve the performance of your Company going forward. To this end we have concentrated on our core business and invested in developing new products and building a team that can effectively deliver them to the market. Although market conditions continued to be difficult these are now beginning to change, with more interest being shown in the future communication needs of existing and new clients. This is highlighted by the win of a major new corporate communication client during the last few months. For the half year ended 31 December 2003 there is a loss on ordinary activities before depreciation, goodwill amortisation and taxation amounting to £81,323 (2002: profit £18,677). As stated, with more positive developments in the market, we are focussing on the development and growth of our core business of corporate communications. We have invested in executive talent to enable us to grow this area, and recently appointed Peter Wrigglesworth, a highly experienced individual within the corporate communications sector, to lead our business development activities. We have also and will continue to invest in further talent to enable us to develop and sell our core corporate communication offering as the market continues to improve. The Company's DVD activities continue to develop well and further growth is anticipated in this area. The Directors have decided to combine the post production facilities with this arm of the business to offer enhanced services to clients and reduce running costs. In addition, we developed new advanced presentation software for the corporate presentation market and believe that this will start to show a return in the next financial year. The Company is beta testing this product for an existing client and is expecting its research and development activities in advanced presentation software to produce a marketable product very soon. Although the market continues to be challenging, we are confident that the strength and new breadth of our services coupled with the financial strength we enjoy will ensure that we can benefit from the anticipated upturn in the market for our communication services. Stuart Appleton Chairman 22 March 2004 INTERIM RESULTS FOR THE SIX MONTHS ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2003 Unaudited Unaudited Audited 6 months to 6 months to Year to 31 December 31 December 30 June 2003 2003 2002 £ £ £ Turnover 252,142 329,601 733,347 Cost of Sales (132,437) (181,858) (288,738) Gross Profit 119,705 147,743 444,609 Administrative Expenses (209,389) (142,317) (410,144) ----------- ----------- --------- (89,683) 5,426 34,465 Interest Received 8,360 13,251 22,598 PROFIT/(LOSS) ON ORDINARY ACTIVITIES BEFORE DEPRECIATION, GOODWILL AMORTISATION AND TAXATION (81,323) 18,677 57,063 Depreciation and Goodwill Amortisation (147,947) (116,536) (262,720) LOSS ON ORDINARY ACTIVITIES BEFORE TAXATION (229,270) (97,859) (205,657) Taxation - - 19,164 LOSS FOR THE FINANCIAL PERIOD (229,270) (97,859) (186,493) Earnings per ordinary shares - Basic (1.284)p (0.225)p (0.107)p - Diluted (1.076)p (0.183)p (0.107)p CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET AS AT 31 DECEMBER 2003 Unaudited Unaudited Audited 31 December 31 December 30 June 2003 2002 2003 £ £ £ Fixed assets Intangible assets 2,500,935 2,637,349 2,569,141 Tangible assets 398,387 373,190 402,684 --------- --------- ------- 2,899,322 3,010,539 2,971,825 Current assets Debtors 181,126 221,238 244,818 Stock 957 - 1,338 Deposits and cash at bank & in hand 754,766 798,374 557,552 --------- --------- ------- 936,849 1,019,612 803,708 Creditors: Amounts falling due within one year (97,934) (265,009) (100,845) Net current assets 838,915 754,603 702,863 Provision for liabilities and charges (16,946) (18,766) (16,946) Total assets less current liabilities 3,721,291 3,746,376 3,657,742 Capital & reserves Share capital 975,000 870,000 870,000 Share premium 3,111,419 2,923,600 2,923,600 Profit & loss account (365,128) (47,224) (135,858) Shareholders' funds 3,721,291 3,746,376 3,657,742 The accounts were approved by the board on 22 March 2004 and signed on its behalf:- P Litten N J Newman Director Director NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE SIX MONTHS ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2003 1 FINANCIAL INFORMATION The interim results for the six months ended 31 December 2003 are un-audited and do not constitute accounts within the meaning of section 240 of the Companies Act 1985. They have been drawn up using accounting policies and presentation consistent with those applied in the audited accounts for the year ended 30 June 2003. A copy of the 2003 Accounts have been filed with the Registrar of Companies. The Auditors opinion on these Accounts was unqualified. 2 SHARE CAPITAL During the period, 21,000,000 new ordinary shares of .05 pence each at a subscription price of 1.4375 pence per share were allotted. 3 EARNINGS PER ORDINARY SHARES Basic earnings per share are calculated using the weighted average of 178,596,000 Ordinary Shares in issue during the period. Diluted earnings per share are calculated assuming conversion of all outstanding dilutive share options and warrants. These adjustments give rise to an increase in weighted average ordinary shares of 34,500,000. 4 RESPONSIBILITY The directors of the company accept responsibility for the information contained in this document and to the best of their knowledge and belief (having taken all reasonable care to ensure that such is the case) the information contained is in accordance with the facts and does not omit anything to affect the import of such information. Copies of this report are available to the public at the registered office at 65 New Cavendish Street, London W1G 7LS. 5 DIVIDEND No interim dividend is declared on the ordinary shares. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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