Final Results

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dotDigital Group plc
17 November 2020
 

17 November 2020

 

dotdigital Group plc

 

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

 

Final Results

 

dotdigital Group plc (AIM: DOTD), the leading 'SaaS' provider of an omnichannel marketing automation and customer engagement platform , announces final audited results for the year ended 30 June 2020.

 

Highlights

 

·

Following continued strong performance, the Board now expects to deliver a greater rate of revenue growth this financial year versus current consensus expectations

·

Organic revenue from continuing operations grew 12% to 47.4m (2019: 42.5m)

·

Adjusted EBITDA from continuing operations grew 24% to £18.2m (2019: £14.7m)

·

Adjusted operating profit from continuing operations grew 11% to £13.1m (2019: £11.8m)

·

Adjusted EPS from continuing operations was 3.79p1 (2019: 3.88p)

·

Strong cash balance at 30 June 2020 of £25.4m (2019: £19.3m)

·

23% of customers are using more than one channel (2019: 19%)

·

ARPC continued its upward trend, growing 12% to £1,083 per month (2019: £966 per month)

·

Recurring revenue as a percentage of total revenue increased to 91%2 (2019: 89%)

·

The Board proposes to pay a final dividend of 0.83p per ordinary share, in line with its policy (2019: 0.67p)

·

dotdigital was independently rated as a "Strong Performer" in the 2020 Forrester Wave Email Marketing Services Providers Report  

 

1   Decrease in adjusted EPS driven by the increased tax rate to 6% from 1%, despite increased profitability.

2 Recurring revenue includes contracted and non-contracted revenue

 

Geographic expansion

 

·

Growth across all regions, with revenue from outside the UK now constituting 31% of Group revenue (2019: 29%)

·

EMEA revenue grew 9% to £36.3m (2019: £33.5m)

·

Revenues from the US region were up 17% to US$10.5m (2019: US$9.0m)

·

Revenues from APAC grew 37% to AUS$5.2m (2019: AUS$3.8m)

·

Several senior hires to build our international presence and increase management bandwidth

 

Product innovation

 

·

Recurring revenues derived from enhanced product functionality grew 16% to £14.4m (2019: £12.4m)

·

Continued R&D investment during the period to drive further value from our platform

·

Encouraging progress seen in increasing the number of customers using our newer features, such as SMS and Live Chat

 

 

Strategic partnerships

 

·

Progress made in deepening all strategic partner relationships, with sales through connectors increasing 10% to £22.2m (2019: £20.3m)

·

Strong revenue growth in Magento partnership, increasing 10% to £13.0m (2019: £11.8m), driven by enhanced brand awareness and product innovation

·

Further developed relationships with Shopify and Big Commerce, with Shopify customers growing to 83 at the end of the period (2019: 56)

·

Continued investment in Microsoft Dynamics partnerships, with revenues from customers using the platform broadly flat at £3.8m, with the expectation of increased revenues in FY 20/21

 

 

Outlook

 

·

Revenue guidance for FY 20/21 increased on 20 October following strong Q1

·

This strong performance has continued into October and the Board now expects to deliver a greater rate of revenue growth this financial year versus current consensus expectations.

·

Increased investment to drive future revenue growth

·

Sales momentum and contracted, recurring revenue stream gives us a high level of confidence in meeting targets for the current financial year

 

Milan Patel, CEO of dotdigital, commented:

"The Group responded remarkably well to the outbreak of COVID-19 at the end of the third quarter, as reflected in our results for the year, which show double digit growth and tangible progress made against all three of our strategic pillars despite the disruption.

 

While the pandemic has clearly been a time of heightened uncertainty for many organisations in our end markets, the Group's strong performance demonstrates a continued recognition of the value of our platform and the customer engagement benefits it provides as consumer needs and behaviours evolve and shift in response to government guidance and restrictions.

 

Moving forwards, we remain focused on expanding our international footprint, strengthening our product suite, and deepening our relationships with partners. We will continue to monitor and respond to the pandemic as it develops, but having made a positive start to FY 20/21 and with encouraging momentum in the business, we are confident in our ability to deliver another year of substantial growth and good progress against our strategy."

 

The Company's final results investor presentation can be found here :

https://dotdigitalgroup.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/FY1920-dotdigital-Results-Presentation-FINAL-161120.pdf .

 

An overview of the final results from Milan Patel, CEO, and Paraag Amin, CFO, is available to watch here: https://bit.ly/DOTD_FY20_overview .

 

 

For further information please contact:

 

dotdigital Group Plc
Milan Patel, CEO
Paraag Amin, CFO

Tel: 020 3953 3072

InvestorRelations@dotdigital.com

 

 

Alma PR (Financial PR)

Josh Royston

David Ison

Kieran Breheny

Tel: 020 3405 0210

dotdigital@almapr.co.uk

 

 

Canaccord Genuity (Nominated Advisor and Joint Broker)
Bobbie Hilliam

Georgina McCooke

Jonathan Barr, Sales

Tel: 020 7523 8000

 

 

finnCap (Joint Broker)
Stuart Andrews, Corporate Finance
Alice Lane, ECM

Rhys Williams, Sales

Tel: 020 7220 0500

 

N+1 Singer (Joint Broker)
Shaun Dobson, Head of Corporate Finance

Alex Bond, Corporate Finance

Tel: 020 7496 3000

 

Prior to this announcement's release, the statement contained inside information for the purposes of Article 7 of Regulation (EU) 596/2014 (MAR) (Market Abuse Regulation).

 

Chairman's Statement

 

Overview

 

One of dotdigital's key strengths is its contracted recurring revenue model and there can be few more rigorous stress tests for it than the outbreak of a global pandemic. From the onset we have adapted well and delivered a strong set of results with progress made against all of our strategic pillars despite the disruption in Q4.

 

Our continued double-digit revenue growth clearly demonstrates the value that organisations attach to our platform which, for many, has been a vital tool for continuing to drive sales and maintain customer engagement through the time of the pandemic.

 

It remains difficult to predict how the pandemic will play out, but we have shown our ability to weather the most challenging of commercial environments. There is no room for complacency but having started the new financial year well, and with demand for our products continuing to grow, we can look to the future with measured confidence.

 

The strong fundamentals of the business have been vital in navigating the situation, but it is our colleagues that have been the driving force behind our continued progress. On behalf of the Board I would like to thank them all for their efforts.

 

Strategic progress

 

2019/20 represents the first full financial year since the Group and its platform were rebranded as dotdigital and Engagement Cloud respectively to reflect better the complementary, omnichannel nature of the offering. The progress the Group has made since that pivot in strategy - both in building out the product and expanding its reach to new and exciting markets around the world - has been remarkable. As a relative newcomer to the business, I have been hugely impressed by the ability of our teams to meet the evolving needs of marketeers in an increasingly digital world, underpinned by an unwavering commitment to innovation and an ambitious, supportive and inclusive company culture.

 

As a result of a lot of hard work, we now have one of the most comprehensive, easy-to-use, reliable and secure digital marketing platforms available, and are constantly looking at ways in which we can enhance it further. Beyond email marketing, we now offer SMS, push notifications, live chat and social ad functionality all in one solution. The global appeal of the omnichannel platform is evident from the increase in the contribution of non-UK sales this year.

 

In further validation of the strategic developments that have taken place at dotdigital in the past two years, the Company was for the first time recognised as a "strong performer" by Forrester in its Email Marketing Service Providers Q2 2020 report.  As one of the "13 providers that matter most", the report said dotdigital "presented itself for the first time in this study as earnest, honest, and winning clients at a rate unmatched by all of its larger competitors… Marketers who sell direct in their emails should consider this marketing cloud alternative". As an influential voice in the industry, this award is an important endorsement of our competitive edge in the space.

 

People

 

Despite the challenging economic backdrop, we continued to hire through the year to support our growth ambitions. While we have strengthened teams across the Group, we have been most active in recruiting to build out an already exceptional international team, ensuring we have the very best senior talent available with knowledge and experience of working in specific overseas markets. More detail is available in the geographic progress section of the Chief Executive's Review.

 

At board level, I joined in January of this year as Non-Executive Chairman, having spent more than 35 years working with listed companies with a focus on software and technology. In May, we welcomed Liz Richards to the Board as Independent Non-Executive Director and Chair of the Audit Committee. Liz has had a highly successful career as CFO and Chair of Audit and brings with her a wealth of PLC experience that will be of great benefit to the Group.

 

Moving forward, we will continue to hire in line with our international expansion plans, adding new skills and increasing management bandwidth where necessary, while also investing in the development of our existing colleagues around the world.

 

Dividend

 

The Board has agreed to maintain a progressive dividend in line with Group EBITDA growth. Therefore, subject to approval at the AGM in December 2020, the Board proposes that the Group will pay a final dividend of 0.83p per ordinary share (2019: 0.67p).

 

 

 

Chief Executive's Review

 

Overview

 

The Group delivered organic revenue growth from continuing operations of 12% to £47.4m (2019: £42.5m) and adjusted EBITDA growth of 24% to £18.2m. Recurring revenues represented 91% of overall Group revenues (2019: c.89%), of which c.90% is contracted, giving good visibility. Recurring revenues derived from enhanced product functionality grew by 16% to £14.4m (2019: £12.4m), an important indicator of the value created by our focused R&D programme. The Group is cash generative and maintains a strong balance sheet with no debt and net cash balances of £25.4m at year end (2019: £19.3m), giving the Group scope to continue to invest in order to drive long-term, sustainable growth.

 

During the year, the platform's average revenue per customer (ARPC) continued its upward trend, growing by 12% from approximately £966 per month to £1,083 per month. This was largely the result of increased spend, both from additional messaging and additional functionality being used to drive a more personalised experience, along with signing up larger customers. Overall, the volume of messages sent out by the platform increased by 28% to 21.1bn from 16.5bn in 2019, reflecting both an increase in existing customer message volume growth and message volume growth from the new customers that we added during the year.

 

Impact of COVID-19

 

As a business, we transitioned quickly and smoothly to working from home. There was minimal operational impact, with all our teams, from engineers and customer support to sales and marketing, continuing to function at full capacity.

 

As previously reported, in the early stages of the pandemic we saw a slowdown of new business wins as decision making took longer for prospects. This mainly had an impact on sales in April, but at the same time we saw a reduction in churn, and trading improved on a monthly basis through to the end of the financial year. Our platform is sector and geography agnostic, and we saw the benefits of the diversity of our customer base throughout the pandemic, faring better than some of our peers with more concentrated end markets. The strong contracted recurring nature of our business model and our disciplined approach meant that cash collection remained robust throughout the year.

 

We retained all our colleagues during the pandemic, and none were furloughed, reflecting the continued high levels of demand for our platform and the confidence we have in the financial strength of the business.

 

Market

 

There is no doubt pandemic-related lockdowns and travel restrictions have accelerated the general trend towards digitalisation. Reporting strong top line growth in its Q3 results at the end of April on the back of accelerated adoption of its Teams communication and collaboration platform, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said the pandemic had driven "two years' worth of digital transformation in two months".

 

Perhaps not to the same extreme, a similar sentiment can be applied to the pandemic's impact on the marketing industry. Digital has been growing as a proportion of overall marketing budgets for some time, but the pandemic has meant that to continue cultivating leads and maintaining effective communication with customers, marketing teams - many of which had previously relied on face-to-face interactions - have had no choice but to make greater use of digital channels, with email taking on an increasingly significant role.

 

According to a recent survey of Fortune 1000 marketers by Chief Marketer, a leading content portal for marketers, email is now second only to social media as the most likely source of B2C conversion post-COVID, having taken significant share from in-person sales and live events. Respondents also reported a dramatic increase in the effectiveness of email as a source of B2C engagement. This is consistent with what we have been seeing, with healthy levels of new business acquisition from May onwards and more frequent and extensive use of email by existing customers.

 

We have also seen an increase in uptake of our omnichannel offering during the pandemic, with 23% of customers now using more than one channel. Organisations are keen to increase the number of touch points with customers and prospects against a backdrop of heightened economic uncertainty and reduced consumer spending. SMS revenues have increased significantly, and we have seen an increase in the number of customers making use of our real-time messaging capabilities such as in-browser live chat. We have also seen a trend towards an increase in the use of data-driven digital marketing, as marketing strategies become mature and customer-centric in ensuring they have a relevant and targeted message at every touchpoint between the customer or prospect and the brand.

 

Marketers will continue to shift and adapt their strategies as the recovery from COVID continues, but now more than ever organisations recognise the power of email and other digital marketing channels, and these are likely to remain vital components of marketing strategies around the world as we emerge from the crisis. dotdigital understands the evolving needs of its customers and is committed to continuing to develop and enhancing its platform to help them be successful.

 

Growth strategy

 

dotdigital's organic growth strategy continues to be focused around its three core pillars:

· Geographic progress

· Product innovation

· Developing strategic partnerships

 

Geographic progress

 

All regions grew during the period, with the success of our international expansion strategy evident in that revenue from outside the UK was 31% of Group revenue for the year, up from 29% in FY19. We expect this to trend to continue as we deploy more investment in international regions.

 

International expansion is a key tenet of our growth strategy and has been a significant area of investment in the period. We have continued to strengthen our presence and enhance our prospects across all territories, despite the challenges posed by the pandemic, and expect to see that flow through to an improved top line growth rate in our overseas businesses as we move into FY 20/21 and beyond.

 

EMEA

 

EMEA revenue grew 9% to £36.3m despite market uncertainties in the second half of the financial year. Sales cycles lengthened during the initial lockdown as prospects delayed technology decisions and existing customers delayed project completions. As lockdowns started to ease, we saw an uptick in momentum both from a pipeline and sales conversion perspective.

 

North America

 

Revenues from North America were up 17% to US$10.5m from US$9.0m in 2019. North America is a key growth market and we have invested heavily in the region, including the appointment of an experienced General Manager to lead an already strong team, create more management bandwidth and bring greater experience of growing companies in this region.

 

Our focus remains on growing relationships with partners to help us build our presence while increasing brand awareness. We made a great deal of progress on both fronts in the period - particularly with Dynamics, Microsoft's line of enterprise resource planning and customer relationship management software applications. In May, we hired a partner manager who has experience in the space to enhance our relationship. They have already made significant progress, giving us confidence of increased traction in the space moving forwards.

 

In the current financial year, we intend to hire more sales and marketing resource in the region to accelerate our expansion plans and help us achieve our scale ambitions.

 

APAC

 

APAC saw the highest levels of growth in the year, albeit from a smaller base, with revenues growing 37%, from AUS$3.8m in 2019 to AUS$5.2m. We continued to invest in our Singapore team in the period and expect to see numbers of customer sign-ups through partners and direct sales continue to increase as we build out our presence there.

 

Product innovation

 

Functionality recurring revenues in the period grew 16% to £14.4m (2019: £12.4m), illustrating continued growth in the uptake of enhanced features, increased use of data and demonstrating our ability to successfully drive more value from our platform.

 

R&D investment in the year was £6.5m (2019: £5.5m), consistent with management expectations. Despite the disruption caused by the pandemic in the second half, we continued to execute against our product strategy and our roadmap has continued to develop as anticipated.

 

Our areas of focus for continued product innovation remain as follows:

 

· Data and intelligence - joining all data together to create a single customer view and help our customers better target their campaigns from a personalisation perspective. We have dedicated a great deal of resource to this in response to increasingly sophisticated customer requirements and will continue to do so through FY 20/21, culminating in significant upgrades to the platform.

 

·  Marketing automation - harnessing artificial intelligence and machine learning across targeted parts of the platform's architecture. This included the launch of sector-tailored product packages for commerce customers and enhanced product recommendations capabilities.

 

· Building out further omnichannel functionality - to assist businesses through the full customer journey at every touch point. This included the launch of a new live chat solution through the Engagement Cloud and additional SMS capabilities, with an increase in take-up of both in the period.

 

A further area of focus in the period has been our reporting and analytics capability. The level of recency, frequency, and monetary insight we can provide has been enhanced, allowing customers to better target individuals through the engagement curve.

 

Other key developments in the period include improving the end user interface, bolstering our transactional email and messaging capability for all of our integrations, and introducing concepts of loyalty into the platform.

 

Developing strategic partnerships

 

We have continued to invest in all our strategic partner relationships, which are important in raising brand awareness in the regions and verticals in which we integrate, and are pleased with the progress we have made in developing them and refining our joint go-to-market strategies. Sales through connectors into strategic partners increased 10% to £22.2m (2019: £20.3m).

 

At the same time, from a technical perspective, we have made marked progress in optimising our integrations through both improving our connectors, software architecture that models interactions with our strategic partners' respective platforms, and the rules that govern those interactions. The combination of these continues to improve conversion rates.

 

Enhanced brand awareness alongside the additional functionality we developed for e-commerce merchants drove further growth in the Magento space. Sign-up of customers through Magento in all regions remained strong - in the period we added 206 Magento customers to the platform, taking the total to 716 as at the end of June 2020. Revenue from Magento customers in the period grew 10% from £11.8m to £13.0m.

 

All new Magento users continue to ship as standard with dotdigital messaging capabilities and now also get our chat functionality pre-installed, providing marketeers an increased value proposition for their digital marketing strategies. The new functionality allows us to capture the online conversations for segmenting upon, for relevancy and better machine learning for product recommendations and marketing automation. The introduction of chat functionality allows us to add an additional source of lead generation from the Magento community. Our respective teams continue to work together on our joint marketing strategy and enhanced development of our integration.

 

At the end of the financial year, we had 83 customers using the Shopify connector versus 56 at the corresponding time last year. In the year, revenue from Shopify customers grew 36% from £0.9m to £1.2m. With the inclusion of the dotdigital platform in Shopify's Plus Certified App Program, which is intended to make it easier for Shopify Plus merchants to discover carefully selected, best-of-breed apps, and our relationship continues to go from strength to strength. In addition, we have seen an increasing pipeline resulting from the integration that we have built with Shopify Flow, which allows e-commerce merchants a seamless connection to easily deploy campaigns from the dotdigital platform. We continue to build relationships with system integrators in the partner ecosystem to drive demand for the platform.

 

As Big Commerce's global elite partner, we continue to deepen our strategic relationship, formulating a joint go-to market plan through offers for e-commerce merchants, and joint marketing efforts to the user base. This will enable us to increase our addressable market across all regions, and we are already starting to see more customers using the integration as a result.

 

As previously mentioned, in May we hired a North American partner manager to build our strategic relationship with Microsoft for the integration of our platform into Dynamics 365, where we see a significant opportunity. Revenues from customers using our Dynamics connector were broadly flat at £3.8m in the period. We expect to see this grow in the current financial year as we begin to build on the strong foundations we have laid and take market share.

 

Current trading and outlook

 

As reported in the trading update published in October, the new financial year has started well with a strong first quarter sales performance driven by existing customer growth, new customer wins and significant take up of non-email channels.

 

This strong performance has continued into October and the Board now expects to deliver a greater rate of revenue growth this financial year versus current consensus expectations. The strong performance has been driven by continued take up of non-email channels, predominantly SMS, which is a lower margin product than email. The incremental margin will be reinvested in the business to drive future growth, in line with the previously stated strategy and the Board is confident on achieving consensus earnings and cash for the full year to 30 June 2021.

 

It is critical we remain alert to external factors and continue to monitor the international COVID-19 response closely, but with encouraging momentum in the business, good revenue visibility and continued strong cash generation, we find ourselves in a position of relative strength. Confident FY21 will be another year of substantial growth and good progress against our strategy.

 

Our balance sheet is in good shape and we intend to continue to invest in our platform to cement our market-leading position and ensure we continue to grow sustainably and profitably for many years to come.

 

I would like to take this opportunity to again thank all our colleagues around the world for the way they have responded to the events of the past few months. They have demonstrated exceptional levels of commitment and have worked tirelessly under unprecedented circumstances to ensure we continue to deliver a first-class service to our customers and move forward as a business.

 

 

 

Financial Review

 

Revenues

 

The Group achieved continuing operations revenue growth of 12% (2019: 15%), which delivered record overall revenues of £47.4m, despite the impact of the pandemic in the fourth quarter of our financial year. The quality of the revenue growth is evidenced by increased recurring revenues of 91%. The Group continued to grow internationally with revenues accounting for 31% of the total (2019: 29%).

 

Business model

 

The Group generates the majority of its revenues from annual message plans which are recognised equally over the life of the contract. In addition, we sell upgrade packages to customers allowing them to use additional modules and features of our platform. For more sophisticated customers we offer customised functionality and integrations so that they can maximise the use of their customer data. These professional services contracts are recognised as revenue as the work is performed. Over the past year we have built other messaging channels into our core platform, including SMS and Live Chat, and access to these channels are sold separately.

 

Gross margin

 

The gross margin for the period for continuing operations was 87% (2019: 90%). The decline in gross margin comes from the growth of non-email messaging channels, and in particular SMS. We continue to see value in both the direct and indirect models of selling in our international regions, and hence continue to invest in building long-term annuity revenues.

 

Operating expenses

 

Adjusted operating profit from continuing operations grew by 11% from £11.8m to £13.1m. Operating expenses as a percentage of revenues dropped from 62% to 59%, reflecting the growth in revenue. dotdigital continues to invest in people in the areas of development, sales and marketing, particularly within the regional offices, to continue enhancing and adding to the product suite.

 

Balance sheet

 

There was strong cash management in the year with net cash generated from continuing operations of £18.2m (2019: £13.3m). The cash balance at the end of the period was £25.4m (2019: £19.3m). The Group continues to be debt free and maintains a healthy balance sheet. A combination of a highly efficient cash collection process and an incentivisation push to move more customers onto Direct Debit and automated credit card collection helped with the year-end position.

 

Trade receivables have only grown by 8% in the year, reflecting revenue growth and good cash management. Overall receivables have grown 6% due to the deferment of marketing expenditure such as tradeshows and conferences which have been postponed due to Covid and deferred commission.

 

The Group continues to invest heavily in the platform to increase functionality around marketing automation, increasing the number of messaging channels and surfacing data and providing insights for our customers to provide excellent customer engagement. This continued investment is demonstrated by the increase in product development to £6.5m from £5.5m in 2019.

 

 

Goodwill

 

£9.1m of goodwill reflects the acquisition of Comapi in 2017/18, for a cash consideration of £10.7m. Identifiable intangible assets included £1.2m of technology and £1.2m of customer relationships. The former has been fully amortised in the year. As the Comapi CPaaS technology was successfully fully integrated into the Engagement Cloud platform, this has now become part of the dotdigital offering, leading to goodwill reflecting the technology and know-how of the Engagement Cloud platform, as opposed to the discontinued operational part of Comapi.

 

 

Tax

 

Profitability from continuing operations continues to grow. This is reflected within the tax charge, which is now £0.8m with an effective tax rate of 6%, with a lower than standard rate due to enhanced R&D tax credits.

 

EPS

 

In the year the continued operations adjusted basic EPS was 3.84p (2019: 3.93p) and adjusted diluted EPS was 3.79p (2019: 3.88p). Despite a higher level of pre-tax profit, the decrease in adjusted EPS is driven by an increased tax rate of 6% (2019: 1%).

 

Dividend policy

 

As announced last year, the Board conducted its review of its organic business plan for the following three years. This included evaluating the cash needs required for opportunities in organic growth to increase shareholder value and capital expenditure. The Board decided that it will continue to keep a progressive dividend in line with EBITDA growth. Therefore, subject to approval at the AGM in December 2020, the Board proposes that the Group will pay a final dividend of 0.83 pence per ordinary share (2019: 0.67p); to be payable at the end of January 2021.

 

 

DOTDIGITAL GROUP PLC

 

CONSOLIDATED INCOME STATEMENT

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2020

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

30.6.20

 

30.6.19

 

 

 

 

£'000

 

£'000

 

 

 

Notes

 

 

 

CONTINUING OPERATIONS

 

 

 

 

Revenue from contracts with customers

 

47,404

 

42,522

Cost of sales

7

(6,366)

 

(4,377)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gross profit

 

41,038

 

38,145

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Administrative expenses

7

(27,976)

 

(26,380)

 

 

 

 

 

OPERATING PROFIT FROM CONTINUING OPERATIONS PRE SHARE-BASED PAYMENTS AND EXCEPTIONAL COSTS

 

13,062

 

11,765

 

 

 

 

 

Share based payments

 

(682)

 

(565)

Exceptional costs

5

(136)

 

(179)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OPERATING PROFIT FROM CONTINUING OPERATIONS

 

12,244

 

11,021

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Finance costs

6

(98)

 

-

Finance income

6

40

 

19

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PROFIT BEFORE INCOME TAX FROM CONTINUING OPERATIONS

7

12,186

 

11,040

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income tax expense

8

(1,550)

 

(58)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Profit for the year from continuing operations

 

10,636

 

10,982

Loss for the year from discontinuing operations

12

(378)

 

(2,457)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Profit for the year attributable to the owners of the parent

 

10,258

 

8,525

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Earnings per share from all operations (pence per share)

 

 

 

 

Basic

 

11

3.44

 

2.86

 

Diluted

 

11

3.39

 

2.82

 

Adjusted Basic

 

11

3.84

 

3.36

 

Adjusted Diluted

 

11

3.79

 

3.31

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Earnings per share from continuing operations (pence per share)

 

 

 

 

 

Basic

 

11

3.57

 

3.68

 

Diluted

 

11

3.52

 

3.63

 

Adjusted Basic

 

11

3.84

 

3.93

 

Adjusted Diluted

 

11

3.79

 

3.88

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Earnings per share from discontinued operations (pence per share)

 

 

 

 

 

Basic

 

11

(0.13)

 

(0.82)

 

Diluted

 

11

(0.13)

 

(0.81)

 

Adjusted Basic

 

11

(0.00)

 

(0.57)

 

Adjusted Diluted

 

11

(0.00)

 

(0.57)

 

 

 

 

        

DOTDIGITAL GROUP PLC

 

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2020

 

 

 

 

 

 

30.6.20

 

30.6.19

 

 

 

 

£'000

 

£'000

 

 

 

Notes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PROFIT FOR THE YEAR

 

10,258

 

8,525

 

 

 

 

 

OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME 

 

 

 

 

Items that may be subsequently reclassified to profit and loss:

 

 

 

Exchange differences on translating foreign operations

34

 

(42)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total comprehensive income attributable to:

 

 

 

 

 

Owners of the parent

 

10,292

 

8,483

 

 

 

 

TOTAL COMPREHENSIVE INCOME FOR THE YEAR

 

 

 

Comprehensive income from continuing operations

10,670

 

10,940

Comprehensive income from discontinued operations

(378)

 

(2,457)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

        

 

DOTDIGITAL GROUP PLC

 

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION

30 JUNE 2020

 

 

 

 

 

 

30.6.20

 

30.6.19

 

 

 

 

£'000

 

£'000

 

 

 

Notes

 

 

 

ASSETS

 

 

 

 

NON-CURRENT ASSETS

 

 

 

 

Goodwill

13

9,680

 

9,680

Intangible assets

14

14,059

 

11,702

Property, plant and equipment

15

5,262

 

1,037

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

29,001

 

22,419

 

 

 

 

 

CURRENT ASSETS

 

 

 

 

Trade and other receivables

17

12,987

 

12,222

Cash and cash equivalents

18

25,383

 

19,320

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

38,370

 

 

31,542

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL ASSETS

 

67,371

 

53,961

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EQUITY ATTRIBUTABLE TO THE

 

 

 

 

OWNERS OF THE PARENT

 

 

 

 

Called up share capital

19

1,493

 

1,490

Share premium

20

6,967

 

6,791

Reverse acquisition reserve

20

(4,695)

 

(4,695)

Other reserves

20

1,372

 

720

Retranslation reserve

20

50

 

16

Retained earnings

20

45,514

 

37,161

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL EQUITY

 

50,701

 

41,483

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LIABILITIES

 

 

 

 

NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES

 

 

 

 

Lease liabilities

22

3,399

 

-

Deferred tax

24

2,169

 

1,377

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5,568

 

 

1,377

CURRENT LIABILITIES

 

 

 

 

Trade and other payables

21

9,796

 

11,096

Financial liabilities:

 

 

 

 

-  Interest bearing loans and borrowings

 

-

 

5

-  Lease liabilities

22

1,068

 

-

Current tax payable

 

238

 

-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

11,102

 

 

11,101

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL LIABILITIES

 

16,670

 

12,478

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL EQUITY AND LIABILITIES

 

67,371

 

53,961

 

 

 

 

 

 

               

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DOTDIGITAL GROUP PLC

 

COMPANY STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION

30 JUNE 2020

 

 

 

 

 

 

30.6.20

 

30.6.19

 

 

 

 

£'000

 

£'000

 

 

 

Notes

 

 

 

ASSETS

 

 

 

 

NON-CURRENT ASSETS

 

 

 

 

Owned

 

 

 

 

Property, plant and equipment

 

3

 

-

Investments

16

15,142

 

15,147

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

15,145

 

15,147

 

 

 

 

 

CURRENT ASSETS

 

 

 

 

Trade and other receivables

17

797

 

808

Cash and cash equivalents

18

396

 

594

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,193

 

 

1,402

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL ASSETS

 

16,338

 

16,549

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EQUITY ATTRIBUTABLE TO THE

 

 

 

 

OWNERS OF THE PARENT

 

 

 

 

Called up share capital

19

1,493

 

1,490

Share premium

20

6,967

 

6,791

Other reserves

20

1,372

 

720

Retained earnings

20

3,550

 

3,515

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL EQUITY

 

13,382

 

12,516

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LIABILITIES

 

 

 

 

CURRENT LIABILITIES

 

 

 

 

Trade and other payables

21

2,956

 

4,033

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL LIABILITIES

 

2,956

 

4,033

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL EQUITY AND LIABILITIES

 

16,338

 

16,549

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

               

 

 

 

DOTDIGITAL GROUP PLC

 

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2020

 

 

 

 

 

 

Called up share

 

 

Retained

 

 

Share

 

 

 

capital

 

earnings

 

premium

 

 

 

£'000

 

£'000

 

£'000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance as at 1 July 2018

 

 

1,490

 

32,331

 

6,791

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Issue of share capital

 

 

-

 

-

 

-

Dividends

 

 

-

 

(1,903)

 

-

IFRS 15 restatement

 

 

-

 

(2,837)

 

-

Deferred tax asset on IFRS 15

 

 

-

 

539

 

-

Transfer in reserves

 

 

-

 

506

 

-

Share-based payments

 

 

-

 

-

 

-

Transactions with owners

 

 

-

 

(3,695)

 

-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Profit for the year

 

 

-

 

8,525

 

-

Other comprehensive income

 

 

-

 

-

 

-

Total comprehensive income

 

 

-

 

8,525

 

-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance as at 30 June 2019

 

 

1,490

 

37,161

 

6,791

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Issue of share capital

 

 

3

 

-

 

176

Dividends

 

 

-

 

(1,996)

 

-

IFRS 16 restatement

 

 

-

 

61

 

-

Transfer in reserves

 

 

-

 

30

 

-

Share-based payments

 

 

-

 

-

 

-

Transactions with owners

 

 

3

 

(1,905)

 

176

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Profit for the year

 

 

-

 

10,258

 

-

Other comprehensive income

 

 

-

 

-

 

-

Total comprehensive income

 

 

-

 

10,258

 

-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance as at 30 June 2020

 

 

1,493

 

45,514

 

6,967

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                 

 

DOTDIGITAL GROUP PLC

 

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2020

 

 

CONTINUED…

 

 

 

Retranslation

 

Reverse acquisition

 

Other

 

Total equity

 

 

 

reserve

 

reserve

 

reserves

 

 

 

 

 

£'000

 

£'000

 

£'000

 

£'000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance as at 1 July 2018

 

 

(26)

 

(4,695)

 

661

 

36,552

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Issue of share capital

 

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

-

Dividends

 

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

(1,903)

IFRS 15 restatement

 

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

(2,837)

Deferred tax asset on IFRS 15

 

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

539

Transfer in reserves

 

 

-

 

-

 

(506)

 

-

Share-based payments

 

 

-

 

-

 

565

 

565

Transactions with owners

 

 

-

 

-

 

59

 

(3,636)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Profit for the year

 

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

8,525

Other comprehensive income

 

 

42

 

-

 

-

 

42

Total comprehensive income

 

 

42

 

-

 

-

 

8,567

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance as at 30 June 2019

 

 

16

 

(4,695)

 

720

 

41,483

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Issue of share capital

 

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

179

Dividends

 

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

(1,996)

IFRS 16 restatement

 

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

61

Transfer in reserves

 

 

-

 

-

 

(30)

 

-

Share-based payments

 

 

-

 

-

 

682

 

682

Transactions with owners

 

 

-

 

-

 

652

 

(1,074)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Profit for the year

 

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

10,258

Other comprehensive income

 

 

34

 

-

 

-

 

34

Total comprehensive income

 

 

34

 

-

 

-

 

10,292

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance as at 30 June 2020

 

 

50

 

(4,695)

 

1,372

 

50,701

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

· Share capital is the amount subscribed for shares at nominal value.

· Retained earnings represents the cumulative earnings of the Group attributable to equity shareholders.

· Share premium represents the excess of the amount subscribed for share capital over the nominal value net of the share issue expenses.

· Retranslation reserve relates to the retranslation of foreign subsidiaries into the functional currency of the Group.

· The reverse acquisition reserve relates to the adjustment required to account for the reverse acquisition in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards.

· Other reserves relate to the charge for the share-based payment in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standard 2.

·

 

DOTDIGITAL GROUP PLC

 

COMPANY STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2020

 

 

 

Called up share

 

 

Retained

 

 

Share

 

 

Other

 

 

 

 

capital

 

earnings

 

premium

 

  Reserves

 

Total equity

 

 

£'000

 

£'000

 

£'000

 

£'000

 

£'000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance as at 1 July 2018

1,490

 

5,761

 

6,791

 

661

 

14,703

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Issue of share capital

-

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

Dividends

-

 

(1,903)

 

-

 

-

 

(1,903)

 

Transfer in reserves

-

 

506

 

-

 

(506)

 

-

 

Share-based payments

-

 

-

 

-

 

565

 

565

 

Transactions with owners

-

 

(1,397)

 

-

 

59

 

(1,338)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Profit for the year

-

 

(849)

 

-

 

-

 

(849)

 

Total comprehensive income

-

 

(849)

 

-

 

-

 

(849)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance as at 30 June 2019

1,490

 

3,515

 

6,791

 

720

 

12,516

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Issue of share capital

3

 

-

 

176

 

-

 

179

 

Dividends

-

 

(1,996)

 

-

 

-

 

(1,996)

 

Transfer in reserves

-

 

30

 

-

 

(30)

 

-

 

Share-based payments

-

 

-

 

-

 

682

 

682

 

Transactions with owners

3

 

(1,966)

 

176

 

652

 

(1,135)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Profit for the year

-

 

2,001

 

-

 

-

 

2,001

 

Total comprehensive income

-

 

2,001

 

-

 

-

 

2,001

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance as at 30 June 2020

1,493

 

3,550

 

6,967

 

1,372

 

13,382

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

· Share capital is the amount subscribed for shares at nominal value.

· Retained earnings represents the cumulative earnings of the Company attributable to equity shareholders.

· Share premium represents the excess of the amount subscribed for share capital over the nominal value net of the share issue expenses.

· Other reserves relate to the charge for the share-based payment in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standard 2.

 

DOTDIGITAL GROUP PLC

 

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2020

 

 

 

 

 

 

30.6.20

 

30.6.19

 

 

 

 

£'000

 

£'000

 

 

 

Notes

 

 

 

Cash flows from operating activities

 

 

 

 

Cash generated from operations

29

15,907

 

12,493

Tax paid

 

(124)

 

(207)

 

 

 

 

 

Net cash generated from all operating activities

 

15,783

 

12,286

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net cash generated from continuing operating activities

 

18,214

 

13,288

Net cash generated from discontinued operating activities

 

(2,431)

 

(1,002)

 

Cash flows from investing activities

 

 

 

 

Purchase of intangible fixed assets

 

(6,505)

 

(5,617)

Purchase of tangible fixed assets

 

(277)

 

(456)

Interest received

 

40

 

19

 

 

 

 

 

Net cash flows used in investing activities

 

(6,742)

 

(6,054)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net cash generated from continuing investing activities

 

(6,741)

 

(5,168)

Net cash generated from discontinued investing activities

 

(1)

 

(886)

 

Cash flows from financing activities

 

 

 

 

Equity dividends paid

 

(1,996)

 

(1,903)

Payment of lease liabilities

 

(1,127)

 

 

Loan repayments

 

-

 

(14)

Share issue

 

179

 

-

 

 

 

 

 

Net cash flows from financing activities

 

(2,944)

 

(1,917)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net cash generated from continuing financing activities

 

(2,884)

 

(1,903)

Net cash generated from discontinued financing activities

 

(60)

 

(14)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Increase in cash and cash equivalents

 

6,097

 

4,315

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year

30

19,320

 

15,005

Effect of foreign exchange rate changes

 

(34)

 

-

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents at end of year

30

25,383

 

19,320

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

               

 

  .

 

 

DOTDIGITAL GROUP PLC

 

COMPANY STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2020

 

 

 

 

 

 

30.6.20

 

30.6.19

 

 

 

 

£'000

 

£'000

 

 

 

Notes

 

 

 

Cash flows from operating activities

 

 

 

 

Cash generated from operations

29

1,622

 

1,851

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,622

 

1,851

Net cash generated from operating activities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash from investing activities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Purchase of tangible fixed assets

 

(3)

 

-

 

 

 

 

 

Net cash flows from investing activities

 

(3)

 

-

 

 

 

 

 

Cash flows from financing activates

 

 

 

 

Equity dividends paid

 

(1,996)

 

(1,903)

Share issue

 

179

 

-

 

 

 

 

 

Net cash flows from financing activities

 

(1,817)

 

(1,903)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Increase in cash and cash equivalents

 

(198)

 

(52)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year

30

594

 

646

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents at end of year

30

396

 

594

 

 

 

 

 

               

 

  DOTDIGITAL GROUP PLC

 

  NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued

  FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2020

 

 

1.  GENERAL INFORMATION

 

dotdigital Group Plc ("dotdigital") is a public limited company incorporated in England and Wales and quoted on the AIM Market.

 

2.  ACCOUNTING POLICIES

 

  Basis of preparation

These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards as adopted by the European Union (IFRSs as adopted by the EU) and those parts of Companies Act 2006 applicable to companies reporting under IFRS. The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention.

 

The Group has applied all accounting standards and interpretations issued by the International Accounting Standards Board and the IFRS Interpretations Committee effective at the time of preparing the financial statements.

 

New and amended standards adopted by the Company

The Group has applied IFRS 16 Leases for the first time for the year commencing 1 July 2019. The Group has applied the modified approach from 1 July 2019 but has not restated comparatives for the year ended 30 June 2019, as permitted under the specific transitional provisions in the standard. The reclassifications and the adjustments arising from the new leasing rules are therefore recognised in the opening balance sheet on 1 July 2019.

 

On adoption of IFRS 16, the Group recognised lease liabilities in relation to leases which had previously been classified as 'operating leases' under the principles of IAS 17 Leases. These liabilities were measured at the present value of the remaining lease payments, discounted using the lessee's incremental borrowing rate as of 1 July 2019. The weighted average lessee's incremental borrowing rate applied to the lease liabilities on 1 July 2019 was 2.7%.

 

For leases previously classified as finance leases, the Group recognised the carrying amount of the lease asset and lease liability immediately before transition as the carrying amount of the right-of-use asset and the lease liability at the date of initial application. The measurement principles of IFRS 16 are only applied after that date. These finance leases were not remeasured at the date of initial application as they are considered immaterial.

 

The associated right-of-use assets for property leases and other right-of use assets were measured at the amount equal to the lease liability, adjusted by the amount of any prepaid or accrued lease payments relating to that lease recognised in the balance sheet as at 30 June 2019. There were no onerous lease contracts that would have required an adjustment to the right-of-use assets at the date of initial application.

 

In applying IFRS 16 for the first time, the group has used the following practical expedients permitted by the standard:

the use of a single discount rate to a portfolio of leases with reasonably similar characteristics

reliance on previous assessments on whether leases are onerous

the accounting for operating leases with a remaining lease term of less than 12 months as at 1 July 2019 as short-term leases

the exclusion of initial direct costs for the measurement of the right-of-use asset at the date of initial application, and

the use of hindsight in determining the lease term where the contract contains options to extend or terminate the lease.

 

The Group has also elected not to reassess whether a contract is, or contains, a lease at the date of initial application. Instead, for contracts entered into before the transition date, the Group relied on its assessment made applying IAS 17 and IFRIC 4 Determining whether an Arrangement contains a lease.

 

 

 

 

 

DOTDIGITAL GROUP PLC

 

  NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued

  FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2020

 

 

 

2.  ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued

 

New standards and interpretations not yet adopted

There are no standards that are not yet effective and that would be expected to have a material impact on the entity in the current or future reporting periods and on foreseeable future transactions.

 

The financial statements are presented in sterling (£), rounded to the nearest thousand pounds.

 

  Basis of consolidation

In the period ended 2009 the Company acquired via a share for share exchange the entire issued share capital of Dotdigital EMEA Limited, whose principal activity is that of providing SaaS via a leading omni-channel marketing automation platform and managed services to digital marketing professionals.

 

Under IFRS 3 'Business combinations' the Dotdigital EMEA Limited share exchange has been accounted for as a reverse acquisition. Although these consolidated financial statements have been issued in the name of the legal parent, the Company it represents in substance is a continuation of the financial information of the legal subsidiary, Dotdigital EMEA Limited. The following accounting treatment has been applied in respect of the reverse acquisition:

 

- the assets and liabilities of the legal subsidiary, Dotdigital EMEA Limited, are recognised and measured in the consolidated financial statements at their pre-combination carrying amounts, without restatement to their fair value;

 

- the retained reserves recognised in the consolidated financial statements for the beginning of the prior period reflect the retained reserves of Dotdigital EMEA Limited to 30 April 2008. However, in accordance with IFRS3 'Business combinations', the equity structure appearing in the consolidated financial statements reflects the equity structure of the legal parent dotdigital Group Plc, including the equity instruments issued under the share exchange to effect the business combination;

 

- A reverse acquisition reserve has been created to enable the presentation of a consolidated balance sheet which combines the equity structure of the legal parent with the non-statutory reserves of the legal subsidiary;

 

- Comparative numbers are prepared on the same basis.

 

The following accounting treatment has been applied in respect of the acquisition of dotdigital Group Plc:

 

- The assets and liabilities of dotdigital Group Plc are recognised and measured in the consolidated financial statements at their fair value at the date of acquisition.

 

- The cost of an acquisition is measured as the fair value of the assets given, equity instruments issued and liabilities incurred or assumed at the date of exchange, plus costs directly attributable to the acquisition. Identifiable assets acquired and liabilities assumed in a business combination are measured initially at their fair values at the date of acquisition, irrespective of the extent of any minority interest. The excess of the cost of acquisition over the fair value of the Group's share of the identifiable net assets acquired is recorded as goodwill. If the cost of acquisition is less than the fair value of the net assets of the subsidiary acquired, the difference is recognised directly in the income statement.

   

 

 

  DOTDIGITAL GROUP PLC

 

  NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued

  FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2020

 

 

 

2.

ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued

     

 

  Subsidiaries

A subsidiary is an entity whose operating and financing policies are controlled by the Group. Subsidiaries are consolidated from the date on which control was transferred to the Group. Subsidiaries cease to be consolidated from

the date the Group no longer has control. Intercompany transactions, balances and unrealised gains on transactions between Group companies have been eliminated on consolidation.

 

The Group applies the acquisition method to account for business combinations. In the statement of financial position, the acquiree's identifiable assets and liabilities are initially recognised at their fair values at the acquisition date.

 

As a result of applying reverse acquisition accounting since 30 January 2009, the consolidated IFRS financial information of dotdigital Group Plc is a continuation of the financial information of dotdigital EMEA Limited.

 

  Revenue recognition

Revenue comprises the fair value of the consideration received or receivable for the sale of services in the ordinary course of the Group's activities. Revenue is shown net of value added tax returns, rebates and discounts after eliminating sales within the Group.

 

The Group recognises revenue when the amount of revenue can be reliably measured and it is probable that the future economic benefits will flow to the entity. The Group bases its estimates on historical results, taking into consideration the type of customer, the type of transaction and the specifics of each arrangement.

 

The Group sells omni-channel marketing services to other businesses, and services are either provided on a usage basis or fixed price bespoke contract. All revenue is from contracts signed with new customers and upgrades and additional functional recurring revenue sold to existing contracted clients. Revenue from contracts is recognised under percentage of completion method based on a percentage of services performed to date as a percentage of the total services to be performed.

 

Professional services at no charge: The Group sells professional services to its customers and there are occasions when these services are provided at no cost as part of the contract sold. The services provided for no charge are recognised and accounted for as separate performance obligations when the service occurs. The amount allocated to the services is deducted from the contract value and the remainder of the contract value is spread evenly over the term of the contract.

 

Prepaid contracts: The Group sells 12-, 24- and 36-month contracts to its customers. This revenue is recognised monthly over the period of the contract. Where a customer prepays their contract, this is recognised over the period of the contract irrespective of materiality.

 

Term contract billing: The Group raises the first invoice to its new customers when the service agreement is signed. Occasionally, the service does not start in the same month as when the service agreement is signed but is invoiced in the month where the service agreement is signed. The revenue is then recognised over the period of the contract irrespective of materiality.

 

Going concern

The Directors, at the time of approving the financial statements, have a reasonable expectation that the Company and the Group have adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus they continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements. Further detail is contained in the Directors' report. The impact of COVID 19 is discussed within the CEO report and Risk section in the front end of the report.

 

Operating profit

Operating profit is stated after charging operating expenses but before finance costs.

 

 

   

 

  DOTDIGITAL GROUP PLC

 

  NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued

  FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2020

 

 

 

2.

ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued

 

Dividends

Final dividend distributions to the Company's shareholders are recognised as a liability in the financial statements in the period in which the dividends are approved by the Company's shareholders while interim dividends distributions are recognised in the period in which the dividends are declared and paid.

 

Goodwill

Goodwill represents the excess of the fair value of the consideration over the fair values of the identifiable net tangible and intangible assets acquired and is allocated to cash generating units.

 

Under IFRS 3 "Business Combinations", goodwill arising on acquisitions is not subject to amortisation but is subject to annual impairment testing. Any impairment is recognised immediately in the income statement and not subsequently reversed.

 

Investments in subsidiaries

Investments are held as non-current assets at cost less any provision for impairment. Where the recoverable amount of the investment is less than the carrying amount, impairment is recognised.

 

Intangible assets

Intangible assets are recorded as separately identifiable assets and recognised at historical cost less any accumulated amortisation. These assets are amortised over their useful economic lives of four to five years, with the charge included in administrative expenses in the income statement.

 

Intangible assets are reviewed for impairment annually. Impairment is measured by determining the recoverable amount of an asset or cash generating unit (CGU) which is the greater of its value in use and its fair value less costs to sell. In assessing value in use, the estimated future cash flows are discounted to their present value using a pre-tax discount rate that reflects current market assessments of the time value of money and the risks specific to the asset or CGU. For the purpose of impairment testing, assets that cannot be tested individually are grouped together into the smallest group of assets that generates cash inflows from continuing use that are largely independent of the cash inflows of other assets or CGUs.

 

- Domain names

Acquired domain names are shown at historical cost. Domain names have a finite life and are carried at cost less accumulated amortisation. Amortisation is calculated using straight-line method to allocate the cost of domain names over their useful lives of four years.

 

- Software

Acquired software and websites are shown at historical cost. They have a finite life and are carried at cost less accumulated amortisation. Amortisation is calculated using straight-line method to allocate the cost of software and websites over their useful lives of four years.

 

- Product development

Product development expenditure is capitalised when it is considered that there is a commercially and technically viable product, the related expenditure is separately identifiable and there is a reasonable expectation that the related expenditure will be exceeded by future revenues. Following initial recognition, product developments are carried at cost less any accumulated amortisation and any accumulated impairment losses. The useful lives of these intangible assets are assessed to have a finite life of five years. Amortisation is charged on assets with finite lives, and until economic benefit can be received and recognised, this expense is taken to the income statement and useful lives are reviewed on an annual basis. Amortisation is charged from the point when the asset is available for use.

 

Other development expenditures that do not meet these criteria are recognised as an expense as incurred. Capitalised development costs are recorded as intangible assets and amortised from the point at which they are ready for use on a straight-line basis over their useful life.

 

 

 

 

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Costs incurred on development projects (relating to the design and testing of new or improved products) are recognised as intangible assets when the following criteria are fulfilled:

 

- It is technically feasible to complete the intangible asset so that it will be available for use or resale;

- Management intends to complete the intangible asset and use or sell it;

- There is an ability to use or sell the intangible asset;

- It can be demonstrated how the intangible asset will generate possible future economic benefits;

- Adequate technical, financial and other resource to complete the development and to use or sell the intangible asset are available; and

- The expenditure attributable to the intangible asset during its development can be reliably measured.

 

-Technology

Technology represents the cost that would be incurred to build the entire Comapi platform had the acquisition not occurred. The useful life of this intangible asset is assessed to have a finite life of 10 years. Amortisation is charged on assets with finite lives, and until economic benefit can be received and recognised, this expense is taken to the income statement and useful lives are reviewed on an annual basis. Amortisation is charged from the point when the asset is available for use.

 

-Customer relationships

This represents the value of high-value customer contracts within Comapi. The useful life of this intangible asset is assessed to have a finite life of three years. Amortisation is charged on assets with finite lives, and until economic benefit can be received and recognised, this expense is taken to the income statement and useful lives are reviewed on an annual basis. Amortisation is charged from the point when the asset is available for use.

 

Impairment of non-financial assets (excluding goodwill)

At each balance sheet date, the Group reviews the carrying amounts of its tangible and intangible assets to determine whether there is any indication that those assets have suffered an impairment loss. If any such indication exists, the recoverable amount of the asset is estimated in order to determine the extent of the impairment loss (if any). Where the asset does not generate cash flows that are independent from other assets, the Group estimates the recoverable amount of the cash generating unit to which the asset belongs. An intangible asset with an indefinite useful life is tested for impairment annually and whenever there is an indication that the asset may be impaired.

 

  Property, plant and equipment

Tangible non-current assets are stated at historical cost less accumulated depreciation. Historical cost includes expenditure that is directly attributable to the acquisition of the items.

 

Subsequent costs are included in the assets' carrying amount or recognised as a separate asset, as appropriate, only when it is probable that future economic benefits are associated with the item will flow to the company and the cost of the item can be measured reliably. The carrying amount of the replaced part is derecognised. All other repairs and maintenance are charged to the income statement during the financial period in which they are incurred. Depreciation is provided at the following rates in order to write off each asset over its estimated useful life and is based on the cost of assets less residual value. Significant components of individual assets are assessed and if a component has a useful life that is different from the remainder of that asset, that component is depreciated separately.

 

Right of use assets:  over the term of the lease

Fixtures and fittings:  25% on cost

Computer equipment:  25% on cost

 

The assets' residual values and useful economic lives are reviewed and adjusted, if appropriate, at each reporting date. An asset's carrying amount is written down immediately to its recoverable amount if the asset's carrying amount is greater than its estimated recoverable value.

 

Gains and losses on disposals are determined by comparing the proceeds with the carrying amount and are recognised within other (losses) or gains in the income statement.

 

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Capital risk management

The Group manages its capital to ensure it is able to continue as a going concern while maximising the return to stakeholders through the optimisation of the debt and equity balance. The capital structure of the Group consists of cash equivalents and equity attributable to the owners of the parent as disclosed in the statement of changes in equity.

 

  Taxation

The tax expense for the year comprises current and deferred tax. Tax is recognised in the income statement, to the extent that it relates to items recognised in other comprehensive income or directly in equity. In this case, the tax is also recognised in other comprehensive income or directly in equity, respectively.

 

Current tax

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 substantially enacted by the balance sheet date.

 

Deferred taxation

Deferred income tax is provided in full, using the liability method, on temporary differences arising between the tax bases of assets and liabilities and their carrying amounts in the financial statements.

 

Deferred income tax assets are recognised to the extent that it is probable that future taxable profit will be available against which the temporary difference will be utilised.

 

Deferred income tax is determined using tax rates that have been enacted or substantially enacted by the balance sheet date and are expected to apply when the related deferred income asset is realised or deferred income tax liability is settled.

 

Leases

As described in note 1, the Group has applied IFRS 16 using the modified retrospective approach with effect from 1

July 2019 and therefore comparative information has not been restated. Comparative information is therefore still reported under IAS 17 and IFRIC 4.

 

Accounting policy applicable before 1 July 2019:

Rentals applicable to operating leases where substantially all of the benefits and risks of ownership do not transfer to the lessee are charged to the income statement on a straight line basis over the period of the lease.

 

Accounting policy applicable from 1 July 2019:

On adoption of IFRS 16, the Group recognised lease liabilities in relation to leases which had previously been classified as 'operating leases' under the principles of IAS 17 Leases. These liabilities were measured at the present value of the remaining lease payments, discounted using the lessee's incremental borrowing rate as of 1 July 2019. The weighted average lessee's incremental borrowing rate applied to the lease liabilities on 1 July 2019 was 2.7%.

 

For leases previously classified as finance leases, the Group recognised the carrying amount of the lease asset and lease liability immediately before transition as the carrying amount of the right-of-use asset and the lease liability at the date of initial application. The measurement principles of IFRS 16 are only applied after that date. These finance leases were not remeasured at the date of initial application as they are considered immaterial.

 

 

 

DOTDIGITAL GROUP PLC

 

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2019

 

 

 

 

 

£'000s

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating lease commitments disclosed as at 30 June 2019

 

  5,370

 

 

 

 

 

 

Discounted using the incremental borrowing rate at 1 July 2019

  5,760

Add: finance lease liabilities recognised as at 30 June 2019

 

  5

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lease liability recognised as at 1 July 2019

 

 

  5,765

 

 

 

 

 

 

Of which are:

 

 

 

 

 

Current lease liabilities

 

 

 

 

  985

Non-current lease liabilities

 

 

 

  4,780

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  5,765

 

 

The associated right-of-use assets for property leases and other right-of-use assets were measured at the amount equal to the lease liability, adjusted by the amount of any prepaid or accrued lease payments relating to that lease recognised in the balance sheet as at 30 June 2019. There were no onerous lease contracts that would have required an adjustment to the right-of-use assets at the date of initial application.

 

The recognised right-of-use assets relate to the following types of assets:

 

 

 

30 June

2020

 

1 July

2019

 

 

 

£'000s

 

 '000s

Properties

 

 

  5,376

 

  5,678

Motor vehicles

 

 

  82

 

82

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total right-of-use assets

 

 

  5,458

 

  5,760

 

The change in accounting policy affected the following items in the balance sheet on 1 July 2019:

Right-of-use assets - increased by £5,760,374

Accruals and contract liabilities - decreased by £78,034

Lease liabilities - increase by £5,760,374

The net impact on retained earnings on 1 July 2019 was a decrease of £78,034

 

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Impact on segment disclosures and earnings per share

 

Adjusted EBITDA, segment assets and segment liabilities for the year ended 30 June 2020 all increased as a result of the change in accounting policy. Lease liabilities are now included in segment liabilities, whereas finance lease liabilities were previously excluded from segment liabilities. The following segments were affected by the change in policy:

 

 

 

Adjusted Profit before income tax

 

Segment assets

 

Net current assets

 

£'000s

 

£'000s

 

£'000s

EMEA

  11,109

 

  61,016

 

  25,905

US

  666

 

  4,857

 

  845

APAC

  (39)

 

  1,574

 

  (546)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  11,736

 

  67,447

 

  26,204

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Adjusted Profit before income tax

 

Segment assets

 

Net current assets

 

£'000s

 

£'000s

 

£'000s

 

 

 

 

 

 

Core

  12,113

 

  65,181

 

  27,977

CPaaS

  (377)

 

  2,266

 

  (1,773)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  11,736

 

  67,447

 

  26,204

 

Adjusted earnings per share for all operations and for continuing operations decreased by 0.03p per share for the year to 30 June 2020 as a result of the adoption of IFRS 16. There was no impact on the adjusted earnings per share for discontinued operations for the year to 30 June 2020.

 

Practical expedients applied

 

In applying IFRS 16 for the first time, the group has used the following practical expedients permitted by the standard:

the use of a single discount rate to a portfolio of leases with reasonably similar characteristics

reliance on previous assessments on whether leases are onerous

the accounting for operating leases with a remaining lease term of less than 12 months as at 1 July 2019 as short-term leases

the exclusion of initial direct costs for the measurement of the right-of-use asset at the date of initial application, and

the use of hindsight in determining the lease term where the contract contains options to extend or terminate the lease.

 

 

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The Group has also elected not to reassess whether a contract is, or contains, a lease at the date of initial application. Instead, for contracts entered into before the transition date the Group relied on its assessment made applying IAS 17 and IFRIC 4 Determining whether an Arrangement contains a lease.

 

The Group's leasing activities and how these are accounted for

 

The group leases various offices, equipment and cars. Rental contracts are typically made for fixed periods of 1 to 10 years but may have extension options as described in (i) below. Lease terms are negotiated on an individual basis and contain a wide range of different terms and conditions. The lease agreements do not impose any covenants, but leased assets may not be used as security for borrowing purposes.

 

Until 30 June 2019, leases of property, plant and equipment and cars were classified as either finance or operating leases. Payments made under operating leases (net of any incentives received from the lessor) were charged to the income statement on a straight-line basis over the period of the lease.

 

From 1 July 2019, leases are recognised as a right-of-use asset and a corresponding liability at the date at which the leased asset is available for use by the Group. Each lease payment is allocated between the liability and finance cost. The finance cost is charged to the income statement over the lease period so as to produce a constant periodic rate of interest on the remaining balance of the liability for each period. The right-of-use asset is depreciated over the shorter of the asset's useful life and the lease term on a straight-line basis.

 

Assets and liabilities arising from a lease are initially measured on a present value basis. Lease liabilities include the net present value of the following lease payments:

- fixed payments (including in-substance fixed payments), less any lease incentives receivable

- variable lease payment that are based on an index or a rate

- amounts expected to be payable by the lessee under residual value guarantees

- the exercise price of a purchase option if the lessee is reasonably certain to exercise that option, and

- payments of penalties for terminating the lease, if the lease term reflects the lessee exercising that option.

 

The lease payments are discounted using the interest rate implicit in the lease. If that rate cannot be determined, the lessee's incremental borrowing rate is used, being the rate that the lessee would have to pay to borrow the funds necessary to obtain an asset of similar value in a similar economic environment with similar terms and conditions.

 

Right-of-use assets are measured at cost comprising the following:

- the amount of the initial measurement of lease liability

- any lease payments made at or before the commencement date less any lease incentives received

- any initial direct costs, and

- restoration costs.

 

Payments associated with short-term leases and leases of low-value assets are recognised on a straight-line basis as an expense in the income statement. Short-term leases are leases with a lease term of 12 months or less. Low-value assets comprise IT equipment and small items of office furniture.

 

Extension and termination options

 

Extension and termination options are included in a number of property and equipment leases across the Group. These terms are used to maximise operational flexibility in terms of managing contracts. The majority of extension and termination options held are exercisable only by the Group and not by the respective lessor. None of the total lease payments made in the period to 30 June 2020 were optional.

 

 

 

 

 

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In determining the lease term, management considers all facts and circumstances that create an economic incentive to exercise an extension option, or not exercise a termination option. Extension options (or periods after termination options) are only included in the lease term if the lease is reasonably certain to be extended (or not terminated). Potential future cash outflows have not been included in the lease liability because it is not reasonably certain that the leases will be extended (or not terminated), the amount of these cash flows is uncertain as several rounds of rent reviews are due before this extension date.

 

Financial instruments

Financial assets and financial liabilities are recognised on the statement of financial position when an entity becomes a party to the contractual provisions of the instruments. Financial assets and financial liabilities are initially measured at fair value. Transaction costs that are directly attributable to the acquisition or issue of financial assets and financial liabilities (other than financial assets and financial liabilities at fair value through profit or loss) are added to or deducted from the fair value of the financial assets or financial liabilities, as appropriate, on initial recognition. Transaction costs directly attributable to the acquisition of financial assets or financial liabilities at fair value through profit or loss are recognised immediately in the income statement.

 

Financial assets

The Group's accounting policies for financial assets are set out below.

 

Management determine the classification of its financial assets at initial recognition depending on the purpose for which the financial assets were acquired and, where allowed and appropriate, revaluate this designation at every reporting date.

 

All financial assets are recognised on a trade date when, and only when, the Group becomes a party to the contractual provisions of an instrument. When financial assets are recognised initially, they are measured at fair value plus transaction costs, except for those finance assets classified as at fair value through profit or loss ('FVTPL'), which are initially measured at fair value.

 

Financial assets are classified into the following specified categories: financial assets at FVTPL, 'held-to-maturity' investments, 'available for sale' (AFS) financial assets and loans and receivables. The classification depends on the nature and purpose of the financial assets and is determined at the time of recognition.

 

Financial assets are classified into the following specified categories: financial assets at FVPL, 'amortised cost' or 'fair value through other comprehensive income' ('FVOCI'). The classification depends on the nature and purpose of the financial assets and is determined at the time of recognition.

 

Financial assets are assessed for indicators of impairment at each balance sheet date. Financial assets are impaired where there is objective evidence that, as a result of one or more events that occurred after the initial recognition of the financial asset, the estimated future cash flows of the investment have been impacted.

 

For certain categories of financial asset, such as trade receivables, assets that are assessed not to be impaired individually, the Group recognises lifetime expected credit losses ('ECL') when there has been a significant increase in credit risk since initial recognition. However, if the credit risk on the financial instrument has not increased significantly since initial recognition, the Group measures the loss allowance for that financial instrument at an amount equal to 12-month ECL.

 

Lifetime ECL represents the expected credit losses that will result from all possible default events over the expected life of a financial instrument. In contrast, 12-month ECL represents the portion of lifetime ECL that is expected to result from default events on a financial instrument that are possible within 12 months after the reporting date.

 

On derecognition of a financial asset measured at amortised cost, the difference between the asset's carrying amount and the sum of the consideration received and receivable is recognised in profit or loss.

 

 

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Cash and cash equivalents

Cash and cash equivalents comprise cash at bank and on hand, demand deposits with banks and other financial institutions, and short-term, highly liquid investments that are readily convertible into known amounts of cash and which are subject to an insignificant risk of changes in value, having been within three months of maturity at acquisition. Bank overdrafts that are repayable on demand and form an integral part of the Group's cash management are also included as a component of cash and cash equivalents for the purpose of the consolidated statement of cash flows.

 

Trade receivables

Trade receivables are recognised initially at the lower of their original invoiced value and recoverable amount. A provision is made when it is likely that the balance will not be recovered in full. Terms on receivables range from 30 to 90 days.

 

Financial liabilities and equity

Financial liabilities and equity are recognised on the Group's statement of financial position when the Group becomes a party to a contractual provision of an instrument. Financial liabilities and equity instruments issued by the Group are classified according to 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 Group are recognised at the proceeds received, net of transaction costs.

 

The Group's financial liabilities include trade payables and accrued liabilities.

 

Trade payables

Trade payables are recognised initially at fair value and subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method. Terms on accounts payable range from 10 to 90 days.

   

Foreign currency risk

Currency risk is the risk that the holding of foreign currencies will affect the Group's position as a result of a change in foreign currency exchange rates. The Group has no significant foreign currency risk as most of the Group's financial assets and liabilities are denominated in functional currencies of relevant Group entities. Accordingly, no quantitative market risk disclosures or sensitivity analysis for currency risks have been prepared.

 

The results and financial position of all the Group entities (none of which has the currency of a hyper-inflationary economy) that have a functional currency different from the presentation currency are translated into the presentation currency as follows:
(a) assets and liabilities for each balance sheet presented are translated at the closing rate at the date of that balance sheet;
(b) income and expenses for each income statement 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
(c) all resulting exchange differences are recognised in other comprehensive income.

 

 

 

  DOTDIGITAL GROUP PLC

 

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  Equity

Share capital is the amount subscribed for shares at their nominal value.

 

Share premium represents the excess of the amount subscribed for the share capital over the nominal value of the respective shares net of share issue expenses.

 

Retained earnings represent the cumulative earnings of the Group attributable to equity shareholders.

 

The reverse acquisition reserve relates to the adjustment required by accounting for the reverse acquisition in accordance with IFRS 3 'Business combinations'.

 

Other reserves relate to the charge for share-based payments in accordance with IFRS 2 'Share-based Payments'.

 

  Share-based payments

For equity-settled share-based payment transactions the Group, in accordance with IFRS 2 'Share-Based Payments' measures their value, and the corresponding increase in equity, indirectly, by reference to the fair value of the equity instruments granted. The fair value of those equity instruments is measured at the grant date using the trinomial method. The expense is apportioned over the vesting period of the financial instrument and is based on the number which is expected to vest and the fair value of those financial instruments at the date of grant. If the equity instruments granted vest immediately, the expense is recognised in full.

 

  Functional currency translation

 

- Functional and presentation currency

Items included in the financial statements of the Company are measured using the currency of the primary economic environment in which the entity operates (functional currency), which is mainly pounds sterling (£) and it is this currency the financial statements are presented in.

 

- Transaction and balances

Foreign currency transactions are translated into the functional currency using exchange rates prevailing at the dates of the transactions. Foreign exchange gains and losses resulting from the settlement of such transactions and from the translation at the year end exchange rates of monetary assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are recognised in the income statement.

 

Employee benefit costs

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

 

Segment reporting

Operating segments are reported in a manner consistent with the internal reporting provided to the chief operating decision maker, who is responsible for allocating resources and assessing performance of the operating segments as identified by the Board of Directors.

 

   

 

 

 

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Foreign currency exchange rate risk

The Group has certain investments in foreign operations, whose net assets are exposed to foreign currency translation risk. As well as naturally mitigating this risk by offsetting its cost base in the same currencies where possible, currency exposure arising from the net assets of the Group's foreign operations is managed through cash balances denominated in the relevant foreign currencies.

 

The Group is mainly exposed to the US Dollar, Australian Dollar, Singaporean Dollar, Euro, Belarusian Ruble, South African Rand and Polish Zloty currencies.

 

The following table details the Group's sensitivity to a 10% increase or decrease in Sterling against the relevant foreign currencies. 10% is the sensitivity rate which represents management's assessment of the reasonable possible change in foreign exchange rates. The sensitivity analysis includes only outstanding foreign currency denominated monetary items and adjusts their translation at the period end of a 10% change in foreign currency rates. A positive number below indicates an increase in profit where Sterling strengthens 10% against the relevant currency. For a 10% weakening of Sterling against the relevant currency, there would be an equal and opposite impact on the profit and other equity, and the balances below would be negative or positive.

 

 

 

 

30.6.20

 

30.6.19

 

 

 

£'000

 

£'000

 

 

 

 

 

 

US Dollar

 

55

 

77

Australian Dollar

 

7

 

34

Singaporean Dollar

 

(15)

 

(8)

Euro*

 

(22)

 

-

Belarusian Ruble

 

11

 

(2)

South African Rand

 

2

 

1

Polish Zloty

 

(15)

 

2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

23

 

104

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*there was no foreign currency exchange rate risk against the Euro in the prior year as dotdigital B.V was incorporated in September 2019.

 

 

  DOTDIGITAL GROUP PLC

 

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  Critical accounting estimates and judgements

The Group makes certain estimates and assumptions regarding the future. Estimates and judgements are continually evaluated based on historical experience and other factors, including expectations of future events that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances. In the future, actual experience may differ from these estimates and assumptions. The estimates and assumptions that have a significant risk of causing a material adjustment to the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities within the next financial year are discussed below:

 

Judgements

(a) Capitalisation of development costs

Our business model is underpinned by our email and data-driven omni--channel marketing automation platform, dotmailer. Internal activities are continually undertaken to enhance and maintain the product in a bid to stay ahead of our competition. Management review the work of developers during the period and make the following judgements:

 

-Internal work relating to product development is reviewed against IAS 38 criteria and will be capitalised if management feel the criteria have been met.

-Internal work relating to the maintenance of existing products is expensed to the income statement and accounted for in payroll costs.

 

(b) Valuation of intangibles

The recognition of business combinations requires the excess of the purchase price of acquisitions over the net book value of assets acquired to be allocated to the assets and liabilities of the acquired entity. The Group makes judgements and estimates in relation to the fair value allocation of the purchase price. If any unallocated portion is positive it is recognised as goodwill and if negative, it is recognised in the consolidated income statement.

 

Judgement is required in determining the fair value of identifiable assets, liabilities and contingent assets and liabilities assumed in a business combination and the fair value of the consideration payable. Calculating the fair values involves the use of significant estimates and assumptions, including expectations about future cash flows, discount rates and the lives of assets following purchase.

 

Estimates and assumptions

 

(a)  Estimated impairment of goodwill

 

The Directors have carried out a detailed impairment review in respect of goodwill. The Group assesses at each reporting date whether there is an indication that an asset may be impaired, by considering the net present value of discounted cash flow forecasts which have been discounted at 6.2%. The cash flow projections are based on the assumption that the Group can realise projected sales. A prudent approach has been applied with no residual value being factored.

 

Further details on the estimates and assumptions we make in our annual impairment testing of goodwill are included in note 13 to the financial statements. At the period end, based on the assumptions, there was no indication of impairment to the carrying value of goodwill.

 

(b)  Share-based compensation

Key management believe that there will not be only one acceptable choice for estimating the fair value of share-based payment arrangements. The judgements and estimates that management apply in determination of the share-based compensation are summarised below:

-Selection of a valuation model

-Making assumptions used in determining the variables used in a valuation model

 

i. expected life

ii. expected volatility

iii. expected dividend yield

iv. interest rate

 

 

 

DOTDIGITAL GROUP PLC

 

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Further detail on the estimates and assumptions we make in our share-based compensation are included in note 27 to the financial statements. The charge made to income statement for period is also disclosed here.

 

(c) Depreciation and amortisation

The Group depreciates short leasehold, fixtures and fittings, computer equipment and amortises computer software, internally generated development costs and domain names on a straight-line method over the estimated useful lives. The estimated useful lives reflect the Directors' estimate of the periods that the Group intends to derive future economic benefits from the use of the Group's short leasehold fixtures and fittings, computer equipment, computer software, internally generated development costs and domain names.

 

(d) Bad debt provision

We perform ongoing credit evaluations of our customers and grant credit based upon past payment history, financial condition and anticipated industry conditions. Customer payments are regularly monitored and a provision for doubtful accounts is established based upon specific situations and overall industry conditions. Hence the provision is maintained for potential credit losses based upon management's assessment of the expected collectability of all accounts receivable. In making this assessment, management take into consideration (i) any circumstances of which we are aware regarding a customer's inability to meet its financial obligations and (ii) our judgements as to potential prevailing economic conditions in the industry and their potential impact on the Group's customers.

 

Where a general provision is set then specific rationale will be set against this which will be a combination of looking at historical data to ascertain the percentage of debt which goes bad. Plus set against debts within a specific business sector which might be facing financial difficulty, thereby leading to a deemed higher risk of defaulting on their debts.

 

 

(e) Lease accounting - incremental borrowing rate

IFRS 16 "Leases" requires lease payments to be discounted using the lessee's incremental borrowing rate. The Group's incremental borrowing rate, as at the date of adoption of IFRS 16, has been based on local commercial bank loans. Management have taken the view that specific costs of borrowing should be applied to each lease as this reflects the different economic conditions within each geography and hence is more representative of the funding facilities available in those countries.

 

 

 

 

 

 

DOTDIGITAL GROUP PLC

 

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2020

 

 

3.  SEGMENTAL REPORTING

 

dotdigital's single line of business remains the provision of data-driven omni-channel marketing automation. The chief operating decisionmaker considers the Group's segments to be by geographical location, this being EMEA, US and APAC operations and by business activity, this being core Engagement Cloud and CPaaS as shown below:

 

Geographical revenue and results

 

 

30.6.2020 

 

 

 

EMEA

 

US

 

APAC

 

Total

 

 

£'000

 

£'000

 

£'000

 

£'000

Income statement

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Revenue

 

43,810

 

8,325

 

2,777

 

54,912

Gross profit

 

33,044

 

7,420

 

2,496

 

42,960

Profit/(loss) before income tax

 

11,256

 

598

 

(46)

 

11,808

Total comprehensive income attributable to the owners of the parent

 

 

10,098

 

 

291

 

 

(97)

 

 

10,292

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Financial position

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total assets

 

60,959

 

4,846

 

1,566

 

67,371

Net current assets/(liabilities)

 

26,732

 

1,006

 

(470)

 

27,268

 

 

Revenue from external customers is attributed to the geographical segments noted above based on the customers' location. There were no customers who account for more than 10% of revenue (2019: none).

 

All revenue is from contracts signed with new customers and upgrades and additional functional recurring revenue sold to existing contracted clients. Revenue from contracts is recognised under percentage of completion method based on a percentage of services performed to date as a percentage of the total services to be performed.

 

 

  30.6.2019 

 

 

 

EMEA

 

US

 

APAC

 

Total

 

 

£'000

 

£'000

 

£'000

 

£'000

Income statement

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Revenue

 

42,215

 

6,957

 

2,113

 

51,285

Gross profit

 

32,039

 

6,099

 

1,926

 

40,064

Profit before income tax

 

5,672

 

2,812

 

389

 

8,873

Total comprehensive income attributable to the owners of the parent

 

 

5,441

 

 

2,657

 

 

385

 

 

8,483

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Financial position

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total assets

 

52,100

 

1,717

 

144

 

53,961

Net current assets

 

16,771

 

2,938

 

732

 

20,441

 

Revenue from external customers is attributed to the geographical segments noted above based on the customers' location. There were no customers who account for more than 10% of revenue (2018: none).

 

All revenue is from contracts signed with new customers and upgrades and additional functional recurring revenue sold to existing contracted clients. Revenue from contracts is recognised under percentage of completion method based on a percentage of services performed to date as a percentage of the total services to be performed.

 

DOTDIGITAL GROUP PLC

 

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2020

 

 

Business activity revenue and results

 

 

 

30.6.2020

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Core

 

CPaaS

 

Total

 

 

 

 

 

£'000

 

£'000

 

£'000

 

Income statement

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Revenue

 

 

 

47,404

 

7,508

 

54,912

 

Gross profit

 

 

 

41,038

 

1,922

 

42,960

 

Profit/(loss) before income tax

 

 

 

12,186

 

(378)

 

11,808

 

Total comprehensive income attributable to the owners of the parent

 

 

 

 

10,670

 

 

(378)

 

 

10,292

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Financial position

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total assets

 

 

 

65,114

 

2,257

 

67,371

 

Net current assets/(liabilities)

 

 

 

28,991

 

(1,723)

 

27,268

 

 

 

 

 

30.6.2019

 

 

 

 

 

 

Core

 

CPaaS

 

Total

 

 

 

 

£'000

 

£'000

 

£'000

Income statement

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Revenue

 

 

 

42,522

 

8,763

 

51,285

Gross profit

 

 

 

38,145

 

1,919

 

40,064

Profit/(loss) before income tax

 

 

 

11,040

 

(2,167)

 

8,873

Total comprehensive income attributable to the owners of the parent

 

 

 

 

10,940

 

 

(2,457)

 

 

8,483

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Financial position

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total assets

 

 

 

52,263

 

1,698

 

53,961

Net current assets/(liabilities)

 

 

 

21,177

 

(736)

 

20,441

 

 

 

 

 

 

DOTDIGITAL GROUP PLC

 

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2020

 

 

4.  EMPLOYEES AND DIRECTORS

 

 

 

 

30.6.20

 

30.6.19

 

 

 

 

£'000

 

£'000

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wages and salaries

 

16,448

 

17,029

 

Social security costs

 

1,698

 

1,728

 

Other pension costs

 

290

 

354

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

18,436

 

19,111

 

 

 

 

 

The average monthly number of employees during the year is as follows

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

30.6.20

 

30.6.19

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Directors

 

4

 

6

 

Sales and marketing product

 

164

 

177

 

Development and system engineers

 

103

 

100

 

Administration

 

67

 

63

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

338

 

346

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

During the year the Group also capitalised staff-related costs of £4,803,204 (2019: £4,924,505) in relation to internally generated development costs.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5.  EXCEPTIONAL COSTS

 

 

 

 

 

Continuing exceptional costs incurred in the year relate to the ongoing acquisition costs of Comapi of  £15,714 (2019: £58,824) and amortisation of acquired intangibles of £120,000 (2019: £120,000).

Discontinued exceptional costs in the year relate to the amortisation of acquired intangibles of £381,072 (2019: £401,709) and impairment of acquired intangibles of £nil (2019: £344,235).

 

 

6.  NET FINANCE INCOME

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

30.6.20

 

30.6.19

 

 

 

 

£'000

 

£'000

 

Finance income:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Deposit account interest

 

40

 

19

 

Finance cost:

 

 

 

 

 

Finance lease interest

 

(98)

 

-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(58)

 

19

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

               

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DOTDIGITAL GROUP PLC

 

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2020

 

 

7.  OPERATING PROFIT

 

Costs by nature

 

 

 

 

Profit from continuing operations has been arrived after charging:-

 

 

 

30.6.20

 

30.6.19

 

 

 

£'000

 

£'000

 

 

 

 

 

Direct marketing

 

1,727

 

2,625

Outsourcing and other costs

 

4,639

 

1,752

 

 

 

 

 

Total cost of sales

 

6,366

 

4,377

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

30.6.20

 

30.6.19

 

 

 

£'000

 

£'000

 

 

 

 

 

 

Staff related costs (inc Directors emoluments)

17,929

 

17,374

Operating leases: Land and buildings

 

-

 

1,162

Operating lease: Other

 

-

 

39

Audit remuneration

 

64

 

42

Amortisation of intangibles

 

3,647

 

2,520

Depreciation charge

 

1,475

 

436

Legal, professional and consultancy fees

 

479

 

386

Computer expenditure

 

2,404

 

2,364

Bad debts

 

1,248

 

753

Foreign exchange (gains)/losses

 

(120)

 

15

Travel and subsistence costs

 

509

 

576

Office running

 

176

 

75

Gain on disposal of tangible asset

 

(3)

 

-

Staff welfare

 

399

 

454

Other costs

 

531

 

982

Management charge

 

(762)

 

(798)

 

 

 

 

 

Total administration costs

 

27,976

 

26,380

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

During the year the Group obtained the following services from the Group's auditor at costs detailed below:

 

 

 

 

 

30.6.20

 

30.6.19

 

 

 

£'000

 

£'000

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fees payable to the Company's auditor for the audit of Parent Company and consolidated financial statements

22

 

20

 

Fees payable to the Company's auditor for other services

 

 

 

 

-  audit of Company subsidiaries

 

47

 

47

 

-  Tax and review of interim accounts

3

 

5

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

72

 

72

                   

 

 

 

DOTDIGITAL GROUP PLC

 

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2020

 

 

 

8.  INCOME TAX EXPENSE

 

Analysis of the tax charge from continuing operations:

 

 

 

 

30.6.20

 

30.6.19

 

£'000

 

£'000

 

 

 

 

Current tax on profits for the year

758

 

129

Deferred tax on origination and reversal of timing differences

792

 

(71)

 

 

 

 

 

1,550

 

58

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Analysis of the tax charge from discontinuing operations:

 

 

 

 

30.6.20

 

30.6.19

 

£'000

 

£'000

 

 

 

 

Current tax on profits for the year

-

 

290

Deferred tax on origination and reversal of timing differences

-

 

-

 

 

 

 

 

-

 

290

 

 

 

 

Factors affecting the tax charge:

 

 

 

 

30.6.20

 

30.6.19

 

£'000

 

£'000

 

 

 

 

Profit on ordinary activities before tax

11,808

 

8,873

Profit on ordinary activities multiplied by the average rate of corporation tax suffered globally: 19% (2019: 19%)

2,244

 

1,686

Effects of:

 

 

 

 

Expenses not deductible

359

 

151

Research and development enhanced claim

(2,069)

 

(2,327)

Expenditure permitted on exercising options

(98)

 

-

Overseas tax losses

(20)

 

(70)

Depreciation in excess of capital allowances

843

 

689

Group relief losses brought forward

(501)

 

-

 

 

 

 

Current tax on profit for the year

758

 

129

 

 

 

 

Deferred tax on origination and reversal of timing differences

792

 

(71)

 

 

 

 

Total tax charge for the year

1,550

 

58

 

 

 

 

 

 

  Deferred tax was calculated using the rate 19% (2019: 19%). For further details on deferred tax see note 24.

 

Taxation for each region is calculated at the rates prevailing in the respective jurisdiction.

 

The main rate of UK corporation tax in the period was 19%. In March 2020, the Chancellor announced that the planned reduction in the corporation tax rate to 17% from 1 April 2020 would no longer take place, and the rate would remain at 19% going forwards. Following a Budget resolution on 17 March 2020, the 19% rate was substantively enacted. Accordingly, UK deferred balances have been recognised at 19% in the period.

 

DOTDIGITAL GROUP PLC

 

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2020

 

 

9.  PROFIT OF PARENT COMPANY

 

As permitted by Section 408 of the Companies Act 2006, the profit and loss account of the Parent Company is not presented as part of these financial statements. The Parent Company's profit before exceptional items for the financial year was £2,698,172 (2019: loss: £848,539)

 

 

10.  DIVIDENDS

 

Amounts recognised as distributions to equity holders in the period

 

 

 

30.6.20

 

30.6.19

 

 

 

£'000

 

£'000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Paid dividend for year end 30 June 2020 of 0.67p (2019: 0.64p) per share

1,996

 

1,903

 

 

 

 

 

 

Proposed dividend for the year end 30 June 2020 of 0.83p (2019: 0.67p) per share

2,480

 

1,997

 

 

The proposed final dividend is subject to approval by the shareholders at the Annual General Meeting and has not been included as a liability in these financial statements.

               

 

 

11.  EARNINGS PER SHARE

 

Earnings per share data is based on the consolidated profit using and the weighted average number of shares in issue of the Parent Company. Basic earnings per share are calculated by dividing the earnings attributable to ordinary shareholders by the weighted average number of ordinary shares outstanding during the period.

 

Diluted earnings per share is calculated using the weighted average number of shares adjusted to assume the conversion of all dilutive potential ordinary shares. Adjusted earnings per share is based on the consolidated profit deducting the acquisition related exceptional costs and share-based payment.

 

A number of non-IFRS adjusted profit measures are used in this annual report and financial statements. Adjusting items are excluded from our headline performance measures by virtue of their size and nature, in order to reflect management's view of the performance of the Group. Summarised below is a reconciliation between statutory results to adjusted results. The Group believes that alternative performance measures such as adjusted EBITDA are commonly reported by companies in the markets in which it competes and are widely used by investors in comparing performance on a consistent basis without regard to factors such as depreciation and amortisation, which can vary significantly depending upon accounting methods (particularly when acquisitions have occurred), or based on factors which do not reflect the underlying performance of the business. The adjusted profit after tax earnings measure is also used for the purpose of calculating adjusted earnings per share.

 

Reconciliations to earnings figures used in arriving at adjusted earnings per share are as follows:

 

 

 

 

30.6.20

 

30.6.19

From all operations

 

 

£'000

 

£'000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Profit for the year attributable to the owners of the parent

10,258

 

8,525

Impairment of acquisition-related intangible fixed asset (see note 14)

-

 

344

Amortisation of acquisition-related intangible fixed asset (see note 14)

501

 

522

Other exceptional costs

 

 

 

16

 

59

Share-based payment

 

 

 

682

 

565

Adjusted profit for the year attributable to the owners of the parent

11,457

 

10,015

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Management does not consider the above adjustments to reflect the underlying business performance. The other exceptional costs relate to ongoing acquisition costs of Comapi.

 

DOTDIGITAL GROUP PLC

 

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2020

 

 

11.  EARNINGS PER SHARE continued........

 

 

 

 

30.6.20

 

30.6.19

 

 

 

£'000

 

£'000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Adjusted profit for the year attributable to the owners of the parent for continuing activities.

11,454

 

11,726

Adjusted profit for the year attributable to the owners of the parent for discontinuing activities.

3

 

(1,711)

Adjusted profit for the year attributable to the owners of the parent

11,457

 

10,015

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

30.6.20

 

 

 

Weighted

 

 

 

 

 

average

 

Per share

From all operations

Earnings

 

number of

 

Amount

 

£'000

 

shares

 

Pence

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic EPS

 

 

 

 

 

Profit for the year attributable to the owners of the parent

10,258

 

298,306,813

 

3.44

 

 

 

 

 

 

Adjusted Basic EPS

 

 

 

 

 

Adjusted profit for the year attributable to the owners of the parent

11,457

 

298,306,813

 

3.84

 

 

 

 

 

 

Options and warrants

-

 

3,883,050

 

-

 

 

 

 

 

 

Diluted EPS

 

 

 

 

 

Profit for the year attributable to the owners of the parent

10,258

 

302,189,863

 

3.39

 

 

 

 

 

 

Adjusted Diluted EPS

 

 

 

 

 

Adjusted profit for the year attributable to the owners of the parent

11,457

 

302,189,863

 

3.79

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

30.6.20

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

average

 

Per share

 

 

From continuing operations

 

Earnings

 

number of

 

Amount

 

 

 

 

 

£'000

 

shares

 

Pence

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic EPS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Profit for the year attributable to the owners of the parent

10,636

 

298,306,813

 

3.57

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Adjusted Basic EPS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Adjusted profit for the year attributable to the owners of the parent

 

 

11,454

 

298,306,813

 

3.84

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Options and Warrants

 

 

-

 

3,883,050

 

-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Diluted EPS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Profit for the year attributable to the owners of the parent

 

10,636

 

302,189,863

 

3.52

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Adjusted Diluted EPS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Adjusted profit for the year attributable to the owners of the parent

 

 

11,454

 

 

302,189,863

 

 

3.79

 

                         

 

 

 

DOTDIGITAL GROUP PLC

 

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2020

 

 

11.  EARNINGS PER SHARE continued........

 

 

 

 

30.6.20

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

average

 

Per share

 

From discontinued operations

 

Earnings

 

number of

 

Amount

 

 

 

 

£'000

 

shares

 

Pence

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic EPS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Profit for the year attributable to the owners of the parent

(378)

 

298,306,813

 

(0.13)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Adjusted Basic EPS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Adjusted profit for the year attributable to the owners of the parent

 

 

3

 

298,306,813

 

(0.00)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Options and warrants

 

 

-

 

3,883,050

 

-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Diluted EPS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Profit for the year attributable to the owners of the parent

 

(378)

 

302,189,863

 

(0.13)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Adjusted Diluted EPS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Adjusted profit for the year attributable to the owners of the parent

 

3

 

302,189,863

 

(0.00)

 

 

 

 

 

 

               

 

 

 

 

30.6.19

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

average

 

Per share

 

From all operations

 

Earnings

 

number of

 

Amount

 

 

 

 

£'000

 

shares

 

Pence

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic EPS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Profit for the year attributable to the owners of the parent

8,525

 

298,030,565

 

2.86

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Adjusted Basic EPS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Adjusted profit for the year attributable to the owners of the parent

 

 

10,015

 

298,030,565

 

3.36

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Options and Warrants

 

 

-

 

4,390,083

 

-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Diluted EPS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Profit for the year attributable to the owners of the parent

 

8,525

 

302,420,648

 

2.82

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Adjusted Diluted EPS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Adjusted profit for the year attributable to the owners of the parent

 

 

10,015

 

 

302,420,648

 

 

3.31

 

 

 

 

 

 

              

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DOTDIGITAL GROUP PLC

 

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2020

 

 

11.  EARNINGS PER SHARE continued........

 

 

 

 

30.6.19

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

average

 

Per share

 

From continuing operations

 

Earnings

 

number of

 

Amount

 

 

 

 

£'000

 

shares

 

Pence

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic EPS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Profit for the year attributable to the owners of the parent

10,982

 

298,030,565

 

3.68

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Adjusted Basic EPS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Adjusted profit for the year attributable to the owners of the parent

 

 

11,726

 

298,030,565

 

3.93

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Options and warrants

 

 

-

 

4,390,083

 

-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Diluted EPS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Profit for the year attributable to the owners of the parent

 

10,982

 

302,420,648

 

3.63

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Adjusted Diluted EPS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Adjusted profit for the year attributable to the owners of the parent

 

11,726

 

302,420,648

 

3.88

 

 

 

 

 

 

               

 

 

 

 

30.6.19

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

average

 

Per share

 

From discontinued operations

 

Earnings

 

number of

 

Amount

 

 

 

 

£'000

 

shares

 

Pence

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic EPS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Loss for the year attributable to the owners of the parent

(2,457)

 

298,030,565

 

(0.82)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Adjusted Basic EPS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Adjusted Loss for the year attributable to the owners of the parent

 

 

(1,711)

 

298,030,565

 

(0.57)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Options and Warrants

 

 

-

 

4,390,083

 

-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Diluted EPS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Loss for the year attributable to the owners of the parent

 

(2,457)

 

302,420,648

 

(0.81)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Adjusted Diluted EPS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Adjusted loss for the year attributable to the owners of the parent

 

 

(1,711)

 

 

302,420,648

 

 

(0.57)

 

 

 

 

 

 

              

 

Weighted average number of shares

 

 

30.6.20

 

30.6.19

 

 

Shares

 

Shares

 

 

 

 

 

Basic EPS

298,306,813

 

298,030,565

 

 

 

 

Diluted EPS

302,189,863

 

302,420,648

      

 

DOTDIGITAL GROUP PLC

 

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2020

 

 

12.   CONTINUING AND DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS

 

  The analysis between continuing and discontinued operation is as follows:

 

  Year ended 30 June 2020

 

 

 

Continuing operations

 

Discontinuing operations

 

 

TOTAL

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

£'000

 

£'000

 

£'000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Revenue

 

 

47,404

 

7,508

 

54,912

Cost of sales

 

 

(6,366)

 

(5,586)

 

(11,952)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gross profit

 

 

41,038

 

1,922

 

42,960

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Administrative expense

 

 

(27,976)

 

(1,917)

 

(29,893)

Share based payments

 

 

(682)

 

-

 

(682)

Exceptional costs

 

 

(136)

 

(381)

 

(517)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OPERATING PROFIT

 

 

12,244

 

(376)

 

11,868

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Finance income

 

 

40

 

-

 

40

Finance costs

 

 

(98)

 

(2)

 

(100)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PROFIT BEFORE INCOME TAX

 

 

12,186

 

(378)

 

11,808

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income tax expense

 

 

(1,550)

 

-

 

(1,550)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PROFIT FOR THE YEAR

 

 

10,636

 

(378)

 

10,258

 

 

Year ended 30 June 2019

 

 

 

Continuing operations

 

Discontinuing operations

 

 

TOTAL

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

£'000

 

£'000

 

£'000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Revenue

 

 

42,522

 

8,763

 

51,285

Cost of sales

 

 

(4,377)

 

(6,844)

 

(11,221)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gross profit

 

 

38,145

 

1,919

 

40,064

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Administrative expense

 

 

(26,380)

 

(3,340)

 

(29,720)

Share based payments

 

 

(565)

 

-

 

(565)

Exceptional costs

 

 

(179)

 

(746)

 

(925)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OPERATING PROFIT

 

 

11,021

 

(2,167)

 

8,854

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Finance income

 

 

19

 

-

 

19

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PROFIT BEFORE INCOME TAX

 

 

11,040

 

(2,167)

 

8,873

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income tax expense

 

 

(58)

 

(290)

 

(348)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PROFIT FOR THE YEAR

 

 

10,982

 

(2,457)

 

8,525

 

 

 

DOTDIGITAL GROUP PLC

 

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2020

 

 

13.  GOODWILL

 

 

Group

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

30.6.20

 

30.6.19

 

COST

 

£'000

 

£'000

 

At 1 July

 

13,192

 

13,192

 

 

At 30 June

 

13,192

 

13,192

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

IMPAIRMENT

 

 

 

 

 

At 1 July

 

3,512

 

3,512

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

At 30 June

 

3,512

 

3,512

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NET BOOK VALUE

 

9,680

 

9,680

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Goodwill is allocated to the Group's two cash generating units identified, that being dotdigital and Comapi.

 

Goodwill arising on business combinations is not amortised but is reviewed for impairment on an annual basis, or more frequently if there are indications that goodwill may be impaired. Goodwill acquired in a business combination is allocated, at acquisition, to cash generating units (CGUs) that are expected to benefit from that business combination.

 

The carrying amount of goodwill relates to the Group's two trading activities and business segments. This has been tested for impairment during the current period by comparison with the recoverable amounts of the CGU. Recoverable amounts for CGUs are based on the higher of value in use and fair value less costs to sell. The recoverable amounts of the CGU have been determined from value in use calculations. These calculations use pre-tax cash flow projections based on financial budgets approved by management covering a five-year period. Cash flows beyond the five-year period are extrapolated using the estimated growth rate for the continuing operations of the group. These long-term growth rates are management's estimates. The discount rates used are pre-tax and reflect specific risks relating to the continuing operations of the group.

 

The key assumptions for the value in use calculations are those regarding discount rates, growth rates, and expected changes in margins.

 

Discount rate

 

Management estimates discount rates using pre-tax rates that reflect the current market assessment of the time value of money and the risks specific to the CGUs. The pre-tax discount rate used to calculate the value in use is 6.2% (2019: 6.2%).

 

Growth rates

 

The growth rate is stated as the compound annual growth rates in the initial five years for the continuing operations of the group which are then used for impairment testing. These are performed using the projected cash flows based on budgets approved by management over a five-year period. Cash flow projections from the sixth year onwards are based on an estimated constant growth rate. The growth rate used to calculate the value in use is 12% (2019: 19%).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DOTDIGITAL GROUP PLC

 

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2020

 

 

13.  GOODWILL continued........

 

 

Gross profit margin

 

Changes in income and expenditure are based on experience and expectations of the future changes in the market. The impairment review is based on these estimated gross profit margins which were included with the budgets approved by management over a five-year period. From the sixth year onwards, an assumed constant margin is used. The gross profit margin used to calculate the value in use is 86% (2019: 90%).

 

The valuations indicate sufficient headroom such that a reasonably possible change in key assumptions would not result in impairment of goodwill.

 

Sensitivity analysis

 

The principal variables used, being both the discount rate and growth rates, these would need to change before an impairment is required, this being 155% discount rate and growth rate of (17%).

 

 

14.  INTANGIBLE ASSETS

 

  Group

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Customer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

relationships

 

Technology

 

 

 

 

 

£'000

 

£'000

COST

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

At 1 July 2019

 

 

 

 

1,205

 

1,200

Additions

 

 

 

 

-

 

-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

At 30 June 2020

 

 

 

 

1,205

 

1,200

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AMORTISATION

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

At 1 July 2019

 

 

 

 

824

 

190

Amortisation for the year

 

 

 

 

381

 

120

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

At 30 June 2020

 

 

 

 

1,205

 

310

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NET BOOK VALUE

At 30 June 2020

 

 

 

 

 

-

 

 

890

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DOTDIGITAL GROUP PLC

 

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2020

 

 

14.  INTANGIBLE ASSETS continued........

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Computer

 

Internally generated development

 

 

 

Domain

 

 

 

 

 

software

 

costs

 

names

 

Totals

 

 

 

£'000

 

£'000

 

£'000

 

£'000

 

 

COST

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

At 1 July 2019

911

 

20,794

 

41

 

24,151

 

 

Additions

43

 

6,461

 

1

 

6,505

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

At 30 June 2020

954

 

27,255

 

42

 

30,656

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AMORTISATION

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

At 1 July 2019

697

 

10,706

 

32

 

12,449

 

 

Amortisation for the year

96

 

3,549

 

2

 

4,148

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

At 30 June 2020

793

 

14,255

 

34

 

16,597

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NET BOOK VALUE

At 30 June 2020

 

161

 

 

13,000

 

 

8

 

 

14,059

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Customer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

relationships

 

Technology

 

 

 

 

 

 

£'000

 

£'000

 

COST

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

At 1 July 2018

 

 

 

 

1,205

 

1,200

 

Additions

 

 

 

 

-

 

-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

At 30 June 2019

 

 

 

 

1,205

 

1,200

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AMORTISATION

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

At 1 July 2018

 

 

 

 

78

 

70

 

Amortisation for the year

 

 

 

 

402

 

120

 

Impairment for the year

 

 

 

 

344

 

-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

At 30 June 2019

 

 

 

 

824

 

190

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NET BOOK VALUE

At 30 June 2019

 

 

 

 

 

381

 

 

1,010

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                 
 

 

DOTDIGITAL GROUP PLC

 

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2020

 

 

14.  INTANGIBLE ASSETS continued........

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Computer

 

Internally generated development

 

 

 

Domain

 

 

 

 

software

 

costs

 

names

 

Totals

 

 

£'000

 

£'000

 

£'000

 

£'000

 

COST

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

At 1 July 2018

806

 

15,286

 

37

 

18,534

 

Additions

105

 

5,508

 

4

 

5,617

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

At 30 June 2019

911

 

20,794

 

41

 

24,151

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AMORTISATION

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

At 1 July 2018

611

 

7,957

 

31

 

8,747

 

Amortisation for the year

86

 

2,749

 

1

 

3,358

 

Impairment for the year

-

 

-

 

-

 

344

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

At 30 June 2019

697

 

10,706

 

32

 

12,449

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NET BOOK VALUE

At 30 June 2019

 

214

 

 

10,088

 

 

9

 

 

11,702

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Development cost additions represents resources the Group has invested in the development of new, innovative and ground-breaking technology products for marketing professionals. This platform allows them to create, send and automate marketing campaigns. Following development of the products the Group intends to licence the use of the platform.

 

Technology represents the cost that would be incurred to build the entire Comapi platform had the acquisition not occurred. Customer relationships represent the value of high-value customer contracts within Comapi.

 

DOTDIGITAL GROUP PLC

 

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2020

 

 

 

15.  PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT

 

  Group

 

 

 

 

Right of

 

Short

 

Fixtures &

 

Computer

 

 

 

 

 

 

Use assets

 

leasehold

 

fittings

 

equipment

 

Totals

 

 

 

 

£'000

 

£'000

 

£'000

 

£'000

 

£'000

 

COST

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

At 1 July 2019

 

 

-

 

646

 

779

 

2,294

 

3,719

 

Additions

 

 

63

 

78

 

22

 

177

 

340

 

Disposals

 

 

-

 

-

 

(30)

 

-

 

(30)

 

Adjustment on transition of IFRS 16

 

 

5,335

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

5,335

 

Exchange differences

 

 

60

 

6

 

(1)

 

2

 

67

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

At 30 June 2020

 

 

5,458

 

730

 

770

 

2,473

 

9,431

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DEPRECIATION

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

At 1 July 2019

 

 

-

 

402

 

554

 

1,726

 

2,682

 

Depreciation for the year

 

 

1,122

 

63

 

77

 

286

 

1,548

 

Disposals

 

 

(61)

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

(61)

 

Exchange differences

 

 

(3)

 

-

 

1

 

2

 

-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

At 30 June 2020

 

 

1,058

 

465

 

632

 

2,014

 

4,169

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NET BOOK VALUE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

At 30 June 2020

 

 

4,400

 

265

 

138

 

459

 

5,262

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Short

 

Fixtures &

 

Computer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

leasehold

 

fittings

 

equipment

 

Totals

 

 

 

 

 

 

£'000

 

£'000

 

£'000

 

£'000

 

COST

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

At 1 July 2018

 

 

 

 

612

 

643

 

2,000

 

3,255

 

Additions

 

 

 

 

32

 

133

 

291

 

456

 

Exchange differences

 

 

 

 

2

 

3

 

3

 

8

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

At 30 June 2019 

 

 

 

 

646

 

779

 

2,294

 

3,719

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DEPRECIATION

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

At 1 July 2018

 

 

 

 

340

 

481

 

1,388

 

2,209

 

Depreciation for the year

 

 

 

 

61

 

71

 

333

 

465

 

Exchange differences

 

 

 

 

1

 

2

 

5

 

8

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

At 30 June 2019

 

 

 

 

402

 

554

 

1,726

 

2,682

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NET BOOK VALUE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

At 30 June 2019

 

 

 

 

244

 

225

 

568

 

1,037

 

 

 

 

 

 

DOTDIGITAL GROUP PLC

 

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2020

 

 

 

15.  PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT continued........

 

Included in the net carrying amount of property, plant and equipment as at 30 June 2020 are the right-of-use assets as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Motor

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Properties

 

vehicles

 

Totals

 

 

 

 

 

£'000

 

£'000

 

£'000

 

COST

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Transition on adoption of IFRS 16

 

5,678

 

82

 

5,760

 

Re-measurement of existing lease liabilities

 

(156)

 

-

 

(156)

 

Termination of leases

 

(269)

 

-

 

(269)

 

Additions

 

 

 

63

 

-

 

63

 

Foreign currency translation

 

60

 

-

 

60

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

At 1 July 2019 

 

 

 

5,376

 

82

 

5,458

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DEPRECIATION

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Depreciation for the year

 

 

 

1,079

 

43

 

1,122

 

Termination of leases

 

 

 

(61)

 

-

 

(61)

 

Foreign currency translation

 

(3)

 

-

 

(3)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

At 30 June 2020

 

 

 

1,015

 

43

 

1,058

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NET BOOK VALUE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

At 30 June 2020

 

 

 

4,361

 

39

 

4,400

           

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DOTDIGITAL GROUP PLC

 

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2020

 

 

16.  INVESTMENTS

 

  Company 

 

 

 

 

Shares in

 

Shares in

 

 

 

Group

 

Group

 

 

 

undertakings

 

undertakings

 

 

 

30.6.20

 

30.6.19

 

COST

 

£'000

 

£'000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

At 1 July

Disposals

 

18,666

(5)

 

18,666

-

 

 

At 30 June

 

 

18,661

 

 

18,666

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

IMPAIRMENT

 

 

 

 

 

At 1 July and 30 June

 

3,519

 

3,519

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NET BOOK VALUE

 

 

 

 

 

At 30 June

 

15,142

 

15,147

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Group's or the Company's investments at the balance sheet date in the share capital of companies include the following: 

 

 

 

 

 

Subsidiaries 

Nature of business

Class of share

 

Proportion of

 

 

 

 

 

voting power

 

 

 

 

 

held %

 

dotdigital EMEA Limited

Web and email-based

Ordinary

 

100

 

 

marketing

Ordinary A

 

100

 

dotdigital Inc

Web and email-based

Ordinary

 

100

 

 

marketing

 

 

 

 

dotdigital APAC Pty Limited

Web and email-based marketing

Ordinary

 

100

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dotdigital B.V

Web and email-based marketing

Ordinary

 

100

 

dotmailer Development Ltd

Holding company

Ordinary

 

100

 

dotmailer SA Pty

Development hub

Ordinary

 

100

 

dotmailer LLC

Development hub

Ordinary

 

100

 

dotdigital SG Pte Limited

Development hub

Ordinary

 

100

 

Dynmark International Ltd

Omni-channel communication platform

Ordinary

 

100

 

Dynmark S.p z.o.o

Omni-channel communication platform

Ordinary

 

100

 

 

All of the above subsidiaries have been included within the consolidated results. dotdigital EMEA Limited and Dynmark International Limited were incorporated in England and Wales. dotdigital Inc was incorporated in Delaware (US), dotdigital APAC Pty Limited was incorporated in New South Wales (Australia), dotdigital B.V. was incorporated in Netherlands, dotdigital SG Pte Ltd was incorporated in Singapore, dotmailer SA Pty was incorporated in South Africa, dotmailer LLC was incorporated in the Republic of Belarus and Dynmark S.p. z.o.o. was incorporated in Poland.

 

DOTDIGITAL GROUP PLC

 

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2020

 

 

 

17.  TRADE AND OTHER RECEIVABLES

 

 

 

Group

 

Company

 

 

30.6.20

 

30.6.19

 

30.6.20

 

30.6.19

 

 

£'000

 

£'000

 

£'000

 

£'000

 

Current:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trade receivables

10,364

 

9,155

 

-

 

-

 

Less: Provision for impairment of trade receivables

 

(1,589)

 

 

(999)

 

-

 

-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trade receivables - net

8,775

 

8,156

 

-

 

-

 

Other receivables

194

 

218

 

3

 

-

 

Amounts owed by Group undertakings

-

 

-

 

694

 

692

 

VAT

-

 

-

 

11

 

14

 

Tax receivable

-

 

392

 

-

 

-

 

Prepayments and contract assets

4,018

 

3,456

 

89

 

102

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

12,987

 

12,222

 

797

 

808

 

  Further details on the above can be found in note 23.

 

Included within prepayments is an amount of £404,150 (2019: £662,912) in relation to deferred commission which is considered to be long term. The Group has applied IFRS 9 simplified approach to measuring expected credit losses, the balances have been assessed based on each entitiy's ability to repay amounts owed and no expected credit loss has been recognised.

 

 

 

18.  CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS

 

 

 

Group

 

Company

 

 

30.6.20

 

30.6.19

 

30.6.20

 

30.6.19

 

 

£'000

 

£'000

 

£'000

 

£'000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bank accounts

25,383

 

19,320

 

396

 

594

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

25,383

 

19,320

 

396

 

594

 

Further details on the above can be found in note 23.

 

DOTDIGITAL GROUP PLC

 

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2020

 

 

19.  CALLED UP SHARE CAPITAL

 

 

 

Allotted, issued, fully paid

 

 

Nominal

 

30.6.20

 

30.6.19

 

Number

 

 

value

 

£'000

 

£'000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

298,547,645 (2019: 298,030,565)

 

 

£0.005

 

1,493

 

1,490

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,493

 

1,490

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

During the reporting period the Company undertook the following transactions involving the issuing of share capital:

 

On 18 December 2019 an employee exercised their share options, increasing the issued share capital by 250,000 shares at a premium price of 28p.

 

On 18 December 2019 an employee exercised their share options, increasing the issued share capital by 267,080 shares at a premium price of 39.75p.

 

 

 

20.  RESERVES

  Group

 

 

 

Retained

 

Share

 

Reverse acquisition

 

 

 

earnings

 

premium

 

reserve

 

 

 

£'000

 

£'000

 

£'000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

As at 1 July 2019

 

 

37,161

 

6,791

 

(4,695)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Issue of share capital

 

 

-

 

176

 

-

 

Dividends

 

 

(1,996)

 

-

 

-

 

Profit for the year

 

 

10,258

 

-

 

-

 

Transfer of reserves

 

30

 

-

 

-

 

IFRS 16 restatement

 

61

 

-

 

-

 

Other comprehensive income: currency translation

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

Share-based payment

 

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance as at 30 June 2020

 

 

45,514

 

6,967

 

(4,695)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DOTDIGITAL GROUP PLC

 

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2020

 

 

 

20.

RESERVES - continued

 

 

 

Retranslation

 

Other

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reserve

 

reserves

 

Totals

 

 

 

 

£'000

 

£'000

 

£'000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

As at 1 July 2019

 

 

16

 

720

 

39,993

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Issue of share capital

 

 

-

 

-

 

176

 

 

Dividends

 

 

-

 

-

 

(1,996)

 

 

Profit for the year

 

 

-

 

-

 

10,258

 

 

Transfer of reserves

-

 

(30)

 

-

 

 

IFRS 16 restatement

-

 

-

 

61

 

 

Other comprehensive income: currency translation

34

 

-

 

34

 

 

Share-based payment

 

 

-

 

682

 

682

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance as at 30 June 2020

 

 

50

 

1,372

 

49,208

 

           

 

  Group

 

 

 

Retained

 

Share

 

Reverse acquisition

 

 

 

 

earnings

 

premium

 

reserve

 

 

 

£'000

 

£'000

 

£'000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

As at 1 July 2018

 

 

32,331

 

6,791

 

(4,695)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Issue of share capital

 

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

Dividends

 

 

(1,903)

 

-

 

-

 

Profit for the year

 

 

8,525

 

-

 

-

 

Transfer in reserves

 

 

506

 

-

 

-

 

IFRS 15 reclassification

 

 

(2,837)

 

-

 

-

 

IFRS 15 Deferred tax adjustment

 

 

539

 

-

 

-

 

Currency translation

 

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

Share-based payment

 

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance as at 30 June 2019

 

 

37,161

 

6,791

 

(4,695)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                

 

 

 

 

Retranslation

 

Other

 

 

 

 

 

reserve

 

reserves

 

Totals

 

 

 

£'000

 

£'000

 

£'000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

As at 1 July 2018

 

 

(26)

 

661

 

35,062

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Issue of share capital

 

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

Dividends

 

 

-

 

-

 

(1,903)

 

Profit for the year

 

 

-

 

-

 

8,525

 

Transfer in reserves

 

 

-

 

(506)

 

-

 

IFRS 15 reclassification

 

 

-

 

-

 

(2,837)

 

IFRS 15 Deferred tax adjustment

 

 

-

 

-

 

539

 

Currency translation

 

 

42

 

-

 

42

 

Share-based payment

 

 

-

 

565

 

565

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance as at 30 June 2019

 

 

16

 

720

 

39,993

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DOTDIGITAL GROUP PLC

 

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2020

 

 

 

20.

RESERVES - continued

 

 

Company

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Retained

 

Share

 

Other

 

 

 

 

 

earnings

 

premium

 

Reserves

 

Totals

 

 

 

£'000

 

£'000

 

£'000

 

£'000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

At 1 July 2019

3,515

 

 

6,791

 

720

 

11,026

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Issue of share capital

-

 

176

 

-

 

176

 

 

Dividends

(1,996)

 

-

 

-

 

(1,996)

 

 

Profit for the year

2,001

 

-

 

-

 

2,001

 

 

Transfer in reserves

30

 

-

 

(30)

 

-

 

 

Share-based payment

-

 

-

 

682

 

682

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

At 30 June 2020

3,550

 

6,967

 

1,372

 

11,889

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Company

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Retained

 

Share

 

Other

 

 

 

 

 

earnings

 

premium

 

Reserves

 

Totals

 

 

 

£'000

 

£'000

 

£'000

 

£'000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

At 1 July 2018

5,761

 

 

6,791

 

661

 

13,213

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Issue of share capital

-

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

 

Dividends

(1,903)

 

-

 

-

 

(1,903)

 

 

Loss for the year

(849)

 

-

 

-

 

(849)

 

 

Transfer in reserves

506

 

-

 

(506)

 

-

 

 

Share-based payment

-

 

-

 

565

 

565

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

At 30 June 2019

3,515

 

6,791

 

720

 

11,026

 

 

 

 

21.  TRADE AND OTHER PAYABLES

 

 

Group

 

Company

 

 

30.6.20

 

30.6.19

 

30.6.20

 

30.6.19

 

 

£'000

 

£'000

 

£'000

 

£'000

 

Current:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trade payables

1,732

 

3,975

 

10

 

59

 

Amounts owed to Group undertakings

-

 

-

 

2,899

 

3,932

 

Social security and other taxes

50

 

81

 

-

 

-

 

Other payables

179

 

150

 

-

 

-

 

VAT

1,801

 

1,162

 

-

 

-

 

Accruals and contract liabilities

6,034

 

5,728

 

47

 

42

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9,796

 

11,096

 

2,956

 

4,033

 

Further details on liquidity and interest rate risk can be found in note 23. Amounts due to subsidiaries are non-interest bearing and are repayable on demand.

 

 

 

 

 

 

DOTDIGITAL GROUP PLC

 

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2020

 

 

22.  LEASE LIABILITIES

 

 

Group

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Properties

 

Motor Vehicles

 

Totals

 

 

 

£'000

 

£'000

 

£'000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

At 1 July 2019

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

Transition on adoption of IFRS 16

 

5,678

 

82

 

5,760

 

Re-measurement of existing lease liabilities

 

(162)

 

-

 

(162)

 

Termination of leases

 

(264)

 

-

 

(264)

 

Additions

 

63

 

-

 

63

 

Principal repayments

 

(1,084)

 

(44)

 

(1,128)

 

Interest

 

136

 

2

 

138

 

Foreign currency retranslation

 

60

 

-

 

60

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

At 30 June 2020

 

4,427

 

40

 

4,467

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current

 

1,034

 

34

 

1,068

 

Non-current

 

3,393

 

6

 

3,399

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

At 30 June 2020

 

4,427

 

40

 

4,467

 

 

 

23.  FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS AND RISK MANAGEMENT

 

The Group's activities expose it to a number of financial risks that include credit risk, liquidity risk, currency risk and interest rate risk. These risks and the Group's policies for managing them have been applied consistently during the year and are set out below.

 

The Group holds no financial or other non-financial instruments other than those utilised in the working operations of the Group and that are listed in this note. It is the Group's policy not to trade in derivative contracts.

 

Principal financial instruments

The principal financial instruments used by the Group, from which financial instrument rate risk arises, are as follows:

 

-Trade receivables

-Cash and cash equivalents

-Trade and other payables

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DOTDIGITAL GROUP PLC

 

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2020

 

 

 

23.  FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS AND FINANCIAL RISK MANAGEMENT - continued

 

Financial instruments by category

The following table sets out the financial instruments as at the reporting date:

 

 

 

Group

 

Company

 

 

30.6.20

 

30.6.19

 

30.6.20

 

30.6.19

 

 

£'000

 

£'000

 

£'000

 

£'000

 

Financial assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trade and other receivables

8,969

 

8,766

 

708

 

706

 

Bank balances

25,383

 

19,320

 

396

 

594

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

34,352

 

28,086

 

1,104

 

1,300

 

 

 

Financial liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trade payables

1,732

 

3,975

 

10

 

59

 

Amounts owed to group undertakings

-

 

-

 

2,899

 

3,932

 

Other payables

2,030

 

1,393

 

-

 

-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,762

 

5,368

 

2,909

 

3,991

 

The fair value of the financial assets and financial liabilities is equal to their carrying values. All financial assets are categorised as loans and receivables and all financial liabilities are categorised as financial liabilities at amortised costs.

 

General objectives, policies and processes

 

The Board has overall responsibility for the determination of the Group's risk management objectives and policies and whilst retaining ultimate responsibility for them, it has delegated the authority for designing and operating processes that ensure the effective implementation of the objectives and policies to the Group's Risk Committee. The Board receives quarterly reports from the Risk Committee through which it reviews the effectiveness of the processes put in place and the appropriateness of the objectives and policies it sets.

 

The overall objective of the Board is to set policies that seek to reduce risk as far as possible without unduly affecting the Company's competitiveness and flexibility. Further details regarding these policies are set out below:

 

Interest rate risk

 

The Group's interest rate risk arises from interest-bearing assets and liabilities. The Group has in place a policy of maximising finance income by ensuring that cash balances earn a market rate of interest offsetting where possible cash balances, and by forecasting and financing its working capital requirements. As at the reporting date the Group was not exposed to any movement in interest rates as it has no external borrowings and therefore is not exposed to interest rate risk. No sensitivity analysis has been prepared.

 

The Group's working capital requirements are managed through regular monitoring of the overall cash position and regularly updated cash flow forecasts to ensure there are sufficient funds available for its operations.

 

Liquidity risk

 

The Group's working capital requirements are managed through regular monitoring of the overall position and regularly updated cash flow forecasts to ensure there are funds available for its operations. Management forecasts indicate no new borrowing facilities will be required in the upcoming financial period.

 

Trade and other payables of £3,712,000 (2019: £5,287,000) are expected to mature in less than a year.

 

 

DOTDIGITAL GROUP PLC

 

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2020

 

 

23.  FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS AND FINANCIAL RISK MANAGEMENT - continued

 

Credit risk

 

Credit risk arises principally from the Group's trade receivables, as there are no trade receivables within the Company, which comprise amounts due from customers. Prior to accepting new customers a credit check is obtained. As at 30 June 2020 there were no significant debts past their due period which had not been provided for. The maturity of the Group's trade receivables is as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

30.6.20

 

30.6.19

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

£'000

 

£'000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

0-30 days

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6,770

 

6,408

 

 

30-60 days

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

911

 

521

 

 

More than 60 days

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,683

 

2,226

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10,364

 

9,155

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The maturity of the Group's provision for impairment is as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

 

30.6.20

 

30.6.19

 

 

 

 

 

 

£'000

 

£'000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

0-30 days

 

 

 

 

1

 

27

 

30-60 days

 

 

 

 

13

 

-

 

More than 60 days

 

 

 

 

1,575

 

972

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,589

 

999

 

The movement in the provision for the impairment is as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

 

30.06.20

 

30.6.19

 

 

 

 

 

 

£'000

 

£'000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

As at 1 July

 

 

 

 

999

 

403

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Provision for impairment

 

 

 

 

1,048

 

621

 

Receivable written off in the year

 

 

 

 

(335)

 

(5)

 

Unused amount reversed

 

 

 

 

(123)

 

(20)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

As at 30 June

 

 

 

 

1,589

 

999

 

The Group minimises its credit risk by profiling all new customers and monitoring existing customers of the Group for changes in their initial profile. The level of trade receivables older than the average collection period consisted of a value of £2,960,513 (2019: £2,053,528) of which £1,574,891 (2019: £972,221) was provided for. The Group felt that the remainder would be collected post year end as they were with long-standing relationships, and the risk of default is considered to be low and write-offs due to bad debts are extremely low. The Group has no significant concentration of credit risk, with the exposure spread over a large number of customers.

 

The credit risk on liquid funds is low as the counterparts are banks with high credit ratings assigned by international credit rating bodies. The majority of the Company's cash holdings are held at NatWest Bank which has a BBB+ credit rating.

 

The carrying value of both financial assets and liabilities approximates to fair value.

 

Capital policy

 

The Group's objectives when managing capital are to safeguard its ability to continue as a going concern in order to

 

 

DOTDIGITAL GROUP PLC

 

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2020

 

 

 

 

  23.  FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS AND FINANCIAL RISK MANAGEMENT - continued

 

provide optimal returns for shareholders and to maintain an efficient capital structure to reduce the cost of capital.

 

In doing so the Group's strategy is to maintain a capital structure commensurate with a strong credit rating and to retain appropriate levels of liquidity headroom to ensure financial stability and flexibility. To achieve this, the Group monitors key credit metrics, risk and fixed charge cover to maintain this position. In addition the Group ensures a combination of appropriate short-term and long-term liquidity headroom.

 

During the year the Group had a short-term loan balance of £nil (2019: £nil) and amounts payable over one year are nil (2019: £nil). The Group had a strong cash reserve to utilise for any short-term capital requirements that were needed by the Group.

 

The Group has continued to look for a further long-term investments or acquisitions and therefore, to maintain or re-align the capital structure, the Group may adjust when dividends are paid to shareholders, return capital to shareholders, issue new shares or borrow from lenders.

 

 24.  DEFERRED TAX

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

30.6.20

 

30.6.19

 

 

 

 

 

 

£'000

 

£'000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

As at 1 July

 

 

 

 

1,377

 

1,697

 

IFRS 15 adjustment

 

 

 

 

-

 

(539)

 

Current year provision

 

 

 

 

792

 

219

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,169

 

1,377

  The deferred tax liability above comprises the following temporary differences:

 

 

 

 

 

 

30.6.20

 

30.6.19

 

 

 

 

 

£'000

 

£'000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Acquired intangibles

 

169

 

264

Capital allowances in excess of depreciation

 

53

 

65

 

 

 

 

2,473

 

1,919

 

 

 

 

(457)

 

(332)

 

 

 

 

-

 

(539)

 

 

 

 

(69)

 

-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,169

 

1,377

 

Deferred tax provision relates to taxes to be levied by the same authority on the same entity expected to be settled at the same time. As such deferred tax assets and liabilities have been offset.

 

25.  CAPITAL COMMITMENTS

 

The Company and Group have no capital commitments as at the year end.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DOTDIGITAL GROUP PLC

 

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2020

 

 

26.  RELATED PARTY DISCLOSURES

 

Transactions between the Company and its subsidiaries, which are related parties, have been eliminated on consolidation and are not disclosed in this note.

 

Group

 

    The following transactions were carried out with related parties

 

 

 

 

 

 

30.6.20

 

30.6.19

 

 

 

 

 

 

£'000

 

£'000

 

Sale of services

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cadence Performance

Entity under common directorship

 

Email marketing services

 

-

 

2

 

Cloudcall Group Plc

Entity under common directorship

 

Email marketing services

 

-

 

12

 

Epwin Group Plc

Entity under common directorship

 

Email marketing services

 

4

 

-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4

 

14

                   

 

Year end balances arising from sale of services

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cloudcall Group Plc

Entity under common directorship

 

Email marketing services

 

-

 

1

Epwin Group Plc

Entity under common directorship

 

Email marketing services

 

1

 

-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

 

1

                 

 

 

  Directors

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

30.6.20

 

30.6.19

 

 

 

 

 

 

£'000

 

£'000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Aggregate emoluments

 

 

 

774

 

835

 

Company contributions to money purchase pension scheme

 

25

 

21

 

Share-based payments from the LTIP options granted

 

438

 

389

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,237

 

1,245

 

 

Directors' pay summary does not include Non-Executive Directors.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DOTDIGITAL GROUP PLC

 

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2020

 

 

26.  RELATED PARTY DISCLOSURES continued…..

 

Information in relation to the highest paid Director is as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

30.6.20

 

30.6.19

 

 

 

 

 

 

£'000

 

£'000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Salaries

 

 

 

440

 

435

 

Other benefits

 

 

 

17

 

12

 

Pension costs

 

 

 

 

16

 

13

 

Share-based payments on the LTIP options granted

 

 

 

289

 

289

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

762

 

749

                     

 

Company

 

The following transactions were carried out with related parties

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

30.06.20

 

30.06.19

 

 

 

 

 

 

£'000

 

£'000

 

Year end balances arising from sales/purchase of services

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dotdigital EMEA Limited

Subsidiary

 

Payables

 

651

 

651

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

651

 

651

                   

 

The receivables and payables are unrestricted in nature and bear no interest. No provisions are held against receivables from related parties.

 

Loans to/from related parties

 

 

 

 

 

 

30.6.20

 

30.6.19

 

 

 

 

 

 

£'000

 

£'000

 

dotdigital EMEA Limited

Subsidiary

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

As at 1 July

 

 

 

 

(4,580)

 

(2,559)

 

Loans advanced

 

 

 

 

3,060

 

51

 

Loans repaid

 

 

 

 

(2,025)

 

(2,072)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(3,545)

 

(4,580)

 

  IAS 24 allows disclosure exemption of transactions between wholly-owned subsidiaries that are eliminated on consolidation.

DOTDIGITAL GROUP PLC

 

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2020

 

 

 

27.  ULTIMATE CONTROLLING PARTY

 

There is no ultimate controlling party of the Group. dotdigital Group Plc acts as the Parent Company to dotdigital EMEA Limited, dotdigital Inc, dotdigital APAC Pty Limited, dotdigital B.V., dotmailer Developments Limited, dotmailer SA Pty, dotmailer LLC, dotdigital SG Pte. Limited, Dynmark International Ltd and Dynmark S.p. z.o.o.

 

28.  SHARE-BASED PAYMENT TRANSACTIONS

 

The measurement requirements of IFRS 2 have been implemented in respect of share options that were granted after 7 November 2002. The expense recognised for share-based payment made during the year is £682,000 (2019: £565,000).

 

Vesting conditions of the options dictate that employees must remain in the employment of the Group for the whole period to qualify.

 

Movement in issued share options during the year

 

The table illustrates the number and weighted average exercise price (WAEP) of, and movements in, share options during the period. The options outstanding at 30 June 2020 had a WAEP of 51.09p (2019: 49.16p) and a weighted average contracted life of 3.01 years (2019: 3.66 years) and their exercise prices ranged from 0.5p to 68.50p. All share options are settled in form of equity issued.

 

 

30.06.20

30.6.19

 

No of options

WAEP

No of options

WAEP

 

 

 

 

 

Outstanding at the beginning of the period

4,428,064

49.16p

3,732,262

9.43p

Granted during the year

-

0p

2,305,000

50p

Forfeited/cancelled during the period

-

0p

(1,609,198)

50p

Exchanged for shares

(517,080)

34.57p

-

0p

Outstanding at the end of the period

3,910,984

51.09p

4,428,064

49.16p

Exercisable at the end of the period

230,985

68.50p

748,065

45.05p

 

DOTDIGITAL GROUP PLC

 

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2020

 

 

28.  SHARE-BASED PAYMENT TRANSACTIONS - continued

 

The weighted average share price at the date of the exercise for share options exercised during the period was 92p (2019: £nil).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

24

October

2018

19

December

2017

 

20 June 2017

 Number of options granted

 

 

 

 

 

2,305,000

1,375,000

 

230,985

 Share price at grant date

 

 

 

 

 

77.5p

85.95p

 

68.50p

 Exercise price

 

 

 

 

 

0.50p

0.50p

 

68.50p

 Option life in years

 

 

 

 

 

5 years

5 years

 

5 years

 Risk-free rate

 

 

 

 

 

1.23%

1.33%

 

1.33

 Expected volatility

 

 

 

 

 

30%

30%

 

30%

 Expected dividend yield

 

 

 

 

 

1%

1%

 

1%

 Fair value of 

 

 

 

 

52.70p

65.03p

 

12.04p

 options

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Expected volatility was determined by calculating the historical volatility of the Group's share price from the date it listed to the grant date of the share option. The expected life used in the model is based on management's best estimate, for the effects of non-transferability, exercise restrictions and behavioural considerations.

 

The share options granted on 24 October 2018 were following the approval of the LTIP scheme at the AGM on 19 December 2017 and the end-to-end awards that were granted to key personnel.

 

 

 

 

 

DOTDIGITAL GROUP PLC

 

  NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued

  FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2020

 

 

 

29.

GROUP RECONCILIATION OF PROFIT BEFORE CORPORATION TAX TO CASH GENERATED FROM OPERATIONS

     

 

 

 

Group

 

Company

 

 

30.6.20

 

30.6.19

 

30.6.20

 

30.6.19

 

 

£'000

 

£'000

 

£'000

 

£'000

 

Current:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Profit before tax from all operations

11,808

 

8,873

 

2,001

 

(849)

 

Currency revaluation

-

 

42

 

-

 

-

 

Amortisation

4,148

 

3,358

 

-

 

-

 

Depreciation

1,548

 

465

 

-

 

-

 

Exceptional costs

16

 

344

 

-

 

-

 

Finance lease non-cash movement

4

 

12

 

-

 

-

 

IFRS 15 reclassification

-

 

(2,837)

 

-

 

-

 

IFRS 16 restatement

61

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

Gain on disposal of fixed assets

(3)

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

Loss on disposal of investments

-

 

-

 

5

 

-

 

Share-based payments

682

 

565

 

682

 

565

 

Finance income

-

 

(19)

 

-

 

-

 

Finance expense

100

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

18,364

 

10,803

 

2,688

 

(284)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Increase)/decrease in trade receivables

(1,157)

 

811

 

11

 

74

 

Increase/(decrease) in trade payables

(1,300)

 

879

 

(1,077)

 

2,061

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash generated from operations

15,907

 

12,493

 

1,622

 

1,851

 

 

30.  GROUP CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS

 

The amounts disclosed in the statement of cash flow in respect of cash and cash equivalents are in respect of these statements of financial position amounts:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Group

 

Company

 

 

 

 

 

 

£'000

 

£'000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

As at 1 July 2018

 

 

 

 

15,005

 

646

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

As at 30 June 2019

 

 

 

 

19,320

 

594

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

As at 30 June 2020

 

 

 

 

25,383

 

396

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

31.  PROJECT DEVELOPMENT

 

During the year the Group incurred £6,461,313 (2019: £5,507,539) in development investments. All resources utilised in development have been capitalised as outlined in the accounting policy governing this area.

 

32.  EVENTS AFTER THE END OF THE REPORTING PERIOD

 

  There are no events after the end of the reporting period which impact the Group's and Company's financial statements.

 

 

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