Preliminary results

RNS Number : 5515T
Real Good Food Company Plc (The)
09 June 2009
 



The Real Good Food Company plc


Preliminary results for the year ended 31 December 2008



The Real Good Food Company plc ('the Group'), the sugars, ingredients and bakery company, today announces Preliminary Results for the year ended 31 December 2008



Highlights 


  > Competitive market conditions continued to affect core Sugar Division 


> Improved sales in Bakery Ingredients and Bakery Divisions


  > Total Group sales from continuing operations down 5.4% to £218.7m (2007: £231.1m)


  > Profit before taxation and significant items of £0.89m (2007: £3.97m) 


  > Significant exceptional costs of £1.96m relating to re-financing and business reorganisation 


  > Continuing operations loss before taxation of £421,000 (2007: profit of £3.45m


  > Loss per share (basic and diluted) of 1.7p (2007: earnings per share of 8.9p)



Pieter Totté, Chairman of The Real Good Food Company plc, comments:


'During the course of 2008, we continued to experience very difficult trading conditions, which deteriorated more significantly in the final quarter. Margins were continually under pressure from raw materials, fuel inflation and a very competitive market place.


'The Board looks forward to the rest of the year, and anticipates the benefits of its restructuring programme and low interest rate charges to deliver a result, which we anticipate will be reflected in an improved financial performance over the prior year.'


9 June 2009 




ENQUIRIES:


The Real Good Food Company plc  

Tel: 0151 706 8200

Stephen Heslop, Chief Executive Officer


Lee CamfieldChief Financial Officer   




Shore Capital    

Tel: 020 7408 4090

Guy Peters




College Hill

Tel: 020 7457 2020

Gareth David



  CHAIRMAN'S STATEMENT


Overview


During the course of 2008, we continued to experience very difficult trading conditions, which deteriorated more significantly in the final quarter. Margins were continually under pressure from raw materials, fuel inflation and a very competitive market place.


Total Group sales for the period fell by 5.4% to £219m, principally due to 7% fall in revenues in our Sugar Division. By contrast, sales in our Bakery Ingredients Division rose by 9.2% to £35.0m, while we also achieved a marginal increase in revenue at our Bakery Division.


Our Sugar Division has continued to operate in a very competitive market, which is mostly due to the uncertainty created as the EU sugar regime undergoes reform. The commission has now confirmed that a total 5.65 million tonnes of sugar has been renounced out of the 6.0 million tonne target.


It is anticipated that there will be a small surplus in 2009 leading into the second reference price change in October 2009. We do, however, expect the market to be in equilibrium in fourth quarter of 2009 and possibly in deficit until the new importing regions are able to meet the demand. In theory, this should lead to an improvement in operating margins going forward. 


Board Change 


We have announced today that Lee Camfield has resigned from his position as Chief Financial Officer and will leave the Group in late summer in order to take up a role as Chief Operating Officer of a large privately-owned food group. On behalf of the Board, I would like to thank Lee for his commitment over the past five years and to welcome to the Board Mike McDonough, current Commercial Finance Director, who is appointed Group Finance Director, with effect from today.


Outlook


In January, following the conclusion of our strategic review, we decided to develop the two principal pillars of the group by consolidating the Renshaw and Napier Brown Foods businesses into one focused ingredients business. The new business will look to build and drive value from a broader portfolio of both raw and value added ingredients. I am pleased to say, the development of this new business is progressing in line with our plans and expectations, and we are beginning to see the benefits that we envisaged during the strategic review.


Whilst trading in this new division at the start of the year has been below that of the prior year, this to a degree was anticipated due to the current economic climate and, indeed, the division has been trading in line with our expectations for 2009, which is encouraging.


Sales in the Bakery Division are benefiting from our expansion into food service, which has seen an improvement in profitability over the prior year.


The Board anticipates that the benefits of its restructuring programme and lower interest rate charges during this financial year should be reflected in an improved financial performance over the prior year.


PIETER Totté

Chairman


9 June 2009

 OPERATIonal REVIEW


Reorganisation


As the Chairman has outlined in his statement, the past year has proved extremely challenging as we have faced pressure on margins through the competitive European sugar market, as well as the impact of raw material prices in our Bakery Ingredients and Bakery divisions.


Our response to the challenge of these difficult trading conditions has been to implement a reorganisation of the business, as indicated in our pre-close statement in December 2008 and confirmed on 13 January 2009. Following a strategic review, we have combined our Napier Brown Foods (sugar) and Renshaw (bakery ingredients) businesses into a single unit,  Renshawnapier, which is based in Liverpool.


This new business unit is focused on building and driving value from a broader portfolio of both raw and value-added ingredients, and is run by a single management team in multiple channels and product sectors, giving added flexibility to deliver and meet the challenges ahead. 


Costs of this reorganisation are one of the significant exceptional costs reported in these results, but the results of the reorganisation are expected to be cash neutral during the current financial year, and thereafter to produce annualised cost savings in the region of £0.8m.  


We now have two operating divisionsIngredients (Renshawnapier) and Bakery. Renshawnapier is the UK's largest independent non-refining distributor of sugar, supplying customers throughout the industrial, retail and food service industry. It is a supplier of premium quality ingredients to the food industry and a leading manufacturer of marzipans, ready-to-roll icings, baking chocolate and jam for major cake manufacturers, high street bakers and retailers.


The separately-managed Bakery Division comprises Haydens Bakeries and Seriously Scrumptious, which produce chilled and ambient premium patisserie and dessert products for supply to retail grocery customers.


These result are therefore the last time that we will be reporting under the previous structure of three business divisions.   


Sugar Division


Napier Brown Foods supplies a range of sugar and dry ingredients to food manufacturers and packs sugar for retail grocery and foodservice customers from its facilities at Normanton, near Leeds.


 
Year ended
31 December
2008
£’000s
Year ended
31 December
2007
£’000s
 
 
 
Revenue¹
176,694
190,084
Operating profit²
3,616
6,390
Operating profit %
2.0
3.4


¹ Including inter-company trading.

² Normalised operating profit before significant items and central costs.

  

Overall revenues in 2008 were down 7% on the prior year, primarily due to reduced sales in the industrial sector, which reflected reduced consumer spending and the impact of currency movements. Margins reduced by 1.4 points as a consequence of the competitive nature of the retail market.


Following two years of margin decline in the Industrial sector pre-regime changes, we are now seeing further evidence of improvement. Whilst the signs to date remain positive, we do not anticipate that the margins will improve to the levels prior to the announcements relating to regime changes.


Our blends operation has successfully integrated the new business secured in the early part of the year, with operating margins improving due to purchasing activity and some small price increases. Dairy trading proves resilient with both volume and margin in line with expectations despite the difficult market conditions.


Bakery Ingredients Division


Renshaw supplies a range of high quality food ingredients primarily to the bakery sector, comprising craft bakers and major cake manufacturers and also to grocery retailers. It operates two facilities, one in Liverpool and the other in Carluke, south-east of Glasgow.


 
 
 
 
Year ended
31 December
2008
£’000s
Year ended
31 December
2007
£’000s
 
 
 
Revenue¹
35,000
31,920
Operating profit²
1,824
2,350
Operating profit %
5.2
7.4


¹ Including inter-company trading.

² Normalised operating profit before significant items and central costs.


Revenues in the year were up 9.2% on the prior year, reflecting growth in the retail sector, as the trend towards home baking continued and we secured additional retail listings. 


Compound sales in the second half recovered, with overall volume up 7.6% Margins were slightly down on the year, however, due to material price inflation during the prior year and the delay in implementing a number of price increases.


Customer Service in the year improved significantly on the prior year, reflecting the reorganisation and refocusing of the supply chain at the end of 2007. Whilst operational efficiency improved marginally, actual labour costs improved, particularly in Carluke. 


During the busy seasonal campaign, the Liverpool factory successfully made the transition to dual shift working to supply customer service initiatives and facilitate retail ordering patterns, which were skewed towards the year end.


Bakery Division


Hayden's Bakeries produces chilled and ambient premium patisserie and dessert products to retail grocery customers. It operates from a site in Devizes, Wiltshire.



 
Year ended
31 December
2008
£’000s
Year ended
31 December
2007
£’000s
 
 
 
Revenue¹
18,342
18,217
Operating profit²
(555)
71
Operating profit %
(3.0)
0.4


¹ Including inter-company trading.

² Normalised operating profit before significant items and central costs.


Overall, this was a very poor year for our Bakery Division, which provided many challenges that we did not resolve to our satisfaction. Revenues were marginally ahead of the prior year, but profitability was well behind management expectations.


Material inflation continued to erode margins as we were unable to recover these through price increases. In line with our strategy to diversify our customer profile, we entered the Food service arena incurring some significant one off costs and operational issues further diluting margins on the new lines.


A number of steps were taken to address these issues and as a consequence, margins have now stabilised and the business is now making a positive contribution to the Group.


STEPHEN HESLOP

Chief Executive


9 June 2009



FINANCIAL REVIEW


Revenue


Group revenue from continuing operations showed a decline of 5.4% to £218.7m (2007: £231.1m), largely reflecting a fall in revenues within our Sugar Division during the year. Sugar Division revenues were 7% behind the prior year reflecting reduced industrial sales, especially within the first half of the year and falling sugar prices relating to the sugar regime changes, these price reductions were partially offset by the stronger Euro which increased both revenue and cost of sales equally. 


Revenue at our Bakery Ingredients Division was 9.8% up on the prior year aided by both increasing sales prices and volumes which were 7% up on 2007. Sales volumes were aided by increased retail sales and higher intercompany sales of icing sugar.


Haydens Bakeries delivered a 0.7% increase in revenue in the year, boosted by new sales into the Foodservice sector in the last four months of the year. 


Margins


The reduction in continuing operations gross profit margin, before significant items, to 11.4% (200712.8%) reflects the difficult trading conditions experienced across all three operating Divisions in 2008, where price increases and cost reduction initiatives have been unable to offset rising input costs. Margins were further hindered by one-off launch costs within our Bakery Division, associated with its expansion into the Foodservice sector.


Profit before tax and interest


Whilst combined distribution and administration costs reduced versus the prior year, the reductions were insufficient to avoid the reduction in gross profit margins from impacting the Group's operating profit where margins reduced to 1.6% (2007: 3.2%).


Financing costs


Continuing operations net finance costs, pre significant items and other finance income, for the year totalled £3.0m (2007£3.7m) benefiting from the reduced debt of the Group following the disposal of Five Star Fish in June 2007, reducing market interest rates during the second half of 2008 and from our new financing arrangement from the middle of 2008, where the applicable interest rates are computed from base rates rather than LIBOR. 


The Group has previously entered into a number of interest rate swap deals to reduce its interest rate exposure. Under international accounting standards the Group has provided for a fair value charge in relation to these swaps of £613,000 (2007: gain of £22,000). 


Significant Items


During the year the Group incurred costs in relation to a number of significant items. The re-financing of the Group in the summer incurred break costs with our previous lender and the release of prepaid loan arrangement fees, in all totalling £0.8m; the merger of the Sugar and Bakery Ingredients divisions into Renshawnapier combined with earlier restructuring costs against a number of the Group operations totalled £0.9mwhilst £0.2m has been set aside as an increase in an onerous lease provision as we have been unable to sub-let the property.

  Cash Flow and Debt


The Group's total net debt as at 31 December was £31.5m (2007: £25.9m). The 2007 net debt is flattered by the deferred tax payment of £2.6m held on deposit relating to the sale of 5 Star Fish in the previous year, which was subsequently paid during the first half of 2008. 


The Group's borrowing facilities with KBC Business Capital comprise £37.9m of total facilities, of which £29.8m was utilised as at 31 December 2008, at a blended average cost of 2.78% over base rate. During the early part of the year the Group restructured part of its borrowings with its original lenders. This, combined with the re-financing with KBC Business Capital in July 2008, has resulted in our cashflow reflecting loan repayments of £51.8m and loan advances of £49.4m.


Reflecting the current economic climate, the Group harecently completed resetting its covenant levels with its bankers to provide a greater degree of headroom. 


Pensions


The subsidiaries of the Group, Napier Brown Foods Limited and Napier Brown and Company Limited, operate a defined benefit pension scheme. The scheme is closed to new members. The IAS 19 valuation of the scheme at the year end identified a £0.3m deficit, a deterioration of £2.0m on the prior year. During the year the Group contributed £95,000 (2007: £127,000) to the scheme.


Financial Reporting Review Panel


During 2008, the Financial Reporting Review Panel, in line with its policy to review the accounts of public and large private companies for compliance with the law and accounting standards, selected the Group's accounts for review. Following correspondence with the panel and the undertaking to incorporate some additional disclosures in our annual report, the panel have indicated that no amendments are required to our annual report which was issued last year.


LEE CAMFIELD

Chief Financial Officer     


9 June 2009


 

CONSOLIDATED INCOME STATEMENT 

for the year ended 31 December 2008


 
Notes
Year ended 31 December 2008
Year ended 31 December 2007
                        
 
 
Before
Significant Items
Significant
 Items (Note 2)
Total
 
Before
Significant Items
As restated
 
Significant Items
(Note 2)
Total
CONTINUING OPERATIONS
 
£’000s
£’000s
£’000s
£’000s
£’000s
£’000s
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
REVENUE
 
218,656
-
218,656
231,144
-
231,144
Cost of sales
 
(193,725)
-
(193,725)
(201,508)
-
(201,508)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
GROSS PROFIT
 
24,931
-
24,931
29,636
-
29,636
Distribution costs
 
(9,405)
-
(9,405)
(10,367)
-
(10,367)
Administration expenses
 
(11,994)
(1,956)
(13,950)
(11,829)
(523)
(12,352)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
OPERATING PROFIT
 
3,532
(1,956)
1,576
7,440
(523)
6,917
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Finance income
 
133
-
133
500
-
500
Finance costs
 
(3,098)
648
(2,450)
(4,151)
-
(4,151)
Other finance income
 
320
-
320
184
-
184
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
PROFIT/(LOSS) BEFORE TAXATION
 
887
(1,308)
(421)
3,973
(523)
3,450
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Income tax expense
3
(1,078)
366
(712)
(928)
38
(890)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
PROFIT/(LOSS) FROM CONTINUING OPERATIONS
 
 
(191)
 
(942)
 
(1,133)
 
3,045
 
(485)
 
2,560
DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
REVENUE
 
-
-
-
14,962
-
14,962
Operating expenses
 
-
-
-
(12,803)
-
(12,803)
OPERATING PROFIT
 
-
-
-
2,159
-
2,159
Finance costs
 
-
-
-
(96)
-
(96)
Profit on sale of division
 
-
(12)
(12)
-
8,070
8,070
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
PROFIT BEFORE TAXATION
 
-
(12)
(12)
2,063
8,070
10,133
Income tax expense
3
-
-
-
(690)
(6,210)
(6,900)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
PROFIT FROM DISCONTINUED     OPERATIONS
 
 
-
 
(12)
 
(12)
 
1,373
 
1,860
 
3,233
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
PROFIT FOR THE YEAR
 
(191)
(954)
(1,145)
4,418
1,375
5,793
(Loss)/Earnings per share from continuing and discontinued operations:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
- basic
 
 
 
(1.7)p
 
 
8.9p
-diluted
 
 
 
(1.7)p
 
 
8.9p
(Loss)/Earnings per share from continuing operations:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
- basic
 
 
 
(1.7)p
 
 
3.9p
-diluted
 
 
 
(1.7)p
 
 
3.9p




  CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY 

for the year ended 31 December 2008


 
 
Issued Share Capital
Share Premium Account
Share Option Reserve
Retained earnings
Total
 
 
£’000s
£’000s
£’000s
£’000s
£’000s
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Balance as at 1 January 2007
 
1,297
68,773
53
2,535
72,658
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Shares options to be issued
 
-
-
20
-
20
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Share options exercised in year
 
3
97
(7)
-
93
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Profit for the year
 
-
-
-
5,793
5,793
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Actuarial gain related to pension scheme
 
-
-
-
911
911
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Deferred tax attributable to actuarial gain
 
-
-
-
(274)
(274)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total recognised income and expense for the year
 
3
97
13
6,430
6,543
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Balance as at 31 December 2007
 
1,300
68,870
66
8,965
79,201
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Balance as at 1 January 2008
 
1,300
68,870
66
8,965
79,201
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Shares options to be issued
 
-
-
7
-
7
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Loss for the year
 
-
-
-
(1,145)
(1,145)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Actuarial loss related to pension scheme
 
-
-
-
(679)
(679)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Deferred tax attributable to actuarial loss
 
-
-
-
190
190
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total recognised income and expense for the year
 
-
-
7
(1,634)
(1,627)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Balance as at 31 December 2008
 
1,300
68,870
73
7,331
77,574



CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET

year ended 31 December 2008


 
 
31 December
2008
£’000s
 
 
31 December
2007
£’000s
As restated
 
Notes
 
 
 
 
NON CURRENT ASSETS
 
 
 
 
Goodwill
 
75,796
 
75,796
Other intangible assets
 
513
 
547
Property, plant and equipment
 
16,408
 
16,721
Deferred tax asset
 
853
 
-
 
 
93,570
 
93,064
CURRENT ASSETS
 
 
 
 
Inventories
 
10,963
 
9,353
Trade and other receivables
 
24,763
 
24,784
Current tax asset
 
839
 
-
Derived financial instruments
 
117
 
113
Short term financial investments
 
-
 
3,472
Cash and cash equivalents
 
1,464
 
10,308
 
 
38,146
 
48,030
 
 
 
 
 
TOTAL ASSETS
 
131,716
 
141,094
 
 
 
 
 
CURRENT LIABILITIES
 
 
 
 
Trade and other payables
 
16,787
 
17,289
Borrowings
4
19,258
 
22,479
Derived financial instruments
 
524
 
81
Current tax liabilities
 
-
 
3,615
 
 
36,569
 
43,464
 
 
 
 
 
NON CURRENT LIABILITIES
 
 
 
 
Borrowings
4
 13,652
 
17,161
Deferred tax liabilities
 
2,973
 
912
Provisions
 
684
 
356
Retirement benefit obligations
 
264
 
-
 
 
17,573
 
18,429
 
TOTAL LIABILITIES
 
54,142
 
 
61,893
 
 
 
 
 
NET ASSETS
 
77,574
 
79,201
 
 
 
 
 
EQUITY
 
 
 
 
Share capital
 
1,300
 
1,300
Share premium account
 
68,870
 
68,870
Share option reserve
 
73
 
66
Retained earnings
 
7,331
 
8,965
 
 
 
 
 
TOTAL EQUITY
 
77,574
 
79,201


These financial statements were approved by the Board of Directors and authorised for issue on 

9 June 2009. They were signed on its behalf by:


P W Totté

L M Camfield

Chairman

Director


  CONSOLIDATED CASH FLOW STATEMENT

year ended 31 December 2008

 
 
Year ended 31 December 2008
 
Year ended
 31 December 2007
 
 
£’000s
 
£’000s
As restated
CASH FLOW FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES
 
 
 
 
Adjusted for:
 
 
 
 
 
Profit before taxation
 
(433)
 
13,583
 
Finance costs
 
2,450
 
4,247
 
Finance income
 
(133)
 
(500)
 
IAS 19 income
 
(320)
 
(184)
 
Depreciation of property, plant & equipment
 
1,729
 
1,645
 
Amortisation of intangibles
 
206
 
148
 
Share based payment expense
 
7
 
13
 
 
Expense/(Gain) on disposal of discontinued
Operation
 
12
 
(8,070)
Operating Cash Flow
 
3,518
 
10,882
 
 
 
 
 
 
(Increase) in inventories
 
(1,610)
 
(2,168)
 
(Increase) in receivables
 
(1,246)
 
(511)
 
(Decrease)/Increase in payables
 
(486)
 
484
Cash generated from operations
 
176
 
8,687
 
 
 
 
 
 
Income taxes paid
 
(849)
 
(1,607)
 
Interest paid
 
(2,438)
 
(3,960)
Net cash from operating activities
 
(3,111)
 
3,120
 
 
 
 
 
CASH FLOW FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES
 
 
 
 
 
Interest received
 
222
 
409
 
Disposal of division
 
738
 
34,333
 
Income tax paid on disposal of division
 
(2,919)
 
(3,410)
 
 
Proceeds on disposal of property, plant &
Equipment
 
-
 
 
113
 
Purchase of intangible assets
 
(172)
 
(163)
 
Purchase of property, plant & equipment
 
(1,416)
 
(3,067)
Net cash (used in)/from investing activities
 
(3,547)
 
28,215
 
 
 
 
 
CASH FLOW USED IN FINANCING ACTIVITIES
 
 
 
 
 
Repayment of borrowings
 
(51,846)
 
(27,476)
 
Short term Financial Investments
 
3,472
 
(3,472)
 
Loan advances
 
49,437
 
 
 
Repayment of obligations under finance leases
 
(254)
 
(362)
 
Hire purchases advances
 
-
 
263
 
Proceeds on issue of shares
 
-
 
100
Net cash used in financing activities
 
809
 
(30,947)
NET INCREASE/(DECREASE) IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS
 
(5,849)
 
388
 
 
 
 
 
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS
 
 
 
 
 
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year
 
7,313
 
6,925
 
Net movement in cash and cash equivalents
 
(5,849)
 
388
 
 
 
Cash and cash equivalents at end of year
 
1,464
 
7,313
 
 
 
 
 
Cash and cash equivalents comprise:
 
 
 
 
Cash
 
1,464
 
10,308
Overdrafts
 
-
 
(2,995)
 
 
1,464
 
7,313


  NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2008


1.    PRESENTATION OF FINANCIAL STATEMENTS


General Information


The Real Good Food Company plc is a public limited company incorporated in the United Kingdom under the Companies Act 1985 (registered number 4666282). The Company is domiciled in the United Kingdom and its registered address is 229 Crown Street, Liverpool, Merseyside, L8 7RF. The Company's shares are traded on the Alternative Investment Market (AIM).


The principal activities of the Group are the sourcing, manufacture and distribution of food to the retail and industrial sectors.


Basis of preparation


These consolidated financial statements are presented on the basis of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) as adopted by the European Union and interpretations issued by the International Financial Reporting Interpretations Committee (IFRIC) and have been prepared in accordance with AIM rules and the Companies Act 1985, as applicable to companies reporting under IFRS.


These consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the accounting policies set out in Note 2 and under the historical cost convention, except where modified by the revaluation of certain financial instruments and commodities.


2.    SIGNIFICANT ITEMS


 
 
 
Year ended
31 December
2008
 
Year ended
31 December
2007
As restated
 
 
£’000s
£’000s
 
 
 
 
(Loss)/profit on disposal of division
  
(12)
8,070
Management restructuring costs
 
(968)
(523)
Bank restructuring fees
 
(827)
-
Onerous lease provision
 
(161)
-
 
 
(1,968)
7,547
 
 
 
 
Interest on loan notes
 
648
-
 
 
(1,320)
7,547
Taxation credit/(charge) on significant items
 
366
(6,172)
 
 
 
(954)
 
1,375


During the year the Group incurred a number of significant items as detailed above. The management restructuring costs reflect a number of fundamental reorganisations within our operating divisions during the year, including the formation of Renshawnapier, the restructuring of the night shift operations at our Bakery Division along with a number of other material changes to the operations of the Divisions. 


The Group also incurred costs associated with the re-financing during the summer including bank break costs and the release of the associated prepaid loan arrangement fees.

The onerous lease provision relates to a vacant property that the Group has been unable to re-lease.


The write back of accrued interest relates to an outstanding loan note.


3.    TAXATION

 
Year ended
Year ended
 
31 December
31 December
 
2008
2007
 
£’000s
£’000s
CURRENT TAX
 
 
UK Current tax on (loss)/profits of the year
(8)
1,047
UK Corporation tax on discontinued activities
-
690
UK Current tax on Significant items
(287)
6,172
Adjustments in respect of prior years
(392)
-
 
 
 
Total current tax
(687)
7,909
 
 
 
Deferred Tax
 
 
Deferred tax charge re pension scheme
116
93
Origination and reversal of timing differences
108
(137)
Effect of tax rate change on deferred tax
-
(75)
Deferred tax charge/(credit) on significant items
(79)
-
Adjustments in respect of prior years
380
-
Deferred tax impact of withdrawal of industrial buildings allowance
 
874
 
-
Total deferred tax
1,399
(119)
 
 
 
Tax on (loss)/profit on ordinary activities
712
7,790



4.    BORROWINGS

 
Year ended
31 December
2008
Year ended
31 December
2008
Year ended
31 December 2007
Year ended
31 December 2007
 
Group
Company
Group
Company
 
 £000’s
£000’s
£000’s
£000’s
Unsecured borrowings at amortised cost
 
 
 
 
Bank overdrafts
-
-
2,995
860
Loan notes
2,773
-
3,422
-
 
 
 
 
 
Secured borrowings at amortised cost
 
 
 
 
 Bank term loans
12,227
12,227
15,669
15,669
 Revolving credit facilities
17,112
748
16,500
16,500
 Hire purchase
798
327
1,054
428
 
 
 
 
 
 
32,910
13,302
39,640
33,457
Amounts due for settlement within 12 months
19,258
2,730
22,479
20,234
Amounts due for settlement after 12 months
13,652
10,572
17,161
13,223
 
32,910
13,302
39,640
33,457



  Features of the Group's borrowings are as follows:


The Group's financial instruments comprise cash, a term loan, hire purchase and finance leases, revolving credit facility, overdraft and various items arising directly from its operations such as trade payables and receivables. The main purpose of these financial instruments is to finance the Group's operations.


The main risks from the Group's financial instruments are interest rate risk and liquidity risk. The Group also has some currency exposure in relation to its sugar trade but the majority of this risk is hedged, and also some currency exposure in relation to the purchase of Almonds from the United States, however this is mitigated by the use of forward exchange contracts. The Board reviews and agrees policies, which have remained substantially unchanged for the year under review, for managing these risks.


5.    SEGMENT REPORTING

    

Business segments


The Group has adopted IFRS 8 'Operating segments' in advance of its effective date, with effect from 1 January 2006. IFRS 8 requires that operating segments be identified on the basis of internal reporting and decision-making. The Group's operating segments are Sugar, Bakery Ingredients and Bakery as the Group's management and reporting structure is set out along these lines.


The following table shows the Group's revenue and results for the year under review analysed by operating segment. Segment profit represents the trading profit after depreciation but before any interest and significant items. 

 

Year ended 31 December 2008


 






  Sugar


Bakery Ingredients


Bakery

 

Total Before Significant Items


Significant Items

 

Total After Significant Items







 

 



 

 

Total Revenue

176,694


35,000


18,342

 

230,036


-

 

230,056

Revenue - Internal

(9,467)


(1,913)


-

 

(11,380)


-

 

(11,380)


 


 


 

 

 


 

 

 

External Revenue

167,227


33,087


18,342

 

218,656


-

 

218,656


 




 

 

 


 

 

 

Operating Profit

3,616


1,824


(555)

 

4,885


(1,968)

 

2,917







 

 



 

 

Finance Costs (net of interest received)



 

(2,965)


648

 

(2,317)

Pension finance income



 

320


-

 

320

Head Office and consolidated adjustments



 

(1,353)


-

 

(1,353)







 






Profit/(loss) before tax



 

887


(1,320)

 

(433)







 

 



 

 

Tax






 

(1,078)


366

 

(712)







 

 



 

 

Profit/(loss) after tax as per income statement

 

(191)


(954)

 

(1,145)

Inter-segment sales are charged at prevailing market rates. 


The Group operates a central function, finance costs cannot be meaningfully allocated to individual operating segments.

  

6.    DISTRIBUTION OF THE ANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS TO SHAREHOLDERS


The announcement set out above does not constitute a full financial statement of the company's affairs for the year ended 31 December 2008. The company's auditors have reported on the full accounts of the said years and have accompanied them with an unqualified report. The accounts have yet to be delivered to the Registrar of Companies.


The annual report and accounts will be posted to all shareholders of the Company, and will be available on our web site www.realgoodfoodplc.com and for inspection by the public at the registered office of the Company during normal business hours on any weekday. Further copies will be available on request from The Real Good Food Company plc, 229 Crown Street, Liverpool L8 7RF

    


This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
 
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