Final Results

RNS Number : 5300Q
Trakm8 Holdings PLC
29 June 2022
 

Prior to publication, the information contained within this announcement was deemed by the Company to constitute inside information as stipulated under the UK Market Abuse Regulation. With the publication of this announcement, this information is now considered to be in the public domain.

29 June 2022

 

TRAKM8 HOLDINGS PLC

 

('Trakm8' or 'the Group' or 'the Company')

 

Final Results



Trakm8 Holdings plc (AIM: TRAK), the global telematics and data insight provider, announces its final results for the year ended 31 March 2022 (FY-2022).

 

FINANCIAL SUMMARY:


FY-2022

FY-2021

Change

Group revenue

£18.1m

£16.0m

+13%

of which, Recurring revenue1

£9.8m

£9.4m

+5%

Loss before tax

(£0.1m)

(£1.9m)

+93%

Adjusted Profit/(Loss) before tax2

£0.0m

(£0.3m)

+101%

Profit/(Loss) after tax

£0.2m

(£1.2m)

+115%

Net cash inflow generated from operations

£3.8m

£4.7m

-19%

Net debt3

£5.4m

£4.9m

+10%

Basic Profit/(Loss) per share

0.37p

(2.47p)

+115%

Adjusted basic earnings per share2

0.41p

0.07p

+486%

1 Recurring revenues are generated from ongoing service and maintenance fees

2  Before exceptional costs and share based payments

Total borrowings less cash and cash equivalents. FY-2022 net debt excludes £1.6m IFRS 16 lease liability.

 

OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW

· 13% increase in revenues

· 4% increase to over 264,000 connected units in operation (FY-2021: 254,000)

· 5% increase in recurring revenues to £9.8m (FY-2021: £9.4m)

· 150% increase in software revenues to £1.4m (FY-2021: £0.5m)

· New contract wins with Ticker and Adiona

· Strong continued reduction in direct and indirect costs

· Successfully navigated a large number of supply chain challenges

OUTLOOK

· Group revenues in current financial year to end of May 2022 were 11% ahead of last year

Revenues from insurance clients increasing due to new contract wins and increased volumes from existing clients - revenues to end of May 2022 were 33% ahead of the comparable 2021 period

Fleet sales showing good progress - revenues to end of May 2022 were 4% ahead of the comparable 2021 period

· Inflationary pressure on payroll and components is partially mitigated with lower headcount and lower designed-in device costs

· The Company continues to face component availability issues that could impact deliveries but the expectation is that we will continue to overcome these

· The Board believes Trakm8 is building increasing momentum and is hopeful that this can be transformed into improved financial returns as we move forward

 

- Ends -

For further information:

 

Trakm8 Holdings plc

 

John Watkins, Executive Chairman

Tel: +44 (0) 1675 434 200

Jon Edwards, Chief Financial Officer

www.trakm8.com

 

 

 

Allenby Capital Limited (Nominated Adviser & Broker)

Tel: +44 (0) 20 3328 5656

David Hart/Liz Kirchner, Corporate Finance

Tony Quirke, Sales and Corporate Broking

www.allenbycapital.com

 

Notes to Editors

Trakm8 is a UK based technology leader in fleet management, insurance telematics, connected car, and optimisation. Through IP owned technology, the Group uses AI data analytics collected from its installed base of telematics units to fine tune the algorithms that are used to produce its' solutions; these monitor driver behaviour, identify crash events and monitor vehicle health to provide actionable insights to continuously improve the security and operational efficiency of both company fleets and private drivers.

The Group's product portfolio includes the latest data analytics and reporting portal (Trakm8 Insight), integrated telematics/cameras/optimisation, self-installed telematics units and one of the widest ranges of installed telematics devices. Trakm8 has over 264,000 connections.

Headquartered in Coleshill near Birmingham alongside its manufacturing facility, the Group supplies to the Fleet, Optimisation, Insurance and Automotive sectors to many well-known customers in the UK and internationally including the AA, Saint Gobain, EON, Iceland Foods, GSF, Direct Line Group, Ticker and Ingenie.

Trakm8 has been listed on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange since 2005. Trakm8 is also recognised with the LSE Green Economy Mark

www.trakm8.com / @Trakm8

 

 

 


EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN'S STATEMENT

 

Results

Covid-19 continued to impact the market for telematics, particularly in our Insurance business where young drivers were unable to secure driving tests compounded by the scarcity and higher costs of second hand cars. It also led to significant challenges in the supply of electronic components for our devices. Trakm8 managed its way through most of this and achieved a very significant improvement on the previous year delivering results in line with market expectations, returning to a profit after tax for the first time in several years.

The revenues of the business increased by 13% and despite higher costs due to lower furlough support and supply chain challenges posted an adjusted profit before tax of £0.0m (FY-2021: loss £0.3m).  Loss before tax improved to £0.1m (FY-2021: loss £1.9m) and Profit after Tax improved to £0.2m (FY-2021: loss £1.2m). 

Connections grew by 4% to 264,000. The total number of fleet management connections increased by 1% over the year to 71,000 (FY-2021: 70,000).  Telematics for insurance/automotive connections increased by 5%.  At the year-end we had 193,000 insurance/automotive connections (FY-2021: 184,000).  Recurring service revenues increased by 5% to £9.8m (FY-2021: £9.4m). Software revenues increased by 150% to £1.4m (FY-2021: £0.5m). A good number of contract wins and renewals were secured particularly with the insurance clients.

It was pleasing to have strong cash generation of the business with a cash flow from operations of £3.8m (FY-2021: £4.7m). The Company paid down £0.9m of HMRC deferred payments on VAT/PAYE/NI, with the balance of £0.9m to be paid during this financial year. This resulted in a free cash flow of £0.6m (FY-2021: £2.0m) and net debt increased by £0.5m at £5.4m (pre-IFRS 16).  The Group had £1.0m cash on hand and an undrawn overdraft facility of £0.5m.

Overheads excluding exceptionals increased by 6% due to a reduction of furloughed staff along with an increased marketing spend. Headcount reduced by 5% during the year with underlying salary costs 5% lower than at the end of the previous year.

Trakm8 was awarded the London Stock Exchange Green Economy Mark during the year in recognition that what the Company does plays a significant role in reducing the carbon footprint of our customers' operations. Trakm8 has also started the process of joining the Science Based Targets initiative in the goal of achieving net zero emissions by 2050.

Research and development ('R&D')

Trakm8 has maintained a significant level of investment in R&D for another year.  The Board believes that this level of investment is necessary to retain a portfolio of market-leading technology.  Over time as revenues grow we expect that this investment as a proportion of revenues will decline. Trakm8 continues to focus on owning the intellectual property ('IP') we use in our solutions, and we see this as one of our key competitive advantages.  Telematics systems are complex; but because we own all the elements that encompass a solution (with the exception of the mobile networks) we have the ability to understand and resolve problems more easily than our competitors.

The R&D investment has concentrated on the development of self-fit devices, a multi-camera solution, development of the feature set in Insight, and further development of our Insurance Broker platform.  As identified in previous years, the requirement to do more for less cost remains a key strategy as this widens the opportunity to expand the rate of growth as our customers' return on investment improves.

Governance

The Group has adopted the Quoted Companies Alliance's (QCA) Corporate Governance Code for small and mid-size quoted companies, which the Board considers the most appropriate for the size and structure of the Group.  More information can be found in the Governance Report section of this report and our website ( https://www.trakm8.com/investor-relations/corporate-governance ) .

 

 

Dividend

The Group does not propose to recommend a dividend for the year at the forthcoming AGM.  However, the Board will continue to review its dividend policy in light of future results and investment requirements.

People

The number of people Trakm8 employs has reduced further during FY-2022 with reductions across the business.  In total our staff numbers have reduced by 5% over the year.

Trakm8 has a great team and I would like to thank everyone for their hard work, dedication and contribution to the ongoing success of the business.

Outlook

We start the new financial year with the ongoing supply chain challenges impacting our costs and our development progress. A significant amount of our engineering resources are devoted to redesigning current devices to meet component changes.

Currently Insurance & Automotive devices supplied to end of May 2022 amount to 60% more than the corresponding period last year due to the increased number of new clients secured. Fleet deliveries have been reasonably good with new unit shipments 38% greater than the corresponding period last year.  

These shipments whilst increasing revenues for devices and where applicable installation in the short term, also drive increased levels of service revenues and profit for future periods.

April and May revenues were 11% higher than the corresponding period in FY 2022. 

Like many businesses, Trakm8 is having to continue to face challenges in a number of areas in particular, component supply availability and logistics which have the potential to lead to shortages that could impact customer product deliveries.  In addition, salary and component inflationary pressures are prevalent.  However, the board is taking action to minimise the impact of these challenges on the Trakm8 business through, for example, reduced headcount, higher selling prices and engineered cost reductions. 

On a much more positive note, we are seeing strong growth in the Insurance business due, in particular, to new customer wins.  In addition, we are optimistic about securing a number of Fleet deployment contract renewals during the remainder of this year.

It is against this business generation backdrop that the Board believes Trakm8 is building increasing momentum and is hopeful that this can be transformed into improved financial returns as we move forward.

 

John Watkins

EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN

28 June 2022

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FINANCIAL REVIEW

 

TRADING RESULTS


2022

2021

Change

Group Revenue (£'000)

18,111

15,961

+13%

of which, Recurring Revenue (£'000)

9,806

9,379

+5%

Loss before tax (£'000)

122

1,867

+93%

Profit/(Loss) after tax (£'000)

187

(1,237)

+115%

Adjusted Profit/(Loss) before tax1 (£'000)

3

(342)

+101%

Basic Profit/Loss per share (p)

0.37

(2.47)

+115%

Adjusted basic earnings per share (p)

0.41

0.07

+486%

1 Before exceptional costs and share based payments

 

Revenue

Group revenue increased by 13% to £18.1m (FY-2021: £16.0m) as the impact of Covid-19 reduced. Fleet revenues increased by 18% to £11.2m and Insurance and Automotive revenues increased by 7% to £6.9m. Despite the majority of Covid-19 lockdown measures ending early in the financial year, Insurance revenues recovered much slower than anticipated due to the well publicised driving test delays and second hand car price inflation and availability but offset by shipments to new customers in the final quarter. This was complimented by increased levels of Fleet and Optimisation orders including strong software revenues in H1. Recurring revenue generated from service and maintenance fees increased by 5% to £9.8m (FY-2021: £9.4m) due to the higher levels of shipments of devices across both business units and implementation of optimisation services.

Loss before tax

The Group reported a loss before tax of £0.1m (FY-2021: £1.9m). This marked significant progress as increased revenues delivered gross margins of £11.1m (FY-2021: £9.3m). Total administrative costs remained broadly similar at £10.8m despite the increased levels of revenue. This included an increase in marketing spend of £0.1m to aid revenue growth, a reduction of Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme income to £0.19m (FY-2021: £0.94m) and an increase in depreciation and amortisation of £0.2m. This was offset by overall reduction in employee costs of £0.38m and a reduction in share-based payments of £0.6m compared to the prior year.

Adjusted Profit before tax

With the improved revenues and gross margins, the Group returned to profitability with an adjusted profit of £0.0m (FY-2021: £0.3m loss). The improved revenue performance was offset by increased employee costs as the furloughed staff costs decreased to £0.4m (FY-2021: £1.6m) along with increases in depreciation and amortisation, marketing costs and a reduction in Other Income of £0.2m, £0.1m and £0.2m respectively. Our continued efforts in efficiency savings improved underlying overheads including a reduction in employee costs of £0.3m to offset the cost increases.

Exceptional Costs

Exceptional costs totalled £0.6m (FY-2021: £1.3m) and again primarily include one off costs relating to Covid-19 albeit greatly reduced from the prior year. This included £0.4m of employee costs whilst on furlough in the first half of the year and £0.2m of component costs due to the ongoing supply chain challenges instigated by Covid-19 both here and abroad. This was offset by £0.2m received as part of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme. In addition, £0.1m was incurred in our ongoing project to streamline our internal operations.

 

 

Balance Sheet


2022

2021


£'000

£'000

Non-Current Assets

25,874

25,640

Net Current Assets

1,704

4,169

Non-Current Liabilities

7,702

9,687

Net Assets

19,876

20,122

 

Net Assets decreased by £0.2m to £19.9m (FY-2021: £20.1m) reflecting the profit for the year, after deducting the IFRS2 Share based payments credits. 

Non-current assets increased by £0.2m to £25.9m (FY-2021: £25.6m).  This is due to a £0.5m reduction in right of use assets due to depreciation offset by a £0.8m increase in Intangible assets and £0.1m decrease in Property, plant and equipment.  Intangible assets increased due to the continued investment in development in both software and hardware with capitalised development costs in the year totaling £2.9m (FY-2021: £2.3m), offset by amortisation of £1.9m (FY-2021: £1.7m).   

Cash Flow


2022

2021


£'000

£'000

Net Cash generated from operations

3,810

4,702

Investing activities

(3,254)

(2,667)

Free Cash Flow1

556

2,035

Financing activities

(1,992)

(1,330)

(Decrease)/Increase in Cash in Year

(1,366)

705

Net Debt2

5,395

4,887

1 Cash generated from operating activities less cash used in investing activities (excluding cash flows related to acquisitions)

2 Total borrowings less cash and cash equivalents. FY-2022 net debt excludes £1.6m IFRS 16 lease liability. 

Cash from operating activities reduced by £0.9m to £3.8m (FY-2021: £4.7m) which included the repayment of £0.9m to HMRC under the time to pay agreement negotiated at the end of the last financial year. FY-2021 included the deferment of payments to HMRC which increased Cash from operating activities by £1.7m. Cash from operating activities also included R&D tax credit cash receipts of £0.7m (FY-2021: £0.9m) which reflects the Group's continued investment in development.

Free cash inflow of £0.6m (FY-2021: £2.0m) is due to the Net Cash generated from operating activities as detailed above, offset by cash outflows from investing activities which increased by £0.6m to £3.3m (FY-2021: £2.7m). 

Financing activities was an outflow of £1.9m (FY-2021: £1.3m). Following the negotiation of new and revised terms for the Group's borrowings in March 2021, capital repayments to both HSBC and the MEIF WM Debt LP resumed in the second half of the year totalling £0.7m (FY2021: £0.1m).

Net Debt 

Net debt excluding IFRS 16 lease liability of £1.6m (FY-2021 £1.9m) increased by £0.5m to £5.4m (FY-2021: £4.9m).  Cash balances total £1.0m (FY-2021: £2.4m) and total borrowings including IFRS16 lease liability of £1.6m totals £7.9m (FY-2021: £9.1m).  Borrowing comprised £4.9m (FY-2021: £5.3m) term loan with HSBC, a £1.2m (FY-2021: £1.5m) term loan with MEIF WM Debt LP and £2.0m (FY-2021: £2.4m) of obligations under Right-to-use lease liabilities.  In addition, at the year end the Group had a £0.5m unused overdraft facility with HSBC. 


Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income For The Year Ended 31 March 2022

 

 





 

 


Note

Year ended 31 March 2022

Year ended 31 March 2021

 

 



£'000

£'000

 

 

REVENUE

4

18,111

  15,961

 

 

Cost of sales


(7,004)

(6,643)

 

 




 

 

Gross profit

  11,107

  9,318

 

 





 

 

Other income

5

13

  194

 

 





 

 

Administrative expenses excluding exceptional costs


(10,193)

(9,585)

 

 

Exceptional administrative costs

7

(568)

(1,342)

 

 

Total administrative costs


(10,761)

(10,927)

 

 





 

 

OPERATING PROFIT/(LOSS)

6

359

(1,415)

 

 

 




 

 

Finance income


  67

  78

 

 

Finance costs

8

(548)

(530)

 

 





 

 

LOSS BEFORE TAXATION

 

(122)

(1,867)

 

 

Income tax


  309

  630

 

 




 

 

PROFIT/(LOSS) FOR THE YEAR


187

(1,237)

 

 

 




 

 

OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME




 

 

Items that may be subsequently reclassified to profit or loss:




 

 

Exchange differences on translation of foreign operations


10

(3)

 

 

TOTAL OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME/(LOSS)


10

(3)

 

 





 

 




 

 

TOTAL COMPREHENSIVE PROFIT/(LOSS) FOR THE YEAR ATTRIBUTABLE TO OWNERS OF THE PARENT


197

(1,240)

 

 





 

 

LOSS BEFORE TAXATION


(122)

(1,867)

 

 

Exceptional administrative costs


  568

  1,342

 

 

IFRS2 Share based payments charge


(443) 

  183

 

 

ADJUSTED PROFIT/(LOSS) BEFORE TAX

6

3

(342)

 

 





 

 

PROFIT/(LOSS) PER ORDINARY SHARE (PENCE) ATTRIBUTABLE TO OWNERS OF THE PARENT




 

 





 

 

Basic

9

0.37p

(2.47p)

 

 

Diluted

9

0.37p

(2.47p)

 

 


 

 

The results all relate to continuing operations.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity For The Year Ended 31 March 2022

 

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

Note

Share capital

Share premium

Merger  reserve

Translation reserve

Treasury reserve

Retained earnings

Total equity

 

 

 

£'000

£'000

£'000

£'000

£'000

£'000

£'000

 

Balance as at 1 April 2020

 

  500

  14,691

  1,138

  196

(4)

  4,658

 21,179

 

 

 








 

Comprehensive loss

 








 

Loss for the year

 

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

(1,237)

(1,237)

 

Other comprehensive loss

 








 

Exchange differences on translation of overseas operations

 

 -

 -

 -

(3)

-

  - 

(3)

 

Total comprehensive loss

 

  - 

  - 

  - 

(3)

  - 

(1,237)

(1,240)

 

 

 








 

Transactions with owners

 








 

IFRS2 Share-based payments charge

 

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

  183

  183

 

Transactions with owners

 

  - 

  - 

  - 

  - 

  - 

  183

  183

 

 

 








 

Balance as at 1 April 2021

 

  500

  14,691

  1,138

  193

(4)

  3,604

 20,122

 

 

 








 

Comprehensive income

 








 

Income for the year

 

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

  187

  187

 

Other comprehensive income

 








 

Exchange differences on translation of overseas operations

 

 -

 -

 -

  10

 -

  - 

  10

 

Total comprehensive income

 

  - 

  - 

  - 

  10

  - 

  187

  197

 

 

 








 

Transactions with owners

 








 

IFRS2 Share based payments credit

 

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

(443)

(443)

 

Transactions with owners

 

  - 

  - 

  - 

  - 

  - 

(443)

(443)

 

Balance as at 31 March 2022

 

  500

  14,691

  1,138

  203

(4)

  3,348

19,876













 

 


 

Consolidated Statement of Financial Position As At 31 March 2022


Note

As at 31 March 2022

As at 31 March 2021

ASSETS


£'000

£'000

NON CURRENT ASSETS




Intangible assets

10

23,012

  22,187

Property, plant and equipment


803

  891

Right of use assets


2,032

  2,512

Amounts receivable under finance leases


27

  50


25,874

25,640

CURRENT ASSETS

 

 

 

Inventories


1,322

  1,409

Trade and other receivables


  7,944

  6,679

Corporation tax receivable


  709

  690

Cash and cash equivalents


  1,004

  2,370


  10,979

11,148

LIABILITIES




CURRENT LIABILITIES




Trade and other payables


(7,521)

(5,417)

Borrowings


(1,115)

(855)

Right of use liability


(612)

(680)

Provisions


(27)

(27)



(9,275)

(6,979)





CURRENT ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES

  1,704

4,169




TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES

  27,578

  29,809




NON CURRENT LIABILITIES




Trade and other payables


(626)

(1,546)

Borrowings


(4,855)

(5,815)

Right of use liability


(1,367)

(1,767)

Provisions


(112)

(190)

Deferred income tax liability


(742)

(369)



(7,702)

(9,687)





NET ASSETS

  19,876

  20,122




EQUITY




Share capital

11

  500

  500

Share premium


  14,691

  14,691

Merger reserve


  1,138

  1,138

Translation reserve


203

  193

Treasury reserve


(4)

(4)

Retained earnings


  3,348

  3,604





TOTAL EQUITY ATTRIBUTABLE TO EQUITY HOLDERS OF THE PARENT


  19,876

  20,122

 




The loss for the Company for the year determined in accordance with the Companies Act 2006 was £176,000 (2021: loss £257,000).

The notes on pages 46 to 81 of the annual report and accounts are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements. These financial statements were approved by the Board of directors and authorised for issue on 28 June 2022 and are signed on its behalf by:

John Watkins - Director

Jon Edwards - Director


Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows For The Year Ended 31 March 2022

 






 


Notes

Year ended 31 March 2022

Year ended 31 March 2021



 '000

 '000

NET CASH GENERATED FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES

12

  3,810

  4,702





CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES

 



Purchases of property, plant and equipment


(420)

(330)

Proceeds from sale of property, plant and equipment


  125

  - 

Purchases of software


(48)

(47)

Capitalised development costs


(2,911)

(2,290)





NET CASH USED IN INVESTING ACTIVITIES

 

(3,254)

(2,667)





CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES



Increase in loans


  - 

  5,300

Loan arrangement fees


(5)

(88)

Repayment of loans


(743)

(5,379)

Repayment of obligations under lease agreements


(674)

(670)

Interest paid


(500)

(493)





NET CASH USED IN FINANCING ACTIVITIES

 

(1,922)

(1,330)





NET (DECREASE)/INCREASE IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS

 

(1,366)

  705





CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS AT BEGINNING OF YEAR

 

  2,370

  1,665





CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS AT END OF YEAR

 

  1,004

  2,370

 

 

 


 

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

 

1

 GENERAL INFORMATION

 

















Trakm8 Holdings PLC ("Company") and its subsidiaries (together the "Group") develop, manufacture, distribute and sell telematics devices and services and optimisation solutions.












Trakm8 Holdings PLC is a public limited company incorporated in the United Kingdom (registration number 05452547). The Company is domiciled in the United Kingdom and its registered office address is 4 Roman Park, Roman Way, Coleshill, West Midlands, B46 1HG. The Company's Ordinary shares are traded on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange. The Company is registered in England and is limited by shares.












The Group's principal activity is the development, manufacture, marketing and distribution of vehicle telematics equipment and services and optimisation solutions. The Company's principal activity is to act as a holding company for its subsidiaries.












The consolidated financial statements are presented in Sterling and all values are rounded to the nearest thousand (£'000) except where otherwise indicated.

 

2

PREPARATION OF FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND STATEMENT OF COMPLIANCE WITH IFRS

 











The Group's financial statements have been prepared in accordance with UK-adopted International Financial Reporting Standards ("IFRS") and IFRS Interpretations Committee ("IFRS IC") interpretations as endorsed by the European Union, and with those parts of the Companies Act 2006 applicable to companies reporting under IFRS.

 

3

BASIS OF PREPARATION


















The audited financial information included in this preliminary results announcement for the year ended 31 March 2022 and audited information for the year ended 31 March 2021 does not comprise statutory accounts within the meaning of section 434 Companies Act 2006.  The information has been extracted from the audited statutory financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2022 which will be delivered to the Registrar of Companies in due course.  Statutory financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2021 were approved by the Board of directors and have been delivered to the Registrar of Companies.  The report of the independent auditors for the year ended 31 March 2022 and 2021 respectively on these financial statements were unqualified and did not include a statement under section 498 of the Companies Act 2006.












These financial statements are prepared on a going concern basis after assessing the principal risks. To monitor the future cash position the Group produces projections of its working capital and long term funding requirements covering 3 months in detail and 1 and 2 year projections. These projections are updated on a regular basis to reflect current trading and latest information on future trading. The Group does have a substantial recurring revenue base that accounts for 54% of revenues that provide a strong underlying base.

 

The Group renewed its debt facilities with HSBC in March 2021 and benefitted from deferral of capital repayments which recommenced in September 2021. This was in addition to reaching an agreement with HMRC to repay £1.8m VAT, PAYE & NI equally between this financial year and next. Covenant tests to the end of March 2022 were an absolute EBITDA tested quarterly, moving to quarterly cash flow cover and leverage covenants from June 2022.

 

At the year end the Group has cash balances of £1,004,000 and an unused overdraft facility of £500,000. The Groups latest projections for twelve months from the date of signing the financial statements show that the Group has sufficient cash resources and will meet its covenants with headroom for the foreseeable future. The Group has completed adverse sensitivities against its current projections to reflect potential external risks where material shortages constrain its ability to fulfil orders or demand of its products and services reduce and material costs increase.

 

 

 

 

To assess the potential impact of these, a 10% reduction in Fleet new business contract value and Insurance shipments and a 10% increase in material costs were modelled against the Groups current forecast. Despite the cumulative impact of these changes the Group still maintains compliance with the covenants for the coming twelve months without the inclusion of any mitigations that could and would be implemented such as price increases and savings in both direct and indirect costs.

 

On this basis the Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Group will have adequate financial resources to continue in operation for the foreseeable future and therefore it is appropriate to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.

 

 

4

SEGMENTAL ANALYSIS













The chief operating decision maker ("CODM") is identified as the Board. It continues to define all the Group's trading under the single Integrated Telematics Technology segment and therefore review the results of the group as a whole.  Consequently all of the Group's revenue, expenses, assets and liabilities are in respect of one Integrated Telematics Technology segment.


The Board as the CODM review the revenue streams of Integrated Fleet, Optimisation, Insurance and Automotive Solutions ("Solutions") as part of their internal reporting. Solutions represents the sale of the Group's full vehicle telematics and optimisation services, engineering services, professional services and mapping solutions to customers.

 


A breakdown of revenues within these streams are as follows:










Year ended 31 March 2022

Year ended 31 March 2021








£'000

£'000


Solutions:






  18,111

  15,961


Fleet and optimisation






11,217 

  9,520


Insurance and automotive






  6,894

  6,441











A geographical analysis of revenue by destination is as follows:



















Year ended 31 March 2022

Year ended 31 March 2021








£'000

£'000


United Kingdom






17,784

  15,647


North America






-

  4


Norway






-

  2


Rest of Europe






272

  293


Rest of World






55

  15








18,111

  15,961

 

5

 

 

OTHER INCOME















Year ended 31 March 2022

Year ended 31 March 2021








£'000

£'000


Grant income






13

194








13

194

 

 


 

6

OPERATING PROFIT/(LOSS)

 









The following items have been included in arriving at operating profit/(loss):





Year ended 31 March 2022

Year ended 31 March 2021





£'000


Depreciation





 - owned assets



  176


 - right of use assets



  630


Amortisation of intangible assets





 - owned assets (see note 10)



  2,134


Other operating lease rentals



  34


Research and development expenditure



  669


Loss on disposal of property plant and equipment


  263


Loss on foreign exchange transactions



  22


Staff costs



  5,187


Exceptional administrative costs (see note 7)



  568


Auditors' remuneration





- Fees payable to the Company's auditors for the audit of the parent



  company and consolidated financial statements


  77







Adjusted profit/(loss) before tax is monitored by the Board and measured as follows:






Year ended 31 March 2022

Year ended 31 March 2021





£'000

£'000


Loss before tax



(122)


Exceptional administrative costs (note 9)



  568


Share based payments



(443)


Adjusted profit/(loss) before tax



  3

(342)






7

EXCEPTIONAL ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS

 







Year ended 31 March 2022

Year ended 31 March 2021





£'000

£'000


Integration & restructuring costs



  107


Covid-19 costs



  646


Furlough grant income



(185)





  568

  1,342

 

 


The Group incurred exceptional costs in the current and prior financial year relating to the Covid-19 pandemic. These costs include the increased cost of temporarily buying raw materials from auxiliary markets to ensure continuity of supply of key components which were in constraint due to supply chain issues caused by the pandemic. In addition this includes the costs of employees during periods of furlough.

 

 

 

 

 


The Group has also incurred significant costs relating to its ongoing project to streamline and rationalise the operations of the business. This has resulted in the following non-underlying, one-off costs:

- Restructuring costs incurred as a result of a headcount reduction activity undertaken during the current financial year.

- In the prior year, integration and restructuring costs incurred relate to integrating the activities of Route Monkey Limited and Roadsense Limited that were acquired in previous financial years and include costs associated with office closures and costs and profits incurred as part of its long-term real estate plan.

- In the current and prior year, the Group received furlough grant income that relates to income received from the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme for employees furloughed as a result of Covid-19.

 

8

FINANCE COSTS

 



 




Year ended 31 March 2022

Year ended 31 March 2021

 




£'000

£'000

 


Interest on bank loans


  388

  373

 


Amortisation of debt issue costs

  48

  37

 


Interest on right of use assets


  112

  120

 




  548

  530

 

 

9

EARNINGS PER ORDINARY SHARE

 

 





 


The earnings per Ordinary share have been calculated in accordance with IAS 33 using the profit/(loss) for the year and the weighted average number of Ordinary shares in issue during the year as follows:

 




Year ended 31 March 2022

Year ended 31 March 2021

 




£'000

£'000

 


Profit/(Loss) for the year after taxation


  187

(1,237)

 


Exceptional administrative costs


  568

  1,342

 


Share based payments


(443)

  183

 


Tax effect of adjustments


(108)

(255)

 


Adjusted profit for the year after taxation


  204

  33

 






 




No.

  No.

 


Number of Ordinary shares of 1p each at 31 March


50,004,002

50,004,002

 






 


Basic weighted average number of Ordinary shares of 1p each

50,004,002

50,004,002

 


Diluted weighted average number of Ordinary shares of 1p each*

50,056,538

50,004,002

 






 


Basic profit/(loss) per share


0.37p

(2.47p)

 


Diluted profit/(loss) per share


0.37p

(2.47p)

 






 


Adjust for effects of:




 


Exceptional costs


0.92p

2.17p

 


Share based payments


(0.89p)

0.37p

 






 


Adjusted basic earnings per share


0.41p

0.07p

 


Adjusted diluted earnings per share


0.41p

0.07p

 






 


*In the current year, the Group awarded Tranch AI with an exercise price of 16p. This grant is dilutive as the exercise price is less than the average share price as at year end.













 

10

INTANGIBLE ASSETS

 







 




Goodwill

Intellectual property

Customer relationships

Development costs

Software

Total

 




£'000

£'000

£'000

£'000

£'000

£'000

 


COST

 







 


As at 1 April 2020


  10,417

  1,920

  100

  17,190

  1,903

  31,530

 


Additions - Internal developments

  - 

  - 

2,119

 - 

  2,119

 


Additions - External purchases

  - 

  - 

  - 

171

  47

  218

 


Impairments


  - 

  - 

  - 

  - 

(155)

(155)

 


Disposals

  - 

  - 

  - 

(238)

(36)

(274)

 


As at 31 March 2021


  10,417

  1,920

  100

  19,242

  1,759

  33,438

 


Additions - Internal developments

  - 

  - 

  - 

  2,521

  46

  2,567

 


Additions - External purchases

  - 

  - 

  - 

  390

  2

  392

 


As at 31 March 2022


  10,417

  1,920

  100

  22,153

  1,807

  36,397

 


AMORTISATION

 







 


As at 1 April 2020


  - 

  1,910

  100

  6,479

  1,044

  9,533

 


Charge for year


  - 

  10

  - 

  1,733

  249

  1,992

 


Disposals

  - 

  - 

  - 

(238)

(36)

(274)

 


As at 31 March 2021


  - 

  1,920

  100

  7,974

  1,257

  11,251

 


Charge for year


  - 

  - 

  - 

  1,943

  191

  2,134

 


As at 31 March 2022


  - 

  1,920

  100

  9,917

  1,448

  13,385

 


NET BOOK AMOUNT

 







 


As at 31 March 2022


  10,417

  - 

  - 

  12,236

  359

  23,012

 










 


As at 31 March 2021


  10,417

  - 

  - 

  11,268

  502

  22,187

 










 


As at 1 April 2020


  10,417

  10

  - 

  10,711

  859

  21,997

 


 

Goodwill arose in relation to the Group's acquisition of 100% of the share capital of Roadsense Technology Limited (Roadsense), Route Monkey Limited (Route Monkey), Box Telematics Limited (Box) and DCS Systems Limited (DCS).

 





Since the acquisition Roadsense, Box, Route Monkey and DCS have been incorporated into the Trakm8 business. These businesses have therefore been assessed as one cash generating unit for an impairment test on Goodwill.

 


The impairment review has been performed using a value in use calculation.

 











The impairment review has been based on the Group's budgets for FY-2023 which have been reviewed and approved by the Board and projections for FY-2024.  Forecasts for the subsequent 3 years have been produced based on 7% (a prudent growth rate for telematics market) growth rates in revenue and EBITDA in each year.  A net present value has been calculated using a pre tax discount rate of 9% (Group's weighted average cost of capital) which is deemed to be a reasonable rate taking account of the Group's cost of funds and an extra element for risk.  A terminal value has been calculated and included in the discounted cash flow forecasts used within the model to fully support the goodwill value. A growth rate of 2% was used to determine the terminal value.

 
















 



The forecast shows sufficient headroom of cash flow above the net assets value when we have performed sensitivity analysis.


1. An increase in the discount rate to 12% shows headroom of £3m.





2. A decrease in the growth rate to 5% shows headroom of £10m.






3. A decrease in the terminal growth rate to 1% shows headroom of £11m.














In addition, sensitivity analysis has been undertaken and indicates that an impairment will be triggered by:


1. Decrease in annual growth rates from 7% to 4% and decrease in terminal growth rate from 2% to 1% and increase the discount rate from 10% to 11%.


Or triggered by:









1. Decrease in net cash generated from operating activities for FY-2023 and FY-2024 of 14%.











Amortisation expenses of £2,134,000 (2021: £1,992,000) have been charged to Administrative expenses in the Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income. 

 

11

SHARE CAPITAL

 











As at 31 March 2022

As at 31 March 2021















No's

£'000

No's

£'000


Authorised:




'000's


 '000's



Ordinary shares of 1p each



200,000

2,000

200,000

2,000


Allotted, issued and fully paid:








Ordinary shares of 1p each



50,004

500

50,004

500











The Company currently holds 29,000 Ordinary shares in treasury representing 0.06% (2021: 0.06%) of the Company's issued share capital.  The number of 1 pence Ordinary shares that the Company has in issue less the total number of Treasury shares is 49,975,002.















 

12

CASH GENERATED FROM OPERATIONS

 











As at 31 March 2022

As at 31 March 2021








£'000

£'000











Loss before tax





(122)

(1,867)


Depreciation





  806

  781


(Profit)/Loss on disposal of fixed assets



  263

  318


Net bank and other interest




  481

  452


Exceptional costs





  568

  1,342


Amortisation of intangible assets




  2,134

  1,992


Exchange movement




  10

(3)


Share based payments




(443)

  183


Operating cash flows before movement in working capital


  3,697

  3,198


Movement in inventories




  87

  634


Movement in trade and other receivables



(1,242)

  1,166


Movement in trade and other payables



  1,184

  70


Movement in provisions




(78)

  33


Cash generated from operations before exceptional costs


  3,648

  5,101


Cash outflow from exceptional costs



(568)

(1,342)


Cash generated from operations




  3,080

  3,759


Interest received





  67

  78


Income taxes received




  663

  865


Net cash inflow from operating activities



  3,810

  4,702

 

 

 

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