Final Results for the 12 months ended 31 Dec 2023
26 March 2024
TruFin plc
("TruFin" or the "Company" or together with its subsidiaries "TruFin Group" or the "Group")
FINAL RESULTS FOR THE 12 MONTHS ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
TruFin is pleased to announce its audited results for the 12 months ended 31 December 2023. TruFin's complete annual report and accounts, which set out these results in full detail with accompanying commentary, are now available on TruFin's website: www.Trufin.com/investors.
Financial Highlights
· Gross revenue grew 34% to £20.51m (2022: £15.32m) driven by growth across all the subsidiaries
· Gross profit margin grew to 72% (2022: 70%)
· Adjusted EBITDA3 was £(3.0)m (2022: £(5.7) 2m), a 48% year-over-year improvement
· Adjusted Loss Before Tax3 ("LBT") was £(6.1)2m (2022: £8.2m)
· Cash and cash equivalents at year end totalled £10.1m (£6.0m unrestricted)
Company Highlights
· Oxygen Finance Limited ("Oxygen") EBITDA increased 11% to £1.3m (2022: £1.1m)
· Satago Financial Solutions Limited ("Satago") grew revenue by more than 71% to £3.8m (2022: £2.2m) after its platform was chosen to support invoice factoring solutions for Lloyds Bank plc ("Lloyds Bank" or the "Bank") customers
· Playstack Limited ("Playstack") grew revenue by more than 27% to £8.0m (2022: £6.3m) and secured the rights to the Mortal Shell franchise
· Vertus Capital Limited ("Vertus") was disposed of in October 2023 for £3.2m
Current Trading and Prospects
· Group revenue at 29 February 2024 was not less than £5.8m (unaudited), growing 271% compared to same period in 2023. Much of this exceptional growth rate is as a result of the successful launch of Playstack's fastest selling game. Whilst it is still early in the year, this excellent start to 2024 provides a strong platform for the Group
· Oxygen revenue to 29 February 2024 grew 35% when compared to the same period in 2023
· Satago has secured Bank of Ireland as its embedded finance partner in Ireland. This is Satago's first Tier-1 bank outside of the UK and signals significant interest in its platform globally
· Playstack released their fastest selling game on February 20 with more than one million units sold in the first 30 days. Playstack expects to release a further 5 games during 2024
James van den Bergh, TruFin CEO, said:
"The overarching goal of 2023 was to solidify the Group's position in preparation for step changes in growth and profitability in the years ahead; we achieved this objective with growth and consolidation for all of the subsidiaries.
Given the continued consistent performance of Oxygen, managed by Ben Jackson, it is only appropriate to repeat the same phrase we used last year and the year before: Oxygen, yet again, grew its client base, revenues and EBITDA. Shareholders can expect to hear that mantra repeated for many years to come. With more than 87% of the next four year's revenue already contracted, it is clear to me that the attractiveness of Oxygen will rise with every passing year. In addition, there is an exciting pipeline of opportunities for further growth within the existing client base.
Oxygen also completed a planned investment of more than £1.2m in its platform and people and acquired bidstats.uk, the UK's No 1 portal for public sector tendering. The financial benefits of this investment and acquisition is expected to be seen in 2024 and beyond.
Having secured a landmark contract and investment from Lloyds, and signed an embedded finance agreement with Sage, this was a year of growth and consolidation for Satago. Working with such innovative and respected organisations as Lloyds and Sage is a privilege and we look forward to more developments with these partnerships in the coming months. Since the year end, Sinead McHale and her team have secured Bank of Ireland as their first Tier-1 Bank outside the UK. The list of blue-chip organisations that are looking to onboard Satago's platform continues to grow.
Playstack optimised its operations over the year to focus on what the business is great at - sourcing and publishing PC and console games. With a growing back book, soon expected to reach more than 50% of revenues, and multiple new game releases secured, Playstack is now a diversified and run-rate profitable business with a repeatable and scalable business model. Securing the Mortal Shell franchise was also a welcome milestone - made possible by our exceptional shareholder base.
The successful launch of Balatro this February deserves a mention - to sell one million units in less than 30 days is an incredible achievement. For TruFin, the important thing to note is that Balatro pushes Playstack's PC and console publishing business' "hit ratio" (success: failure ratio) to >95%. This bodes well for the future.
2024 will be an exciting year and I look forward to updating shareholders as to progress in the coming months."
Notes
1 Includes revenues for Vertus until its disposal from the Group on 4 October 2023. Revenue per the statutory accounts P&L only reflects revenues for continuing operations at £18.1m (2022: £13.9m).
2 Adjusted as if Vertus sold on the corresponding date in 2022 i.e. 4 October
3 Includes performance for Vertus until its disposal from the Group on 4 October 2023, and adjusted to remove share-based payment charges implemented during 2023
Enquiries:
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TruFin plc |
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Liberum Capital Limited (Nominated Adviser and Corporate broker) |
0203 100 2000 |
About TruFin plc:
TruFin plc is the holding company of an operating group comprising four growth-focused technology businesses operating in niche markets: early payment provision, invoice finance, IFA finance and mobile games publishing. The Company was admitted to AIM in February 2018 and trades under the ticker symbol: TRU. More information is available on the Company website: www.TruFin.com.
Chair's Statement
I am pleased to present TruFin's Annual Report and Accounts for 2023. I am equally pleased to report that the past 12 months have seen all of our businesses continue to deliver strong performances in the face of persisting macroeconomic challenges.
Though the inflationary pressures that have marked the post-pandemic era are easing, monetary policy remains tight and central banks' next moves are hard to predict. Geopolitical uncertainty on multiple fronts, from the conflicts in Ukraine and Gaza to the upcoming US and UK elections, continues to build and impact the financial and economic outlook. We are not out of the woods yet.
Despite this, TruFin delivered on its objectives during 2023 and is well positioned for the year ahead. During the year the Group realised £3.2m from the sale of Vertus, whilst all three remaining investments posted double digit revenue growth. As a result, Group revenues were up by almost a third on the previous year. Such achievements are testament to the skill and resilience of our people and the strength of their visions.
In a year of considerable progress, two key milestones at the Group level stand out. In June the management completed a heavily oversubscribed fundraising, strengthening the Group balance sheet and allowing further investment into Playstack's growing portfolio of game releases. The disposal of Vertus in October was also a significant moment in TruFin's strategic development, enabling management to focus on maximising-value in its three remaining businesses.
In addition, there has been a determined focus on growing recurring revenues - software and licensing fee sales and game royalties - across the board. Looking ahead, this augurs well for predictability of future income, Group profitability, and shareholder value alike.
It is especially pleasing to note that Playstack achieved its major goal for the year of achieving EBITDA profitability for the first time. It looks set for more of the same in 2024 thanks to its recent run of critically acclaimed game releases. It is also gratifying that Satago and Oxygen both performed in line with expectations, continuing their operational and financial progress.
Such consistent positive momentum speaks to the success of the Group's strategy and marks a maturing of the business. Notably, the Group beat market expectations by significantly reducing EBITDA loss in 2023. We enter 2024 financially strong and on a clear path to future profitability. This continued upward trajectory is remarkable given the challenges of operating amid ongoing global instability and is a clear demonstration that TruFin possesses the resilience to prosper, despite the global headwinds.
It remains only for me to thank all our staff for their commitment and hard work, as well as our shareholders for their continued support.
Steve Baldwin
Chair
CEO's Review
TruFin made significant progress in 2023.
Undeterred by the unfavourable macroeconomic and corporate climate, our market-leading businesses have once again prospered, all recording double digit growth and laying the foundations for meaningful growth in the years ahead.
As ever, Group support has been key to ensuring the ongoing success of TruFin's subsidiaries, particularly in such a challenging environment. The £7.6m fundraising in June 2023 and the £3.2m sale of Vertus in October 2023 have enabled the Group to continue to invest in its three remaining businesses and solidify their market positions.
Moreover, the Vertus deal marks another step in executing the Group's strategy - to focus our assets on recurring and predictable sources of income in order to deliver significant value to our shareholders.
2023 Group performance
Mirroring the strong performance of our subsidiaries, Group revenue increased 31% year-on-year to £18.1m. Of this, 92% was from recurring software sales and licensing fees evidencing the continued success of TruFin's strategic pivot towards predictable and repeatable revenue sources.
Key growth drivers during the period included 71% growth in revenues in Satago which more than doubled its paid subscribers (to 967) and deepened its ties with major partner Lloyds Bank as it began successfully migrating the Bank's existing customers onto its platform. Meanwhile Oxygen's core Early Payment business grew by 26% year-on-year, generating 65% of the subsidiary's total revenue. Playstack's revenues grew 27% on the back of an ever increasingly diversified portfolio of games. With three critically acclaimed releases during the year and a significant increase in its revenue-generating back catalogue - anticipated to contribute a meaningful proportion of 2024 revenues - Playstack is in an enviable position.
At year end the Group had a cash balance of £10.1m (including cash of £4.1m in Satago which is not 100% owned). As such, unrestricted cash is no less than £6.0m and the Group is fully funded to profitability.
Current trading and prospects
TruFin has had a strong start to the year with Group revenues for January and February expected to be not less than £5.8m; a 271% increase over the same period in 2023. Playstack's latest game launch, Balatro, has contributed to much of this growth. It is important to note that this pace of growth is not expected to continue throughout the year.
As always, growth, profitability and value crystallisation remain integral to TruFin's purpose and vision. Following the strong start in 2024, the Group's vision is even more tangible.
Outlook
If 2023 was the year of double-digit growth across the Group, 2024 is set to be the year of both further growth and improving profitability.
Whilst mindful of the unsettled global political and economic picture, TruFin's steady yet ambitious stewardship of its subsidiaries in pursuit of shareholder value will continue. Targeted investment in all three businesses during the last 12 months is expected to produce scaled revenues and accelerate profitability. Ultimately this will result in significant shareholder returns.
As we enter 2024 our businesses are well positioned for the years ahead, with two of the three now EBITDA profitable and the third poised to follow. Oxygen is set to consolidate its market dominance having invested heavily in its platform and people in 2023 as well as acquiring and successfully integrating bidstats.uk. With significant interest in its digitised proposition from both UK and overseas banks, Satago is ready to replicate the success of its flagship relationship with Lloyds Bank as well as capitalise further on its high-performing Lending-as-a-Service and Embedded Finance subscription services.
Meanwhile Playstack, fresh from achieving its 2023 aim of EBITDA profitability, is close to concluding several major platform deals and will continue to focus relentlessly on its core strengths of sourcing and publishing video games. Its first release in 2024, the poker game Balatro, achieved profitability within an hour, earning it the accolade of Playstack's fastest selling game.
Each of these achievements is underpinned by our ongoing investment in building lasting relationships with our customers and partners and delivering services tailored to their needs. Each one takes us ever closer to our ultimate goal of rewarding shareholders with significant value-creating transactions.
On behalf of the Board, our staff, partners and stakeholders I would like to extend my thanks to our shareholders for continuing to stand behind TruFin, despite the headwinds we collectively face. We are buoyed by the progress made in 2023 and looking forward to compounding these gains by pursuing our objectives with optimism and determination in 2024.
James van den Bergh
Chief Executive Officer
OXYGEN REVIEW
2023 performance
Oxygen delivered revenues of £6.2m, up 16% (2022: £5.3m), with the increase driven by strong performance across all principal revenue streams. Such is Oxygen's confidence in the future, a £1.2m investment was made during the year, and staff numbers increased by 15 to 72 to accelerate revenues in 2024 on beyond. In addition Oxygen was able to acquire and integrate bidstats.uk and make a dividend payment to the Group of £0.5m, twice Oxygen's maiden dividend of £0.25m in 2022.
New business continued to progress well, with Oxygen still dominating the local government market. Combined trade-spending by Oxygen's Early Payment Programme clients increased by £2.8bn, to a record of £26.8bn. Oxygen's SaaS product portfolio also expanded, with new products creating incremental revenue. Over 50% of Oxygen's local authority Early Payment Programme clients also committed to at least one Oxygen SaaS subscription, up from 27% in 2022.
The average Early Payment Programme client tenure, a measure of customer loyalty and Oxygen's success in renewing contracts, reached 7.1 years at the end of 2023 (2022: 6.6 years), adding additional resilience to Oxygen's recurring revenue streams.
Early Payment Programme clients committed £1.3bn in spending to more than 4,900 suppliers during 2023 (2022: £1.1bn). New spend added during the year hit a record £385m (2022: £330m), 16% higher than the prior year.
Oxygen's position as a financial technology company delivering social value strengthened significantly. Throughout 2023 more than 15,000 small businesses within Oxygen clients' local communities received over £0.6bn in early payments - at no cost to the supplier. Oxygen made its Carbon Reporting tool freely available to the public sector to support the reduction of Scope 3 emissions and the consequential carbon impact.
Current trading and prospects
Indications from initial trading in 2024 are strong with double digit growth for recurring revenue streams continuing. Encouragingly, during 2023 circa £1.5bn was issued for tender with early payment (EP) terms included by our clients, an increase of 35% on the previous year which bodes well for supplier participation in 2024. EP revenue in January was up 40% on 2023 YoY.
Continued economic volatility and higher interest rates make Oxygen's EP solution increasingly attractive. Similarly, business development opportunities made available through the 60,000 monthly visitors to bidstats.uk will support SaaS growth in 2023.
Interest from new early payment clients is strong, with more opportunities in the pipeline than ever before.
SATAGO REVIEW
2023 performance
During 2023, revenue increased more than 70% to £3.8m (2022: £2.2m).
2023 was a year of consolidation and growth for Satago. Importantly, Lloyds Bank began migrating existing factoring clients onto Satago's proprietary platform in H2 2023. Following this successful test phase, a material portion of existing Bank clients are expected to migrate during 2024.
The next phase of the Satago platform was also successfully delivered during 2023, allowing the onboarding of the first 'new to Bank' customer.
Delivering Lending as a Service ("LaaS") and Embedded Finance solutions for existing clients remains Satago's top priority. Looking ahead, the hard work carried out over the last five years has ensured the platform is ready to be leveraged by other partners - giving 10s of thousands of SMEs access to all the benefits of the Satago platform in the coming years. Satago's partners and pipeline are testament to the exciting future ahead.
Satago's subscription packages performed strongly in 2023, with the number of paying subscribers more than doubling to 967 (2022: 430). Significant subscriber growth is expected to continue in 2024 and beyond. The platform's credit control and risk insights tools in particular are proving transformational to customers.
Current trading and prospects
Early 2024 has focused on product delivery for the Bank and the next phase of client wins. Meanwhile, the deep strategic relationship with Sage, the global leader in accounting software, will allow Satago to extend its core offerings of credit control and risk insights to SMEs globally.
Satago has a growing pipeline of LaaS and Embedded Finance customers in the UK and Europe with a number of significant partnerships expected to launch throughout the year.
PLAYSTACK REVIEW
2023 performance
During the year, Playstack focused on scaling into a profitable and sustainable business, achieving full-year EBITDA profitability aided in part by an increasingly strong portfolio of games that reduced dependencies on the success of a single title. In 2023, over 85% of Playstack revenue was derived from six front-line titles; compared to four games in 2022 and one game in 2021.
The future line-up of games continues to be extremely strong, largely due to the effectiveness of 'Magnitude', Playstack's proprietary sourcing toolset which assessed over 11,000 games during the year (up 275% compared to 2023) and continues to discover more than 80% of Playstack's pipeline - with multiple games now secured for 2024 and 2025 as a result of the technology.
Playstack's game studio subsidiary, Magic Fuel Games Inc, successfully launched Cityscapes: Sim Builder as an exclusive release on Apple Arcade. The game was subsequently nominated for Best Game on Apple Arcade in 2023, and frequently features in the top-20 games on the service.
Playstack launched two further titles during 2023: AK‑Xolotl and The Last Faith, and two expansion packs for The Case of the Golden Idol, reinforcing Playstack's focus on broadening its portfolio of franchises and increasing long-term performance potential through reinvesting in successful games after release. During the year Playstack secured two new technology partner contracts, each bringing an additional revenue stream to the business over multiple years and providing long-term predictability.
Current trading and prospects
Playstack's publishing portfolio is the centre of its 2024 strategy, with regular planned updates to existing games and a minimum of five new games for release across the year, including two games to be released in partnership with platforms. The first new release of 2024, Balatro, quickly exceeded all expectations, reaching game profitably in one hour and surpassing one million units sold within a month. With the 2024 line-up already secured, the game discovery focus has turned to 2025 and 2026 to ensure an increasingly strong pipeline of titles for the years ahead.
Back-book games remain a key component of future revenue modelling, with a minimum of 40% of 2024 revenues forecast to be derived from games introduced to market in 2022 and 2023.
Playstack continues to assert its position as a leader in the games industry, and is navigating well-publicised industry challenges through carefully curated and selected games, a focus on cost management, and sustainable profitability.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
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|
Notes |
2023 £'000 |
2022 £'000 |
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Interest income |
3 |
1,470 |
405 |
|
Fee income |
3 |
9,348 |
7,138 |
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Publishing income |
3 |
7,313 |
6,317 |
|
Gross revenue |
3 |
18,131 |
13,860 |
|
Interest, fee and publishing expenses |
|
(5,027) |
(4,207) |
|
Net revenue |
|
13,104 |
9,653 |
|
Staff costs |
5 |
(12.558) |
(11,641) |
|
Other operating expenses |
|
(5,850) |
(4,616) |
|
Depreciation & amortisation |
|
(1,922) |
(1,529) |
|
Net impairment on financial assets |
7 |
(109) |
(50) |
|
Share of (loss)/profit from associates |
|
(4) |
1 |
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Loss before tax |
|
(7,339) |
(8,182) |
|
Taxation |
2, 9 |
962 |
1,267 |
|
Loss from continuing operations |
|
(6,377) |
(6,915) |
|
(Loss)/profit from discontinued operations |
10 |
(963) |
109 |
|
Loss for the year |
|
(7,340) |
(6,806) |
|
Other comprehensive income |
|
|
|
|
Items that may be reclassified subsequently to profit and loss |
|
|
|
|
Exchange differences on translating foreign operations |
|
126 |
(65) |
|
Other comprehensive income for the year, net of tax |
|
126 |
(65) |
|
Total comprehensive loss for the year |
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(7,214) |
(6,871) |
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Loss for the year attributable to the owners of: TruFin plc |
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|
|
|
TruFin plc |
|
(6,472) |
(6,637) |
|
Non-controlling interests |
|
(868) |
(169) |
|
|
|
(7,340) |
(6,806) |
|
Total comprehensive loss for the year attributable to the owners of: |
|
|
|
|
TruFin plc |
|
(6,350) |
(6,704) |
|
Non-controlling interests |
|
(864) |
(167) |
|
|
|
(7,214) |
(6,871) |
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Total comprehensive (loss)/profit for the year attributable to Owners of TruFin plc from |
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|
|
|
Continuing operations |
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(5,190) |
(6,744) |
|
Discontinued operations |
|
(1,160) |
40 |
|
|
|
(6,350) |
(6,704) |
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Earnings per Share |
|
||
|
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Notes |
2023 pence |
2022 pence |
|
Basic and diluted EPS |
22 |
(6.5) |
(7.3) |
|
Basic and diluted EPS from continuing operations |
|
(5.3) |
(7.4) |
COMPANY STATEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
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|
|
|
|
|
|
Notes |
2023 £'000 |
2022 £'000 |
|
Revenue |
3 |
1,765 |
2,293 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Staff costs |
5 |
(2,106) |
(1,673) |
|
Other operating expenses |
|
(633) |
(660) |
|
Depreciation & amortisation |
|
(2) |
(2) |
|
Loss before tax |
|
(976) |
(42) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Taxation |
9 |
- |
- |
|
Loss and total comprehensive income for the year |
|
(976) |
(42) |
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION
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|
Notes |
2023 £'000 |
2022 £'000 |
|
|
Assets |
|
|
|
|
|
Non-current assets |
|
|
|
|
|
Intangible assets |
11 |
25,417 |
24,411 |
|
|
Property, plant and equipment |
12 |
275 |
345 |
|
|
Deferred tax asse |
9 |
250 |
250 |
|
|
Loans and advances |
14 |
- |
15,016 |
|
|
Total non-current assets |
|
25,942 |
40,022 |
|
|
Current assets |
|
|
|
|
|
Cash and cash equivalents |
|
10,140 |
10,273 |
|
|
Loans and advances |
14 |
7,234 |
9,145 |
|
|
Interest in associate |
|
- |
4 |
|
|
Trade receivables |
15 |
2,385 |
2,149 |
|
|
Other receivables |
15 |
4,975 |
3,899 |
|
|
Total current assets |
|
24,734 |
25,470 |
|
|
Total assets |
|
50,676 |
65,492 |
|
|
Equity and liabilities |
|
|
|
|
|
Equity |
|
|
|
|
|
Issued share capital |
16 |
96,311 |
85,706 |
|
|
Retained earnings |
|
(31,017) |
(24,884) |
|
|
Foreign exchange reserve |
|
59 |
(63) |
|
|
Other reserves |
|
(29,798) |
(26,531) |
|
|
Equity attributable to owners of the company |
|
35,555 |
34,228 |
|
|
Non-controlling interest |
20 |
2,385 |
5,876 |
|
|
Total equity |
|
37,940 |
40,104 |
|
|
Liabilities |
|
|
|
|
|
Non-current liabilities |
|
|
|
|
|
Borrowings |
17 |
1,047 |
16,764 |
|
|
Total non-current liabilities |
|
1,047 |
16,764 |
|
|
Current liabilities
|
|
|||
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Borrowings |
17 |
6,157 |
1,783 |
|
|
Trade and other payables |
18 |
5,532 |
6.841 |
|
|
Total current liabilities |
|
11,689 |
8,624 |
|
|
Total liabilities |
|
12,736 |
25,388 |
|
|
Total equity and liabilities |
|
50,676 |
65,492 |
|
COMPANY STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION
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|
Notes |
2023 £'000 |
2022 £'000 |
|
Assets |
|
|
|
|
Non-current assets |
|
|
|
|
Property, plant and equipment |
|
2 |
4 |
|
Investments in subsidiaries |
13 |
30,189 |
30,189 |
|
Amounts owed by group undertakings |
|
59,089 |
54,835 |
|
Total non-current assets |
|
89,280 |
85,028 |
|
Current assets |
|
|
|
|
Cash and cash equivalents |
|
4,723 |
2,260 |
|
Trade and other receivables |
15 |
161 |
138 |
|
Total current assets |
|
4,884 |
2,398 |
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Total assets |
|
94,164 |
87,426 |
|
Equity and liabilities |
|
|
|
|
Equity |
|
|
|
|
Issued share capital |
16 |
96,311 |
85,706 |
|
Retained earnings |
|
(6,679) |
(6,042) |
|
Other reserves |
|
3,798 |
6,828 |
|
Total equity |
|
93,430 |
86,492 |
|
Liabilities |
|
|
|
|
Current liabilities |
|
|
|
|
Trade and other payables |
18 |
734 |
934 |
|
Total current liabilities |
|
734 |
934 |
|
Total liabilities |
|
734 |
934 |
|
Total equity and liabilities |
|
94,164 |
87,426 |
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY
|
Share |
Retained |
Foreign exchange |
Other |
|
Non- controlling |
Total |
|
capital |
earnings |
reserve |
reserves |
Total |
interest |
equity |
|
£'000 |
£'000 |
£'000 |
£'000 |
£'000 |
£'000 |
£'000 |
|
Balance at 1 January 2023 |
85,706 |
(24,884) |
(63) |
(26,531) |
34,228 |
5,876 |
40,104 |
|
Loss for the year from continuing |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
operations |
- |
(5,312) |
- |
- |
(5,312) |
(1,065) |
(6,377) |
|
Other comprehensive income for the year |
- |
- |
122 |
- |
122 |
4 |
126 |
|
Loss from discontinued operations |
- |
(1,160) |
- |
- |
(1,160) |
197 |
(963) |
|
Total comprehensive loss for the year |
- |
(6,472) |
122 |
- |
(6,350) |
(864) |
(7,214) |
|
Issuance of shares |
10,605 |
(427) |
- |
(3,030) |
7,148 |
- |
7,148 |
|
Share based payment |
- |
766 |
- |
- |
766 |
- |
766 |
|
Disposal of subsidiary |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
(2,620) |
(2,620) |
|
Purchase of subsidiary shares |
- |
- |
- |
(237) |
(237) |
(7) |
(244) |
|
Balance at 31 December 2023 |
96,311 |
(31,017) |
59 |
(29,798) |
35,555 |
2,385 |
37,940 |
|
Balance at 1 January 2022 |
73,548 |
(17,731) |
4 |
(24,393) |
31,428 |
1,023 |
32,451 |
|
Loss for the year |
- |
(6,637) |
- |
- |
(6,637) |
(169) |
(6,806) |
|
Other comprehensive income for the year |
- |
- |
(67) |
- |
(67) |
2 |
(65) |
|
Total comprehensive loss for the year |
- |
(6,637) |
(67) |
- |
(6,704) |
(167) |
(6,871) |
|
Issuance of shares |
12,158 |
(496) |
- |
(2,138) |
9,524 |
- |
9,524 |
|
Issuance of shares by subsidiary |
- |
(20) |
- |
- |
(20) |
5,020 |
5,000 |
|
Balance at 31 December 2022 |
85,706 |
(24,884) |
(63) |
(26,531) |
34,228 |
5,876 |
40,104 |
Share capital
Share capital represents the nominal value of equity share capital issued.
Retained earnings
The retained earnings reserve represents cumulative net gains and losses.
Foreign exchange reserve
The foreign exchange reserve represents exchange differences which arise on consolidation from the translation of the financial statements of foreign subsidiaries.
Other reserves
Other reserves consist of the merger reserve, the share revaluation reserve and shares issued at a discount.
The merger reserve arose as a result of combining businesses that are under common control. As at 31 December 2023 it was a debit balance of £33,358,000 (2022: £33,358,000).
The share revaluation reserve arose from the share cancellation that took place in February 2018. As at 31 December 2023 its balance was £8,966,000 (2022: £8,966,000).
Shares issued at a discount arose from the share issuances that took place in April 2022 and July 2023. As at 31 December 2023 its balance was £5,168,000 (2021: £2,138,000). See Note 16 for further information.
Non-Controlling Interest
The non-controlling interest relates to the minority interest held in Bandana Media Limited, Playstack OY, Vertus Capital Limited, Vertus SPV1 Limited, Satago Financial Solutions Limited, Satago SPV1 Limited, Satago SPV2 Limited and Satago z.o.o.
COMPANY STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY
|
Share capital |
Retained earnings Other reserves |
Total equity |
|
£'000 |
£'000 £'000 |
£'000 |
|
Balance at 1 January 2023 |
85,706 |
(6,042) |
6,828 |
86,492 |
|
Total comprehensive loss for the year |
- |
(976) |
- |
(976) |
|
Issuance of shares |
10,605 |
(427) |
(3,030) |
7,148 |
|
Share based payment |
- |
766 |
- |
766 |
|
Balance at 31 December 2023 |
96,311 |
(6,679) |
3,798 |
93,430 |
|
Balance at 1 January 2022 |
73,548 |
(5,504) |
8,966 |
77,010 |
|
Total comprehensive loss for the year |
- |
(42) |
- |
(42) |
|
Issuance of shares |
12,158 |
(496) |
(2,138) |
9,524 |
|
Balance at 31 December 2022 |
85,706 |
(6,042) |
6,828 |
86,492 |
|
The notes on pages 50 to 89 are an integral part of these financial statements. |
|
|
|
|
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
|
|
Notes |
2023 £'000 |
2022 £'000 |
|
Cash flows from operating activities |
|
|
|
|
Loss before tax |
|
|
|
|
Continuing operations |
|
(7,339) |
(8,182) |
|
Discontinued operations |
|
(963) |
162 |
|
Adjustments for |
|
|
|
|
Depreciation of property, plant and equipment |
|
107 |
104 |
|
Amortisation of intangible assets |
|
2,893 |
2,314 |
|
Share based payments |
|
766 |
- |
|
Finance costs |
|
569 |
175 |
|
Share of loss/(profit) from associate |
|
4 |
(1) |
|
Loss on disposal of subsidiary |
|
1,358 |
- |
|
Underlying trading profit from discontinued operations |
|
(396) |
(162) |
|
|
|
(3,001) |
(5,590) |
|
Working capital adjustments |
|
|
|
|
Movement in loans and advances |
|
(4,491) |
(2,181) |
|
Increase in trade and other receivables |
|
(1,398) |
(32) |
|
Increase/(decrease) in trade and other payables |
|
390 |
(88) |
|
Net payables on acquisition of subsidiary |
|
- |
(67) |
|
|
|
(5,499) |
(2,368) |
|
Tax credit received |
|
768 |
668 |
|
Interest and finance costs |
|
(416) |
(162) |
|
Net cash used in operating activities from continuing operations |
|
(8,148) |
(7,452) |
|
Cash flows from investing activities: |
|
|
|
|
Additions to intangible assets |
|
(5,452) |
(3,085) |
|
Additions to property, plant and equipment |
|
(42) |
(107) |
|
Acquisition of subsidiaries |
|
(1,421) |
(1,217) |
|
Disposal of subsidiary |
|
3,147 |
- |
|
Cash on acquisition of subsidiary |
|
- |
19 |
|
Cash in subsidiary on disposal |
|
(938) |
- |
|
Net cash used in investing activities from continuing operations |
|
(4,706) |
(4,390) |
|
Cash flows from financing activities: |
|
|
|
|
Issue of ordinary share capital |
|
7,148 |
9,524 |
|
Issue of ordinary share capital of subsidiary |
|
- |
5,000 |
|
Net borrowings |
17 |
5,393 |
(55) |
|
Lease payments |
|
(81) |
(28) |
|
Net cash generated from financing activities from continuing operations |
|
12,460 |
14,441 |
|
Net (decrease)/increase in cash and cash equivalents from continuing operations |
|
(394) |
2,599 |
|
Net cash from discontinued operations |
|
199 |
56 |
|
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of the year |
|
10,273 |
7,608 |
|
Effect of foreign exchange rate changes |
|
62 |
10 |
|
Cash and cash equivalents at end of the year |
|
10,140 |
10,273 |
COMPANY STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
|
|
2023 £'000 |
2022 £'000 |
|
Cash flows from operating activities |
|
|
|
Loss before income tax |
(976) |
(42) |
|
Adjustments for: |
|
|
|
Depreciation of property, plant and equipment |
2 |
2 |
|
Interest income |
(1,657) |
(2,166) |
|
Share based payments |
766 |
- |
|
Working capital adjustments |
(1,865) |
(2,206) |
|
(Increase)/decrease in trade and other receivables |
(22) |
6 |
|
Decrease in trade and other payables |
(200) |
(94) |
|
|
(222) |
(88) |
|
Interest received |
117 |
- |
|
Net cash used in operating activities |
(1,970) |
(2,294) |
|
Cash flows from investing activities |
|
|
|
Intragroup loans cash advanced |
(6,156) |
(5,750) |
|
Intragroup loans cash received |
3,442 |
- |
|
Additions to property, plant and equipment |
- |
(6) |
|
Net cash generated used in investing activities |
(2,714) |
(5,756) |
|
Cash flows from financing activities Issue of ordinary share capital |
7,147 |
9,524 |
|
Net cash generated from financing activities |
7,147 |
9,524 |
|
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents |
2,463 |
1,474 |
|
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of the year |
2,260 |
786 |
|
Cash and cash equivalents at end of the year |
4,723 |
2,260 |
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Statutory information
TruFin plc is a Company registered in Jersey and incorporated under Companies (Jersey) Law 1991. The Company's ordinary shares were listed on the Alternative Investment Market of the London Stock Exchange on 21 February 2018. The address of the registered office is 26 New Street, St Helier, Jersey, JE2 3RA.
1. Accounting policies
General information
The TruFin Group (the "Group") is the consolidation of TruFin plc and the companies set out in the "Basis of consolidation" on pages 51-52.
The principal activities of the Group are the provision of niche lending, early payment services and game publishing.
The financial statements are presented in Pounds Sterling, which is the currency of the primary economic environment in which the Group operates. Amounts are rounded to the nearest thousand.
Basis of accounting
The consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards as adopted by the European Union ("IFRS").
Prior to 29 November 2017 and before the incorporation of TruFin plc and TruFin Holdings, the entities named above were under common control and therefore, have been accounted for as a common control transaction -that is a business combination in which all the combining entities or businesses are ultimately controlled by the same company both before and after the combination. IFRS 3 provides no specific guidance on accounting for entities under common control and therefore other relevant standards have been considered. These standards refer to pooling of assets and merger accounting and this is the methodology that has been used to consolidate the Group.
After 29 December 2017, post the reorganisation, the entities constitute a legal group and accordingly the consolidated financial statements have been prepared by applying relevant principles underlying the consolidation procedures of IFRS.
Basis of preparation
The results of the Group companies have been included in the consolidated statement of comprehensive income. Where necessary, adjustments have been made to the underlying financial information of the companies to bring the accounting policies used into line with those used by the Group. All intra-group transactions, balances, income and expenses are eliminated on consolidation.
The consolidated financial statements contained in this document consolidates the statements of total comprehensive income, statements of financial position, cash flow statements, statements of changes in equity and related notes for each of the companies listed in the "Basis of consolidation" on pages 51-52, which have been prepared in accordance with IFRS.
Non-controlling interests, presented as part of equity, represent the portion of a subsidiary's profit or loss and net assets that is not held by the Group. The Group attributes total comprehensive income or loss of subsidiaries between the owners of the parent and the non-controlling interests based on their respective ownership interests.
Basis of consolidation
The consolidated financial statements include all of the companies controlled by the Group, which are as follows:
|
Entities |
Country of incorporation |
Registered address |
Nature of the business |
% voting rights and shares held |
|
|
|
26 New Street, St Helier, |
|
|
|
TruFin Holdings Limited ("THL") |
Jersey |
Jersey JE2 3RA |
Holding Company |
100% of ordinary shares |
|
Satago Financial Solutions Limited |
|
|
|
|
|
("Satago") (together with Satago |
|
120 Regent Street, |
|
|
|
SPV 1, Satago SPV 2 and Satago |
|
London, United Kingdom, |
Provision of short term |
|
|
Poland) ("Satago Group") |
UK |
W1B 5FE |
finance |
72% of ordinary shares* |
|
|
|
120 Regent Street, |
|
|
|
|
|
London, United Kingdom, |
Provision of short term |
|
|
Satago SPV 1 Limited ("Satago SPV 1") |
UK |
W1B 5FE |
finance |
72% of ordinary shares* |
|
|
|
120 Regent Street, |
|
|
|
|
|
London, United Kingdom, |
Provision of short term |
|
|
Satago SPV 2 Limited ("Satago SPV 2") |
UK |
W1B 5FE |
finance |
72% of ordinary shares* |
|
|
|
32-023 Krakow ul. Sw. |
Provision of short term |
|
|
Satago z.o.o (Satago Poland) |
Poland |
Krzyza 19/6 Poland |
finance |
72% of ordinary shares* |
|
|
|
1st Floor Enterprise House, |
|
|
|
Oxygen Finance Group Limited ("OFGL") |
|
115 Edmund Street, |
|
|
|
(together with OFL, BPL and OFAI) |
|
Birmingham, United |
|
|
|
("Oxygen") |
UK |
Kingdom, B3 2HJ |
Holding Company |
85% of ordinary shares** |
|
|
|
1st Floor Enterprise House, |
|
|
|
|
|
115 Edmund Street, |
|
|
|
|
|
Birmingham, United |
Provision of early |
|
|
Oxygen Finance Limited ("OFL") |
UK |
Kingdom, B3 2HJ |
payment services |
85% of ordinary shares** |
|
|
|
1st Floor Enterprise House, |
|
|
|
|
|
115 Edmund Street, |
|
|
|
|
|
Birmingham, United |
|
|
|
Birmingham Procurement Limited ("BPL") |
UK |
Kingdom, B3 2HJ |
Not trading |
85% of ordinary shares** |
|
|
|
Corporation Trust Center, |
|
|
|
|
|
1209 Orange Street, City |
|
|
|
|
|
of Wilmington, County |
|
|
|
|
|
of New Castle, Delaware |
Provision of early |
|
|
Oxygen Finance Americas, Inc ("OFAI") |
USA |
19801, USA |
payment services |
85% of ordinary shares** |
|
|
|
120 Regent Street, |
|
|
|
|
|
London, United Kingdom, |
Provision of technology |
|
|
TruFin Software Limited ("TSL") |
UK |
W1B 5FE |
services |
100% of ordinary shares |
|
|
|
120 Regent Street, |
|
|
|
|
|
London, United Kingdom, |
Provision of short term |
|
|
AltLending UK Limited ("AltLending") |
UK |
W1B 5FE |
finance |
100% of ordinary shares |
|
|
|
56a Poland Street, |
|
|
|
|
|
London, United Kingdom, |
Publishing of computer |
|
|
Playstack Limited ("Playstack")*** |
UK |
W1F 7NN |
games |
100% of ordinary shares |
|
|
|
56a Poland Street, |
|
|
|
|
|
London, United Kingdom, |
Publishing of computer |
|
|
Bandana Media Limited ("Bandana")*** |
UK |
W1F 7NN |
games |
72% of ordinary shares |
|
|
|
56a Poland Street, |
|
|
|
|
|
London, United Kingdom, |
Business and domestic |
|
|
PlayIgnite Ltd ("PlayIgnite")*** |
UK |
W1F 7NN |
software developer |
100% of ordinary shares |
|
|
|
|
Publishing activities in |
|
|
|
|
Kamienna 21, 31-403 |
the field of computer |
|
|
Playstack z.o.o ("PS Poland")*** |
Poland |
Krakow, Poland |
games |
100% of ordinary shares |
|
|
|
|
Publishing activities in |
|
|
|
|
Mikonkatu 17 B, 00100 |
the field of computer |
|
|
Playstack OY ("PS Finland")*** |
Finland |
Helsinki, Finland |
games |
75% of ordinary shares |
|
Entities |
Country of incorporation |
Registered address |
Nature of the business |
% voting rights and shares held |
|
|
|
|
Developing, publishing |
|
|
|
|
Solbergavägen 17, 17998 |
and selling electronic |
|
|
Playstack AB ("PS Sweden")*** |
Sweden |
Färentuna, Sweden |
games |
100% of ordinary shares |
|
|
|
Gust Delaware, 16192 |
|
|
|
|
|
Coastal Hwy, Lewes, |
Publishing of computer |
|
|
Playstack Inc ("Playstack USA")*** |
USA |
DE 19958 |
games |
100% of ordinary shares |
|
|
|
Cogency Global Inc, 850 |
|
|
|
|
|
New Burton Road, Suite |
Business and domestic |
|
|
PlayIgnite Inc ("PlayIgnite USA")*** |
USA |
201, Dover DE 19904 |
software developer |
100% of ordinary shares |
|
|
|
5424 Sunol Blvd Ste 10 |
|
|
|
|
|
PMB 1021, Pleasanton, CA |
|
|
|
Magic Fuel Inc ("Magic Fuel") |
USA |
94566-7705 |
Game developer |
100% of ordinary shares |
* See Note 20 for the Group's effective economic ownership of the Satago Group.
** Nominal ownership of these companies is 85% due to the Oxygen Management Incentive Plan ("Oxygen MIP"). Effective economic ownership is 100% based on their Statements of Financial Position at the Reporting Date.
*** The Playstack Group includes two associate companies incorporated in the UK which have been accounted for using the equity method. These are:
· A 27% interest in Storm Chaser Games Limited ("Storm Chaser Games")
· A 49% interest in Snackbox Games Ltd
The Playstack Group included one associate company incorporated in the UK which was dissolved in the year
· A 42% interest in Military Games International Limited (dissolved on 18 April 2023)
The Playstack Group disposed of its 49% interest in PlayFinder Games Ltd, an associate company incorporated in the UK
On 4 October 2023, the Group disposed of its 54% ownership of Vertus Capital Limited and Vertus SPV Limited (together "Vertus"). The results for Vertus up to its disposal have been included within Discontinued operations, with comparatives restated accordingly.
Principal accounting policies
The principal accounting policies adopted in the preparation of the financial statements are set out below. These policies have been applied consistently to all the financial periods presented.
The consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with European Union Endorsed International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRSs) and the IFRS Interpretations Committee (formerly the International Financial Reporting Interpretations Committee (IFRIC)) interpretations. These statements have been prepared on a going concern basis and under the historical cost convention except for the treatment of certain financial instruments.
Going concern
The directors have prepared and reviewed detailed financial forecasts of the Group and, in particular, considered the cash flow requirements for the period from the date of approval of these financial statements to the end of June 2025. These forecasts sit within the Group's latest estimate and within the longer-term financial plan, both of which have been updated on a regular basis. The directors are also mindful of the impact that the other risks and uncertainties set out on page 31 may have on these estimates and have considered several scenarios based on revenue, cost and funding sensitivities. As a consequence, the Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Group will have adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Accordingly, the Directors have adopted the going concern basis in preparing these financial statements.
Revenue recognition
Net revenue
Interest income and expense
Interest income and expense for all financial instruments except for those classified as held for trading or measured or designated as at Fair Value Through Profit and Loss ("FVTPL") are recognised in "Net revenue" as "Interest income" and "Interest, fee and publishing expenses" in the profit or loss account using the effective interest method.
The Effective Interest Rate ("EIR") is the rate that exactly discounts estimated future cash flows of the financial instrument through the expected life of the financial instrument or, where appropriate, a shorter period, to the net carrying amount of the financial asset or financial liability. The future cash flows are estimated taking into account all the contractual terms of the instrument.
The calculation of the EIR includes all fees and points paid or received between parties to the contract that are incremental and directly attributable to the specific lending arrangement, transaction costs and all other premiums or discounts.
The interest income/expense is calculated by applying the EIR to the gross carrying amount of non-credit impaired financial assets (that is, to the amortised cost of the financial asset before adjusting for any expected credit loss allowance), or to the amortised cost of financial liabilities.
For credit-impaired financial assets, as defined in the financial instruments accounting policy, the interest income is calculated by applying the EIR to the amortised cost of the credit-impaired financial assets, that is, to the gross carrying amount less the allowance for Expected Credit Losses ("ECLs").
Fee income
Fee income for the Group is earned from payments services fees, implementation fees, consultancy fees and subscription fees.
Payment services provided by Oxygen comprises the following elements:
Early Payment Programme Services ("EPPS") contracts
Oxygen's EPPS generate rebates (ie discounts on invoice value) for its clients by facilitating the early payment of supplier invoices. Oxygen's single performance obligation is to make its intellectual property and software platform available to its clients for the duration of their contracts.
Oxygen bills its clients monthly for a contractually agreed share of supplier rebates generated by their respective Early Payment Programmes during the previous month. This revenue is recognised in the month the rebates are generated.
Implementation fees
Oxygen Implementation fees
Implementation fees are charged to some clients in establishing a client's technological access to the EPPS and in otherwise readying a client to benefit from the Services. Establishing access to the company's intellectual property and software platform does not amount to a distinct service as the client cannot benefit from the initial access except by the company continuing to provide access for the contract period. Where an implementation fee is charged, it is therefore a component of the aggregate transaction price of the EPPS. Accordingly, such revenue is initially deferred and then recognised in the statement of comprehensive income over the life of the related EPPS.
Satago Implementation fees
Implementation fees are in line with contractual agreements and relate to Lending as a Service projects.
Consultancy fees
Oxygen provides stand-alone advisory services to clients. Revenue is accrued as the underlying services are provided to the client. Playstack earns revenue where one or more people are billed directly to a client for the provision of services.
Subscription fees
Insight services subscription fees
The Insight Services offered by OFL provide focussed public sector procurement data and analytics on a subscription basis. Clients cover both the private sector, enabling them to improve and develop their engagement with the public sector, and public sector organisations, enabling them to make more informed procurement decisions. Subscriptions are typically received in advance and recognised over the length of the contract as access to the database is provided.
Satago subscription fees
These are monthly fees for access to Satago's platform. Subscriptions are received in advance and recognised during the month the subscription relates to.
Fee expenses
Fee expenses are directly attributable costs, associated with the Oxygen's EPPS. The expenses include amortisation arising from capitalised contract costs incurred directly through activities which generate fee income. Amortisation arising from other intangible assets is recognised in depreciation and amortisation.
Publishing income
Publishing income for the Group is earned by companies in the Playstack Group and comprises the following elements. Publishing income is recognised at the fair value of consideration received or receivable for goods and services provided and is shown net of VAT and any other sales taxes. The fair value takes into account any trade or volume discounts and commission retained.
In App Purchases (IAP) revenue
IAP revenue is earned on the sale of mobile games and features within those games. It is recognised when the game or feature is sold.
Advertising revenue
Advertising revenue is earnings from featuring third party advertising within mobile games. It is recognised when these advertisements are featured within the games.
Console and Platform revenue
Console revenue is earned on the sale of video games for consoles. It is recognised when the game is sold. Platform revenue is earned through partnership directly with hardware platform holders in return for exclusive access to one or more games on their service.
Revenue is recognised either on the completion of agreed milestones, across the term of the agreement for live-managed games, or a combination of the two.
Brand revenue
Brand revenue is when a mobile game player signs up to an advertised brand in a mobile game. Revenue is recognised when the brand has confirmed acquisition of the customer.
Publishing expenses
Publishing expenses are directly attributable costs, associated with the Playstack Group's publishing income. These costs are included at their invoiced value and are net of VAT and any other sales tax.
Foreign currencies
The results and financial position of each Group company are expressed in Pounds Sterling, which is the functional currency of the UK based members of the Group and the presentation currency for the consolidated financial statements.
Transactions in foreign currencies are translated to the Group companies' functional currency at the foreign exchange rate ruling at the date of the transaction. Monetary assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies at the reporting date are retranslated to the functional currency at the foreign exchange rate ruling at that date. Non-monetary assets and liabilities that are measured in terms of historical cost in a foreign currency are translated using the exchange rate at the date of the transaction. Foreign exchange differences arising on translation are recognised in the consolidated statement of comprehensive income.
In preparing the consolidated financial statements, the assets and liabilities of the Group's foreign operations are translated at the exchange rate at the reporting date. Income and expense items are translated at the average exchange rates for the year. Exchange differences arising, are recognised in other comprehensive income and are accumulated in the Foreign exchange reserve equity section.
Property, plant and equipment
All property, plant and equipment is stated at historical cost (or deemed historical cost) less accumulated depreciation and less any identified impairment. Cost includes the original purchase price of the asset and the costs attributable to bringing the asset to its working condition for its intended use.
Depreciation is provided on all property, plant and equipment at rates calculated to write each asset down to its estimated residual value on a straight line basis at the following annual rates:
|
Leasehold improvements |
- |
5 years |
|
Fixtures and fittings |
- |
3 years |
|
Computer equipment |
- |
3 -5 years |
Useful economic lives and estimated residual values are reviewed annually and adjusted as appropriate.
Intangible assets
Identifiable intangible assets are recognised when the Group controls the asset, it is probable that future economic benefits attributed to the asset will flow to the Group and the cost of the asset can be reliably measured.
Intangible assets with finite lives are stated at acquisition or development cost less accumulated amortisation and less any identified impairment. The amortisation period and method is reviewed at least annually. Changes in the expected useful life or the expected pattern of consumption of future economic benefits embodied in the asset are accounted for by changing the amortisation period or method, as appropriate and are treated as changes in accounting estimates.
Computer software
Computer software which has been purchased by the Group from third party vendors is measured at initial cost less accumulated amortisation and less accumulated impairments.
Computer software also comprises internally developed platforms and the costs directly associated with the production of these identifiable and unique software products controlled by the Group. They are probable of producing future economic benefits. They primarily include employee costs and directly attributable overheads.
Internally generated intangible assets are only recognised by the Group when the recognition criteria have been met in accordance with IAS 38: Intangible Assets as follows:
· expenditure can be reliably measured
· the product or process is technically and commercially feasible
· future economic benefits are likely to be received
· intention and ability to complete the development, and
· view to either use or sell the asset in the future.
The Group will only recognise an internally-generated asset should it meet all the above criteria. In the event of a development not meeting the criteria it will be recognised within the statement of profit or loss in the period incurred.
Capitalised costs include all directly attributable costs to the development of the asset. Internally generated assets are measured at capitalised cost less accumulated amortisation less accumulated impairment losses. The internally generated asset is amortised at the point the asset is available for use or sale. The asset is amortised on a straight-line basis over the useful economic life with the remaining useful economic life and residual value being assessed annually.
Any subsequent expenditure on the internally generated asset is only capitalised if the cost increases the future economic benefits of the related asset. Otherwise all additional expenditure should be recognised through the statement of profit or loss in the period it occurs.
Contract assets
Contract assets comprise the directly attributable costs incurred at the beginning of an Early Payment Scheme Service contract to revise a client's existing payment systems and provide access to the Group's software and other intellectual property. These implementation (or "set up") costs are comprised primarily of employee costs.
Amortisation is charged to the statement of comprehensive income over the estimated useful lives of intangible assets from the date they are available for use, on a straight-line basis. The amortisation basis adopted for each class of intangible asset reflects the Group's consumption of the economic benefit from that asset.
Estimated useful lives
The estimated useful lives of finite intangible assets are as follows:
|
Computer software |
- |
3 -5 years |
|
Contract assets |
- |
Life of underlying contract (typically 5 years) |
Goodwill
Goodwill arising on acquisition represents the excess cost of a business combination over the fair values of the Group's share of the identifiable assets and liabilities at the date of the acquisition. When part of the consideration transferred by the Group is deferred or contingent, this is valued at its acquisition date fair value, and is included in the consideration transferred in a business combination. Changes in the deferred or contingent consideration, which occur in the measurement period, are adjusted retrospectively, with corresponding adjustments to goodwill.
Goodwill is not amortised but is reviewed at least annually for impairment. For the purpose of impairment testing, goodwill is allocated to each Cash Generating Unit ("CGU"). Each CGU is consistent with the Group's primary reporting segment. Any impairment is recognised immediately through the income statement and is not subsequently reversed.
On disposal of a subsidiary, the attributable amount of goodwill is included in the determination of profit or loss on disposal.
Financial instruments
Initial recognition
Financial assets and financial liabilities are recognised in the Group's statement of financial position when the Group becomes a party to the contractual provisions of the instrument.
Financial assets and financial liabilities are initially measured at fair value. Transaction costs that are directly attributable to the acquisition or issue of the financial assets and financial liabilities (other than financial assets and financial liabilities at FVTPL) are respectively added to or deducted from the fair value of the financial assets or financial liabilities, as appropriate, on initial recognition. Transaction costs that are directly attributable to the acquisition of financial assets and financial liabilities at FVTPL are recognised immediately in profit or loss.
Financial assets
Classification and reclassification of financial assets
Recognised financial assets within the scope of IFRS 9 are required to be classified as subsequently measured at amortised cost, FVTOCI or FVTPL on the basis of both the Group's business model for managing the financial assets and the contractual cash flow characteristics of the financial assets.
Financial assets are reclassified if and only if, the business model under which they are held is changed. There has been no such change in the allocation of assets to business models in the periods under review.
Loans and advances
Loans and advances are held within a business model whose objective is to hold those financial assets in order to collect contractual cash flows. The contractual terms of the loan agreements give rise on specified dates to cash flows that are solely payments of principal and interest or fees on the principal amount outstanding.
After initial measurement, loans and advances to customers are subsequently measured at amortised cost using the Effective Interest Rate method (EIR) less impairment. Amortised cost is calculated by taking into account any fees or costs that are an integral part of the EIR. The EIR amortisation is included in interest and similar income in the statement of comprehensive income. The losses arising from impairment are recognised in the statement of comprehensive income and disclosed with any other similar losses within the line item "Net impairment losses on financial assets".
Where cash flows are significantly different from the original expectations used to determine EIR, but where this difference does not arise from a modification of the terms of the financial instrument, the Group revises its estimates of receipts and adjusts the gross carrying amount of the financial asset to reflect actual and revised estimated contractual cash flows. The Group recalculates the gross carrying amount of the financial asset as the present value of the estimated future contractual cash flows discounted at the financial instrument's original EIR. The adjustment is recognised in statement of comprehensive income as income or expense.
Trade and other receivables
Trade receivables do not contain any significant financing component and accordingly are recognised initially at transaction price, and subsequently measured at cost less expected credit losses.
Investments in subsidiaries
Investments in subsidiaries are accounted for at cost less impairment in the Company's financial statements.
Cash and cash equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents comprise cash balances and demand deposits and short term, highly liquid investments that are readily convertible to known amounts of cash and which are subject to an insignificant risk of changes in value.
Impairment
The Group (and Company) recognises loss allowances for Expected Credit Losses ("ECLs") on the following financial instruments that are not measured at FVTPL:
· Loans and advances;
· Other receivables;
· Trade receivables; and
· Intercompany receivables
ECLs are measured through loss allowances calculated on the following bases:
ECLs are a probability-weighted estimate of the present value of credit losses. These are measured as the present value of the difference between the cash flows due to the Group under the contract and the cash flows that the Group expects to receive arising from the weighting of future economic scenarios, discounted at the asset's EIR within the current performing book.
The Group measures ECL on an individual basis, or on a collective basis for portfolios of loans that share similar credit risk characteristics. The loss allowance is measured as the present value of the difference between the contractual cash flows and cash flows that the Group expects to receive using the asset's original EIR, regardless of whether it is measured on an individual basis or a collective basis.
A financial asset that gives rise to credit risk, is referred to (and analysed in the notes to this financial information) as being in "Stage 1" provided that since initial recognition (or since the previous reporting date) there has not been a significant increase in credit risk, nor has it has become credit impaired.
For a Stage 1 asset, the loss allowance is the "12-month ECL", that is, the ECL that results from those default events on the financial instrument that are possible within 12 months from the reporting date.
A financial asset that gives rise to credit risk is referred to (and analysed in the notes to this financial information) as being in "Stage 2" if since initial recognition there has been a significant increase in credit risk but it is not credit impaired.
For a Stage 2 asset, the loss allowance is the "lifetime ECL", that is, the ECL that results from all possible default events over the life of the financial instrument.
A financial asset that gives rise to credit risk is referred to (and analysed in the notes to this financial information) as being in "Stage 3" if since initial recognition it has become credit impaired.
For a Stage 3 asset, the loss allowance is the difference between the asset's gross carrying amount and the present value of estimated future cash flows discounted at the financial asset's original EIR. Further, the recognition of interest income is calculated on the carrying amount net of impairment rather than the gross carrying amount as for stage 1 and stage 2 assets.
If circumstances change sufficiently at subsequent reporting dates, an asset is referred to by its newly appropriate Stage and is re-analysed in the notes to the financial information.
Where an asset is expected to mature in 12 months or less, the "12 month ECL" and the "lifetime ECL" have the same effective meaning and accordingly for such assets the calculated loss allowance will be the same whether such an asset is at Stage 1 or Stage 2. However, the Group monitors significant increase in credit risk for all assets so that it can accurately disclose Stage 1 and Stage 2 assets at each reporting date.
Lifetime ECLs are recognised for all trade receivables using the simplified approach.
Significant increase in credit risk -policies and procedures for identifying Stage 2 assets
The Group compares the risk of a default occurring on the financial instrument as at the reporting date with the risk of a default occurring on the financial instrument as at the date of initial recognition in order to determine whether credit risk has increased significantly.
See Note 19 for further details about how the Group assesses increases in significant credit risk.
Definition of a default
Critical to the determination of significant increases in credit risk (and to the determination of ECLs) is the definition of default. Default is a component of the Probability of Default ("PD"), changes in which lead to the identification of a significant increase in credit risk and PD is then a factor in the measurement of ECLs.
The Group's definition of default for this purpose is:
· a counterparty defaults on a payment due under a loan agreement and that payment is more than 90 days overdue, or
· within the core invoice finance proposition, where one or more individual finance repayments are beyond 90 days overdue, management judgement is applied in considering default status of the client.
· the collateral that secures, all or in part, the loan agreement has been sold or is otherwise not available for sale and the proceeds have not been paid to the lending company; or
· a counterparty commits an event of default under the terms and conditions of the loan agreement which leads the lending company to believe that the borrower's ability to meet its credit obligations to the lending company is in doubt.
The definition of default is similarly critical in the determination of whether an asset is credit-impaired (as explained below).
Credit-impaired financial assets -policies and procedures for identifying Stage 3 assets
A financial asset is credit-impaired when one or more events that have a detrimental impact on the estimated future cash flows of the financial asset have occurred. IFRS 9 states that evidence of credit-impairment includes observable data about the following events:
· Significant financial difficulty of the borrower;
· A breach of contract such as a default (as defined above) or past due event, or
· The Group, for economic or contractual reasons relating to the borrower's financial difficulty, having granted to the borrower a concession that the Group would not otherwise consider.
The Group assesses whether debt instruments that are financial assets measured at amortised cost or at FVTOCI are credit-impaired at each reporting date. When assessing whether there is evidence of credit-impairment, the Group takes into account both qualitative and quantitative indicators relating to both the borrower and to the asset. The information assessed depends on the borrower and the type of the asset. It may not be possible to identify a single discrete event - instead, the combined effect of several events may have caused financial assets to become credit-impaired.
See Note 19 for further details about how the Group identifies credit-impaired assets.
Presentation of allowance for ECL in the statement of financial position
Loss allowances for ECL are presented in the statement of financial position as follows:
· For financial assets measured at amortised cost: as a deduction from the gross carrying amount of the assets;
· For loan commitments: as a provision; and
Modification of financial assets
A modification of a financial asset occurs when the contractual terms governing a financial asset are renegotiated without the original contract being replaced and derecognised and:
· The gross carrying amount of the asset is recalculated and a modification gain or loss is recognised in profit or loss;
· Any fees charged are added to the asset and amortised over the new expected life of the asset; and
· The asset is individually assessed to determine whether there has been a significant increase in credit risk.
Derecognition of financial assets
A financial asset (or, where applicable, a part of a financial asset or part of a group of similar financial assets) is derecognised when the rights to receive cash flows from the asset have expired. The Group also derecognises the assets if it has both transferred the asset and the transfer qualifies for derecognition.
A transfer only qualifies for derecognition if either
The Group has transferred substantially all the risks and rewards of the asset; or
The Group has neither transferred nor retained substantially all the risks and rewards of the asset but has transferred control of the asset.
Write offs
Loans and advances are written off when the Group has no reasonable expectation of recovering the financial asset (either in its entirety or a portion of it). This is the case when the Group determines that the borrower does not have assets or sources of income that could generate sufficient cash flows to repay the amounts subject to the write-off. A write-off constitutes a derecognition event. The Group may apply enforcement activities to financial assets written off. Recoveries resulting from the Group's enforcement activities will result in impairment gains.
Financial liabilities
Financial liabilities and equity
Debt and equity instruments that are issued are classified as either financial liabilities or as equity in accordance with the substance of the contractual arrangement.
A financial liability is a contractual obligation to deliver cash or another financial asset or to exchange financial assets or financial liabilities with another entity under conditions that are potentially unfavourable to the Group or a non-derivative contract that will or may be settled in a variable number of the Group's own equity instruments, or a derivative contract over own equity that will or may be settled other than by the exchange of a fixed amount of cash (or another financial asset) for a fixed number of the Group's own equity instruments.
Equity instruments
An equity instrument is any contract that evidences a residual interest in the assets of an entity after deducting all of its liabilities. Equity instruments issued by the Group are recognised as at the proceeds received, net of direct issue costs. Distributions on equity instruments are recognised directly in equity.
Financial liabilities
Interest bearing borrowings are measured at amortised cost using the effective interest rate method. Gains and losses are recognised in the income statement when the liabilities are derecognised as well as through the effective interest rate method (EIR). Amortised cost is calculated by taking into account any discount or premium on acquisition and fees or costs that are an integral part of the EIR. The EIR amortisation is included in "Interest and fee expenses" in the profit and loss account.
Derecognition of financial liabilities
The Group derecognises financial liabilities when and only when, the Group's obligations are discharged, cancelled or they expire.
Impairment of non-financial assets
The carrying amounts of the entity's non-financial assets, other than goodwill and deferred tax assets, are reviewed at each reporting date to determine whether there is any indication of impairment. If any such indication exists, then the asset's recoverable amount is estimated. The recoverable amount of an asset or CGU 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.
For the purposes 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 groups of assets (the CGU).
Contract assets are reviewed for impairment based on the performance of the underlying contract.
Goodwill is tested annually for impairment in accordance with IFRS. The goodwill acquired in a business combination, for the purpose of impairment testing is allocated to CGU that are expected to benefit from the synergies of the combination. For the purpose of goodwill impairment testing, if goodwill cannot be allocated to individual CGUs or groups of CGUs on a non-arbitrary basis, the impairment of goodwill is determined using the recoverable amount of the acquired entity in its entirety, or if the acquired entity has been integrated then the entire group of entities into which it has been integrated.
An impairment loss is recognised if the carrying amount of an asset or its CGU exceeds its estimated recoverable amount. Impairment losses are recognised in the statement of comprehensive income. Impairment losses recognised in respect of CGUs are allocated first to reduce the carrying amount of any goodwill allocated to the units and then to reduce the carrying amounts of other assets in the unit (or group of units) on a pro rata basis.
An impairment loss is reversed if and only if the reasons for the impairment have ceased to apply. An impairment loss recognised for goodwill is not reversed.
Impairment losses recognised in prior periods are assessed at each reporting date for any indication that the loss has decreased or no longer exists. An impairment loss is reversed only to the extent that the asset's carrying amount does not exceed the carrying amount that would have been determined, net of depreciation or amortisation, if no impairment loss had been recognised.
Current and deferred income tax
Income tax on the result for the period comprises current and deferred income tax. Income tax is recognised in the consolidated statement of comprehensive income except to the extent that it relates to items recognised directly in equity, in which case it is recognised in equity. Where there are uncertain tax positions, the Group assesses whether it is probable that the position adopted in tax filings will be accepted by the relevant tax authority, with the results of this assessment determining the accounting that follows.
Current tax is the expected tax payable or receivable on the taxable income for the period, using tax rates enacted or substantively enacted at the reporting date and any adjustment to tax payable in respect of previous periods.
Deferred tax is provided using the balance sheet liability method, providing for temporary differences between the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities for financial reporting purposes and the amounts used for taxation purposes. The amount of deferred tax provided is based on the expected manner of realisation or settlement of the carrying amount of assets and liabilities, using tax rates enacted or substantively enacted at the reporting date.
The carrying amount of deferred tax assets is reviewed at each reporting date and reduced to the extent that it is no longer probable that sufficient taxable profits will be available to allow all or part of the asset to be recovered. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are offset when there is a legally enforceable right to set off current tax assets against current tax liabilities and when they relate to income taxes levied by the same taxation authority and the Group intends to settle its current tax assets and liabilities on a net basis.
Employee benefits - pension costs
A defined contribution plan is a post-employment benefit plan under which the Group pays fixed contributions into a separate entity and will have no legal or constructive obligation to pay further amounts. Contributions to defined contribution schemes are charged to the statement of comprehensive income as they become payable in accordance with the rules of the scheme. Differences between contributions payable in the year and contributions actually paid are shown as either accruals or prepayments in the statement of financial position.
Merger reserve
Prior to 29 December 2017, the entities within the Group were held by Arrowgrass Master Fund Limited. On 29 December 2017, these entities were acquired by TruFin plc via TruFin Holdings Limited. The consideration provided to Arrowgrass for the companies acquired was in exchange for shares of TruFin plc based on the fair value of the underlying companies. Upon consolidation of the Group, the difference between the book value of the entities and the amount of the consideration paid was accounted through a merger reserve, in accordance with relevant accounting standards relating to businesses under common control.
Investments in associates
Associates are entities in which the Group has between 20% and 50% of the voting rights, or is otherwise able to exercise significant influence, but which it does not control or jointly control. Investments in associates are accounted for under the equity method and are initially recognised at costs, including goodwill. Subsequent changes in the carrying value reflect the post-acquisition changes in the Group's share of net assets of the associate. The Group's share of its associates profits or losses is recognised in the consolidated income statement. However, when the Group's share of losses in an associate equals or exceeds its interest in the associate, the Group does not recognise further losses, unless the Group is obliged to make further payments to, or on behalf of the associate.
Segmental reporting
An operating segment is a component of the Group that engages in business activities from which it may earn revenues and incur expenses (including revenues and expenses relating to transactions with other components of the same entity) and whose operating results are regularly reviewed by the Board of Directors in order to make decisions about resources to be allocated to that component and assess its performance and for which discrete financial information is available.
For the purposes of the financial statements, the Directors consider the Group's operations to be made up of four operating segments: the provision of short term finance, payment services, publishing and other operations.
The accounting policies of the reportable segments are consistent with the accounting policies of the Group as a whole.
Further details are provided in Note 4.
Share based payments
Where the Group engages in share-based payment transactions in respect of services received from certain of its employees, these are accounted for as equity-settled share-based payments in accordance with IFRS 2 'Share-based payments'. The equity is in the form of ordinary shares.
The grant date fair value of a share-based payment transaction is recognised as an employee expense, with a corresponding increase in equity over the period that the employees become unconditionally entitled to the awards. In the absence of market prices, the fair value of the equity at the date of the grant is estimated using an appropriate valuation technique.
The amount recognised as an expense is adjusted to reflect the actual number of awards for which the related services and
non-market vesting conditions are expected to be met such that the amount ultimately recognised as an expense is based on the number of awards that do meet the related service and non-market performance conditions at the vesting date.
For share-based payment awards with market performance conditions the grant date fair value of the award is measured to reflect such conditions and there is no true-up for differences between expected and actual outcomes.
Refer to Note 6 for the amounts disclosed.
Leases
At the inception of a contract, the Group assesses if the contract contains a lease. A contract contains a lease if the contract conveys the right to control the use of an identified asset for a period of time in exchange for consideration. Reassessment is only required when the terms and conditions of the contract are changed.
Right-of-use assets
The Group recognises a right-of-use asset and lease liability at the date which the underlying asset is available for use. Right-of-use assets are measured at cost which comprises the initial measurement of lease liabilities adjusted for any lease payments made at or before the commencement date and lease incentives received. Any initial direct costs that would not have been incurred if the lease had not been obtained are added to the carrying amount of the right-of-use assets.
These right-of-use assets are subsequently depreciated using the straight-line method from the commencement date to the earlier of the end of the useful life of the right-of-use asset or the end of the lease term.
Right-of-use assets (except for those which meet the definition of an investment property) are presented within "Property, plant and equipment".
Right of use assets which meet the definition of property, plant and equipment are presented and accounted for in accordance with this policy.
Lease liabilities
The initial measurement of a lease liability is measured at the present value of the lease payments discounted using the interest rate implicit in the lease, if the rate can be readily determined. If that rate cannot be readily determined, the borrower shall use its incremental borrowing rate.
Lease liabilities are measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method.
Lease liabilities are remeasured with a corresponding adjustment to the right-of-use asset, or is recorded in profit or loss if the carrying amount of the right-of-use asset has been reduced to zero.
Short term and low value leases
The Group has elected to not recognise right-of-use assets and lease liabilities for short-term leases that have lease terms of 12 months or less and leases of low value leases. Lease payments relating to these leases are expensed to profit or loss on a straight-line basis over the lease term.
Government grants
Government grants are not recognised until there is reasonable assurance that the Group will comply with the conditions attaching to them and that the grants will be received.
Government grants that are receivable as compensation for expenses or losses already incurred or for the purpose of giving immediate financial support to the Group with no future related costs are recognised in profit or loss in the period in which they become receivable. These grants are deducted from the expense that the grant is related to.
2. Critical accounting judgements and key sources of estimation uncertainty
The preparation of financial information in accordance with IFRS requires management to make judgements, estimates and assumptions that affect the application of accounting policies and reported amounts of assets and liabilities, income and expenses.
The estimates and associated assumptions are based on historical experience and various other factors that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the basis of making the judgements about carrying values of assets and liabilities that are not readily apart from other sources. The estimates and underlying assumptions are reviewed on an ongoing basis. Actual results may differ from these estimates.
The following are the critical judgements, apart from those involving estimations (which are dealt with separately below), that the directors have made in the process of applying the Group's accounting policies and that have the most significant effect on the amounts recognised in financial statements.
Critical accounting judgements
· Early Payment Programme Services set up costs: the Group capitalises the direct costs of implementing Early Payment Programme Services contracts for clients. These costs are essential to the satisfaction of the Group's performance obligation under that contract and accordingly the Group considers that these costs meet the applicable criteria for recognition as contract assets.
The amount capitalised is disclosed in Note 11.
· Deferred tax asset: There is inherent uncertainty in forecasting beyond the immediate future and significant judgement is required to estimate whether future taxable profits are probable in order to utilise the carried forward tax losses. Companies in the Group have carried forward losses which will be utilised against future taxable profits. However, a deferred tax asset has not been recognised for these companies, except for Oxygen Finance Limited as there is uncertainty surrounding the timing of when these losses will be used.
Refer to Note 9 for more information on the deferred tax asset.
· The accounts of the trustee (the "EBT Trustee") of the Company's Employee Benefit Trust ("EBT") have not been consolidated as it is the Directors' opinion that the Company does not have control over the EBT. The EBT is a discretionary trust, which means that the EBT Trustee has discretion how to act, provided that the action taken by the EBT Trustee is considered by the EBT Trustee to be in the interest of one of more EBT beneficiaries (being employees and former employees (and certain of their relatives) of the Company and its subsidiaries.
Key sources of estimation uncertainty
The key assumptions concerning the future and other key sources of estimation uncertainty at the reporting period that may 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:
Expected credit losses
· Where an asset has a maturity of 12 months or less, the "12 month ECL" and the "lifetime ECL" have the same effective meaning and accordingly for such assets the calculated loss allowance will be the same whether such an asset is at stage 1 or stage 2.
· The Probability of Default ("PD") is an estimate of the likelihood of default over a given time horizon and is a key input to the ECL calculation. The Group primarily uses credit scores from credit reference agencies to calculate the PD for loans and advances. The score is a 12-month predictor of credit failure and, in the absence of internally generated loss history, the Group believes that it provides the best proxy for the credit quality of the loan portfolio.
· Exposure At Default ("EAD") is an estimate of the exposure at a future default date, taking into account expected changes in the exposure after the reporting date, including repayments of principal and interest, whether scheduled by contract or otherwise, expected drawdowns on committed facilities and accrued interest from missed payments.
· Loss Given Default ("LGD") is an estimate of the loss arising on default. It is based on the difference between the contractual cash flows due and those that the lender would expect to receive, in particular taking into account wholesale collateral values and certain buy back options.
Note 19 presents the carrying amounts of the Expected Credit Losses in further detail.
Impairment of Intangibles
The Group is required to test, whether intangible and tangible assets have suffered any impairment based on the recoverable amount of its CGUs, when there are indicators for impairment. Determining whether an impairment has occurred requires an estimation of the value in use of the CGU to which these assets are allocated. Key sources of estimation uncertainty in the value in use calculation include the estimation of future cash flows of the CGU affected by expected changes in underlying revenues and direct costs, and administration costs through the forecast period, the long-term growth rates and a suitable discount rate to apply to the aforementioned cash flows in order to calculate the net present value. Further information regarding the assumptions used in the calculations have been provided in Note 11.
Impairment of investment in subsidiary
The Company's investment in its subsidiary is assessed annually to determine if there is any indication of impairment. This requires an estimation of the value in use of this subsidiary. Key sources of estimation uncertainty in the value in use calculation include the estimation of future cash flows of the CGU affected by expected changes in underlying revenues and direct costs, and administration costs through the forecast period, the long-term growth rates and a suitable discount rate to apply to the aforementioned cash flows in order to calculate the net present value. Further information regarding the assumptions used in the calculations have been provided in Note 11.
3. Gross revenue
|
Group |
2023 £'000 |
2022 £'000 |
|
Revenue |
|
|
|
Interest income |
1,470 |
405 |
|
Total interest income |
1,470 |
405 |
|
EPPS contracts |
4,346 |
3,335 |
|
Consultancy fees |
1,135 |
552 |
|
Implementation fees |
2,131 |
1,644 |
|
Subscription fees |
1,736 |
1,607 |
|
Total fee income |
9,348 |
7,138 |
|
IAP revenue |
117 |
342 |
|
Advertising revenue |
109 |
453 |
|
Console revenue |
7,087 |
5,521 |
|
Brand revenue |
- |
1 |
|
Total publishing income |
7,313 |
6,317 |
|
Gross revenue |
18,131 |
13,860 |
The above figures are from continuing activities with comparatives restated accordingly based on information drawn from prior financial statements.
|
Company |
2023 £'000 |
2022 £'000 |
|
Intercompany interest income |
1,540 |
2,166 |
|
Intercompany fee income |
108 |
118 |
|
Other interest income |
117 |
9 |
|
Gross revenue |
1,765 |
2,293 |
4. Segmental reporting
The results of the Group are broken down into segments based on the products and services from which it derives its revenue:
Short term finance
Provision of distribution finance products and invoice discounting. For results during the reporting period, this corresponds to the results of Satago, Vertus and AltLending.
Payment services
Provision of Early Payment Programme Services. For results during the reporting period, this corresponds to the results of Oxygen.
Publishing
Publishing of video games. For results during the reporting period, this corresponds to the results of the Playstack Group.
Other
Revenue and costs arising from investment activities. For results during the reporting period, this corresponds to the results of TSL, THL and TruFin plc.
The results of each segment, prepared using accounting policies consistent with those of the Group as a whole, are as follows:
|
Year ended 31 December 2023 |
Short term finance £'000 |
Payment services £'000 |
Publishing £'000 |
Other £'000 |
Total £'000 |
|
Gross revenue |
3,788 |
6,188 |
8,038 |
117 |
18,131 |
|
Cost of sales |
(718) |
(1,078) |
(3,231) |
- |
(5,027) |
|
Net revenue |
3,070 |
5,110 |
4,807 |
117 |
13,104 |
|
Adjusted loss before tax* |
(4,134) |
(348) |
(188) |
(1,903) |
(6,573) |
|
Loss before tax |
(4,134) |
(348) |
(188) |
(2,669) |
(7,339) |
|
Taxation |
433 |
554 |
(25) |
- |
962 |
|
Loss for the year from continuing operations |
(3,701) |
206 |
(213) |
(2,669) |
(6,377) |
|
Loss for the year from discontinued operations |
(963) |
- |
- |
- |
(963) |
|
(Loss)/profit for the year |
(4,664) |
206 |
(213) |
(2,669) |
(7,340) |
|
Total assets |
13,797 |
8,121 |
23,463 |
5,295 |
50,676 |
|
Total liabilities |
(8,228) |
(1,988) |
(1,786) |
(734) |
(12,736) |
|
Net assets |
5,569 |
6,133 |
21,677 |
4,561 |
37,940 |
|
* adjusted loss before tax excludes share-based payment expense |
|
||||
|
|
Short term finance |
Payment services |
Publishing |
Other |
Total |
|
Year ended 31 December 2022 |
£'000 |
£'000 |
£'000 |
£'000 |
£'000 |
|
Gross revenue |
2,210 |
5,311 |
6,330 |
9 |
13,860 |
|
Cost of sales |
(285) |
(889) |
(3,033) |
- |
(4,207) |
|
Net revenue |
1,925 |
4,422 |
3,297 |
9 |
9,653 |
|
Adjusted loss before tax* |
(4,041) |
(220) |
(1,569) |
(2,352) |
(8,182) |
|
Loss before tax |
(4,041) |
(220) |
(1,569) |
(2,352) |
(8,182) |
|
Taxation |
271 |
395 |
601 |
- |
1,267 |
|
Loss for the year from continuing operations |
(3,770) |
175 |
(968) |
(2,352) |
(6,915) |
|
Profit for the year from discontinued operations |
109 |
- |
- |
- |
109 |
|
(Loss)/profit for the year |
(3,661) |
175 |
(968) |
(2,352) |
(6,806) |
|
Total assets |
34,200 |
8,258 |
20,407 |
2,627 |
65,492 |
|
Total liabilities |
(19,747) |
(1,792) |
(2,911) |
(938) |
(25,388) |
|
Net assets |
14,453 |
6,466 |
17,496 |
1,689 |
40,104 |
* adjusted loss before tax excludes share-based payment expense
The above figures are from continuing activities with comparatives restated accordingly based on information drawn from prior financial statements.
The majority of the Group's activities (98% of revenues) are within the UK, with 2% earned in USA and 0% in Europe.
5. Staff costs
Analysis of staff costs:
|
|
Group |
Company |
||
|
|
2023 £'000 |
2022 £'000 |
2023 £'000 |
2022 £'000 |
|
Wages and salaries |
9,188 |
9,506 |
1, 223 |
1,384 |
|
Consulting costs |
1,059 |
379 |
- |
- |
|
Social security costs |
1,104 |
1,338 |
82 |
251 |
|
Pension costs arising on defined contribution schemes |
441 |
418 |
35 |
38 |
|
Share based payment |
766 |
- |
766 |
- |
|
|
12,558 |
11,641 |
2,106 |
1,673 |
Consulting costs are recognised within staff costs where the work performed would otherwise have been performed by employees. Consulting costs arising from the performance of other services are included within other operating expenses.
Average monthly number of persons (including Executive Directors) employed:
|
|
2023 Number |
2022 Number |
|
Management |
16 |
16 |
|
Finance |
11 |
9 |
|
Sales & marketing |
42 |
28 |
|
Operations |
57 |
76 |
|
Technology |
65 |
43 |
|
|
191 |
172 |
The figures in this note are from continuing activities with comparatives restated accordingly based on information drawn from prior period financial statements.
Directors' emoluments
The number of directors who received share options during the year was as follows:
|
|
2023 Number |
2022 Number |
|
Long-term incentive schemes |
1 |
- |
There were no directors who exercised share options during the year.
The directors' aggregate emoluments in respect of qualifying services were:
|
|
Salary £'000 |
Bonus £'000 |
Pension and Benefits £'000 |
2023 Total £'000 |
2022 Total £'000 |
|
Executive Directors: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
J van den Bergh |
256 |
220 |
9 |
485 |
485 |
|
|
256 |
220 |
9 |
485 |
485 |
|
Non-executive |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Directors: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
S Baldwin |
100 |
- |
- |
100 |
100 |
|
P Judd |
70 |
- |
- |
70 |
70 |
|
P Dentskevich |
60 |
- |
- |
60 |
60 |
|
A Wilhelmsen |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
|
230 |
- |
- |
230 |
230 |
Key management
The Directors consider that key management personnel include the Executive Director of TruFin plc. This individual has the authority and responsibility for planning, directing and controlling the activities of the Group.
6. Employee share-based payment transactions
The employment share-based payment charge comprises:
|
|
2023 £'000 |
2022 £'000 |
|
Service Criteria Award |
552 |
- |
|
TruFin Share Price Award |
151 |
- |
|
Subsidiary Performance Award |
63 |
- |
|
Total |
766 |
- |
Awards granted in 2023
Service Criteria Award
On 27 July 2023, options to acquire 1,350,000 shares were granted to the senior management team and employees of the Group. The award is structured as a nil cost option. The vesting of this award is subject to the holder being in continued employment until the vesting dates of this award. The award has been granted in 3 tranches; the first tranche vested on 31 December 2023, the second and third will vest on 31 December 2024 and 31 December 2025 respectively. Awards granted to the Group CEO are subject to an additional 1 year holding period. A Black-Scholes model was used to determine the fair value of these options. The model used an expected volatility of 50% and risk free rate of 5%.
TruFin Share Price Award
On 27 July 2023, options to acquire 1,229,167 shares were granted to the senior management team and employees of the Group. The award is structured as a nil cost option. The vesting of this award is subject to the holder being in continued employment until the vesting dates of this award, and the Company's share price satisfying share price targets in relation to the other companies listed on AIM . The award has been granted in 2 tranches; the first tranche will vest on 31 December 2024 and the second on 31 December 2025. Awards granted to the Group CEO are subject to an additional 1 year holding period. A Monte Carlo simulation was used to determine the fair value of these options. The model used an expected volatility of 50% and a risk free rate of 5%.
Subsidiary Performance Award
On 27 July 2023, options to acquire 537,500 shares were granted to employees of the Group. The award is structured as a nil cost option. The vesting of this award is subject to the holder being in continued employment until the vesting dates of this award, and subsidiary companies achieving certain financial metrics over the vesting periods. The award has been granted in 2 tranches; the first tranche will vest on 31 December 2024 and the second will vest on 31 December 2025. At 31 December 2023, 75% of the award is expected to vest based on the latest performance metrics.
Awards granted before 2023
Performance Share Plan and Joint Share Ownership Plan Founder Award ("Founder Award")
All the Founder Awards held by the Group CEO have vested. 1,566,255 shares subject to the Joint Share Ownership Plan are fully owned by the EBT. The Group CEO's nil cost options in respect of the same number of shares under the Performance Share Plan have also fully vested.
Performance Share Plan Market Value Award ("PSP Market Value Award")
On 21 February 2018, options to acquire 4,868,420 shares were granted to the senior management team. The vesting of this award is based on market-based performance conditions. The vesting of these awards is subject to the holder remaining an employee of the Company and the Company's share price achieving five distinct milestones -vesting at 20% each milestone. The exercise price of the awards at the time of grant was £1.90 per share.
In order to reflect the impact of the demerger, the PSP Market Value Award was split into two:
· Part of the award remained as an option in respect of TruFin shares ("TruFin Market Value Award")
· Part of the award became an award in respect of DFC shares ("DFC market Value Award")
The TruFin Market Value Award is on the same terms as the original PSP Market Value Award except that the exercise price has since been adjusted to £0.71, and the share price milestones were adjusted to reflect the demerger, and returns of value in 2019.
The modification did not result in a change in the valuation of the award and was recognised over the remainder of the original vesting period.
Details of share based awards during the year:
|
Type of instrument granted |
JSOP Founder Award* Shares (#) |
PSP Founder Award* Options (#) |
PSP Market Value Options (#) |
|
Outstanding at 1 January 2023 |
- |
- |
4,868,420 |
|
Granted during the year |
- |
- |
- |
|
Exercised during the year |
- |
- |
- |
|
Outstanding at 31 December 2023 |
- |
- |
4,868,420 |
|
Exercisable at 31 December 2023 |
|
1,566,255 |
- |
|
* The JSOP Founder Awards and PSP Founder Awards will together deliver, in aggregate, a maximum of 3,407,895 TruFin shares. |
|
|
|
|
|
Service |
TruFin Share |
Subsidiary Performance |
|
Type of instrument granted |
Criteria Award (#) |
Price Award (#) |
Award (#) |
|
Outstanding at 1 January 2023 |
- |
- |
- |
|
Granted during the year |
1,350,000 |
1,229,167 |
537,500 |
|
Exercised during the year |
- |
- |
- |
|
Cancelled during the year |
- |
- |
- |
|
Outstanding at 31 December 2023 |
700,000 |
1,229,167 |
537,500 |
|
Exercisable at 31 December 2023 |
650,000 |
- |
- |
No options expired during the year.
The weighted average remaining contractual life for the share options outstanding as at 31 December 2023 was 5.61 years (2022: 5.21 years).
7. Net impairment loss on financial assets
|
|
2023 £'000 |
2022 £'000 |
|
At 1 January |
54 |
4 |
|
Charge for impairment loss |
109 |
50 |
|
Amounts written off in the year |
(11) |
- |
|
Amounts recovered in the year |
21 |
- |
|
At 31 December |
173 |
54 |
At 31 December 2023, the Group had an impairment balance of £173,000 which was allocated against loans and advances. At 31 December 2022, all of the impairment balance was allocated against loans and advances.
The net impairment charge on financial assets during the year ended 31 December 2023 all related to loans and advances.
The net impairment charge on financial assets during the year ended 31 December 2022 all related to loans and advances.
8. Loss before income tax
Loss before income tax is stated after charging:
|
|
2023 £'000 |
2022 £'000 |
|
Depreciation of property, plant and equipment |
107 |
104 |
|
Amortisation of intangible assets |
2,893 |
2,314 |
|
Staff costs including share based payments charge |
12,558 |
11,641 |
The figures in this note are from continuing activities with comparatives restated accordingly based on information drawn from prior period financial statements.
|
Fees payable to the Group's auditor (Crowe UK LLP) |
2023 £'000 |
2022 £'000 |
|
Fees payable for the audit of the company's annual accounts |
82 |
82 |
|
Fees payable for the audit of the company's subsidiaries |
95 |
98 |
|
Total audit fees |
177 |
180 |
|
Non audit services |
|
|
|
Other assurance services |
14 |
14 |
|
Total non-audit fees |
14 |
14 |
9. Taxation
Analysis of tax charge recognised in the period
|
|
2023 £'000 |
2022 £'000 |
|
Current tax credit |
(712) |
(1,267) |
|
Deferred tax credit |
(250) |
- |
|
Total tax credit |
(962) |
(1,267) |
The figures in this note are from continuing activities with comparatives restated accordingly based on information drawn from prior period financial statements.
Reconciliation of loss before tax to total tax credit recognised
|
Group |
2023 £'000 |
2022 £'000 |
|
Loss before tax from continuing operations |
(7,339) |
(8,182) |
|
Loss before tax multiplied by the standard rate of corporation tax in the UK of 23.52% (2022: 19%) |
(1,726) |
(1,553) |
|
Tax effect of: |
|
|
|
Expenses not deductible |
176 |
4 |
|
Depreciation in excess of capital allowances |
395 |
253 |
|
Capital allowances |
(373) |
(318) |
|
Other short term timing differences |
1 |
1 |
|
R&D tax credit |
(743) |
(1.274) |
|
Impact of different foreign tax rates |
(7) |
- |
|
Deferred tax not recognised |
1,315 |
1,619 |
|
Total tax charge |
(962) |
(1,267) |
|
Company |
2023 £'000 |
2022 £'000 |
|
Loss before tax |
(984) |
(42) |
|
Loss before tax multiplied by the standard rate of corporation tax in the UK of 23.52% (2022: 19%) |
(231) |
(8) |
|
Tax effect of: |
|
|
|
Expenses not deductible |
198 |
24 |
|
Other short term timing differences |
1 |
(1) |
|
Brought forward losses utilised |
- |
(15) |
|
Deferred tax not recognised |
32 |
- |
|
Total tax charge |
- |
- |
The deferred tax assets and liabilities at 31 December 2023 have been based on the rates substantively enacted at the reporting date. Taxation for other jurisdictions is calculated at the rates prevailing in the respective jurisdictions.
Research and Development (R&D)
The Group uses external professional advisers to support with R&D tax submissions. The impact of such transactions can be uncertain until agreed with the relevant tax authorities.
|
Deferred tax asset |
|
|
|
Group |
2023 £'000 |
2022 £'000 |
|
Balance at start of the year |
250 |
250 |
|
Credit to the statement of comprehensive income |
250 |
- |
|
On disposal of subsidiary |
(250) |
- |
|
Credit from discontinued operations |
- |
(53) |
|
Balance at end of the year |
250 |
250 |
|
Comprised of: Losses |
250 |
250 |
|
Total deferred tax asset |
250 |
250 |
A deferred tax asset from losses in Oxygen Finance Limited has been recognised. Unutilised tax losses in the remainder of the Group as at the reporting date were £88,928,000 (2022: £83,102,000).
10. Discontinued operations
On 4 October 2023, the Group disposed of its 54% holding in Vertus and is reported in the current period as a discontinued operation. Financial information relating to the disposal of the subsidiary and discontinued operations for the period to the date of disposal is set out below.
|
Details of the sale of the subsidiary |
£'000 |
|
Cash consideration |
3,167 |
|
Group's share of net assets sold |
(3,055) |
|
Related goodwill and separately identifiable assets at date of disposal |
(1,451) |
|
Costs of disposal |
(20) |
|
Loss on disposal |
(1,359) |
|
Results from discontinued operations |
2023 £'000 |
2022 £'000 |
|
Revenue |
2,385 |
2,259 |
|
Expenses |
(1,935) |
(2,056) |
|
Profit before tax |
450 |
203 |
|
Taxation |
(23) |
(53) |
|
Profit after tax |
427 |
150 |
|
Other items included within discontinued operations |
|
|
|
Loss on disposal of Vertus (net of tax) |
(1,359) |
- |
|
Amortisation of separately identifiable intangible asset |
(38) |
(51) |
|
Intragroup charges |
7 |
10 |
|
(Loss)/profit from discontinued operations |
(963) |
109 |
|
Cash flows from discontinued operations |
2023 £'000 |
2022 £'000 |
|
Profit before tax from discontinued operations |
450 |
203 |
|
Working capital adjustments |
(1,901) |
(5,492) |
|
Cash flows from operating activities |
(1,451) |
(5,289) |
|
Cash flows used in investing activities |
- |
(80) |
|
Cash flows from financing activities |
1,650 |
5,425 |
|
Net increase in cash from discontinued operations |
199 |
56 |
The carrying amount of assets and liabilities as at the date of sale were:
|
|
£'000 |
|
Non-current assets |
23,612 |
|
Current assets |
996 |
|
Non-current liabilities |
(18,651) |
|
Current liabilities |
(283) |
|
Net Assets |
5,674 |
|
|
Client contracts |
Software licences and similar assets |
Separately identifiable intangible assets |
Goodwill |
Total |
|
Group |
£'000 |
£'000 |
£'000 |
£'000 |
£'000 |
|
Cost |
|
|
|
|
|
|
At 1 January 2023 |
6,399 |
4,773 |
3,237 |
16,569 |
30,978 |
|
Additions |
852 |
4,148 |
333 |
119 |
5,452 |
|
On disposal of subsidiary |
- |
(74) |
(255) |
(1,408) |
(1,737) |
|
Disposals |
(182) |
- |
- |
- |
(182) |
|
Exchange differences |
(3) |
5 |
- |
- |
2 |
|
At 31 December 2023 |
7,066 |
8,852 |
3,315 |
15,280 |
34,513 |
|
Amortisation |
|
|
|
|
|
|
At 1 January 2023 |
(2,496) |
(2,082) |
(1,581) |
- |
(6,159) |
|
Charge |
(1,078) |
(1,334) |
(519) |
- |
(2,931) |
|
On disposal of subsidiary |
- |
12 |
213 |
- |
225 |
|
Disposals |
182 |
- |
- |
- |
182 |
|
Exchange differences |
- |
(5) |
- |
- |
(5) |
|
At 31 December 2023 |
(3,392) |
(3,409) |
(1,887) |
- |
(8,688) |
|
Accumulated impairment losses |
|
|
|
|
|
|
At 1 January 2023 |
(408) |
- |
- |
- |
(408) |
|
At 31 December 2023 |
(408) |
- |
- |
- |
(408) |
|
Net book value |
|
|
|
|
|
|
At 31 December 2023 |
3,266 |
5,443 |
1,428 |
15,280 |
25,417 |
|
At 31 December 2022 |
3,495 |
2,691 |
1,656 |
16,569 |
24,411 |
11. Intangible assets
|
|
Client contracts |
Software licences and similar assets |
Separately identifiable intangible assets |
Goodwill |
Total |
|
Group |
£'000 |
£'000 |
£'000 |
£'000 |
£'000 |
|
Cost At 1 January 2022 |
5,490 |
2,579 |
1,642 |
15,746 |
25,457 |
|
Additions |
905 |
2,254 |
- |
- |
3,159 |
|
On Acquisition |
- |
3 |
1,595 |
823 |
2,421 |
|
Disposals |
- |
(75) |
- |
- |
(75) |
|
Exchange differences |
4 |
12 |
- |
- |
16 |
|
At 31 December 2022 |
6,399 |
4,773 |
3,237 |
16,569 |
30,978 |
|
Amortisation At 1 January 2022 |
(1,607) |
(1,181) |
(1,070) |
- |
(3,858) |
|
Charge |
(889) |
(977) |
(511) |
- |
(2,377) |
|
Disposals |
- |
75 |
- |
- |
75 |
|
Exchange differences |
- |
1 |
- |
- |
1 |
|
At 31 December 2022 |
(2,496) |
(2,082) |
(1,581) |
- |
(6,159) |
|
Accumulated impairment losses At 1 January 2022 |
(408) |
- |
- |
- |
(408) |
|
At 31 December 2022 |
(408) |
- |
- |
- |
(408) |
|
Net book value At 31 December 2022 |
3,495 |
2,691 |
1,656 |
16,569 |
24,411 |
|
At 31 December 2021 |
3,475 |
1,398 |
572 |
15,746 |
21,191 |
The Company had no intangibles assets at the year end.
Client contracts comprise the directly attributable costs incurred at the beginning of an Early Payment Scheme Service contract to revise a client's existing payment systems and provide access to the Group's software and other intellectual property. These implementation costs are comprised primarily of employee costs.
The useful economic life for each individual asset is deemed to be the term of the underlying Client Contract (generally five years) which has been deemed appropriate and for impairment review purposes, projected cash flows have been discounted over this period.
The amortisation charge is recognised in fee expenses within the statement of comprehensive income, as these costs are incurred directly through activities which generate fee income.
The Group performed an impairment review at 31 December 2023 and there was no impairment in relation to underperforming contracts.
Software, licences and similar assets comprises separately acquired software, as well as costs directly attributable to internally developed platforms across the Group. These directly attributable costs are associated with the production of identifiable and unique software products controlled by the Group and are probable of producing future economic benefits. They primarily include employee costs and directly attributable overheads.
A useful economic life of three to five years has been deemed appropriate and for impairment review purposes projected cash flows have been discounted over this period.
The amortisation charge is recognised in depreciation and amortisation on non-financial assets within the statement of comprehensive income.
The Group performed an impairment review at 31 December 2023 and concluded no impairment was required.
The 'Software, licences and similar assets' net book value balance related to internally generated intangible assets at 31 December 2023 was £5,443,000 (2022: £2,691,000 ). This consists of cost of £8,852,000 (2022: £4,773,000) and accumulated amortisation of
£3,409,000 (2022: £2,082,000 ). During the year there were additions of £4,148,000 (2022: £2,254,000) and amortisation of
£1,334,000 (2022: £977,000).
Goodwill and "Separately identifiable intangible assets" arise from acquisitions made by the Group.
Porge (now Insight Services within OFL)
Porge was acquired by OFGL in August 2018 and goodwill of £2,759,000 that arose from this acquisition was included within the payments services segment of the Group. Following the acquisition, separately identifiable intangible assets of £1,387,000 primarily relating to the value of the contracts in the business at acquisition were recognised. These were amortised over five years resulting in an amortisation charge of £162,000 (2022: £277,000) during the year. Net Book value of these assets at 31 December 2023 was £nil (2022: £162,000). Goodwill related to this transaction excluding these assets at 31 December 2023 was £1,372,000 (2022: £1,372,000).
On 31 August 2020, OFL purchased the Trade and Assets of Porge. The purchase price was set at the net book value of the assets acquired at the time of the transaction.
Vertus
In July 2019, the Group converted into ordinary shares its existing convertible loan with Vertus Capital in full satisfaction and discharge of the loan. This, together with a further cash payment, gave the Group 51% ownership of Vertus Capital and Vertus SPV 1. In 2021, the Group increased its ownership of Vertus Capital to 54%.
Goodwill of £1,664,000 arose from these transactions and has been included within the short term finance segment of the business. Following the acquisition separately identifiable intangible assets of £255,000 primarily related to the value of existing third party relationships on acquisition were identified. These were being amortised over five years and the amortisation charge for the year prior to the disposal of Vertus was £38,000 (2022: £51,000). Details of the disposal of Vertus are included in Note 10.
Playstack
In September 2019, the Group converted into ordinary shares its existing convertible loans with Playstack Ltd in full satisfaction and discharge of the loans. This gave the Group ownership of Playstack Ltd and the other companies within the Playstack Group.
Goodwill of £12,965,000 arose from this transaction and has been included within the publishing segment of the business.
Magic Fuel
On 6 June 2022, the Group acquired a 100% equity interest in Magic Fuel Inc ("Magic Fuel"). Goodwill of £2,417,000 arose from this transaction and was included within the publishing segment of the business. Following the acquisition, separately identifiable intangible assets of £1,595,000 relating to the Intellectual Property of the Games in development by Magic Fuel were recognised. These are being amortised over five years resulting in an amortisation charge for the year of £319,000 (2022: £181,000) during the year. Goodwill related to this transaction excluding these assets at 31 December 2023 was £823,000 (2022: £823,000).
bidstats.uk
In November 2023, Oxygen Finance Limited acquired the business of bidstats.uk at a cost of £451,000. Separately identifiable assets of £332,000 have been identified relating to the value of the customer relationships and the technology. These are to be amortised over five years commencing 1 January 2024. Goodwill of £119,000 has arisen on the acquisition and this will be reviewed annually for impairment. As at 31 December 2023, the net book value of the bidstats.uk assets was £451,000.
Impairment testing of intangibles
An impairment review of goodwill was carried out at the year end.
The insight services segment of OFL was valued using the discounted cash flow methodology. Its net earnings were forecasted to 2028, a discount rate of 10% was used and terminal growth rate of 2%. This valuation was greater than the amount of CGU and therefore the goodwill is not deemed to be impaired.
Playstack was valued using the discounted cash flow methodology. The net earnings of Playstack were forecasted to 2026, a discount rate of 10% was used and terminal growth rate of 3%. Revenue growth was a key assumption and was based on Playstack's pipeline of games over the forecast period. This factors in a number of key projects with platforms and streaming partners. In some instances, revenue projections have been based on amounts outlined in agreed contracts in place with customers, whilst others have been based on progressive discussions with customers and historic sales for games of a similar nature. The valuation of Playstack was greater than the amount of CGU and therefore the goodwill is not deemed to be impaired.
Magic Fuel was valued using the discounted cash flow methodology. It's net earnings along with revenues earned in the rest of the group related to this acquisition were forecasted to 2026, a discount rate of 10% was used and a terminal growth rate of 3%. The valuation of this CGU was greater than the value of goodwill and so was deemed not be impaired.
The impairment review of Playstack is most sensitive to a change in the planned revenue growth and discount rate. A 70% reduction in this growth rate or an increase in the discount rate to 25% could give rise to an impairment charge.
No other reasonable change in the other assumptions set out in this note would result currently in an impairment charge.
12. Property, plant and equipment
|
Group |
Fixtures & fittings £'000 |
Computer equipment £'000 |
Right-of-Use Asset £'000 |
Total £'000 |
|
|||
|
Cost |
|
|
|
|
|
|||
|
At 1 January 2023 |
139 |
96 |
276 |
511 |
|
|||
|
Additions |
21 |
21 |
- |
42 |
|
|||
|
On disposal of subsidiary |
- |
(13) |
- |
(13) |
|
|||
|
Exchange differences |
2 |
(1) |
- |
1 |
|
|||
|
At 31 December 2023 |
162 |
103 |
276 |
541 |
|
|||
|
Depreciation |
|
|
|
|
||||
|
At 1 January 2023 |
(60) |
(61) |
(44) |
(165) |
||||
|
Charge |
(32) |
(20) |
(55) |
(107) |
||||
|
On disposal of subsidiary |
- |
6 |
- |
6 |
||||
|
Exchange differences |
(1) |
1 |
- |
- |
||||
|
At 31 December 2023 |
(93) |
(74) |
(99) |
(266) |
||||
|
Net book value At 31 December 2023 |
69 |
29 |
177 |
275 |
||||
|
At 31 December 2022 |
79 |
34 |
232 |
345 |
|
|
Fixtures & fittings |
Computer equipment |
Right-of-Use Asset |
Total |
|
Group |
£'000 |
£'000 |
£'000 |
£'000 |
|
Cost |
|
|
|
|
|
At 1 January 2022 |
53 |
78 |
429 |
560 |
|
Additions |
86 |
27 |
276 |
389 |
|
Disposals |
- |
(9) |
(429) |
(438) |
|
At 31 December 2022 |
139 |
96 |
276 |
511 |
|
Depreciation |
|
|
|
|
|
At 1 January 2022 |
(44) |
(44) |
(407) |
(495) |
|
Charge |
(16) |
(26) |
(66) |
(108) |
|
Disposals |
- |
9 |
429 |
438 |
|
At 31 December 2022 |
(60) |
(62) |
(44) |
(166) |
|
Net book value |
|
|
|
|
|
At 31 December 2022 |
79 |
34 |
232 |
345 |
|
At 31 December 2021 |
9 |
34 |
22 |
65 |
|
13. |
Investment in subsidiaries |
|
|
|
Company |
|
|
£'000 |
|
Balance at |
1 January 2023 and 31 December 2023 |
|
30,189 |
|
Balance at |
1 January 2022 and 31 December 2022 |
|
30,189 |
|
14. |
Loans and advances |
|
|
|
Group |
2023 £'000 |
2022 £'000 |
|
|
Total loans and advances |
7,407 |
24,215 |
|
|
Less: loss allowance |
(173) |
(54) |
|
|
|
7,234 |
24,161 |
|
|
The aging of loans and advances are analysed as follows: |
|
|
|
|
|
2023 £'000 |
2022 £'000 |
|
|
Neither past due nor impaired |
7,082 |
23,875 |
|
|
Past due: 0-30 days |
6 |
129 |
|
|
Past due: 31-60 days |
22 |
77 |
|
|
Past due: 61-90 days |
14 |
41 |
|
|
Past due: more than 91 days |
105 |
39 |
|
|
Impaired |
5 |
- |
|
|
|
7,234 |
24,161 |
|
15. Trade and other receivables
|
|
Group |
Company |
||
|
|
2023 £'000 |
2022 £'000 |
2023 £'000 |
2022 £'000 |
|
Trade and other receivables |
2,385 |
2,149 |
- |
- |
|
Prepayments |
606 |
455 |
35 |
44 |
|
Accrued Income |
685 |
890 |
- |
- |
|
VAT |
- |
- |
15 |
11 |
|
Other debtors |
3,684 |
2,554 |
- |
- |
|
Amounts due from Group Undertakings |
- |
- |
111 |
83 |
|
|
7,360 |
6,048 |
161 |
138 |
Trade receivables above are stated net of a loss allowance of £nil (2022: £nil). All receivables are due within one year. The aging of trade receivables is analysed as follows:
|
|
Group
|
Company
|
||
|
|
2023 £'000 |
2022 £'000 |
2023 £'000 |
2022 £'000 |
|
Not yet due |
1,621 |
1,960 |
- |
- |
|
Past due: 0-30 days |
220 |
117 |
- |
- |
|
Past due: 31-60 days |
146 |
6 |
- |
- |
|
Past due: 61-90 days |
193 |
9 |
- |
- |
|
Past due: more than 91 days |
205 |
57 |
- |
- |
|
|
2,385 |
2,149 |
- |
- |
16. Share capital
Share Capital Total
 |
Group and Company £'000 £'000
105,836,687 shares at £0.91 per share 96,311 96,311
On 10 July 2023, the Company issued 11,653,744 ordinary shares through a Placing and an Open Offer. These were issued at £0.65 per share, raising gross proceeds of £7,575,000. This was a discount to par value of £3,030,000, which has been included in Other Reserves in the Statement of Changes of Equity.
All ordinary shares carry equal entitlements to any distributions by the Company. No dividends were proposed by the Directors for the year ended 31 December 2023.
17. Borrowings
|
Group |
2023 £'000 |
2022 |
|
Loans due within one year |
6,157 |
1,783 |
|
Loans due in over one year |
1,047 |
16,764 |
|
|
7,204 |
18,547 |
Movements in borrowings during the year
The below table identifies the movements in borrowings during the year.
|
Group |
£'000 |
|
Balance at 1 January 2023 |
18,547 |
|
Funding drawdown |
7,619 |
|
Interest expense |
557 |
|
Origination fees paid |
(56) |
|
Repayments |
(2,170) |
|
Interest paid |
(416) |
|
Disposal of subsidiary |
(16,874) |
|
Exchange differences |
(3) |
|
Balance at 31 December 2023 |
7,204 |
|
Group |
£'000 |
|
Balance at 1 January 2022 |
12,985 |
|
Funding drawdown |
8,707 |
|
Interest expense |
852 |
|
Fee amortisation |
110 |
|
Repayments |
(3,337) |
|
Interest paid |
(777) |
|
Exchange differences |
7 |
|
Balance at 31 December 2022 |
18,547 |
The primary borrowings of the Group are comprised of the following:
· A revolving credit facility under which one month notice is given by either the lender or borrower. The facility is secured by a fixed and floating charge over Satago SPV1 and interest is payable monthly.
The Company had no borrowings during the period or at year end.
18. Trade and other payables
|
|
Group |
Company |
||
|
|
2023 £'000 |
2022 £'000 |
2023 £'000 |
2022 £'000 |
|
Trade payables |
877 |
529 |
19 |
28 |
|
Accruals and deferred income |
3,626 |
3,867 |
520 |
622 |
|
Other payables |
416 |
1,636 |
7 |
- |
|
Corporation tax |
8 |
- |
- |
- |
|
Other taxation and social security |
506 |
603 |
188 |
284 |
|
VAT |
99 |
206 |
- |
- |
|
|
5,532 |
6,841 |
734 |
934 |
19. Financial instruments
The Directors have performed an assessment of the risks affecting the Group through its use of financial instruments and believe the principal risks to be: capital risk; credit risk, and market risk including interest rate risk.
This note describes the Group's objectives, policies and processes for managing the material risks and the methods used to measure them. The significant accounting policies regarding financial instruments are disclosed in Note 1.
Capital risk management
The Group manages its capital to ensure that entities in the Group will be able to continue as going concerns while providing an adequate return to shareholders.
The capital structure of the Group consists of borrowings disclosed in Note 17 and equity of the Group (comprising issued capital, reserves, retained earnings and non-controlling interests as disclosed in Note 16 and Note 20).
The Group is not subject to any externally imposed capital requirements.
Principal financial instruments
The principal financial instruments to which the Group is party and from which financial instrument risk arises, are as follows:
· Loans and advances, primarily credit risk and liquidity risk
· Trade receivables, primarily credit risk and liquidity risk
· Investments, primarily fair value or market price risk
· Cash and cash equivalents, which can be a source of credit risk but are primarily liquid assets available to further business objectives or to settle liabilities as necessary
· Trade and other payables, and
· Borrowings which are used as sources of funds and to manage liquidity risk.
Analysis of financial instruments by valuation model
There are no financial assets or liabilities included in the statement of financial position at fair value.
31 December 2023
Financial assets and financial liabilities included in the statement of financial position that are not measured at fair value:
|
Group |
Carrying amount £'000 |
Fair value £'000 |
Level 1 £'000 |
Level 2 £'000 |
Level 3 £'000 |
|
Financial assets not measured at fair value |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Loans and advances |
7,234 |
7,234 |
- |
- |
7,234 |
|
Trade receivables |
2,385 |
2,385 |
- |
- |
2,385 |
|
Other receivables |
4,369 |
4,369 |
- |
- |
4,369 |
|
Cash and cash equivalents |
10,140 |
10,140 |
10,140 |
- |
- |
|
|
24,128 |
24,128 |
10,140 |
- |
13,988 |
|
Financial liabilities not measured at fair value |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Borrowings |
7,204 |
7,204 |
- |
- |
7,204 |
|
Trade, other payables and accruals |
4,889 |
4,889 |
- |
- |
4,889 |
|
|
12,093 |
12,093 |
- |
- |
12,093 |
|
31 December 2022 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Group |
Carrying amount £'000 |
Fair value £'000 |
Level 1 £'000 |
Level 2 £'000 |
Level 3 £'000 |
|
Financial assets not measured at fair value |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Loans and advances |
24,161 |
24,161 |
- |
- |
24,161 |
|
Trade receivables |
2,149 |
2,149 |
- |
- |
2,149 |
|
Other receivables |
3,444 |
3,444 |
- |
- |
3,444 |
|
Cash and cash equivalents |
10,273 |
10,273 |
10,273 |
- |
- |
|
|
40,027 |
40,027 |
10,273 |
- |
29,574 |
|
Financial liabilities not measured at fair value |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Borrowings |
18,547 |
18,547 |
- |
- |
18,547 |
|
Trade, other payables and accruals |
6,392 |
6,392 |
- |
- |
6,392 |
|
|
24,939 |
24,939 |
- |
- |
24,939 |
31 December 2023
|
|
|
||||
|
Company |
Carrying amount £'000 |
Fair value £'000 |
Level 1 £'000 |
Level 2 £'000 |
Level 3 £'000 |
|
Financial assets not measured at fair value |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Amounts owed by group undertakings |
59,089 |
59,089 |
- |
- |
59,089 |
|
Other receivables |
126 |
126 |
- |
- |
126 |
|
Cash and cash equivalents |
4,723 |
4,723 |
4,723 |
- |
- |
|
|
63,938 |
63,938 |
4,723 |
- |
59,215 |
|
Financial liabilities not measured at fair value |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Trade, other payables and accruals |
734 |
734 |
- |
- |
734 |
|
|
734 |
734 |
- |
- |
734 |
|
31 December 2022 |
|
||||
|
Company |
Carrying amount £'000 |
Fair value £'000 |
Level 1 £'000 |
Level 2 £'000 |
Level 3 £'000 |
|
Financial assets not measured at fair value |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Amounts owed by group undertakings |
54,835 |
54,835 |
- |
- |
54,835 |
|
Other receivables |
94 |
94 |
- |
- |
94 |
|
Cash and cash equivalents |
2,260 |
2,260 |
2,260 |
- |
- |
|
|
57,189 |
57,189 |
2,260 |
- |
54,929 |
|
Financial liabilities not measured at fair value |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Trade, other payables and accruals |
934 |
934 |
- |
- |
934 |
|
|
934 |
934 |
- |
- |
934 |
Fair values for Level 3 assets and liabilities were calculated using a discounted cash flow model and the Directors consider that the carrying amounts of financial assets and liabilities recorded at amortised cost in the financial statements approximate to their fair values.
Loans and advances
Due to the short-term nature of loans and advances and/or expected credit losses recognised, their carrying value is considered to be approximately equal to their fair value.
Trade and other receivables, borrowings, trade and other payables, and accruals
These represent short term receivables and payables and as such their carrying value is considered to be equal to their fair value.
Financial risk management
The Group's activities and the existence of the above financial instruments expose it to a variety of financial risks.
The Board of Directors has overall responsibility for the determination of the Group's risk management objectives and policies. The overall objective of the Board of Directors is to set policies that seek to reduce ongoing risk as far as possible without unduly affecting the Group's competitiveness and flexibility.
The Group is exposed to the following financial risks:
· Credit risk
· Liquidity risk
· Market risk
· Interest rate risk
Further details regarding these policies are set out below.
Credit risk
Credit risk is the risk that a customer or counterparty will default on its contractual obligations resulting in financial loss to the Group. One of the Group's main income generating activities is lending to customers and therefore credit risk is a principal risk. Credit risk mainly arises from loans and advances. The Group considers all elements of credit risk exposure such as counterparty default risk, geographical risk and sector risk for risk management purposes.
Credit risk management
The credit committees within the wider Group are responsible for managing the credit risk by:
· Ensuring that it has appropriate credit risk practices, including an effective system of internal control
· Identifying, assessing and measuring credit risks across the Group from an individual instrument to a portfolio level
· Creating credit policies to protect the Group against the identified risks including the requirements to obtain collateral from borrowers, to perform robust ongoing credit assessment of borrowers and to continually monitor exposures against internal risk limits
· Limiting concentrations of exposure by type of asset, counterparty, industry, credit rating, geographical location
· Establishing a robust control framework regarding the authorisation structure for the approval and renewal of credit facilities
· Developing and maintaining the risk grading to categorise exposures according to the degree of risk of default. Risk grades are subject to regular reviews, and
· Developing and maintaining the processes for measuring Expected Credit Loss ("ECL") including monitoring of credit-risk, incorporation of forward-looking information and the method used to measure ECL.
Significant increase in credit risk
The Group continuously monitors all assets subject to ECL as to whether there has been a significant increase in credit risk since initial recognition, either through a significant increase in Probability of Default ("PD") or in Loss Given Default ("LGD").
The following is based on the procedures adopted by the Group:
Granting of credit
The business development team prepare a risk summary which sets out the rationale and the pricing for the proposed loan facility and confirms that it meets the Group's product risk and pricing policies. The application will include the proposed counterparty's latest financial information and any other relevant information but as a minimum:
· Details of the limit requirement e.g. product, amount, tenor, repayment plan etc.
· Facility purpose or reason for increase
· Counterparty details, background, management, financials and ratios (actuals and forecast)
· Key risks and mitigants for the application
· Conditions, covenants & information (and monitoring proposals) and security (including comments on valuation)
· Pricing
· Confirmation that the proposed exposure falls within risk appetite, and
· Clear indication where the application falls outside of risk appetite.
The credit risk department will analyse the financial information, obtain reports from credit reference agencies, allocate a risk rating and make a decision on the application. The process may require further dialogue with the business development team to ascertain additional information or clarification.
Each mandate holder and committee is authorised to approve loans up to agreed financial limits provided that the risk rating of the counterparty is within agreed parameters. If the financial limit requested is higher than the credit authority of the first reviewer of the loan facility request, the application is sent to the next credit authority level with a recommendation.
The Executive Risk Committee reviews all applications that are outside the credit approval mandate of the mandate holder due to the financial limit requested or if the risk rating is outside of policy but there is a rationale and/or mitigation for considering the loan on an exceptional basis.
Applications where the counterparty has a high risk rating are sent to the Executive Risk Committee for a decision based on a positive recommendation from the credit risk department. Where a limited company has such a risk rating, the Executive Risk Committee will consider the following mitigants:
· Existing counterparty which has met all obligations in time and in accordance with loan agreements
· Counterparty known to Group personnel who can confirm positive experience
· Additional security, either tangible or personal guarantees where there is verifiable evidence of personal net worth
· A commercial rationale for approving the application, although this mitigant will generally be in addition to at least one of the other mitigants.
Identifying significant increases in credit risk
The Group measures a change in a counterparty's credit risk mainly on payment, on updated from credit reference agencies and adverse changes with a counterparty's debtors. The Group views a significant increase in credit risk as:
· A two-notch reduction in the Group's counterparty's risk rating since origination, as notified through the credit rating agency
· A counterparty defaults on a payment due under a loan agreement
· Late contractual payments which although cured, reoccur on a regular basis
· Evidence of a reduction in a counterparty's working capital facilities which has had an adverse effect on its liquidity, or
· Evidence of actual or attempted sales out of trust or of double financing of assets funded by the Group
· Deterioration in the underlying business (held as part of the security package) indicated through significant loss of revenue and higher than average client attrition.
An increase in significant credit risk is identified when any of the above events happen after the date of initial recognition.
Default
Identifying loans and advances in default and credit impaired
The Group's definition of default for this purpose is:
· A counterparty defaults on a payment due under a loan agreement and that payment is overdue on its terms, or
· The collateral that secures, all or in part, the loan agreement has been sold or is otherwise not available for sale and the proceeds have not been paid to the lending company, or
· A counterparty commits an event of default under the terms and conditions of the loan agreement which leads the lending company to believe that the borrower's ability to meet its credit obligations to the lending company is in doubt.
Exposure at default
Exposure at default ("EAD") is the expected loan balance at the point of default and, for the purpose of calculating the Expected Credit Losses ("ECL"), management have assumed this to be the balance at the reporting date.
Expected credit losses
The ECL on an individual loan is based on the credit losses expected to arise over the life of the loan, being defined as the difference between all the contractual cash flows that are due to the Group and the cash flows that it actually expects to receive.
This difference is then discounted at the original effective interest rate on the loan to reflect the disposal period of underlying collateral.
Regardless of the loan status stage, the aggregated ECL is the value that the Group expects to lose on its current loan book having assessed each loan individually.
To calculate the ECL on a loan, the Group considers:
1. Counterparty PD; and
2. LGD on the asset
whereby: ECL = EAD x PD x LGD
Maximum exposure to credit risk
|
|
Group |
Company |
||
|
|
2023 £'000 |
2022 £'000 |
2023 £'000 |
2022 £'000 |
|
Cash and cash equivalents |
10,140 |
10,273 |
4,723 |
2,260 |
|
Loans and advances |
7,234 |
24,161 |
- |
- |
|
Amounts owed by group undertakings |
- |
- |
59,089 |
54,835 |
|
Trade and other receivables |
6,754 |
5,593 |
126 |
138 |
|
Maximum exposure to credit risk |
24,128 |
40,027 |
63,938 |
57,233 |
Loans and advances:
Collateral held as security
|
|
Group |
Company |
||
|
|
2023 £'000 |
2022 £'000 |
2023 £'000 |
2022 £'000 |
|
Fully collateralised |
|
|
|
|
|
Loan-to-value* ratio |
|
|
|
|
|
Less than 50% |
654 |
800 |
- |
- |
|
50% to 70% |
1,174 |
271 |
- |
- |
|
71% to 80% |
554 |
500 |
- |
- |
|
81% to 90% |
3,434 |
701 |
- |
- |
|
91% to 100% |
651 |
- |
- |
- |
|
|
6,467 |
2,272 |
- |
- |
|
Partially collateralised |
|
|
|
|
|
Collateral value relating to loans over 100% loan-to-value |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
Unsecured lending |
940 |
21,943 |
- |
- |
* Calculated using wholesale collateral values
Concentration of credit risk
The Group maintains policies and procedures to manage concentrations of credit at the counterparty level and industry level to achieve a diversified loan portfolio.
Credit quality
An analysis of the Group's credit risk exposure for loan and advances per class of financial asset, internal rating and "stage" is provided in the following tables. A description of the meanings of stages 1, 2 and 3 is given in the accounting policies set out in Note 1.
|
Risk rating |
Stage 1 £'000 |
Stage 2 £'000 |
Stage 3 £'000 |
2023 Total £'000 |
2022 Total £'000 |
|
Above average (risk rating 1-2) |
940 |
- |
- |
940 |
11,035 |
|
Average (risk rating 3-5) |
6,333 |
- |
134 |
6,467 |
10,615 |
|
Below average (risk rating 6+) |
- |
- |
- |
- |
2,565 |
|
Gross carrying amount |
7,273 |
- |
134 |
7,407 |
24,215 |
|
Loss allowance |
(173) |
- |
- |
(173) |
(54) |
|
Carrying amount |
7,100 |
- |
134 |
7,234 |
24,161 |
|
Gross Carrying Amount |
Stage 1 £'000 |
Stage 2 £'000 |
Stage 3 £'000 |
Total £'000 |
|
As at 1 January 2023 |
22,692 |
1,481 |
43 |
24,216 |
|
Transfer to stage 1 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
Transfer to stage 2 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
Transfer to stage 3 |
(30) |
- |
30 |
- |
|
Disposal of subsidiary |
(19,937) |
(1,481) |
- |
(21,418) |
|
Net Loans originated |
4,548 |
- |
61 |
4,609 |
|
As at 31 December 2023 |
7,273 |
- |
134 |
7,407 |
Trade receivables
Status at reporting date
The Group has assessed the trade and other receivables in accordance with IFRS 9 and determined that, at the balance sheet date, the lifetime ECL is £nil (2022: £nil).
The contractual amount outstanding on financial assets that were written off during the reporting period and are still subject to enforcement activity is £nil at 31 December 2023 (2022: £nil).
Liquidity risk
Liquidity risk is the risk that the Group does not have sufficient financial resources to meet its obligations as they fall due or will have to do so at an excessive cost. This risk arises from mismatches in the timing of cash flows which is inherent in all banking operations and can be affected by a range of Group specific and market-wide events.
Liquidity risk management
Group Finance performs treasury management for the Group, with responsibility for the treasury for each business entity being delegated to the individual subsidiaries. However, in line with the wider Group governance structure, Group Finance performs an important oversight role in the wider treasury considerations of the Group. The primary mechanism for maintaining this oversight is a formal requirement that subsidiaries' Finance teams notify all material Treasury matters to Group Finance.
The main Group responsibilities are to maintain banking relationships, manage and maximise the efficiency of the Group's working capital and long-term funding and ensure ongoing compliance with banking arrangements. The Group currently does not have any offsetting arrangements.
Liquidity stress testing
The Group regularly conducts liquidity stress tests, based on a range of different scenarios to ensure it can meet all of its liabilities as they fall due.
Maturity analysis for financial assets and financial liabilities
The following maturity analysis is based on expected gross cash flows.
|
|
Carrying Amount |
Less than 1 month |
1-3 months |
3 months to 1 year |
1-5 years |
>5 years |
|
As at 31 December 2023 |
£'000 |
£'000 |
£'000 |
£'000 |
£'000 |
£'000 |
|
Financial Assets |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash and cash equivalents |
10,140 |
10,140 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
Trade and other receivables |
6,754 |
2,490 |
585 |
2,006 |
1,673 |
- |
|
Loans and advances |
7,234 |
6,321 |
36 |
(63) |
940 |
- |
|
|
24,128 |
18,951 |
621 |
1,943 |
2,613 |
- |
|
Financial Liabilities |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Trade payables, other payables and accruals |
4,889 |
1,574 |
2,260 |
819 |
236 |
- |
|
Borrowings |
7,204 |
64 |
38 |
1,077 |
6,025 |
- |
|
|
12,093 |
1,638 |
2,298 |
1,896 |
6,261 |
- |
Market risk
Market risk is the risk that movements in market factors, such as foreign exchange rates, interest rates, credit spreads, equity prices and commodity prices will reduce the TruFin Group's income or the value of its portfolios.
Market risk management
TruFin Group's management objective is to manage and control market risk exposures in order to optimise return on risk while ensuring solvency.
The core market risk management activities are:
· The identification of all key market risk and their drivers
· The independent measurement and evaluation of key market risks and their drivers
· The use of results and estimates as the basis for the TruFin Group's risk/return-oriented management, and
· Monitoring risks and reporting on them.
Interest rate risk management
TruFin Group is exposed to the risk of loss from fluctuations in the future cash flows or fair values of financial instruments because of the change in market interest rates.
Interest rate risk
Interest rates on loans and advances are charged at competitive rates given current market condition. Should rates fluctuate, this will be reviewed and pricing will be adjusted accordingly.
20. Non-controlling interests
The summarised financial information below represents financial information for each subsidiary that has non-controlling interest that are material to the Group. The amounts disclosed for each subsidiary are before intragroup eliminations.
The Group had a 72% (2022: 72%) ownership share of Bandana during the year.
|
Statement of Financial Position |
Bandana |
|
|
|
2023 £'000 |
2022 £'000 |
|
Current assets |
- |
1 |
|
Current liabilities |
(5,464) |
(5,465) |
|
Equity attributable to owners of the Company |
(3,955) |
(3,955) |
|
Non-controlling interests |
(1,509) |
(1,509) |
|
Income Statement |
Bandana |
|
|
|
2023 £'000 |
2022 £'000 |
|
Revenue |
- |
- |
|
Expenses |
- |
(251) |
|
Loss after tax |
- |
(251) |
|
Loss after tax attributable to owners of the Company |
- |
(182) |
|
Loss after tax attributable to the non-controlling interests |
- |
(69) |
|
Cash Flow Statement |
Bandana |
|
|
|
2023 £'000 |
2022 £'000 |
|
Net cash from operating activities |
- |
- |
|
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents |
- |
- |
|
Non-controlling interest |
Bandana |
|
|
|
2023 £'000 |
2022 £'000 |
|
Balance at 1 January |
(1,509) |
(1,440) |
|
Share of loss for the year |
- |
(69) |
|
Balance at 31 December |
(1,509) |
(1,509) |
The Group's effective ownership share of Satago Financial Solutions Limited ("Satago") at the reporting date is based on the net assets of the Satago Group at the reporting date, and the ownership waterfall following Lloyds Banking Group's £5m investment in Satago in April 2022.
|
Statement of Financial Position |
Satago |
|
|
|
2023 £'000 |
2022 £'000 |
|
Current assets |
9,705 |
10,397 |
|
Non-current assets |
587 |
617 |
|
Current liabilities |
(3,606) |
(927) |
|
Equity attributable to owners of the Company |
2,631 |
5,061 |
|
Non-controlling interests |
4,055 |
5,026 |
|
Income Statement |
Satago |
|
|
|
2023 £'000 |
2022 £'000 |
|
Revenue |
2,523 |
1,860 |
|
Expenses |
(5,923) |
(3,926) |
|
Loss after tax |
(3,400) |
(2,001) |
|
Loss after tax attributable to owners of the Company |
(2,429) |
1,910 |
|
Loss after tax attributable to the non-controlling interests |
(971) |
(91) |
|
Cash Flow Statement |
Satago |
|
|
|
2023 £'000 |
2022 £'000 |
|
Net cash used in operating activities |
(4,507) |
(3,035) |
|
Net cash used in investing activities |
(275) |
(2,498) |
|
Net cash generated from financing activities |
2,558 |
7,360 |
|
Net (decrease)/increase in cash and cash equivalents |
(2,224) |
1,827 |
|
Non-controlling interest |
Satago |
|
|
|
2023 £'000 |
2022 £'000 |
|
Balance at 1 January |
5,026 |
103 |
|
Share of loss for the year |
(971) |
(91) |
|
Arising from change in non-controlling interest |
- |
14 |
|
Equity Raise |
- |
5,000 |
|
Balance at 31 December |
4,055 |
5,026 |
|
21. |
Leases |
|
|
The carrying amounts of the right-of-use assets recognised and the movements during the period are shown in Note 12. The lease liability and movement during the period were: |
|
|
|
Group |
£'000 |
|
|
Lease liability recognised at 1 January 2023 |
285 |
|
|
Interest |
13 |
|
|
Payments |
(82) |
|
|
Balance at 31 December 2023 |
216 |
|
|
Group |
£'000 |
|
|
Lease liability recognised at 1 January 2022 |
25 |
|
|
Lease recognised in year |
276 |
|
|
Interest |
12 |
|
|
Payments |
(28) |
|
|
Balance at 31 December 2022 |
285 |
|
22. Earnings per share
Earnings per share is calculated by dividing the earnings attributable to ordinary shareholders by the weighted average number of ordinary shares in issue during the year.
The calculation of the basis and adjusted earnings per share is based on the following data:
|
|
2023 |
2022 |
|
Number of shares (#) At year end |
105,836,687 |
94,182,943 |
|
Weighted average |
99,770,355 |
90,485,862 |
|
Earnings attributable to ordinary shareholders |
£'000 |
£'000 |
|
Loss after tax attributable to the owners of TruFin plc |
(6,472) |
(6,637) |
|
Adjusted earnings attributable to ordinary shareholders Loss after tax attributable to the owners of TruFin plc |
(6,472) |
(6,637) |
|
Loss after tax from continued operations |
(5,312) |
(6,677) |
|
(Loss)/profit from discontinued operations |
(1,160) |
40 |
|
Share-based payments |
766 |
- |
|
Adjusted1 loss after tax attributable to the owners of TruFin plc |
(4,546) |
(6,677) |
|
Earnings per share* |
Pence |
Pence |
|
Basic and diluted |
(6.5) |
(7.3) |
|
Basic and diluted from continuing operations |
(5.3) |
(7.4) |
|
Adjusted1 |
(4.6) |
(7.4) |
|
* All Earnings per share figures are undiluted and diluted. |
|
|
|
Adjusted1 EPS excludes share-based payment expense and loss from discontinued operations from loss after tax |
|
|
|
Comparative figures have been restated to adjust for discontinued operations |
|
|
Management has been granted 9,551,342 share options in TruFin plc (see Note 6 for details). These could potentially dilute basic EPS in the future, but were not included in the calculation of diluted EPS as they are antidilutive for the years presented as the Group is loss making.
23. Related party disclosures
Key management personnel disclosures are provided in Notes 5 and 6.
During the year, Playstack made loans to Storm Chaser UG, a company based in Germany. Storm Chaser UG is 100% owned by Storm Chaser Games -an associate company of Playstack (See Note 1). The balance of the loans (including interest) at the reporting date was £940,000 (2022: £525,000).
24. Events after the Reporting Date
In March 2024, Playstack disposed of its augmented reality and gamification AdTech platform "Interact" to VCI Global Limited for
$2,000,000 (£1,574,000).
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