Half Year Results
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10 December 2025
Redcentric plc
('Redcentric', the 'Company' or the 'Group')
Half Year Results
Updated MSP Growth Strategy
Robust performance & strong base for future growth and cash generation
Redcentric plc (AIM: RCN), a leading UK IT Managed Services provider, is pleased to announce its half year unaudited results for the six months ended 30 September 2025 ('H1 FY26' or the 'period' or the "first half").
Corporate Highlights
· Developing and growing the Managed Service Provider ("MSP") business unit is now the focus for the Group with the Board seeing an attractive opportunity to build additional shareholder value;
· The Board welcomed new senior management, with Michelle Senecal de Fonseca, formerly a Non-Executive Director, becoming CEO in May 2025, and Tony Ratcliffe joining as CFO in August 2025;
· Progressed negotiations in the period for the sale of the Data Centre ("DC") business and announced on 23 October the disposal of the DC business, for an enterprise valuation of up to £127 million, payable in cash;
· The Board believes this is transformational deal for the Group, allowing it to focus on the attractive MSP opportunity, reduce the leverage on the Group's balance sheet, and return material proceeds to shareholders most likely via a Tender Offer;
· The Board remains focused on completing the DC sale transaction by the end of March 2026; and
· Following the planned material reduction in net debt and unburdened by the capital expenditure requirements of the DC business, the Board expects the Group to deliver higher cash conversion and improved free cash flow. Reflecting this the Board will, at the end of the year, consider the possible reintroduction of a progressive dividend policy and / or a potential introduction of a share repurchase plan.
Updated MSP Strategy Highlights
· The Group intends to offer enhanced cybersecurity solutions by building upon its current security portfolio and better integrating security products to its customer offering;
· Leveraging MSP's established market leadership, capitalising on the public sector opportunity by delivering advanced managed services and critical sovereign cloud capabilities;
· Expand relationships with selected partners in certain vertical markets in order to accelerate go-to-market initiatives to fuel new customer growth; and
· Drive operational efficiency by optimising the Group's cost base and investing in automation to build a scalable platform for future growth.
Financial Highlights
Unless otherwise indicated, the following results are based on the continuing operations of the Group, the MSP business. Percentage changes are calculated on absolute values:
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Six months to 30 Sept 2025 ("H1 FY26") Unaudited |
Six months to 30 Sept 2024 ("H1 FY25") Unaudited *restated |
Change |
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Total revenue |
£66.8m |
£69.2m |
-3.6% |
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Recurring revenue1 |
£60.4m |
£60.9m |
-0.9% |
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Recurring revenue percentage1 |
90.4% |
88.0% |
+2.5% |
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Gross profit |
£41.1m |
£40.9m |
+0.5% |
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Gross margin |
61.6% |
59.1% |
+2.5% |
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Adjusted EBITDA2 |
£9.1m |
£8.9m |
+2.7% |
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Adjusted EBITDA2 margin |
13.7% |
12.8% |
+0.8% |
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Reported operating profit |
£3.6m |
£3.7m |
-2.4% |
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Reported profit before tax |
£1.9m |
£1.6m |
+18.7% |
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Group Net debt |
(£68.6m) |
(£66.6m) |
+2.9% |
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Group Adjusted net debt3 |
(£41.8m) |
(£39.9m) |
+4.6% |
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Adjusted basic earnings per share4 |
1.86p |
1.70p |
+9.3% |
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Reported basic earnings per share |
1.19p |
1.13p |
+4.8% |
A full explanation of the alternative performance measures used is available in the Appendix. In summary:
1 Recurring revenue comprises the revenue that repeats either under contractual arrangement or by predictable customer habit;
2 Adjusted EBITDA comprises earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation ('EBITDA') further adjusted for exceptional items and share-based payments, including National Insurance;
3 Adjusted net debt comprises reported net debt (borrowings net of cash) but excluding any supplier loans or lease liabilities that would have been classified as operating leases under IAS17 and is a measure reviewed by the Group's banking syndicate as part of covenant compliance; and
4 Adjusted basic earnings per share comprises earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation, exceptional items and share-based payments to which a notional tax charge of 25% is applied.
*restated to reflect continuing operations
Financial Highlights - Total Operations
(Combined MSP business unit and the DC business unit that is recognised as discontinued under IFRS5)
· Solid first-half performance;
· Total revenue for the Group was £83.6m (H1 FY25: £86.8m);
· Total recurring revenue for the Group was £77.0m (H1 FY25: £78.3m);
· Group maintained strong recurring revenue performance with recurring revenue as a percentage of total revenue up 1.9% from 90.2% to 92.1%;
· Adjusted EBITDA was £17.4m (H1 FY25 £18.2m); and
· Gross margin improved up 2.2% from 58.3% to 60.5%.
Outlook
· Board is confident in the outlook for the Group and enthusiastic about the clear growth strategy for subsequent years;
· Following the leadership transition and the significant time and resources dedicated to the business unit separation and the DC sale, the Board anticipates broadly flat MSP revenues for the current year.
· Management's focus is on margin expansion and rigorous cost discipline as the business emerges from this transformational period, with a clear strategy for future years;
· Refocus of the Group to higher margin MSP business is already underway;
· Recurring revenue model and lower capex MSP business, with reduced debt, has attractive earnings potential with improved cash conversion;
· Enhanced MSP growth strategy expected to deliver attractive revenue and earnings growth in FY27 and beyond;
· DC disposal targeted to complete by end of March 2026, and anticipated to enable the Board to announce a significant return of capital to shareholders, materially reduce debt and provide modest investment opportunities to accelerate MSP growth;
· Board to review capital allocation and dividend policy at the year end in light of lower capex and higher cash conversion MSP business; and
· Confidence in the medium to long-term outlook of earnings and cash generation with a strong business model and transformed balance sheet
Commenting on the results, Michelle Senecal de Fonseca, CEO of Redcentric, said: "I am delighted to deliver these positive results, in what has been a very busy first half for the Group. Whilst the transformational year has been challenging, it is pleasing to see that our focus on securing and maintaining higher margin business and managing costs has already delivered improved margins from the MSP business. With the sale of the DC business now announced, our ongoing focus is very much on MSP as we start to execute the new strategy and growth plan which we believe will accelerate growth in both revenue and earnings in the years to come, building on the strong foundations of a market leading position and a high recurring revenue model."
Analyst Presentation
A presentation for sell-side analysts will be held at 9.30am today at Burson Buchanan's office. If you are interested in attending, please email Burson Buchanan on redcentric@buchanancomms.co.uk.
For further information:
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Redcentric plc Michelle Senecal de Fonseca, CEO Tony Ratcliffe, CFO |
via Burson Buchanan |
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Cavendish Capital Markets Limited - Nomad and Broker Marc Milmo / Callum Davidson (Corporate Finance) Andrew Burdis / Sunila de Silva (ECM) |
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7220 0500 |
For media enquiries:
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Burson Buchanan - Financial Communications Henry Harrison-Topham / Jamie Hooper / Toto Berger |
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7466 5000 |
Notes to Editors:
Redcentric has a strong track record in delivering IT Managed Services provision that empowers businesses to scale, innovate and grow in a rapidly evolving digital landscape. As technology continues to advance the Company's goal is to be the go-to-all-in-one infrastructure and managed IT service provider for customers of all sizes offering an unmatched range of products and solutions.
The Company's MSP division serves the private and public sectors with all their IT requirements. The MSP division acts as an outsourced IT department, handling day to day maintenance and security of customers' IT infrastructures. This allows customers to improve security and efficiency and focus on growing their core businesses.
From infrastructure management and cloud services to cybersecurity and data analytics, Redcentric has a comprehensive suite of solutions designed to meet the diverse needs of modern businesses.
For additional information please visit www.redcentricplc.com
Chairman's Statement
I am pleased to introduce the half year results of the Redcentric Group for the six months ended 30 September 2025.
Overview
The first half year has been a busy one, dominated by progression of the proposed sale of the DC business. Post period end, the Board was delighted to announce on 23 October the sale of the DC business to Stellanor Datacenters Group Limited, backed by a fund managed by DWS Group. The consideration, all payable in cash, is based on an enterprise valuation of up to £127 million. This consideration is subject to adjustment on completion to ensure the DC business is sold on a cash free, debt free basis and is also subject to a target level of working capital and a number of adjustments relating to commercial and property contract matters.
Completion of the DC sale remains dependent on several agreed conditions precedent being satisfied, which comprise regulatory requirements, as well as certain conditions relating to outstanding matters from the separation of the business into two segments. It is positive to report that certain of these conditions precedent have already been satisfied. Whilst the technical long stop date for completion is 31 May 2026, the Board currently estimates that completion will occur on or before 31 March 2026.
This is a pivotal year for the Group and this transaction is expected to be transformational, allowing a reduction in Group debt, the ability to de-risk and focus on the future MSP growth strategy and the ability to return significant amounts of capital to shareholders.
Following the completion of the DC business sale, the Board is excited about the significant growth potential in its MSP business. The refreshed lower-capex growth strategy outlined in the CEO's report is expected to drive strong operational leverage, delivering margin expansion and, with reduced financing costs, substantially higher cash conversion. This clear pathway should further strengthen the balance sheet and create scope for enhanced shareholder returns through additional distributions, as the Board monitors ongoing debt repayment and dividend policies.
Focus on the MSP business
The sale of the DC business is also pivotal because it will allow the Group to focus on the MSP market which the Board believes provides a very attractive opportunity for growth and scale, which can be capitalised on by leveraging the Group's existing operational infrastructure and cost base, thus creating the potential to deliver attractive returns to shareholders while continuing to deliver market leading service to the Group's valued client base.
The Board has agreed an enhanced MSP growth strategy, which is discussed in more detail in the CEO's Review.
Solid progress and momentum have been achieved in the first half, with the MSP business delivering revenues of £66.8m with an increased gross margin of 61.6% (H1 FY25: £69.2m at a gross margin of 59.1%) from success in its three core service towers: Cloud, Connectivity and Communication. The recurring revenue model, a key strength of the MSP business, accounted for 90.4% of total MSP revenues (H1 FY25: 88.0%). Adjusted EBITDA of £9.1m at an Adjusted EBITDA margin of 13.7% shows an increase (H1 FY25: £8.9m at an adjusted EBITDA margin of 12.8%). This performance is very solid given the challenging market environment.
The work involved in the separation of the two business units during the period, plus the time focused on the DC disposal has presented some significant and inevitable distractions during this financial year. However, management is dedicated to its commitment to drive MSP revenue whilst prudently managing the cost base to maximise stakeholder value.
Possible Return of capital to shareholders
As the DC sale reaches completion, the Board intends to review the capital allocation from the sale proceeds, with the funds due to be received on completion allocated to deliver benefits to shareholders and to strengthen the Group's financial position. The Board will be considering a number of options, including an agreed reduction in its debt to enhance financial stability, returning capital to shareholders (most likely by way of a Tender Offer), repurchasing shares and evaluating opportunities to accelerate growth within the MSP business. At this stage, the Board has agreed with its lenders to reduce the size of its Revolving Credit Facility ("RCF") following completion of the disposal, from £60m to £30m and to reduce RCF amounts drawn at completion to no more than £19m (RCF borrowings at 30 September 2025 were £41m).
Shareholders will be kept informed of further progress and the expected outcome and timing of the completion of the DC sale and any further capital allocation decisions. In the event of a return of capital by tender offer, this would be subject to shareholder approval at a General Meeting.
Board changes and people
During the first half, the Board appointed Michelle Senecal de Fonseca as CEO in May 2025, following her tenure as a Non-Executive Director of Redcentric since February 2024. Michelle has driven the MSP strategic refresh and has a strong operational focus on MSP, which is already delivering positive change.
The Board also welcomed Tony Ratcliffe as CFO in August 2025. Tony has a successful background in delivering growth and building and realising shareholder value in technology businesses, a number of those having been listed on the AIM market.
I also wish to express my continued appreciation to all our colleagues for their efforts in driving the Group's progress. We are equally grateful to all of our valued clients for their partnership and to our investors for their continuing support as we transform the business in this busy year.
Richard McGuire
Non-Executive Chairman
Chief Executive Officer's Review
Introduction
I am pleased to report the first half results for FY26.
A huge effort has been incurred in the period to initially separate the two business units, MSP and DC, from what had historically been a single, combined business and subsequently to advance the sale of the DC business.
Both the Company and the buyer of the DC business, Stellanor Data Centers Group, are working hard to finalise the remaining conditions precedent to allow legal completion of the sale to occur as soon as possible. Whilst we are committed to support the buyer for twelve months post completion by way of a transitional services agreement, the clear focus and attention of the Board and management going forward is very much directed to addressing what it sees as an attractive MSP market opportunity. The Group has strong MSP foundations built on recurring revenues which it is expected can be further built upon to create incremental shareholder value over the medium term. The focus of my review below is devoted to the ongoing MSP business.
The IT Managed Services market
UK customer demand for managing IT infrastructure, cybersecurity and end-user systems is well established, with the Service Addressable Market (SAM) estimated at over £10 billion per annum.
This IT Managed Services market is highly fragmented, supplied by approximately 12,000 providers in the UK. There are a small number of very large, predominantly global, providers, a huge number of quite small providers and a modest number of mid-tier providers. It is the large and mid-tier providers that dominate the marketplace and this is where Redcentric sits as a mid-tier leader. The Group's competitors are a broad spectrum of businesses from global telecommunication companies through hardware and software providers, system integrators and a range of independent providers, and include companies providing individual elements of the overall IT Managed Services spectrum.
Redcentric enjoys a diverse portfolio of customers equally split over the public and private sectors. It has built a particularly strong position in the public sector, particularly with NHS trusts and associated social care as well as in the commercial markets among customers that require compliant oriented services.
Management believes the Group has the requisite national scale to provide diverse and attractive product and service offerings with the ability to be nimble enough to offer the right level of customised and technically compliant services with intimate account engagement. Maintaining this agility and deep customer knowledge differentiates the Group from the global service providers and is the key reason in being rewarded with long-term customer loyalty. The investment the Group makes in maintaining and expanding a wide array of technical and regulated compliance certifications separates it from most of its peers. The Group is fortunate not to suffer from many of the challenges that its smaller competitors face, such as the lack of a delivery structure, reputation, reliability and financial strength. The Board also views the Group's AIM listing as a strong and visible demonstration of the Group's solid balance sheet and governance, making the Group a particularly attractive counterparty for its customers to contract with.
The MSP Strategy
The Group provides a broad range of IT Managed Services across its three core specialist areas of Cloud, Connectivity and Communication. Each of these areas has a dedicated focus with technologically advanced infrastructure and appropriately skilled resource. Historically, the Group has built its offerings both organically and through M&A.
The Group has positioned itself in the market as being able to combine the benefits of proprietary networks with a flexible and technically skilled workforce able to deliver and support critical services and solutions in an exceptionally secure environment. The Group seeks to differentiate itself in three distinct ways:
· Innovation - in the design and delivery of its services;
· Reliability - applying the right technical skills, organised in the right way, to give predictable high-quality results; and
· Value - service offerings designed to offer value for money to mid-market customers.
Since becoming CEO in May, my focus and priority has been to review and update the MSP strategy. I believe that the combination of the current dynamics in the MSP marketplace together the Group's core strengths and capabilities in this sector provide a unique opportunity to capitalise on a number of high-priority attractive growth initiatives. The strategy to exploit these opportunities is focused on:
Cybersecurity solutions
Cyber threats, compliance mandates and privacy concerns continue to intensify. The Group intends to build upon its existing security portfolio by continuing to invest in a comprehensive security product offering, building compliance frameworks suited to its customer sectors, and creating offerings that enhance cyber-resilience for customers. Investment will be made to obtain certifications with key security vendors, enhance our Security Operations Centre (SOC) capabilities and to develop proprietary compliance intellectual property. Enhancing the Group's cybersecurity solutions are expected to support the growth of higher margin recurring revenue, under-pinned by cross selling to existing customers and demonstrating our strong competitive advantage.
Public sector cloud modernisation
There is a significant opportunity to upgrade and modernise cloud platforms in the public sector, where the Group already has a strong presence. The Group intends to prioritise cloud migration, partnerships and modernisation initiatives to further develop managed services for public cloud environments, including highlighting our own sovereign cloud capabilities. Sovereign cloud is a cloud environment that ensures compliance with the legal frameworks of specific countries or regions, allowing customers to meet the digital sovereignty requirements by keeping data within national boundaries, enhancing data protection and security to address the growing demand for data privacy and compliance. Investment will be made in cloud platforms and infrastructure with resources focussed to deliver to more public framework agreements. These initiatives are expected to capitalise on existing relationships and capabilities, with the objective of further embedding the Group within its existing customer base and providing a lower risk route to enhanced revenues.
Expand the Group's partner ecosystems
Currently, the Group has a limited, but valuable number of selected partners in certain of the vertical markets in which it operates. By developing these partnerships into more robust ecosystems, it will provide a richer route to market for the Group to grow its new customer business. Additionally, the Group is selecting additional partners for faster evolution of some of its newer service offerings. Understanding the requirements of different regulated industries and maintaining today already a highly secured, certified workforce, the Group intends to put additional focus on commercial entities that require such compliant and differentiated service offerings.
Cost and efficiency improvements
The Group is making efforts to reduce the MSP's facilities requirement, to further focus on procurement and supplier optimisation, both to reduce cost. Investments are expected to be made in network delivery automation and to upgrade its Microsoft 365 ERP installation to better align to the current and future business needs and to provide a scalable platform for further growth. Further details of how we will look to improve our operational efficiencies is set out below.
Artificial Intelligence ("AI")
Whilst these are the primary nearer-term drivers anticipated to unlock further growth, the Group expects to monitor market trends and opportunities and to be agile to further market opportunities. These areas will likely include AI and automation software, Generative AI (GenAI). While the world is focused on AI applications and data centre capacity, it is overlooking the lack of significant available AI enabled network connectivity. The Group's current infrastructure is already AI-enabled and is working with its partners to find the right customer use cases to maximise the intended benefits.
Business Model
The Group has a well-established and capable direct sales and account management team, who are complemented by a few strategic partners, who work to continue to attract new customers and to deepen and broaden its relationships with existing customers. As noted above, the strategic review has identified the need to work with a more defined set of partners to accelerate market penetration, better leverage the Group's existing partnerships with more structure and create specific ecosystems aligned to key market segments.
The Group's very high proportion of recurring revenue is a highly attractive facet of its business model. Focus continues on maintaining the level of recurring revenues, as this provides a solid and highly visible picture of future revenues and earnings, but also to complement these revenues with non-recurring revenues, for example professional services around security or new client installations, which can provide useful uplifts in revenue.
The Group's MSP business is focussed towards the public sector, and large enterprise customers, with a significant amount of business secured through bid or tender processes. Customer contracts vary but are typically multi-year contracts, a key strength. There is of course a natural cycle when customer contracts approach renewal and the Group generally seeks to renew on broadly similar or enhanced terms. Therefore, focus on securing renewals is a key internal KPI with the Group focused on maintaining or increasing customer profitability through upselling and cost of service improvements
Whilst the Group has a complete and attractive portfolio of offerings, it is committed to remaining at the technological forefront of the market and therefore seeks to broaden its offering to provide customers with solutions that best meet their needs. The Group has a strong and reliable national infrastructure and has developed a delivery model that provides assurance and certainty for customers.
Operations
As already noted, there has been significant change in the first half, particularly driven by the split of the business into separate MSP and DC business units.
Other operational highlights in the first half within the MSP business include:
Hardware and licencing optimisation
Following a comprehensive review of internal platforms and the licensing estate, specifically the utilisation of VMWare and MS licensing across the relative services, there has been solid progress in optimising hardware usage and licencing. Following a re-architecture of Redcentric's internal data capture (specifically internal licensing usage) capabilities, the Group will be taking further steps to consolidate and significantly reduce internal systems requirements. Current expectations are a significant reduction in internal system license expenditure with some impact in H2 FY26 and a more significant impact during FY27 and beyond.
Rack Consolidation
Following the end of sale notification of its hardware recovery services solution offering, the Group has restructured the remaining client contracts to allow for the decommissioning of its colocation rack estate, creating operational efficiencies which allow cost savings going forward.
Operational efficiency initiatives
In conjunction with the strategic review of the MSP market and business, I have had the opportunity to review all operational aspects of the MSP and can report a number of planned initiatives that are expected to improve operational efficiency and effectiveness, provide the platform for further growth in MSP and to better manage its cost base in the medium to long term. These initiatives include:
Rationalisation of facilities
The MSP business is based in Harrogate and also has a sizeable but under-utilised facility in York. The York facility has now been vacated and the lease is in the process of being assigned.
Delivery automation
The MSP business intends to accelerate its further automation of its circuit provisioning in its Connectivity tower. With modest up-front investment, the Board believes it can bring forward certain operational efficiencies and cost savings, effective from the second half of FY27.
Microsoft 365 ERP system upgrade
Whilst material investment has been made historically in the Group's Microsoft 365 ERP system, there have been significant changes in the Group's structure and operations, driven by prior year acquisitions and now the imminent sale of the DC business. Whilst the Customer Engagement (CE) side requires less modification, the Board has approved the investment required to update the Finance & Operations ("F&O") component to better suit the Group's current and planned business and to provide a much more appropriate platform for future growth. While discovery and planning is currently underway, it is expected that the majority of this investment will be made during FY27, financed from the proceeds of the DC sale, and will generate progressive operational and cost saving initiatives from the latter part of FY27 and beyond.
Organic growth
The sales team continues to exploit the opportunities arising from prior acquisitions, with the enlarged customer base presenting new cross-selling opportunities and the new product offerings providing a wider range of services to the existing customer base. The Group also has the opportunity to target its increased VMware customer base for cross-selling opportunities. The organic sales strategy can be summarised into three key focus areas:
1. Cross-sell multiple products and services to existing customers, where they only have one or a few products or services;
2. Cross-sell other Group products and services to VMware customer wins; and
3. Attracting new customers.
The Group appointed Aleksandra Lubavs as Chief Revenue Officer in June 2025 and under her leadership the sales team is focussed and driven to meet ambitious targets for both recurring and non-recurring revenue.
Inorganic growth
The Group has worked hard through the complexities of splitting the MSP and DC business units, the associated internal reorganisations and, following completion of the DC sale, will have twelve months of managing transitional services for the acquirer of the DC business. These factors, as well as the need to focus on the attractive organic growth initiatives identified above and the operational changes contemplated, mean the current intention is very much on an organic growth strategy. That being said, management is ensuring it builds a platform that could be accelerated further with M&A, and the Board retains its opportunistic approach to M&A should potential opportunities fulfil various criteria including being strategically relevant, financially accretive, contribute to Group scale, expand or enhance infrastructure to deliver greater levels of security and service, bring new technologies to benefit from innovation, be a cheaper alternative than building the capabilities internally or offer cross-selling opportunities.
Summary financial results
More detailed financial data is summarised in the CFO's Review with fuller detail in the Financial Statements. Revenues from continuing operations were £66.8m (H1 FY25: £69.2m), all organic. Recurring revenue increased as a proposition to 90.4% (H1 FY25: 88.0%). These are commendable results in what remains a challenging market.
Gross profit increased to £41.1m in H1 FY26 (representing a 61.6% gross margin) from £40.9m (representing a 59.1% gross margin) in H1 FY25. The increase in gross margin was due to a conscious focus to secure and retain higher margin business.
Adjusted EBITDA increased to £9.1m in H1 FY26 (at a 13.7% margin) from £8.9m (at a 12.8% margin). It is positive to see the increase in absolute Adjusted EBITDA as well as Adjusted EBITDA margin, achieved whilst operating costs continue to remain under pressure.
Outlook
The focus for FY26 and beyond is to drive recurring revenue within our MSP business, whilst actively managing the cost base to deliver the strongest possible margin and cashflow performance over the medium to long-term.
The Board and senior management believe that there is fundamentally an attractive MSP opportunity to build scale and deliver shareholder value, with key initiatives laid out to target growth, improve the operational effectiveness of the MSP business and to lower the cost base.
In the current market environment, with the distractions experienced in the year from the sale of the DC business and the modest investment to deliver the growth strategy, the Board currently expects that FY26 MSP revenues will be broadly flat versus FY25 MSP revenues. Management is focused on managing general cost pressures and expects a modest reduction in earnings in FY26 but that this is followed by more ambitious revenue and earnings growth from FY27 and beyond. I am confident of the Group's medium to long-term MSP prospects as it executes this strategy.
I look forward to updating shareholders of the Group's performance in due course.
Michelle Senecal de Fonseca
Chief Executive Officer
Chief Financial Officer's Review
Overview
The results for the first half continue to highlight a change in presentation from the first half of FY25. As previously announced, the Board made the decision to separate the DC and MSP business units (which had been aggregated in all previous financial reporting), as they represented two quite distinct business units, operating in different market segments with different business models and having different resource requirements.
The consequence of the decision to sell the DC business was that under IFRS 5, the financial reporting for this period primarily highlights the continuing operations, i.e. MSP, as it did in the full year results for FY25. The detail in the Statement of Comprehensive Income therefore shows the line-by-line results of MSP, together with appropriate comparative data for the prior year first half to allow a meaningful comparison. The DC business unit's results continue to be presented, in accordance with IFRS 5, as a discontinued operation in the Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income, with its assets and liabilities classified as held for sale in the Consolidated Statement of Financial Position. Under IFRS5, the comparative balance sheet has not been restated to reflect the change in presentation and therefore, by definition, the balance sheet items show more marked variances compared to the prior half year.
The financial review below covers the primary Financial Statements as presented and, unless otherwise stated, focuses on the continuing MSP business. Where significant differences have arisen because of the change in presentation as noted above, these are highlighted.
Revenue
Revenue for continuing operations, the MSP business unit, for the first half was generated wholly from the UK and was £66.8m, a decrease of 3.6% on £69.2m generated in H1 FY25. Total revenue can be analysed below:
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Six months ended 30 September 2025 Unaudited |
Six months ended 30 September 2024 Unaudited *restated |
Year ended 31 March 2025 Audited |
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£'000 |
£'000 |
£'000 |
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Continuing operations - MSP business unit |
66,759 |
69,241 |
135,138 |
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Discontinued operations - DC business unit |
21,533 |
22,249 |
44,571 |
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Inter-segment revenue |
(4,655) |
(4,705) |
(9,818) |
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Total revenue |
83,637 |
86,785 |
169,891 |
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*restated to reflect continuing operations
The Group's continued focus remains on maximising recurring revenues which provide strong visibility and security of future revenues.
The mix of revenues for the MSP business unit, is summarised below:
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Six months ended 30 September 2025 Unaudited |
Six months ended 30 September 2024 Unaudited *restated |
Year ended 31 March 2025 Audited |
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Continuing operations |
£'000 |
£'000 |
£'000 |
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Recurring revenue |
60,355 |
60,898 |
120,657 |
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Product sales |
2,243 |
2,803 |
4,888 |
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Services revenue |
4,161 |
5,540 |
9,593 |
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Total revenue |
66,759 |
69,241 |
135,138 |
*restated to reflect continuing operations
Recurring revenue amounted to £60.4m (H1 FY25: £60.9m) representing an increased proportion of 90.4% of total revenue (H1 FY25: 88.0% of total revenue).
Gross profit
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Continuing operations |
Six months ended 30 September 2025 Unaudited £'000 |
Six months ended 30 September 2024 Unaudited *restated £'000 |
Year ended 31 March 2025 Audited £'000 |
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Gross profit |
41,131 |
40,926 |
83,281 |
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Gross margin |
61.6% |
59.1% |
61.6% |
*restated to reflect continuing operations.
The gross profit for the first half from continuing operations was £41.1m, an increase of 0.5% on £40.9m generated in H1 FY25. This represented a gross margin of 61.6%, which compared to 59.1% in H1 FY25. In common with competitors in the sector, whilst the Group has the benefit of index linked annual price increases in a number of customer contracts, it also typically encounters price pressure as customers may renew contracts at lower prices for newer offerings. It has also experienced general cost pressures which will remain a high priority activity to manage as far as possible, with the focus being on securing and maintaining higher quality revenues.
Operating expenses
For continuing operations, the Group's total operating costs were £37.5m, an increase of 0.8% on the £37.2m in H1 FY25. For continuing operations, the Group's underlying operating costs were in line with H1 FY25 at £32.0m. An analysis of the major components of the cost base is shown below:
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Six months ended 30 September 2025 Unaudited |
Six months ended 30 September 2024 Unaudited *restated |
Year ended 31 March 2025 Audited |
|
Continuing operations |
£'000 |
£'000 |
£'000 |
|
UK-based employee costs |
18,133 |
17,668 |
36,006 |
|
Office costs |
133 |
(158) |
742 |
|
Network and equipment costs |
7,367 |
7,756 |
22,471 |
|
Other sales, general and administration costs |
5,681 |
6,079 |
3,960 |
|
Offshore based employee and office costs |
691 |
693 |
1,344 |
|
Underlying operating costs |
32,005 |
32,038 |
64,523 |
|
Depreciation of property, plant and equipment |
2,103 |
1,811 |
4,001 |
|
Amortisation of intangibles |
1,221 |
1,165 |
2,593 |
|
Depreciation of right-of-use assets |
779 |
938 |
1,610 |
|
Exceptional costs |
1,293 |
739 |
924 |
|
Share-based payments and associated National Insurance |
98 |
515 |
1,235 |
|
Total operating costs |
37,499 |
37,206 |
74,886 |
*restated to reflect continuing operations.
It should be highlighted that network and equipment costs represent technical infrastructure costs that cannot individually be linked to customer contracts.
Whilst costs have been well managed, there remains significant pressure on all costs, and this will continue in the second half of the year.
Adjusted EBITDA
The Board's key measure of underlying business profitability and assessing trends across periods is adjusted earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation ('EBITDA') further adjusted for exceptional items, share-based payments and associated National Insurance costs ("Adjusted EBITDA"). Adjusted EBITDA for continuing operations for the first half was £9.1m, an increase of 2.7% on the £8.9m generated in H1 FY25, essentially driven by the higher gross margin and the successful cost control in the period.
Finance costs
For continuing operations, net finance costs for the Group year reduced to £1.7m (H1 FY25: £2.1m), as the unutilised element of the revolving credit facility ("RCF") was reduced.
Tax
For continuing operations, the tax charge for the first half was £0.1m (H1 FY25: credit of £0.2m).
Discontinued operations
The net profit after tax for the discontinued operations, being the DC business unit was, £0.9m (H1 FY25: £2.0m), shown as a single line item in the Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income. A fuller analysis of the components of the performance of the DC business is shown below.
|
|
Six months ended 30 September 2025 Unaudited |
Six months ended 30 September 2024 Unaudited |
Year ended 31 March 2025 Audited |
|
|
£'000 |
£'000 |
£'000 |
|
Revenue |
21,533 |
22,249 |
44,571 |
|
Cost of sales |
(8,390) |
(8,742) |
(18,415) |
|
Gross profit |
13,143 |
13,507 |
26,156 |
|
Operating expenditure |
(10,507) |
(10,827) |
(23,091) |
|
Gain on contingent consideration |
- |
- |
- |
|
Adjusted EBITDA from discontinued operations |
8,322 |
9,311 |
16,633 |
|
Depreciation of property, plant and equipment |
(1,800) |
(1,976) |
(3,617) |
|
Amortisation of intangibles |
(387) |
(416) |
(832) |
|
Depreciation of right-of-use assets |
(3,360) |
(4,138) |
(8,308) |
|
Exceptional costs |
(98) |
(85) |
(779) |
|
Exceptional income |
- |
- |
- |
|
Share-based payments |
(41) |
(16) |
(32) |
|
Operating profit from discontinued operations |
2,636 |
2,680 |
3,065 |
|
Finance costs |
(765) |
(715) |
(1,461) |
|
Profit before tax from discontinued operations |
1,871 |
1,965 |
1,604 |
|
Income tax (expense)/credit |
(955) |
78 |
(809) |
|
Profit for the period from discontinued operations |
916 |
2,043 |
795 |
Revenue for the discontinued operations for the period was generated entirely in the UK and was £21.5m, a decrease of 3.2% on the £22.2m generated in H1 FY25.
Gross profit for the discontinued operations for the year was £13.1m, a decrease of 2.7% on £13.5m generated in H1 FY25. This represented a gross margin of 61.0%, which was a modest increase compared to a 60.7% gross margin in H1 FY25.
Operating costs for the discontinued operations were £10.5m, compared to £10.8m in H1 FY25.
Adjusted EBITDA for the discontinued operations for the half was £8.3m, compared to £9.3m generated in H1 FY25.
Earnings per share
As detailed further in note 10, the basic and diluted earnings per share for continuing operations amounted to 1.19 pence per share and 1.17 pence per share in the first half, compared to 1.13 pence per share and 1.10 pence per share in H1 FY25.
Adjusted basic and adjusted diluted earnings per share on continuing operations, which is an Alternative Performance Measure and excludes tax, amortisation of acquired intangibles, share-based payments plus associated National Insurance and exceptional items, to which a notional tax charge of 25% is applied amounted to 1.86 pence per share and 1.83 pence per share in the year, compared to 1.70 pence per share and 1.65 pence per share in H1 FY25.
Intangible assets
As detailed further in note 11, total intangible assets amounted to £35.5m at the half year, compared to £36.4m at the year-end date FY25.
Property, plant and equipment
As detailed further in note 12, total property, plant and equipment amounted to £10.0m at the half year, compared to £10.2m at the year-end date FY25. Total additions in the first half year amounted to £3.9m whilst total depreciation in the period amounted to £3.9m.
Right-of-use assets
As detailed further in note 13, total right-of-use assets amounted to £4.1m at the half year, compared to £4.7m at the year-end date FY25. Total additions in the first half year amounted to £8.1m whilst total amortisation in the year amounted to £4.6m.
Trade and other receivables
Total trade and other receivables (both current and non-current) amounted to £35.8m at the half year, compared to £32.3m at the year-end date FY25. The expected credit loss provision amounted £0.1m at the half year-end date, compared to £0.1m at half year-end FY25. Trade debtor days were 32 at 30 September 2025 compared to 34 at 30 September 2024. Trade debtor days are calculated as gross trade debtors divided by revenue (incl. VAT) multiplied by 182.5.
Trade and other payables
Total trade and other payables amounted to £32.0m at the half year, compared to £32.9m at the year-end date FY25. Trade payable days were 28 at 30 September 2025 compared to 34 at 30 September 2025. Trade payable days are calculated as trade payables divided by total purchases (cost of sales and operating expenditure) multiplied by 182.5.
Net debt
As detailed further in the Appendix, net debt for the Group amounted to £68.6m at 30 September 2025, compared to £65.5m at 31 March 2025, an increase of £3.1m.
The table below summarises the Group's total movements (continuing and discontinued operations) in the components of net debt, with the cash flow and non-cash flow elements separated out:
|
|
As at 31 March 2025 Audited |
Net cash Flow Unaudited |
Net non- cash flow Unaudited |
As at 30 September 2025 Unaudited |
|
|
£'000 |
£'000 |
£'000 |
£'000 |
|
Cash |
3,018 |
1,078 |
(38) |
4,058 |
|
Revolving Credit Facility |
(38,947) |
(405) |
(1,523) |
(40,875) |
|
Term Loan |
(3) |
3 |
- |
- |
|
Asset Financing Facility |
(4,924) |
277 |
470 |
(4,177) |
|
Lease Liabilities |
(24,599) |
1,944 |
(4,920) |
(27,575) |
|
|
(65,455) |
2,897 |
(6,011) |
(68,569) |
Included in lease liabilities at 30 September 2025 are £26.8m (31 March 2025: £23.6m) of IFRS 16 lease liabilities that were previously classified as operating leases under IAS 17 Leases.
The split of net debt at 30 September 2025 between continuing operations and discontinued operations is shown below:
|
|
Continuing Operations Unaudited |
Discontinued Operations Unaudited |
Total Group Year ended 30 September 2025 Unaudited |
|
|
£'000 |
£'000 |
£'000 |
|
Cash |
4,058 |
- |
4,058 |
|
Revolving Credit Facility |
(40,875) |
- |
(40,875) |
|
Asset Financing Facility |
(1,419) |
(2,758) |
(4,177) |
|
Lease Liabilities |
(3,955) |
(23,620) |
(27,575) |
|
Net Debt |
(42,191) |
(26,378) |
(68,569) |
Financing
Total facilities and amounts drawn at 30 September 2025, compared to the year-end date FY25 are summarised below.
|
|
30 September 2025 |
31 March 2025 |
|||||||||||||||
|
|
Available Unaudited |
Drawn Unaudited |
Undrawn Unaudited |
Available Audited |
Drawn Audited |
Undrawn Audited |
|||||||||||
|
|
£'000s |
£'000s |
£'000s |
£'000s |
£'000s |
£'000s |
|||||||||||
|
Committed |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
|
Revolving Credit Facility |
60,000 |
41,000 |
19,000 |
80,000 |
39,000 |
41,000 |
|||||||||||
|
Term Loan |
- |
- |
- |
3 |
3 |
- |
|||||||||||
|
Asset Financing Facility |
10,000 |
4,177 |
5,823 |
10,000 |
4,924 |
5,076 |
|||||||||||
|
Lease Liabilities |
27,575 |
27,575 |
- |
24,600 |
24,600 |
- |
|||||||||||
|
|
97,575 |
72,752 |
24,823 |
114,603 |
68,527 |
46,076 |
|||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||
|
Uncommitted |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||
|
Accordion Facility |
20,000 |
- |
20,000 |
20,000 |
- |
20,000 |
|
||||||||||
|
|
20,000 |
- |
20,000 |
20,000 |
- |
20,000 |
|
||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||
|
Total borrowing facilities |
117,575 |
72,752 |
44,823 |
134,603 |
68,527 |
66,076 |
|
||||||||||
Uncommitted facilities represent facilities available to the Group, but which may be withdrawn by the lender subject to agreement by the lenders and hence are not within the Group's control.
As at 30 September 2025, the Group was party to £70.0m of committed banking facilities, comprising a Revolving Credit Facility ("RCF") of £60.0m of which a net £41.0m was utilised at 30 September 2025 and a £10.0m Asset Financing Facility ("AFF") of which £4.2m was utilised at 30 September 2025.
The borrowing cost of the RCF is determined by the Group's leverage and has a borrowing cost of 205 basis points over SONIA at the Group's current leverage levels. A commitment fee is payable on the undrawn portion of the RCF at 82 basis points, being 40% of the borrowing cost.
On completion of the anticipated DC sale, the Group has agreed to repay its RCF down to a maximum of £19.0m and to reduce its RCF facility down from £60.0m to £30.0m. In the three months following the anticipated sale, the Group expects to review its banking facilities.
Lease liabilities
Total current and non-current lease liabilities amounted to £4.0m at the half year-end date, compared to £4.7m at the year-end date FY25.
Provisions
Provisions amounted to £0.2m at the half year date, compared to £0.7m at the year-end date FY25.
Tony Ratcliffe
Chief Financial Officer
Redcentric plc
Condensed consolidated statement of comprehensive income for the six months ended 30 September 2025
|
|
|
Six months to 30 September 2025 Unaudited
|
Six months to 30 September 2024 Unaudited *restated |
Year ended 31 March 2025 Audited |
|
|
Note |
£'000 |
£'000 |
£'000 |
|
Continuing operations |
|
|
|
|
|
Revenue |
6 |
66,759 |
69,241 |
135,138 |
|
Cost of sales |
|
(25,628) |
(28,315) |
(51,857) |
|
Gross profit |
|
41,131 |
40,926 |
83,281 |
|
Operating costs |
|
(37,499) |
(37,206) |
(74,886) |
|
Adjusted EBITDA1 |
|
9,126 |
8,888 |
18,758 |
|
Depreciation of property, plant and equipment |
|
(2,103) |
(1,811) |
(4,001) |
|
Amortisation of intangibles |
|
(1,221) |
(1,165) |
(2,593) |
|
Depreciation of right-of-use assets |
|
(779) |
(938) |
(1,610) |
|
Exceptional costs |
7 |
(1,293) |
(739) |
(924) |
|
Share-based payments and associated National Insurance |
|
(98) |
(515) |
(1,235) |
|
Operating profit
|
|
3,632 |
3,720 |
8,395 |
|
Finance income |
|
6 |
- |
- |
|
Finance costs |
8 |
(1,704) |
(2,091) |
(4,011) |
|
Profit before taxation on continuing operations |
|
1,934 |
1,629 |
4,384 |
|
Income tax (expense)/credit |
9 |
(43) |
163 |
(1,691) |
|
Profit for the period from continuing operations |
|
1,891 |
1,792 |
2,693 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Discontinued operations |
|
|
|
|
|
Profit after tax for the period from discontinued operations |
5 |
916 |
2,043 |
795 |
|
Profit for the period attributable to owners of the parent |
|
2,807 |
3,835 |
3,488 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other comprehensive income |
|
|
|
|
|
Items that may be reclassified subsequently to profit or loss: |
|
|
|
|
|
Currency translation differences |
|
(127) |
(134) |
(105) |
|
Net loss on cash flow hedges |
|
(258) |
- |
(245) |
|
Deferred tax in relation to prior years |
|
- |
- |
14 |
|
Total comprehensive profit for the period |
|
2,422 |
3,701 |
3,152 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Earnings per share |
|
|
|
|
|
Basic earnings per share |
10 |
1.77p |
2.43p |
2.20p |
|
Diluted earnings per share |
10 |
1.73p |
2.36p |
2.13p |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Earnings per share from continuing operations |
|
|
|
|
|
Basic earnings per share |
10 |
1.19p |
1.13p |
1.70p |
|
Diluted earnings per share |
10 |
1.17p |
1.10p |
1.64p |
1 For an explanation and reconciliation of the alternative performance measures used in this report, please refer to pages APM section of this Report.
* For detail on the prior year restatements, please see note 2.2.
Redcentric plc
Condensed consolidated statement of financial position as at 30 September 2025
|
|
|
|
30 September 2025 Unaudited
|
30 September 2024 Unaudited |
31 March 2025 Audited |
|
|
Note |
|
£'000 |
£'000 |
£'000 |
|
Non-Current Assets |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Intangible assets |
11 |
|
35,457 |
78,121 |
36,428 |
|
Property, plant and equipment |
12 |
|
10,028 |
21,925 |
10,208 |
|
Right-of-use assets |
13 |
|
4,058 |
32,583 |
4,689 |
|
Trade and other receivables |
|
|
4,961 |
2,783 |
3,508 |
|
Deferred tax asset |
|
|
2,012 |
2,770 |
2,109 |
|
|
|
|
56,516 |
138,182 |
56,942 |
|
Current Assets |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Inventories |
|
|
2,255 |
3,232 |
2,509 |
|
Trade and other receivables |
|
|
30,866 |
35,508 |
28,809 |
|
Corporation tax receivable |
|
|
- |
40 |
- |
|
Cash and cash equivalents |
|
|
4,058 |
4,001 |
3,018 |
|
Assets held for sale |
14 |
|
86,244 |
- |
82,169 |
|
|
|
|
123,423 |
42,781 |
116,505 |
|
Total Assets |
|
|
179,939 |
180,963 |
173,447 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Current Liabilities |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Trade and other payables |
|
|
29,618 |
40,933 |
30,436 |
|
Bank loans and asset financing |
|
|
816 |
1,318 |
822 |
|
Lease liabilities |
16 |
|
1,514 |
8,626 |
1,526 |
|
Financial liabilities |
|
|
354 |
- |
153 |
|
Provisions |
17 |
|
- |
1,469 |
507 |
|
Corporation tax payable |
|
|
328 |
- |
329 |
|
Liabilities directly associated with the assets held for sale |
14 |
|
46,314 |
- |
40,320 |
|
|
|
|
78,944 |
52,346 |
74,093 |
|
Non-Current Liabilities |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Trade and other payables |
|
|
2,393 |
128 |
2,461 |
|
Bank loans and asset financing |
|
|
41,478 |
41,420 |
39,933 |
|
Lease liabilities |
16 |
|
2,441 |
19,265 |
3,181 |
|
Financial liabilities |
|
|
149 |
- |
92 |
|
Provisions |
17 |
|
233 |
11,036 |
233 |
|
|
|
|
46,694 |
71,849 |
45,900 |
|
Total Liabilities |
|
|
125,638 |
124,195 |
119,993 |
|
Net Assets |
|
|
54,301 |
56,768 |
53,454 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Equity |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Called up share capital |
18 |
|
159 |
159 |
159 |
|
Share premium account |
18 |
|
75,649 |
75,649 |
75,649 |
|
Common control reserve |
|
|
(9,454) |
(9,454) |
(9,454) |
|
Own shares held in treasury |
|
|
(126) |
(761) |
(298) |
|
Cash flow hedge reserve |
|
|
(503) |
- |
(245) |
|
Translation reserve |
|
|
(1,264) |
(1,166) |
(1,137) |
|
Retained earnings |
|
|
(10,160) |
(7,659) |
(11,220) |
|
Total Equity |
|
|
54,301 |
56,768 |
53,454 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Redcentric plc
Consolidated cash flow statement for the six months ended 30 September 2025
|
|
Six months to 30 September 2025 Unaudited
|
Six months to 30 September 2024 Unaudited |
Year ended 31 March 2025 Audited |
||||
|
|
£'000 |
£'000 |
£,000 |
||||
|
Profit before taxation |
3,805 |
3,594 |
5,988 |
||||
|
Finance costs |
2,463 |
2,806 |
5,472 |
||||
|
Operating profit |
6,268 |
6,400 |
11,460 |
||||
|
Adjustment for non-cash items |
|
|
|
|
|||
|
Depreciation and amortisation |
9,650 |
10,444 |
20,961 |
||||
|
Exceptional costs |
1,391 |
824 |
1,703 |
||||
|
Share-based payments |
139 |
531 |
1,267 |
||||
|
Operating cash flow before exceptional items and movements in working capital |
17,448 |
18,199 |
35,391 |
||||
|
Cash costs of exceptional items |
|
(1,414) |
(871) |
(1,320) |
|||
|
Cash costs of provisions |
|
(325) |
(34) |
(33) |
|||
|
Operating cash flow before changes in working capital |
|
15,709 |
17,294 |
34,038 |
|||
|
Changes in working capital |
|
|
|
|
|||
|
Decrease in inventories |
|
254 |
955 |
1,678 |
|||
|
Increase in trade and other receivables |
|
(5,303) |
(1,633) |
(846) |
|||
|
Decrease in trade and other payables |
|
(1,785) |
(1,133) |
(4,959) |
|||
|
Cash generated from operations |
|
8,875 |
15,483 |
29,911 |
|||
|
Tax paid |
|
(44) |
(12) |
(145) |
|||
|
Net cash generated from operating activities |
|
8,831 |
15,471 |
29,766 |
|||
|
Cash flows from investing activities |
|
|
|
||||
|
Purchase of property, plant and equipment |
(3,869) |
(4,093) |
(9,664) |
||||
|
Purchase of intangible assets |
(302) |
(801) |
(1,698) |
||||
|
Net cash used in investing activities |
(4,171) |
(4,894) |
(11,362) |
||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||
|
Cash flows from financing activities |
|
|
|
||||
|
Dividends paid |
(1,907) |
(1,899) |
(5,705) |
||||
|
Disposal of treasury shares on exercise of share options |
139 |
6 |
387 |
||||
|
Financing of property, plant and equipment |
37 |
890 |
1,714 |
||||
|
Financing of unsecured loans |
- |
- |
966 |
||||
|
Interest received |
6 |
- |
- |
||||
|
Interest paid on bank loans, term loans and asset financing |
(1,634) |
(1,897) |
(3,597) |
||||
|
Interest paid on leases |
(558) |
(618) |
(1,251) |
||||
|
Repayment of leases |
(1,386) |
(4,371) |
(8,762) |
||||
|
Repayment of asset financing liabilities |
(156) |
(582) |
(1,031) |
||||
|
Repayment of term loans |
(3) |
(8) |
(18) |
||||
|
Drawdown of bank loans |
4,000 |
2,500 |
8,500 |
||||
|
Repayment of bank loans |
(2,000) |
(3,500) |
(9,500) |
||||
|
Payment of loan arrangement fees |
(120) |
(200) |
(200) |
||||
|
Net cash used in financing activities |
(3,582) |
(9,679) |
(18,497) |
||||
|
|
|
|
|
||||
|
Net increase / (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents |
1,078 |
898 |
(93) |
||||
|
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period |
3,018 |
3,130 |
3,130 |
||||
|
Effect of exchange rates |
(38) |
(27) |
(19) |
||||
|
Cash and cash equivalents at end of the period |
4,058 |
4,001 |
3,018 |
||||
Redcentric plc
Condensed consolidated statement of changes in equity for the six months ended 30 September 2025
|
|
Share capital
|
Share premium
|
Common control reserve
|
Own shares held in treasury |
Cash flow hedge reserve |
Translation reserve |
Retained earnings
|
Total equity
|
|
|
|
£'000 |
£'000 |
£'000 |
£'000 |
£'000 |
£'000 |
£'000 |
£'000 |
|
|
At 1 April 2024 audited |
159 |
75,649 |
(9,454) |
(779) |
- |
(1,032) |
(10,060) |
54,483 |
|
|
Profit for the period |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
3,835 |
3,835 |
|
|
Transactions with owners |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Share-based payments |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
477 |
477 |
|
|
Dividends paid |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
(1,899) |
(1,899) |
|
|
Share option exercises |
- |
- |
- |
18 |
- |
- |
(12) |
6 |
|
|
Other comprehensive income |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Currency translation differences |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
(134) |
- |
(134) |
|
|
At 30 September 2024 unaudited |
159 |
75,649 |
(9,454) |
(761) |
- |
(1,166) |
(7,659) |
56,768 |
|
|
Loss for the period |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
(347) |
(347) |
|
|
Transactions with owners |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Share-based payments |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
660 |
660 |
|
|
Dividends paid |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
(3,806) |
(3,806) |
|
|
Share option exercises |
- |
- |
- |
463 |
- |
- |
(82) |
381 |
|
|
Other comprehensive income |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Currency forward contracts |
- |
- |
- |
- |
(245) |
- |
- |
(245) |
|
|
Currency translation differences |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
29 |
- |
29 |
|
|
Deferred tax relating to prior periods |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
14 |
14 |
|
|
At 31 March 2025 audited |
159 |
75,649 |
(9,454) |
(298) |
(245) |
(1,137) |
(11,220) |
53,454 |
|
|
Profit for the period |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
2,807 |
2,807 |
|
|
Transactions with owners |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Share-based payments |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
193 |
193 |
|
|
Dividends paid |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
(1,907) |
(1,907) |
|
|
Share option exercises |
- |
- |
- |
172 |
- |
- |
(33) |
139 |
|
|
Other comprehensive income |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Currency forward contracts |
- |
- |
- |
- |
(258) |
- |
- |
(258) |
|
|
Currency translation differences |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
(127) |
- |
(127) |
|
|
At 30 September 2025 unaudited |
159 |
75,649 |
(9,454) |
(126) |
(503) |
(1,264) |
(10,160) |
54,301 |
|
Redcentric plc
Notes to the unaudited condensed set of financial statements for the six months ended 30 September 2025
1 Corporate information
The unaudited financial statements for the six months ended 30 September 2025 and the six months ended 30 September 2024 do not constitute statutory accounts within the meaning of Section 434 of the Companies Act 2006. Statutory accounts for the year ended 31 March 2025 were approved by the Board on 23 September 2025. The auditor's report on those accounts was unqualified, did not contain an emphasis of matter paragraph and did not contain any statement under Section 498 (2) or (3) of the Companies Act 2006.
These condensed Interim Financial Statements were approved for issue by the Board on 9 December 2025 and were not independently reviewed by the Group's auditor.
Redcentric plc is a public limited company incorporated and domiciled in England and Wales, whose shares are publicly traded on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange. Redcentric plc was incorporated on 11 February 2013 and admitted to AIM on 24 April 2013. The registered office is located at Central House, Beckwith Knowle, Harrogate, HG3 1UG.
These unaudited condensed Interim Financial Statements comprise the Company and its subsidiaries (together referred to as the "Company" or the "Group"). The principal activity of the Group during the year was the supply of IT Managed Services, with the provision of DC services considered a discontinued operation.
The principal accounting policies applied in the preparation of these condensed interim Financial Statements are consistent with those set out more fully in the Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2025. These policies have been applied consistently in the current and prior period.
This Financial Information is presented in pound sterling, being the currency of the primary economic environment in which the Group operates. All amounts have been rounded to the nearest thousand (£'000), unless otherwise indicated. The Financial information is prepared on the historical cost basis except that derivative financial instruments are measured at fair value.
2 Accounting policies
2.1 Basis of preparation
These condensed Interim Financial Statements for the six months ended 30 September 2025 have been prepared in accordance with the AIM Rules for Companies, comply with IAS 34 Interim Financial Reporting as adopted by the UK-adopted international accounting standards, and should be read in conjunction with the Annual Financial Statements for the year ended 31 March 2025. They do not include all of the information required for a complete set of Financial Statements prepared in accordance with IFRS Accounting Standards. However, selected explanatory notes are included to explain events and transactions that are significant to an understanding of the changes in the Group's financial position and performance since the last Annual Financial Statements.
2.2 Going Concern
The Financial Statements are prepared on a going concern basis which the Directors believe to be appropriate for the following reasons:
The Group and Company meets their day-to-day working capital requirements from the Group's operational cash flows, a Revolving Credit Facility, Asset Financing Facility and leasing arrangements. As at the half year date, the Revolving Credit Facility is a £60.0m facility (net £41.0m utilised at 30 September 2025), while the Asset Financing Facility is a £10.0m facility (increased from £7.0m in August 2024). A total of £4.2m of the Asset Financing Facility was utilised at 30 September 2025. In March 2024 the Revolving Credit Facility and Asset Financing Facility were extended at the Group's request, with a new maturity date of 26 April 2026. Subsequently, on 25 July 2025, the Revolving Credit Facility and Asset Financing Facility were extended a further year to 26 April 2027. In parallel with this extension, the Revolving Credit Facility was reduced from £80.0m to £60.0m, with Bank of Ireland exiting the facility, all other terms remaining unchanged.
The Directors have prepared detailed line-by-line financial forecasts, including cash flow forecasts, on a monthly basis for a period exceeding 12 months from the date of approval of these Financial Statements (the "going concern assessment period") which indicate that, taking account of reasonably possible downsides on the operations and its financial resources, the Group and the Company will have sufficient funds to meet their liabilities as they fall due for that period, and will comply with debt covenants over that period.
The Group is required to comply with financial debt covenants for adjusted leverage (net debt to adjusted EBITDA), cashflow cover (adjusted cashflow to debt service, where adjusted cashflow is defined as adjusted EBITDA less tax paid, dividend payments, IFRS 16 lease repayments and cash capital expenditure) and provisions relating to guarantor coverage such that guarantors must exceed a prescribed threshold of the Group's gross assets, revenue and adjusted EBITDA. The guarantors are Redcentric plc, Redcentric Solutions Limited and Redcentric Data Centres Limited. Covenants are tested quarterly each year. The Group can confirm it has met each quarterly bank covenant.
The Directors' forecasts in respect of the going concern assessment period have been built from the updated detailed three year plan to 31 March 2028 as presented to the Board in November 2025, and the going concern assessment takes account of the debt covenant requirements.
The DC business unit has been presented as an asset held for sale and as such the base and downside scenario assumes a sale takes place in the forecast period at current expected consideration, net proceeds and an assumed distribution to shareholders. Should the disposal complete as anticipated, it is expected to lead to a substantial improvement in the Group's liquidity position and the Directors would expect to renegotiate the terms of the Group's facilities and associated covenants to ensure they are appropriate for the size of the Group going forwards.
Whilst a sale is deemed to be highly probable now that contract exchange has been achieved, alternative scenarios have been undertaken to assess the Group's ability to continue as a going concern should a sale fail to complete. The following paragraphs outline the scenario planning underpinning both a sale occurring and not occurring. In the former instance it would govern the period up to the sale for the DC business, and beyond a sale for the continuing business.
The forecasts include a number of assumptions in relation to order intake, renewal and churn rates, EBITDA margin improvements, the impact of energy efficiency investment and improved electricity pricing at forward rates favourable to those achieved in prior years.
The DC business unit has been presented as an asset for sale and, on completion, with consideration in cash, the Board would anticipate a very substantial upside scenario.
Whilst the Group's trading and cash flow forecasts have been prepared using current trading assumptions, the operating environment continues to present several challenges which could negatively impact the actual performance achieved. These risks include, but are not limited to, achieving forecast levels of new order intake, the impact on customer confidence as a result of general economic conditions, inflationary cost pressures including unexpected one-off cost impacts, and the efficacy of energy efficiency measures under a prolonged period of hot weather. In making their going concern assessment, in light of these risks, the Directors have also modelled a combined severe but plausible downside scenario when preparing the forecasts.
The downside scenario assumes significant economic downturn over FY26 and FY27, primarily impacting recurring new order intake and non-recurring product and services revenues as the Directors note the uncertainties surrounding the timing and extent of non-recurring revenue from quarter to quarter. In this scenario, recurring monthly order intake is forecast to materially reduce compared to base case budget and product and services non-recurring revenues are forecast to similarly materially reduce compared to base case budget incorporating potential supply chain issues, reduced investment from the Group's existing customer base and failure to expand market share as planned. In addition, the downside scenario also assumes the new business obtained does not achieve the gross margin planned, with a reduction to the planned gross margin achievement across all new recurring revenue modelled.
An additional factor that can impact the revenue and gross margin assumptions in the going concern assessment period is the level of customer cancellations (of an individual service or product). Whilst known, near-term customer cancellations have been modelled, coupled with an underlying level of customer cancellations based on historic trends, there remains a risk that unexpected, medium to large customer cancellations could occur in the near-term. The Group is protected contractually to a large extent with notice periods and cancellation clauses, however a residual risk remains. An additional level of customer cancellations has therefore been modelled each quarter in the downside scenario to reflect this risk.
Following the energy efficiency measures delivered in FY24, electricity volumes are significantly more predictable than they have been historically. In addition, power prices are primarily fixed (at current volumes) through to September 2028. However, there remains a risk that periods of sustained higher summer temperatures, considering the impacts of wider climate-related factors, could increase energy usage at sites where new efficiency measures have been introduced, but not tested, at these prolonged higher temperatures.
In preparing the cash flow forecasts and analysis relating to debt covenant compliance through the going concern assessment period, the Directors have considered the nature of exceptional items and are satisfied that such items meet the Group's accounting policy and borrowings facility agreement definition of exceptional items.
Given external market analysis indicates an expectation that interest rates have stabilised, no sensitivity on interest rates has been included in the plausible downside scenario. Both the base case and severe but plausible downside forecast scenarios continue to model the payment of dividends, including a potential final FY25 dividend payment in January 2026, however in the instance of a DC business sale there is not anticipated to be a dividend paid in the testing period, due to significant funds being return to shareholders from the proceeds anticipated. The Directors will continue to monitor the impact and timing of dividend payments in the normal course of their quarterly liquidity and debt covenant compliance monitoring.
Under the downside scenario modelled, and including the new customer contract overlay, the forecasts demonstrate that the Group is expected to maintain sufficient liquidity and will continue to comply with the relevant debt covenants without management taking mitigating actions. While not modelled, mitigating actions which are within the Group's control would also be available in the event of a severe downside. Such actions include, but are not limited to, the rephasing of discretionary capital expenditure, and further management of discretionary cost areas such as marketing, training and travel.
The Directors therefore remain confident that the Group and Company have adequate resources to continue to meet their liabilities as and when they fall due within the period of at least 12 months from today's date.
2.3 Prior period restatement
As a result of the DC business unit carve out and subsequent recognition as a discontinued operation at 31 March 2025, the prior half results have been restated so that all of H1 FY25, H1 FY24 and FY24 profit and loss are presented on a continuing basis.
The restated Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income for the six months ended 30 September 2024 is as follows:
|
|
Six months to 30 September 2024 (previously reported) Unaudited |
IFRS 5 presentational adjustment |
Six months to 30 September 2024 *restated Unaudited |
|
|
|
£'000 |
£'000 |
£'000 |
|
|
Continuing operations |
|
|
|
|
|
Revenue |
86,785 |
(17,544) |
69,241 |
|
|
Cost of sales |
(36,169) |
7,854 |
(28,315) |
|
|
Gross profit |
50,616 |
(9,690) |
40,926 |
|
|
Operating costs |
(44,216) |
7,010 |
(37,206) |
|
|
Adjusted EBITDA1 |
18,199 |
(9,311) |
8,888 |
|
|
Depreciation of property, plant and equipment |
(3,787) |
1,976 |
(1,811) |
|
|
Amortisation of intangibles |
(1,581) |
416 |
(1,165) |
|
|
Depreciation of right-of-use assets |
(5,076) |
4,138 |
(938) |
|
|
Exceptional costs |
(824) |
85 |
(739) |
|
|
Share-based payments and associated National Insurance |
(531) |
16 |
(515) |
|
|
Operating profit |
6,400 |
(2,680) |
3,720 |
|
|
Finance costs |
(2,806) |
715 |
(2,091) |
|
|
Profit before taxation on continuing operations |
3,594 |
(1,965) |
1,629 |
|
|
Income tax credit |
241 |
(78) |
163 |
|
|
Profit for the period from continuing operations |
3,835 |
(2,043) |
1,792 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Discontinued operations |
|
|
|
|
|
Profit after tax for the period from discontinued operations |
- |
2,043 |
2,043 |
|
|
Profit for the period attributable to owners of the parent |
3,835 |
- |
3,835 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other comprehensive income |
|
|
|
|
|
Items that may be reclassified subsequently to profit or loss: |
|
|
|
|
|
Currency translation differences |
(134) |
- |
(134) |
|
|
Total comprehensive profit for the period |
3,701 |
- |
3,701 |
|
As a result of the changes to segmental reporting in accordance with IFRS 8, and the classification of the DC business unit as a discontinued operation and asset held for sale in accordance with IFRS 5, a number of APM's have been restated for the prior period which are not reconciled in the table above due to their nature. The following reconciliations show the movement from the final H1 FY25 position to the restated H1 FY25 position shown.
|
|
|
|
Six months to 30 September 2024 (previously reported) Unaudited |
IFRS 5 presentational adjustment Unaudited |
Six months to 30 September 2024 *restated Unaudited |
|
|
|
|
|
£'000 |
£'000 |
£'000 |
|
|
Recurring revenue |
|
|
78,280 |
(17,382) |
60,898 |
|
|
EBITDA |
|
|
16,844 |
(9,210) |
7,634 |
|
|
Adjusted operating profit |
|
|
8,838 |
(2,996) |
5,842 |
|
3 Critical accounting judgements, key sources of estimation uncertainty and other areas of estimation
In the application of the Group's accounting policies, which are described in the Group's 2025 Annual Report and Accounts, the Board is required to make judgements, estimates and assumptions about the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities, without clear direction from other sources. The estimates and associated assumptions are based on historical experience and other factors that are considered to be relevant. Actual results may differ from these estimates.
The estimates and underlying assumptions are reviewed on an ongoing basis and are consistent with the Group's risk management and climate-related commitments where appropriate. Revisions to accounting estimates are recognised in the period in which the estimate is revised if the revision only affects that period, or in the period of the revision and future periods if the revision affects both current and future periods.
3.1 Judgements
The Group has identified the following items as a critical accounting judgement which could have a significant impact on the amounts recognised in the Financial Statements for the period ended 30 September 2025.
3.1.1 Segmental reporting - prior period restatement
During the prior year, management re-evaluated the composition of its operating structure, which resulted in the separation of one previously reported business into two distinct operating segments, being the MSP business unit and the DC business unit. Work to formally carve out the DC business began in summer 2024, with Redcentric Data Centres Limited being incorporated on 28 August 2024 as a wholly owned subsidiary of Redcentric PLC. On 1 February 2025 the trade and assets of the DC business were transferred from Redcentric Solutions Limited into Redcentric Data Centres Limited, such that the trading activities of the DC business unit essentially sits within Redcentric Data Centres Limited and the trading activities of the MSP business unit essentially sits within Redcentric Solutions Limited. As a result of this carve out and migration, management were able to report to the Board, (the Chief Operating Decision Maker "CODM") from 1 February 2025, discrete financial information for both business units.
In order to complete this business unit separation, a thorough and detailed contract by contract analysis was undertaken for components of both revenue and costs to determine into which business unit individual items belonged. In preparing comparative information for the two new segments, management had to exercise judgement in applying the basis of this separation retrospectively but believe that the approach taken and result obtained represented a reasonable set of comparative results.
Comparative information in respect of revenue from external customers was derived from the underlying financial records on an aggregated basis determined by its revenue product category, as opposed to contract detail level obtained in respect of the current year. The level of estimation from this approach was low due to the discrete nature of the revenue streams within the data centre business.
Inter-segment revenues, and corresponding cost of sales and operating costs, for both periods were derived with reference to the contractual relationships that governed the period from 1 February 2025 onwards. Management judge the contracts to be on an arms-length basis, determined by reference to existing third-party customer and supplier contracts and considered extensively at the Board level before their initiation.
Cost of sales from external customers for both periods was derived by reference to underlying financial records, with limited judgement applied due to the discrete nature of costs that are analysed in this caption.
Operating costs before adjusted EBITDA for both periods were derived again by reference to underlying financial records, principally the cost centre originally used for existing reporting, thereby requiring little judgement. Judgement has been applied in respect of corporate overheads, by reference to appropriate metrics such as headcount and sales effort, though the quantum of costs assessed under this basis is a small proportion of overall overheads.
Depreciation and amortisation for both periods could again be derived by underlying financial records by reference to asset registers and their corresponding categorisation. Judgement was mainly applied in this area in reference to the split of Customer relationship intangible assets. In this example the segmentation has been performed by reference to which business unit that customer relationship has been allocated to when separating the business units on 1 February 2025.
Exceptional costs and exceptional income have been assessed by management on an item-by-item basis for both periods based on the business unit that drove the exceptional activity, which in most cases was discrete.
Share-based payments for both periods have been derived by reference to the associated employees, with no judgement required.
Finance costs in respect of lease arrangements in both periods have been derived by underlying financial records, with little judgement required. Finance costs in respect of the Group's RCF have been allocated based on an estimation of the original drawdown requirement, adjusted for the estimated segmental cash flows subsequent to initial drawdown. This has required a degree of judgement in respect of the drawdown allocation and the subsequent judgements over cash flows, however represents management's best estimation of the segments' use of the RCF during this period. Other bases were considered including working capital / capital employed, as well as measures such as revenue or profitability measures, however management deemed these bases to be either inappropriate or requiring a higher degree of estimation than the method used.
These allocations represent management's best estimate of the financial impact of the DC business on prior periods and management considers this to provide relevant, reliable, and understandable information to users of the Financial Statements in accordance with the principals of IFRS8 and IFRS5.
3.1.2 Assets held for sale and discontinued operations
Management has exercised judgement in determining whether the criteria for classification of an operation held for sale under IFRS 5 Non-current Assets Held for Sale and Discontinued Operations were met for the DC business unit at the year-end reporting date of 31 March 2025 and interim reporting date of 30 September 2025. The DC business was formerly separated as of 1 February 2025.
The Board considered the DC business unit and hence Redcentric Data Centre Limited subsidiary to meet the criteria to be classified as held for sale at 31 March 2025 and for the current interim reporting period of 30 September 2025 for the reasons discussed in the 2025 Annual Report:
The Group announced the sale of the DC business on 23 October 2025, subject to certain conditions. Although there are always inherent uncertainties in any such transaction, the Board believes that a sale will occur prior to 31 March 2026 and therefore criteria for classification as an asset held for sale continue to be met.
Management also exercised judgement in determining what components of the Group's operations met the requirements of IFRS5 to ensure that only trade that is ceasing was included in the discontinued operations disclosures. It should be highlighted that in the allocation of costs to the two business units, all central and shared costs, which would be ongoing in the event of a disposal of the DC business unit, have been shown within the MSP business unit with the exception of the RCF finance costs which have been split to ensure that the costs that will continue post a disposal are correctly recognised in accordance with IFRS5.
Accordingly, the assets and liabilities of the DC business unit have been reclassified as assets held for sale and liabilities held for sale within the Consolidated Statement of Financial Position. The Income Statement results of the DC business have also been extracted from the total business results and shown separately within the Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income in accordance with IFRS5.
3.1.3 Exceptional items
The Group presents separately on the face of the Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income, material items of income and expenses, which, because of their nature and expected infrequency of events giving rise to them, merit separate presentation to allow shareholders to understand better the elements of the Company's underlying financial performance. An element of management judgment is required in identifying these exceptional items.
Additional information and a detailed breakdown of exceptional items is included in note 7.
3.2 Estimates
The key assumptions concerning the future and other key sources of estimation uncertainty at the reporting date, that have a significant risk of causing a material adjustment to the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities within the this or the next financial year, are described below. The Group based its assumptions and estimates on parameters available when the consolidated financial statements were prepared. Existing circumstances and assumptions about future developments, however, may change due to market changes or circumstances arising that are beyond the control of the Group. Such changes are reflected in the assumptions when they occur.
3.2.1 Dilapidation provision
The Group has recognised a dilapidations provision for the cost of returning the leasehold properties to their agreed condition at the end of the lease term, in accordance with the terms of the lease agreements. In determining the fair value of the provision, assumptions and estimates have been made in relation to the expected cost for anticipated condition of the properties at the end of the lease term and reinstatement works plus inflation and discount rates. In order to reduce the estimation uncertainty regarding expected costs Management engaged a third party expert to prepare detailed valuations at 31 March 2025. These were then discounted back to present value by management. Additional information is included in note 17.
4 Segmental reporting
IFRS8 requires operating segments to be identified based on internal financial information reported to the chief operating decision-maker (CODM) for decision-making purposes. The Group considers the role of the chief operating decision-maker (CODM) for decision-making purposes as being performed by the main Board. The Board believes that the Group continued to comprise a single reporting segment, being the provision of IT Managed Services to customers until the Data Centre business was transferred from Redcentric Solutions Limited to Redcentric Data Centres Limited on 1 February 2025. After this point the Board reviewed financial information for the P&L on a two divisional basis being the provision of IT Managed Services ("MSP") and the provision of Data Centre Services ("DC"). Balance Sheet and Cash Flow information however continued to be reviewed on a Group basis.
In restating comparative information, management exercised judgement in applying the basis of segmentation retrospectively based on available and reliable information, rather than conducting standalone segment determination on the prior period contract structure. Management deemed that reconstructing a full standalone segmental view based on the prior period structure would have been unduly complex and impractical as it would have required reconstructing historic allocations at a level of detail not used by management in prior decision making. Management exercised judgement in applying the basis of segmentation retrospectively based on available and reliable information which it believes presents a fair comparison. This judgement is considered in more detail below.
Comparative information in respect of revenue from external customers was derived from the underlying financial records on an aggregated basis determined by its revenue product category, as opposed to contract detail level obtained in respect of the current year. The level of estimation from this approach was low due to the discrete nature of the revenue streams within the data centre business.
Inter-segment revenues, and corresponding cost of sales and operating costs, for both years were derived with reference to the contractual relationships that governed the period from 1 February 2025 onwards. The contracts management judge to be on an arms-length basis, determined by reference to existing third party customer and supplier contracts and considered extensively at the Board level before their initiation.
Cost of sales from external customers for both years was derived by reference to underlying financial records, with limited judgement applied due to the discrete nature of costs that are analysed in this caption.
Operating costs before adjusted EBITDA for both periods were derived again by reference to underlying financial records, principally the cost centre originally used for existing reporting, thereby requiring little judgement. Judgement has been applied in respect of corporate overheads, by reference to appropriate metrics such as headcount and sales effort, though the quantum of costs assessed under this basis is a small proportion of overall overheads.
Depreciation and amortisation for both periods could again be derived by underlying financial records by reference to asset registers and their corresponding categorisation. Judgement was mainly applied in this area in reference to the split of Customer relationship intangible assets. In this example the segmentation has been performed by reference to which business unit that customer relationship has been allocated to when separating the business units on 1 February 2025.
Exceptional costs and exceptional income have been assessed by management on an item-by-item basis for both years based on the business unit that drove the exceptional activity, which in most cases was discrete.
Share-based payments for both years have been derived by reference to the associated employees, with no judgement required.
Finance costs in respect of lease arrangements in both years have been derived by underlying financial records, with little judgement required. Finance costs in respect of the Group's RCF have been allocated based on an estimation of the original drawdown requirement, adjusted for the estimated segmental cash flows subsequent to initial drawdown. This has required a degree of judgement in respect of the drawdown allocation and the subsequent judgements over cash flows, however represents managements best estimation of the segments' use of the RCF during this period. Other bases were considered including working capital / capital employed, as well as measures such as revenue or profitability measures, however management deemed these bases to be either inappropriate or requiring a higher degree of estimation than the method used.
These allocations represent managements best estimate of the financial impact of the DC business on prior periods and management considers this to provide relevant, reliable, and understandable information to users of the Financial Statements in accordance with the principles of IFRS8 and IFRS5.
The CODM assesses profit performance principally through an adjusted EBITDA measure.
Whilst the Board reviews the Group's three revenue streams separately (recurring, product and service), the operating costs and operating asset base used to derive these revenue streams are the same for all three categories and are presented as such in the Group's internal reporting to the CODM. In addition, the Statement of Financial Position is still presented on a Group basis hence it is not disclosed in the following information on a line-by-line basis.
The Group has presented the DC segment as a discontinued operation and restated the comparatives for H1 FY25 for consistency.
4.1 Segmental results
The segment results for the period ended 30 September 2025 are as follows:
|
|
MSP business unit continuing operations Unaudited |
DC business unit discontinued operations Unaudited |
Total segments Unaudited |
Adjustments and eliminations Unaudited |
Consolidated Unaudited |
|
|
£'000 |
£'000 |
£'000 |
£'000 |
£'000 |
|
Revenue |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Recurring revenue |
59,409 |
17,613 |
77,022 |
- |
77,022 |
|
Product revenue |
2,243 |
- |
2.243 |
- |
2,243 |
|
Services revenue |
4,161 |
211 |
4,372 |
- |
4,372 |
|
External customers |
65,813 |
17,824 |
83,637 |
- |
83,637 |
|
Inter-segment |
946 |
3,709 |
4,655 |
(4,655) |
- |
|
Total revenue |
66,759 |
21,533 |
88,292 |
(4,655) |
83,637 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cost of sales |
|
|
|
|
|
|
External customers |
(25,555) |
(7,444) |
(32,999) |
- |
(32,999) |
|
Inter-segment |
(73) |
(946) |
(1,019) |
1,019 |
- |
|
Total cost of sales |
(25,628) |
(8,390) |
(34,018) |
1,019 |
(32,999) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Gross profit |
41,131 |
13,143 |
54,274 |
(3,636)* |
50,638 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Adjusted EBITDA Depreication of property, |
9,126 |
8,322 |
17,448 |
- |
17,448 |
|
Depreciation of property, plant and equipment |
(2,103) |
(1,800) |
(3,903) |
- |
(3,903) |
|
Amortisation of intangibles |
(1,221) |
(387) |
(1,608) |
- |
(1,608) |
|
Depreciation of right-of-use assets |
(779) |
(3,360) |
(4,139) |
- |
(4,139) |
|
Exceptional costs |
(1,293) |
(98) |
(1,391) |
- |
(1,391) |
|
Share-based payments and associated National Insurance |
(98) |
(41) |
(139) |
- |
(139) |
|
Operating profit |
3,632 |
2,636 |
6,268 |
- |
6,268 |
|
Finance costs |
(973) |
(1,496) |
(2,469) |
- |
(2,469) |
|
Profit before tax |
2,665 |
1,140 |
3,805 |
- |
3,805 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
*This is eliminated out in operating costs therefore the effect is £nil at adjusted EBITDA.
The segment results for the period ended 30 September 2024 are as follows:
|
|
MSP business unit continuing operations (*Restated) Unaudited |
DC business unit discontinued operations (*Restated) Unaudited |
Total segments (*Restated) Unaudited |
Adjustments and eliminations (*Restated) Unaudited |
Consolidated (*Restated) Unaudited |
|
|
£'000 |
£'000 |
£'000 |
£'000 |
£'000 |
|
Revenue |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Recurring revenue |
60,104 |
18,176 |
78,280 |
- |
78,280 |
|
Product revenue |
2,803 |
- |
2,803 |
- |
2,803 |
|
Services revenue |
5,540 |
162 |
5,702 |
- |
5,702 |
|
External customers |
68,447 |
18,338 |
86,785 |
- |
86,785 |
|
Inter-segment |
794 |
3,911 |
4,705 |
(4,705) |
- |
|
Total revenue |
69,241 |
22,249 |
91,490 |
(4,705) |
86,785 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cost of sales |
|
|
|
|
|
|
External customers |
(28,221) |
(7,948) |
(36,169) |
- |
(36,169) |
|
Inter-segment |
(94) |
(794) |
(888) |
888 |
- |
|
Total cost of sales |
(28,315) |
(8,742) |
(37,057) |
888 |
(36,169) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Gross profit |
40,926 |
13, 507 |
54,433 |
(3,817)* |
50,616 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Adjusted EBITDA Depreication of property, |
8,888 |
9,311 |
18,199 |
- |
18,199 |
|
Depreciation of property, plant and equipment |
(1,811) |
(1,976) |
(3,787) |
- |
(3,787) |
|
Amortisation of intangibles |
(1,165) |
(416) |
(1,581) |
- |
(1,581) |
|
Depreciation of right-of-use assets |
(938) |
(4,138) |
(5,076) |
- |
(5,076) |
|
Exceptional costs |
(739) |
(85) |
(824) |
- |
(824) |
|
Share-based payments and associated National Insurance |
(515) |
(16) |
(531) |
- |
(531) |
|
Operating profit |
3,720 |
2,680 |
6,400 |
- |
6,400 |
|
Finance costs |
(1,206) |
(1,600) |
(2,806) |
- |
(2,806) |
|
Profit before tax |
2,514 |
1,080 |
3,594 |
- |
3,594 |
*This is eliminated out in operating costs therefore the effect is £nil at adjusted EBITDA.
The segment results for the year ended 31 March 2025 are as follows:
|
|
MSP business unit continuing operations Audited |
DC business unit discontinued operations Audited |
Total segments Audited |
Adjustments and eliminations Audited |
Consolidated Audited |
|
|
£'000 |
£'000 |
£'000 |
£'000 |
£'000 |
|
Revenue |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Recurring revenue |
119,070 |
35,928 |
154,998 |
- |
154,998 |
|
Product revenue |
4,888 |
- |
4,888 |
- |
4,888 |
|
Services revenue |
9,593 |
412 |
10,005 |
- |
10,005 |
|
External customers |
133,551 |
36,340 |
169,891 |
- |
169,891 |
|
Inter-segment |
1,587 |
8,231 |
9,818 |
(9,818) |
- |
|
Total revenue |
135,138 |
44,571 |
179,709 |
(9,818) |
169,891 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cost of sales |
|
|
|
|
|
|
External customers |
(51,681) |
(16,828) |
(68,509) |
- |
(68,509) |
|
Inter-segment |
(176) |
(1,587) |
(1,763) |
1,763 |
- |
|
Total cost of sales |
(51,857) |
(18,415) |
(70,272) |
1,763 |
(68,509) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Gross profit |
83,281 |
26,156 |
109,437 |
(8,055)* |
101,382 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Adjusted EBITDA Depreication of property, |
18,758 |
16,633 |
35,391 |
- |
35,391 |
|
Depreciation of property, plant and equipment |
(4,001) |
(3,617) |
(7,618) |
- |
(7,618) |
|
Amortisation of intangibles |
(2,593) |
(832) |
(3,425) |
- |
(3,425) |
|
Depreciation of right-of-use assets |
(1,610) |
(8,308) |
(9,918) |
- |
(9,918) |
|
Exceptional costs |
(924) |
(779) |
(1,703) |
- |
(1,703) |
|
Share-based payments and associated National Insurance |
(1,235) |
(32) |
(1,267) |
- |
(1,267) |
|
Operating profit |
8,395 |
3,065 |
11,460 |
- |
11,460 |
|
Finance costs |
(2,352) |
(3,120) |
(5,472) |
- |
(5,472) |
|
Profit before tax |
6,043 |
(55) |
5,988 |
- |
5,988 |
*This is eliminated out in operating costs therefore the effect is £nil at adjusted EBITDA.
5 Discontinued Operations
As previously announced and noted, the Board took the decision to create two autonomous business units, DC and MSP. At the balance sheet date year ended 31 March 2025, the Board had made the decision to sell the DC business unit (Redcentric Data Centres Limited), allowing the Group to concentrate on its core MSP business. The DC business unit has therefore been treated as a discontinued operation at the period end reporting date.
The profit/(loss) of the discontinued operation is as follows:
|
|
|
Six months to 30 Sept 2025 Unaudited |
Six months to 30 Sept 2024 Unaudited |
Year ended 31 March 2025 Audited |
|
|
|
£'000 |
£'000 |
£'000 |
|
Revenue |
|
21,533 |
22,249 |
44,571 |
|
Cost of sales |
|
(8,390) |
(8,742) |
(18,415) |
|
Gross profit |
|
13,143 |
13,507 |
26,156 |
|
Operating expenditure |
|
(10,507) |
(10,827) |
(23,091) |
|
Adjusted EBITDA |
|
8,322 |
9,311 |
16,633 |
|
Depreciation of property, plant and equipment |
|
(1,800) |
(1,976) |
(3,617) |
|
Amortisation of intangibles |
|
(387) |
(416) |
(832) |
|
Depreciation of right-of-use assets |
|
(3,360) |
(4,138) |
(8,308) |
|
Exceptional costs |
|
(98) |
(85) |
(779) |
|
Share-based payments and associated National Insurance |
|
(41) |
(16) |
(32) |
|
Operating profit from discontinued operations |
|
2,636 |
2,680 |
3,065 |
|
Finance costs |
|
(765) |
(715) |
(1,461) |
|
Profit before tax from discontinued operations |
|
1,871 |
1,965 |
1,604 |
|
Income tax (expense)/credit |
|
(955) |
78 |
(809) |
|
Profit for the period from discontinued operations |
|
916 |
2,043 |
795 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Earnings per share from discontinuing operations |
|
|
|
|
|
Basic earnings per share |
|
0.58p |
1.29p |
0.50p |
|
Diluted earnings per share |
|
0.57p |
1.26p |
0.49p |
Finance costs for the discontinued operation do not include finance costs which relate to the DC business unit but will remain within the continuing business. These finance costs will however be shown in the DC segment finance costs in note 4.
6 Revenue
Revenue for the six months ended 30 September 2025 was generated wholly from the UK and is analysed as follows:
|
|
Six months to 30 Sept 2025 Unaudited £'000 |
Six months to 30 Sept 2024 Unaudited (*Restated) £'000 |
Year ended 31 March 2025 Audited £'000 |
|
Recurring revenue |
60,355 |
60,898 |
120,657 |
|
Product revenue |
2,243 |
2,803 |
4,888 |
|
Services revenue |
4,161 |
5,540 |
9,593 |
|
Total revenue from continuing operations |
66,759 |
69,241 |
135,138 |
|
Discontinued operations |
21,533 |
22,249 |
44,571 |
|
Intercompany revenue |
(4,655) |
(4,705) |
(9,818) |
|
Total revenue |
83,637 |
86,785 |
169,891 |
|
*restated to reflect continuing operations |
|
|
|
6.1 Contract balances
The following table provides information about receivables, contract assets and contract liabilities from contracts with customers:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Six months to 30 Sept 2025 Unaudited £'000 |
Six months to 30 Sept 2024 Unaudited *restated £'000 |
Year ended 31 March 2025 Audited £'000 |
|
Receivables, included in trade and other receivables, net of provisions |
17,765 |
18,187 |
16,529 |
|
Accrued income, included in trade and other receivables |
4,874 |
5,935 |
4,510 |
|
Deferred income, included in trade and other payables |
(8,796) |
(10,664) |
(9,499) |
7 Exceptional items
|
|
Six months to 30 Sept 2025 Unaudited |
Six months to 30 Sept 2024 Unaudited *restated |
Year ended 31 March 2025 Audited |
|
|
£'000 |
£'000 |
£'000 |
|
Included within operating costs: |
|
|
|
|
Acquisition related professional and legal fees |
69 |
319 |
484 |
|
Integration costs |
21 |
29 |
- |
|
Restructuring costs |
224 |
391 |
440 |
|
DC disposal professional fees and other costs |
979 |
- |
- |
|
Total exceptional costs from continuing operations |
1,293 |
739 |
924 |
|
Total exceptional costs from discontinued operations |
98 |
85 |
779 |
|
Total exceptional costs |
1,391 |
824 |
1,703 |
*restated to reflect continuing operations
8 Finance costs
|
|
Six months to 30 Sept 2025 Unaudited |
Six months to 30 Sept 2024 Unaudited *restated |
Year ended 31 March 2025 Audited |
|
|
£'000 |
£'000 |
£'000 |
|
Interest payable on bank loans and term loans |
1,444 |
1,748 |
3,277 |
|
Interest payable on asset financing facilities |
57 |
56 |
146 |
|
Interest payable on leases |
124 |
136 |
287 |
|
Amortisation of loan arrangement fees |
79 |
148 |
300 |
|
Other interest payable |
- |
3 |
1 |
|
Total exceptional costs |
1,704 |
2,091 |
4,011 |
*restated to reflect continuing operations
9 Income Tax
The tax credit recognised reflects management estimates of the tax credit for the period and has been calculated using the estimated average tax rate of UK corporation tax for the period of 25.0% (H1 FY25: 25.0%).
10 Earnings per share (EPS)
The calculation of basic and diluted EPS for continuing operations is based on the following earnings and number of shares.
|
|
|
Six months to 30 September 2025 Unaudited |
Six months to 30 September 2024 Unaudited |
Year ended 31 March 2025 Audited |
|
Earnings |
|
£'000 |
(*Restated) £'000 |
£'000 |
|
Statutory profit |
|
1,891 |
1,792 |
2,693 |
|
Tax charge/(credit) |
|
43 |
(163) |
1,691 |
|
Amortisation of acquired intangibles |
|
619 |
699 |
1,535 |
|
Share-based payments and associated National Insurance |
|
98 |
515 |
1,235 |
|
Exceptional costs |
|
1,293 |
739 |
924 |
|
Adjusted earnings before tax |
|
3,944 |
3,582 |
8,078 |
|
Notional tax charge |
|
(986) |
(896) |
(2,020) |
|
Adjusted earnings |
|
2,958 |
2,687 |
6,059 |
|
*restated to reflect continuing operations
|
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted average number of ordinary shares |
|
Number '000 |
Number '000 |
Number '000 |
|
In issue |
|
159,146 |
158,525 |
159,021 |
|
Held in treasury |
|
(122) |
(618) |
(540) |
|
For basic EPS calculations |
|
159,024 |
157,907 |
158,481 |
|
Effect of potentially dilutive share options |
|
2,998 |
4,857 |
5,351 |
|
For diluted EPS calculations |
|
162,022 |
162,764 |
163,832 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
EPS for continuing operations |
|
Pence |
Pence |
Pence |
|
Basic |
|
1.19 |
1.13 |
1.70 |
|
Adjusted |
|
1.86 |
1.70 |
3.82 |
|
Diluted |
|
1.17 |
1.10 |
1.64 |
|
Adjusted diluted |
|
1.83 |
1.65 |
3.70 |
The calculation of basic and diluted EPS for the Group (combined continuing and discontinued operations) is based on the following earnings (number of shares noted above).
|
|
|
Six months to 30 September 2025 Unaudited |
Six months to 30 September 2024 Unaudited |
Year ended 31 March 2025 Audited |
||
|
Earnings |
|
£'000 |
*restated £'000 |
£'000 |
||
|
Statutory profit |
|
2,807 |
3,835 |
3,488 |
||
|
Tax charge/(credit) |
|
998 |
(241) |
2,500 |
||
|
Amortisation of acquired intangibles |
|
1,006 |
1,083 |
2,367 |
||
|
Share-based payments and associated National Insurance |
|
139 |
531 |
1,267 |
||
|
Exceptional costs |
|
1,391 |
824 |
1,703 |
||
|
Adjusted earnings before tax |
|
6,341 |
6,032 |
11,325 |
||
|
Notional tax charge |
|
(1,585) |
(1,508) |
(2,831) |
||
|
Adjusted earnings |
|
4,756 |
4,524 |
8,494 |
||
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
|
EPS for combined continuing and discontinued operations |
Pence |
Pence |
Pence |
|||
|
Basic |
|
1.77 |
2.43 |
2.20 |
||
|
Adjusted |
|
2.99 |
2.86 |
5.36 |
||
|
Diluted |
|
1.73 |
2.36 |
2.13 |
||
|
Adjusted diluted |
|
2.94 |
2.78 |
5.18 |
||
In line with the Group's policy, the notional tax charge above is calculated at a standard rate of 25% (FY25: 25%).
11 Intangible assets
|
|
Goodwill |
Customer contracts and related relationships |
Trademarks and brands |
Software and licences |
Total |
|
|
£'000 |
£'000 |
£'000 |
£'000 |
£'000 |
|
Cost |
|
|
|
|
|
|
At 1 April 2024 audited |
60,640 |
80,130 |
649 |
7,650 |
149,069 |
|
Additions |
- |
- |
- |
801 |
801 |
|
Transfer from ROU assets |
- |
- |
- |
123 |
123 |
|
At 30 September 2024 unaudited |
60,640 |
80,130 |
649 |
8,574 |
149,993 |
|
Additions |
- |
- |
- |
897 |
897 |
|
Reclassification to assets held for sale |
(33,399) |
(9,604) |
- |
- |
(43,003) |
|
At 31 March 2025 audited |
27,241 |
70,526 |
649 |
9,471 |
107,887 |
|
Additions |
- |
- |
- |
302 |
302 |
|
Reclassification to assets held for sale |
- |
- |
- |
(52) |
(52) |
|
At 30 September 2025 unaudited |
27,241 |
70,526 |
649 |
9,721 |
108,137 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accumulated depreciation |
|
|
|
|
|
|
At 1 April 2024 audited |
- |
64,105 |
649 |
5,432 |
70,186 |
|
Charged in the period |
- |
1,083 |
- |
498 |
1,581 |
|
Transfer from ROU assets |
- |
- |
- |
105 |
105 |
|
At 30 September 2024 unaudited |
- |
65,188 |
649 |
6,035 |
71,872 |
|
Charged in the period |
- |
1,284 |
- |
560 |
1,844 |
|
Reclassification to assets held for sale |
- |
(2,257) |
- |
- |
(2,257) |
|
At 31 March 2025 audited |
- |
64,215 |
649 |
6,595 |
71,459 |
|
Charged in the period |
- |
1,006 |
- |
602 |
1,608 |
|
Reclassification to assets held for sale |
- |
(384) |
- |
(3) |
(387) |
|
At 30 September 2025 unaudited |
- |
64,837 |
649 |
7,194 |
72,680 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net book value |
|
|
|
|
|
|
At 30 September 2025 unaudited |
27,241 |
5,689 |
- |
2,527 |
35,457 |
|
At 31 March 2025 audited |
27,241 |
6,311 |
- |
2,876 |
36,428 |
|
At 30 September 2024 unaudited |
60,640 |
14,942 |
- |
2,539 |
78,121 |
12 Property, plant and equipment
|
|
Leasehold improvements |
Office fixtures and fittings |
Vehicles and computer equipment |
Assets under construction |
Total |
|
|
£'000 |
£'000 |
£'000 |
£'000 |
£'000 |
|
Cost |
|
|
|
|
|
|
At 1 April 2024 audited |
16,294 |
9,085 |
24,384 |
- |
49,763 |
|
Additions |
1,522 |
76 |
2,495 |
- |
4,093 |
|
Transfer from ROU assets |
156 |
- |
650 |
- |
806 |
|
Disposals |
- |
- |
(53) |
- |
(53) |
|
At 30 September 2024 unaudited |
17,972 |
9,616 |
27,029 |
- |
54,617 |
|
Additions |
2,371 |
377 |
2,629 |
194 |
5,571 |
|
Disposals |
(300) |
(65) |
(55) |
- |
(420) |
|
Reclassification to assets held for sale |
(17,877) |
(7,558) |
(96) |
(194) |
(25,725) |
|
Exchange |
- |
(12) |
- |
- |
(12) |
|
At 31 March 2025 audited |
2,166 |
2,358 |
29,507 |
- |
34,031 |
|
Additions |
2,129 |
97 |
1,640 |
3 |
3,869 |
|
Reclassification |
- |
- |
194 |
(194) |
- |
|
Reclassification to assets held for sale |
(2,129) |
(7) |
- |
191 |
(1,945) |
|
Exchange |
- |
(8) |
- |
- |
(8) |
|
At 30 September 2025 unaudited |
2,166 |
2,440 |
31,341 |
- |
35,947 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accumulated depreciation |
|
|
|
|
|
|
At 1 April 2024 audited |
6,615 |
4,418 |
17,308 |
- |
28,341 |
|
Charged in the period |
1,043 |
914 |
1,830 |
- |
3,787 |
|
Disposals |
- |
- |
(53) |
- |
(53) |
|
Transfer from ROU assets |
485 |
- |
125 |
|
610 |
|
Exchange |
- |
7 |
- |
- |
7 |
|
At 30 September 2024 unaudited |
8,143 |
5,339 |
19,210 |
- |
32,692 |
|
Charged in year |
1,309 |
780 |
1,742 |
- |
3,831 |
|
Disposals |
(155) |
(50) |
57 |
- |
(148) |
|
Reclassification |
- |
- |
(57) |
- |
(57) |
|
Reclassification to assets held for sale |
(7,976) |
(4,442) |
(65) |
- |
(12,483) |
|
Exchange differences |
- |
(12) |
- |
- |
(12) |
|
At 31 March 2025 audited |
1,321 |
1,615 |
20,887 |
- |
23,823 |
|
Charged in the period |
1,393 |
631 |
1,879 |
- |
3,903 |
|
Reclassification to assets held for sale |
(1,330) |
(460) |
(10) |
|
(1,800) |
|
Exchange differences |
- |
(7) |
- |
- |
(7) |
|
At 30 September 2025 unaudited |
1,384 |
1,779 |
22,756 |
- |
25,919 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net book value |
|
|
|
|
|
|
At 30 September 2025 unaudited |
782 |
661 |
8,585 |
- |
10,028 |
|
At 31 March 2025 audited |
845 |
743 |
8,620 |
- |
10,208 |
|
At 30 September 2024 unaudited |
9,829 |
4,277 |
7,819 |
- |
21,925 |
13 Right-of-use-assets
|
|
Land and buildings |
Vehicles & computer equipment |
Total |
|
|
£'000 |
£'000 |
£'000 |
|
Cost |
|
|
|
|
At 1 April 2024 audited |
67,143 |
14,250 |
81,393 |
|
Additions |
313 |
82 |
395 |
|
Transfer to PPE |
(156) |
(650) |
(806) |
|
Transfers to IA |
- |
(123) |
(123) |
|
Disposals |
(13,084) |
(627) |
(13,711) |
|
At 30 September 2024 unaudited |
54,216 |
12,932 |
67,148 |
|
Additions |
192 |
206 |
398 |
|
Reassessments |
(335) |
- |
(335) |
|
Disposals |
(1,275) |
(605) |
(1,880) |
|
Reclassification to assets held for sale |
(50,058) |
- |
(50,058) |
|
At 31 March 2025 audited |
2,740 |
12,533 |
15,273 |
|
Additions |
8,014 |
46 |
8,060 |
|
Reassessments |
4 |
- |
4 |
|
Modifications |
(2,004) |
- |
(2,004) |
|
Disposals |
(11,885) |
- |
(11,885) |
|
Reclassification to assets held for sale |
5,966 |
- |
5,966 |
|
At 30 September 2025 unaudited |
2,835 |
12,579 |
15,414 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accumulated depreciation |
|
|
|
|
At 1 April 2024 |
32,527 |
11,388 |
43,915 |
|
Charged in the period |
4,518 |
558 |
5,076 |
|
Transfer to property, plant and equipment |
(485) |
(125) |
(610) |
|
Transfer to intangible assets |
- |
(105) |
(105) |
|
Disposals |
(13,084) |
(627) |
(13,711) |
|
At 30 September 2024 unaudited |
23,476 |
11,089 |
34,565 |
|
Charged in the period |
4,448 |
394 |
4,842 |
|
Disposals |
673 |
(2,519) |
(1,846) |
|
Reclassification to assets held for sale |
(26,977) |
- |
(26,977) |
|
At 31 March 2025 audited |
1,620 |
8,964 |
10,584 |
|
Charged in year |
4,155 |
415 |
4,570 |
|
Modifications |
(431) |
- |
(431) |
|
Disposals |
(11,885) |
- |
(11,885) |
|
Reclassification to assets held for sale |
8,518 |
- |
8,518 |
|
At 30 September 2025 unaudited |
1,977 |
9,379 |
11,356 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net book value |
|
|
|
|
At 30 September 2025 unaudited |
858 |
3,200 |
4,058 |
|
At 31 March 2025 audited |
1,120 |
3,569 |
4,689 |
|
At 30 September 2024 unaudited |
30,740 |
1,843 |
32,583 |
Most of the Group's right-of-use assets are associated with the leased property portfolio.
Included in the net book value of land and buildings at 31 March 2025 is £0.2m right-of-use assets for dilapidations (FY24: £0.7m).
14 Assets held for sale
The major classes of assets and liabilities of the DC business unit, which met the criteria for being held for sale as at 30 September 2025 are as follows:
|
|
|
Six months ended 30 September 2025 Unaudited |
Six months ended 30 September 2024 Unaudited |
Year ended 31 March 2025 Audited |
|
|
|
|
|
£'000 |
£'000 |
£'000 |
|
Intangible assets |
|
|
40,411 |
- |
40,746 |
|
Property, plant and equipment |
|
|
13,387 |
- |
13,242 |
|
Right-of-use assets |
|
|
25,633 |
- |
23,081 |
|
Trade and other receivables |
|
|
3,534 |
- |
3,227 |
|
Prepayments |
|
|
2,090 |
- |
754 |
|
Contract acquisition asset |
|
|
505 |
- |
425 |
|
Accrued income |
|
|
684 |
- |
694 |
|
Assets held for sale |
|
|
86,244 |
- |
82,169 |
|
|
|
Six months ended 30 September 2025 Unaudited |
Six months ended 30 September 2024 Unaudited |
Year ended 31 March 2025 Audited |
|
|
|
|
|
£'000 |
£'000 |
£'000 |
|
Trade and other payables |
|
|
3,166 |
- |
1,005 |
|
Accruals |
|
|
2,547 |
- |
3,017 |
|
Deferred income |
|
|
582 |
- |
733 |
|
Asset financing liabilities |
|
|
2,758 |
- |
3,119 |
|
Leases |
|
|
23,620 |
- |
19,892 |
|
Corporation tax liability |
|
|
319 |
- |
- |
|
Deferred tax liability |
|
|
2,190 |
- |
1,650 |
|
Provisions |
|
|
11,132 |
- |
10,904 |
|
Liabilities held for sale |
|
|
46,314 |
- |
40,320 |
The above assets and liabilities are held at their carrying value which is lower than their fair value. No impairment was identified on classification as held for sale.
During the first half, a process of legally assigning property leases and novating the assets and financial liabilities to Redcentric Data Centres Limited commenced and is ongoing. The asset financing liabilities will be settled prior to the completion of the DC sale.
15 Financial liabilities
The Group holds the following financial instruments:
15.1 Financial liabilities at amortised cost: interest bearing loans and borrowings
|
|
|
|
Six months ended 30 September 2025 Unaudited
|
Six months ended 30 September 2024 Unaudited
|
Year ended 31 March 2025 Audited |
|
|
|
|
£'000 |
£'000 |
£'000 |
|
Current |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Lease liabilities |
|
|
1,514 |
8,626 |
1,526 |
|
Term loans |
|
|
- |
13 |
3 |
|
Asset financing liabilities |
|
|
816 |
1,305 |
819 |
|
Total current financial liabilities held at amortised cost |
2,330 |
9,944 |
2,348 |
||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Non-current |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Lease liabilities |
|
|
2,441 |
19,265 |
3,181 |
|
Bank loans |
|
|
40,875 |
38,808 |
38,947 |
|
Asset financing liabilities |
|
|
603 |
2,612 |
986 |
|
Total non-current financial liabilities held at amortised cost |
|
43,919 |
60,685 |
43,114 |
|
15.2 Net debt
During the period, the Group net debt (combined continuing and discontinued operations) increased from £65.5m to £68.6m as at 30 September 2025, with the movements shown in the table below:
|
|
Six months ended 30 September 2025 Unaudited |
Six months ended 30 September 2024 Unaudited Unaudited |
Year ended 31 March 2025 Audited |
|
|
£'000 |
£'000 |
£'000 |
|
Operating profit |
6,268 |
6,400 |
11,460 |
|
Depreciation and amortisation |
9,650 |
10,444 |
20,961 |
|
Exceptional costs |
1,391 |
824 |
1,703 |
|
Share-based payments |
139 |
531 |
1,267 |
|
Adjusted EBITDA1 |
17,448 |
18,199 |
35,391 |
|
Working capital movements |
(6,834) |
(1,811) |
(4,127) |
|
Movement on provisions |
(325) |
(34) |
(33) |
|
Adjusted cash generated from operations |
10,289 |
16,354 |
31,231 |
|
Cash conversion |
59.0% |
89.9% |
88.2% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Capital expenditure - cash purchases |
(4,171) |
(4,894) |
(11,362) |
|
Capital expenditure - finance lease purchases |
- |
(73) |
(276) |
|
Asset financing proceeds |
37 |
890 |
2,680 |
|
Net capital expenditure |
(4,134) |
(4,077) |
(8,958) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Corporation tax paid |
(44) |
(12) |
(145) |
|
Interest received |
6 |
- |
- |
|
Interest paid |
(1,604) |
(1,872) |
(3,560) |
|
Loan arrangement fees/fee amortisation |
(79) |
(148) |
(300) |
|
Finance lease interest |
(558) |
(618) |
(1,251) |
|
Effect of exchange rates |
(37) |
(27) |
(18) |
|
Other movements in net debt |
(2,316) |
(2,677) |
(5,274) |
|
Normalised net debt movement1 |
3,839 |
9,600 |
16,999
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash cost of exceptional items |
(1,414) |
(871) |
(1,320)
|
|
Remeasurements relating to lease liabilities |
3,605 |
187 |
(611) |
|
Remeasurements relating to Asset Financing Facility liabilities |
628 |
- |
334 |
|
IFRS 16 lease additions |
(7,967) |
(396) |
(494) |
|
Drawdown on Asset Financing Facility |
(37) |
(890) |
(2,680) |
|
Dividends paid in cash |
(1,907) |
(1,899) |
(5,705) |
|
Disposal of treasury shares on exercise of share options |
139 |
6 |
387 |
|
|
(6,953) |
(3,863) |
(10,089)
|
|
Decrease in net debt |
(3,114) |
5,737 |
6,910 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net debt at the beginning of the period |
(65,455) |
(72,365) |
(72,365) |
|
Net debt at the end of the period |
(68,569) |
(66,628) |
(65,455) |
|
|
|
|
|
1For an explanation of the alternative performance measures used in this report, please refer to the Appendix. Exceptional items are outlined in note 7.
15.3 Other financial liabilities
|
|
|
Six months to 30 September 2025 Unaudited |
Six months to 30 September 2024 Unaudited |
Year ended 31 March 2025 Audited |
|
|
|
£'000 |
£'000 |
£'000 |
|
Derivatives designated as hedging instruments |
|
|
|
|
|
Current financial liabilities |
|
354 |
- |
153 |
|
Non-current financial liabilities |
|
149 |
- |
92 |
|
Total financial liabilities carried at fair value |
|
503 |
- |
245 |
Derivatives designated as hedging instruments reflect the positive change in fair value of foreign exchange forward contracts, designated as cash flow hedges to hedge highly probable forecast sales in US dollars (USD).
15.4 Hedging activities and derivatives
The Group is exposed to certain risks relating to its ongoing business operations. The sole risk managed using derivative instruments is foreign currency risk. The Group's risk management strategy and how it is applied to manage risk are explained in the 2025 Annual Report.
The Group is holding the following foreign exchange forward contracts:
|
|
|
Six months to 30 September 2025 Unaudited |
Six months to 30 September 2024 Unaudited |
Year ended 31 March 2025 Audited |
|
|
|
£'000 |
£'000 |
£'000 |
|
Current foreign exchange forward contract |
|
354 |
- |
153 |
|
Non-current foreign exchange forward contract |
|
149 |
- |
92 |
|
|
|
503 |
- |
245 |
15.5 Fair values
Management assessed that fair values of cash and cash equivalents, trade receivables, accrued income, trade payables and other current liabilities approximate their carrying values largely due to the short-term nature of these instruments.
The fair value of loans was calculated using Level 2 valuation techniques reflecting the borrowing rate at the end of the reporting period and any unamortised arrangement fees relating to those borrowings.
At 30 September 2025 the Group held the following financial instruments measured at fair value through other comprehensive income (FY25: none).
|
|
Level 1 |
Level 2 |
Level 3 |
|
|
£'000 |
£'000 |
£'000 |
|
Foreign exchange forward contract |
- |
503 |
- |
The Group used the following hierarchy for determining and disclosing the fair value of financial instruments by valuation technique:
· Level 1: quoted (unadjusted) prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities;
· Level 2: other techniques for which all inputs which have a significant effect on the recorded fair value are observable either directly or indirectly; and
· Level 3: techniques which use inputs which have a significant effect on the recorded fair value that are not based on observable market data.
There were no transfers between Level 1 and Level 2 fair value measurements and no transfers in or out of Level 3 fair value measurements in FY25 or FY24.
16 Lease liabilities
The following disclosures relate to continuing operations only. Future minimum lease payments under leases together with the present value of net minimum lease payments are as follows:
|
|
Present value as at 30 Sept 2025 |
Finance charges |
Future lease payments as at 30 Sept 2025 |
Present value as at 30 Sept 2024 |
Finance charges |
Future lease payments as at 30 Sept 2024 |
Present value as at 31 March 2025 |
Finance charges |
Future lease payments as at 31 March 2025 |
|
|
£'000 |
£'000 |
£'000 |
£'000 |
£'000 |
£'000 |
£'000 |
£'000 |
£'000 |
|
Less than 1 year |
1,514 |
163 |
1,677 |
8,626 |
955 |
9,581 |
1,526 |
253 |
1,779 |
|
Due 1 - 2 years |
801 |
103 |
904 |
4,531 |
732 |
5,263 |
1,177 |
163 |
1,340 |
|
Due 2 - 3 years |
968 |
57 |
1,025 |
3,689 |
567 |
4,256 |
961 |
89 |
1,050 |
|
Due 3 -4 years |
292 |
22 |
314 |
3,767 |
409 |
4,176 |
566 |
35 |
601 |
|
Due 4 - 5 years |
167 |
13 |
180 |
3,472 |
254 |
3,726 |
179 |
17 |
196 |
|
After more than 5 years |
213 |
6 |
219 |
3,806 |
137 |
3,943 |
298 |
12 |
310 |
|
|
3,955 |
364 |
4,319 |
27,891 |
3,054 |
30,945 |
4,707 |
569 |
5,276 |
17 Provisions
|
|
Dilapidation provision |
|
|
£'000 |
|
At 1 April 2024 audited |
12,374 |
|
Additional provisions created in the period |
165 |
|
Utilised in the period |
(34) |
|
At 30 September 2024 unaudited |
12,505 |
|
Additional provisions created in the period |
360 |
|
Reassessment of provisions in the period |
(1,222) |
|
Utilised in the period |
1 |
|
Transferred to assets held for sale |
(10,904) |
|
At 31 March 2025 audited |
740 |
|
Additional provisions created in the period |
229 |
|
Reassessment of provisions in the period |
(183) |
|
Utilised in the period |
(325) |
|
Transferred to assets held for sale |
(228) |
|
At 30 September 2025 unaudited |
233 |
18 Share capital
|
|
Ordinary shares of 0.1p each |
Share premium |
|
|
|
Number |
£'000 |
£'000 |
|
At 1 April 2024 audited |
158,884,919 |
159 |
75,649 |
|
New shares issued |
122,069 |
- |
- |
|
At 30 September 2024 unaudited |
159,006,988 |
159 |
75,649 |
|
New shares issued |
138,925 |
- |
- |
|
At 31 March 2025 audited |
159,145,913 |
159 |
75,649 |
|
New shares issued |
- |
- |
- |
|
At 30 September 2025 unaudited |
159,145,913 |
159 |
75,649 |
At 30 September 2025, the Company's issued share capital consisted of 159,145,913 ordinary shares of which 102,291 were in treasury.
19 Subsequent event
Subsequent to the reporting date of 30 September 2025, the Company announced on 23 October 2025 that it conditionally agreed the sale of the DC business, Redcentric Data Centres Limited, to Stellanor Datacenters Group Limited, for a cash consideration based on an enterprise valuation of up to £127 million. This consideration is subject to adjustment on completion to ensure the DC business is sold on a cash free debt free basis and is also subject to a target level of working capital and a number of adjustments relating to commercial and property contract matters.
Completion of the disposal is dependent on several agreed conditions precedent being satisfied, which comprise regulatory requirements, as well as certain conditions relating to outstanding matters from the separation of the business into two segments, typical in a disposal of a carved out business.
Since the announcement, the Group has been working to address the required conditions precedent, some of which have been met.
Appendix - Alternative Performance Measures
This report contains certain financial measures and analyses that are not defined or recognised under IFRS but are presented to provide readers with additional financial information that management believes will be helpful to investors and other readers in assessing the underlying performance of the Group.
This additional information is not uniformly defined by all companies and may not be comparable with similarly titled measures and disclosures by other companies. These measures are unaudited and should not be viewed in isolation or as an alternative to those measures that are derived in accordance with IFRS.
This information is again presented on a continuing basis unless otherwise indicated.
Recurring revenue
Recurring revenue is the revenue that repeats annually, either under contractual arrangement or by predictable customer habit. It is a helpful measure as it highlights how much of the Group's total revenue is secured and anticipated to repeat in future periods, providing a measure of the financial strength and stability of the business. It is a measure that is very well understood by the investor and analyst community. It is also a key measure used internally for tracking revenue mix and performance reporting.
|
Continuing operations: |
Six months ended 30 September 2025 Unaudited |
Six months ended 30 September 2024 Unaudited *restated |
Year ended 31 March 2025 Audited |
|
|
£'000 |
£'000 |
£'000 |
|
Recurring revenue |
60,355 |
60,898 |
120,657 |
|
Non-recurring revenue |
6,404 |
8,343 |
14,481 |
|
Total revenue |
66,759 |
69,241 |
135,138 |
*restated to reflect continuing operations
The recurring revenue percentage is the percentage of recurring revenue as a proportion of total revenue and was 90.4% in the period, an increase of 2.4ppts from the prior first half (H1 FY25: 88.0%), remaining a favourable performance measure.
Capital expenditure - maintenance and customer
Maintenance capital expenditure is the element the capital expenditure that is incurred in support of the Group's underlying infrastructure rather than in support of specific customer contracts. This metric shows the level of internal investment the Group is making through capital expenditure. As the measure explains and analyses routine capital expenditure, land and buildings (including any associated assets relating to dilapidation provisions) and asset financing additions are excluded due to the infrequency of this expenditure occurring.
Customer capital expenditure relates to expenditure on assets utilised by the Group in delivering IT Managed Services to its customers.
The tables below are reported on a Group (combined continuing and discontinued operations) basis.
Capital expenditure is analysed as:
|
|
Six months ended 30 September 2025 Unaudited |
Six months ended 30 September 2024 Unaudited |
Year ended 31 March 2025 Audited |
|
|
£'000 |
£'000 |
£'000 |
|
Property plant and equipment additions |
3,869 |
4,084 |
9,664 |
|
Intangible additions |
302 |
801 |
1,698 |
|
Right-of-use asset additions |
46 |
82 |
288 |
|
Total capital expenditure |
4,217 |
4,967 |
11,650 |
*These are right-of-use assets defined by the banking covenants.
Capital expenditure is split as:
|
|
Six months ended 30 September 2025 Unaudited |
Six months ended 30 September 2024 Unaudited |
Year ended 31 March 2025 Audited |
|
|
£'000 |
£'000 |
£'000 |
|
Maintenance capital expenditure |
2,795 |
2,034 |
6,519 |
|
Customer capital expenditure |
1,422 |
2,933 |
5,131 |
|
Total capital expenditure |
4,217 |
4,967 |
11,650 |
EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA
Adjusted EBITDA is earnings before interest, taxation, depreciation and amortisation ("EBITDA") excluding exceptional items and share-based payments plus any associated National Insurance. The same adjustments to earnings are also made in determining the adjusted EBITDA margin.
The Board considers that this metric provides a useful measure of assessing the underlying trading performance of the Group as it excludes items which can dramatically impact financial performance, for example one-off exceptional costs, or amortisation of acquired intangibles arising from business combinations, which varies year on year dependent on the timing and size of any acquisitions, and obscure the visibility of the underlying trading performance of the business. Adjusted EBITDA also helps to more easily assess the business' ability to generate cashflow and is a widely adopted metric.
|
|
Six months ended 30 September 2025 Unaudited |
Six months ended 30 September 2024 Unaudited *restated |
Year ended 31 March 2025 Audited |
|
|
£'000 |
£'000 |
£'000 |
|
Reported operating profit |
3,632 |
3,720 |
8,395 |
|
Amortisation of intangible assets arising on business combinations |
622 |
868 |
1,535 |
|
Amortisation of other intangible assets |
599 |
297 |
1,058 |
|
Depreciation of property, plant and equipment |
2,103 |
1,811 |
4,001 |
|
Depreciation of right-of-use assets |
779 |
938 |
1,610 |
|
EBITDA |
7,735 |
7,634 |
16,599 |
|
Exceptional costs (see note 7) |
1,293 |
739 |
924 |
|
Share-based payments and associated National Insurance |
98 |
515 |
1,235 |
|
Adjusted EBITDA |
9,126 |
8,888 |
18,758 |
*Restated to reflect continuing operations
Adjusted EBITDA increased to £9.1m, £0.2m higher than the prior half year, with an adjusted EBITDA margin of 13.7% (H1 FY25: 12.8%).
Adjusted operating profit
Adjusted operating profit is operating profit excluding amortisation on acquired intangibles, exceptional items and share-based payments and any associated National Insurance.
Reconciliation of operating profit to adjusted operating profit for continuing operations is as follows:
|
|
Six months ended 30 September 2025 Unaudited |
Six months ended 30 September 2024 Unaudited *restated |
Year ended 31 March 2025 Audited |
|
|
£'000 |
£'000 |
£'000 |
|
Reported operating profit |
3,632 |
3,720 |
8,395 |
|
Amortisation of intangible assets arising on business combinations |
622 |
868 |
1,535 |
|
Exceptional costs |
1,293 |
739 |
924 |
|
Share-based payments and associated National Insurance |
98 |
515 |
1,235 |
|
Adjusted operating profit |
5,645 |
5,842 |
12,089 |
*Restated to reflect continuing operations
Adjusted net debt
Adjusted net debt is reported net debt (i.e. total borrowings net of cash) less supplier term loans and less lease liabilities that would have been classified as operating leases under IAS 17 and is a measure reviewed by the Group's banking syndicate as part of covenant compliance. The table below is based on the full Group numbers combining both continuing and discontinued operations.
|
|
Six months ended 30 September 2025 Unaudited |
Six months ended 30 September 2024 Unaudited |
Year Ended 31 March 2025 Audited |
|
|
£'000 |
£'000 |
£'000 |
|
Borrowings - Revolving Credit Facility |
(40,875) |
(38,808) |
(38,947) |
|
Borrowings - Lease liabilities |
(27,575) |
(27,891) |
(24,599) |
|
Borrowings - Term loan |
- |
(13) |
(3) |
|
Borrowings - Asset Financing Facility |
(4,177) |
(3,917) |
(4,924) |
|
Total borrowings |
(72,627) |
(70,629) |
(68,473) |
|
Cash |
4,058 |
4,001 |
3,018 |
|
Reported net debt |
(68,569) |
(66,628) |
(65,455) |
|
Term loans |
- |
13 |
3 |
|
Lease liabilities that would have been classified as operating leases under IAS 17
|
26,791 |
26,671 |
23,562 |
|
Adjusted net debt |
(41,778) |
(39,944) |
(41,890) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Shown as: |
|
|
|
|
Continuing operations |
(39,020) |
(39,944) |
(38,771) |
|
Discontinued operations |
(2,758) |
- |
(3,119) |
|
Adjusted net debt |
(41,778) |
(39,944) |
(41,890) |
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