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Thruvision Group PLC
23 November 2020
23 November 2020
Thruvision Group plc
(" Thruvision " or the " Group ")
Interim Results for the six months ended 30 September 2020
Thruvision (AIM: THRU) the specialist provider of 'safe
distance' people-screening technology to the international security
market announces its unaudited results for the six months ended 30
September 2020 .
Key Highlights
-- Revenues for the six months ended 30 September 2020 were
GBP4.7 million (H1 2019: GBP4.8 million).
-- Achieved EBITDA breakeven for the first time (H1 2019: GBP0.2
million loss) resulting from careful overhead management.
-- Continued broad-based sales success:
o Second substantial order from US Customs and major Gulf State
becomes ninth international Customs agency customer;
o Four new Profit Protection customers, including Superdrug's
parent company AS Watson , plus three returning customers, with
CEVA Logistics signing since period end;
o For employee screening, LaGuardia becomes third airport
customer along with further purchase by Seattle Airport, and
Coronavirus-delayed US Transportation Security Administration
testing for passenger screening now restarting;
o First lease hire deals completed in Profit Protection;
-- Cash at 30 September 2020 of GBP5.0 million, (31 March 2020:
GBP8.4 million) with cash at 20 November 2020 of GBP7.8
million.
Commenting on the results, Colin Evans, Chief Executive of
Thruvision, said:
" The Coronavirus pandemic has affected our various market
sectors in markedly differing ways. While online sales and home
deliveries have boomed, aviation, mass transit and hospitality
sectors have been badly affected. Although these various markets
seem set to recover at different rates, it is increasingly clear
that they are all likely to try to reintroduce people security
screening measures in a way that removes the need to physically
search people. With our growing profile and customer list, we
believe we are well positioned to benefit from this trend."
For further information please contact:
Thruvision Group plc +44 (0)1235 425 400
Tom Black, Executive Chairman
Colin Evans, Chief Executive
Investec Bank plc +44 (0)20 7597 5970
Patrick Robb / James Rudd / Sebastian Lawrence
FTI Consulting LLP +44 (0)20 3727 1000
Matt Dixon / Shamma Kelly
About Thruvision
Thruvision is the leading provider of safe distance, people
security screening technology. Using patented passive terahertz
technology, Thruvision is uniquely capable of detecting metallic
and non-metallic threats including weapons, explosives and
contraband items that are hidden under clothing, at distances
between 3m and 10m. Addressing the growing need for safe, fast and
effective security, Thruvision completely removes the need for
physical "pat-downs" and has been vetted and approved by the US
Transportation Security Administration for surface transportation.
Operationally deployed in 20 countries around the world, Thruvision
is used for aviation and transportation security, retail supply
chain loss prevention, facilities and public area protection and
customs and border control. The company has offices near Oxford,
and in Washington DC.
www.thruvision.com
THRUVISION GROUP PLC
Half year report
for the six months ended 30 September 2020
Chairman's Statement
Despite the challenges presented by the Coronavirus pandemic and
reduced activity from March to June, the Group had a strong second
quarter and, for the first time, achieved EBITDA break-even for the
half year. This was achieved by securing further new customers in
both our Profit Protection and Customs markets, and a further
substantial order from US Customs.
Revenues in the period held steady at GBP4.7 million (H1 FY20:
GBP4.8 million), gross margins were maintained at 48% (H1 FY20:
48%) and controlled expenditure management allowed us to break-even
at the EBITDA level for the first time. Cash at 30 September 2020
was GBP5.0 million, (31 March 2020: GBP8.4 million) and this has
since increased to GBP7.8million as at 20 November 2020, following
payment by the US Federal Government.
As with many businesses, the Coronavirus pandemic has had a
profound impact on how we operate and has temporarily interrupted
our growth trajectory. Whilst this is disappointing, it is pleasing
to be able to report that we maintained our revenues on a par with
last year and, through tight management of expenditure, improved
the EBITDA result. This outcome was possible because the team moved
swiftly to implement revised Covid-compliant working practices for
both our manufacturing and customer engagement and I am greatly
indebted to our entire workforce for the way they have
constructively adopted the new ways of working.
The use of online video tools for both customer meetings and
equipment demonstrations has meant that we managed to maintain a
good level of customer engagement throughout the period and
progressed many sales opportunities, bringing a number to a
successful outcome. On the manufacturing side we have continued to
work closely with our supply chain and are now producing units at a
greater rate than before the pandemic, in anticipation of enhanced
sales going forward.
Outlook
G iven the ongoing uncertainty and particularly with regard to
travel restrictions both nationally and internationally, and the
resulting impact on our ability to prosecute sales, it remains
difficult to provide detailed guidance for the Group's prospects
for the financial year ending 31 March 2021. However, recent
announcements on Covid testing and potential vaccines do give some
cause for wider optimism that we may return to more normal sales
activity in 2021. This, combined with our healthy cash balance,
zero debt and strengthening sales pipeline mean that we remain
confident about our medium-term prospects.
Strategic Update
Thruvision addresses the growing international need to safely,
quickly and comprehensively security screen individuals for
weapons, contraband or other illicit items that might be concealed
in their clothing. The two most widely deployed existing
technologies, walk-through metal detectors and airport body
scanners do not meet this need. Critically, both these technologies
require close proximity, physical search ('pat-downs') to resolve
alarms. Pre-pandemic, such pat-downs were very unpopular but now
almost all organisations have in any case banned their use on the
basis that they risk virus transmission. By operating at a
physically distant range of several metres, Thruvision cameras
completely remove the need for physical searches, while providing
enhanced security effectiveness by detecting non-metallic as well
as metallic items.
The Coronavirus pandemic has affected our various market sectors
in markedly differing ways. Whilst online sales and home deliveries
have boomed, aviation, mass transit and hospitality sectors have
been badly affected . Although these various markets seem set to
recover at different rates, it is increasingly clear that they are
all likely to try to reintroduce people security screening measures
in a way that removes the need to physically search people. With
our growing profile and customer list, we believe we are well
positioned to benefit from this trend.
Business Review
United States
The US is our most important market in terms of scale and key
customer opportunities and, to date, we have been least impacted
here by the travel restrictions that have affected us elsewhere. We
secured a second major order from US Customs and Border Protection
(CBP), and despite the challenges faced by the Aviation market,
LaGuardia became our third major US airport customer. Seattle
Tacoma International added to its Thruvision fleet, and both
airports reported that Thruvision has allowed them to maintain
effective employee screening despite Coronavirus restrictions that
have required other people-screening equipment to be turned off.
Starting the TSA accreditation process for passenger screening has
been delayed by the pandemic but given the broader progress we have
made with both airports and US airlines, we have strengthened our
team with experts drawn from competitors who serve the aviation
market.
Given Coronavirus-generated interest from retail and logistics
organisations in the US, we also added Profit Protection sales
expertise to the team and believe this extra resource and focus
will enable us to capitalise on this interest in the future.
THRUVISION GROUP PLC
Half year report (continued)
for the six months ended 30 September 2020
Profit Protection
Our Profit Protection market has seen a significant and rapid
expansion due to the pandemic and comprises retailers with a
growing online presence and their home delivery partners. With
items stolen from distribution centres almost always being
non-metallic, our unique 'safe distance' detection capability
allowed us to add four new UK-based customers in the period,
including Superdrug's parent company AS Watson. We also received
further orders from Next and JD Sports which are existing
customers. While national retailers are potentially large customers
in their own right, we continue to focus on global logistics
businesses too, given their very significant scale. In line with
this approach, we added CEVA Logistics as a further new customer
since the end of the half. Given many of the organisations we are
targeting operate on a pan-European basis, we have added an
experienced sales resource, based in Holland, to start addressing
EU-based organisations more directly.
Potential customers have repeatedly asked about financing
options for our products and, for the first time, two customers
bought units on a lease basis. Since period end we have put in
place full equipment financing facilities for the UK market. Based
on a pool of major capital goods lenders, this will allow us to
offer a wide range of financing options to potential customers. We
believe that, given current market conditions, this makes the
return on investment on our equipment even more attractive and we
are encouraged by the early positive interest this has
generated.
Customs
This is a well-established Thruvision market, where our ability
to detect predominantly non-metallic, prohibited items such as cash
and drugs at all types of border checkpoint, has been least
impacted by the pandemic. This is because we are selling to
national agencies on much longer sales cycles. As well as receiving
a second major order from US Customs, we signed up a major Gulf
State as our ninth international customs agency in the period and
looking forward, we expect to see steady, sustainable progress in
this market as we win new international customers and receive
follow-on orders as organisations expand their operational fleets
over time.
Aviation
Given the very significant impact of Coronavirus on the global
aviation sector, we have focused solely on the US market and the
TSA. Finding a way to safely screen both airport employees and
passengers without pat-downs is becoming an essential pre-requisite
to the eventual re-commencement of volume air travel, and
successfully obtaining formal TSA accreditation will open the US
and broader international aviation security market to us at that
point.
Venue Security and Mass Transport
Coronavirus restrictions have had a significantly detrimental
impact on these markets. Given they were already of secondary
importance to us, we have further reduced our focus on them.
Manufacturing and R&D
While we closed our facilities for a brief period during the
first lockdown, we were able to continue manufacturing with little
disruption given the robustness of our supply chain partnerships.
Work to expand our product range based on our new, modular hardware
architecture and the use of different interface software to offer
different user functionality has progressed well. We expect to
enter 2021 with a seven camera range, designed to meet the specific
needs and price points of our three key markets. Ongoing
development and testing of our new AI-based detection algorithm is
progressing well.
People
Overall headcount increased from 37 to 39 during the period as
the Group invested in further US sales and pre-sales resource to
support increased demand.
Financial review
Financial results
During the six months ended 30 September 2020, revenues held
broadly steady at GBP4.7 million (H1 2020: GBP4.8 million, FY 2020
GBP8.0 million). Gross margin was in line with the prior period at
48% (H1 2020: 48%, FY 2020: 47%), where the mix of units sold and
unit pricing were similar.
The Group achieved break-even EBITDA (H1 2019: GBP(0.2 million)
loss), largely as a result of careful overhead management which was
implemented due to the uncertainties of Coronavirus. Operating loss
in the period was (GBP0.5 million) (H1 2020: (GBP0.4 million)
loss), FY 2020: (GBP1.7 million) loss) and is stated after a
foreign exchange loss in the period of (GBP0.1 million) (H1 2020
GBP0.1 million gain, FY 2020 GBP0.1 million gain).
Cash at 30 September 2020 was GBP5.0 million, (31 March 2020:
GBP8.4 million) with cash at 20 November 2020 of GBP7.8
million.
THRUVISION GROUP PLC
Half year report (continued)
for the six months ended 30 September 2020
Financial summary
6 months 6 months Year ended
ended ended
30 September 30 September 31 March
2020 2019 2020
Unaudited Unaudited Audited
GBP'000 GBP'000 GBP'000
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Revenue 4,653 4,835 8,002
Cost of sales (2,397) (2,521) (4,242)
Gross Profit 2,256 2,314 3,760
EBITDA 12 (183) (1,070)
Depreciation and amortisation (245) (227) (450)
LTIP (177) (154) (297)
FX (losses) /gains (92) 138 88
Operating loss (502) (426) (1,729)
Finance revenue 11 27 253
Finance costs (11) (14) (26)
Loss before tax (502) (413) (1,502)
Income tax credit 108 29 223
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Loss from continuing
operations (394) (384) (1,279)
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Discontinued operations
Profit from discontinued operation
(net of tax) 41 213 189
Loss for the period /
year (353) (171) (1,090)
Key Performance Indicators ("KPIs")
The Group considers the following to be the relevant KPIs which
track the trading performance and position of the business.
Financial KPIs 30-Sep-20 30-Sep-19 FY 2020
GBP'000 GBP'000 GBP'000
-------------------------- ---------- ---------- --------
Revenue 4,653 4,835 8,002
-------------------------- ---------- ---------- --------
Average revenue per unit 78 73 68
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Gross Profit 2,256 2,314 3,760
-------------------------- ---------- ---------- --------
Gross Margin 48% 48% 47 %
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Overheads * (2,538) (2,724) (5,280)
-------------------------- ---------- ---------- --------
(1,070
EBITDA profit / (loss) 12 (183) )
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* Overheads exclude the share-based payment charge as well as
foreign exchange gains and losses. See Overheads table on page 6
for further detail.
THRUVISION GROUP PLC
Half year report (continued)
for the six months ended 30 September 2020
Key Performance Indicators ("KPIs") (continued)
Non-financial KPIs 30-Sep-20 30-Sep-19 FY 2020
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No of units sold 58 64 114
Number of staff at end of period 39 37 37
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Revenue
Thruvision revenues decreased slightly to GBP4.7 million in the
six months to 30 September 2020 (H1 2020: GBP4.8 million, FY 2020
GBP8.0 million). Revenues from unit sales contributed GBP4.5
million (H1 2020: GBP4.7 million, FY 2020 GBP7.8 million), and
development revenues of GBP155k (H1 2020: GBP140k, FY 2020
GBP237k).
Unit volumes of 58 (H1 2020: 64 units, FY 2020: 114 units) were
achieved in the period despite challenges presented by Coronavirus
and the UK lockdown resulting in limited activity from early March
to mid June.
Revenue 6 months 6 months 12 months
30-Sep-20 30-Sep-19 FY 2020
GBP'000 GBP'000 GBP'000
------------- --------- --------- ---------
Units 4,498 4,695 7,765
Development 155 140 237
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Total 4,653 4,835 8,002
The principal growth driver for the business is unit sales and,
while we expect to continue to be awarded customer funded
development contracts, we do not expect this to form a material
proportion of revenues in the future.
Gross Profit Margin
Gross margin increased marginally to 48% in the year (H1 2020:
48%, FY 2020: 47%). The gross margin attributable to unit revenues
remained at 50% (H1 2020: 50%)
Gross Margin 6 months 6 months 12 months
30-Sep-20 30-Sep-19 FY 2020
GBP'000 GBP'000 GBP'000
-------------------------- --------- --------- ---------
Unit Revenue 4,498 4,695 7,765
Unit Gross Profit 2,235 2,343 3,754
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Gross margin % 50% 50% 48%
Development Revenue 155 140 237
Development Gross Profit 21 (29) 6
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Gross margin % 14% (21%) 3%
Overall Revenue 4,653 4,835 8,002
Overall Gross Profit 2,256 2,314 3,760
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Overall Gross margin
% 48% 48% 47%
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THRUVISION GROUP PLC
Half year report (continued)
for the six months ended 30 September 2020
Administrative expenses
Overheads decreased by 6.8% to GBP2.5 million compared to the
corresponding period in FY20. This was due to careful overhead
management in the period. Investment to accommodate growth was
offset by reduced international travel as a result of the lockdown
in the Spring.
Sales and marketing expenditure increased by GBP56k to deliver
strategic investment in our US market, with this additional
investment made to leverage our "flagship" customer deployments in
this key market, and was used to increase direct marketing and
provide enhanced pre and post-sales capability.
Engineering costs include Manufacturing and R&D costs which
have decreased as a result of increased efficiencies in our
manufacturing process focusing on increased cost reduction in
material procurement, volume efficiencies as well as production
capability.
Administrative expenses 6 months 6 months 12 months
30-Sep-20 30-Sep-19 FY 2020
GBP'000 GBP'000 GBP'000
------------------------------- --------- --------- ---------
Engineering 688 794 1,510
Sales and marketing 820 764 1,557
Property and administration 220 251 492
Management 321 349 738
PLC costs 244 339 533
Depreciation and amortisation 245 227 450
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Overheads 2,538 2,724 5,280
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LTIP 177 154 297
Foreign exchange losses/(gains) 92 (138) (88)
Total administration
costs 2,807 2,740 5,489
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Loss from continuing operations
Losses from continuing operations in the period were (GBP0.5
million) (H1 2020: (GBP0.4 million), FY 2020: (GBP1.7 million))
including share-based payments.
Thruvision continues to invest in sales and marketing
activities, developing new markets and segments, whilst further
investing in our engineering and manufacturing capacity including
R&D. Thruvision recorded a net foreign exchange loss of
GBP(0.1) million during the period (H1 2020: GBP0.1 million gain,
FY 2020 GBP0.1 million gain), as a result of the movement in the
GBP:USD exchange rate.
Cash Flows
Cash and cash equivalents at 30 September 2020 were GBP5.0
million (H1 2020: GBP8.7 million, FY 2020: GBP8.4 million), with
the principal movements in the period being the net GBP3.7 million
working capital movements (accounting for the majority of the
decrease in cash over the six month period ended 30 September
2020), as per the cashflow statement on page 12.
Trade receivables owing at 30 September 2020 received after the
period end, specifically a payment by the US Federal Government,
has resulted in an increase in cash and cash equivalents to
GBP7.8million as at 20 November 2020.
THRUVISION GROUP PLC
Consolidated income statement
for the six months ended 30 September 2020
6 months 6 months Year ended
ended ended
30 September 30 September 31 March
2020 2019 2020
Unaudited Unaudited Audited
Note GBP'000 GBP'000 GBP'000
------------------------------ ------ ------------- ------------- ----------------
Revenue 2 4,653 4,835 8,002
Cost of sales (2,397) (2,521) (4,242)
------------------------------ ------ ------------- ------------- ----------------
Gross profit 2,256 2,314 3,760
Administration costs (2,807) (2,740) (5,489)
Other income 49 - -
Operating loss (502) (426) (1,729)
Finance revenue 11 27 253
Finance costs (11) (14) (26)
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Loss before tax (502) (413) (1,502)
Income tax 108 29 223
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Loss for the period /
year from continuing
operations (394) (384) (1,279)
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Discontinued operations
Profit from discontinued operation
(net of tax) 41 213 189
Loss for the period /
year (353) (171) (1,090)
Adjusted loss: 3
Loss before tax from continuing
operations (502) (413) (1,502)
Share-based payment 177 154 297
Adjusted loss before
tax for the period /
year from continuing
operations (325) (259) (1,205)
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THRUVISION GROUP PLC
Consolidated statement of comprehensive income
for the six months ended 30 September 2020
6 months 6 months Year ended
ended ended
30 September 30 September 31 March
2020 2019 2020
Unaudited Unaudited Audited
GBP'000 GBP'000 GBP'000
--------------------------------------- ------------- ------------- -----------
Loss for the period / year
from continuing operations (394) (384) (1,279)
Profit for the period / year
from discontinued operations 41 213 189
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Loss for the period /
year attributable to
owners of the parent (353) (171) (1,090)
Other comprehensive (loss)/income
from continuing operations
---------------------------------------- ------------- ------------- -----------
Other comprehensive income
that may be
subsequently reclassified
to profit and loss:
Exchange differences
on retranslation
of foreign operations - 4 101
Total comprehensive loss attributable
to owners of the parent (353) (167) (989)
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THRUVISION GROUP PLC
Consolidated statement of financial position
at 30 September 2020
30 September 30 September 31 March
2020 2019 2020
Unaudited Unaudited Audited
Note GBP'000 GBP'000 GBP'000
------------------------------ ----- ------------- ------------- ---------
Assets
Non-current assets
Property, plant and
equipment 1,069 1,212 1,238
Other intangible assets 55 6 62
------------------------------ ----- ------------- ------------- ---------
1,124 1,218 1,300
Current assets
Inventories 3,513 3,262 3,671
Trade and other receivables 7,479 3,311 2,221
Derivative financial
instrument - - 203
Current tax recoverable 219 91 296
Cash and cash equivalents 5,016 8,657 8,431
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16,227 15,321 14,822
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Total assets 17,351 16,539 16,122
Equity and liabilities
Attributable to owners
of the parent
Equity share capital 5 1,455 1,455 1,455
Capital redemption
reserve 163 163 163
Translation reserve 115 18 115
Retained earnings 11,476 12,428 11,652
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Total equity 13,209 14,064 13,385
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Non-current liabilities
Other payables 202 373 305
Provisions 38 38 38
240 411 343
------------------------------ ----- ------------- ------------- ---------
Current liabilities
Other payables 169 149 152
Trade and other payables 3,733 1,915 2,242
3,902 2,064 2,394
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Total liabilities 4,142 2,475 2,737
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Total equity and liabilities 17,351 16,539 16,122
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THRUVISION GROUP PLC
Consolidated statement of changes in equity
for the six months ended 30 September 2020
Ordinary Capital Translation Retained Total
share redemption reserve earnings equity
capital reserve GBP'000 GBP'000 GBP'000
GBP'000 GBP'000
-------------------------- --------- ------------ --------------- ------------ -----------------
At 31 March 2019 1,618 - 14 12,445 14,077
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Cancellation of deferred
shares (163) 163 - - -
Share-based payment
credit - - - 154 154
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Transactions with
shareholders (163) 163 - 154 154
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Loss for the period - - - (171) (171)
Other comprehensive
income - - 4 - 4
--------------------------- --------- ------------ --------------- ------------ -----------------
Total comprehensive
loss - - 4 (171) (167)
--------------------------- --------- ------------ --------------- ------------ -----------------
At 30 September 2019 1,455 163 18 12,428 14,064
--------------------------- --------- ------------ --------------- ------------ -----------------
Share-based payment
credit - - - 143 143
----------------------- ------ ---- ---- ------- -------
Transactions with
shareholders - - - 143 143
----------------------- ------ ---- ---- ------- -------
Loss for the period - - - (919) (919)
Other comprehensive
income - - 97 - 97
----------------------- ------ ---- ---- ------- -------
Total comprehensive
loss - - 97 (919) (822)
----------------------- ------ ---- ---- ------- -------
At 31 March 2020 1,455 163 115 11,652 13,385
----------------------- ------ ---- ---- ------- -------
Share-based payment
credit - - - 177 177
----------------------- ------ ---- ---- ------- -------
Transactions with
shareholders - - - 177 177
----------------------- ------ ---- ---- ------- -------
Loss for the period - - - (353) (353)
Other comprehensive - - - - -
income
----------------------- ------ ---- ---- ------- -------
Total comprehensive
loss - - - (353) (353)
----------------------- ------ ---- ---- ------- -------
At 30 September 2020 1,455 163 115 11,476 13,209
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THRUVISION GROUP PLC
Consolidated statement of cash flows
for the six months ended 30 September 2020
6 months 6 months Year ended
ended ended
30 September 30 September 31 March
2020 2019 2020
Unaudited Unaudited Audited
GBP'000 GBP'000 GBP'000
---------------------------------------- ------------- ------------- -----------
Operating activities
Loss before tax from continuing
operations (502) (413) (1,502)
Profit/(loss) before tax from
discontinued operations 41 213 189
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Loss before tax (461) (200) (1,313)
Non-cash adjustment to reconcile loss before
tax to net cash flows
Depreciation of property,
plant and equipment 238 227 444
Amortisation of intangible
assets 7 1 7
Lease obligation repayments (86) (86) (186)
Share-based payment transaction
expense 177 154 297
Unrealised (losses) / gains
on foreign exchange 11 (8) 48
Disposals of property, plant
& equipment 8 37 42
Finance income (11) (27) (50)
Finance costs 11 14 26
Working capital adjustments:
(Increase) in trade and other
receivables (5,316) (779) (21)
Decrease / (increase) in inventories 158 87 (322)
Increase / (decrease) in trade
and other payables 110 (153) (123)
Increase / (decrease) in deferred
revenue 1,380 (20) 185
Decrease in provisions - - -
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Cash utilised in operations (3,774) (667) (966)
Tax received 179 23 56
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Net cash flow from operating
activities (3,595) (644) (910)
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Investing activities
Purchase of property, plant &
equipment (78) (230) (340)
Expenditure on intangible assets - - (62)
Interest received 11 27 50
Deferred consideration from disposal
of Video Business 63 209 265
Net cash flow from investing
activities (4) 6 (87)
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Financing activities
Net cash flow from financing - - -
activities
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Net (decrease) in cash and cash
equivalents (3,599) (724) (997)
Cash and cash equivalents at
beginning of period / year 8,431 9,375 9,375
Effect of foreign exchange rate
changes on cash and cash equivalents 184 6 53
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Cash and cash equivalents at
end of period / year 5,016 8,657 8,431
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THRUVISION GROUP PLC
Notes to the financial statements
for the six months ended 30 September 2020
1. Accounting policies
Basis of preparation
The consolidated interim financial statements include those of
Thruvision Group plc and all of its subsidiary undertakings
(together "the Group") drawn up at 30 September 2020, and have been
prepared in accordance with International Accounting Standard 34,
"Interim Financial Reporting" ("IAS 34") as adopted for use in the
European Union ("EU"). The consolidated interim financial
statements have been prepared using accounting policies and methods
of computation consistent with those applied in the consolidated
financial statements for the period ended 31 March 2020.
The Group is a public limited company incorporated and domiciled
in England & Wales and whose shares are quoted on AIM, a market
operated by The London Stock Exchange.
All values are rounded to GBP'000 except where otherwise
stated.
Accounting policies
The annual consolidated financial statements of the Group are
prepared on the basis of International Financial Reporting
Standards ("IFRS"). The consolidated interim financial statements
are presented on a condensed basis as permitted by IAS 34 and
therefore do not include all the disclosures that would otherwise
be required in a full set of financial statements and should be
read in conjunction with the most recent Annual Report and Accounts
which were approved by the Board of Directors on 5 June 2020 and
have been filed with Companies House. The condensed interim
financial statements do not constitute statutory accounts as
defined in Section 435 of the Companies Act 2006 and are unaudited
for all periods presented. The financial information for the
12-month period ended 31 March 2020 is extracted from the financial
statements for that period. The auditors' report on those financial
statements was unqualified and did not contain an emphasis of
matter reference and did not contain a statement under section
498(2) or (3) of the Companies Act 2006 .
The half year results for the current period to 30 September
2020 have not been audited or reviewed by auditors pursuant to the
Auditing Practices Board guidance of Review of Interim Financial
Information.
Adoption of new and revised International Financial Reporting
Standards
The Group's accounting policies have been prepared in accordance
with IFRS effective as at its reporting date of 30 September
2020.
Standards Issued
The standards and interpretations that are issued up to the date
of issuance of the Group's interim financial statements are
disclosed below. The Group has adopted these standards, if
applicable, when these became effective. Further details are
disclosed in the 31 March 2020 Annual Report available on the
Group's website: thruvision.com
Accounting developments - new standards, amendments and
interpretations issued and adopted
There were no new accounting standards or amendments requiring
disclosure in the period.
Going concern
The Group's loss before tax from continuing operations for the
period was GBP0.5 million (H1 2020: GBP0.4 million, FY 2020 GBP1.5
million). As at 30 September 2020 the Group had net current assets
of GBP12.5 million (H1 2020: GBP13.4 million, FY 2020: GBP12.6
million) and net cash reserves of GBP5.0 million (H1 2020: GBP8.7
million, FY 2020: GBP8.4 million). Additionally net cash reserves
were GBP7.8million as at 20 November 2020.
The Board has reviewed cash flow forecasts for the period up to
and including 31 March 2022. These forecasts and projections take
into account reasonably possible changes in trading performance and
show that the Group will be able to react as required in order to
operate within the level of current funding resources, and no need
for the Group to take on any debt. The Directors therefore believe
there is sufficient cash available to the Group to manage through
these requirements.
As with all businesses, there are particular times of the year
where the Group's working capital requirements are at their peak.
However, the Group is well placed to manage business risk
effectively and the Board reviews the Group's performance against
budgets and forecasts on a regular basis to ensure action is taken
where needed.
The Directors therefore are satisfied that the Group has
adequate resources, despite the challenges presented by the
Coronavirus pandemic and limited activity from March to June, to
continue operating for a period of at least 12 months from the
approval of these accounts. For this reason, they have adopted the
going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.
THRUVISION GROUP PLC
Notes to the financial statements (continued)
for the six months ended 30 September 2020
2. Segmental information
The directors do not split the business into segments in order
to internally analyse the business performance. The directors
believe that allocating overheads by department provides a suitable
level of business insight. The overhead department cost centres
comprise of Engineering (manufacturing and R&D), sales and
marketing, property and administration, Management and PLC costs,
with the split of costs as shown in the Half Year Report on page
6.
Analysis of revenue by customer
There has been one (H1 2020: three, FY 2020: five) individually
material customer/s (each comprising in excess of 10% of revenue)
during the period. These customers individually represented
GBP2,917kof revenue (H1 2020: GBP1,018k and GBP808k, FY 2020:
GBP2,227k, GBP1,397k, GBP1,359k, GBP965k and GBP897k).
30 September 30 September 31 March
2020 2019 2020
Unaudited Unaudited Audited
GBP'000 GBP'000 GBP'000
------------------------ ------------- ------------- ------------
UK and Europe 504 190 1,234
Americas 3,599 3,692 4,311
Asia Pacific 100 934 2,430
Middle East and Africa 450 19 27
4,653 4,835 8,002
------------------------ ------------- ------------- ------------
The Group's non-current assets by geography are detailed
below:
30 September 30 September 31 March
2020 2019 2020
Unaudited Unaudited Audited
GBP'000 GBP'000 GBP'000
-------------------------- ------------- ------------- ------------
United Kingdom 977 1,014 1,127
United States of America 147 204 173
1,124 1,218 1,300
-------------------------- ------------- ------------- ------------
3. Adjusted loss before tax
An adjusted loss before tax measure has been presented as the
Directors believe that this is a more relevant measure of the
Group's underlying performance. Adjusted loss is not defined under
IFRS and has been shown as the Directors consider this to be
helpful for a better understanding of the performance of the
Group's underlying business. It may not be comparable with
similarly titled measurements reported by other companies and is
not intended to be a substitute for, or superior to, IFRS measures
of profit.
The net adjustments to loss before tax from continuing
operations are summarised below:
6 months 6 months Year ended
ended ended
30 September 30 September 31 March
2020 2019 2020
Unaudited Unaudited Audited
GBP'000 GBP'000 GBP'000
------------------------- ------------- ------------- ------------
Share-based payment (i) 177 154 297
Total adjustments 177 154 297
------------------------- ------------- ------------- ------------
(i) The LTIP awards made in June 2020 will be subject to
Performance Conditions. However, and in light of trading
uncertainty due to the Coronavirus pandemic, the Remuneration
Committee did not set these Performance Conditions at the date of
award but instead will agree the relevant Performance Conditions
prior to 31 December 2020.
The Performance Condition associated with LTIP awards made in
the prior period are subject to a non-market based performance
measure.. Accordingly, should these LTIP awards fail to vest, the
share based payment charge will be added back to the income
statement.
THRUVISION GROUP PLC
Notes to the financial statements (continued)
for the six months ended 30 September 2020
4. Loss per share
The following reflects the loss and share data used in the basic
and diluted loss per share calculations:
Unadjusted loss per share 6 months 6 months Year ended
ended ended
30 September 30 September 31 March
2020 2019 2020
Unaudited Unaudited Audited
GBP'000 GBP'000 GBP'000
---------------------------------------- ------------- ------------- ----------------
Loss from continuing operations
attributable to ordinary shareholders (394) (384) (1,279)
---------------------------------------- ------------- ------------- ----------------
Loss from continuing and discontinued
operations attributable to ordinary
shareholders (353) (171) (1,090)
Weighted average number of shares 145,454,118 145,454,118 145,454,118
---------------------------------------- ------------- ------------- ----------------
Basic and diluted loss per share
- continuing operations (0.27p) (0.26p) (0.88p)
---------------------------------------- ------------- ------------- ----------------
Basic and diluted loss per share
- continuing and discontinued
operations (0.24p) (0.12p) (0.75p)
---------------------------------------- ------------- ------------- ----------------
Adjusted loss per share 6 months 6 months Year ended
ended ended
30 September 30 September 31 March
2020 2019 2020
Unaudited Unaudited Audited
GBP'000 GBP'000 GBP'000
------------------------------------------ ------------- ------------- ----------------
Loss from continuing operations
attributable to ordinary shareholders (394) (384) (1,279)
------------------------------------------ ------------- ------------- ----------------
Share-based payment 177 154 297
Adjusted (loss)/profit after
tax (217) (230) (982)
------------------------------------------ ------------- ------------- ----------------
Weighted average number of shares 145,454,118 145,454,118 145,454,118
------------------------------------------ ------------- ------------- ----------------
Basic and diluted loss per share (0.27p) (0.26p) (0.88p)
------------------------------------------ ------------- ------------- ----------------
Basic and diluted adjusted (loss)/profit
per share (0.15p) (0.16p) (0.68p)
------------------------------------------ ------------- ------------- ----------------
The inclusion of potential Ordinary Shares arising from LTIP
awards and EMI Options would be anti-dilutive. Basic and diluted
loss per share has therefore been calculated using the same
weighted number of shares.
5. Issued share capital
As at 30 September 2020, there were 145,454,118 Ordinary Shares
in issue (H1 2020 and FY 2020: 145,454,118).
6. Share options
The following share awards were granted in the six month period
ended 30 September 2020:
Unapproved
and Overseas EMI Approved Sharesave
Options Options options
Grant date 15 June 15 June 23 July
2020 2020 2020
------------------------ -------------- ------------- ----------
Number granted 1,575,000 735,000 173.072
------------------------ -------------- ------------- ----------
Exercise price 20.00p 20.00p 20.80p
------------------------ -------------- ------------- ----------
Vesting period (years) 3.0 3.0 3.0
------------------------ -------------- ------------- ----------
The vesting and exercise of Sharesave option awards are not
subject to performance conditions.
The vesting and exercise of EMI and Unapproved share awards will
be subject to performance conditions. However, and in light of
trading uncertainty due to the Coronavirus pandemic, the
Remuneration Committee did not set these Performance Conditions at
the date of award but instead will agree the relevant Performance
Conditions prior to 31 December 2020.
The share-based payment charge in the period amounts to GBP177k
(H1 2020: GBP154k, FY20: GBP297k), with the fair value charge
attributable to new awards in the period determined using a Black
Scholes calculation.
7. Financial instruments
Fair value hierarchy
he Group uses the following hierarchy for determining and
disclosing the fair values of financial instruments by valuation
techniques:
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.
The Group has no level 2 or level 3 financial instruments (H1
2020: GBPnil, FY 2020 GBPnil). The fair values of other financial
assets and liabilities, which are short term, are not disclosed as
the Directors estimate that the carrying amount of the financial
assets and liabilities are not significantly different to their
fair value. These financial assets and liabilities are carried at
amortised cost.
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