Induction Healthcare Group
PLC
("Induction", the
"Company", or the "Group")
FY24 Audited Final
Results
London, UK - 4 July 2024:
Induction Healthcare Group PLC ("Induction", the "Company",
or the "Group"; AIM: INHC), a leading
digital health platform driving transformation of healthcare
systems, announces its audited final results for the year
ended 31 March 2024.
Financial
Highlights
· Revenues from customer contracts up 5.6% to
£14.4m (Note
1)
(2023: £13.6m
Note
2)
· Gross margin 78.4% (2023: 63.1%)
·
Adjusted EBITDA positive £0.3m
(Note 3) (2023 loss of
£4.0m)
· Adjusted Operating loss of £0.2m
(Note 4) (2023: loss of
£4.8m)
· Loss for the year £3.3m (2023: loss of
£17.4m)
·
Net cash at the year-end of £3.7m (2023:
£4.3m)
Operational
Highlights
·
Achieved objective of EBITDA breakeven having completed cost
containment and margin enhancement programme
· Zesty
revenues up by 133% with strong pipeline for growth in FY25
o 17 Zesty customers,
covering 3.2m patients, now connected to the NHS App
o Launched Zesty in 5
new Trusts, with 4 additional Trusts contracted to go-live within
the next 12 months
o Signed a total of
£3.4m (includes previously-announced contracts) in contracts with
NHS England Trusts to fund new deployments and build out new
functionality to generate growth
· Attend
Anywhere market share in England maintained in a challenging
renewals environment
·
Successfully built and launched the first phase of our integrated
product which enables a patient to view and launch their Attend
Anywhere consultation from within Zesty. Five customers have
already purchased the integrated functionality.
·
Divested non-core assets Switch, and post-period end sold Guidance
for £1.2m
Paul Tambeau, CEO of Induction Healthcare,
said: "The Zesty portal
continues to be our growth engine as the NHS sees value in
digitizing interactions with patients who have an outpatient
appointment. Not only did we secure new wins, but we developed new
features and deepened our integration with Oracle Cerner which can
generate new growth for Induction. Growth in Zesty has helped to
counteract downward pressure on pricing with Attend Anywhere."
Notes
1 Reported revenue from
continuing operations is stated after reclassifying assets held for
sale under IFRS5 (Induction Guidance £0.7m). Induction
Guidance assets were held for sale at year end 31 March 2024 and
classified under discontinued operations (Total recognised revenue
from continuing operations £13.65m plus discontinuing operations
£0.7m was £14.4m).
2 Reported revenues from
continuing operations is stated after reclassifying assets held for
sale under IFRS5 (Induction Switch, 2023 and Induction Guidance
£0.7m). These product assets were held for sale at year end 31
March 2023 and classified under discontinued operations (Total
recognised revenue from continuing operations £12.9m plus
discontinuing operations £0.7m was £13.6m).
3. Adjusted EBITDA
is Operating Loss from continuing operations (£4.2m) before
amortisation of £4.0m and non-cash foreign exchange adjustment
£0.3m, restructuring £0.1m and non-recurring items
£0.1m.
4 Adjusted operating
loss is Operating loss £4.2m before depreciation, amortisation
£4.0m and impairment, £ nil. (2023: Adjusted operating loss was
£4.8m which is Operating loss of £17.4m before depreciation and
amortisation £4.9m, and impairment £7.7m.
Annual Report and
Accounts and Notice of AGM
The Annual Report and Accounts and notice of AGM
will be available later today on the Company's website:
https://inductionhealthcare.com/investors/financial-reports-and-publications/.
Copies of both documents will be posted to shareholders in due
course. The AGM will be held at 10.00 am on Tuesday 13th August
2024.
Enquiries
Induction
Christopher Samler,
Chair
Paul Tambeau, Chief Executive
Officer
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Singer Capital Markets (Nominated
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About Induction
- www.inductionhealthcare.com
Induction (AIM: INHC) Induction delivers a suite of
software solutions that transforms care delivery and the patient
journey through hospital. Our system-wide applications help
healthcare providers and administrators to deliver care at any
stage remotely as well as face-to-face - giving the communities
they serve greater flexibility, control and ease of access.
Purpose-built for integration with leading Electronic Medical
Record (EMR) platforms, our products offer immediate stand-alone
value that becomes even greater when integrated with pre-existing
systems.
Used at scale by national and regional healthcare
systems, as well non-health government services, our applications
are relied upon by hundreds of thousands of clinicians and millions
of patients across almost every hospital in the British Isles.
Highlights from Annual Report
Chair's
Statement
Over the year, Induction has continued to
successfully transform itself from an unprofitable, vulnerable
business with a disparate product set into one that is profitable,
self-sustaining, and offers an integrated product to the UK
healthcare market. We have also, as we committed to shareholders,
divested two non-core assets and ensured that our cost base is
appropriate for a business of our size.
Our message to shareholders twelve months ago, as we
embarked on this objective, was that we had enacted difficult
measures to start this process and that we expected a particularly
challenging period ahead.
A year later, it is very pleasing to report, and a
testimony to the hard work of the team, that in all of these major
aims we are broadly on track and, although there is still much work
to be done to drive growth into the business, the platform for this
anticipated growth is in place and secure.
Although much of this activity has been inwardly
focused, the company also faces its market with increased
confidence. Induction is at the centre of the current NHS focus on
digital efficiencies which are a precondition to drive necessary
change into the UK healthcare system.
It is universally recognised that effective and
integrated patient management systems are at the heart of the
challenges of both waiting lists and of the patient 'journey'
through the hospital system. Induction's products are central to
this and the business has, over the year, won a number of contracts
with Trusts to provide digital services that will enable
administrators, clinicians and the whole of the clinical team to
offer a better service to patients at lower overall cost to the
paying body.
At the centre of this is the Zesty portal for
patients and administrators. Winning new Zesty contracts has been
critical in ensuring that the business has been able to weather the
price and market share pressures associated with the legacy video
product (Attend Anywhere). Notwithstanding the presence of Teams,
we have held our market share for Attend Anywhere - testimony to
the strength of a bespoke healthcare focused product.
In our report for last year we talked to the key
technical goal of integrating our platform over the coming year so
that patients and clinicians gained access to our various digital
amenities through one platform. It is particularly pleasing to note
that an important first phase, of enabling a patient to see and
launch their video consultation from within the portal, has been
completed on time and on budget. This new integrated platform
together with other product and supply chain improvements will ease
our customer journey, enhance customer loyalty and reduce our cost
base.
Last year I reported on the difficult changes to
both Board and the senior executive team that we felt were
necessary to effect the radical transformation we desired. I am
pleased to report that these changes have been successful - there
have been no subsequent changes and the Board and senior team have
remained in position.
I genuinely thank them for all of their counsel,
support and incredibly hard work in challenging circumstances.
The full year results outcome was an EBITDA on
continuing operations, adjusted for normalisation, improved to
£0.3m (2023: loss of £4.0m). Whilst the immediate stabilisation
goals have been met, the challenge for this year and beyond is to
drive growth of the top line and at the same time to retain our
profitability as well as our focus.
The healthcare market for our products and services
is changing rapidly and for the immediate future we have to invest
heavily in the product and sales capability to meet this growing
opportunity. Such investment will be in both people and processes
but will not be at the expense of our previous profitability
commitments to shareholders.
In conclusion, my message to our shareholders is
that whilst we have succeeded in our task to date, we recognise
that, to fully fulfil the company's potential and to achieve the
value our shareholders deserve, we need to drive our revenue onto a
higher trajectory. The current direction of travel in the NHS bodes
well for Induction although we are fully aware of the challenges,
and potential opportunities, which may be presented by the
anticipated change in government or in spending priorities. Either
way we feel confident that with the team we have and Induction's
product capabilities we are as well positioned as any to capitalise
on a changing NHS.
Christopher Samler
Non-executive Chair
4th July 2024
CEO
Statement
Achieving Breakeven, Building New
Revenue
Our key focus this year was to stabilise the
business, execute on our integrated product strategy, and put
Induction onto a self-sustaining path without the need for
immediate funding. I'm very pleased that we have delivered on these
objectives.
We achieved our target adjusted EBITDA £0.3m
(compared to a loss of £4.0m EBITDA in FY24). An important
initiative was to implement efficiencies in our cloud
infrastructure which resulted in a 56% reduction in hosting cost.
That has driven a 15.3% improvement in gross margin to 78.4.%.
There are additional initiatives we are implementing this year that
will drive further reductions in cloud hosting costs.
We've also carefully managed our cash position so
that we didn't have to return to the market for more funding. We
ended the year with £3.7m in cash which was ahead of market
expectation.
Market
Conditions Impacting Growth
Delivering breakeven also required growth in
revenue. We ended FY24 at £14.4m of total Group recognised revenue,
5.6% ahead of the previous year. Zesty continues to be our growth
engine which delivered £4.9m in revenue (up 133%). This growth in
Zesty is making up for revenue churn with Attend Anywhere as we
move customers in England to utilisation-based contracts.
Growth in Zesty included £3.4m in contracts with the
NHS as part of a national mandate for hospitals to acquire a
patient portal (of which £2.9m has been recognised in the year).
Through these contracts we were also able to:
· Further
integrate Zesty with Oracle Cerner and widely-used diagnostic
booking systems;
· Enhance
our Form Builder module to support waitlist validation and patient
initiated follow up (PIFU) pathways; and,
· Build
new functionality, such as digitising maternity records.
We signed contracts with 4 new NHS England Trusts to
implement Zesty, all to be rolled out in FY25, which will bring our
total contracted number of NHS Trusts to 21.
All platform and product enhancements underpin
valuable upsell opportunities for FY25.
Integrated Product Strategy
We delivered on our integrated product strategy
goals for this year which will provide enhanced functionality to
drive growth and customer retention.
We completed an important first phase of enabling
patients to see and launch their Attend Anywhere consultation from
within the Zesty. Five customers have already purchased this new
functionality, with more expected to follow. This year we will
continue to develop that integration for patients, as well as
integrate Attend Anywhere into electronic medical records so that
clinicians can see and launch a video consultation from within
their electronic medical record. This will improve both patient and
clinician experience.
We also built single sign-on capabilities which
allow third-party providers to connect with Zesty to deliver
enhanced functionality for patients. For example, at Whittington
NHS Trust, we connected a surgical pre-assessment tool called
Lifebox to Zesty so that patients could complete the questionnaire
via the portal. The functionality we built this year will allow us
to build an ecosystem of partners that can drive revenue.
We also continued our partnership with the NHS
Wayfinder Programme - the team responsible for connecting services
into the NHS App. As of the end of FY24, we had 17 NHS Trusts
connected to Zesty via the NHS App. A total of 3.2m patients now
have access to Zesty via the NHS App, with 1.7m of those having
registered to the portal.
Given our integrated product focus on supporting the
interaction between care teams and patients, we have deprecated or
divested non-strategic assets, such as Switch in June 2023 and also
recently completed the divestment of Guidance, which was announced
as being sold on 1st July 2024 for £1.2m.
Key
Focus in FY25: Driving New Revenue Growth
All NHS England Trusts have now moved to
utilisation-based contracts for Attend Anywhere, from centrally
funded population-based contracts. With utilisation-based contracts
we have the ability to increase revenues by driving adoption and
utilisation. It is also important to note that the number of Trusts
that have churned is low, and we continue to hold our market share
in NHS England.
Whilst there is room to change the trajectory of
Attend Anywhere revenue, Zesty will continue to be our growth
engine. There are greenfield opportunities to sell Zesty into NHS
Acute Trusts that either don't have a portal, are looking to
upgrade from a non-NHS-accredited portal, or switch due to poor
performance of their existing provider. We also see opportunity in
the integration of Attend Anywhere and digitised maternity
records.
Integrating Attend Anywhere into Zesty, as well as
into the Trust's electronic medical record, will provide for a
better user experience and drive greater adoption. This integrated
capability, which includes video, will be important as we seek to
grow into Community & Mental Health.
Our partnership with Oracle Cerner continues to be
productive and fruitful and provides a further funnel of new
opportunities for Zesty.
As we look to FY25 and beyond, we need to start
driving revenue growth in other parts of the health care system. By
selling into other areas of the health system, we have a greater
ability to sign regional ICS wide contracts that connect a
patient's care journey.
Outlook
The NHS continues to prioritise investments in
digitising the health care system to drive efficiencies and provide
a greater experience for patients. In the past year we have seen
the NHS mandate that all acute trusts have a patient portal, and
they continue to direct funding to support the system deliver on
that mandate. And whilst we are in the midst of a general election
in 2024, all of the major parties are talking about the importance
of investing in digital health.
The NHS also continues to tackle growing waiting
lists, with 6.3m patients still waiting for an outpatient
appointment as of March 2024. We're seeing growing demand for our
Form Builder module to help Trusts validate their waiting list.
Through our enhanced appointment capability we're
also playing a role in reducing 'did not attend' rates by an
average of 30%, freeing up spots for patients that need them. On
that basis, our product suite is well suited to support the NHS
meet this mounting challenge.
Where FY24 was the year of stabilising the business,
FY25 is a year for generating growth in new areas so that we can
accelerate our performance into the future.
With the team we have around us, I believe we can be
successful.
Paul Tambeau
CEO
4th July 2024
Financial
Review
Revenue
Revenue from contracts with customers for the year
to 31 March 2024 per table below was £14.4m (2023: £13.6m).
Excluding a non-cash accounting adjustment revenues from all
operations grew 5.6% in the year to 31 March 2024.
Revenue
analysis
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31
March 2024
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31
March 2023
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£000
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£000
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Revenues from customer contracts
1
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14,359
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13,584
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Non-cash IFRS3
adjustment
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-
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(74)
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Total Revenue from all
operations
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14,359
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13,510
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Revenue - Discontinued operations
2
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711
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626
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Reported revenue
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Revenue - continuing
operations3
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13,648
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12,884
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1 Reported revenue from continuing operations is stated after
reclassifying revenue from assets held for sale under IFRS5
(Induction Guidance £0.7m). These product assets were held
for sale at year end 31 March 2024 and classified under
discontinued operations. Total recognised revenue from
continuing operations of £13.6m and discontinued operations £0.7m
was £14.4m versus 2023: Continuing operations £12.9m, plus IFRS3
adjustment (£0.1m) and discontinued operations £0.6m equalling
£13.6m).
2 Revenue
from product assets (Induction Guidance) is disclosed under IFRS5
as assets held for sale.
3 After excluding discontinued
operations revenue (£0.7m). For reference only the
comparative recognised 2023 revenue was £0.6m.
The majority of the Group's revenue came from
Induction Attend Anywhere which has decreased by 17.8% to £8.8m
(2023: £10.7m) due to pricing pressures, while revenue from
Induction Zesty has increased by 223% to £4.9m (2023:
£2.2m).
Induction's other clinical apps (Switch and
Guidance) delivered £0.7m (2023: £0.6m).
While focus is on sustainable annualized revenue
growth management also takes note of ARR. ARR differs from
annualized revenue due to the timing of revenue recognition, which
includes amounts for partial years based on contract start dates,
whereas ARR is an annualized amount. Recognised revenue also
includes non-SaaS Professional Services fees in our Zesty category
of £2.9m (2023:£0.5m).
ARR from all operations as at 1st April
2024 was £10.0m (2023: £13.5m). This represented the
annualized value of the recurring revenue base that expected to be
carried into future periods. This represents the stabilizing of
Attend Anywhere revenues and the relative increase of Professional
services revenues in Zesty.
Gross
profit
Reported Gross profit was £10.7. million (2023: £8.1
million) with gross margin much improved at 78.4% versus prior year
reported margin (2023: 63.1%). Direct costs are predominantly
made up of web hosting expenses, sales and delivery staff
costs. The year-on-year increase in gross profit is
attributable to a reduction in direct costs, particularly web
hosting expenses which were targeted for efficiencies, and a
proportional increase in high margin professional services revenue
in the year.
Capitalised development costs
Development expenses for the year were £8.8m (2023:
£9.3m) an decrease of £0.5m representing a lower level of
capitalised development.
In determining the amounts to be capitalised
management makes assumptions regarding the percentage of staff time
spent on development activities. There is a high level of
estimation uncertainty over the estimates, as the ability to
reliably track time is inhibited by the time recording method.
Where the nature of the features developed during
the year do not meet the criteria for capitalisation under IAS38
costs are charged directly to the operating costs of the
business.
Impairment charge
Management performed an impairment review as at 31
March 2024 in accordance with IAS 36 'Impairment of assets'. The
results of this review showed no evidence of impairment, and no
impairment charge was recognised in the income statement (2023:
£7.7m). The basis of the impairment review is explained in further
detail in note 16 - Goodwill, within the financial statements.
Operating expenses
Excluding the adjusting items depreciation,
amortisation and share based payments, operating expenses were
reduced by £2.1m, driven by decreased development expenses.
Core
performance measures
The Group's Operating Plan is focused on sustainable
growth. Management considers that EBITDA is the key operating
metric to measure the Group's performance and progress towards
sustainable growth. In addition, the Group also measures and
presents performance in relation to various other non-GAAP
measures, such as gross margin, and revenue growth. ARR is
considered useful to determine long term revenue growth, viewed in
the context of sustainable growth.
Adjusted EBITDA results are prepared to provide a
more comparable indication of the Group's core business performance
by removing the impact of certain items including exceptional items
(material and non-operating related costs), and other, non-trading,
items that are reported separately. Adjusted results exclude items
as set out in the consolidated statement of comprehensive
income.
Adjusted EBITDA was £0.3m (2023: loss of £4.0m).
Table
13
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31/03/2023
£m
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31/03/2023
£m
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Loss
before tax from continuing
operations
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(4.2)
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(17.4)
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Add:
Impairment losses
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-
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7.7
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Add: Depreciation
and amortisation
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4.0
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4.9
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Operating
loss before
depreciation, amortisation and
impairment
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(0.2)
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(4.8)
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Adjusted for exceptional and non-cash costs:
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-
Other exceptional
items1
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0.5
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0.8
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- Share
based payments (non-cash)
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0.3
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0.4
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Adjusted Operating
profit/(loss) before, depreciation, amortisation,
impairment share-based
payments and exceptional costs
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0.6
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(3.6)
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Adjusted
EBITDA from
continuing operations2
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0.3
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(4.0)
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1 Restructuring costs £0.1, non-cash foreign exchange movement
£0.3m, Non-recurring costs £0.1m.
2
After share-based payments charge £0.3m (2023:
£0.4m)
3 The above table presents an
Alternative Performance Measure that may not be readily comparable
with other similarly termed items found
elsewhere.
Cash
Cash as at 31 March 2024 was £3.7m (2023: £4.3m).
Following on from the cost containment exercise in the prior
financial year, the Leadership Team focused on cash conservation
and cost efficiencies during the current period.
We continue to tightly manage our cost base which,
as at 31 March 2024, was reduced by over 30% on a monthly basis
from the level at March 2023.
Going
concern
The Group incurred an operating loss on continuing
operations of £4.2m for the year ended 31 March 2024 (2023 £17.4m),
however, it had total assets of £33.4m inclusive of £3.7m of cash
and cash equivalents.
Management has performed a going concern analysis as
described in the Directors report. The liquidity of the group is
judged sufficient to meet the cash needs of the Group as they fall
due.
The directors have considered the applicability of
the going concern basis in the preparation of the financial
statements. This included a review of financial results, internal
budgets and cash flow forecasts to 31 October 2026, including
downside scenarios.
Assets
and Liabilities
Goodwill as at 31 March 2024 of £10.3m (2023:
£10.6m) and intangibles of £11.2m (2023: £15.3m) are derived from
the earlier acquisitions, Attend Anywhere Pty Limited, Zesty
Limited and Horizon Strategic Partners Limited. Following a review
of the carrying value of the assets no impairment was required
(2023: £7.7m). Refer to note 17 of the financial statements.
Trade Receivables were £3.5m Trade (2023: £2.1m)
reflecting increased invoicing activity at the period end.
Trade payables were £1.2m (2023: £0.8m) due to increased supplier
activity towards period end delivering revenue generating
activities.
Taxation
Current tax receivable £0.8m (2023: £1.1m) consists
of Research and Development tax credits due to the Group for
current and prior years. As with many other companies the
Group has experienced delay to the repayments of tax credits.
Nevertheless, we anticipate receipts will arise, in due course,
after appropriate follow-up.
Loss
before tax
The Group net loss before tax was £4.2m (2023:
£17.4m). The year-on-year change is driven by a non-cash impairment
charge in 2023 of £7.7m, with no current year charge. See
note 17 to the financial statements.
Discontinued operations
During the year ending 31 March 2024 the Group
classified the Induction Guidance product as being held for sale,
as a result of a decision to focus on patient facing products in
the secondary care market. The Induction Guidance business was
announced as sold on 1st July 2024.
Principal risks and uncertainties.
As more fully described in the Directors' Report and
notes to the financial statements in the annual report, the amounts
and timing of future revenues remain uncertain. However, the
executive has taken significant steps, which we believe mitigate
the Group's risks.
John McIntosh
Chief Financial Officer
4th July 2024
Consolidated Statement of
Comprehensive Income
For the year ended 31 March
2024
|
|
2024
£000
|
2023
£000
|
|
|
|
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Continuing
operations
|
|
|
|
Revenue
from contracts
with customers
|
|
13,648
|
12,884
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Cost of sales
|
|
(2,948)
|
(4,754)
|
Gross profit
|
|
10,700
|
8,130
|
Sales and
marketing expenses
|
|
(1,096)
|
(1,523)
|
Administrative expenses
|
|
(5,018)
|
(6,942)
|
Development expenses
|
|
(8,788)
|
(9,287)
|
Impairment losses
|
|
-
|
(7,758)
|
Loss
from operations
|
|
(4,202)
|
(17,380)
|
Finance income
|
|
6
|
1
|
Finance expense
|
|
(11)
|
(7)
|
Loss before tax
|
|
(4,207)
|
(17,386)
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Tax credit
|
|
962
|
798
|
Loss for the year from continuing operations
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|
(3,245)
|
(16,588)
|
Discontinued
operations
|
|
|
|
Loss from
discontinued operations, net of tax
|
|
(767)
|
(795)
|
Gain on
sale of disposal group
|
|
755
|
-
|
Loss for the
year
|
|
(3,257)
|
(17,383)
|
|
|
|
|
Other comprehensive
income
|
|
|
|
Exchange gains/(losses)
arising on
translation on
foreign operations
|
|
(1,106)
|
(162)
|
Exchange
gains / (losses) on translation of foreign operations reclassified
to profit and loss during the year
|
|
142
|
(801)
|
Other
comprehensive income
for the
year, net
of
tax
|
|
(964)
|
(963)
|
Total
comprehensive income
|
|
(4,221)
|
(18,346)
|
Loss
per share
attributable to
the ordinary
equity holders
of
the parent
|
|
£
|
£
|
Basic
|
|
(0.04)
|
(0.19)
|
Diluted
|
|
(0.04)
|
(0.19)
|
Loss
per share from continuing
operations attributable
to
the ordinary
equity holders
of
the parent
|
|
|
|
Basic
|
|
(0.03)
|
(0.18)
|
Diluted
|
|
(0.03)
|
(0.18)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
Consolidated Statement of
Financial Position
As at 31 March 2024
|
|
2024
£000
|
2023
£000
|
Assets
|
|
|
|
Non-current
assets
|
|
|
|
Property,
plant and equipment
|
|
6
|
9
|
Intangible assets
|
|
11,162
|
15,251
|
Goodwill
|
|
10,264
|
10,685
|
Deferred tax assets
|
|
501
|
556
|
Total
non-current assets
|
|
21,933
|
26,501
|
Current
assets
|
|
|
|
Contract assets
|
|
1,366
|
1,228
|
Trade and other receivables
|
|
3,758
|
2,672
|
Current tax receivable
|
|
814
|
1,175
|
Cash and
cash equivalents
|
|
3,690
|
4,287
|
Assets
held for sale
|
|
1,813
|
2,474
|
Total
current assets
|
|
11,441
|
11,836
|
Total
assets
|
|
33,374
|
38,337
|
Liabilities
|
|
|
|
Non-current
liabilities
|
|
|
|
Contract
liabilities
|
|
3,920
|
3,588
|
Deferred tax liability
|
|
2,831
|
3,870
|
Other
financial liabilities
|
|
-
|
56
|
Total
non-current liabilities
|
|
6,751
|
7,514
|
Current
liabilities
|
|
|
|
Trade and
other payables
|
|
3,571
|
2,713
|
Provisions
|
|
-
|
529
|
Contract
liabilities
|
|
1,702
|
2,198
|
Current
tax payable
|
|
-
|
-
|
Liabilities associated with assets held for sale
|
|
913
|
1,016
|
Other
financial liabilities
|
|
57
|
72
|
Total
current liabilities
|
|
6,243
|
6,528
|
Total
liabilities
|
|
12,994
|
14,042
|
Net
assets
|
|
20,380
|
24,295
|
Equity
attributable to
equity holders
of
the
parent
|
|
|
|
Share capital
|
|
469
|
462
|
Share premium reserve
|
|
41,976
|
41,665
|
Merger reserve
|
|
20,205
|
20,205
|
Foreign
exchange reserve
|
|
(1,106)
|
(162)
|
Other
reserves
|
|
1,566
|
1,578
|
Retained
earnings
|
|
(42,730)
|
(39,453)
|
Total
equity
|
|
20,380
|
24,295
|
Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity
As at 31 March 2024
|
Share capital
£000
|
Share premium
£000
|
Merger reserve
£000
|
Foreign exchange reserve
£000
|
Other reserves
£000
|
Retained earnings
£000
|
Total equity
£000
|
|
At 31 March
2022 and
1
April 2022
|
|
460
|
41,665
|
20,205
|
801
|
1,405
|
(22,274)
|
42,262
|
|
Comprehensive
income for
the
year
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Loss for the year
|
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(17,383)
|
(17,383)
|
|
Other
comprehensive gain / (loss) for the
year
|
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(963)
|
-
|
-
|
(963)
|
|
Total
comprehensive income
for
the
year
|
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(963)
|
-
|
(17,383)
|
(18,346)
|
|
Transactions
with owners,
recorded
directly in equity
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Issue of shares on exercise of
equity
settled
share-based payments
|
|
2
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(204)
|
204
|
2
|
|
Equity
settled share-based payments
|
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
377
|
-
|
377
|
|
Total
contributions by and
distributions to
owners
|
|
2
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
173
|
204
|
379
|
|
At 31 March 2023 and 1 April
2023
|
|
462
|
41,665
|
20,205
|
(162)
|
1,578
|
(39,453)
|
24,295
|
|
Comprehensive
income for
the
year
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Loss for the year
|
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(3,257)
|
(3,257)
|
|
Other
comprehensive income / (loss) for the
year
|
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(944)
|
-
|
(20)
|
(964)
|
|
Total
comprehensive income
for
the
year
|
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(944)
|
-
|
(3,277)
|
(4,221)
|
|
Transactions
with owners,
recorded
directly in equity
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Issue of shares on exercise of
equity
settled
share-based payments
|
|
7
|
311
|
-
|
-
|
(311)
|
-
|
7
|
|
Equity
settled share-based
payments
|
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
299
|
-
|
299
|
|
Total
contributions by and
distributions to
owners
|
|
7
|
311
|
-
|
-
|
(12)
|
-
|
306
|
|
At 31 March 2024
|
|
469
|
41,976
|
20,205
|
(1,106)
|
1,566
|
(42,730)
|
20,380
|
|
Consolidated Statement of Cash
Flows
For the year ended 31 March
2024
|
|
2024
£000
|
2023
£000
|
Cash
flows from
operating activities
|
|
|
|
Loss for the year
|
|
(3,257)
|
(17,383)
|
Adjustments
for
|
|
|
|
Depreciation of property, plant and equipment
|
|
2
|
119
|
Amortisation of intangible fixed assets
|
|
4,029
|
4,716
|
Impairment losses on intangible assets
|
|
-
|
7,758
|
Finance income
|
|
(6)
|
(1)
|
Finance expense
|
|
11
|
7
|
Share-based payment expense
|
|
299
|
377
|
Net
foreign exchange
loss/(gain)
|
|
(180)
|
63
|
Income tax
(credit)/charge
|
|
(962)
|
(798)
|
(Gain/
loss on sales of disposal group
|
|
(750)
|
-
|
|
|
(814)
|
(5,142)
|
Movements
in
working capital:
|
|
|
|
(Increase)/decrease in trade and other receivables and contract assets
|
|
(1,224)
|
166
|
Increase in trade and other payables and contract liabilities
|
|
591
|
2,972
|
Net movements in working
capital
|
|
(633)
|
3,138
|
Interest received
|
|
6
|
1
|
Interest paid
|
|
(11)
|
(7)
|
Income
taxes received
|
|
365
|
65
|
Income
taxes paid
|
|
-
|
(863)
|
Net
cash used
in
operating activities
|
|
(1,087)
|
(2,808)
|
|
|
|
|
Cash
flows (used
in)/from investing
activities
|
|
|
|
Disposal
of discontinued operations
|
|
750
|
-
|
Purchases
of property, plant and equipment
|
|
-
|
(17)
|
Payment of
software development costs
|
|
(329)
|
(810)
|
Net
cash used
in
investing activities
|
|
421
|
(827)
|
|
|
|
|
Cash
flows from/(used
in)
financing activities
|
|
|
|
Issue of ordinary shares
|
|
7
|
2
|
Payment of
lease liabilities
|
|
(70)
|
(72)
|
Net
cash used
in
financing activities
|
|
(63)
|
(70)
|
|
|
|
|
Net
cash decrease
in
cash and
cash equivalents
|
|
(729)
|
(3,705)
|
Cash and
cash equivalents at the beginning of year
|
|
4,287
|
7,496
|
Exchange
gains on cash and
cash equivalents
|
|
132
|
496
|
Cash
and
cash equivalents
at
the
end
of
the
year
|
|
3,690
|
4,287
|
Notes (forming part of the abridged
financial statements)
1.
Basis of preparation
These results for the year ended 31
March 2024 are an abridged statement of the full Annual Report
which was approved by the Board of Directors on 3 July 2024. The
consolidated financial statements in the full Annual Report are
prepared in accordance with UK-adopted International Financial
Reporting Standards (' UK-Adopted IFRS'), with IFRS as issued by
the International Accounting Standards Board ('IASB') and with the
requirements of the Companies Act 2006. The auditor's report on
those consolidated financial statements was unqualified, and did
not contain statements under section 498(2) or 498(3) of the
Companies Act 2006. The preliminary results do not comprise
statutory accounts within the meaning of section 434(3) of the
Companies Act 2006. The Annual Report for the year ended 31 March
2024 will be delivered to the Registrar of Companies following the
Company's Annual General Meeting. The financial information
included in this preliminary announcement does not itself contain
sufficient information to comply with IFRS. The annual report and
audited financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2024 will
be made available on the Company's website.
2. Going concern
The Group has recognised total
revenues during the year of £14.4m (including revenue from
discontinued operations of £0.8m) (2023: £13.6m and £0.6m) and had
cash balances at 31 March 2024 of £3.7m (2023: £4.3m) with net cash
outflows from operating activities during the year of £0.3m (2023:
£2.8m).
In assessing the appropriateness of
the going concern assumption, the Board of Directors ("the
Directors") has reviewed the ability to continue operating over the
period to 31 October 2026 ("the going concern period"). The
Directors have also reviewed other relevant information, together
with considering scenarios with adverse impacts across the Group's
principal risks relating to: revenue reductions from either
non-renewals of major contracts with customers or downward price
pressures; non-materialisation of forecast sales to new customers
and delays in securing new contracts with customers resulting in
delayed cash inflows. These risks are further connected to
macro-economic conditions and the UK government's fiscal policy, in
particular the funding and support to the group's customers which
are primarily NHS Trusts and other government bodies. The Directors
determined that the forecast period extends to 31 October 2026 to
take into account the operating cycle of the group, which sees
significant contract renewals in March 2026, with cash inflows
received in April-June 2026.
The Directors' cash inflows under
the base case of going concern assessment assumes a significant
majority of existing customer contracts with major customers will
be renewed when they come due within the forecast period at the
same contract terms. It also includes assumptions regarding growth
in revenues due to new customer contracts, and growth in revenues
due to sales of new products to existing customers. The base case
going concern assessment cash outflows allows investment in the
full range of planned market and product development activities,
through increased employee-related and other spend to achieve
revenue targets over this forecast period.
The Directors have considered a
severe but plausible downside scenario whereby the Group is
impacted by: reductions in revenue arising from either non-renewals
of some major customer contracts or downward price pressure;
non-materialisation of some forecast sales to new customers and
three to six-month delays in securing some contracts with new
customers resulting in delays in SaaS revenues and cash inflows,
with associated reductions in incremental costs directly linked to
revenue generation. The severe but plausible downside scenario has
indicated that cash balances are their lowest in January 2025
before increasing again in March/April 2025 in line with the
Group's operating cycle. At this low point, cash balances remain
positive. Under a severe scenario, the Directors believe they can
timeously respond to decreases in cash inflows by taking mitigating
actions to reduce costs. These include but are not limited to;
delays in backfilling employees; delays/non-backfilling new
contractors; and reducing discretionary spend through, for example,
reducing professional and consulting expenditure and contractor
costs.
In determining that there is no
material uncertainty related to going concern, the Directors have
applied significant judgement regarding renewals of existing
contracts with major customers, in particular NHS customers. The
Directors have made this judgement after considering the
contemporary knowledge of NHS intentions with regards to
digitisation. Whilst there is always uncertainty as to the
specifics of NHS funding plans, the Directors note that NHS funding
generally was increased and there was a focus on NHS efficiency,
which the Group's products / services are designed to assist
with.
Therefore, the Directors believe
that the judgement they have made is appropriate based upon
information available at that point.
After due consideration, the
Directors have concluded that there is a reasonable expectation
that the Group and Company have adequate resources to meet their
liabilities as they fall due for the period to 31 October 2026, and
therefore these financial statements are prepared on a going
concern basis.
3. Revenue
During the year ended 31 March
2023, the Group classified the Induction Switch and Induction
Guidance products as disposal groups held for sale (refer note 9).
Consequently, revenues from contracts with customers arising from
these products have been presented as part of results from
discontinued operations. Revenues as presented in this note include
only revenues from continuing operations.
The following is an analysis of the
Group's revenue for the year from continuing operations:
|
2024
£000
|
2023
£000
|
Provision of software (including
set-up services
of £0.2m
(2023: £0.1m))
|
10,172
|
11,703
|
Post-contract support and maintenance
|
355
|
258
|
Text message revenue
|
630
|
431
|
Professional services
|
2,491
|
492
|
Total
revenue from
contracts with
customers
|
13,648
|
12,884
|
All revenue from continuing
operations in the above table is derived from the United
Kingdom.
The following is an analysis of
revenue by product line. Revenues for Induction Guidance and
Induction Switch have been included in the results of discontinuing
operations, refer note 13.
|
2024
£000
|
2023
£000
|
Induction Attend Anywhere
|
8,791
|
10,709
|
Induction
Zesty
|
4,857
|
2,175
|
|
13,648
|
12,884
|
The following represents the timing
of revenue recognition:
|
2024
£000
|
2023
£000
|
Services transferred
over time
|
10,527
|
11,961
|
Services
at point in time
|
3,121
|
923
|
|
13,648
|
12,884
|
The following represents the
transaction prices allocated to performance obligations that are
unsatisfied or partially satisfied at 31 March 2024, and the timing
of the recognition of revenue from these balances.
|
2024
£000
|
2023
£000
|
Within
one year
|
7,240
|
1,330
|
More than
one year
|
7,919
|
171
|
|
15,159
|
1,501
|
4.
Expenses by nature for continuing operations
The following represents expenses
incurred during the year, by nature. These amounts exclude the
results of discontinued operations.
|
2024
£000
|
2023
£000
|
Employee costs
|
7,543
|
9,630
|
Depreciation of property, plant and equipment
|
2
|
119
|
Amortisation of intangible assets
|
3,926
|
4,514
|
Impairment of goodwill and intangible assets
|
-
|
7,758
|
Contractors' costs
|
2,249
|
2,756
|
Professional and legal fees
|
203
|
512
|
Research
and development expense capitalised
|
(329)
|
(805)
|
Share-based payment charge
|
299
|
377
|
5. Employee
benefit expenses for continuing operations
The following represents employee
benefit expenses from continuing operations.
|
2024
£000
|
2023
£000
|
Employee
benefit expenses
(including directors)
comprise:
|
|
|
Wages and salaries
|
5,415
|
6,934
|
Social security costs
|
652
|
801
|
Defined
contribution pension cost
|
301
|
359
|
Share-based payment expenses
|
299
|
361
|
Other
employee benefits
|
881
|
1,175
|
Total
employee benefit
expense
|
7,543
|
9,630
|
6.
Loss per share
6.1 Basic loss per
share
|
2024
£
|
2023
£
|
From
continuing operations attributable to the ordinary equity holders
of the Group
|
(0.03)
|
(0.18)
|
Total
basic loss
per share
attributable to
the ordinary
equity holders
of
the Group
|
(0.04)
|
(0.19)
|
6.2 Diluted loss per share
|
2024
£
|
2023
£
|
From continuing operations attributable
to the
ordinary equity
holders of
the Group
|
(0.03)
|
(0.18)
|
Total
diluted loss
per share
attributable to
the ordinary
equity holders
of
the Group
|
(0.04)
|
(0.19)
|
6.3 Reconciliation of loss used in calculating loss per
share
|
2024
£000
|
2023
£000
|
Loss
attributable to
the ordinary
equity holders
of
the Group
used in
calculating basic
loss per
share
and diluted
loss per
share:
|
From continuing operations
|
(3,245)
|
(16,588)
|
From
discontinued operations
|
(767)
|
(795)
|
Gain on
sale of disposal group
|
755
|
-
|
|
(3,257)
|
(17,383)
|
6.4 Weighted average number of shares used as the
denominator
|
2024
number
|
2023
number
|
Shares in
issue at the beginning of the period
|
92,380,298
|
92,050,725
|
Issue of
ordinary shares on exercise of equity settled share-based
payments
|
1,469,076
|
329,573
|
Issued
ordinary shares
as
at
the end
of
the period
|
93,849,374
|
92,380,298
|
Weighted
average number of ordinary shares used as the denominator in
calculating basic loss pershare
|
92,781,687
|
92,370,368
|
During the year ended 31 March
2024, the Group issued 1,469,076 shares to option holders who
exercised options held under the equity settled share-based
payments scheme, the NTA Plan.
7.
Goodwill
7.1 Carrying amount of goodwill
The following represents the
carrying value of goodwill as at 31 March 2024.
|
2024
£000
|
2023
£000
|
Cost
|
17,743
|
18,164
|
Accumulated impairment
|
(7,479)
|
(7,479)
|
|
10,264
|
10,685
|
The following reconciles goodwill
at the beginning and end of the period.
|
2024
£000
|
2023
£000
|
Cost
|
|
|
At 1
April
|
18,164
|
20,175
|
Transferred to assets of disposal groups held for
sale
|
-
|
(1,553)
|
Translation differences
|
(421)
|
(458)
|
At
31
March
|
17,743
|
18,164
|
Accumulated
impairment
|
|
|
At 1
April
|
7,479
|
417
|
Impairment charge
|
-
|
7,758
|
Transferred to assets of disposal groups held for
sale
|
-
|
(696)
|
At
31
March
|
7,479
|
7,479
|
The net carrying value of goodwill
transferred to assets of disposal groups held for sale was £0.8m.
During the year ended 31 March 2023, the Group classified the
Induction Guidance CGU as a disposal group held for sale. This
remains held for sale at 31 March 2024. As a result, goodwill
balances relating to this CGU have been reclassified to assets held
for sale, after the impairment losses detailed below were
recognized.
7.2
Allocation of goodwill to cash generating units
Goodwill is allocated to the Group's cash generating unit as follows:
|
2024
£000
|
2023
£000
|
Induction Attend Anywhere
|
9,507
|
9,928
|
Induction
Zesty
|
757
|
757
|
|
10,264
|
10,685
|
The Attend Anywhere CGU consists of
the assets and cash flows related to the Attend Anywhere video
consultation product. The Zesty CGU consists of the assets and cash
flows related to the Zesty patient portal product.
Goodwill in relation to the
Induction Guidance CGU has been re-classified to assets of disposal
groups held for sale in accordance with IFRS 5 "Non-current assets
held for sale and discontinued operations.
8. Intangible
assets
Trade
name
Users
Technology
Total
£000
£000
£000
£000
|
Cost
|
|
|
|
|
At 31 March 2022
|
633
|
9,460
|
17,414
|
27,507
|
Additions
- internally developed
|
-
|
-
|
809
|
809
|
Transferred to assets of disposal groups held for
sale
|
(264)
|
(919)
|
(1,024)
|
(2,207)
|
Translation differences
|
-
|
(394)
|
(556)
|
(950)
|
At 31 March 2023
|
369
|
8,147
|
16,643
|
25,159
|
Additions
- internally developed
|
-
|
-
|
329
|
329
|
Translation differences
|
-
|
(363)
|
(512)
|
(875)
|
At 31 March 2024
|
369
|
7,784
|
16,460
|
24,613
|
Accumulated
amortisation and
impairment
|
|
|
|
|
At 31 March 2022
|
144
|
1,386
|
5,014
|
6,544
|
Charge
for the year
|
62
|
1,620
|
3,034
|
4,716
|
Transferred to assets of disposal groups held for
sale
|
(102)
|
(355)
|
(513)
|
(970)
|
Translation differences
|
-
|
(395)
|
13
|
(382)
|
At 31 March 2023
|
104
|
2,256
|
7,548
|
9,908
|
Charge for the year
|
37
|
1,387
|
2,606
|
4,030
|
Translation differences
|
-
|
(182)
|
(305)
|
(487)
|
At 31 March 2024
|
141
|
3,461
|
9,849
|
13,451
|
Net book
value
|
|
|
|
|
At
31 March
2023
|
265
|
5,891
|
9,095
|
15,251
|
At 31 March 2024
|
228
|
4,323
|
6,611
|
11,162
|
9.
Events after the reporting date
On the 1st July 2024 the
Group announced the completion of the sale of Horizon Strategic
Partners Ltd ("Induction Guidance"), a
supplier of a clinical management platform to facilitate the
curation, review and dissemination of antimicrobial resistance
guidelines, for a consideration of £1.2m. This sale is in line with
the previously announced strategy to divest non-core assets.
The revenues of Induction Guidance are disclosed
as part of the discontinued operations.