4th Jul 2018 07:00
Aggregated Micro Power Holdings plc
("AMP", the "Group" or the "Company")
Audited Results for the year ended 31 March 2018
Aggregated Micro Power Holdings plc (AIM: AMPH), the specialist provider of distributed heat, power and renewable fuels, is pleased to announce its Audited Results for the year ended 31 March 2018.
Financial Highlights
· Group revenues increased to £43.2m (£19.7m for the year to 31 March 2017)
· Gross profit increased to £9.5m (£5.5m for the year to 31 March 2017)
· Profit from operations increased to £3.0m (£1.85m for the year to 31 March 2017)
· Profit after tax increased to £1.9m (£1.0m for the year to 31 March 2017)
· Net assets as at 31 March 2018 increased to £18.0m (£10.4m as at 31 March 2017)
· Net assets do not include any recognition for future deferred development fees that may be due from AMPIL(a)
Operational Highlights
· Wood fuels business delivered over 220,000 tonnes of RHI compliant wood pellet and wood chip to nearly 4,000 customers and provides service and maintenance to around 900 boilers
· On 25 May 2017, AMP assisted AMPIL(a) to raise £29.5m of new cash to finance AMP's pipeline of clean energy projects
· AMP's projects business developed 70MWs of new grid balancing sites and successfully operated a 21MW and a 3MW peaking plant, which provide flexible electricity in times of peak demand
· AMP participated in two fundraisings for Incubex(b) investing US$2.08m taking its shareholding to 29.08%. Ørsted has recently joined AMP as a co-investor in Incubex and the value of AMP's holding in Incubex is £11.4m as shown in the balance sheet as at 31 March 2018
· AMP is considering opportunities in the evolving energy market and is looking at EV charging, infrared heating, battery storage, renewable electricity supply, green gas and CNG
Post Period End
· Resolution passed on 11 April 2018 and approved by the High Court on 2 May 2018 for a Capital Reduction of the share premium account which will enable dividends to be paid in due course
Richard Burrell, Chief Executive of Aggregated Micro Power Holdings plc, said:
"Our company continues to develop at a frenetic pace. The highlights of the year were the completion of two further acquisitions and an increase of circa 100% in both turnover and net profit. We are exceptionally busy and 2018 promises to be an equally exciting year."
(a) Aggregated Micro Power Infrastructure 2 Limited ("AMPIL") is a special purpose vehicle which is wholly owned by Law Debenture Intermediary Corporation plc as trustee for general charitable purposes. AMPIL can issue listed loan notes to fund renewable energy projects acquired from AMP and/or other developers. AMPIL has to date raised £52m from institutional and other investors.
(b) IncubEx is an incubator for exchange traded products, services, and technology solutions. At its core, IncubEx is a product and business development firm. The company works in conjunction with its global exchange partner, European Energy Exchange (EEX) and other leading service providers and stakeholders to design and develop new financial products in global environmental, reinsurance, and related commodity markets. The company has a specific focus on innovation and continuous improvement of products and services, including technology, trading solutions, and operational efficiencies. The IncubEx team is comprised of former key Climate Exchange executives and is uniquely positioned to capture these opportunities with its partners. The company was founded in 2016 and currently has offices in Chicago and London. www.theincubex.com
Contacts
Aggregated Micro Power Holdings plc 020 7382 7800
Neil Eckert, Executive Chairman
Richard Burrell, CEO
Izzy Deterding, Investor Relations
Haggie Partners LLP 020 7562 4444
Peter Rigby
finnCap Ltd 020 7220 0500
Ed Frisby/Simon Hicks (Corporate Finance)
Stephen Norcross (Corporate Broking)
Whitman Howard Ltd 020 7659 1234
Mark Murphy
Nick Lovering/Francis North
About Aggregated Micro Power Holdings plc
The AMP Group was established to develop, own and operate renewable energy generating facilities. It specialises in the sale of wood fuels and in the installation of distributed energy projects. AMP's wholly owned subsidiary Forest Fuels sells high quality wood chip and wood pellet to end customers throughout the UK, while its projects division installs biomass boiler and biomass CHP systems for a wide range of applications and customers. AMP is also active in developing projects for stand-by power generation which aim to balance the transmission grid at times of peak demand.
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Audited Report and Financial Statements, and Annual General Meeting
The financial information above does not constitute the Financial Statements. The Group's statutory Audited Report which includes an unqualified audit report and Financial Statements for the year ended 31 March 2018 are available to view on the Company's website: www.ampplc.co.uk/investors/ and will be sent in July to shareholders, together with a notice of AGM which will also be available on the Company's website. The Company's Annual General Meeting is due to take place at 10.00am at 1 Dover Street, London W1S 4LD on 10 September 2018.
Executive Chairman's Statement
Our company continues to develop at a frenetic pace. The highlights of the year were the completion of two further acquisitions in the fuels business and an increase of circa 100% in both turnover and gross profit. We also announced that Aggregated Micro Power Infrastructure 2 plc ("AMPIL") secured further funding of £29.5m to allow it to purchase more of our biomass boiler portfolio and future grid balancing project pipeline.
The immediate job following these acquisitions was to get through the winter heating season. This was to be one of the most challenging for many years exemplified by the impact of the "Beast from the East" and colder weather compared to previous winters.
At the same time, we started to address integration and restructuring, streamlining our management team in wood fuels and bringing in service and maintenance expertise to run boiler systems and grid balancing assets on behalf of clients. We have also further strengthened our project development and investments team.
What this demonstrates is a business that now spans the small scale renewable heat and power sector, a business that can cross sell products and services to a customer base of nearly 4,000 customers, a business that is vertically integrated in the biomass space covering fuel supply, operation & maintenance and installation and financing. It is a business with a "project development" division that covers renewable heat, grid balancing and is considering investments in infrared heating, electric vehicle charging and batteries.
In addition to the future deferred development fees, that may be due from AMPIL as a result of the projects they have acquired, is the upside valuation of AMP's 29.08% interest in IncubEx. IncubEx is an incubator for exchange traded products, services and technology solutions. It works in conjunction with its global exchange partner European Energy Exchange (EEX) to design and develop new financial products in the global environmental, reinsurance and related commodity markets. The company is growing rapidly in Europe and IncubEx has recently announced the roll out of a suite of North America products in partnership with Nodal, EEX's US Power Exchange.
This year promises to be another exceptionally busy one for AMP. We have a major integration program under way in our wood fuels business following the acquisition of a number of UK wood fuels suppliers over the last 2 years into the Forest Fuels Group. This project will cover operational systems and other synergistic initiatives. Separately, we are also consolidating into a single AMP Group brand over the next 12 months.
With regard to integration, the attitude of the staff involved has been incredibly positive and deserves a "thank you". People have a natural aversion to change and people also become sentimentally attached to existing organisational structures and identities. The amount of change that has already been achieved is extremely positive. I know that this will lead to a vibrant and well organised business that can bring all the requisite skill sets to bear that are required to drive our business forward.
We will not be paying a dividend for the year ended 31 March 2018, but would draw your attention to the recently amended share premium reduction which paves the way for future dividends once appropriate levels of profitability are obtained.
It only remains for me to thank our hardworking non-executive directors and executive management team. I look forward to reporting further progress due course.
Neil Eckert
Executive Chairman
3rd July 2018
Strategic Report
I am delighted to report a positive set of results for AMP in respect of the 12 month period to 31 March 2018. Group revenues increased to £43.2m (2017: £19.7m), gross profit increased to £9.5m (2017: £5.5m), profit from operations increased to £3m (2017: £1.85m) and profit after tax was £1.9m (2017: £1m). Cash flow from operations were £2.9m (2017: -£4m)
Net assets as at 31 March 2018 increased to £18.0m (2017: £10.4m) and the balance sheet does not include any recognition for future deferred development fees that may be due from Aggregated Micro Power Infrastructure 2 plc ("AMPIL").
AMP Group strategy
AMP's strategy is to be a specialist provider of distributed heat, power and renewable fuels to help UK businesses unlock the potential of decentralized, low carbon energy.
AMP operates through three business divisions: Wood Fuels; Project Development; and HQ & Investments.
Wood Fuels
AMP's wholly owned subsidiary Forest Fuels sells high quality wood pellet and wood chip to customers throughout the UK in the form of fuel only contracts, heat contracts and/or fuels plus operation and maintenance (via AMP's majority interest in HW Energy). Forest Fuels is the leading supplier of premium grade, RHI compliant wood pellet and wood chip with almost 4,000 customers and HW Energy provides service and maintenance to around 900 boilers. AMP's strategy is to grow its wood fuels and service and maintenance customer bases by a combination of organic growth and further acquisitions in strategic locations.
The results for Wood Fuels includes AMP's majority interest in Highland Wood Energy Limited ('HWE') and 5 months of results from Billington Bio-Energy Limited which was acquired from Drax Smart Supply Holdco Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Drax PLC, in October 2017.
Revenues from this segment increased to £40.0m (2017: £15.8m), gross profit increased to £7.9m (2017: £3.0m) and adjusted EBITDA, including the costs of fleet depreciation increased to £1.9m (2017: £0.75m).
The recent acquisitions have accelerated AMP's growth by strengthening our market leading supply chain and distribution capability in wood fuels and related services. This has been especially important during the last six months of the financial year which has been characterized by colder weather compared to previous years.
The Directors believe that by enhancing the business development and marketing expertise of the Group, together with offering market leading customer service and maintenance, there are significant opportunities to increase revenues and long term profitability from this segment.
Project Development
AMP aims to deliver cost and carbon savings to high intensity heat and power users through its specialist industrial renewables development team. Our strategy is to develop, manage and facilitate financing of distributed energy projects focusing on biomass heat and power, biomass process steam and in due course, waste heat recovery to reduce on-site electricity costs. AMP's strategy is to work with project developers and third party infrastructure vehicles to generate a wide range of development fees from different projects. AMP sources projects from various introducers and installers and works with the customer account managers in Forest Fuels to offer all wood fuels customers with a commercial boiler, buy back scheme to allow them to sell their biomass installations at any time.
AMP also develops and procures finance for gas-fired peaking plants which provide flexible generation at times of peak demand. We believe that the cost effective flexibility that these plants provide will help with the UK's transition to a lower carbon economy by supporting the continued expansion of intermittent renewables such as wind and solar.
Over the course of 2017 AMP managed to deliver two peaking plants in Kingsnorth, Kent, (21MW) and in Roydon, Essex (3MW), and is now responsible for the operational and commercial management of these sites. AMP has a carried interest in both projects, subject to each project meeting minimum financial performance criteria. AMP also developed two new projects during the financial year (totaling 70MW) and sold the development rights to a third party. AMP's development focus is increasingly on smaller sites in areas of high electricity demand such as urban areas, which can be connected to the distribution network at lower voltage levels. These smaller, more localised projects sited in areas of grid constraint offer significant system benefits in terms of avoided grid reinforcement costs and will potentially help support the anticipated growth in electric vehicles and the electrification of heat.
Revenues from Project Development for the 12 months to 31 March 2018 were £3.2m (2017: £3.9m), gross profit was £2.4m (2017: £2.5m) and adjusted EBITDA was £1.2m (2017: £1.7m).
In May 2017, AMP announced that it had facilitated AMPIL in securing further funding of £29.5m for the financing of its biomass boiler portfolio and future grid balancing projects. AMPIL is a special purpose vehicle which is wholly owned by Law Debenture Intermediary Corporation plc as trustee for general charitable purposes. AMPIL can issue 8% listed loan notes to fund renewable energy projects acquired from AMP and/or other developers. Under the terms of its contract with AMPIL, AMP receives an upfront 10% development fee on financial close of each project and when AMPIL Loan Notes are repaid, AMP is entitled to receive 100% of the excess returns in the form of deferred development fees.
Investments
The Investments division takes non-controlling interests in equity investments in companies aligned to our corporate strategy. Within this segment are head office costs and the costs of undertaking research and development into new distributed energy opportunities where we analysing various opportunities in electric vehicle ("EV") charging, infrared heating, battery storage, renewable electricity supply, green gas and Compressed Natural Gas ("CNG").
In May 2017, AMP invested US$ 778,718 in IncubEx LLC and in March 2018, AMP invested a further US$ 2,049,285 providing it with a 29.08% shareholding. IncubEx works in conjunction with its global exchange partner, European Energy Exchange and other leading service providers and stakeholders to design and develop new financial products in global environmental, reinsurance, and related commodity markets (e.g. wood pellet). The company has a specific focus on innovation and continuous improvement of products and services, including technology, trading solutions and operational efficiencies.
Other significant investors in IncubEx include Ørsted (one of Northern Europe's leading energy groups) as well as the founders of IncubEx and a number of AMP Directors.
AMP's 29.08% shareholding in Incubex LLC has resulted in a positive fair value adjustment of £7.45m taking the investment holding value to £11.4m in AMP's Balance Sheet as at 31 March 2018. This positve fair value movement is a significant contribution to profit before tax for the year and covers a number of the exceptional and non-recurring expenses from other operating segments noted above.
As budgeted, there were no revenues generated from the Investments Division during the 12 months to 31 March 2018. Administrative expenses which include the Board, PLC and related head office costs amounted to £1.7m (2017: £1.8m).
Segment Reporting
The Directors have taken the decision to report segment performance on an adjusted basis disclosed in Note 3. The Company has engaged in multiple acquisitions over the course of the financial years ending 2017 and 2018 which has resulted in significant exceptional and non-recurring expenses incurred or provisioned during the natural process of integrating and restructuring the wood fuel business segment. In addition there was further non-recurring expenses incurred due to macro events such as Brexit, partial write off in respect of a biomass development investment site and unanticipated expenditure relating to certain wood chip activities. Further disclosure of these expenses have been made in Note 6.
These exceptional and non-recurring expenses are disclosed below EBITDA in order to give the users of these financial statements a clearer understanding of normalised, operational performance as well as provide relevant comparatives for the forthcoming financial year.
Issuance of Ordinary Shares
In October 2017, the Company issued 1,624,365 Ordinary Shares to Drax Smart Supply Holdco Limited ("Drax") in connection with the Acquisition of Billington Bio-energy Limited and in November 2017, 3,756,356 new Ordinary Shares were issued to existing and new investors pursuant to a £3.7m placing for cash. Both share issues were completed at a placing price of 98.5 pence per share.
Industry and policy background
There is increasing pressure on businesses to reduce energy costs, cut carbon and achieve greater energy security and cost certainty. Clean Growth is at the heart of the future vision for the UK economy. Through the Climate Change Act, the UK Government has set a target to significantly reduce UK greenhouse gas emissions by at least 80% by 2050.
It is widely acknowledged that UK industry must decarbonise to remain competitive and exploit opportunities to meet the fast-growing demand for low carbon goods and services.
The Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) remains the main Government policy mechanism for stimulating the decarbonisation of the heat sector. The Government have confirmed that funding for new projects utilising the RHI will remain open until March 2021. The government are working to a target of 12% of heat being generated from renewable sources by 2020 and the latest figures suggest that around 6.2% of heat was generated renewably during 2016 - this emphasises that there remains a requirement to stimulate the uptake of renewable heat. Projects financed and completed before March 2021 will benefit from
20 years of ongoing RHI revenue payments based on the amount of useful heat that they produce which provides long term revenue certainty for the projects we arrange finance for. Over the past 12 months there have been two significant policy changes in relation to the RHI which are important for shaping our approach to future projects. First, the payments associated with the RHI have been standardised across all sizes of project - the effect of this is to make large scale biomass and biomass CHP projects more attractive and we have therefore taken steps to develop a pipeline of projects in this area. Second, there has been a tightening of the rules on what type of heat is eligible for the RHI which should mean that there is more budget available for the types of projects in which AMP specialise which always have a credible counterparty who use heat for constructive purposes.
Looking beyond 2021 the Government are developing their Policy thinking as to how the uptake of renewable and low carbon heat can continue to be stimulated. The Clean Growth Strategy published in October 2017 highlighted that the government need to "drive significant acceleration in the pace of decarbonisation". There are a range of actions outlined in the Clean Growth Strategy to increase the use of renewable heat and to support the roll out of energy efficiency in businesses including the "phasing out of high carbon fossil fuel heating for new and existing businesses in off gas areas during the 2020s". The Government have also recently published a Consultation paper on a Future Framework for Heat in Buildings which outlines a range of potential measures to support the decarbonisation of heat after 2021. AMP are engaged with the Renewable Energy Association and will take an active role in shaping future policy that helps to unlock the potential of low carbon decentralised energy for UK businesses.
We believe that there are a number of features of the renewable heat market which are highly beneficial for the AMP Group:
• The UK Government is committed to phasing out the installation of high carbon fossil fuel heating in new and existing buildings off the gas grid, during the 2020s;
• Government policy is increasingly focused on the decarbonisation of large industrial heat users where onsite biomass CHP systems can deliver value for money and CO2 savings for both the government and end customers;
• The market for wood pellet and wood chip is strongly supported by the RHI scheme which will remain in place for new installations until March 2021;
• Accredited installations receive the RHI for 20 years providing long term demand for wood fuel;
• RHI payments are linked to inflation which should help support and mitigate the inflationary growth in wood fuel prices;
• The UK's success in decarbonising electricity generation has not been matched in the heating sector;
• Approximately 6.2% of total heat capacity (Dukes 2016), renewable heat lags behind the government's 2020 target of 12%;
• The Medium Plant Combustion Directive (MPCD) became law in the UK in December 2017. This introduces tougher emissions standards on large boilers and will drive an increase in the installation of new large boilers for volume users of heat and steam. From December 2018 onwards, new installations >1MW must be compliant with the MPCD and by 2029 almost all large boilers in the UK will need to have been replaced (2025 for those that are above 5MW). The AMP fully funded energy centre model represents a significant opportunity for companies who do not want to invest in energy plant to benefit from our clean energy solutions and will provide a further stimulus to the growth of AMP; and
• Beyond 2021 the direction of travel for biomass heating is likely to be focused on areas off the gas grid. This is outlined in both the call for Evidence on Heat and the Clean Air Consultation. AMP is well placed to provide ongoing services and solutions to customers who are off the gas grid.
We believe that there are a number of features of the modern day power market which are highly beneficial for the AMP Group:
• Intermittency from solar and wind combined with demand from electric vehicles at times of peak demand is driving growth in stand-by, flexible power generation;
• Distribution Network Operators (DNOs) have already begun to procure flexibility services in specific areas where the grid is most constrained at peak times and where flexible generation, demand side response or storage are potentially cost-effective alternatives to grid reinforcement;
• Urban areas are likely to see the biggest demand for electric vehicles but face the greatest grid constraints and limits to import capacity;
• The prospect of a low capacity market price in the forthcoming auctions (driven in large part by the inclusion of interconnectors and their high derating factors) will require projects to maximize the locational and revenue benefits;
• Ofgem's review of grid access and use of system charges may result in more dynamic charging and crediting structures, favoring flexible generators in constrained parts of the network that can quickly respond to shifting patterns of demand;
• The UK's drive to decarbonise (the Government has a legally binding target of reducing the UK's greenhouse gas emissions by 80% by 2050 against 1990 levels) is expected to require significant structural changes to the power market, with 8GW of coal fired generating capacity already decommissioned since 2012 due to the Large Combustion Plant Directive and a further 10GW is expected to close by 2025, most of which will happen by 2020. In addition 2GW of gas fired CCGT is expected to close by 2020. Taken together this represents approximately 25% of Great Britain's generating capacity. This reduction in thermal generating capacity is expected to increase power price volatility and reduce system inertia.
AMP Group objectives and KPIs for 2018 are as follows:
• Aim to be a market leader in the supply of wood fuels retailing (wood pellet and wood chip) to end customers via a combination of organic growth and targeted acquisitions;
• Grow pipeline of biomass boiler, biomass CHP and existing boiler acquisitions generating development fees and future carried interest from AMPIL Loan Note issuance;
• Generate development fees and future carried interest from natural gas peaking plants;
• Continue research and development into the evolving energy market and consider opportunities in EV charging, infrared heating, battery storage, renewable electricity supply, green gas and CNG
• Continue to invest in businesses aligned to our corporate strategy and objectives; and
• Supplement AMP's cash resources with additional new funding from one or a combination of: the issue of new Ordinary Shares for cash; the issue of new Convertible Notes; the refinancing of existing assets; raising project finance from third party providers; asset financing of core items of equipment; or any other compelling financing mechanism where the Directors consider doing so to be in the best interests of the company and its Shareholders.
Review of the 2017 KPIs | Comments on performance during year |
1. Aim to be the market leader in wood fuels retailing (wood pellet and wood chip) via a combination of organic growth and targeted acquisitions. | Achieved. Following the acquisition of Billington Bio-energy Limited and the customer base and certain assets of CPL, AMP is becoming one of the largest distributors of wood fuels to RHI-led end customers. The wood fuels business has also grown its customer volumes with organic growth during the year. |
2. Grow pipeline of biomass boiler developments and existing boiler acquisitions generating development fees and future carried interest from AMPIL Loan Note issuance. | Achieved. The results for Project Development reflect development fees earned on boiler buy backs and their remains a strong pipeline of industrial renewables and boiler investments for AMPIL. AMP arranged a further tap issue for AMPIL of £29.5m which completed on 25 May 2017. |
3. Generate development fees and future carried interest from natural gas peaking plants and from battery storage projects | Partially Achieved. The results for Project Development reflect development fees earned on selling the development rights in respect of two gas peaking plant developments. No battery storage sites were acquired or developed during the year due to forecast future revenues not being sufficient to meet target returns acceptable to AMPIL. |
4. Build up annuity revenues from developing or acquiring an energy focused asset management business | Not Yet Achieved. AMP continues to explore financing opportunities to create a dedicated grid balancing fund which would provide additional annuity-style asset management revenues. |
5. Continue to invest in businesses aligned to our corporate strategy and objectives | Achieved. AMP has made two investments in IncubEx during the financial year which has created significant balance sheet value pursuant to our accounting for investments policy. |
6. Supplement AMP's cash resources with additional new funding from one or a combination of: the issue of new Ordinary Shares for cash; the issue of new Convertible Notes; the refinancing of existing assets; raising project finance from third party providers; asset financing of core items of equipment; or any other compelling financing mechanism where the Directors consider doing so to be in the best interests of the company and its Shareholders. | Achieved. The Company issued 1.6m shares to Drax and successfully completed a £3.6m placing for cash in November at a 98.5p per Ordinary Share. Following the recent acquisitions in the Wood Fuels business, the Group has been able to increase both its asset finance and invoice discounting facilities. |
Risk factors
The principal risks of the business are documented below:
Risk | Mitigation Procedure |
Staff retention risk | Long term lock in arrangements and incentivisation structure to retain key staff through equity ownership. Contractual minimum notice periods for key staff sufficient to ensure time for recruitment/handover. |
Public policy risk including changes to renewable incentives
| Minimise construction timetable for individual projects. Changes to public policy mechanisms can adversely affect project returns but the Group is only exposed during the time between financial close and commencement of operations.
Small scale projects which AMP is developing have relatively short construction times and so lower public policy exposure. In addition, where practicable, the company will seek to use existing public policy measures to lock in an entitlement to specific incentive rates before construction commences.
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Feedstock price risk | The company will monitor prices and establish a policy for hedging exposures including managing merchant risk, including the development of a wood fuel supply model as a natural hedge against increasing biomass fuel prices.
The company will establish supply contracts to minimise exposure and supply shortages where these are available at a reasonable price.
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Exchange rate risk | The company will consider forward buying of exchange rate instruments to protect its downside on importing fuels and machinery from abroad |
Brexit
| The Brexit vote has three significant implications for the AMP Group:
Continued and general uncertainty as regards future Government energy policy and delayed decisions as regards implementation and timing of policy revisions to the RHI and other subsidy frameworks. The Brexit vote and its political aftermath appears to have slowed down Government decision making as ministerial and Government responsibilities have changed.
Forest Fuels imports wood pellet from Europe and the weaker pound has made imports more expensive although they still remain competitive compared to UK produced wood pellet. Exchange rate fluctuations can cause a lag effect with gross profit margin when higher import costs cannot be immediately absorbed by increased selling prices. The possible imposition of import tariffs on wood pellet could mean that the Company may need to source a higher proportion of its wood pellet supply from UK producers.
There may well be an increase in the need for Grid Balancing sites and therefore further revenue opportunities if energy policy relating to the interconnectors with Europe result in restrictions or tariffs on electricity imported from Europe especially at times of peak demand. |
Planning risk | The company will seek to minimise the extent of exposure and financial commitment prior to successful planning approvals.
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Environment Agency / Health and Safety risks | Industrial sites have potential exposure to environmental and Health and Safety ('H&S') issues.
Health and Safety risk assessment has been undertaken, and relevant policies are in place. Health and Safety review is given priority at management meetings and Board Meetings. Staff training is provided as appropriate.
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This Strategic Report was approved by the Board of Directors of the company on 3rd July 2018 and signed on their behalf by
Richard Burrell
Chief Executive Officer
3rd July 2018
Director's Report
For the period ended 31 March 2018
Strategic report
A review of the business and future developments of the Group are included within the strategic report on page 4.
Results
Results for the year are set out in the Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income on page 20 and in the Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity on page 22.
Directors
Neil Eckert (Executive Chairman)
Richard Burrell (Chief Executive Officer)
Mark Tarry (Chief Financial Officer and Head of Projects)
Sir Laurence Magnus (Senior Non-Executive Director, Chair of the Audit and Remuneration Committees)
Sir Brian Williamson (Non-Executive Director)
The Rt. Hon. Sir Nicholas Soames (Non-Executive Director)
Robert Bland DL (Non-Executive Director)
Auditors
All of the current Directors have taken all the steps that they ought to have taken to make themselves aware of any information needed by the company's auditors for the purposes of their audit and to establish that the auditors are aware of that information. The Directors are not aware of any relevant audit information of which the auditors are unaware.
BDO LLP have expressed their willingness to continue in office. Under the Companies Act 2006 section 487(2) they will be automatically re-appointed as auditors 28 days after these accounts are sent to the members, unless the members exercise their rights under the Companies Act 2006 to prevent their re-appointment.
Directors' responsibilities
The Directors are responsible for preparing the Strategic report and Directors' report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and regulations.
Company law requires the Directors to prepare financial statements for each financial year. Under that law the Directors have elected to prepare the Group financial statements in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRSs) as adopted by the European Union and the company financial statements in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice (United Kingdom Accounting Standards and applicable law). Under company law the Directors must not approve the financial statements unless they are satisfied that they give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the Group and company and of the profit or loss of the Group for that period.
In preparing these financial statements, the Directors are required to:
· select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently;
· make judgements and accounting estimates that are reasonable and prudent;
· state for the Group financial statements whether they have been prepared in accordance with IFRS as adopted by the European Union subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements;
· state for the company financial statements whether applicable UK Accounting Standards have been followed subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements; and
· prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the company will continue in business.
The Directors are responsible for keeping adequate accounting records that are sufficient to show and explain the company's transactions and disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the company and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the company and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.
Going concern
As at 31 March 2018 the group had £4.1m in cash and net current assets of £2.3m. The directors and management have prepared a cash flow forecast to June 2019, 12 months from the date this report has been approved, which shows the group will remain cash positive. The directors and management note that given the seasonality of the fuels division revenues and the unpredictability of earning revenues on development fees, the first 6 months of cash flow forecast contains sensitivity. The directors and management manage this sensitivity by:
- Risk weighting the development fee revenues based on prudent chance of success of completion;
- Managing working capital through enhanced debtor collection, constant communication with key suppliers and
managing costs in line with movements in revenues;
- In May 2018 the company drew down on a short term working capital facility which has provided £1.4m in
further funding. This facility is secured on inventory;
- Monitoring other short term credit lines available to the group.
We note that the short term facility drawn in May is repayable in 6 months' time. The directors and management are confident that either the funds will be repaid through cash generated, the term extended or the sale of the secured assets will cover the amounts owed. The directors and management are confident that the group will trade in line with the forecasts prepared and have therefore prepared the accounts on a going concern basis.
Website publication
The Directors are responsible for ensuring the annual report and the financial statements are made available on a website. Financial statements are published on the company's website in accordance with legislation in the United Kingdom governing the preparation and dissemination of financial statements, which may vary from legislation in other jurisdictions. The maintenance and integrity of the company's website is the responsibility of the Directors. The Directors' responsibility also extends to the ongoing integrity of the financial statements contained therein.
Remuneration
The company remunerates the Directors in line with their experience, the size of the company and its growth objectives. All remuneration is reviewed and approved by the remuneration committee. Details of Directors' salaries and benefits are set out below and in Note 7.
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Director | Salary | Other benefits | Total | Salary | Other benefits | Total |
Neil Eckert | 209,100 | 2,007 | 211,107 | 205,000 | 3,531 | 208,531 |
Richard Burrell* | 104,550 | 20,910 | 125,460 | 102,500 | 20,500 | 123,000 |
Mark Tarry | 142,800 | 15,301 | 158,101 | 150,000 | 15,704 | 165,704 |
Sir Laurence Magnus | 25,000 | - | 25,000 | 25,000 | - | 25,000 |
Sir Brian Williamson | 15,000 | - | 15,000 | 15,000 | - | 15,000 |
The Rt. Hon. Sir Nicholas Soames | 15,000 | - | 15,000 | 15,000 | - | 15,000 |
Robert Bland DL | 15,000 | - | 15,000 | 7,500 | - | 7,500 |
Total | 526,450 | 38,218 | 564,668 | 520,000 | 39,735 | 559,735 |
*In addition to the above, consultancy services to the Group under a consultancy agreement between AMP Energy Services Limited and Mathieson Capital Investment Management Limited were also provided during the year. Mr Burrell has a significant interest in Mathieson Capital Investment Management Limited. The fee for these services was £104,550
(2017: £102,500).
Directors' interests
The following Directors held shares in the company as at 31 March 2018
Neil Eckert1 | 7,850,700 |
Richard Burrell2 | 2,730,000 |
Mark Tarry | 230,000 |
Sir Laurence Magnus3 | 175,000 |
Sir Brian Williamson4 | 100,000 |
The Rt. Hon. Sir Nicholas Soames | 50,000 |
1 Neil Eckert also owns £950,000 nominal of Convertible Notes as at 31 March 2018 following the acquisition of Forest Fuels
2 30,000 shares held by Mathieson Capital Fund Management LLP an entity owned by Richard Burrell. Richard Burrell also owns 400,000 Convertible Notes held via his SIPP with Platform Securities Nominees Limited as Nominee issued on 19 December 2016
3 Sir Laurence Magnus also owns £46,250 nominal of Convertible Notes as at 31 March 2018 following the acquisition of Forest Fuels
4 Sir Brian Williamson also owns £20,000 nominal of Convertible Notes as at 31 March 2018 following the acquisition of Forest Fuels
5 Robert Bland also owns £290,613 nominal of Convertible Notes as at 31 March 2018 following the acquisition of Forest Fuels
Dividend
No dividend is recommended to be paid in respect of the 2018 period (2017: nil).
Events after the reporting period
Refer to Note 31 to the accounts for details of events after the reporting date.
Financial instruments
Note 24 to the accounts sets out details of the Group's exposure to financial instruments.
Directors and their disclosures
Details of the composition of the Board of Directors are set out on page 10.
Each of the persons who were Directors at the date the report was approved have confirmed that:
(a) so far as the director is aware, there is no relevant audit information of which the company's auditor is unaware, and
(b) he has taken all the steps that he ought to have taken as a director in order to make himself aware of any relevant audit information and to establish that the company's auditor is aware of that information.
This Directors' Report was approved by the Board of Directors of the company on 3 July 2018 and signed on their behalf by:
Richard Burrell
Chief Executive Officer
Corporate Governance
The Directors support high standards of corporate governance and confirm that they pay due regard to the UK Corporate Governance Code insofar as is practicable given its size and nature.
Constitution of the board
During the period there were nine full board meetings. The Audit Committee met twice during the period. The Remuneration Committee met once and the Nomination Committee did not meet.
The board was comprised of the following:
Sir Laurence Magnus | Senior Non-executive |
Sir Brian Williamson | Non-executive |
The Rt. Hon. Sir Nicholas Soames | Non-executive |
Robert Bland DL | Non-executive |
Neil Eckert | Executive Chairman |
Richard Burrell | Chief Executive Officer |
Mark Tarry | Chief Financial Officer and Head of Projects |
Committees of the board
The Audit Committee is made up of Sir Laurence Magnus (Chairman), Sir Brian Williamson, Robert Bland DL and The Rt. Hon. Sir Nicholas Soames, with the company secretary serving as secretary.
The Audit Committee's terms of reference requires the committee to meet at least 2 times per year to coincide with key dates in the company's financial reporting cycle and at such other times as the Committee Chairman shall require. The Committee is responsible for monitoring the integrity of the financial statements of the company including those which are relied upon by the Board. The Committee reviews the company's corporate reporting, risk management, financial statements and internal financial controls, considers the need for internal audits and the scope and planning of external audits and the findings of the audits and keeps under review the company's relationship with the external auditor.
The Remuneration Committee is made up of Sir Laurence Magnus (Chairman), Sir Brian Williamson, Robert Bland DL and The Rt Hon. Sir Nicholas Soames, with the company secretary serving as secretary.
The Remuneration Committee shall meet at such times as the Chairman of the Committee shall require. The purpose of the Committee is to recommend to the Board the company's general policy on remuneration and in particular to determine the remuneration packages for the Executive Chairman and the Executive Directors.
The Nomination Committee is made up of Sir Laurence Magnus (Chairman), Sir Brian Williamson, Robert Bland DL and The Rt. Hon. Sir Nicholas Soames, with the company secretary serving as secretary.
The Committee shall meet at such times as the Chairman of the Committee shall require. The purpose of the Committee is to review the structure, size and composition (including the skills, knowledge, experience and diversity) required of the Board and make recommendations to the Board with regard to any changes.
Attendance at meetings
During the period there were nine board meetings and the details of attendees are set out below.
Sir Laurence Magnus | (8/9) |
Sir Brian Williamson | (6/9) |
The Rt. Hon. Sir Nicholas Soames | (5/9) |
Robert Bland DL | (5/9) |
Neil Eckert | (9/9) |
Richard Burrell | (8/9) |
Mark Tarry | (7/9) |
Bribery Act compliance
In 2014 the company adopted an Anti-Bribery and Corruption Policy. This is kept under review by the Audit Committee under its terms of reference.
Matters reserved for the Board
In June 2014 the company adopted a schedule of Matters Reserved for the Board. This includes the approval of Group strategy and policies, major acquisitions and disposals, major capital projects and financing, Group budgets and material contracts entered into other than in the ordinary course of business, reviewing the functioning of the internal control environment and reviewing corporate governance arrangements. The Board is responsible for determining the nature and extent of the principal risks it is willing to take in achieving its strategic objectives. It also retains oversight of the risk management and internal control systems with the aim that these are sound and protect shareholders' interests. This is kept under review by the Audit Committee under its terms of reference.
Relations with shareholders
The company endeavours to maintain communication with shareholders through regulatory announcements, via the company's website and by direct contact with its major shareholders. The Board values the views of its shareholders and fosters continuing dialogue with investment and fund managers, other investors and equity analysts to ensure that the investing community receives an informed view of the Group's prospects, plans and progress.
Independent auditor's report to the members of Aggregated Micro Power Holdings Plc
Opinion
We have audited the financial statements of Aggregated Micro Power Holdings Plc (the 'parent company') and its subsidiaries (the 'group') for the year ended 31 March 2018 which comprise the Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive income, Consolidated Statement of Financial Position, Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity, Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows, the Company Statement of Financial Position and the Company Statement of Changes in Equity and notes to the financial statements, including a summary of significant accounting policies. The financial reporting framework that has been applied in the preparation of the group financial statements is applicable law and International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRSs) as adopted by the European Union. The financial reporting framework that has been applied in the preparation of the parent company financial statements is applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards, including Financial Reporting Standard 102 the Financial Reporting Standard in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).
In our opinion:
• the financial statements give a true and fair view of the state of the group's and of the parent company's affairs as at 31 March 2018 and of the group's profit for the year then ended;
• the group financial statements have been properly prepared in accordance with IFRSs as adopted by the European Union;
• the parent company financial statements have been properly prepared in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice; and
• The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006.
Basis for opinion
We conducted our audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing (UK) (ISAs (UK)) and applicable law. Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the Auditor's responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements section of our report. We are independent of the group and the parent company in accordance with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the financial statements in the UK, including the FRC's Ethical Standard as applied to listed entities, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.
Conclusions relating to going concern
We have nothing to report in respect of the following matters in relation to which the ISAs (UK) require us to report to you where:
• the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is not appropriate; or
• the directors have not disclosed in the financial statements any identified material uncertainties that may cast significant doubt about the group's or the parent company's ability to continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting for a period of at least twelve months from the date when the financial statements are authorised for issue.
Key audit matters
Key audit matters are those matters that, in our professional judgment, were of most significance in our audit of the financial statements of the current period and include the most significant assessed risks of material misstatement (whether or not due to fraud) we identified, including those which had the greatest effect on: the overall audit strategy, the allocation of resources in the audit; and directing the efforts of the engagement team. These matters were addressed in the context of our audit of the financial statements as a whole, and in forming our opinion thereon, and we do not provide a separate opinion on these matters.
Key Audit Matter
| Accounting for the acquisition of Billington Bioenergy Limited
On 25 October 2017 the Group acquired 100% of the ordinary share capital in Billington Bioenergy Limited. (See Note 12 and the accounting policies in Note 1)
Management determined that the group obtained control as of this date and that it met the definition of a business combination under IFRS 3 and should be consolidated from the date control passed.
Customer contract intangibles of £375k and goodwill of £231k were recognised at the date of acquisition alongside the fair value of the assets of £2,194k.
Given the size of the acquisition and the key judgements applied by management in determining the fair value of the intangible customer contracts, this was deemed a key audit matter. |
How we addressed the key audit matter in the audit | We agreed the legal documentation to support that all conditions precedent had been fulfilled at 25 October 2017 and the group had legal title.
We agreed the issue of 1,625k of shares and the cash payment of £0.35m, which agreed to the total consideration in the Share Purchase Agreement.
We obtained management's assessment of the acquisition balance sheet and based on our knowledge of the operations we critically challenged the existence and completeness of the assets and liabilities acquired.
Management has separately valued a Customer Contract Intangible. Our testing of the valuation applied included agreeing revenue contracts, expected margins and free cashflows and assessing the assumptions around attrition rates and discount rates applied against the expected revenue from the customers. |
Key Audit Matter | Accounting for the acquisition of Highland Wood Energy Limited
On 28 June 2017 the Group acquired 50.1% of the ordinary share capital in Highlands Wood Energy Limited ('HWE') Limited.(See Note 12 and the accounting policies in Note 1)
Management determined that the group obtained control as of this date and this meets the definition of a business combination under IFRS 3 and should be consolidated from the date control passed. Within the acquisition agreement there was an option to acquire the additional 49.9% for £2,000k, the option expires after 3 years. Management are required to assess the valuation of this option at each reporting date.
Goodwill of £85k was recognised at the date of acquisition alongside the fair value of the assets of £829k, no customer contract intangibles were identified.
Given key judgements applied by management in determining the fair value of the net assets acquired, this was deemed a key audit matter. |
How we addressed the key audit matter in the audit | We agreed the legal documentation to support that all conditions precedent had been fulfilled at 28 June 2017 and the group had legal title.
We agreed the total cash consideration of £500k to bank, which agreed to the total consideration in the share purchase agreement.
We obtained management's assessment of whether the option to purchase the additional 49.9% had value at the end of the reporting period and challenged their assumptions.
We obtained management's assessment of the acquisition balance sheet and based on our knowledge of the operations we critically challenged the existence and completeness of the assets and liabilities acquired. |
Key Audit Matter | Valuation of investment in Incubex As detailed in note 20, the group holds a 29.08% investment in Incubex, a carbon credit exchange business.
In accordance with the Investment in Associate accounting policy in Note 2, the investment is accounted for at fair value through profit and loss in line with the venture capital organisation exemption under IAS 28. The investment is unlisted and the valuation has been based on a share issue subscription which occurred on 28 March 2018. .
Management are required to assess at each reporting date whether they continue to meet the characteristics of a venture capital organisation under IAS28. If they do not meet the characteristics of a VCO, the investment would need to be valued under the equity method.
Given the key judgements applied by management in determining the nature and value of the investment this is deemed a key audit matter. |
How we addressed the key audit matter in the audit |
We have assessed whether the parent company still meets the characteristics of venture capital organisation and is entitled to elect to recognise the investment in Incubex at fair value.
We agreed the underlying number of shares held by the group to share certificates, as well as the Incubex Share Register The share subscription price at 28 March 2018 was agreed to cash.
We have agreed management's assessment that we do not control Incubex,by determining the rights held of the shares owned Incubex.
We have reviewed management's valuation of the investment, agreeing to the latest capital raise with the group and independent shareholders who had also participated in the share placing.
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Key Audit Matter | Going Concern
As at 31 March 2018 the group had £4.1m in cash and net current assets of £2.3m. The directors and management have prepared a cash flow forecast to June 2019, 12 months from the date this report has been approved, which shows the group will remain cash positive.
The group experiences sensitivity in the first 6 months of its cash flow forecast due to the seasonality of revenues from the forest fuels division and unpredictability of earning revenues on project development fees.
Given the key judgements applied by the directors and management in preparing the cash flow forecast and the inherent sensitivities, we continue to assess going concern as a significant risk. |
How we addressed the key audit matter in the audit | We have agreed the opening cash position used in the cash flow forecast to the audited position at 31 March 2018.
We have challenged the key estimates applied to EBITDA forecasts through to historical past performance, actual results to date for the 2019 financial year and industry trends for growth.
We have challenged management as to the timing of cash inflows in relation to project development fees. We have obtained management's risk weighted analysis for the completion of project developments. For fees forecast to be earned in the first 6 months of the financial year we have agreed correspondence with the customer that supports management's assessment on the chance of completion.
We have sensitised the cash flows to evaluate the minimum funding requirements.
The group has drawn down on a secured short term working capital facility in May 2018 and we have verified the loan agreement and the terms within. The loan has a maturity of 6 months from the point of drawdown and we challenged management on the group's ability to repay or extend the stock loan.
We have reviewed the disclosure regarding going concern in the directors' report and notes to the financial statements to ensure these are reasonable based on the work performed above. |
Our application of materiality
| FY2018 | FY2017 |
Group materiality | £300,000 | £275,000 |
Basis for determining materiality | 6.5% of Profit before Tax | 1.5% of revenue |
Parent company Materiality | £270,000 | £248,000 |
Basis for determining materiality | Capped at 90% of group materiality | Capped at 90% of group materiality |
Group performance materiality | £225,000 | £200,000 |
Basis for performance materiality | 75% of group materiality | 75% of group materiality |
Parent company performance materiality | £202,500 | £186,000 |
Basis for performance materiality | 75% of materiality | 75% of Materiality |
We apply the concept of materiality both in planning and performing our audit, and in evaluating the effect of misstatements. We consider materiality to be the magnitude by which misstatements, including omissions, could influence the economic decisions of reasonable users that are taken on the basis of the financial statements. Importantly, misstatements below these levels will not necessarily be evaluated as immaterial as we also take account of the nature of identified misstatements, and the particular circumstances of their occurrence, when evaluating their effect on the financial statements as a whole.
We have determined a profit based measure is appropriate as the group is currently growing in revenues from the acquisitions made of Patchwork Energy Limited, and Midlands Wood Fuels Limited in the prior period and Highland Wood Energy Limited and Billington Bioenergy Limited in the current period.
Whilst materiality for the financial statements as a whole was £300,000, each significant component of the group was audited to a lower level of materiality of £270,000. Performance materiality has been set at 75% of materiality, this percentage has been selected by assessing criteria such as historic judgement levels, complexity, history of errors found, and the control environment in the group. The performance materiality is used to determine the financial statement areas that are included within the scope of our audit and the extent of sample sizes during the audit.
We agreed with the Audit Committee that we would report to the Committee all individual audit differences identified during the course of our audit in excess of £8,000 (2017:£5,500).
An overview of the scope of our audit
Our group audit was scoped by obtaining an understanding of the group and its environment, including the group's system of internal control, and assessing the risks of material misstatement in the financial statements at the group level.
Our group audit scope focused on the group's largest trading entity Forest Fuels and the new acquisitions Highlands Wood Energy Limited and Billington Bioenergy Limited, which were subject to a full scope audit. Forest Fuels Limited, Highlands Wood Energy Limited and Billington Bioenergy Limited all form part of the wood fuels operating segment, these components provide pellet, woodchip and heat fuel sales. Highlands Wood Energy has incorporated operations and maintenance services of Boilers into the group. Together with the parent company and its group consolidation, which was also subject to a full scope audit, these represent all the trading components of the group. All of the components including the group were audited by BDO London.
Other information
The directors are responsible for the other information. The other information comprises the information included in the annual report, other than the financial statements and our auditor's report thereon. Our opinion on the financial statements does not cover the other information and, except to the extent otherwise explicitly stated in our report, we do not express any form of assurance conclusion thereon.
In connection with our audit of the financial statements, our responsibility is to read the other information and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the financial statements or our knowledge obtained in the audit or otherwise appears to be materially misstated. If we identify such material inconsistencies or apparent material misstatements, we are required to determine whether there is a material misstatement in the financial statements or a material misstatement of the other information. If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is a material misstatement of this other information; we are required to report that fact. We have nothing to report in this regard.
Opinions on other matters prescribed by the Companies Act 2006
In our opinion, based on the work undertaken in the course of the audit:
• the information given in the strategic report and the directors' report for the financial year for which the financial statements are prepared is consistent with the financial statements; and
• the strategic report and the directors' report have been prepared in accordance with applicable legal requirements.
Matters on which we are required to report by exception
In the light of the knowledge and understanding of the group and the parent company and its environment obtained in the course of the audit, we have not identified material misstatements in the strategic report or the directors' report.
We have nothing to report in respect of the following matters in relation to which the Companies Act 2006 requires us to report to you if, in our opinion:
• adequate accounting records have not been kept by the parent company, or returns adequate for our audit have not been received from branches not visited by us; or
• the parent company financial statements are not in agreement with the accounting records and returns; or
• certain disclosures of directors' remuneration specified by law are not made; or
• we have not received all the information and explanations we require for our audit.
Responsibilities of directors
As explained more fully in the directors' responsibilities statement, the directors are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements and for being satisfied that they give a true and fair view, and for such internal control as the directors determine is necessary to enable the preparation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.
In preparing the financial statements, the directors are responsible for assessing the group's and the parent company's ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless the directors either intend to liquidate the group or the parent company or to cease operations, or have no realistic alternative but to do so.
Auditor's responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor's report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with ISAs (UK) will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these financial statements.
A further description of our responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements is located on the Financial Reporting Council's website at: www.frc.org.uk/auditorsresponsibilities. This description forms part of our auditor's report.
Use of our report
This report is made solely to the parent company's members, as a body, in accordance with Chapter 3 of Part 16 of the Companies Act 2006. Our audit work has been undertaken so that we might state to the parent company's members those matters we are required to state to them in an auditor's report and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the parent company and the parent company's members as a body, for our audit work, for this report, or for the opinions we have formed.
Marc Reinecke (Senior Statutory Auditor)
For and on behalf of BDO LLP, Statutory Auditor
London,United Kingdom
3rd July 2018
BDO LLP is a limited liability partnership registered in England and Wales (with registered number OC305127).
Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income |
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Continuing operations |
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Revenue | 4 | 43,162,969 | 19,719,142 |
Cost of sales |
| (33,669,621) | (14,245,059) |
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Gross profit |
| 9,493,348 | 5,474,083 |
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Other operating income | 5 | 127,702 | 397,585 |
Administrative expenses |
| (11,115,929) | (5,899,702) |
Non-recurring administrative expenses |
| (461,951) | - |
Restructuring expenses incurred | 6 | (1,119,046) | - |
Restructuring provision | 6 | (569,678) | - |
Total administrative costs |
| (13,266,604) | (5,899,702) |
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Fair value adjustment on deferred consideration | 28 | (848,194) | - |
Gain on financial asset at fair value through profit or loss | 23 | 7,507,175 | 1,879,044 |
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Profit from operations | 6 | 3,013,427 | 1,851,010 |
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Finance income |
| 3,105 | 2,004 |
Finance expense | 8 | (1,353,830) | (919,534) |
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Profit before tax |
| 1,662,702 | 933,480 |
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Tax credit | 9 | 255,775 | 94,369 |
Profit and total comprehensive income for the year |
| 1,918,477 | 1,027,849 |
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Profit for the year attributable to: |
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Owners of the business |
| 1,953,417 | 1,027,849 |
Minority Interest |
| (17,470) | - |
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| 1,935,947 | 1,027,849 |
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Earnings per share attributable to the ordinary equity holders of the parent | 29 | 4.85 | 3.19 |
Consolidated Statement of Financial Position |
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Non-current assets |
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Property, plant and equipment | 10 | 6,314,203 | 2,364,747 |
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Investment in associate | 23 | 11,410,120 | 2,402,945 |
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Intangibles | 11 | 10,138,105 | 9,862,560 |
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Total non-current assets |
| 27,862,428 | 14,630,252 |
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Current assets |
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Inventories | 13 | 5,442,630 | 2,609,018 |
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Trade and other receivables | 14 | 12,628,694 | 10,747,768 |
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Cash and cash equivalents | 15 | 4,161,375 | 818,966 |
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Total current assets |
| 22,232,699 | 14,175,752 |
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Total assets |
| 50,095,127 | 28,806,004 |
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Current liabilities |
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Trade and other payables | 16 | 19,005,876 | 8,052,510 |
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Provisions | 19 | 569,678 | - |
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Loans and borrowings | 18 | 631,244 | 494,412 |
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Total current liabilities |
| 20,206,798 | 8,546,922 |
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Non-current liabilities |
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Loans and borrowings | 18 | 10,304,022 | 9,270,958 |
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Deferred contingent consideration | 17 | 812,039 | 8,218 |
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Deferred tax liability | 9 | 695,157 | 571,115 |
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Total non-current liabilities |
| 11,811,218 | 9,850,291 |
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Total liabilities |
| 32,018,016 | 18,397,213 |
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Net assets |
| 18,077,111 | 10,408,791 |
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Equity |
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Paid up share capital | 20 | 215,956 | 189,052 |
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Share premium | 20 | 16,192,845 | 12,519,616 |
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Merger reserve |
| 6,648,126 | 6,648,126 |
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Other reserve | 20 | 10,682,431 | 9,046,180 |
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Convertible debt option reserve |
| 1,149,255 | 1,453,603 |
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Retained deficit |
| (17,207,491) | (19,447,786) |
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Equity attributable to equity shareholders of the parent company |
| 17,681,122 | 10,408,791 |
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Non-controlling interest | 30 | 395,989 | - |
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Total equity |
| 18,077,111 | 10,408,791 |
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The financial statements were approved by the Directors on 3rd July 2018 and signed on their behalf by:
Richard Burrell,
Chief Executive Officer
Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity
For year ended 31 March 2018
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Equity as at 1 April 2016 | 144,423 | 11,069,200 | (20,475,635) | 6,648,126 | 4,546,180 | 559,279 | 2,491,573 | - | 2,491,573 |
Profits for the period |
| - | 1,027,849 | - | - | - | 1,027,849 | - | 1,027,849 |
Total comprehensive income | - | - | 1,027,849 | - | - | - | 1,027,849 | - | 1,027,849 |
Issue of share capital | 44,629 | 1,490,370 | - | - | 4,500,000 | - | 6,034,999 | - | 6,034,999 |
Equity element of convertible debt | - | - | - | - | - | 894,324 | 894,324 | - | 894,324 |
Share issue cost | - | (39,954) | - | - | - | - | (39,954) | - | (39,954) |
Year ended 31 March 2017 | 189,052 | 12,519,616 | (19,447,786) | 6,648,126 | 9,046,180 | 1,453,603 | 10,408,791 | - | 10,408,791 |
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Year ended 31 March 2018 | Sharecapital | Share premium | Retained deficit | Merger reserve | Other Reserve | Convertible debt option reserve | Total | Non-Controlling Interests | Total Equity |
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Equity as at 1 April 2017 | 189,052 | 12,519,616 | (19,447,786) | 6,648,126 | 9,046,180 | 1,453,603 | 10,408,791 | - | 10,408,791 |
Profit for the period |
| - | 1,935,947 | - | - | - | 1,935,947 | (17,470) | 1,918,477 |
Total comprehensive income | - | - | 1,935,947 | - | - | - | 1,935,947 | (17,470) | 1,918,477 |
Issue of share capital | 26,904 | 3,681,229 | - | - | 1,591,878 | - | 5,300,011 | - | 5,300,011 |
Equity element of convertible debt | - | - | 304,348 | - | - | (304,348) | - | - | - |
Fair value adjustment of EMI Options | - | - | - | - | 44,373 | - | 44,373 | - | 44,373 |
Share issue cost | - | (8,000) | - | - | - | - | (8,000) | - | (8,000) |
Non-controlling interest arising on acquisition | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 413,459 | 413,458 |
Year ended 31 March 2018 | 215,956 | 16,192,845 | (17,207,491) | 6,648,126 | 10,682,431 | 1,149,255 | 17,681,122 | 395,989 | 18,077,111 |
Share capital: Nominal value of shares issued.
Share premium: Amount subscribed for share capital in excess of the nominal value.
Capital contribution: Relates to funding from the shareholders for which no share capital was issued and that funding meets the definition of an equity instrument.
Retained deficit: All other net losses and transactions with owners (e.g. dividends) not recognised elsewhere.
Merger reserve: Created on the issue of shares on acquisition of its subsidiary accounted for in line with the Company's Act 2006 provisions.
Other reserve: Amount raised through the use of a cashbox structure and applying merger relief on business combination where the consideration for shares in another company includes issued shares and on completion of the transaction, the company issuing the shares will have secured at least a 90% equity holding in the other company
Convertible debt option reserve: Amount recorded as equity on the initial fair value measurement of issued convertible loan notes
Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows
For year ended 31 March 2018
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Operating activities |
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Profit for the period after tax |
| 1,918,477 | 1,027,849 |
Adjustments for: |
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Write off of development fees |
| - | 57,734 |
Provision for restructure | 19 | 569,678 | - |
Tax credit | 9 | (64,624) | (94,369) |
Interest Income |
| (3,104) | (2,004) |
Fair value adjustment on financial liabilities at fair value through profit and loss | 28 | 803,821 | - |
Gain on financial asset at fair value through profit and loss |
| (7,507,175) | (1,879,044) |
Loss/(Profit) on disposal of Property, Plant & Equipment |
| 18,351 | (151,368) |
Finance Cost | 8 | 1,353,830 | 919,533 |
Movement in foreign exchange |
| 640,099 | 34,980 |
Amortisation of intangibles |
| 421,810 | 174,672 |
Depreciation of property, plant and equipment | 10 | 950,129 | 358,561 |
Cash flows from operating activities before changes to working capital |
| (898,708) | 446,544 |
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Change in working capital, net of effects from acquisition of subsidiaries |
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(Increase)/decrease in inventories |
| (2,371,276) | (175,765) |
(Increase)/decrease in trade and other receivables |
| (304,855) | (5,621,012) |
Increase/(decrease) in trade and other payables |
| 6,536,981 | 1,368,021 |
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| 3,860,850 | (4,428,756) |
Cash generated/(used) from operations |
| 2,962,142 | (3,982,212) |
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Investing activities |
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Acquisition of a subsidiary, net of cash acquired |
| - | (1,850,888) |
Investment in associate |
| (1,500,000) | (523,901) |
Purchase of intangibles |
| - | (1,113,939) |
Purchase of property, plant and equipment |
| (1,661,474) | (242,053) |
Proceeds from sale of property, plant and equipment |
| 300,368 | 402,923 |
Loans to third party |
| - | (92,736) |
Interest received |
| 3,104 | 2,004 |
Net cash used in investing activities |
| (2,858,002) | (3,418,590) |
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Financing activities |
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Share issue cost |
| (8,000) | (39,954) |
Proceeds from invoice discounting |
| 1,010,739 | 2,076,977 |
Proceeds from issue of convertible notes |
| - | 4,843,462 |
Proceeds from issue of ordinary shares |
| 3,752,496 | 1,534,999 |
CLN issue cost |
| - | (138,649) |
Payments of interest on borrowings |
| (967,682) | (590,245) |
Payments on financial lease |
| (549,284) | (268,692) |
Net cash used in financing activities |
| 3,238,269 | 7,417,898 |
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Net increase in cash and cash equivalents |
| 3,342,409 | 17,096 |
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period |
| 818,966 | 801,870 |
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period | 21 | 4,161,375 | 818,966 |
1 Accounting policies
Basis of preparation
The principal accounting policies adopted in the preparation of the financial statements are set out below. The policies have been consistently applied to all the periods presented, unless otherwise stated.
Comparative figures in the financial statements are in respect of the audited twelve month period to 31 March 2018.
These financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention (except for items measured at fair value through profit and loss) and in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards, International Accounting Standards and Interpretations (collectively IFRSs) issued by the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) as adopted by the European Union ("adopted IFRSs").
The preparation of financial statements in compliance with adopted IFRS requires the use of certain critical accounting estimates. It also requires Group management to exercise judgment in applying the Group's accounting policies. The areas where significant judgments and estimates have been made in preparing the financial statements and their effect are disclosed in Note 2. The financial statements are drawn up in Pound Sterling, the presentational currency of the Group.
Restatement
The Cash Flow Statement has been restated for non-cash movements between operating, investing and financing cash flows. As part of this, the invoice discounting movement has been removed from the movement in trade and other payables, and included in financing activities.
Changes in accounting policies
a) New standards, interpretations and amendments effective from 1 January 2017
There were no new standards or interpretations effective for the first time for periods beginning on or after 1 January 2017 that had a significant effect on the Group's financial statements.
b) New standards, interpretations and amendments not yet effective
There are a number of standards and interpretations which have been issued by the International Accounting Standards Board that are effective in future accounting periods that the Group has decided not to adopt early. The most significant of these are:
· IFRS 9 Financial Instruments and IFRS 15 Revenue from Contracts with Customers (both mandatorily effective for periods beginning on or after 1 January 2018); and
· IFRS 16 Leases (mandatorily effective for periods beginning on or after 1 January 2019).
IFRS 9 Financial Instruments
The Group has identified that the adoption IFRS 9, which replaces IAS 39 Financial Instruments:
Recognition and Measurement from 1 January 2018, could impact its consolidated financial statements in that the Group will need to apply an expected credit loss model when calculating impairment losses on its trade and other
receivables (both current and non-current). This will result in an immaterial increase in the impairment provision with the requirement to factor in forward looking information when estimating the appropriate amount of provision, as the existing level of historic bad debt write off in comparison to debtors is low.
IFRS 15 Revenue from Contracts with Customers
The Group derives revenue from the sale of wood fuels, sale of heat contracts, operation and maintenance services and development fees. IFRS 15 will impact revenue derived from the sale of heat contracts, operations and maintenance , however this counts for a small portion of revenue in relation to the Group as the Group continues to work through the and Restructure the Operations and Maintenance Division, we are finalising the Impact of IFRS 15 of the operations and maintenance contracts.
IFRS 16 Leases
Adoption of IFRS 16 will result in the Group recognising right of use assets and lease liabilities for all contracts that are, or contain, a lease. This treatment would result in discounting future lease payments and recognising the right of use of assets as a fixed asset and long-term liability in the financial statements. For leases currently classified as operating leases, under current accounting requirements the Group does not recognise related assets or liabilities, and instead spreads the lease payments on a straight-line basis over the lease term, disclosing in its annual financial statements the total commitment. The impact of future periods is being considered and Management are in the process of quantifying the impact.
Basis of consolidation
Where the company has control over an investee, it is classified as a subsidiary. The company controls an investee if all three of the following elements are present: power over the investee, exposure to variable returns from the investee, and the ability of the investor to use its power to affect those variable returns. Control is reassessed whenever facts and circumstances indicate that there may be a change in any of these elements of control.
The consolidated financial statements present the results of the company and its subsidiaries ("the Group") as if they formed a single entity. Intercompany transactions and balances between Group companies are eliminated in full.
The consolidated financial statements incorporate the results of business combinations using the acquisition method. In the statement of financial position, the acquirer's identifiable assets, liabilities and contingent liabilities are initially recognised at their fair values at the acquisition date. The results of acquired operations are included in the consolidated statement of comprehensive income from the date on which control is obtained. They are deconsolidated from the date on which control ceases.
Business combinations
The purchase method of accounting is used to account for all business combinations regardless of whether equity instruments or other assets are acquired. Cost is measured as the fair value of the assets given, shares issued or liabilities incurred or assumed at the date of exchange. Where equity instruments are issued in a business combination, the fair value of the instruments is their published price at the date of exchange unless, in rare circumstances, it can be demonstrated that the published price at the date of exchange is an unreliable indicator of fair value and that other evidence and valuations methods provide a more reliable measure of fair value. Transaction costs arising on the issue of equity instruments are recognised directly in equity.
Except for non-current assets or disposal Groups classified as held for sale (which are measured at fair value less costs to sell), all identifiable assets acquired and liabilities and contingent liabilities assumed in a business combination are measured initially at their fair values at the acquisition date.
The excess of the cost of the business combination over the net fair value of the Group's share of the identifiable net assets acquired is recognised as goodwill. If the cost of acquisition is less than the Group's share of the net fair value of the identifiable net assets of the subsidiary, the difference is recognised as a gain in the Statement of Comprehensive Income, but only after a reassessment of the identification and measurement of the net assets required.
Where settlement of any part of the consideration is deferred, the amounts payable in the future are discounted to their present value as at the date of exchange. The discount rate used is the Group's incremental borrowing rate, being the rate at which similar borrowing could be obtained from an independent financier under comparable terms and conditions.
Goodwill
Goodwill on acquisition is initially measured at cost being the excess of the cost of the business combination over the Group's interest in the net fair value of the identifiable assets, liabilities and contingent liabilities. Contingent consideration is included in cost at its acquisition date fair value and, in the case of contingent consideration classified as a financial liability, re measured subsequently through profit or loss. Direct costs of acquisition are recognised immediately as an expense.
Following initial recognition, goodwill is measured at cost less any accumulated impairment losses. Goodwill is not amortised. As at the acquisition date, any goodwill acquired is allocated to each of the cash-generating units expected to benefit from the combination's synergies. Goodwill is reviewed for impairment, annually or more frequently if events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying value may be impaired. Impairment is determined by assessing the recoverable amount of the cash-generating unit to which the goodwill relates. Where the recoverable amount of the cash-generating unit is less than the carrying amount, an impairment loss is recognised in the Statement of Comprehensive Income. An impairment loss recognised for goodwill is not reversed.
Where goodwill forms part of a cash-generating unit and part of the operation within that unit is disposed of, the goodwill associated with the operation disposed of is included in the carrying amount of the operation when determining the gain or loss on disposal of the operation. Goodwill disposed of in this circumstance is measured on the basis of the relative values of the operation disposed of and the portion of the cash-generating unit retained.
Intangibles acquired in a business combination
Intangible assets acquired separately are capitalised at cost and subsequently amortised on a straight-line basis over their useful economic lives.
Intangibles recognised on business combinations, if they are separately identifiable from the acquired entity or arise from other contractual/legal rights. The amounts ascribed to such intangibles are arrived at by using appropriate valuation techniques (see critical estimates and judgements section). Intangibles acquired through a business combination are recognised at fair value as at the date of acquisition. Following initial recognition, the cost model is applied.
The significant intangibles recognised by the Group, their useful economic lives and the methods used to determine the cost of intangibles acquired in a business combination are as follows:
Intangible asset | Useful economic life | Valuation method |
Brand | 20 years | Estimated discounted cash flows |
Long term contracts and customer relationships | 10 years | Estimated discounted cash flows |
Intangible assets are tested for impairment where an indicator of impairment exists, and in the case of indefinite life intangibles annually, either individually or at the cash generating unit level. Useful lives are also examined on an annual basis and adjustments, where applicable, are made on a prospective basis. Gains or losses arising from de-recognition of an intangible asset are measured as the difference between the net disposal proceeds and the carrying amount of the asset and are recognised in the Statement of Comprehensive Income when the net asset is derecognised.
Going concern
As at 31 March 2018 the group had £4.1m in cash and net current assets of £2.3m. The directors and management have prepared a cash flow forecast to June 2019, 12 months from the date this report has been approved, which shows the group will remain cash positive. The directors and management note that given the seasonality of the fuels division revenues and the unpredictability of earning revenues on development fees, the first 6 months of cash flow forecast contains sensitivity. The directors and management manage this sensitivity by:
- | Risk weighting the development fee revenues based on prudent chance of success of completion; |
- | Managing working capital through enhanced debtor collection, constant communication with key suppliers and managing costs in line with movements in revenues; |
- | In May 2018 the company drew down on a short term working capital facility which has provided £1.4m in further funding. This facility is secured on inventory; |
- | Monitoring other short term credit lines available to the group. |
We note that the short term facility drawn in May is repayable in 6 months time. The directors and management are confident that either the funds will be repaid through cash generated, the term extended or the sale of the secured assets will cover the amounts owed. The directors and management are confident that the group will trade in line with the forecasts prepared and have therefore prepared the accounts on a going concern basis.
Revenue recognition
Revenue for the Group is measured at the fair value of the consideration received or receivable. The Group recognises revenue for services provided it is probable that future economic benefits will flow to the entity. Development, management and consultancy fees are recognised in the period that the service is rendered.
In circumstances where biomass boiler projects are sold at financial close (development stage) and where the majority of installation costs are funded by the buyer, revenues from the sale of a project are recognised as development fees and development costs which are directly attributable to the development of biomass boiler projects and any costs which are recharged at cost are recorded in work in progress and subsequently transferred to cost of sales at financial close. Financial close is typically defined as the point at which projects have a full suite of documentation (which may include a license to occupy, lease, heat off take agreement) acceptable to the buyer.
AMP has also acted as agent for other developers introducing projects to AMPIL. In such circumstances development fees have been shared and the fees have been recognised net of any commissions payable to third parties, and are recognized as the services are delivered. Deferred development fees are only recognised when it is probable that future economic benefits will flow to the entity.
Revenues from electricity and RHI (Heat contracts) are recognised at the point of generation and are based on the combination of sales prices achieved, the average market prices observed for ROC sales, published tariff levels and metered generation.
Fuel sales are recognised when the significant risks and rewards of ownership of the goods have passed to the buyer, usually on delivery of the goods. Revenue from the sale of goods is measured at the fair value of the consideration received or receivable, net of returns and allowances, trade discounts and volume rebates.
Revenue from operations and maintenance and consulting services is recognised by reference to the stage of completion and agreed contractual milestones. When the contract outcome cannot be measured reliably, revenue is recognised only to the extent that the expenses incurred are eligible to be recovered.
Retirement Benefits: Defined contribution schemes
Contributions to defined contribution schemes are charged to the profit and loss in the year to which they relate.
Property, plant and equipment
All property, plant and equipment are stated at cost less depreciation. Such costs include costs directly attributable to making the asset capable of operating as intended. Costs attributable to assets under construction are included within
the capitalised costs of those assets and include refurbishment and commissioning costs.
Items of property, plant and equipment are initially recognised at cost. As well as the purchase price, cost includes directly attributable costs.
Depreciation on assets under construction does not commence until they are complete and available for use.
Depreciation is provided on all items of property, plant and equipment so as to write off their carrying value over the expected useful economic lives. It is provided at the following rates:
Plant and machinery - | 3-20 years straight line | Office equipment - | 3-5 years straight line |
Land and upgrade - | 3-20 years straight line | Computer equipment - | 3-5 years straight line |
Fixtures and fittings - | 3-5 years straight line | Motor vehicle - | 3-5 years straight line |
Impairment
Non-financial assets are subject to impairment tests whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that their carrying amount may not be recoverable. Where the carrying value of an asset exceeds its recoverable amount (i.e. the higher of value in use and fair value less costs to sell), the asset is written down accordingly.
Impairment charges are included in profit or loss, except to the extent they reverse gains previously recognised in other comprehensive income. An impairment loss recognised for goodwill is not reversed.
Financial instruments
The Group classifies its financial assets and liabilities as receivables and loans, discussed below, due to the purpose for which the asset or liability was acquired.
Financial assets
The Group's financial assets mainly comprise of cash, trade and other receivables, and investments in associates. Cash comprises cash in hand and deposits held at call with banks.
Financial assets are classified as loans and receivables, and financial assets at fair value through profit or loss (FVPL).
Trade and other receivables are not interest bearing and are stated at their nominal value as reduced by appropriate impairments for irrecoverable amounts or additional costs required to effect recovery.
Impairment provisions are recognised when there is objective evidence (such as significant financial difficulties on the part of the counterparty or default or significant delay in payment) that the Group will be unable to collect all of the amounts due under the terms receivable.
Financial assets and liabilities at FVPL
Financial instruments designated as at FVPL upon initial recognition, this includes an investment in associate. This financial asset is designated upon initial recognition on the basis that it is the first of a Group of financial assets that are managed and have their performance evaluated on a fair value basis, in accordance with risk management and investment strategies of the Group.
In accordance with the exemption within IAS 28 Investments in Associates and Joint Ventures, the Group does not account for its investments in associates using the equity method. Instead, the Group has elected to measure its investments in associates at FVPL.
This investment in associate has initially been recognised in the statement of financial position at fair value.
After initial measurement, the Group measures its financial instruments which are classified as at FVPL, at fair value.
Interest and dividends earned or paid on these instruments are recorded separately in interest revenue or expense and dividend revenue or expense in the statement of comprehensive income.
Financial liabilities
The Group classifies its financial liabilities into one of two categories, depending on the purpose for which the liability was acquired. The accounting policy for each category is as follows:
Financial liabilities at fair value through profit and loss
This category comprises the deferred contingent consideration on acquisitions which is discussed in more detail in note 24. This consideration is revalued at each reporting date. It is adjusted against goodwill within 12 months following the acquisition and through the income statement thereafter.
Fair value measurement
The Group measures its investment in associate at fair value at each reporting date. Fair value is the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. The fair value measurement is based on the presumption that the transaction to sell the asset or transfer the liability takes place either in the principal market for the asset or liability or, in the absence of a principal market, in the most advantageous market for the asset or liability. The principal or the most advantageous market must be accessible to the Group. The fair value of an asset or a liability is measured using the assumptions that market participants would use when pricing the asset or liability, assuming that market participants act in their economic best interest.
For all other financial instruments not traded in an active market, the fair value is determined by using valuation techniques deemed to be appropriate in the circumstances. Valuation techniques include the market approach (i.e., using recent arm's length market transactions adjusted as necessary and reference to the current market value of another instrument that is substantially the same).
The Group has classified the investment in associate as Level 3.
Other financial liabilities
Other financial liabilities include the following items:
Loans and borrowings are initially recognised at fair value net of any transaction costs directly attributable to the issue of the instrument. Such interest bearing liabilities are subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest rate method, which ensures that any interest expense over the period to repayment is at a constant rate on the balance of the liability carried in the consolidated statement of financial position. For the purposes of each financial liability, interest expense includes initial transaction costs and any premium payable on redemption, as well as any interest or coupon payable while the liability is outstanding. Loans and borrowings include an invoice discounting facility.
Liability components of convertible loan notes are measured as described further below.
Trade payables and other short-term monetary liabilities, which are initially recognised at fair value and subsequently carried at amortised cost using the effective interest method.
Convertible debt
The proceeds received from the issue of the convertible debt are allocated between their financial liability and equity components. The financial liability is initially recognised at fair value (being the discounted cash flows using a market rate of interest that would be payable on a similar instrument that does not include an option to convert). Subsequently, the financial liability is measured at amortised cost.
The equity component is assigned to the residual amount after deducting this fair value liability from the fair value of the financial instrument as a whole. It is recognised in the 'Convertible debt option reserve' within shareholders' equity, net of income tax effects. More information is provided in note 18.
Foreign currency
Transactions entered into by Group entities in a currency other than the currency of the primary economic environment in which they operate (their "functional currency") are recorded at the rates ruling when the transactions occur. Foreign currency monetary assets and liabilities are translated at the rates ruling at the reporting date. Exchange differences arising on the retranslation of unsettled monetary assets and liabilities are recognised immediately in profit or loss.
Share Capital
Financial instruments issued by the Group are classified as equity only to the extent that they do not meet the definition of a financial liability. The Group's Ordinary Shares are classified as equity instruments.
Leased Assets
Where substantively all of the risks and rewards incidental to ownership of a leased asset have been transferred to the Group (a "finance lease"), the asset is treated as if it had been purchased outright. The amount initially recognised as an asset is the lower of the fair value of the leased property and the present value of the minimum lease payments payable over the term of the lease. The corresponding lease commitment is shown as a liability. Lease payments are analysed between capital and interest. The interest element is charged to the consolidated statement of comprehensive income over the period of the lease and is calculated so that it represents a constant proportion of the lease liability. The capital element reduces the balance owed to the lessor.
Where substantively all of the risks and rewards incidental to ownership are not transferred to the Group (an 'operating lease'), the total rentals payable under the lease are charged to the consolidated statement of comprehensive income on a straight line basis over the lease term. The aggregate benefit of lease incentives is recognised as a reduction of the rental expense over the lease term on a straight line basis.
Deferred taxation
Deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognised where the carrying amount of an asset or liability in the consolidated statement of financial position differs from its tax base, except for differences arising on:
- the initial recognition of an asset or liability in a transaction which is not a business combination and at the time of the transaction affects neither accounting or taxable profit; and
- investments in subsidiaries and jointly controlled entities where the Group is able to control the timing of the reversal of the difference and it is probable that the difference will not reverse in the foreseeable future.
Recognition of deferred tax assets is restricted to those instances where it is probable that taxable profit will be available against which the difference can be utilised.
The amount of the asset or liability is determined using tax rates that have been enacted or substantially enacted by the consolidated statement of financial position date and are expected to apply when the deferred tax liabilities or assets are settled or recovered. Deferred tax balances are not discounted.
Deferred tax assets and liabilities are offset when the Group has a legally enforceable right to offset current tax assets and liabilities and the deferred tax assets and liabilities relate to taxes levied by the same tax authority on either: the same taxable Group company; or different company entities which intend either to settle current tax assets and liabilities on a net basis, or to realise the assets and settle the liabilities simultaneously, in each future period in which significant amounts of deferred tax assets and liabilities are expected to be settled or recovered.
Operating Segments
Operating segments are reported in a manner consistent with the internal reporting provided to the chief operating decision maker. The chief operating decision maker has been identified as the management team including the Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, and Chief Financial Officer.
Management monitors the operating results of business segments separately for the purpose of making decisions about resources to be allocated and of assessing performance. Segment performance is evaluated based on operating profit or loss. Finance costs, finance income and income taxes are managed on a Group basis (note 3).
Inventories
Raw materials and consumables are initially recognised at cost, and subsequently at the lower of the cost and net realisable value. Cost comprises all costs incurred in bringing the inventories to their present location and condition.
Raw materials and consumables are used on a first in, first out basis. Work In Progress relates to expenditure on biomass boiler, Combined Heat and Power ('CHP') and grid balancing projects, which are recognised at cost until they are sold.
Costs which are directly attributable to the development of biomass boiler, CHP and grid balancing projects, and which have a reasonable expectation of obtaining the consents required for further development, and to the extent that those costs do not exceed expected recoverable amounts, are treated as Work In Progress and not expensed.
Government grants
Government grants are recognised where there is reasonable assurance that the grant will be received and all attached conditions will be complied with. When the grant relates to an expense item, it is recognised as income on a systematic basis over the periods that the related costs, for which it is intended to compensate, are expensed. When the grant relates to an asset, it is recognised as income in equal amounts over the expected useful life of the related asset.
Invoice Discounting
Invoice discounting is a short term working capital facility provided by the Royal Bank of Scotland to be used for the designated purpose of remitting sales invoices in the fuels segment where customers have been granted long credit terms over 30 days. The facility has a total available drawn down value as at 31 March 2018 of £5.4m.
The facility has been recognised as trade and other payables per note 16. The Group is committed to underwrite any invoices that are not presented for payment by the customer to the bank.
Cash and cash equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents includes cash in hand, deposits held at call with banks, other short term highly liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less and for the purpose of the statement of cash flows - bank overdrafts. Bank overdrafts are shown within loans and borrowings in current liabilities on the consolidated statement of financial position.
Restructuring Provisions
The group has recognised a provision liability of uncertain timing or amount for costs which relate to restructuring, involving dilapidations, closing of depots and onerous contracts. The provision is measured at the best estimate of the expenditure required to settle the obligation at reporting date.
2 Critical accounting estimates and judgements
The Group makes certain estimates and assumptions regarding the future. Estimates and judgements are continually evaluated based on historical experience and other factors, including the expectations of future events that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances. In the future, actual experience may differ from these estimates and assumptions. The estimates and assumptions that have a significant risk of causing a material adjustment to the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities within the next financial year are discussed below.
(a) Property, plant and equipment
Property, plant and equipment is depreciated over the useful lives of the assets. Useful lives are based on management's estimates of the period that the assets will generate revenue, which are reviewed annually for continued appropriateness. The carrying values are tested for impairment when there is an indication that the value of the assets might be impaired. Impairment tests are based upon future cash flow forecasts and these forecasts are based upon management judgement. Future events could cause the assumptions to change, therefore this could have an adverse effect on the future results of the Group.
(b) Fair value of deferred contingent consideration
The fair value of Neil Eckert's and Richard Burrell's deferred contingent consideration relating to the Group's merger and acquisition of AMP Energy Services Limited (formerly Environova Consulting Limited) and Mathieson Biomass Limited respectively has been valued to market and recognised in the statements of comprehensive income and financial position. For details of the estimates and judgements see note 28.
The fair value of the deferred contingent consideration relating to the Group's acquisition of Forest Fuels Holdings Limited and its controlled subsidiaries has been valued to market and recognised in the statements of comprehensive income and financial position. For details of the estimates and judgements see note 28.
(c) Impairment of assets
All assets, excluding goodwill, are reviewed for indicators of impairment. Impairment tests are carried out when there is a trigger event. Goodwill is tested for impairment on an annual basis. The recoverable amount of the fixed assets is calculated using a discounted cash flow ('DCF') model where an appropriate, or market based, discount rate is applied to future cash flows expected to be generated by the assets. Under IAS 36 an asset is impaired if its carrying value is greater than its recoverable amount or fair value. For details of the estimates and judgements see note 10.
(d) Loan receivables
The Real Ventures loan receivables was repaid in part with the balance being written off during the financial year ended 31 March 2018 nil (2017: £528,000). These loans were previously included in trade and other receivables.
(e) Taxes
Deferred tax assets are recognised where the carrying amount of an asset or liability in the consolidated statement of financial position differs from its tax base, as well as for unused tax losses to the extent that it is probable that taxable profit will be available against which the losses can be utilised. Significant management judgement is required to determine the amount of deferred tax assets that can be recognised, based upon the likely timing and the level of future taxable profits, together with future tax planning strategies. Refer to note 9 for further information on deferred tax assets on carried forward losses. Deferred taxes are recognised at the substantively enacted rate, being the rate they are expected to be utilised.
(g) Valuation of intangible assets
A valuation exercise on intangibles has been performed as part of a Purchase Price Allocation exercise. The values of these intangibles and of the balance sheet acquired are provisional and within one year of the date of acquisition may be adjusted as a result of the finalisation of valuations. Please refer to note 11 for further information on the key assumptions used in this exercise. Impairment of intangible assets including goodwill is calculated using estimated future cash flows and a judgemental discount rate.
(h) Useful lives of intangible assets
The useful life used to amortise intangible assets relates to the expected future performance of the assets acquired and management's estimate of the period over which economic benefit will be derived from the asset. The basis for determining the useful life for the most significant categories of intangible assets is as follows:
· The useful life of long term contracts and customer relationships principally reflects management's view of the average economic life of the customer base and is assessed by reference to customer churn rates. An increase in churn rates may lead to a reduction in the estimated useful life and an increase in the amortisation charge.
(i) Investment in associate - financial asset at fair value through profit or loss
In accordance with the exemption within IAS 28 Investments in Associates and Joint Ventures, the Group does not account for its investments in associates using the equity method. Instead, the Group has elected to measure its investments in associates at FVPL. The Directors have assessed that the Group meets the definition of a "venture capital organisation". Such characteristics of a venture capital organisation may include, but are not limited to:
· investments are held for the short- to medium-term rather than for the long-term;
· the most appropriate point for exit is actively monitored; and
· investments form part of a portfolio, Incubex being the first investment of such nature, which is monitored and managed separately from the core operational business and without distinguishing between investments that qualify as associates or joint ventures and those that do not.
The Group's intention is to hold investments in associates for up to 5 years. The strategy of the Group is to hold significant interest in the companies within the same sector of operation and subsequently engage in an exit strategy.
(j) Interest in other entities
In accordance with IFRS 12, the Group considers Aggregated Micro Power Infrastructure 2 Plc ("AMPIL") to be an unconsolidated structured entity. The Group considers it has neither control nor significant influence. There are no Group directors on the board of AMPIL. There is no equity interest ownership held by the Group in AMPIL. AMPIL is owned and governed by a third party in The Law Debenture Corporation Plc. (see further disclosures in Note 32)
(k) Call Option to purchase remaining shares in Highland Wood Energy
Management has considered the option to acquire the remaining 49.9% shareholding in Highlands Wood Energy Limited, has an immaterial value at 31 March 2018. Management reassess the value of this option at each reporting date.
3 Segmental information
For management purposes, the Group is organised into business units based on its products and services. During the period, the Group's three main operating segments were: Project Development, Wood Fuels and Investments & HQ.
· AMP's project development division develops, finances and manages distributed energy projects focusing on biomass heat and biomass CHP for a wide range of applications and customers. We also develop and finance gas-fired peaking plants to provide reserve power at times of peak demand.
· Wood Fuels sells high quality wood chip and wood pellet to end customers throughout the UK and Scotland in the form of fuel only contracts, heat contracts and/or fuels plus operation and maintenance.
· AMP Investments and HQ aim to grow funds under management. It includes the overhead costs of the Board and related PLC expenses.
The directors have taken the decision to report segment performance on an "adjusted" earnings before interest, taxation, depreciation and amortization ("EBITDA") basis disclosed. The Company has engaged in multiple acquisitions over the course of financial years ending 2017 and 2018, which has resulted in significant exceptional and non-recurring expenses incurred or provisioned during the natural process of integrating and restructuring the wood fuel business segment. In addition there was further non-recurring expenses incurred due to macro events, partial write off of a biomass development investment site and unanticipated expenditure relating to wood chip activities.
These exceptional and non-recurring expenses are disclosed below EBITDA in order to give the users of these financial statements a clearer understanding of normalised operational performance as well as provide relevant comparatives for the forthcoming financial year. Further disclosure of these expenses have been made in note 6.
The Group was exclusively focused on UK operations, and all non-current assets are located in the UK.
The performance of each segment is reported below.
Year Ending 31 March 2018 | Wood fuels | Project development | HQ &Investments | Total |
| £ | £ | £ | £ |
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Revenue | 40,009,412 | 3,153,557 | - | 43,162,969 |
Cost of sales | (32,018,545) | (739,975) | - | (32,758,520) |
Gross profit | 7,990,867 | 2,413,582 | - | 10,404,449 |
Other operating income | 122,672 | - | 5,030 | 127,702 |
Administrative expenses | (6,178,614) | (1,186,414) | (1,717,647) | (9,082,675) |
*Adjusted EBITDA | 1,934,925 | 1,227,168 | (1,712,617) | 1,449,476 |
Depreciation | (917,997) | - | (32,132) | (950,129) |
Finance Expense | (410,226) | - | (943,604) | (1,353,830) |
Amortisation Intangibles | - | - | (421,810) | (421,810) |
P&L on sale of Assets | (18,353) | - | - | (18,353) |
FX Gain/Loss | (639,860) | - | - | (639,860) |
Cost of sales - non recurring | (911,101) | - | - | (911,101) |
Administrative costs non -recurring | (461,951) | - | - | (461,951) |
Restructuring costs incurred | (582,996) | (504,280) | (31,768) | (1,119,044) |
Restructuring provision | (569,677) | - | - | (569,677) |
Gain on financial asset at fair value through profit or loss | - | - | 7,507,175 | 7,507,175 |
Fair value adjustment on deferred consideration | - | - | (848,194) | (848,194) |
Tax credit | - | - | 255,775 | 255,775 |
Profit / (Loss) for the year | (2,577,236) | 722,888 | 3,772,825 | 1,918,477 |
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Segment assets | 14,958,921 | 3,383,748 | 31,752,458 | 50,095,127 |
Segment liabilities | (15,330,888) | (863,460) | (15,823,668) | (32,018,016) |
| (371,967) | 2,520,288 | 15,928,790 | 18,077,111 |
Year Ending 31 March 2017 |
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| Wood Fuels | Project development | HQ &Investments | Total |
| £ | £ | £ | £ |
Revenue | 15,841,292 | 3,877,850 | - | 19,719,142 |
Cost of sales | (12,825,159) | (1,419,899) | - | (14,245,058) |
Gross profit | 3,016,133 | 2,457,952 | - | 5,474,084 |
Other operating income | 235,776 | 163,812 | - | 399,588 |
Administrative expenses | (2,494,726) | (879,688) | (1,845,477) | (5,219,891) |
Adjusted EBITDA* | 757,183 | 1,742,076 | (1,845,478) | 653,781 |
Depreciation | (353,760) | - | (4,799) | (358,559) |
Finance expense | (114,963) | - | (469,323) | (584,286) |
Amortisation Intangibles | - | - | (174,672) | (174,672) |
CLN interest | - | - | (335,248) | (335,248) |
P&L on sale of Assets | 151,368 | - | - | 151,368 |
Other Non-Recurring Costs | (72,914) | (99,672) | (125,362) | (297,948) |
Fair value adjustment on investment in associate | - | - | 1,879,044 | 1,879,044 |
Tax credit | 59,614 | - | 34,755 | 94,369 |
Profit/(Loss) after tax | 426,528 | 1,642,404 | (1,041,083) | 1,027,849 |
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Segment assets | 9,752,329 | 5,875,686 | 13,294,229 | 28,922,244 |
Segment liabilities | (8,002,478) | (548,288) | (9,962,687) | (18,513,453) |
| 1,749,851 | 5,327,398 | 3,331,542 | 10,408,791 |
* Adjusted EBITDA is earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation.
4 | Revenue |
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| Year ended | Year ended |
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| 31 Mar 2018 | 31 Mar 2017 |
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| £ | £ |
| Electricity generation | - | 15,296 |
| Wood fuel sales | 39,760,437 | 15,522,328 |
| Development, Management and Consultancy fees | 3,153,557 | 4,181,518 |
| RHI income (Heat contracts) | 248,975 | - |
|
| 43,162,969 | 19,719,142 |
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5 | Other operating income |
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| Year ended | Year ended |
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| 31 Mar 2018 | 31 Mar 2017 |
|
| £ | £ |
| Rental income | - | 45,834 |
| Other income | 127,702 | 351,752 |
|
| 127,702 | 397,585 |
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6 | Operating profit |
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| Year ended | Year ended |
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| 31 Mar 2018 | 31 Mar 2017 |
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| £ | £ |
| Depreciation | 950,129 | 358,561 |
| Amortisation intangibles | 421,810 | 174,672 |
| Auditors remuneration: |
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| -audit related services for the audit of this company | 11,577 | 11,240 |
| -audit related services for the audit of the subsidiaries | 131,737 | 116,750 |
| Foreign Exchange Loss | 640,099 | 34,980 |
| Operating lease payments | 64,800 | 10,466 |
| Staff costs | 4,634,426 | 2,938,924 |
| Licence to occupy payments | 789,601 | 621,093 |
| P&L on sale of Asset | 18,352 | (151,368) |
| Consultancy Fees | 766,038 | 482,238 |
| Other Administrative expense | 2,687,361 | 1,004,199 |
The Group has completed on a number of wood fuels acquisitions over the last two years which has resulted in significant exceptional and non-recurring expenses being incurred. This has included a restructuring provision which has been recognised following the announcement of the planned restructuring the wood fuel business segment, which was announced in March 2018. We have discussed each of these in turn.
Non recurring cost of sales
Non recurring cost of sales expenses of £911,000 (2017: nil) relate to a number of additional charges which include, inter alia, certain costs related to drying contract inefficiencies. Following the implementation of HWE's operation and maintenance service's, these are not expected to occur in the future.
Restructuring provision
The restructuring provision costs of £569,678 (2017: nil) relate to the closure of certain depots and includes the termination payments under lease contractual arrangements and dilapidation costs to be incurred.
Restructuring expenses incurred
The restructuring expenses of £1,119,046 (2017: nil) are costs incurred to date as part of the restructuring and integration and include costs of integrating IT systems, the impairment of assets which will not be used in the newly integrated business and the rebranding of vehicles.
7 | Staff cost (including directors) comprise: | Year ended | Year ended |
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| 31 Mar 2018 | 31 Mar 2017 |
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| £ | £ |
| Wages and salaries | 4,078,520 | 2,642,289 |
| Social security contributions and similar taxes | 273,357 | 131,367 |
| Defined contribution pension costs | 144,507 | 92,171 |
| Other personnel related costs | 138,042 | 73,097 |
|
| 4,634,426 | 2,938,924 |
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| Average number of staff | 128 | 50 |
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| Directors' salaries |
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| Year ended | Year ended |
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| 31 Mar 2018 | 31 Mar 2017 |
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| £ | £ |
| Short term employee benefits | 526,450 | 520,000 |
| Payments to Mathieson Capital Investment Management Ltd | 104,550 | 102,500 |
| Other personnel cost | 3,029 | 5,235 |
| Total pension and other post-employment benefit costs | 35,190 | 34,500 |
|
| 669,219 | 662,235 |
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| Highest paid director |
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| Year ended | Year ended |
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| 31 Mar 2018 | 31 Mar 2017 |
|
| £ | £ |
| Short term employee benefits | 209,100 | 205,000 |
| Total pension and other post-employment benefit costs | 20,910 | 20,500 |
|
| 230,010 | 225,500 |
Key management personnel are all the Directors of the company.
8 | Finance expense |
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| Year ended | Year ended | ||
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| 31 Mar 2018 | 31 Mar 2017 | ||
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| £ | £ | ||
| Interest expense | 207,727 | 65,974 | ||
| Convertible Loan Note interest | 1,074,638 | 829,068 | ||
| Finance Lease interest | 71,465 | 24,491 | ||
|
| 1,353,830 | 919,533 | ||
9 | Taxation |
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| Year ended | Year ended |
|
| 31 Mar 2018 | 31 Mar 2017 |
|
| £ | £ |
| Current tax credit | 191,151 | 59,614 |
| Deferred tax expense | 64,624 | 34,754 |
| Total tax credit | 255,775 | 94,368 |
|
| - | - |
| Profit/ (Loss) before income taxes | 1,662,650 | 933,480 |
| Expected tax charge based on the standard rate of United Kingdom corporation tax |
|
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| at the domestic rate of 19% (2017: 20%) | 315,904 | 186,696 |
| Expenses not deductible for tax purposes | 279,018 | 113,017 |
| (Gains)/loss not taxable | (1,329,829) | (405,896) |
| Capital allowances in excess of depreciation (Balance) | - | - |
| Differences in tax rate | - | - |
| Unprovided losses carried forward | 670,283 | 11,815 |
| R & D tax credit received | (191,151) |
|
| Total credit | (255,775) | (94,368) |
Deferred tax |
| |
| Consolidated statement of financial position | |
| Year ended | Year ended |
| 31 Mar 2018 | 31 Mar 2017 |
| £ | £ |
|
|
|
Accelerated depreciation for tax purposes | (56,402) | (56,402) |
Fair Value uplift on business combinations | (703,379) | (549,467) |
Deferred tax expense / (benefit) | 64,624 | 34,754 |
Net deferred tax asset / (liability) | (695,157) | (571,115) |
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Reconciliation of deferred tax liabilities | Year ended | Year ended |
| 31 Mar 2018 | 31 Mar 2017 |
| £ | £ |
Opening | (571,115) | (307,977) |
Deferred taxes acquired in business combinations | (188,666) | - |
Deferred taxes on fair value uplift on business combinations | - | (297,891) |
Deferred tax expense / (benefit) | 64,624 | 34754 |
Closing | (695,157) | (571,115) |
A deferred tax asset on carried forward loss has not been recognised on the basis that there is no certainty over the future taxable profits. Losses carried forward to be utilised against future profits is £9,401,747 (2017: £13,580,490). Deferred tax unrecognised at the end of the year amounts to £1,751,342 (2017: £2,580,293). The deferred tax rate for 31 March 2018 is 19% being the substantively enacted rate at the end of the period.
The main rate of UK corporation tax has decreased from 20% to 19% from 1 April 2017, resulting in an effective corporation tax rate of 19% for this accounting period. This will further reduce 17% from 1 April 2020.
10 Plant, Property and Equipment
| Assets UnderConstruction | Farm & Upgrade | Plant &Machinery | OfficeEquipment | MotorVehicles | Total |
| £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | £ |
Cost |
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|
|
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As at 31 March 2016 | 47,740 | 6,906,294 | 1,244,528 | 152,476 | 187,003 | 8,538,041 |
Additions for the period | - | - | 901,714 | 66,438 | 134,321 | 1,102,473 |
Additions from Business Combinations | - | - | 530,580 | 68,668 | 487,123 | 1,086,371 |
Disposals for the period | - | - | (360,891) | (829) | (75,290) | (437,010) |
As at 31 March 2017 | 47,740 | 6,906,294 | 2,315,931 | 286,753 | 733,157 | 10,289,875 |
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Depreciation |
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|
|
As at 1 March 2016 | 47,740 | 6,906,294 | 757,397 | 3,221 | 38,000 | 7,752,652 |
Charge for the period | - | - | 236,668 | 59,560 | 62,333 | 358,561 |
Disposals for the year |
|
| (179,974) | (823) | (5,288) | (186,085) |
As at 31 March 2017 | 47,740 | 6,906,294 | 814,091 | 61,958 | 95,045 | 7,925,128 |
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Net book value |
|
|
|
|
|
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As at 31 March 2016 | - | - | 487,131 | 149,256 | 149,003 | 785,388 |
As at 31 March 2017 | - | - | 1,502,840 | 224,795 | 638,112 | 2,364,747 |
|
AssetsUnderConstruction | Farm & Upgrade | Land and Buildings | Plant &Machinery | OfficeEquipment | MotorVehicles | Total |
| £ | £ |
| £ | £ | £ | £ |
Cost |
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|
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|
|
|
|
As at 31 March 2017 | 47,740 | 6,906,294 | - | 2,315,931 | 286,753 | 733,157 | 10,289,875 |
Additions from Business Combinations | - | - | 278,462 | 1,585,606 | 312,005 | 1,840,336 | 4,016,409 |
Additions for the period | 16,650 | - | 32,494 | 1,601,796 | 448,160 | 617,252 | 2,716,352 |
Disposals for the period | - | - | - | (269,455) | (169,789) | (20,659) | (459,903) |
As at 31 March 2018 | 64,390 | 6,906,294 | 310,956 | 5,233,878 | 877,129 | 3,170,086 | 16,562,733 |
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|
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|
|
Depreciation |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
As at 31 March 2017 | 47,740 | 6,906,294 | - | 814,091 | 61,958 | 95,045 | 7,925,128 |
Additions from Business Combinations | - | - | - | 662,327 | 215,980 | 636,154 | 1,514,461 |
Charge for the period | 3,000 | - | 17,488 | 670,419 | 70,545 | 188,677 | 950,129 |
Disposals for the period | - | - | - | (132,146) | (9,042) | - | (141,188) |
As at 31 March 2018 | 50,740 | 6,906,294 | 17,488 | 2,014,691 | 339,441 | 919,876 | 10,248,530 |
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Net book value |
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|
|
|
|
|
|
As at 31 March 2017 | - | - | - | 1,501,840 | 224,795 | 638,112 | 2,364,747 |
As at 31 March 2018 | 13,650 | - | 293,468 | 3,219,187 | 537,688 | 2,250,210 | 6,314,203 |
The net book value of the assets under lease arrangements at 31 March 2018 were £2,081,459 (31 March 2017: 1,531,428)
There is a fixed and floating charge over the fixed assets of the business in favour of the RBS invoice discounting facility.
11 Intangible Assets
| Long term contracts and customer relationships | Brand | Goodwill | Total |
| £ | £ | £ | £ |
Cost |
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|
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|
As at 31 March 2016 | 611,804 | 785,833 | 1,322,697 | 2,720,334 |
Additions for the period | 467,079 | - | - | 467,079 |
Additions on acquisition of subsidiary | 2,436,062 | 187,000 | 4,226,757 | 6,849,819 |
As at 31 March 2017 | 3,514,945 | 972,833 | 5,549,454 | 10,037,232 |
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|
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Amortisation |
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|
|
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As at 31 March 2016 | - | - | - | - |
Amortisation charge for the period | 133,042 | 41,629 | - | 174,672 |
As at 31 March 2017 | 133,042 | 41,629 | - | 174,672 |
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Net book value |
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|
|
|
As at 31 March 2016 | 611,804 | 785,833 | 1,322,697 | 2,720,334 |
As at 31 March 2017 | 3,381,903 | 931,204 | 5,549,454 | 9,862,560 |
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| Long term contracts and customer relationships | Brand | Goodwill | Total |
|
| £ | £ | £ | £ |
| Cost |
|
|
|
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| As at 31 March 2017 | 3,514,945 | 972,833 | 5,549,454 | 10,037,232 |
| Additions on acquisition of subsidiary | 375,619 | - | 315,783 | 691,402 |
| Additions for the period | 103,251 | - | - | 103,251 |
| As at 31 March 2018 | 3,993,816 | 972,833 | 5,865,237 | 10,831,886 |
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| Amortisation |
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| As at 31 March 2017 | 133,042 | 41,629 | - | 174,672 |
| Amortisation charge for the period | 373,168 | 48,642 | - | 421,810 |
| Adjustment of Goodwill | - | - | 97,299 | 97,299 |
| As at 31 March 2018 | 506,210 | 90,271 | 97,300 | 693,781 |
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| Net book value |
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|
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| As at 31 March 2017 | 3,381,903 | 931,204 | 5,549,454 | 9,862,560 |
| As at 31 March 2018 | 3,487,606 | 882,562 | 5,767,937 | 10,138,105 |
Goodwill apportioned to the cash generating unit in pounds:
| 31 March 2018 | 31 March 2017 |
Forest Fuels | 1,685,257 | 1,782,557 |
Midland Wood Fuels | 760,288 | 760,388 |
PEL (Fuel) Limited | 3,006,609 | 3,006,609 |
Billington Bioenergy Limited | 230,899 | - |
Highland Wood Energy Limited | 84,884 | - |
Total | 5,767,937 | 5,549,454 |
Goodwill impairment
The Group is required to test, on an annual basis, whether goodwill has suffered any impairment. The recoverable amount is determined based on value in use calculations. The use of this method requires the estimation of future cash flows and the determination of a discount rate in order to calculate the present value of the cash flows. The goodwill has all been allocated to the Wood Fuels division. The forecasts provided have been based on historic and expected cash flows. Operating margins have been based on past experience and future expectations in the light of anticipated economic and market conditions. Growth rates are set at 2% (2017: 6%). A pre-tax discount rate of 15% (2017: 21%) has been applied to pre-tax cash flows over 5 years.
12 Business combinations
Business combinations in the prior period
Midland Wood Fuels
On 8 August 2016, the Group completed on the acquisition of 100% of the share capital of Midlands Wood Fuels Limited ('MWF'), a wood fuel supplier, for cash consideration of £1,400,000. The acquisition was made to further strengthen the Group's position in the wood fuel market and was funded from the issue of £3.47m Convertible Loan Notes and the placing of 2,308,271 Ordinary Shares at 66.5 pence per Ordinary Share. As part of the acquisition £910,000 of shareholder loans held by the sellers of MWF were novated to Aggregated Micro Power Holdings plc before being exchanged for £910,000 of Convertible Loan Notes. The Group also repaid an existing loan of £135,299 between MWF and Funding Circle.
As at 8 August 2016 MWF had a net asset value of £639,713. These identifiable intangibles recognised have been assessed as part of a fair value exercise at a Group level and are therefore excluded from the opening book value in the table below. The Group has recognised the provisional fair values of identifiable assets and liabilities as follows:
| 31 March 2017 | ||
| Opening book value | Fair value adjustment | Closing fair value |
| £ | £ | £ |
Intangibles | - | 469,062 | 469,062 |
Tangible assets | 865,646 | - | 865,646 |
Cash | 49,112 | - | 49,112 |
Inventory | 1,175,473 | - | 1,175,473 |
Receivables | 444,779 | - | 444,779 |
Total Assets | 2,535,010 | 469,062 | 3,004,072 |
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Trade and other payables | 765,571 | - | 765,571 |
Deferred tax liability | - | 79,741 | 79,741 |
Non-Current liabilities | 1,519,047 | - | 1,519,047 |
Total Liabilities | 2,284,618 | 79,741 | 2,364,359 |
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|
|
Net Assets | 250,392 | 389,321 | 639,713 |
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|
|
Fair value of consideration paid |
|
| 1,400,000 |
Goodwill |
|
| 760,288 |
Under IFRS 3 a fair value assessment of the Midlands Wood Fuels Limited ('MWF') balance sheet was performed at the acquisition date in line with the Business Combination accounting policy in note 1 to these financial statements.
The goodwill recognised will not be deductible for tax purposes
The excess of consideration over net assets (book value) purchased has been assessed as part of a Purchase Price Allocation exercise and allocated to goodwill. The values of these intangibles and of the balance sheet acquired are provisional and within one year of the date of acquisition may be adjusted as a result of the finalisation of valuations.
The corresponding adjustment will be made to goodwill.
The discount rate on which management has based its valuation of the customer contracts and brands is 21%, which reflects management's best estimate of the discount rate which when applied to MWF's forecast EBITDA gives an NPV equal the total consideration paid.
It is impractical to disclose the contribution of this business combination to Group revenues and profit since acquisition as the trading and assets of this business have been incorporated into the Forest Fuels cash generating unit (CGU) and has not been reported. Information on pre-acquisition trading is not available.
PEL (Fuel) Limited
On 19 December 2016, the Group completed on the acquisition of 100% of the share capital of PEL (Fuel) Limited, a premium grade wood pellet supplier, for a total consideration of £5,000,000 which comprised of the issue of £4.5m in new Ordinary Shares issued at a price of 68 pence per share and £0.5m in cash. There is no contingent or deferred consideration or debt assumed. The acquisition was made to further strengthen the Group's position in the wood fuel market.
As at 19 December 2016 PEL had a net asset value of £1,993,391. The Group has recognised the provisional fair values of identifiable assets and liabilities as follows:
| 31 March 2017 | ||
| Opening book value | Fair value adjustment | Closing fair value |
| £ | £ | £ |
Intangibles | 210,000 | 1,967,000 | 2,177,000 |
Tangible assets | 150,781 | - | 150,781 |
Total Assets | 360,781 | 1,967,000 | 2,327,781 |
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|
|
|
Trade and other payables | - | - | - |
Deferred Tax | - | 334,390 | 334,390 |
Non-Current liabilities | - | - | - |
Total Liabilities | - | 334,390 | 334,390 |
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|
|
|
Net Assets | 360,781 | 1,632,610 | 1,993,391 |
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|
|
|
Fair value of consideration paid |
|
| 5,000,000 |
Goodwill |
|
| 3,006,609 |
Under IFRS 3 a fair value assessment of the ''PEL'' balance sheet was performed at the acquisition date in line with the Business Combination accounting policy in note 1 to these financial statements.
The goodwill recognised will not be deductible for tax purposes.
The excess of consideration over net assets (book value) purchased has been assessed as part of a Purchase Price Allocation exercise and allocated to goodwill. The values of these intangibles and of the balance sheet acquired are provisional and within one year of the date of acquisition may be adjusted as a result of the finalisation of valuations.
The corresponding adjustment will be made to goodwill.
The discount rate on which management has based its valuation of the customer contracts and brands is 10.8%, which reflects management's best estimate of the discount rate which when applied to PEL's forecast EBITDA gives an NPV equal the total consideration paid and payable including deferred consideration.
It is impractical to disclose the contribution of this business combination to Group revenues and profit since acquisition as the trading and assets of this business have been incorporated into the Forest Fuels cash generating unit (CGU) and has not been reported.
Other immaterial business combinations gave rise to goodwill £450k in the prior period.
Business combinations during the current period
Billington Bioenergy Limited
On 25 October 2017, the Group completed on the acquisition of 100% of the share capital of Billington Bioenergy Limited ('Billingtons'), a wood pellet supplier, for a total consideration of £1,936,315 which comprised of the issue of £1.6m in new Ordinary Shares issued at a price of 98.5 pence per share and £0.3m in cash. There is no contingent or deferred consideration or debt assumed. The acquisition was made to further strengthen the Group's position in the wood pellet market.
As at 25 October 2017 Billingtons had a net asset value of £1,393,652. These identifiable intangibles recognised have been assessed as part of a fair value exercise at a Group level and are therefore excluded from the opening book value in the table below. The Group has recognised the provisional fair values of identifiable assets and liabilities as follows:
| 31 March 2018 |
|
|
| Opening book value | Fair value adjustment | Closing fair value |
| £ | £ | £ |
Intangibles | - | 375,619 | 375,619 |
Tangible assets | 1,514,784 | - | 1,514,784 |
Cash | 677,067 | - | 677,067 |
Inventory | 233,857 | - | 233,857 |
Receivables | 487,969 | - | 487,969 |
Total Assets | 2,913,677 | 375,619 | 3,289,296 |
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|
|
|
Trade and other payables | (1,282,438) | - | (1,282.438) |
Deferred tax liability | - | (63,856) | (63,856) |
Non-Current liabilities | (237,586) |
| (237,586) |
Total Liabilities | (1,520,024) | (63,855) | (1,583,880) |
|
|
|
|
Net Assets | 1,393,652 | 311,764 | 1,705,416 |
|
|
|
|
Fair value of consideration paid |
|
| 1,936,315 |
Goodwill |
|
| 230,899 |
Under IFRS 3 a fair value assessment of the Billington Bioenergy Limited ('Billingtons') balance sheet was performed at the acquisition date in line with the Business Combination accounting policy in note 1 to these financial statements.
The goodwill recognised will not be deductible for tax purposes.
The excess of consideration over net assets (book value) purchased has been assessed as part of a Purchase Price Allocation exercise and allocated to goodwill. The values of these intangibles and of the balance sheet acquired are provisional and within one year of the date of acquisition may be adjusted as a result of the finalisation of valuations.
The corresponding adjustment will be made to goodwill.
| Revenue | Profit/(Loss) |
| £ | £ |
Results since acquisition | 5,969,251 | (417,301) |
Results if acquisition had occurred on 1 April 2017 | 11,938,501 | (834,603) |
Highland Wood Energy Limited
On 28 June 2017, the Group completed on the acquisition of 50.1% of the share capital of Highland Wood Energy ('HWEnergy'), a supplier of biomass heating, servicing and installation, for a total consideration of £500,000 which comprised of the in cash. There is no contingent or deferred consideration or debt assumed. The acquisition was made to further strengthen the Group's position in the biomass heating market. AMP has a call option to purchase the remaining 49.9% from HWEnergy within 3 years for a consideration of £2,000,000 which will be paid, 50% in cash and 50% in the allotment of new ordinary shares in AMP. In the event that AMP does not exercise its option within 3 years, HWE Energy's minority shareholders have the right to buy back 30.1% of the business for a cash consideration of £500,000 which would leave AMP with a residual interest of 20%.
As at 28 June 2017 Highland Wood Energy had a net asset value of £828,575. These identifiable intangibles have been assessed as part of a fair value exercise at a Group level and are therefore excluded from the opening book value in the table below. The Group has recognised the provisional fair values of identifiable assets and liabilities as follows:
| 31 March 2018 |
|
|
| Opening book value | Fair value adjustment | Closing fair value |
| £ | £ | £ |
Intangibles | - | - | 0 |
Tangible assets | 987,166 | - | 987,166 |
Cash | 156,680 | - | 156,680 |
Inventory | 228,479 | - | 228,479 |
Receivables | 1,088,102 | - | 1,088,102 |
Total Assets | 2,460,427 | - | 2,460,427 |
|
|
|
|
Trade and other payables | (1,591,278) | - | (1,591,278) |
Deferred tax liability | - | - | 0 |
Non-Current liabilities | (40,574) |
| (40,574) |
Total Liabilities | (1,631,852) | - | (1,631,852) |
|
|
|
|
Net Assets | 828,575 | - | 828,575 |
|
|
|
|
Fair value of consideration paid |
|
| 500,000 |
Goodwill |
|
| 84,884 |
Consideration attributable to non-controlling interest |
| 413,459 |
Under IFRS 3 a fair value assessment of the Highland Wood Energy ('HWEnergy') balance sheet was performed at the acquisition date in line with the Business Combination accounting policy in note 1 to these financial statements.
The goodwill recognised will not be deductible for tax purposes.
The excess of consideration over net assets (book value) purchased has been assessed as part of a Purchase Price Allocation exercise and allocated to goodwill. The values of these intangibles and of the balance sheet acquired are provisional and within one year of the date of acquisition may be adjusted as a result of the finalisation of valuations.
The corresponding adjustment will be made to goodwill.
| Revenue | Profit/(Loss) |
| £ | £ |
Results since acquisition | 5,987,326 | (35,011) |
Results if acquisition had occurred on 1 April 2017 | 7,983,101 | (46,681) |
13 | Inventories |
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|
|
| Year ended | Year ended |
|
| 31 Mar 2018 | 31 Mar 2017 |
|
| £ | £ |
| Raw materials and consumables | 5,200,411 | 2,444,838 |
| Grid balancing work in progress | 88,850 | 107,246 |
| Biomass boilers work in progress | 153,369 | 56,934 |
|
| 5,442,630 | 2,609,018 |
There has been no write down of inventory in the period to 31 March 2018 (year ended 31 March 2017: Nil).
During the period £24m was recognised as an expense (2017: £10.9m)
14 | Trade and other receivables |
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|
|
| Year ended | Period ended |
|
| 31 Mar 2018 | 31 Mar 2017 |
|
| £ | £ |
| Trade receivables* | 10,103,961 | 8,993,950 |
| Other receivables | 892,211 | 564,688 |
| VAT receivables | 308,723 | - |
| Prepayments | 167,901 | 79,361 |
| Accrued income | 1,155,898 | 1,109,768 |
|
| 12,628,694 | 10,747,768 |
* As at 31 March 2018, a bad debt provision of £13,916 (31 March 2017: £73,000) was recognised.
15 | Cash and cash equivalents | Year ended | Year ended |
|
| 31 Mar 2018 | 31 Mar 2017 |
|
| £ | £ |
|
|
|
|
| Cash at bank and hand | 4,161,375 | 818,966 |
|
| 4,161,375 | 818,966 |
16 | Trade and other payables |
|
|
|
| Year ended | Year ended |
|
| 31 Mar 2018 | 31 Mar 2017 |
|
| £ | £ |
| Trade payables | 10,292,905 | 3,722,869 |
| Accruals | 794,429 | 178,271 |
| Other payables | 3,211,450 | 438,484 |
| Invoice discounting | 4,136,998 | 3,126,258 |
| VAT payables | 524,381 | 538,197 |
| Employment tax and social security | 45,713 | 48,431 |
|
| 19,005,876 | 8,052,510 |
|
|
|
|
| The fair value of trade and other payables are not materially different to their carrying value. |
17 | Deferred Consideration |
|
|
|
| Year ended | Year ended |
|
| 31 Mar 2018 | 31 Mar 2017 |
|
| £ | £ |
| Deferred contingent consideration | 812,039 | 8,218 |
|
| 812,039 | 8,218 |
Balance includes fair valuation of deferred contingent consideration further disclosed in note 28.
18 | Loans and borrowings |
|
|
|
| Current liabilities |
| Year ended | Year ended |
|
|
| 31 Mar 2018 | 31 Mar 2017 |
|
|
| £ | £ |
| Other loan - finance lease |
| 631,244 | 494,412 |
|
|
| 631,244 | 494,412 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Year ended | Year ended |
| Financial liabilities |
| 31 Mar 2018 | 31 Mar 2017 |
|
|
| £ | £ |
| Convertible Loan Notes |
| 8,862,845 | 8,548,161 |
| Other loan - finance lease |
| 1,441,177 | 722,797 |
|
|
| 10,304,022 | 9,270,958 |
|
|
|
|
|
The fair value of non-current liabilities are not materially different to their carrying value.
In the previous period, the Group issued Convertible Loan Notes of £10.01m. The Convertible Loan Notes were issued at a coupon rate of 8% and the conversion price applicable to the Notes is £0.70 in respect of £4,073,750 Convertible Loan Notes and £5,938,350 are convertible at £0.86. Should full conversion take place, 12,724,701 shares will be issued.
The liability and equity elements of the various Loan Notes were determined at the date the instrument was issued. The fair value of the liability, included in non-current borrowings, was calculated using a market interest rate for an equivalent instrument without a conversion feature.
The Convertible Loan Notes redeem at par, and if not previously converted, are repayable on 30 March 2021.
19 | Provisions |
|
|
|
|
|
| Year ended | Year ended |
|
|
| 31 Mar 2018 | 31 Mar 2017 |
|
|
| £ | £ |
| Provision for restructuring |
| 569,678 | - |
|
|
| 569,678 | - |
The Group will be initiating it's wood fuels restructure plan commencing 1 April 2018. The process will take between 6 to 8 months to complete. Restructuring the wood fuels business is required given the acquisitions of UK pellet suppliers in 2016, 2017 and 2018. Costs that have been provided for include system integration, reduction of depots and a number of other synergistic initiatives.
| 20 Share Capital |
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 31 March 2017 | No of shares | Issued capital | Share premium | Other reserves |
|
| Nos. | £ | £ | £ |
| Ordinary shares of £0.005 each |
|
|
|
|
| As at 31st March 2016 | 28,884,502 | 144,423 | 11,069,200 | 4,546,180 |
| Issued for cash during the period | 2,308,272 | 44,630 | 1,490,370 | - |
| Issued as consideration as part of business combination | 6,617,648 |
|
| 4,500,000 |
| Share issues expenses |
|
| (39,954) |
|
| As at 31 March 2017 | 37,810,422 | 189,053 | 12,519,616 | 9,046,180 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 31 March 2018 | No of shares | Issued capital | Share premium | Other reserves |
|
| Nos. | £ | £ | £ |
| Ordinary shares of £0.005 each |
|
|
|
|
| As at 31st March 2017 | 37,810,422 | 189,053 | 12,519,616 | 9,046,180 |
| Issued for cash during the period | 3,756,356 | 18,782 | 3,681,229 | - |
| Issued as consideration as part of business combination | 1,624,365 | 8,121 | - | 1,591,878 |
| Share issue expense |
|
| (8,000) | - |
| Fair value adjustment of EMI Options |
|
|
| 44,373 |
| As at 31 March 2018 | 43,191,143 | 215,956 | 16,192,845 | 10,682,431 |
| 21 Notes supporting statement of cash flows |
|
|
|
|
| Cash and cash equivalents for purposes of the statement of cash flows comprises: | ||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Year ended | Year ended |
|
|
|
| 31 Mar 2018 | 31 Mar 2017 |
|
|
|
| £ | £ |
|
| Cash at bank available on demand |
| 4,161,375 | 818,966 |
|
|
|
| 4,161,375 | 818,966 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Movement in Financing |
|
|
|
|
| 12,891,627 |
|
|
|
| Cash Flows | (1,516,965) |
|
|
|
| Invoice discounting* | 1,010,740 |
|
|
|
| Finance lease payment | (477,818) |
|
|
|
| Interest payment | (967,682) |
|
|
|
| Non-cash flows |
|
|
|
|
| - Amounts recognised on business combinations | 278,160 |
|
|
|
| Effective Interest | 1,126,334 |
|
|
|
| CLN Amortised cost | 1,282,366 |
|
|
|
| At 31 March 2018 | 15,072,263 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
*Invoice discounting of £4.1m (2017: £3.1m) has been included Trade and other payables in Note 16.
22 Subsidiaries
|
|
|
|
|
| |||
|
| As at 31 March 2018, the Company had the following principal subsidiaries:
|
|
| ||||
|
|
|
|
|
| |||
|
| Principal activity | Country ofincorporation | Percentage ofordinary shares held | ||||
|
|
|
| 2018 | 2017 | |||
| Aggregated Micro Power Limited | Holding company | England and Wales | 100% | 100% | |||
| Mathieson Biomass Limited | Non-trading | England and Wales | 100% | 100% | |||
| AMP Low Plains Limited * | Power and heat generation | England and Wales | 100% | 100% | |||
| AMP Energy Services Limited * | Development of renewable energy projects and services | England and Wales | 100% | 100% | |||
| Sterivert Limited * | Non-trading | England and Wales | 100% | 100% | |||
| Midlands Wood Fuel Limited | Non-trading | England and Wales | 100% | 100% | |||
| PEL (Fuels) Limited | Non-trading | England and Wales | 100% | 100% | |||
| Forest Fuels Holdings Limited | Holding company | England and Wales | 100% | 100% | |||
| Forest Fuels Limited* | Wood fuels | England and Wales | 100% | 100% | |||
| Lakes Biomass Limited* | Non-trading | England and Wales | 100% | 100% | |||
| Forest Fuels Boiler Company Limited * | Non-trading | England and Wales | 100% | 100% | |||
| Highland Wood Energy Limited | Biomass Heating | Scotland | 50.1% | 0% | |||
| Billington Bioenergy Limited | Wood fuels | England and Wales | 100% | 0% | |||
| Cribyn DDU Farm Solarfield Limited | Dormant | England and Wales | 100% | 100% | |||
| Green Meadow Farm Solarfield Limited | Dormant | England and Wales | 100% | 100% | |||
| Sulhamstead Solarfield Limited | Dormant | England and Wales | 100% | 100% | |||
| Cairnhill Solarfield No2 Limited | Dormant | England and Wales | 100% | 100% | |||
| Lower House Farm Solarfield Limited | Dormant | England and Wales | 100% | 100% | |||
| Angrove House Solarfield Limited | Dormant | England and Wales | 100% | 100% | |||
| English Wood Fuels Limited * | Dormant | England and Wales | 100% | 100% | |||
| Silvapower Limited * | Dormant | England and Wales | 100% | 100% | |||
| North West Wood Fuels Limited * | Dormant | England and Wales | 100% | 100% | |||
| Anglia Biofuels Limited * | Dormant | England and Wales | 100% | 100% | |||
| Behind the Meter Limited | Dormant | England and Wales | 100% | 100% | |||
| GSC 1 Limited* | Dormant | England and Wales | 100% | 100% | |||
| GSC 2 Limited* | Dormant | England and Wales | 100% | 100% | |||
| GSC 3 Limited* | Dormant | England and Wales | 100% | 100% | |||
| Budd's Power Limited* | Dormant | England and Wales | 100% | 100% | |||
| *Held indirectly |
|
|
|
| |||
The registered address of all subsidiaries, apart from Highland Wood Energy Limited, is 3rd Floor, 1 Dover Street, London, England, W1S 4LD
23 | Associates |
|
|
The following entities have been included in the consolidated financial statements:
| Name of associate | Principal activity | Place of incorporation | Proportion of ownership rights held by the Group |
| ||||
|
|
|
| 31 March 2018 |
| ||||
| Incubex LLC | Design and promotion of financial products in environmental, energy, power and weather markets | USA | 29.08% |
| ||||
|
|
|
|
|
| ||||
a) Summarised financial information (material associates) |
|
| |||||||
|
|
|
| ||||||
Incubex LLC |
| 31 Mar 2018 | 31 Mar 2017 | ||||||
|
|
|
| ||||||
As at 31 March 2018 |
|
|
| ||||||
|
|
|
| ||||||
Current Assets |
| $6,336,153 | $2,531,139 | ||||||
Non-current assets |
| $22,065 | - | ||||||
Current Liabilities |
| - | $179,874 | ||||||
Non-current liabilities |
| - | - | ||||||
|
|
|
| ||||||
Period ending 31 March 2017 |
|
|
| ||||||
|
|
|
| ||||||
Revenues |
| - | - | ||||||
Loss from continuing operations |
| ($143,469) | - | ||||||
Other comprehensive income |
| $1,427 | - | ||||||
|
|
|
| ||||||
Total comprehensive loss |
| ($370,953) | - | ||||||
Dividends received from associate |
| - | - | ||||||
|
|
|
| ||||||
b) Reconciliation of investment in associate at fair value through profit or loss |
| ||||||||
|
| Year ended 31 March 2018 | Year ended 31 March 2017 | ||||||
|
| £ | £ | ||||||
Opening |
| 2,402,945 | - | ||||||
Additions |
| 1,500,000 | 523,901 | ||||||
Gain of fair value through profit or loss |
| 7,507,175 | 1,879,044 | ||||||
Closing |
| 11,410,120 | 2,402,945 | ||||||
During the year the Group invested in Incubex, LLC. The Group paid a par value of $0.001 per share for Class A shares, and paid $7.50 per share for Class B shares. A gain on fair value through profit or loss has been recognised on the Class A shares based on valuation techniques detailed in Note 20.
| |||||||||
24 | Financial instruments |
|
|
|
|
| |||
|
Risk Management The Group is exposed through its operations to the following financial risks: Credit risk · Liquidity risk · Market price risk · Foreign exchange risk |
| |||||||
In common with all other businesses, the Group is exposed to risks that arise from its use of financial instruments. The principal financial instruments used by the Group, from which financial instrument risk arises, are as follows:
· Trade and other receivables
· Cash and cash equivalents
· Investment in associate - financial asset at fair value through profit or loss
· Trade and other payables
· Loans and borrowings
· Deferred contingent consideration
| Loans and receivables | Financial assets at fair value through profit and loss | |||
|
| 31 Mar 2018 | 31 Mar 2017 | 31 Mar 2018 | 31 Mar 2017 |
|
| £ | £ | £ | £ |
| Current financial assets |
|
|
|
|
| Trade receivables | 10,103,961 | 8,993,950 | - | - |
| Cash and cash equivalents | 4,161,375 | 818,966 | - | - |
| Other receivables | 2,216,012 | 1,674,457 | - | - |
|
| 16,481,348 | 11,487,373 | - | - |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Non-current financial assets |
|
|
|
|
| Investment in associates |
| - | 11,410,120 | 2,377,703 |
|
| - | - | 11,410,120 | 2,377,703 |
| Financial liabilities measured at amortised cost | Financial liabilities at fair value through profit and loss |
| ||
|
| ||||
Current financial liabilities | 31 Mar 2018 | 31 Mar 2017 | 31 Mar 2018 | 31 Mar 2017 | |
| £ | £ | £ | £ | |
Trade Payables | 10,292,905 | 3,722,869 | - | - | |
Accruals and Other Payables | 8,142,877 | 3,743,013 | - | - | |
Obligation under finance lease | - | 494,412 | - | - | |
| 18,435,783 | 8,052,510 | - | - | |
|
|
|
|
| |
Non-Current financial liabilities |
|
|
|
| |
Deferred contingent consideration | - | - | 812,039 | 8,218 | |
Obligation under finance lease | 1,441,177 | 722,797 | - | - | |
Loans | 8,862,845 | 8,548,161 | - | - | |
| 10,304,022 | 9,270,958 | 812,039 | 8,218 | |
Financial instruments not measured at fair value includes cash and cash equivalents, trade and other receivables, trade and other payables, and loans and borrowings.
Due to their short-term nature, the carrying value of cash and cash equivalents, trade and other receivables, trade and other payables and loans and borrowings approximates their fair value.
Financial instruments
Financial assets
Quantitative information on significant unobservable inputs - Level 3
The fair value of the Level 3 investment in associate has been determined with reference to corporate action event in the last private placing.
Sensitivity analysis to significant changes in unobservable inputs- Level 3
A +/-10% change in the share price input has a £0.2m effect on the fair value of the investment in associate recognised at fair value through profit or loss.
Level 3 reconciliation
The only movement in the fair value of items categorised with Level 3 between the beginning and end of the reporting period was due to the recognition at fair value through profit or loss of the investment in associate. A gain of £7.5m has been recognised through profit or loss. Please refer to Note 23 for the movement in fair value.
Financial liabilities
The Group's only has financial liabilities measured at fair value is the deferred contingent consideration, details of the method for valuing deferred consideration is included in note 28. The deferred contingent consideration is considered a level 2, as observable inputs are used when calculating the fair value, using the Monte Carlo method.
Credit risk
Credit risk is the risk that an issuer or counterparty will be unable or unwilling to meet a commitment it has entered into with the Group. The Group is mainly exposed to credit risk from credit sales. At 31 March 2018 the Group had trade receivables of £12,732,861 (2017: £2,090,409).
The Group attempts to mitigate credit risk by assessing the credit rating of new customers prior to entering into contracts and by entering into contracts with customers with agreed credit terms as well as monitoring the trade receivables balances outstanding regularly and at the reporting date do not expect any losses from non-performance by counterparties. Credit risk also arises from cash and cash equivalents with amounts held by banks. At the reporting date the Group's financial assets exposed to credit risk are as follows:
|
|
| 31 Mar 2018 | 31 Mar 2017 |
|
|
| £ | £ |
Cash balances |
|
| 4,161,375 | 818,966 |
Trade and other receivables |
|
| 12,732,860 | 10,747,768 |
|
|
| 16,894,236 | 11,566,734 |
The Directors are unaware of any factors affecting the recoverability of outstanding balances at 31 March 2018 and 31 March 2017 and consequently no further provisions have been made for bad and doubtful debts.
Trade and other receivables are measured initially at fair value and thereafter at amortised cost. Book values and expected cash flows are reviewed by the Board and any impairment charged to the consolidated statement of comprehensive income in the relevant period.
Foreign exchange risk
Following UK/EU macroeconomic events in the year ending 31 March 2018, the Group has put in place a forward buying foreign exchange strategy to mitigate the future risk of foreign exchange losses that were experienced in the current reporting. These measures have been put in place from 1 April 2018. This was the first year which CMB Biomass was used as the largest wood pellet supplier, and the balance outstanding as at 31 March was £2.6m.
Cash and cash equivalents are held in Pound Sterling and placed on deposit in UK banks. Trade and other payables are measured at fair value and amortised cost.
To the extent financial instruments are not carried at fair value in the consolidated statement of financial position, book value approximates to fair value at 31 March 2017 and 31 March 2018.
Liquidity risk
Liquidity risk arises from the management of working capital and the finance charges and principal repayments on its debt instruments.
Management's policy is to ensure that it will always have sufficient cash to allow it to meet its liabilities when they become due. Management also prepares 12 month cash flow projections as well as information regarding cash balances on a daily basis. At the end of the financial year, these projections indicated that the Group expected to have sufficient liquid resources to meet its obligations under all reasonably expected circumstances.
The table below summarises the maturity profile of the Group's financial liabilities based on contractual undiscounted
payments:
Period ended 31 March 2018 | On demand | Less than 3 months | 3 to 12 months | Between 1 and 2 years | Between 2 and 5 years | Over 5 Years |
| £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | £ |
Trade Payables | 1,377,683 | 8,703,838 | 315,551 | - | - | - |
Accruals and other payables | 113,763 | 8,312,968 | 12,000 | - | - | - |
Obligation under finance lease | - | 42,573 | 139,034 | 592,851 | 1,032,887 | 265,076 |
Loans and borrowings | - | - | - | - | 6,326,502 | - |
Interest cost on finance lease |
| 6,572 | 18,267 | 86,798 | 176,064 | 7,522 |
Interest costs on loans and borrowings | - | - | 930,018 | 803,162 | 803,162 | - |
| 1,491,446 | 17,065,951 | 1,414,870 | 1,482,811 | 8,338,615 | 272,598 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Period ended 31 March 2017 | On demand | Less than 3 months | 3 to 12 months | Between 1 and 2 years | Between 2 and 5 years | Over 5 Years |
| £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | £ |
Trade Payables | - | 3,722,869 | - | - | - | - |
Accruals and other payables | - | 3,743,013 | - | - | - | - |
Obligation under finance lease | - | - | 494,412 | 394,950 | 635,724 | 13,823 |
Loans and borrowings | - | - | - | - | 10,001,000 | - |
Interest cost on finance lease | 4,249 | 14,498 | 58,665 | 113,351 | 54,126 | - |
Interest costs on loans and borrowings | - | 200,020 | 600,060 | 800,080 | 800,080 | - |
| 4,249 | 7,680,400 | 1,153,137 | 1,308,381 | 11,490,930 | 13,823 |
Capital Management
The Group's capital is made up of share capital, share premium, capital contribution, convertible debt reserve as noted in the Statement of Changes in Equity and loans as described in note 18.
The Group's objectives when maintaining capital are:
· To safeguard the entity's ability to continue as a going concern, so that it can continue to provide returns for shareholders and benefits for other stakeholders; and
· To provide an adequate return to shareholders by pricing products and services commensurately with the level of risk.
The capital structure of the Group consists of shareholders' equity as set out in the Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity. All working capital requirements are financed from existing cash resources and issued convertible loan notes, the Group will continue to monitor its net debt to equity ratio and look to ensure that the business has sufficient capital and liquidity to meet required interest and principal repayments.
25 | Operating lease payments |
| Year ended | Year ended |
|
|
| 31 Mar 2018 | 31 Mar 2017 |
|
|
| £ | £ |
| Not more than one year |
| 570,762 | 140,610 |
| Later than one year and not later than five years | 1,076,204 | 26,932 | |
| Later than five years |
|
| - |
|
|
| 1,646,966 | 167,542 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
26 | Financial lease payments |
| Year ended | Year ended |
|
|
| 31 Mar 2018 | 31 Mar 2017 |
|
|
| £ | £ |
| Not more than one year |
| 631,244 | 494,412 |
| Later than one year and not later than five years | 1,502,596 | 1,625,738 | |
| Later than five years |
| 36,959 | 13823.4 |
|
|
| 2,170,799 | 1,538,909 |
27 Related party transactions
Richard Burrell, Chief Executive Officer of the Group, has a significant interest in Mathieson Capital Investment Management Limited to which the Group paid a fee of £104,550 (2017: £102,500) for the provision of strategic advice and other services. The Group also rents its office in Tattenhall Chester from Mathieson Capital Investment Management Limited at a cost of £12,200 (2017: £36,600) per year. Mathieson Capital Fund Management LLP, an entity owned by Richard Burrell, holds 30,000 shares in the Group. Richard Burrell holds £400,000 CLN nominal of Convertible Notes as at 31 March 2018 (2017: 400,000).
Neil Eckert owns £950, 000 nominal of Convertible Notes as at 31 March 2018 (2017: £950,000). The Group paid interest on these Loan Notes of £76,000 (2017: 54,000) For more information on the CLN issue please see note 17.
The Group has a deferred contingent consideration agreement in place with Neil Eckert and Mathieson Capital LLP's (an entity controlled by Richard Burrell). The derived contingent value of all 3,999,999 options has been calculated at £5,404 (2017: £5,404), of which £3,621 (2017: £3,621) is allocated to Neil Eckert and £1,783 (2017: £1,783) to Mathieson Capital LLP. More details can be found in note 27.
Sir Laurence Magnus, Non Executive Director of the Group, owns £46,250 nominal of Convertible Notes as at 31 March 2018 (2017: £46,250) following the acquisition of Forest Fuels.
Sir Brian Williamson, Non Executive Director of the Group, owns £20,000 nominal of Convertible Notes as at 31 March 2018 (2017: £20,000) following the acquisition of Forest Fuels.
Robert Bland DL, Non Executive Director of the Group, owns £290,613 nominal of Convertible Notes as at 31 March 2018 (2017: £290,613) following the acquisition of Midland Woodfuels.
28 Deferred contingent consideration and employee options
AMP Energy Services and Mathieson Biomass
The final terms of the deferred consideration, which relates to the Group's acquisition of AMP Energy Services Limited (formerly Environova Consulting Limited) and Mathieson Biomass Limited, were amended and agreed on the 25 June 2014 ("Valuation Date"). The deferred consideration is subject to performance criteria linked to Total Shareholder Returns ("TSR") over the period 30 June 2014 through to 31 December 2020 ("Performance Period'').
The vesting criteria are as follows:
· Annualised TSR is greater than 12% over the Performance Period; all shares vest;
· Annualised TSR is less than 8% over the Performance Period; no shares vest;
· Annualised TSR is between 8% and 12% over the Performance Period; a pro rata proportion of shares vest; and,
· At any time during the Performance Period annualised TSR exceeds 15%, all shares vest immediately.
A Monte Carlo Simulation model was used to determine the fair value of the deferred consideration as at the Valuation Date. Inputs to the model include the market price of the call options at the Valuation date, the exercise price, the assumed volatility of the share price, the current level of risk free rates of return, the dividend yield and the expected exit date. The biggest driver of value in the model is the assumed volatility rate, which was derived by applying a weighting to volatility rates observed from a portfolio of publicly traded companies in the renewable energy and power generation sectors and from the Group's share price since admission on AIM.
The Group conducted an independent valuation of Neil Eckert's and Mathieson Capital LLP's (an entity controlled by Richard Burrell) deferred contingent consideration which could lead to a maximum of 3,999,999 Ordinary Shares, or 2,666,666 and 1,333,333 Ordinary Shares respectively being issued. The valuation was conducted in accordance with the principles set out in IFRS 3.
The derived contingent value of all 3,999,999 options has been calculated at £494,659 allocated £329,773 to Neil Eckert and £164,886 to Mathieson Capital LLP. The valuation was based on an assumed volatility of 25% (2017: 25%) which is in line with the observed volatility of other traded companies in the Group's sector peer group and is higher than the volatility seen in the Group's share price since admission to AIM.
Forest Fuels
On 30 March 2016, the Company entered into an acquisition agreement for the purchase of Forest Fuels Holdings Limited and its controlled entities. This agreement also included a deferred consideration element based on the same TSR performance measures as noted above. The maximum number of shares which could vest is 1,000,000.
The Forest Fuels agreement included a further deferred consideration element based on EBTIDA performance measures in the years to 31 December 2016, 31 December 2017 and 31 December 2018. The maximum number of shares which could vest was 1,500,000. The Board determined that it was in shareholders' interests to align all management incentives to the same TSR linked performance condition. Therefor a Deed of Variation between the Company and the various sellers of Forest Fuels Holdings Limited was signed on 15 February 2018 and up to 2,500,000 ordinary shares may now be issued to the sellers of Forest Fuels Holdings Limited, depending upon on the same TSR performance measures as noted above
A further Monte Carlo Simulation model was used to determine the fair value of the deferred consideration based on the terms of the AMP Energy Services Limited and Mathieson Biomass Limited model. The derived contingent value of all the 2,500,000 options has been calculated at £309,162 (2017: £1,644).
Employee EMI Options
In addition to the deferred consideration, 1,578,786 share options issued under the Group's EMI plan and the non-employee share option plan are outstanding at 31 March 2018. The options are subject to the same TSR criteria as the deferred consideration and are subject to strike prices between £0.54 and £1.075. Share options are valued on the date of issue and not revalued. The value of these options is £44,373 (2017: £0).
| Fair value adjustment on deferred consideration |
| Year ended | Year ended |
|
|
| 31 Mar 2018 | 31 Mar 2017 |
|
|
| £ | £ |
| AMP Energy Services and Mathieson Biomass |
| 494,659 | - |
| Forest Fuels |
| 309,162 | - |
| Employee EMI Options |
| 44,373 |
|
|
|
| 848,194 | - |
29 | Profit per share |
| Year ended | Year ended |
|
|
| 31 Mar 2018 | 31 Mar 2017 |
|
|
| £ | £ |
| Profit attributable to equity holders of the company |
| 1,935,947 | 1,027,849 |
| Weighted average number of shares |
| 39,948,247 | 32,195,510 |
| Continuing operations basic (Pence) |
| 4.85 | 3.19 |
The basic earnings per share have been calculated using the profit/(loss) attributable to shareholders of the parent company, Aggregated Micro Power Holdings plc.
We have considered the impact of the Share options and convertible loan notes on the diluted EPS. These are anti-dilutive in both 2017 and 2018 and thus diluted EPS has not been presented for either year
30 Non-Controlling Interest
Highland Wood Energy Limited, a 50.1% owned subsidiary of the Company, has material non-controlling interests (NCI).
Summarised financial information in relation to Highland Wood Energy Limited, before intra-group eliminations, is presented below together with amounts attributable to NCI:
|
|
| Year ended | Year ended |
| For the year ended 31 March |
| 31 Mar 2018 | 31 Mar 2017 |
| Revenue |
| 5,987,326 | - |
| Cost of sales |
| (3,795,791) | - |
| Gross Profit |
| 2,191,535 | - |
| Administrative expenses |
| (2,213,919) | - |
| Operating Profit |
| (22,384) | - |
| Finance expense |
| (12,627) | - |
| Profit/(Loss) before tax |
| (35,011) | - |
| Tax expense |
| 0 | - |
| Profit/(Loss) after tax |
| (35,011) | - |
| Profit/(loss) allocated to NCI |
| (17,470) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Cash flows from operating activities |
| (130,569) | - |
| Cash flows from investing activities |
| 20,970 | - |
| Cash flows from financing activities |
| 87,516 | - |
| Net cash inflows/(outflows) |
| (22,083) | - |
|
|
|
|
|
| As at March 2018 |
|
|
|
| Assets: |
|
|
|
| Property plant and equipment |
| 878,353 | - |
| Inventories |
| 426,619 |
|
| Trade and other debtors |
| 1,522,792 | - |
| Cash and cash equivalents |
| 134,597 | - |
| Liabilities: |
|
|
|
| Trade and other payables |
| 2,077,994 | - |
| Loans and borrowings |
| 90,802 | - |
| Net Assets/(Liabilities) |
| 793,564 | - |
| Accumulated non-controlling interests |
| 395,989 | - |
31 Events after the reporting period
A Resolution seeking Shareholder approval of the proposed Capital Reduction was passed at the general meeting on 11 April 2018 and the High Court of Justice made an order confirming the cancellation of the amount standing to the credit of the Company's share premium account on 2 May 2018.
As at the date of the circular the share premium account stood at £16,192,845. This can now be cancelled and transferred to the Company's Retained Loss account.
32 Structured Entities
Aggregated Micro Power Infrastructure 2 plc (AMPIL) is a special purpose vehicle which is wholly controlled by Law Debenture Intermediary Corporation Plc as trustee for general charitable purposes.
AMP Plc group provides a number of goods and services to AMPIL governed by contractual operating arrangements which include -
- Development fees on project sold to AMPIL - 2018 £2,379,891 (2017: £3,877,850)
- Wood fuel sales - 2018 £1,177,099 (2017: £630,993)
- Operational and Maintenance fees - 2018 £612,120 (2017: £136,007)
- Management services - 2018 £732,000 (2017: £0)
The group are also entitled to receive 100% of the excess returns in the form of deferred development fees when the outstanding loan notes in AMPIL are repaid. As at 31 March 2018 no future deferred development fees have been recognised due to the uncertainty in these being received.
As at 31 March 2018 the Group's exposure to assets owed from AMPIL are as follows -
- Trade Receivables - 2018 £578,238 (2017: £284,736)
Related Shares:
AMPH.L