13th Mar 2025 07:01
13 March 2025
essensys plc
("essensys", the "Company" or the "Group")
Half year results
Return to profit in H1 25 and on track for run rate cash generation in FY25
Launch of new product elumo underpins drive for growth over the next five years
Planned succession of Chief Executive role
essensys plc (AIM:ESYS), the leading global provider of software and technology to the flexible workspace industry, announces its unaudited results for the six months ended 31 January 2025 ("H1 25"). All information relates to this period, unless otherwise specified.
Return to positive adjusted EBITDA in H1 25
· Return to positive adjusted EBITDA1, reflecting essensys' simplified operational structure and aligned cost base
· As previously guided, ARR was lower due to the downsizing of a large strategic customer. Excluding this customer, Strategic customer ARR2 grew by 5%
· Adjusted Strategic customer Net Revenue Retention of 110% (H1 24: 103%)3
· essensys remains debt free with net cash of £2.2m at 31 January 2025
New product launch to drive sustainable growth and progress with strategic customers
· Launch of elumo, a dynamic bookings and access platform to give landlords and operators a new way to manage and monetise shared meeting rooms and flexible space, expected to drive growth for the next five years
· Momentum with strategic customers
o Land: new customer win for an intelligence-led portfolio deployment for 11 new sites in key US market
o Expand: Three-year renewal of existing strategic customer expected to generate £2.7m of TCV
o Grow: launch of new product, elumo, as a significant evolution of essensys Platform
Chief Executive Officer succession
· As announced separately today and as part of a planned succession, Mark Furness has decided to retire as Chief Executive Officer, after founding essensys in 2006 and leading the business since launch
· Mark will remain on the Board of the Company and will move to a new role as a non-executive director of essensys with effect from 1 May 2025
· James Lowery, Chief Operating Officer, will take over as Chief Executive Officer on 1 May 2025
Current trading and outlook
· The Group remains confident of further progress in the second half of the year, supported by our progress with strategic customers, our pure-play SaaS product, essensys Platform, and launch of elumo
· essensys Platform expected to improve gross margins from decommissioning data centres and revenue mix
· On track for revenue expectations and exit run-rate cash generation in FY25, as previously guided. Expected FY25 EBITDA reduces due to an extension for the data centre decommissioning programme in order to maximise commercial returns, but remains on track to deliver a positive outcome for the year, with H2 25 EBITDA expected to be similar to H1 25
· The Group expects an improvement in revenue mix following a continuing strategic shift away from network services, which will reduce overall revenues in FY26, leading to cash generation and an improvement in margins
Mark Furness, Chief Executive Officer of essensys, said:
"essensys returned to profit in the first half of our financial year and expects to deliver run-rate cash generation in the full year, in line with management expectations. We exist to help solve the complex operational challenges faced by office landlords and flexible workspace operators. Our new product, elumo, responds to a pressing customer need to better monetise their prime asset - shared meeting rooms. I am very excited by the opportunities elumo creates for essensys and we are confident that this will be a key driver of growth for our business. In a challenging macroeconomic environment, which resulted in a large strategic customer downsizing as previously disclosed, we are making good progress with our strategy to return to long-term, sustainable profitability and cash generation and look forward to further progress in the second half of the year."
Financial summary:
£m unless otherwise stated | Six months to January 2025 | Six months to January 2024 | Change |
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Revenue | 10.4 | 11.7 | -11% |
Recurring revenue4 | 9.2 | 10.2 | -9% |
Run Rate Annual Recurring Revenue (ARR)4 | 16.8 | 20.1 | -16% |
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Revenue at constant currency5 | 10.6 | 11.7 | -9% |
Recurring revenue at constant currency | 9.4 | 10.2 | -8% |
Run rate ARR at constant currency | 16.7 | 20.1 | -19% |
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Adjusted EBITDA1 | 0.8 | (0.5) | 278% |
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Statutory loss before tax | (1.8) | (2.8) | 37% |
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Loss per share (pence) | (3.00)p | (4.14)p |
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Net Cash | 2.2 | 3.5 |
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Notes
1. Adjusted EBITDA is earnings before tax, depreciation, amortisation, exceptional items and other non-trading items, such as share option charges
2. Strategic customers are those customers who have potential for at least $1m ARR
3. Excluding the expected downsizing of a large strategic customer
4. See CFO review below for description and breakdown
5. Current period revenue and/or costs translated into GBP using the average exchange rate for the comparative prior period
For further information, please contact:
essensys plc | +44 (0)20 3102 5252 | |
Mark Furness, Chief Executive Officer | ||
Greg Price, Chief Financial Officer | ||
Singer Capital Markets (Nominated Adviser and Broker) | +44 (0)20 7496 3000 | |
Peter Steel / James Fischer | ||
FTI Consulting |
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Jamie Ricketts / Eve Kirmatzis / Usama Ali | +44 (0)20 3727 1000 |
About essensys plc
Founded in 2006 and listed on the London Stock Exchange AIM Market, essensys is a leading global provider of software and technology to the commercial real estate industry.
Partnering with many of the world's leading landlords and flexible workspace operators, essensys delivers innovative digital experience (DX) solutions that drive occupancy, maximise yield and reduce operating costs. Its flagship products, essensys Platform and elumo, solve the complex challenges of managing physical and digital access in dynamic multi-tenant environments, while delivering deep space utilisation insights and transformative digital experiences.
With a focus on Access, Intelligence & Experience, essensys' products enable real estate leaders to unlock the full potential of their portfolios in today's flexible, hybrid world while ensuring they stay ahead in an era of dynamic workplace evolution.
Chief executive's report
essensys returned to positive adjusted EBITDA in the first six months of the year, reflecting the improvement in our revenue mix, the simplification of our operational structure with a lower cost base and our focus on strategic customers. essensys remains on track to be profitable and cash generative on a run-rate basis by FY25, in line with management expectations.
While ARR reduced following the downsizing of a single strategic customer, as previously announced, we were able to return to profitability and remain on track for cash generation - in a challenging macro backdrop - through a laser-focus on our three strategic priorities. First, landing, expanding and growing with new and existing strategic customers. Secondly, product development with the launch of elumo, which is expected to drive growth with new and existing customers for the next five years. And thirdly, maintaining a disciplined approach to cost management. Because of our progress with essensys Platform, we were able to decommission four of our thirteen data centres in H1 25.
Strategic customers: Land, Expand and Grow
The steps we have taken to enhance the quality of our customer base continue to bear fruit and will continue to support an improvement in our customer mix, gross margin, product adoption and revenue quality over time.
High value, strategic customers with the potential to deliver at least $1m ARR remain the focus of our business. While the challenging macro backdrop continues to weigh on sales cycles and capex, we successfully signed a three-year renewal of our contract with a leading UK based flexible workspace operator and one of our largest customers globally. This cements our partnership for a further 3 years and supports our strategic transition to a pureplay SaaS business, growing our software revenue whilst reducing network costs, with a total contract value of £2.7m.
This also builds on other recent multi-site software partnerships; an additional 18 locations with one of the UK's largest commercial property specialists, and a new win with a North American flexible workspace specialist for an intelligence-led portfolio deployment for 11 locations.
Strategic customer Net Revenue Retention was 84% (H1 24: 95%), improving to 110% when adjusted for the impact of the downsizing of a large single customer.
Product innovation
Over the last four years, we have been committed to investing in product development, listening to our customers and evolving our product offering to ensure we continue to solve the key operational challenges faced by the commercial real estate industry.
We have continued to make significant progress on this important pillar of our strategy and through essensys Platform, Intelligence Engine and now elumo, we have built a suite of products which can deliver Access, Intelligence and Experience solutions - either together as a converged platform, or as standalone capabilities - that overcome these challenges.
Launch of elumo
In March 2025, essensys launched elumo (formerly referred to as Smart Access), a new dynamic bookings and access platform designed to provide landlords and operators of flexible, multi-tenanted office space with a powerful new way to manage and monetise shared meeting rooms and flexible space.
The launch was a strategic priority for the business and elumo is expected to drive growth with new and existing customers for the next five years.
elumo brings together bookings, access control and intelligence into a single solution for the first time.
Shared meeting rooms represent some of the most valuable, in-demand spaces in the inventory stack for owners and operators of multi-tenanted offices. This has been driven by the rise of flexible workspaces and hybrid working, smaller demised spaces, as well as a greater reliance on shared amenities. However, the current ways used to manage these spaces are outdated.
This creates a number of challenges for our customers: lost revenue from 'room squatting', where meeting rooms are occupied without being booked; a poor user experience caused by operational pain points, for example when rooms are booked but sit empty; and a lack of real-time visibility into the use of these spaces.
elumo provides a unique solution and is designed to transform how bookable spaces are used and accessed, enabling our customers to unlock and maximise revenue by turning vacant spaces into income-generating assets, whilst also significantly improving the user experience and providing real-time intelligence on utilisation and bookings.
Designed and developed from the ground up elumo is an integrated hardware and software solution that converges bookings and access control, enabling rooms to be booked, charged and accessed with a single tap. Users download a digital pass using Apple and Google wallets, enabling meeting rooms to be booked instantly, charged automatically to the associated account and access automatically granted in less than half a second..
· Benefits to our customers: Instant, rule-based access for users ensuring the correct permissions are given and only trusted users can access a customer's digital environment; shared meeting rooms transformed into revenue-generating assets; provides real time intelligence on utilisation and bookings so every square foot of space is optimised. The resulting charges may then be passed automatically into the customer's invoicing platform of choice for onward billing to tenants.
· Benefits to the user: Enables users to seamlessly move between connected spaces safely & securely; real-time availability instantly showing which rooms are free and when rooms are available using elumo's simple availability display at every door, providing the flexibility to support both ad-hoc and in-advance bookings, whilst leveraging the power, security and convenience of Apple and Google wallets.
elumo's intelligent IoT gateway is also designed to enable the collection of real-time sensor data, providing the potential to evolve, adapt and unlock further opportunities in the future, enhancing users' experience in customer spaces.
Intelligence Engine
Since launching our insight solution, Intelligence Engine, last year, we have seen excellent engagement from customers.
Using high-resolution, high-fidelity data into space utilisation and digital experience (DX), Intelligence Engine is a solution that provides customers with data-driven insights that can enables them to understand how their spaces are used and experienced. These insights can be used to drive real business outcomes, identifying opportunities and risks across their customer base, and increasing occupancy, yield and efficiency.
Ongoing cost management
Adjusted EBITDA returned to profit in the period, amounting to £0.8m, compared to a loss of £0.5m in H1 24. This reflects our continuing focus on cost management. The evolution of essensys Platform into a pureplay SaaS offer is expected to support a significant improvement to gross margin in H2 25. As a result, essensys was able to decommission four of our thirteen data centres in H1 25, with a further six planned to close in H2.
We remain debt-free and had a net cash position of £2.2m as at 31 January 2025.
Current trading and outlook
The Group remains confident of further progress in the second half of the year, driven by our progress with strategic customers, our pure-play SaaS product (essensys Platform) and the launch of elumo.
essensys remains on track to deliver positive EBITDA and run-rate cash generation in FY25.
We expect to see an improvement in gross margins in H2 25 as a result of the decommissioning of our data centres. Four data centres were decommissioned in H1 25 and we expect the decommissioning of a further six in H2 25 (out of 13 in total) to further reduce costs, improve gross margin and revenue mix. This cost saving is a direct result of the adoption of essensys Platform by our customers.
While the Group expects the strategic move away from network services will lead to a reduction in overall revenues in FY26, the resulting evolution of our revenue mix will deliver cash generation and improved margins.
The long-term, structural drivers for flexible office space remain intact and support ongoing demand from strategic customers for our software to meet tenant needs. This is supported by our investment in product. The launch of elumo in March 2025 is a significant milestone after five years of development and is expected to drive growth for new and existing customers in the next five years.
Chief Financial Officer's Report
The unaudited financial results included in this announcement cover the Group's consolidated activities for the six months ended 31 January 2025. The comparatives for the previous six months were for the Group's consolidated activities for the six months ended 31 January 2024.
Financial Key Performance Indicators
£'m unless otherwise stated | Six months to January 2025 | Six months to January 2024 | Change |
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Group Total Revenue | 10.4 | 11.7 | -11% |
North America | 5.8 | 6.8 | -16% |
UK & Europe | 3.8 | 4.4 | -13% |
APAC | 0.8 | 0.5 | 66% |
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Recurring Revenue[1] | 9.2 | 10.2 | -9% |
North America | 5.3 | 6.2 | -14% |
UK & Europe | 3.3 | 3.7 | -11% |
APAC | 0.6 | 0.3 | 65% |
Recurring Revenue %age of Total | 88.4% | 87.2% |
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Run Rate Annual Recurring Revenue1 | 16.8 | 20.1 | -16% |
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Recurring Revenue at constant currency | 9.4 | 10.2 | -8% |
North America | 5.5 | 6.2 | -11% |
UK & Europe | 3.3 | 3.7 | -9% |
APAC | 0.6 | 0.3 | 87% |
Run rate ARR | 16.7 | 20.1 | -19% |
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Non-recurring revenue | 1.2 | 1.5 | -22% |
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Gross Profit | 6.1 | 7.0 | -13% |
Gross Profit percentage | 59% | 60% |
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Recurring Revenue margin %age | 61% | 64% |
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Operating Expenses | (5.3) | (7.5) |
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Adjusted EBITDA[2] | 0.8 | (0.5) |
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Statutory loss before tax | (1.8) | (2.8) |
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Cash | 2.2 | 3.5 |
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Revenue
Group total revenue decreased by 11% to £10.4m in H1 25 (H1 24: £11.7m), primarily due to the downsizing of a single large strategic customer, as previously guided. Excluding this customer, Group total revenue decreased by 5% and recurring revenue decreased by 1%, with recurring revenue from strategic customers growing by 6%.
Recurring revenue comprises income invoiced for services that are repeatable and are consumed and delivered on a monthly basis over the term of a customer contract. Run Rate Annual Recurring Revenue (Run Rate ARR) is an annualisation of the recurring revenue for the month identified (January 2025); this is used by management as an indication of the annual value of the recurring revenue for that month and to monitor long term revenue growth of the business.
Run Rate ARR decreased by 16% year on year, again driven by the downsizing of the customer above. Excluding this customer, Run Rate ARR decreased by 1%, with ARR from strategic customers increasing by 5%. ARR from strategic customers continues to account for 80% (H1 24: 81%). The Group introduced 2 new strategic customers in the period and 5 new customers in total, which resulted in increased ARR of £0.2m.
A further £0.4m was added in new sites (net of lost sites), offset by the expected continuing decline in variable Marketplace revenues (£0.3m).
Non-recurring revenue comprises set up and installation costs and is recognised when a site is live. Non-recurring revenue reduced by 22% compared to H1 24, reflecting challenging market conditions, with customers continuing to show hesitancy in capital investment. With initiatives to simplify installation, as well as the launch of elumo, we expect a reduced requirement for upfront investment, reducing barriers to entry and supporting future recurring revenue growth.
Gross margins
Gross profit decreased by 13% in the period but overall gross margins increased from 57% in the year to July 2024 to 59% as a result of a higher proportion of recurring revenue, up from 84% in the year to July 2024 to 88% of total revenue, and the early benefit from the programme to decommission our data centres, where 4 of 13 data centres were closed in the first half, with a further six expected to close in H2.
Operating expenses
Operating expenses represent all administrative expenses, excluding restructuring costs and non-cash items of depreciation, amortisation, impairment and share option charges.
Operating expenses decreased to £5.3m, a reduction of £2.2m (29%) compared to the prior year. This reduction was driven by the Group reorganisation, which began at the end of H1 23 and completed in H1 24 and reflects the strong emphasis on cost management and operational simplification in the business.
Adjusted EBITDA
As previously reported, adjusted results are presented to provide a more comparable indication of the Group's core business performance by removing the impact of share-based payment expenses, exceptional costs (where material and non-recurring), and other, non-trading, items that are reported separately.
Adjusted EBITDA amounted to £0.8m in the period, a return to profit compared to the loss of £0.5m reported in H1 24, reflecting our simplified operational structure, with a cost base aligned to our customers and products, and a continued focus on profitability and cash.
The Group continues to invest in product development in the UK. Where such work is expected to result in future revenue, costs incurred that meet the definition of software development in accordance with IAS38, Intangible Assets, are capitalised in the statement of financial position. During the half year, the Group capitalised £1.1m in respect of software development (H1 24: £1.1m), as it continued to invest in its products.
Cash and Going Concern
Cash at the half year end was £2.2m (H1 24: £3.5m). Cash outflows in H1 25 amounted to £0.9m, compared to £4.4m in H1 24. This was supported by tax credits in respect of R&D activities received in H1 25 of £0.9m. Management expect cash burn to reduce further in H2 25, as we optimise our Cloud costs. The Group continues to maintain sufficient cash reserves to fund its working capital requirements and its return to cash generating operations. Excluding leases, the Group has no debt and has an existing undrawn £2m loan facility committed until 31 July 2025.
Greg Price
Chief Financial Officer
13 March 2025
UNAUDITED INTERIM FINANCIAL INFORMATION OF ESSENSYS PLC GROUP
Consolidated statement of comprehensive income
| Note | Six months ended 31 January 2025 £'000 (unaudited) | Six months ended 31 January 2024 £'000 (unaudited) |
Revenue | 2 | 10,425 | 11,733 |
Cost of sales | (4,325) | (4,736) | |
Gross profit |
| 6,100 | 6,997 |
Administrative expenses | (8,011) | (9,917) | |
Other operating income | 148 | 102 | |
Operating loss |
| (1,763) | (2,818) |
Operating loss analysed by: | |||
Operating loss before share based payments and exceptional items | (1,407) | (2,577) | |
Share based payment expenses | (3) | (241) | |
Exceptional restructuring costs | (353) | - | |
Finance income | - | 21 | |
Finance expense | (25) | (38) | |
Loss before taxation |
| (1,788) | (2,835) |
Taxation | (151) | 156 | |
Loss for the period |
| (1,939) | (2,679) |
Other comprehensive loss |
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Exchange differences arising on translation of foreign operations | 204 | (254) | |
Total comprehensive loss for the period | (1,735) | (2,933) |
Loss per share
Basic and diluted loss per share | 3 | (3.00p) | (4.14p) |
UNAUDITED INTERIM FINANCIAL INFORMATION OF ESSENSYS PLC GROUP
Consolidated statement of financial position
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| As at 31 January 2025 £'000 (unaudited) | As at 31 July 2024 £'000 (audited) |
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ASSETS |
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Non-current assets |
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Intangible assets | 9,185 | 9,426 | |
Property, plant and equipment | 609 | 847 | |
Right of use assets | 751 | 1,319 | |
| 10,545 | 11,592 | |
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Current assets |
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Inventories | 1,042 | 888 | |
Trade and other receivables | 5,754 | 7,143 | |
Cash at bank and in hand | 2,189 | 3,101 | |
| 8,985 | 11,132 | |
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TOTAL ASSETS |
| 19,530 | 22,724 |
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EQUITY AND LIABILITIES |
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Equity |
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Shareholders' equity |
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Called up share capital | 4 | 162 | 162 |
Share premium | 51,660 | 51,660 | |
Merger reserve | 28 | 28 | |
Retained earnings | (36,818) | (35,086) | |
Total equity | 15,032 | 16,764 | |
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Non-current liabilities |
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Lease liabilities | 218 | 432 | |
Total non- current liabilities |
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Current liabilities |
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Trade and other payables | 2,811 | 3,844 | |
Contract liabilities | 763 | 648 | |
Lease liabilities | 513 | 1,008 | |
Current taxes | 193 | 28 | |
4,280 | 5,528 | ||
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TOTAL LIABILITIES | 4,498 | 5,960 | |
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TOTAL EQUITY AND LIABILITIES | 19,530 | 22,724 |
UNAUDITED INTERIM FINANCIAL INFORMATION OF ESSENSYS PLC GROUP
Consolidated statement of changes in equity
Share capital £'000 | Share premium £'000 | Merger Reserve £'000 | Retained earnings £'000 | Total £'000 | |
Balance at 1 August 2024 (audited) | 162 | 51,660 | 28 | (35,086) | 16,764 |
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Comprehensive Income | |||||
Loss for the period | - | - | - | (1,939) | (1,939) |
Currency translation differences | - | - | - | 204 | 204 |
Total comprehensive loss | - | - | - | (1,735) | (1,735) |
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Transactions with owners | |||||
Currency translation differences | - | - | - | - | - |
Share based payment expense | - | - | - | 3 | 3 |
Balance at 31 January 2025 (unaudited) | 162 | 51,660 | 28 | (36,818) | 15,032 |
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Balance at 1 August 2023 | 162 | 51,660 | 28 | (31,270) | 20,580 |
Comprehensive Income | |||||
Loss for the period | - | - | - | (2,679) | (2,679) |
Currency translation differences | - | - | - | (248) | (248) |
Total comprehensive loss | - | - | - | (2,927) | (2,927) |
Currency translation differences | - | - | - | - | - |
Share based payment expense | - | - | - | 241 | 241 |
Balance at 31 January 2024 (unaudited) | 162 | 51,660 | 28 | (33,956) | 17,894 |
UNAUDITED INTERIM FINANCIAL INFORMATION OF ESSENSYS PLC GROUP
Consolidated cash flow statements
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| Six months ended 31 January 2024 £'000 (unaudited) | Six months ended 31 January 2023 £'000 (unaudited) |
Cash flows from operating activities |
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Loss before taxation | (1,788) | (2,835) | |
Adjustments for non-cash/non-operating items: |
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Amortisation of intangible assets | 1,375 | 1,175 | |
Depreciation of property, plant and equipment | 278 | 436 | |
Amortisation of right-of-use assets | 569 | 513 | |
Movement in expected credit loss provision | 214 | - | |
Share based payment expense | 3 | 241 | |
Finance income | - | (21) | |
Finance expense | 25 | 38 | |
676 | (453) | ||
Changes in working capital: |
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Increase in inventory | (154) | (73) | |
Decrease / (increase) in trade and other receivables | 478 | (1,057) | |
Decrease in trade and other payables | (918) | (1,126) | |
Cash used by operations | (594) | (2,709) | |
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Taxation received | 898 | 25 | |
Net cash generated from / (used by) operating activities | 980 | (2,684) | |
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Cash flows from investing activities |
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Investment in product development | (1,126) | (1,052) | |
Purchase of property, plant and equipment | (35) | - | |
Interest received | - | 21 | |
Net cash used in investing activities | (1,161) | (1,031) | |
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Cash flows from financing activities |
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Repayment of lease liabilities | (779) | (761) | |
Interest on lease liabilities | (25) | (30) | |
Net cash used in financing activities | (804) | (791) | |
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Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents | (985) | (4,506) | |
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Cash and cash equivalents beginning of period | 3,101 | 7,862 | |
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Effects of foreign exchange rate changes | 73 | 106 | |
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period | 2,189 | 3,462 | |
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UNAUDITED INTERIM FINANCIAL INFORMATION OF ESSENSYS PLC GROUP
Notes to the unaudited interim financial information
1. Basis of preparation
The unaudited condensed interim financial information presents the consolidated financial results of essensys plc and its wholly owned subsidiaries (together, "essensys plc Group" or "the Group") for the six-month period to 31 January 2025 and does not constitute statutory accounts within the meaning of Section 434 (3) of the Companies Act 2006..
The annual financial statements of the Group are prepared in accordance with the UK adopted international accounting standards and as applied in accordance with the provisions of the Companies Act 2006. This financial information does not include all disclosures that would otherwise be required in a complete set of financial statements and should be read in conjunction with the Annual Report for the year ended 31 July 2024.
The comparative financial information presented herein for the year ended 31 July 2024 does not constitute full statutory accounts for that period. The statutory Annual Report and Financial Statements for the year ended 31 July 2024 have been filed with the Registrar of Companies. The Independent Auditors' Report on the Annual Report and Financial Statements for the year ended 31 July 2024 was unqualified, did not draw attention to any matters by way of emphasis and did not contain a statement under 498(2) or 498(3) of the Companies Act 2006.
essensys plc is the Group's ultimate parent company. It is a public listed company and is domiciled in the United Kingdom. The address of its registered office and principal place of business is Unit 2H, 1 Finsbury Avenue, London EC2M 2PF. essensys plc's shares are listed on the Alternative Investment Market (AIM) of the London Stock Exchange.
Going Concern
The consolidated financial information has been prepared on a going concern basis. In reaching their assessment, the directors have considered a period extending at least twelve months from the date of approval of this half yearly financial report.
In light of the continued impacts of global macroeconomic uncertainty, the Board has reviewed trading and liquidity forecasts for the Group and continues to model its base case and downside scenarios, including mitigations, consistently with the basis used for the annual financial statements for the year ended 31 July 2024. Under the scenarios assessed, the Group would remain within the headroom provided by its cash and committed facility for at least the next 12 months.
The Group has made significant progress in reducing its operational cost base and has continued to take action to reduce cost further, particularly through the programme to decommission data centres, which will bring additional future benefit.
Based on the analysis described above, the directors have reasonable expectation that the Group has the financial resources to enable it to continue operations beyond 31 March 2026. Accordingly, the directors conclude it to be appropriate that the interim condensed consolidated financial statements be prepared on a going concern basis.
Notes to the unaudited interim financial information
2. Segmental reporting
The Group operates in three main geographic areas, North America; the United Kingdom & Europe; and Asia Pacific region. The Group's revenue per geographical area is as follows:
Six months ended 31 January 2025 unaudited £'000 | Six months ended 31 January 2024 unaudited £'000 | |
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North America | 5,789 | 6,861 |
United Kingdom & Europe | 3,800 | 4,368 |
Asia Pacific | 836 | 504 |
10,425 | 11,733 |
The Group has two main revenue streams, essensys Platform and Operate. The Group's revenue per revenue stream is as follows:
Six months ended 31 January 2025 unaudited £'000 | Six months ended 31 January 2024 unaudited £'000 | |
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essensys Platform | 9,781 | 10,997 |
Operate | 644 | 736 |
10,425 | 11,733 |
Group revenue disaggregated between revenue recognised 'at a point in time' and 'over time' is as follows:
Six months ended 31 January 2025 unaudited £'000 | Six months ended 31 January 2024 unaudited £'000 | |
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Revenue recognised at a point in time | 1,214 | 1,561 |
Revenue recognised over time | 9,211 | 10,172 |
10,425 | 11,733 |
3. Loss per share
The loss per share has been calculated using the loss for the period and the weighted average number of ordinary shares outstanding during the period, as follows:
Six months ended 31 January 2025 unaudited £'000 | Six months ended 31 January 2024 unaudited £'000 | |
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Loss for the period attributable to equity holders of essensys Group | (1,939) | (2,679) |
Weighted average number of ordinary shares | 64,699,750 | 64,676,575 |
Loss per share | (3.00p) | (4.14p) |
As the Group is loss making in both periods presented, the share options over ordinary shares have an anti-dilutive effect and therefore no dilutive loss per share is disclosed.
Notes to the unaudited interim financial information
4. Called up share capital
| As at 31 January 2025 unaudited No. | As at 31 July 2024 audited No. |
Allotted, called up and fully paid |
| |
0.25p ordinary shares | 64,699,750 | 64,699,750 |
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| |
31 January 2025 unaudited £'000 | 31 July 2024 audited £'000 | |
Allotted, called up and fully paid |
| |
0.25p ordinary shares | 162 | 162 |
5. Post balance sheet events
No post balance sheet events to report.
[1] See Revenue section for explanation
[2] See Adjusted EBITDA explanation below
Related Shares:
Essensys