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Trading update for the year ended 31 March 2025

11th Apr 2025 07:00

RNS Number : 6008E
Ondo InsurTech PLC
11 April 2025
 

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11 April 2025

Ondo InsurTech Plc

("Ondo" or the "Company")

 

Trading update for the year ended 31 March 2025

 

Ondo InsurTech Plc (LSE: ONDO), a leading provider of claims prevention technology for home insurers, provides the following trading update for the year ended 31 March 2025.

 

Highlights

 

· Registered customers of approximately 151,000 representing 59% year-on-year growth (2024: 95,468).

 

· Annualised contracted recurring revenue of £5.9m boosted by the deal with The Hanover Insurance Group, a top 20 US homeowner insurer with operations in multiple states.

 

· Revenue of not less than £3.8m (2024: £2.7m), representing year-on-year growth of 40%. However, performance for the year was impacted by continuing delays in Sweden.

 

· Deferred revenue of £3.1m reflecting existing partner commitments for undelivered LeakBots, expected to be delivered in the year ending 31 March 2026.

 

· Trading EBITDA positively on a run rate basis remains on track to be delivered by the year ending 31 March 2026.

 

· Prepaid contract model firmly established with upfront cash deposits from customers now effectively eliminating the need for increased working capital requirements from current trading.

 

· Cash of approximately £4.0m (before loan note repayments due to HomeServe of £1.3m in April 2025) with no anticipated requirement for future funding, ensuring a strong financial position to support ongoing operations.

 

US operations successfully scaling

 

The scale-up of U.S. operations continues to progress positively:

 

· Registered customers of 34,000 in the US, reflecting 435% year-on-year growth with the US accounting for 47% of registered customer growth.

 

· State expansion being driven by LeakBot activations in 23 states, supported by Nationwide's program extension and recent expansions with key U.S. insurance partners, including Mutual of Enumclaw, PURE Insurance, and Selective Insurance.

 

· Contracted insurer partners expand coverage to over 14 million homes across the US, UK, Sweden and Denmark, reinforcing market presence in key regions and highlighting strong growth prospects as expansion in the US continues to gain momentum.

 

· Customer feedback remains extremely strong with a Net Promoter Score at +80, with a customer satisfaction rating of 4.93/5.

 

Transformed working capital profile

 

The Company has established a robust contract model, ensuring advance payments for initial rollouts across all recent contract wins. This has virtually eliminated increased working capital demands from trading.

 

Additionally:

 

· Warrant exercises since September 2024 equate to 17.6m new ordinary shares, generating £4.2m in cash inflows (before loan note repayments due to HomeServe).

 

· HomeServe loan note repayments totaling £1.7m have been made this calendar year, comprising £0.4m in January and £1.3m in April, further reducing the outstanding balance to approximately £5.5m as at the date of this announcement (inclusive of rolled up interest).

 

Craig Foster, CEO of Ondo InsurTech, commented: "LeakBot is proven to save insurers' claims costs totaling many times the cost of deployment. Despite slower-than-expected contract momentum, we have exceeded our expectations in securing new insurer partnerships over the past twelve months. In the United States of America, we are now contracted with 7 insurers including 3 of the Top Twenty US home insurance companies, giving us access to 5.8m households across 23 states. Looking ahead, our focus is on scaling existing partnerships, accelerating US adoption, and increasing production to meet growing demand."

 

Enquiries

 

For further information, please visit www.ondoplc.com or contact the following:

 

Ondo InsurTech Plc

Craig Foster, CEO

+44 (0) 800 783 9866

Kevin Withington, CFO

Dowgate Capital Limited

Russell Cook

+44 (0) 20 3903 7715

(Broker & Financial Advisor)

Amber Philipps

Cassiopeia Services Limited

Stefania Barbaglio

+44 (0) 7949 690338

(PR & Investor Relations)

 

About Ondo InsurTech Plc

Ondo is a world leading provider of claims prevention technology for home insurers. Ondo's focus is on the global scale-up of LeakBot - claims prevention technology that prevents water damage claims in houses. Water damage is the single biggest cause of home insurance claims, accounting for $17bn of claims every year in the USA and UK combined. LeakBot is a patented self-install solution that connects to the home wireless network and, if it detects a leak, notifies the customer via the LeakBot mobile app and provides access to a team of expert LeakBot engineers to 'find and fix' the problem. Independent research by Consumer Intelligence found LeakBot can reduce the cost of water damage claims by up to 70%.

 

LeakBot partners with 24 insurance carriers - including Nationwide, Admiral, Direct Line Group, Hiscox, Länsförsäkringar and TopDanmark - both in Europe and the USA.

 

Ondo holds the coveted London Stock Exchange Green Economy Mark awarded to companies who derive the majority of their income from Green activities.

 

For more information, visit www.ondoplc.com.

 

 

Notes to Editors

Annualised Contracted Recurring Revenue (ACRR):

ACRR is calculated by annualising recurring revenues at year end and adding contracted revenues from signed deals where shipments are due to commence imminently.

 

About The Hanover Insurance Group:

The Hanover Insurance Group, Inc. (NYSE: THG) is a top 20 U.S. homeowner insurer with operations in multiple states. LeakBot will initially launch with Hanover in two states where Ondo have existing operations, increasing Ondo's footprint to 23 U.S. states and marking the third top 20 insurer to partner with LeakBot USA.

 

Production Capacity Update:

Ondo has recently increased its monthly LeakBot manufacturing capacity from 10,000 to 40,000 units via investment in a second production line at its UK facility, operated by Asteelflash. This expansion supports the expected increase in demand from new U.S. partners.

 

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