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Annual Report & 
Financial Statements
for the period ended 31 March 2019

Our 
mission

Contents

Strategic Report
2 

 The Group’s Key Performance Indicators

3 

5 

8 

 The Group at a glance

 Strategic Report

 Business review

10 

 Financial review

11 

 Principal Risks and Uncertainties

Governance
14 

 Directors’ Biographies

16 

19 

21 

 Chairman’s Statement & Governance Report

 Directors’ report

 Statement of Directors’ responsibilities in respect 
of the annual report and the financial statements

22 

 Independent auditor’s report to the members of 
Induction Healthcare Limited

Financial Statements
24 

 Consolidated Income Statement 

25 

 Consolidated Statement of 
Comprehensive Income

26 

 Consolidated Balance Sheet

27 

 Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity

28 

 Consolidated Cash Flow Statement

29 

 Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

45 

 Company Balance Sheet

46 

 Company Statement of Changes in Equity

47 

 Company Cash Flow Statement

48 

 Notes to the Company Financial Statements

Additional Information
55  Company Information

The Group is a healthcare technology business 
focused on streamlining the delivery of care 
by Healthcare Professionals. It is intended that the 
Group’s technology will help Healthcare Professionals 
save time and deliver care more efficiently, whilst 
giving Healthcare Institutions the analytics to 
allow them to identify bottlenecks and reallocate 
resources so that resources can be used in the most 
efficient way.

The Group’s vision is to deliver the benefits of 
streamlined care through a suite of modules 
addressing a number of specific healthcare challenges, 
such as communication, staff management, clinical 
pathways, and training and regulatory compliance, 
supported by a full set of analytics and integrations 
with other major healthcare technology providers.

These modules would be accessed through a 
single app, thus eliminating the need for Healthcare 
Professionals to learn to use multiple systems and 
to have multiple log-ins. This would give Healthcare 
Institutions access to real time data on what is 
going on in their businesses and help them become 
more efficient.

Every Healthcare professional, every day, using an Induction Healthcare product to streamline the delivery of careWho are  
Induction Healthcare?

Helping healthcare 
professionals to streamline 
the delivery of care

Induction Healthcare Limited (“Company” or “Group”) is a 
healthcare technology company focused on helping healthcare 
professionals to streamline the delivery of care. The Group’s 
technology enables healthcare professionals to save time and 
deliver care more effectively and healthcare institutions to 
identify ways to allocate resources more efficiently. The Group 
is initially targeting to improve the way healthcare professionals 
communicate with each other, through its mobile application 
(‘‘App’’), Induction Switch. Induction Switch is an App that 
provides a telephone directory (allowing healthcare secure 
professionals to easily find extension numbers), messaging 
and an administration portal (to share and view hospital 
documents), all in a secure and regulatory compliant setting.

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STRATEGIC REPORTGOVERNANCEFINANCIAL STATEMENTSADDITIONAL INFORMATIONheading 1heading 2Induction Healthcare Limited Annual Report and Consolidated Financial Statements 2019The Group’s Key Performance 

As at 31 March 2019

Indicators

The Group’s Key Performance Indicators 
As at 31 March 2019 

79,649

registered users, an increase of 38% over 
the last six months

40,765

average users in the month of March 2019

6.3m

45%

users looked up 6.3m numbers in the 
directory, made 1.3m calls using Induction 
Switch and looked up 40,654 guidelines 
during the last 12 months

of NHS hospital Doctors and 14% of all NHS 
healthcare professionals use Induction 
Switch1

584

174

UK healthcare institutions and 140 overseas 
healthcare institutions using Induction 
Switch

private workspaces set up with 1,423 
“Level 1” users

1  NHS Workforce Statistics – March 2019

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heading 1heading 2Induction Healthcare Limited Annual Report and Consolidated Financial Statements 2019The Group at a glance

The Group at a glance 

Successful IPO

The Group’s key strengths

In April 2019, the shareholders in the Company executed a 
share for share exchange whereby Induction Healthcare Group 
PLC acquired 100% of the share capital of the Company and 
in May 2019 Induction Healthcare Group PLC successfully 
completed its Initial Public Offering (the “IPO”) on the 
Alternative Investment Market (“AIM”) of the London Stock 
Exchange. This, together with a private placing completed 
just ahead of the IPO, raised gross proceeds of £16.6m. These 
funds will be used for working capital and to fund the cash 
consideration of acquisitions.

 — Industry demand - the Directors believe that the current 
delivery of care by healthcare professionals suffers from 
a flaw, which creates a market opportunity. On the one 
hand, healthcare professionals need to continually share 
information, for example by referring patients, submitting 
laboratory samples and swapping opinions on patients. On 
the other hand, communications are slow and cumbersome 
because the ‘tools’ used by healthcare professionals have 
not kept pace with the advance of technology and the 
speed of communication.

The IPO was achieved against a backdrop of challenging 
market conditions and continued uncertainty with regard to the 
United Kingdom’s exit from the European Union (“Brexit”) and 
the Company would like to thank its shareholders, employees 
and advisors for their support.

Current trading and outlook

Trading since the Period end has been positive. Registered 
users have increased from 79,649 to 94,020 as at 26 July 
2019, growth of just over 18% since the Period end. Moreover, 
the number of private workspaces and “Level 1” users in those 
workspaces have increased by 21% and 42% respectively, to 
210 and 2,022, with the Group continuing to focus on building 
an engaged user base.

Induction Switch messaging functionality was launched in 
March 2019 and is currently being trialled in a handful of 
workspaces. The initial user reaction has been positive, and 
the plan remains to roll it out to a broader user base during the 
current financial year.

The Group continues to make progress expanding Induction 
Switch functionality and whilst it has taken slightly longer than 
expected to resolve some of the technical teething issues, 
premium features are still planned to be launched during the 
current financial year. The freemium business model has been 
well received by healthcare professionals and the initial signs 
are encouraging, both in terms of the value proposition and the 
Group’s ability to access funding pools as it seeks to upgrade 
users to “Level 2”.

The Group has an active pipeline of acquisition targets, in 
line with its strategy to pursue acquisitions that add new and 
complementary products, users and geographies.

 — Strong foundations with established, engaged user base 
– the Group has a strong market position with, 79,649 
registered users, mainly in the UK, as at 31 March 2019. 
Based on the most recently published NHS data, 45% 
of NHS hospital doctors and 14% of all NHS healthcare 
professionals have registered to use Induction Switch1. 
The Directors believe that as the users are responsible for 
maintaining the telephone directory for their healthcare 
institution this engenders a sense of ownership and helps 
drive engagement.

 — Fragmented, large market - the market for healthcare 

IT is large and fast growing. The estimated global spend 
on healthcare technology in 2015 was $125bn and this is 
forecast to grow to $297bn by 2022, a compound annual 
growth rate of 13.2%2. However, most of the healthcare 
technology market is still fragmented with lots of country 
specific point solutions, often with low user bases and 
only a modest number of customers. The Directors believe 
that in order to be successful in the healthcare technology 
market, companies will need to consolidate their offerings, 
not only to limit the number of systems that healthcare 
professionals need to access on a daily basis, but also to 
maximise the potential efficiency savings to healthcare 
institutions.

 — Scalable, pure play platform - unlike more general 
messaging apps such as Facebook Messenger and 
WhatsApp, which enable instant messaging and phone 
calls between users, Induction Switch has been designed 
specifically for the healthcare market and benefits from 
a healthcare specific architecture that means it is better 
placed to comply with General Data Protection Regulations 
(“GDPR”) and regulations on the handling of patient data, 
and is therefore better suited to the way that healthcare 
professionals work.

1  NHS Workforce Statistics – March 2019
2  Allied Market Research

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The Group at a glance 
(continued) 

 — Freemium revenue model - the Group’s business model is 
based on the premise that getting healthcare professionals 
to use enabling technology is the greatest challenge 
therefore building a strong and engaged user base is 
the best way to be valuable to healthcare providers and 
thus build a sustainable business. As such, the Group has 
pursued a freemium model under which initial access to 
Induction Switch is free, and payment is required to access 
premium features. Once there are enough paying users in 
a healthcare institution, the Group’s business model is to 
offer the healthcare institution a corporate subscription that 
offers a significant discount price per user and also more 
control over users, content, analytics and access rights.

 — Experienced management team - the Group’s senior 

management team and Board have extensive experience 
in the healthcare and technology sectors, both in creating 
and commercialising healthcare technology products. 
Moreover, the core executive team worked together 
at DrugDev Inc (“DrugDev”), a healthcare technology 
business that operated in the clinical trials sector and 
pursued a buy and build strategy similar to that proposed 
by the Group, taking the DrugDev business to a successful 
exit and creating significant value for shareholders.

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heading 1heading 2Induction Healthcare Limited Annual Report and Consolidated Financial Statements 2019Strategic Report

Strategic Report 

 — The Group’s vision

The Group is a healthcare technology business focused on 
helping healthcare professionals to streamline the delivery 
of care. It is intended that the Group’s technology will help 
healthcare professionals save time and deliver care more 
efficiently, whilst giving healthcare institutions the analytics to 
allow them to identify bottlenecks and reallocate resources so 
that resources can be used in the most efficient way.

The Group’s vision is to deliver the benefits of streamlined 
care through a suite of modules addressing a number of 
specific healthcare challenges such as communication, staff 
management, clinical pathways, training and regulatory 
compliance, supported by a full set of analytics and 
integrations with other major healthcare technology providers.

These modules would be accessed through a single app, thus 
eliminating the need for healthcare professionals to learn to 
use multiple systems and to have multiple log-ins and would 
give healthcare institutions access to real time data on what is 
going on in their organisations and help them become more 
efficient.

Introduction to the Group’s strategy

The Group’s strategy is to leverage its 79,649 (as at 31 March 
2019) registered and fast growing user base of healthcare 
professionals as a way to bring technology to healthcare 
delivery at the grass roots level. The Directors’ intention is to 
grow the Group’s number of users, its breadth of technological 
functionality and its geographic reach through a buy and build 
strategy.

There are two key prongs to the Group’s strategy to deliver its 
vision:

 — User focused approach – the Directors believe that 

users are the scarce resource in healthcare technology 
solutions, with healthcare professionals often wary of new 
technology, especially if it is being pushed onto them ‘from 
above’ by healthcare institutions. As such the Group’s 
strategy is initially to target the creation of a large and 
engaged user base of healthcare professionals and to build 
products that are intuitive to use and provide practical 
solutions to problems. The Directors believe that this will 
drive engagement and, together with a business model 
that gives users access to the basic package for free, will 
maximise user growth. Once a strong user base has been 
established it will be much easier to generate revenue from 
these users or from the healthcare institutions in which 
they work. The Directors’ experience suggests that in 
most geographies a top down approach, whilst appearing 
initially more attractive (due to account size and guaranteed 
revenue generation from contracts), will take longer 
than expected to execute (due to complex and lengthy 
procurement processes) and is less likely to deliver success 
(due to end-user resistance).

 — Buy and build to accelerate growth – aside from the 

Electronic Medical Records (“EMR”) market, the healthcare 
technology market is still fragmented with lots of country 
specific point solutions, often with low user bases and only 
a modest number of customers. The Directors believe that, 
in order to be successful, companies in the healthcare 
technology market will need to consolidate their offerings, 
not only to limit the number of systems that healthcare 
professionals need to access on a daily basis, but also to 
maximise the potential efficiency savings to healthcare 
institutions. The Group’s initial review of the market spread 
across multiple modules and geographies has identified 
over 150 potential acquisition targets, both in terms of 
companies and standalone healthcare apps. Specifically, 
the Directors see the opportunity to generate value from 
these acquisitions through cross selling acquired offerings 
to the Group’s registered users and vice versa. This 
acquisition strategy will be coupled with a build strategy, 
both in terms of entering new geographies and building 
modules where the Directors do not consider that there are 
suitable acquisition targets.

The Group’s revenue model

The Group’s business model is based on the premise that 
healthcare professionals as users are the scarce resource 
in the healthcare technology market and that building a 
strong and engaged user base is the best way to generate 
sustainable revenue. As such the Group has pursued a model 
where access to the basic package of features is free to users 
in order to encourage as many users as possible to join and 
use the product. Users at this basic level are known as ‘‘Level 
0’’ users and have access to all of the standard features, such 
as the telephone directory and dialler. (‘‘Base Features’’).

Users in a private workspace are known as ‘‘Level 1’’ users and 
have access to all of the same Base Features as Level 0 users, 
but with the addition of having an administrator who controls 
membership of and content in the Level 1 workspace through 
the administrative portal. Level 1 access is also free to users.

The Group launched private workspaces in September 2018 
and by 31 March 2019 174 private workspaces had been 
created. As at 31 March 2019 there were 1,423 users in the 
private workspaces, with 857 having joined in the last two 
months of this financial year as the Group has started to focus 
on increasing user numbers in Level 1 workspaces ahead of the 
full commercial launch of messaging.

Over the next year, the Group is planning to launch a number 
of premium features that will only be accessible when a 
monthly fee is paid. Users subscribing to these premium 
features are known as ‘‘Level 2’’ users, with three choices of 
access levels available (Silver, Gold and Platinum), depending 
on the chosen feature set.

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Strategic Report 
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The Directors anticipate that pricing will range from £2 per 
user per month for Silver access, £5 per user per month for 
Gold access and £7 per user per month for Platinum access. 
The pricing model is designed so the costs can easily be 
covered within a departmental budget, without the need for 
the healthcare professionals to involve senior management, 
procurement, or enter into a lengthy contract negotiation. The 
Directors anticipate that for a typical workspace of around 
25 users the annual costs will be between £600 and £2,100 
depending on which premium features users choose to adopt 
in respect of the workspace.

Once there is a sufficient number of paying workspaces in a 
particular healthcare institution, the Group intends to offer the 
healthcare institutions a corporate subscription that not only 
offers a significant discount to Level 2 pricing per user, but 
also gives the healthcare institutions more insight over users, 
content and access rights. Users in a healthcare institution 
that have a corporate subscription are known as ‘‘Level 3’’ 
users. Pricing for these subscriptions includes all the features 
included in the Level 2 Platinum price and the Directors 
anticipate that pricing will range from £30,000 to £150,000 per 
annum depending on the number of emailed confirmed users.

The Group’s growth strategy

Looking beyond Induction Switch, the Group’s strategy is to 
grow its offerings, not only by adding new modules, either 
through in-house development or through acquisitions, but 
also by expanding into new geographies.

New Modules
In terms of new modules, the Directors have identified five 
additional areas where they believe that access to the Group’s 
user base will be able to drive benefits both for healthcare 
professionals and healthcare institutions as follows:

 — Training and regulatory – this module would include 

products such as continuing medical education, medical 
photograph vaults for training and reference purposes, 
the maintenance of training logbooks for healthcare 
professionals’ compulsory continuing professional 
development, compliance training and reference materials 
and medico-legal materials;

 — Staff Management – this module would include rostering, 
scheduling, resourcing and agency applications, both in 
terms of healthcare professionals working on a temporary 
basis and healthcare institutions seeking to organise and 
understand their workforce;

 — Clinical Pathways – this module would include areas such 

as referral pathways, assessment and early warning scoring 
systems, handover systems, dictation and billing and 
reimbursement systems;

 — Analytics – this module would include products involving 
productivity, task management and the emerging field of 
the use of artificial intelligence in medicine. This module 
would be primarily aimed at healthcare institutions; and

 — Integrations – this module would include creating 

integrations with third party systems in order to transfer 
data to and from the Group’s modules.

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Strategic Report 
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Initially, the Directors intend that the Group will focus on new 
geographies that they consider to have structural similarities to 
the UK and Australian markets. More specifically those with a 
national health insurance model of healthcare delivery; that are 
serviced by autonomously operated, mostly publicly owned 
enterprises (usually hospitals) that operate against a backdrop 
of a centralised purchaser with the ability to negotiate lower 
prices. These rely heavily on a transient medical labour 
force of junior doctors and doctors-in-training to deliver 
economical care; and that have centralised mechanisms for 
the accreditation of healthcare enterprises, practitioners and IT 
systems.

Countries that are considered to meet these criteria include 
France, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, Switzerland, 
Sweden, Austria, Canada and South Africa. The Group will 
initially avoid predominantly self-pay markets (such as the USA, 
Latin America and Asia) whose highly fragmented, consumer-
driven delivery of care model creates significantly different 
barriers for disruption to enterprise IT buying behaviours.

The Group’s vision is to use Induction Switch as the main user 
interface for healthcare professionals, with the other modules 
feeding data to and from Induction Switch. The Directors 
believe that this will keep the user experience as seamless 
as possible, avoid the need for multiple log-ins and make 
acquisition integration simpler by using Application Protocol 
Interfaces (“APIs”) to communicate between Induction Switch 
and other modules.

The Group’s preferred strategy is to acquire companies or 
applications rather than to develop new modules in-house, 
and the Group’s initial review of the market, spread across 
multiple modules and geographies has identified over 150 
potential acquisition targets (of which approximately 70 have 
been prioritised), both in terms of companies and standalone 
healthcare apps, suggesting that there is a plethora of potential 
targets. This strategy will be supported by the Group’s 
experienced internal mergers and acquisitions team.

New Geographies
Induction Switch has been designed to work in multiple 
geographies and languages and whilst the Group currently has 
a commercial presence in the UK and Australia, the Directors 
expect the Group to expand into further countries during the 
year ending 31 March 2020. This expansion should create 
opportunities for the Company through access to more users, 
access to more customers and access to acquisitions (and 
hence functionality) that can then be marketed to existing 
customers in existing markets.

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STRATEGIC REPORTGOVERNANCEFINANCIAL STATEMENTSADDITIONAL INFORMATIONheading 1heading 2Induction Healthcare Limited Annual Report and Consolidated Financial Statements 2019Business review

Business review 

The Period to March 2019 was a landmark, with the Company 
focusing on growing its user base, building out the Induction 
Switch functionality and securing the funds post-Period-end 
via an IPO to begin to deliver on the Group’s strategy.

Growing the user base

As at 31 March 2019 Induction Switch had 79,649 registered 
users, primarily in the UK, including 52,338 doctors, General 
Practitioners and consultants, 15,611 nurses and 11,700 other 
healthcare professionals. The user base has been growing 
rapidly largely through word of mouth between healthcare 
professionals. The chart below shows the number of users 
added per month over the last 12 months up to the Period end.

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Cumulative registered users

From a geographic perspective, as at 31 March 2019, 74,733 
(94%) of the Group’s registered users were based in the UK, 
1,723 (2%) in the US, 1,557 (2%) in South Africa, 832 (1%) in 
Malta, 677 (1%) in Australia and 127 (0.2%) elsewhere. Aside 
from Australia and the UK, where the Group has a commercial 
presence, the user base in all of the other geographies has 
grown through word of mouth, demonstrating the need for a 
product such as Induction Switch.

As at 31 March 2019, the Group’s users were based in 724 
healthcare institutions. Within this user base, there were 
42 healthcare institutions with more than 500 Induction Switch 
users, demonstrating both the breadth and depth of current 
penetration.

One of the Group’s strengths is that it has an engaged user 
base and it is focused on making sure that Induction Switch’s 
value proposition remains highly current for all of its users. The 
Group does this by engaging with users on a regular basis 
and designing product “blueprints” that helps individual users 
and groups of users in Level 1 workspaces get the most from 
Induction Switch. This engagement is demonstrated both by the 
high average monthly user numbers and by what the Directors 
believe are industry leading retention rates, with an average of 
more than 60% of users retained for more than 6 months.

Building out Induction Switch’s functionality

During the Period to 31 March 2019 the Group made a 
significant investment in its technology platform, acquiring the 
intellectual property rights to the MedX secure messaging 
app from Dr. Hugo Stephenson (MedX was the brand used 
for the original prototype application launched in Australia) 
and entering into an option to acquire Podmedics Limited the 
company which owned the original version of Induction Switch.

This allowed the Group to bring together the original MedX 
technology platform developed as part of the proof of concept 
in Australia with the well-established Induction Switch App 
in the UK, launching the first generation of the combined 
application in August 2018. The second generation App 
incorporating, amongst other features, instant messaging was 
launched in late March 2019.

The Group also invested in the Company’s technology 
backbone, with a view to creating a scalable and reliable 
platform capable of servicing the healthcare market. The 
infrastructure, illustrated below, has been designed to cater 
for country specific regulations and data sovereignty. This is 
satisfied by creating a local instance, illustrated below for the 
current support for the UK and Australia. Taking this approach 
will mean that Induction can operate, for example in France 
and meet the demands of CNIL (Commission Nationale de 
l’Informatique et des Libertes) at the same time as operating in 
the UK, Australia and other geographies.

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Business review 
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In addition, the Group has undergone a positive independent 
audit by Lloyd’s Register Quality Assurance for the purpose 
of certification in ISO9001:2015 and ISO27001:2013 to cover 
the required activities in the provision of software products in 
a secure manner. This initial audit took place in January 2019 
and the Group’s certification to both standards was approved 
in March 2019.

The technology which underpins this infrastructure is called 
OpenShift. OpenShift is an open source container application 
platform developed by Red Hat and is based on top of Docker 
containers and the Kubernetes container cluster manager. 
The use of containers and container management technology 
like Docker and Kubernetes is widely seen in high-profile 
cloud-based providers, including Amazon Web Services and 
Microsoft Azure, as well as independent data centre providers, 
thus offering the Group the ability to use these options as 
appropriate in specific countries.

The Group has designed the platform based on micro-services, 
managed via the world’s most popular open source micro-
services gateway, Kong. This technology offers perimeter 
protection and orchestrates micro-services to distribute load 
and improve performance. This micro-service approach will 
be extended when the Group launches a set of open APIs. 
The APIs will come with documentation and support for 
developers, allowing external organisations to easily integrate 
with the Group’s products and services.

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Financial Review 

Trading review

Intangibles assets

The loss for the Period was £2.7m. This included £0.5m of non-
recurring costs relating to establishing the Group, acquiring 
Podmedics and preparatory work for the IPO on AIM. The 
Group made significant investment in its technology platform 
during the Period, with £1.3m spent on product development 
(excluding £0.2m of capitalised development spend).

Net debt

As at 31 March 2019 the Group had £2.5m of loan notes 
outstanding. Subsequent to the Period end, £2.0m of these 
loan notes were converted into Ordinary Shares in Induction 
Healthcare Group PLC and the balance was repaid.

As at the Period end the total intangible assets were £0.2m. 
The majority of this related to capitalised development spend 
relating to Induction Switch.

Working capital

Current assets mainly comprise the Podmedics option, VAT, 
prepayments and other receivables. Current liabilities mainly 
comprise trade payables and accruals with accrued IPO fees 
accounting for a significant portion of the accruals.

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Principal Risks and Uncertainties

Principal Risks and Uncertainties 

The Board is responsible for ensuring that the Group is protected from unnecessary risk and regularly reviews the risks and 
opportunities of the business to ensure that appropriate mitigation strategies are adopted.

Risk Appetite: the Board assumes a risk aware approach to the management of risk within the business. Through detailed 
planning and continuous monitoring, all identified significant risks have appropriate mitigating actions that reduce the likelihood 
of a risk event and/or reduce their impact to an acceptable level.

Risk Management Process: overall responsibility for risk management resides with the Board; the Directors play the leading role 
in risk management, monitoring our overall risk profile and considering action required on a quarterly basis at Board meetings 
and on an interim basis as appropriate.

The Board is responsible for ongoing assessment of risk management across the business and the appropriateness of 
operational processes in sites, including the effectiveness of controls, reporting of risks and reliability of checks by management.

Risk Management Activities: risks are identified through a number of routes, including:

 — Quarterly risk meetings to discuss risks facing the business such meetings are attended by Ibraheem Mahmood(Chief 

Executive Officer, “CEO”), Seb Jantet (Chief Financial Officer, “CFO”), Ed Wallitt (Chief Product Officer, “CPO”) and Molly 
Gilmartin (“Chief Commercial Officer”);

 — Regular review and updates of the risk register for newly identified risks and actions implemented to mitigated existing risks.

Registering and reviewing risks: the Group assesses each risk based on the impact that the risk could have on the running of the 
business, and then addresses control and mitigation appropriately. Each risk is scaled, based on the likelihood of occurrence and 
severity of impact, and risks categorised as high, medium or low accordingly, with high risk areas receiving the most attention.

This Risk Register is updated and presented to the Board on a quarterly basis and the risk long list is formally reviewed and 
adopted annually.

Set out below are the principal risks and uncertainties that the Directors consider could impact the business. The Board 
recognises that the nature and scope of risks can change and that there may be other risks to which the Group is exposed and so 
this list is not intended to be exhaustive.

Risk and Impact

Mitigation

Competition and technological change

The Group operates in a competitive market, with new 
competitors regularly entering the market. Some of these 
new entrants are already established in the healthcare 
market and have access to greater resources. These new 
entrants may make it hard for the Group to generate the 
anticipated revenues due to both increased competition 
and pricing pressure. In addition, there is the risk that 
new technologies emerge that may render the Group’s 
existing products and services obsolete, unmarketable or 
competitively impaired and may exert downward pressures 
on the pricing of existing products and services.

Key system failure or disruption

The Group is dependent on its IT infrastructure, whereby 
loss/corruption of the application software, infrastructure 
failure, damage or denial of service to the infrastructure 
could cause serious business interruption and a decline 
in user confidence. Threats are both internal, such as 
releasing software that doesn’t function as intended and 
external, such as a third party disrupting the platform or a 
failure of a key outsourced provider.

Induction Switch is a well-established product in the UK and this, 
coupled with a user focussed strategy, creates a large barrier to new 
competitors. The Group also continues to invest in the development 
of the core Induction Switch platform to ensure it remains innovative, 
competitive and attractive to users as well as customers.

The Group uses an agile development methodology meaning that 
only small incremental changes are made to the platform and are 
subject to rigorous QA and product acceptance before they are 
released to users. In addition, the Group maintains backups allowing 
it to roll back to previous versions if a new release fails. In term of 
third-party disruptions, the Group carefully evaluates all third-party 
suppliers, ensuring that they have appropriate fall-back systems and 
disaster recovery processes. Lastly, the system is penetration tested 
by a third-party supplier twice a year.

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Principal Risks and Uncertainties 
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Acquisitions

The Group has as a strategy of growing by acquisitions that 
bring four specific risks:

(i) 

the availability of acquisitions,

(ii) 

 the ability to acquire these businesses at acceptable 
prices,

(iii) 

the ability to integrate these acquisitions, and

(iv) 

 the ability to deliver the anticipated returns from these 
acquisitions.

Regulatory Compliance

Regulatory compliance is a key risk for the Group, not only 
in terms of GDPR but also specific restrictions relating to 
potentially identifiable patient information. These regulatory 
requirements differ from geography to geography and 
can necessitate the need for different IT infrastructures. 
In addition, Brexit could make the regulatory backdrop 
even more complicated as the UK’s regulations start to 
diverge from the European Union’s. Failure to comply with 
regulations could have a material impact on the Group’s 
reputation and financial results.

Revenue Model

The Group’s revenue model is untested and there is risk 
that it may not be able to generate the anticipated revenue 
and/or achieve the anticipated pricing.

The Group has put in place a dedicated mergers and acquisitions 
team and identified many potential acquisition targets that fit 
the Group’s criteria. The Group intends to bridge any mismatch 
in valuation expectations by offering its listed shares as part 
consideration, thereby allowing prospective vendors the 
opportunity to share in the potential upside derived from the 
acquisition. Integration risk will be mitigated through the use of 
comprehensive commercial, financial and legal due diligence 
ahead of acquisitions coupled with a detailed 100 day integration 
plan that set out a clear path for integration and identifies any 
potential integration issues and addresses them upfront. Whilst it is 
impossible to completely mitigate against the risk that acquisitions 
do not deliver the anticipated returns the Board has extensive 
experience with acquisitions and this, together with timely and 
accurate management information that will rapidly identify any 
underperformance, helps significantly reduce the risk.

Regulatory compliance is a core focus of the Group and as part 
of obtaining the ISO27001 and ISO9001 certifications the Group 
has put in place a large number of data protections policies that 
are designed to make sure that it complies with GDPR and other 
regulatory requirements. These policies are reviewed twice a year 
and audited by a third party once a year. The Group also uses an 
external Data Protection Officer. In terms of potentially identifiable 
patient information the Group stores its data in the UK and the App 
has been designed to minimise the risk of potentially identifiable 
patient information being disclosed to unintended recipients. 
Furthermore, all data is encrypted at rest and in transit, further 
reducing the risk. Before the Group enters a new country, it carries 
out a detailed assessment of the data and privacy restrictions in 
place and its IT infrastructure has been designed in such as way 
so to allow it to cater to differing geographic requirements in terms 
of data storage, location etc. In terms of Brexit, the Group does not 
currently have a presence in any other members of the European 
Union aside the UK so there is no immediate impact.

The Group’s uses a freemium model whereby initial access is 
free and users pay to access more advanced features. The Group 
has adopted this revenue model as it allows it to overcome one 
of the main reasons for technology not succeeding in healthcare 
which is lack of user adoption. With 45% of NHS hospital doctors 
already using Induction Switch this challenge to the revenue model 
is already largely de-risked. The second phase, which involves 
persuading department heads and clinical leads to start paying for 
premium features is, as yet, untested as these features are only to 
be launched in the second half of the 2020 financial year. However, 
the Group’s conversations with users supports the view that there 
is both the desire to use these advanced features and the ability to 
pay for them. The third phase, which involves rolling out the App 
at healthcare institution wide level is also untested, but the initial 
signs are positive, both in terms of a shift in attitude toward the use 
of technology and a willingness to pay for it. In terms of pricing, 
the Group has set its pricing taking into account market pricing 
for similar offerings and pricing will be supported by Return On 
Investment (“ROI”) models. 

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Principal Risks and Uncertainties 
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Exposure to the NHS

The NHS is a complex series of organisations and there 
is a risk that the Group may not be able to navigate these 
organisations and reach the correct decision makers. In 
particular the procurement process can be onerous and 
very lengthy, increasing the risk that revenues fall short of 
expectation. In addition, changes to Government policies 
can have a material impact on companies supplying the 
NHS, both in terms of changes in direction as well as 
structural changes and these can also delay or even negate 
the Group’s ability to derive revenues from the NHS. Lastly 
the NHS operates against a backdrop of tight funding and 
this could have a negative impact on pricing.

The Board and management team have extensive experience of 
both working in and supplying to the NHS meaning that the Group 
is well placed to navigate the myriad of NHS organisations. Whilst 
untested, the Group’s revenue model is designed to “fly under the 
radar” of formal procurement, accessing smaller pools of funding 
that do not need to go through the formal procurement process. In 
terms of political risk, whilst the Group cannot mitigate this entirely, 
there is cross party support for the use of technology in the NHS 
and this together with the ROI models that the Group intends to 
develop will help reduce both political and pricing risk. Lastly, the 
Group plans to expand into geographies outside of the UK, thus 
reducing specific exposure to the NHS. 

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Directors’ Biographies 

Christopher Spencer - Non-Executive Chairman (independent)
Chris was appointed to the Board as Independent Chairman on 1 April 2019. He has 
40 years’ experience in software, healthcare, and legal matters having initially worked as a 
nurse in psycho-geriatrics and terminal care while studying law at Leeds University. After 
qualifying as a Solicitor and becoming managing partner of the legal practice where he had 
been an articled clerk, he simultaneously co-founded a software house for the professional 
services sector. In 1999, after forming his own legal practice and later becoming general 
manager, legal counsel and head of IT with a patent and trademark practice, Chris 
joined EMIS Group plc. At EMIS Group senior roles included Chief Administrative Officer 
overseeing acquisitions, a management buyout, and, in 2010, an Initial Public Offering. He 
was appointed Chief Executive of EMIS Group in 2013 and after retiring from that position 
has served on several healthcare-related private company boards. Chris is a Solicitor (non-
practising), formerly an Associate of the Chartered Institute of Patent Agents and member 
of the Law Society of England and Wales and Fellow of the Chartered Management 
Institute and remains a member of the Society for Computers and Law. He holds an LLB 
(Hons) and qualified as a solicitor (with distinction).

Chris is Chair of the Nomination Committee and also serves on the Remuneration and 
Audit Committees.

Ibraheem (“Ibs”) Mahmood - Chief Executive Officer
Ibs was appointed to the Board on incorporation on 28 February 2019. He has a broad 
background in healthcare, technology and finance having read medicine at Oxford, worked 
as a Healthcare Strategy Consultant at Accenture, Healthcare Investment Banker at 
Nomura, Lifesciences Equity Research Analyst at Investec and Corporate Venture Capitalist 
at Shire Pharmaceuticals. Most recently Ibs was President and CEO of DrugDev –a leading 
clinical trial technology company. Between 2011 and 2018 he oversaw the growth of the 
company from just three people to approximately a thousand with the concomitant growth 
in the sales order book of sold business from zero to several hundred million dollars. 
He also led funding rounds of well over $50m and the sale of the business to IQVIA - 
the largest clinical research organisation in the world - where he worked until late 2018 
running their Global Clinical Technology business. He also worked as an Entrepreneur-in-
Residence for Oxford University’s affiliated $1bn technology transfer fund.

Sebastien Jantet - Chief Financial Officer (resigned 16 August 2019)
Seb was appointed to the Board on incorporation on 28 February 2019. He has over 
25 years of experience in finance, both in the public and private markets. Most recently 
he was chief financial officer of DrugDev Inc, which he joined in 2013 and was part of 
the team that executed a buy and build strategy in the clinical trials technology market, 
ultimately culminating in a successful exit to IQVIA in 2017. Prior to that Seb spent 22 years 
working in the City. During this period, he spent 11 years working at Investec where he was 
a top ranked healthcare analyst, headed up the healthcare equity research team and was 
co-head of research. Prior to that he worked for KPMG where he spent 4 years working 
in corporate finance. He is a qualified accountant, a member of the Institute of Chartered 
Accountants of England and Wales and has a BA in French and Politics from the University 
of East Anglia. He is also a non-executive Director of Elizabeth Finn Homes Limited.

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Jane Elizabeth Silber - Non-Executive Director (Independent)
Jane joined the Board on 1 April 2019. Jane is an experienced IT senior executive and 
tech start-up advisor. She is Executive Chair of Diffblue Ltd and a non-executive board 
member of Pusher Ltd and Canonical Ltd. She also serves as an advisor for tech start-ups. 
Previously she was CEO of Canonical for seven years, which followed a seven year period 
as its Chief Operating Officer. With experience in the US, Japan and the UK, she has spent 
her entire career in software engineering and IT management, starting as a software 
developer and rising through various leadership roles. She holds a BS from Haverford 
College, an MS from Vanderbilt University and an MBA from Oxford University.

Jane chairs the Remuneration Committee and also serves on the Audit and Nomination 
Committees.

Dr Hugo Stephenson - Non-Executive Director
Hugo joined the Board on 1 April 2019. He is a medical doctor and technologist who 
has founded, grown and generated value for shareholders from businesses focussed 
on healthcare IT and drug development. Companies include MedSeed PTY Ltd, an 
early pioneer of computerized decision support for antibiotic prescribing and wound 
management in hospitals (sold to eHealthcare Asia in 2000) and Health Research 
Solutions, a contract research organization that used technology to enable multinational 
electronic data collection for medical product registries and phase IV clinical trials. 
Between 2002 and 2012, Hugo established and ran Quintiles’ global late phase clinical 
trial business and, in that role, oversaw the development of MediGuard, a technology 
enabled community of over 2.4 million patients. Hugo has been an investor in, and advisor 
to, numerous healthcare and technology companies and in 2012 co-founded DrugDev, a 
leading provider of enterprise resource planning systems for multinational clinical trials 
(sold to IQVIA in 2017).

Hugo serves on the Nomination Committee.

Leslie-Ann Reed - Non-Executive Director (Independent)
Leslie-Ann joined the Board on 19 July 2019. Leslie-Ann Reed is a chartered accountant 
with a diverse background and extensive international experience. Leslie-Ann 
is currently Non-Executive Director and Chair of the Audit Committee for Learning 
Technologies Group plc and a Non-Executive Director at Bloomsbury Publishing PLC. 
From 2010 she was Chief Financial Officer of the global, online B2B auctioneer Go Industry 
plc and Between 2007 and 2010 Leslie-Ann was as an adviser to Marwyn Investment 
Management, private equity company, overseeing the acquisitions’ strategy to acquire 
professional training, research, data and information businesses. Prior to this she served 
as Chief Financial Officer of global commodities’ & economic research media group Metal 
Bulletin plc helping to lead its transition from printed products to an online data and news 
service. She played an important role in driving strong organic and acquisitive growth 
and in materially improving shareholder value, which ultimately lead to its acquisition 
by Euromoney Institutional Investor. After a career at Arthur Andersen, she held senior 
finance leadership roles at Universal Pictures, Polygram Music, EMI Music and Warner 
Communications Inc.

Leslie-Ann chairs the Audit Committee and also serves on the Remuneration and 
Nomination Committees.

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for Induction Healthcare Group PLC

Governance Report 
for Induction Healthcare Group PLC 

Chairman’s Statement 
Christopher Spencer 

We are only 
at the start of 
our journey

I have pleasure in introducing the Induction Healthcare 
Group PLC Corporate Governance Report1, our first 
since our admission to trading on AIM on 22 May 
2019. We are only at the start of our journey as an AIM 
listed company, and this annual report deals with the 
financial period preceding our listing. However, I would 
like to take the opportunity to set out our governance 
framework and describe the work we have done, in 
the short time since our AIM listing, to ensure good 
corporate governance. The Directors recognise the 
importance of sound corporate governance and, given 
the Enlarged Group’s size and constitution of the Board, 
we have chosen to comply with the principles set out 
in the QCA Corporate Governance Code (The “QCA 
Code”). The QCA Code was devised by the Quoted 
Companies Alliance, in consultation with several 
significant institutional small company investors and 
is a widely recognised benchmark for the corporate 
governance of small and mid-sized quoted companies, 
particularly AIM companies.

More detail on how we comply with the QCA Code 
can we found below and in the investor section of our 
website https://investor.inductionhealthcare.com.

We will monitor our application of the QCA Code 
over the coming year and will revise our governance 
framework, as appropriate, as the business evolves. 
I look forward to reporting on our progress in our next 
annual report. 

Christopher Spencer 
29 July 2019

The Role of the Board

The Board is responsible for setting the strategic aims and 
objectives of the Enlarged Group and, as articulated at the 
time of our IPO, the Enlarged Group’s vision is to deliver 
the benefits of streamlined care through a suite of modules 
addressing a number of specific healthcare challenges such as 
communication, staff management, clinical pathways, training 
and regulatory compliance, supported by a full set of analytics 
and integrations with other major healthcare technology 
providers. As the Board works to shape and implement 
this vision, we will take into account the expectations of 
our shareholders and wider stakeholders – particularly our 
employees and customers.

Certain matters are reserved for approval by the Board. These 
include:

 — setting the Enlarged Group’s overall strategy, aims and 

objectives;

 — decisions related to the Enlarged Group’s capital and 

structure;

 — approval of the Enlarged Group’s financial and statutory 

reporting;

 — ensuring the maintenance of a sound system of internal 

control and risk management ;

 — major capital and revenue commitments;

 — corporate governance, policy approval, internal control and 

risk management.

The Board is supported by the executive team who have 
responsibility for day-to-day oversight of the Enlarged Group’s 
activities and for ensuring that operations remain in-line with 
strategic objectives and the Board’s long-term vision.

  Induction Healthcare Group PLC became Induction Healthcare Limited’s holding company on 1 April 2019, ahead of the Admission on AIM 
which took place on 22 May 2019. Whilst these financial statements relate to Induction Healthcare Limited, the Governance section relates 
to Induction Healthcare Group PLC and its subsidiaries (“Enlarged Group”), in accordance with the QCA Code. 

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Risk Management and Internal Control

Board Committees

The Board has ultimate responsibility for the Enlarged Group’s 
system of internal control and for reviewing its effectiveness. 
However, any such system of internal control can provide 
only reasonable, but not absolute, assurance against material 
misstatement or loss. The Board considers that the internal 
controls in place are appropriate for the size, complexity and 
risk profile of the Enlarged Group. The principal elements of 
the Enlarged Group’s internal control systems include:

 — day to day management of the activities of the Enlarged 

Group by the Executive Directors;

 — a detailed annual budget which is reviewed and approved 

by the Board;

 — monthly reporting of performance against the budget;

 — a schedule of delegated authority which defines levels of 
approval authority over such items as capital expenditure, 
commercial contracts, litigation and treasury;

 — maintenance of a risk register which is reviewed regularly 

by the Board.

The Board will continue to review its system of internal controls 
to ensure compliance with best practice, whilst also having 
regard to its size and the resources available. Further details on 
the Enlarged Group’s principal risks and uncertainties can be 
found on page 11 to 13 of this annual report.

The Composition of the Board

The Board of Induction Healthcare Group PLC currently 
comprises six Directors, being the Non-Executive Chairman, 
two Executive Directors (the Chief Executive Officer and the 
Chief Financial Officer) and three Non-Executive Directors. 
The Board considers the Chairman, Jane Silber and Leslie-Ann 
Reed to be independent. The Board will keep the balance of 
its composition under review, to ensure the Directors have a 
sufficiently wide range of skills and experience to enable the 
Enlarged Group to pursue its strategic goals and to address 
anticipated issues in the foreseeable future. All Directors 
are encouraged to use their independent judgement and to 
challenge all matters, whether strategic or operational.

Each Director is expected to dedicate sufficient time to the 
Board and Board activities. The Board is satisfied that its 
members are able to do this but will keep this under review.

The Board is supported in its work by three Board Committees 
namely, the Audit, Remuneration and Nomination Committees. 
Each was established with terms of reference which set out 
the parameters of the Committee’s delegated responsibility 
and will be reviewed annually going forward. The terms of 
reference are available on the Group’s website.

The Audit Committee comprises Leslie-Ann Reed, Chris 
Spencer and Jane Silber and is chaired by Leslie-Ann Reed. 
It is the Audit committee’s duty, inter alia, to determine and 
examine matters relating to the financial affairs of the Enlarged 
Group including the terms of engagement of the Enlarged 
Group’s auditors and, in consultation with the auditors, the 
scope of the annual audit. It receives and reviews reports from 
management and the Enlarged Group’s auditors relating to 
the half yearly and annual accounts and the accounting and 
internal control systems in use throughout the Enlarged Group.

The Remuneration Committee comprises Jane Silber, Leslie-
Ann Reed and Chris Spencer and is chaired by Jane Silber. 
The Remuneration Committee, inter alia, reviews and make 
recommendations in respect of the Executive Directors’ 
remuneration and benefits packages, including share options 
and the terms of their appointment. The Remuneration 
Committee also makes recommendations to the Board 
concerning the allocation of share options to employees under 
the Share Option Plans.

The Nomination Committee comprises Chris Spencer, Jane 
Silber and Hugo Stephenson and is chaired by Chris Spencer. 
The Nomination Committee considers the selection and re-
appointment of Directors. Since the Enlarged Group’s IPO, 
the Nomination Committee has met to identify and nominate 
an additional Non-Executive Director and recommended the 
appointment of Leslie-Ann Reed to the Board. The Committee 
will regularly review the structure, size and composition 
(including the skills, knowledge and experience) of the Board 
and make recommendations to the Board with regard to any 
changes.

Board and Committee Meetings

Since listing, the Board has held three full Board meetings, 
which all Directors on the Board at the time of the meeting 
attended. The Directors have also held two Remuneration 
Committee, two Nomination Committee meetings and one 
Audit Committee meeting. All the Directors on the Board at the 
time of the meetings attended the committee meetings where 
they were a member.

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Conflicts of Interest

Board Evaluation

At each meeting of the Board or its Committees, the Directors 
are required to declare any interests in the matters to be 
discussed and are aware of the duty to notify any actual or 
potential conflicts of interest.

External Advisers

The Board seeks advice and guidance from its Nomad (Numis) 
and its lawyers (Pinsents Masons LLP). The Board also uses 
the services of an external company secretarial provider, Prism 
CoSec, which assists the Chair in preparing for and running 
effective Board meetings, including the timely dissemination of 
appropriate information and the taking of accurate minutes.

The Board intends to carry out an evaluation exercise in 2020 
and will report on this in its 2021 annual report.

Annual General Meeting

Induction Healthcare Group PLC’s first Annual General 
Meeting (“AGM”) will be held at 11.00am on 19 September 2019 
at Numis Securities Ltd, 10 Paternoster Square, London EC4M 
7LT. Shareholders will have the opportunity to raise questions 
with the Board at the AGM and to meet informally with the 
Directors following the meeting.

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Directors’ report 

The Directors are pleased to present their first report to 
shareholders and the audited financial statements for the 
Period ended 31 March 2019.

Capital structure

The Group’s share capital is divided into 65,591 ordinary 
shares of £1.00 each with voting rights. Note 21 explains the 
changes to the capital structure after the balance sheet date.

Principal activity and business model

The principal activity and business model are set out in the 
Business Model and Strategy section on page 7.

Related party transactions

Details of all related party transactions are set out in Note 20 to 
the Financial Statements.

Results and dividends

The results for the Period to 31 March 2019 are set out in the 
financial statements on pages 25 to 30.

Corporate governance

The Directors do not propose payment of a dividend for 2019.

The Directors’ statement on Corporate Governance is set out 
on pages 17 to 18 and forms part of this report.

Review of the Period

Going concern assessment

A comprehensive analysis of the Group’s progress and 
development is set out in the Business Model and Strategy and 
Business Review section on pages 5-7 and 8-9. This analysis 
includes comments on the position of the Group at the end of 
the financial Period.

Significant events after the Period end

 — The shareholders in Induction Healthcare Limited executed 

a share for share exchange whereby Induction Healthcare 
Group PLC acquired 100% of the share capital of Induction 
Healthcare Limited

 — Induction Healthcare Group PLC completed successful 

Initial Public Offering (IPO) on the AIM market of the London 
Stock Exchange in May 2019, raising £16.6m, before 
expenses;

 — Net proceeds from the IPO were used to part pay down 
the loan note between Hugo Stephenson to Induction 
Healthcare Group PLC, cover IPO-related transaction 
costs and provide working capital and funds for future 
acquisitions; and

 — Note 21 of the accounts provides more detail on the events 
after the balance sheet date, including the IPO and part 
repayment of the loan note between Hugo Stephenson to 
Induction Healthcare Group PLC.

Directors’ insurance

An insurance policy is maintained by the Group which insures 
the Directors of the Group against certain liabilities arising in 
the conduct of their duties.

The consolidated financial statements have been prepared 
on the going concern basis on the assumption that the Group 
continues in existence for the foreseeable future. The Directors 
of Induction Healthcare Limited have assessed the current 
financial position of the Group, along with future cash flow 
requirements, to determine if the Group has the financial 
resources to continue as a going concern for a period of at 
least 12 months from the approval of the accounts.

Future outlook

The strategy of the business is set out in the Business review 
on page 8 to 9.

Annual General Meeting

The Enlarged Group’s Annual General Meeting is scheduled to 
take place on 19 September 2019.

Research and development

The Group expended £1.3m on development, £0.2m of which 
was capitalised within intangible assets.

Financial instruments

The financial risk management objectives and policies of the 
Group, including credit risk, interest rate risk and currency risk 
are provided in Note 17 of the accounts.

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Directors

The Directors who held office during the Period were as 
follows:

 — Dimitrie Spiru Hugo Stephenson, appointed 5 March 2018

 — Sebastien Guillaume Bernard Jantet, appointed 
7 September 2018. Resigned 16 August 2019. 

Political contributions

Neither the Group nor any of its subsidiaries made any 
disclosable political donations or incurred any disclosable 
political expenditure during the Period.

Disclosure of information to auditor

The Directors who held office at the date of approval of this 
Directors’ report confirm that, so far as they are each aware, 
there is no relevant audit information of which the company’s 
auditor is unaware; and each Director has taken all the steps 
that he ought to have taken as a Director to make himself 
aware of any relevant audit information and to establish that 
the company’s auditors is aware of that information.

Auditor

In accordance with Section 489 of the Companies Act 2006, 
a resolution for the re-appointment of KPMG LLP as auditor 
of the company is to be proposed at the forthcoming Annual 
General Meeting.

By order of the board

Seb Jantet 
Director

12 Hammersmith Grove 
London W6 7AP

29 July 2019

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responsibilities in respect of

the annual report and the financial 

statements

Statement of Directors’ responsibilities in respect of 
the annual report and the financial statements 

The Directors are responsible for keeping adequate 
accounting records that are sufficient to show and explain 
the parent company’s transactions and disclose with 
reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the 
parent company and enable them to ensure that its financial 
statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. They are 
responsible for such internal control as they determine is 
necessary to enable the preparation of financial statements 
that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud 
or error, and have general responsibility for taking such steps 
as are reasonably open to them to safeguard the assets of the 
Group and to prevent and detect fraud and other irregularities.

The Directors are responsible for the maintenance and 
integrity of the corporate and financial information included 
on the Group’s website. Legislation in the UK governing the 
preparation and dissemination of financial statements may 
differ from legislation in other jurisdictions.

The Directors are responsible for preparing the Annual Report 
and the group and parent company financial statements in 
accordance with applicable law and regulations.

Company law requires the Directors to prepare group and 
parent company financial statements for each financial year. 
Under that law they have elected to prepare both the group 
and the parent company financial statements in accordance 
with International Financial Reporting Standards as adopted 
by the European Union (IFRSs as adopted by the EU) 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 parent 
company and of their profit or loss for that period. In preparing 
each of the group and parent company financial statements, 
the Directors are required to:

 — select suitable accounting policies and then apply them 

consistently;

 — make judgements and estimates that are reasonable, 

relevant, reliable and prudent;

 — state whether they have been prepared in accordance with 

IFRSs as adopted by the EU;

 — assess the group and parent company’s ability to continue 
as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters 
related to going concern; and

 — use the going concern basis of accounting unless they 

either intend to liquidate the group or the parent company 
or to cease operations, or have no realistic alternative but 
to do so.

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Induction Healthcare Limited

members of

Independent auditor’s report to the members of 
Induction Healthcare Limited 

We have audited the financial statements of Induction 
Healthcare Limited (“the company”) for the period 5 March 
2018 (date of incorporation) to 31 March 2019 which comprise 
the Consolidated Income Statement, Consolidated Statement 
of Comprehensive Income, Consolidated Balance Sheet, 
Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity, Consolidated 
Cash Flow Statement, Company Balance Sheet, Company 
Statement of Changes in Equity, Company Cash Flow 
Statement and related notes, including the accounting policies 
in Notes 1 and 23.

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 2019 and of the group’s loss for the period then 
ended;

 — the group financial statements have been properly 
prepared in accordance with International Financial 
Reporting Standards as adopted by the European Union 
(IFRSs as adopted by the EU);

 — the parent company financial statements have been 

properly prepared in accordance with IFRSs as adopted by 
the EU; 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 are described below. We have fulfilled 
our ethical responsibilities under, and are independent of the 
group in accordance with, UK ethical requirements including 
the FRC Ethical Standard. We believe that the audit evidence 
we have obtained is a sufficient and appropriate basis for our 
opinion.

The impact of uncertainties due to the UK 
exiting the European Union on our audit

Uncertainties related to the effects of Brexit are relevant 
to understanding our audit of the financial statements. All 
audits assess and challenge the reasonableness of estimates 
made by the Directors and related disclosures and the 
appropriateness of the going concern basis of preparation of 
the financial statements. All of these depend on assessments 
of the future economic environment and the group’s future 
prospects and performance.

Brexit is one of the most significant economic events for the 
UK, and at the date of this report its effects are subject to 
unprecedented levels of uncertainty of outcomes, with the full 
range of possible effects unknown. We applied a standardised 
firm-wide approach in response to that uncertainty when 
assessing the group’s future prospects and performance. 
However, no audit should be expected to predict the 

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unknowable factors or all possible future implications for a 
company and this is particularly the case in relation to Brexit.

Going concern

The Directors have prepared the financial statements on the 
going concern basis as they do not intend to liquidate the 
group or the company or to cease their operations, and as they 
have concluded that the group and the company’s financial 
position means that this is realistic. They have also concluded 
that there are no material uncertainties that could have cast 
significant doubt over their ability to continue as a going 
concern for at least a year from the date of approval of the 
financial statements (“the going concern period”).

We are required to report to you if we have concluded that the 
use of the going concern basis of accounting is inappropriate 
or there is an undisclosed material uncertainty that may 
cast significant doubt over the use of that basis for a period 
of at least a year from the date of approval of the financial 
statements. In our evaluation of the Directors’ conclusions, we 
considered the inherent risks to the group’s business model, 
including the impact of Brexit, and analysed how those risks 
might affect the group and company’s financial resources or 
ability to continue operations over the going concern period. 
We have nothing to report in these respects.

However, as we cannot predict all future events or conditions 
and as subsequent events may result in outcomes that are 
inconsistent with judgements that were reasonable at the 
time they were made, the absence of reference to a material 
uncertainty in this auditor’s report is not a guarantee that the 
group or the company will continue in operation.

Strategic report and Directors’ report

The Directors are responsible for the strategic report and the 
Directors’ report. Our opinion on the financial statements does 
not cover those reports and we do not express an audit opinion 
thereon.

Independent auditor’s report to the members of Induction 
Healthcare Limited (continued)

Our responsibility is to read the strategic report and the 
Directors’ report and, in doing so, consider whether, based on 
our financial statements audit work, the information therein 
is materially misstated or inconsistent with the financial 
statements or our audit knowledge. Based solely on that work:

 — we have not identified material misstatements in the 

strategic report and the Directors’ report;

 — in our opinion the information given in those reports for the 
financial year is consistent with the financial statements; 
and

 — in our opinion those reports have been prepared in 

accordance with the Companies Act 2006.

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Independent auditor’s report to the members of 
Induction Healthcare Limited (continued)

Matters on which we are required to report by 
exception

The purpose of our audit work and to whom 
we owe our responsibilities

This report is made solely to the 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 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 
company and the company’s members, as a body, for our audit 
work, for this report, or for the opinions we have formed.

Karen Tasker (Senior Statutory Auditor) 
for and on behalf of KPMG LLP, Statutory Auditor 
Chartered Accountants 
Altius House 
One North Fourth Street 
Central Milton Keynes 
MK9 1NE 
United Kingdom 
29 July 2019

Under the Companies Act 2006, we are required 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.

We have nothing to report in these respects.

Directors’ responsibilities

As explained more fully in their statement set out on page 21, 
the Directors are responsible for: the preparation of the 
financial statements and for being satisfied that they give a 
true and fair view; such internal control as they determine is 
necessary to enable the preparation of financial statements 
that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud 
or error; assessing the group and 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 they 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

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 our opinion in an auditor’s report. Reasonable assurance 
is a high level of assurance, but does not 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 the financial statements.

A fuller description of our responsibilities is provided on the 
FRC’s website at www.frc.org.uk/auditorsresponsibilities.

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Consolidated Income Statement
for period 5 March 2018 (date of incorporation) to 31 March 2019

Revenue
Cost of sales

Gross loss
Distribution expenses
Development expenses
Administrative expenses
Other operating expenses

Operating loss
Financial income

Loss before tax
Taxation

Loss for the Period

Attributable to:
Equity holders of the parent

The notes on pages 30 to 45 form an integral part of these Financial Statements

Note
1,2
1

3
5

6

2019 
£000
–
(66)    
(66)    
(264)    
(1,300)    
(1,066)    
(11)    
(2,707)    

–

(2,707)    

–

(2,707)    

(2,707)  
(2,707)  

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Consolidated Statement

of Comprehensive Income

Consolidated Statement
of Comprehensive Income
for period 5 March 2018 (date of incorporation) to 31 March 2019

Loss for the Period

Other comprehensive income
Items that will be reclassified to profit or loss
Foreign currency translation differences – foreign operations 
Other comprehensive loss for the Period
Total comprehensive loss for the Period

Attributable to:
Equity holders of the parent

Earnings per share:
Basic loss per share 
Diluted loss per share 

The notes on pages 30 to 45 form an integral part of these Financial Statements

Note

2019 
£000

(2,707)  

(1)  
(1)  

(2,708)  

(2,708)  
(2,708)  

Pence

7
7

(6,128.79)  
(6,128.79)  

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Consolidated Balance Sheet
at 31 March 2019

Non-current assets
Intangible assets

Current assets
Other financial assets
Other receivables
Cash and cash equivalents

Total assets

Current liabilities
Trade and other payables
Loans and borrowings

Total liabilities
Net liabilities

Equity attributable to equity holders of the parent 
Share capital
Translation reserve
Accumulated deficit

Total equity

Note

8

10
11
12

14
13

16
16

2019 
£000

222
222

100
128
169
397
619

761
2,500
3,261
3,261
(2,642)  

66
(1)  
(2,707)  
(2,642)  

The notes on pages 30 to 45 form an integral part of these Financial Statements

These financial statements were approved by the board of Directors on 29 July 2019 and were signed on its behalf by:

Sebastien Jantet

Director

Company registered number: 11232772

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Consolidated Statement

of Changes in Equity

Consolidated Statement
of Changes in Equity
for period 5 March 2018 (date of incorporation) to 31 March 2019

Balance at 5 March 2018 (date of incorporation)

Total comprehensive loss for the Period
Loss for the Period
Other comprehensive loss for the Period
Total comprehensive loss for the Period
Transactions with owners, recorded directly in equity
Issue of shares
Total contributions by and distributions to owners

Balance at 31 March 2019

Note

16

Share
capital
£000
–

Translation
reserve
£000
–

Accumulated
deficit
£000
–

Total equity
£000
–

–
–
–

66
66

66

–
(1)  
(1)  

–
–

(1)  

(2,707)  
-
(2,707)  

(2,707)  
(1)  
(2,708)  

–
–

66
66

(2,707)  

(2,642)  

The notes on pages 30 to 45 form an integral part of these Financial Statements

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Consolidated Cash Flow Statement
for period 5 March 2018 (date of incorporation) to 31 March 2019

Cash flows from operating activities
Loss for the Period
Adjustments for:
Depreciation, amortisation and impairment
Financial income

Increase in trade and other receivables
Increase in trade and other payables
Net cash used in operating activities
Cash flows from investing activities
Expenditure on internally generated intangibles
Net cash from investing activities
Cash flows from financing activities
Proceeds from the issue of share capital
Proceeds from new loan
Net cash from financing activities
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents at 5 March 2018 (date of incorporation)
Effect of exchange rate fluctuations on cash held

Cash and cash equivalents at 31 March 2019

The notes on pages 30 to 45 form an integral part of these Financial Statements

Note

2019 
£000

(2,707)  

11
–
11

(228)  
761
(2,163)  

(197)  
(197)  

30
2,500
2,530
170
–
(1)  

169

8

16
13

12

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 Notes to the Consolidated Financial 

Statements

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

1.  Accounting policies

Induction Healthcare Limited is a private company incorporated, domiciled and registered in England in the UK. Its principal 
activity is the provision of software to healthcare professionals. The registered number is 11232772 and the registered address is 
Wework c/o Induction Healthcare, 12 Hammersmith Grove, London, United Kingdom, W6 7AP.

These financial statements include the consolidated financial information of Induction Healthcare Limited (the “Company”) and 
its subsidiaries (together referred to as the “Group”). Details of Induction Healthcare Limited’s subsidiaries are included in Note 9. 
The Group has only one reportable segment.

Both the financial statements of the Group and the financial statements of the company have been prepared and approved by the 
Directors in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards as adopted by the EU (“Adopted IFRSs”). Under s408 of 
the Companies Act 2006 the company is exempt from the requirement to present its own profit and loss account. This is the first 
period for which financial statements have been prepared.

Judgements made by the Directors, in the application of these accounting policies that have significant effect on the financial 
statements and estimates with a significant risk of material adjustment in the next year are discussed in Note 22.

1.1   Measurement convention
These financial statements are prepared on the historical cost basis except that other financial assets and liabilities are stated at 
fair value.

1.2   Going concern
For the Period ended 31 March 2019, the Group made a loss of £2,748,563 and had net current liabilities of £2,684,006. The 
following matters have been considered by the Directors in determining the appropriateness of the going concern basis of 
preparation in these financial statements:

(a)   On 1 April 2019, the shareholders in Induction Healthcare Limited executed a share for share exchange whereby Induction 

Healthcare Group PLC acquired 100% of the share capital of Induction Healthcare Limited

(b)   On 30 April 2019 and 1 May 2019, Mr Peter Davies and the Induction Healthcare Group PLC entered into a subscription letter 
and confirmation letter pursuant to which Peter Davies agreed to subscribe for 1,739,130 Ordinary Shares in the capital of the 
Induction Healthcare Group PLC at a price of £1.15 per share raising £2,000,000;

(c)   On 22 May 2019, Numis Securities Placed 12,681,915 shares in Induction Healthcare Group PLC at a price of £1.15 per share 
with a range of investors raising £14,584,202. These funds were paid into an Induction Healthcare Limited bank account 
increasing the intercompany balance between Induction Healthcare Limited and Induction Healthcare Group PLC. The 
intercompany balance is repayable on demand with an interest rate of 0%.

Induction Healthcare Group PLC has provided a letter of support to Induction Healthcare Limited expressing its intentions to 
continue to provide financial and other support, including not seeking repayment of amounts currently made available through 
intercompany loans, for at least twelve months from the date of signing these financial statements. As with any company placing 
reliance on other group entities for financial support, the directors acknowledge that there can be no certainty that this support 
will continue although, at the date of approval of these financial statements, they have no reason to believe that it will not do 
so. Further, the directors are of the opinion that no asset is likely to be realised for an amount less than the amount at which it 
is recorded in these financial statements as at 31 March 2019. Consequently, the Directors are confident that the Group and 
Company will have sufficient funds to continue to meet their liabilities as they fall due for at least twelve months from the date of 
approval of the financial statements and therefore have prepared the financial statements on a going concern basis.

1.3  Basis of consolidation
Subsidiaries
Subsidiaries are entities controlled by the Group. The Group controls an entity when it is exposed to, or has rights to, variable 
returns from its involvement with the entity and has the ability to affect those returns through its power over the entity. In 
assessing control, the Group takes into consideration potential voting rights. The acquisition date is the date on which control 
is transferred to the acquirer. The financial information of subsidiaries is included in these financial statements from the date 
that control commences until the date that control ceases. Losses applicable to the non-controlling interests in a subsidiary are 
allocated to the non-controlling interests even if doing so causes the non-controlling interests to have a deficit balance.

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(continued)

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
(continued)

Change in subsidiary ownership and loss of control
Changes in the Group’s interest in a subsidiary that do not result in a loss of control are accounted for as equity transactions.

Where the Group loses control of a subsidiary, the assets and liabilities are derecognised along with any related non-controlling 
interest and other components of equity. Any resulting gain or loss is recognised in profit or loss. Any interest retained in the 
former subsidiary is measured at fair value when control is lost.

Transactions eliminated on consolidation
Intra-group balances and transactions, and any unrealised income and expenses arising from intra-group transactions, are 
eliminated. Unrealised gains arising from transactions with equity-accounted investees are eliminated against the investment to 
the extent of the Group’s interest in the investee. Unrealised losses are eliminated in the same way as unrealised gains, but only 
to the extent that there is no evidence of impairment.

1.4  Foreign currency
Transactions in foreign currencies are translated to the respective functional currencies of Group entities at the foreign exchange 
rate ruling at the date of the transaction. Monetary assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies at the consolidated 
balance sheet date are retranslated to the functional currency at the foreign exchange rate ruling at that date. Foreign exchange 
differences arising on translation are recognised in the consolidated income statement. Non-monetary assets and liabilities that 
are measured in terms of historical cost in a foreign currency are translated using the exchange rate at the date of the transaction. 
Non-monetary assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies that are stated at fair value are retranslated to the 
functional currency at foreign exchange rates ruling at the dates the fair value was determined.

The functional currency of the Company is Sterling. The assets and liabilities of foreign operations with functional currencies 
other than Sterling, including fair value adjustments arising on consolidation, are translated to the Group’s presentational 
currency, Sterling, at foreign exchange rates ruling at the consolidated balance sheet date. The revenues and expenses of foreign 
operations are translated at an average rate for the year where this rate approximates to the foreign exchange rates ruling at the 
dates of the transactions.

Exchange differences arising from this translation of foreign operations are reported as an item of other comprehensive income 
and accumulated in the translation reserve.

Exchange differences arising from a monetary item receivable from or payable to a foreign operation, the settlement of which is 
neither planned nor likely in the foreseeable future, are considered to form part of a net investment in a foreign operation and are 
recognised directly in equity in the translation reserve.

When a foreign operation is disposed of in its entirety or partially such that control is lost, the cumulative amount in the translation 
reserve related to that foreign operation is reclassified to profit or loss as part of the gain or loss on disposal.

1.5  Fair value measurement
Financial instruments measured at fair value are classified into a fair value hierarchy based on the valuation technique used to 
determine fair value as follows:

 — Level 1: quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets for identical assets or liabilities

 — Level 2: inputs other than quoted prices included within Level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly (i.e., 

as prices) or indirectly (i.e., derived from prices)

 — Level 3: inputs for the asset or liability that are not based on observable market data (unobservable inputs).

If the inputs used to measure the fair value of an asset or a liability fall into different levels of the fair value hierarchy, then the 
fair value measurement is categorised in its entirety in the same level of the fair value hierarchy as the lowest level input that is 
significant to the entire measurement.

1.6  Classification of financial instruments issued by the Group
Financial instruments issued by the Group are treated as equity only to the extent that they meet the following two conditions:

(a)   they include no contractual obligations upon the Group to deliver cash or other financial assets or to exchange financial 
assets or financial liabilities with another party under conditions that are potentially unfavourable to the Group; and

(b)   where the instrument will or may be settled in Induction Healthcare Limited’s own equity instruments, it is either a non-

derivative that includes no obligation to deliver a variable number of Induction Healthcare Limited’s own equity instruments 

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or is a derivative that will be settled by the company exchanging a fixed amount of cash or other financial assets for a fixed 
number of its own equity instruments.

To the extent that this definition is not met, the proceeds of issue are classified as a financial liability. Where the instrument so 
classified takes the legal form of Induction Healthcare Limited’s own shares, the amounts presented in the financial statements for 
called up share capital and share premium account exclude amounts in relation to those shares.

1.7  Financial instruments
Recognition and initial measurement
Non-derivative financial instruments comprise other receivables, cash and cash equivalents, loans and borrowings, and trade 
and other payables. All financial assets and liabilities are initially recognised when the Group becomes a party to the contractual 
provisions of the instrument. Financial assets and liabilities are initially measured at fair value plus, for items measured at 
amortised cost, transaction costs directly attributable to its acquisition or issue.

Financial assets – classification and subsequent measurement
On initial recognition, a financial asset is classified as measured at amortised cost or fair value through profit or loss (“FVTPL”). 
The Group has no financial assets measured at fair value through other comprehensive income (“FVOCI”). A financial asset is 
measured at amortised cost if it is both: held within a business model whose objective is to hold assets to collect contractual 
cash flows; and its contractual terms give rise to cash flows that are solely payments of principal and interest on the amount 
outstanding. For the purposes of this assessment, “principal” is defined as the fair value of the financial asset on initial recognition, 
and “interest” is defined as consideration for the time value of money and for the credit risk associated with the principal amount 
outstanding. In assessing whether the contractual cash flows are solely payments of principal and interest, the Group considers 
the contractual terms of the instrument, including any terms which may affect the timing or amount of contractual cash flows. All 
financial assets not measured at amortised cost are measured at FVTPL.

Financial assets at FVTPL are subsequently measured at fair value with net gains and losses, including any interest or dividend 
income, recognised in profit or loss. Financial assets measured at amortised cost are subsequently measured at amortised cost 
using the effective interest method. The amortised cost is reduced by impairment losses.

Interest income, foreign exchange gains and losses, and impairment are recognised in profit or loss. Any gain or loss on 
derecognition is recognised in profit or loss.

Financial liabilities – classification and subsequent measurement
Financial liabilities are classified as measured at amortised cost or FVTPL. A financial liability is classified as at FVTPL if it is 
classified as held-for-trading, it is a derivative or it is designated as such on initial recognition. Financial liabilities at FVTPL 
are measured at fair value and net gains and losses, including any interest expense, are recognised in profit or loss. All other 
financial liabilities are subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method. Interest expense and foreign 
exchange gains and losses are recognised in profit or loss. Any gain or loss on derecognition is also recognised in profit or loss.

Cash and cash equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents comprise cash balances and call deposits. Bank overdrafts that are repayable on demand and form an 
integral part of the Group’s cash management are included as a component of cash and cash equivalents for the purpose only of 
the consolidated cash flow statement.

Derivative financial instruments and other financial assets
Other financial assets comprise call options. Options are initially classified as FVTPL and recognised at fair value based on the 
consideration paid for the option. Subsequently, the options are measured at fair value and the gain or loss on remeasurement to 
fair value is recognised immediately in profit or loss.

Business model assessment
The Group makes an assessment of the objective of the business model in which a financial asset is held at a portfolio level 
as this best reflects the way the business is managed and information provided to management. The assessment includes 
consideration of the stated objectives of the portfolio, the performance of the portfolio, the risks that affect the performance of 
the business model, and the frequency, volume and timing of sales of financial assets.

Derecognition
The Group derecognises a financial asset when the contractual rights to receive cash flows from the asset expire, or when it 
transfers the rights to receive the contractual cash flows in a transaction in which substantially all of the risks and rewards of 
ownership are transferred.

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The Group derecognises a financial liability when its contractual obligations are discharged or cancelled, or expire.

1.8  Business combinations
All business combinations are accounted for by applying the acquisition method. Business combinations are accounted for using 
the acquisition method as at the acquisition date, which is the date on which control is transferred to the Group.

The Group measures goodwill at the acquisition date as:

 — the fair value of the consideration transferred; plus

 — the recognised amount of any non-controlling interests in the acquiree; plus

 — the fair value of the existing equity interest in the acquiree; less

 — the net recognised amount (generally fair value) of the identifiable assets acquired and liabilities assumed.

When the excess is negative, a bargain purchase gain is recognised immediately in profit or loss.

Costs related to the acquisition, other than those associated with the issue of debt or equity securities, are expensed as incurred.

Any contingent consideration payable is recognised at fair value at the acquisition date. If the contingent consideration is 
classified as equity, it is not remeasured and settlement is accounted for within equity. Otherwise, subsequent changes to the fair 
value of the contingent consideration are recognised in profit or loss.

On a transaction-by-transaction basis, the Group elects to measure non-controlling interests, which have both present ownership 
interests and are entitled to a proportionate share of net assets of the acquiree in the event of liquidation, either at its fair value 
or at its proportionate interest in the recognised amount of the identifiable net assets of the acquiree at the acquisition date. All 
other non-controlling interests are measured at their fair value at the acquisition date.

1.9  Company investment in subsidiaries
Investments in subsidiaries are included in the Company balance sheet at cost less any provision for impairment.

1.10  Intangible assets
Research and development
Expenditure on research activities is recognised in the consolidated income statement as an expense as incurred.

Expenditure on development activities is capitalised if the product or process is technically and commercially feasible and the 
Group intends to and has the technical ability and sufficient resources to complete development, future economic benefits are 
probable and if the Group can measure reliably the expenditure attributable to the intangible asset during its development. 
Development activities involve a plan or design for the production of new or substantially improved products or processes. The 
expenditure capitalised includes the cost of materials, direct labour and an appropriate proportion of overheads and capitalised 
borrowing costs. Other development expenditure is recognised in the consolidated income statement as an expense as incurred. 
Capitalised development expenditure is stated at cost less accumulated amortisation and less accumulated impairment losses.

Other intangible assets
Expenditure on internally generated goodwill and brands is recognised in the consolidated income statement as an expense 
as incurred. Other intangible assets that are acquired by the Group are stated at cost less accumulated amortisation and 
accumulated impairment losses.

1.11  Amortisation
Amortisation is charged to the consolidated income statement on a straight-line basis over the estimated useful lives of intangible 
assets unless such lives are indefinite. Intangible assets with an indefinite useful life and goodwill are systematically tested for 
impairment at each balance sheet date. Other intangible assets are amortised from the date they are available for use. The 
estimated useful lives are as follows:

 — patents and trademarks 

up to 5 years

 — capitalised development costs  up to 5 years

 — other intellectual property 

up to 5 years

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1.12  Impairment
Non-derivative financial assets
The Group recognises loss allowances for expected credit losses (“ECLs”) on financial assets measured at amortised cost. The 
Group measures loss allowances at an amount equal to lifetime ECLs, except for cash and cash equivalents which is measured 
using 12-month ECLs. ECLs are a probability-weighted estimate of credit losses and are measured as the present value of all 
cash shortfalls expected on financial assets, using the effective interest rate of the financial asset. Lifetime ECLs are the ECLs 
which result from all possible default events over the expected life of a financial instrument. When determining ECLs, the Group 
considers reasonable and supportable qualitative and quantitative information that is relevant and available without undue cost 
or effort. The Group considers a financial asset to be in default when the borrower is unlikely to pay its obligations to the Group 
in full without recourse by the Group to actions such as realising security (if any held) or when the financial asset is more than 90 
days overdue.

Loss allowances for financial assets measured at amortised cost are deducted from the gross carrying amount of the assets. The 
carrying amount of a financial asset is written off when the Group has no reasonable expectation of recovering a financial asset in 
its entirety or a portion thereof.

Non-financial assets
The carrying amounts of the Group’s non-financial assets are reviewed at each reporting date to determine whether there is any 
indication of impairment. If any such indication exists, then the asset’s recoverable amount is estimated. For intangible assets that 
have indefinite useful lives or that are not yet available for use, the recoverable amount is estimated each period end.

The recoverable amount of an asset or cash-generating unit is the greater of its value in use and its fair value less costs to sell. 
In assessing value in use, the estimated future cash flows are discounted to their present value using a pre-tax discount rate that 
reflects current market assessments of the time value of money and the risks specific to the asset. For the purpose of impairment 
testing, assets that cannot be tested individually are grouped together into the smallest group of assets that generates cash 
inflows from continuing use that are largely independent of the cash inflows of other assets or groups of assets (the “cash-
generating unit” or “CGU”).

An impairment loss is recognised if the carrying amount of an asset or its CGU exceeds its estimated recoverable amount. 
Impairment losses are recognised in profit or loss.

1.13  Employee benefits
Short term employee benefits
Short term employee benefits are expensed as the related service is provided. A liability is recognised if the Group has a present 
legal or constructive obligation to pay an amount as a result of past employee service and the obligation can be estimated 
reliably.

Defined contribution plans
A defined contribution plan is a post-employment benefit plan under which the company pays fixed contributions into a 
separate entity and will have no legal or constructive obligation to pay further amounts. Obligations for contributions to defined 
contribution pension plans are recognised as an expense in the consolidated income statement in the periods during which 
services are rendered by employees.

Share-based payment transactions
Share-based payment arrangements in which the Group receives goods or services as consideration for its own equity 
instruments are accounted for as equity-settled share-based payment transactions, regardless of how the equity instruments are 
obtained by the Group.

The grant date fair value of share-based payment awards granted to employees is recognised as an employee expense, with a 
corresponding increase in equity, over the period that the employees become unconditionally entitled to the awards. The fair 
value of the options granted is measured using an option valuation model, taking into account the terms and conditions upon 
which the options were granted. The amount recognised as an expense is adjusted to reflect the actual number of awards for 
which the related service and non-market vesting conditions are expected to be met, such that the amount ultimately recognised 
as an expense is based on the number of awards that do meet the related service and non-market performance conditions at the 
vesting date. For share-based payment awards with market and non-vesting conditions, the grant date fair value of the share-
based payment is measured to reflect such conditions and there is no true-up for differences between expected and actual 
outcomes.

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Share-based payment transactions in which the Group receives goods or services by incurring a liability to transfer cash or other 
assets that is based on the price of the Group’s equity instruments are accounted for as cash-settled share-based payments. The 
fair value of the amount payable to employees is recognised as an expense, with a corresponding increase in liabilities, over the 
period in which the employees become unconditionally entitled to payment. The liability is remeasured at each balance sheet 
date and at settlement date. Any changes in the fair value of the liability are recognised as personnel expenses in profit or loss.

1.14  Provisions
A provision is recognised in the consolidated balance sheet when the Group has a present legal or constructive obligation as a 
result of a past event, that can be reliably measured and it is probable that an outflow of economic benefits will be required to 
settle the obligation. Provisions are determined by discounting the expected future cash flows at a pre-tax rate that reflects risks 
specific to the liability.

1.15  Revenue
Revenue comprises the fair value of consideration received or receivable for access to Induction Switch, the Group’s proprietary 
application which facilitates communication between healthcare professionals, in the ordinary course of the Group’s activities. 
Revenue is shown net of value added tax and trade discounts and is reported as follows:

 — On a per-user basis whereby users are charged a monthly fee to access Induction Switch, with the pricing depending on the 
features selected by users. Invoices are issued monthly and settled via a credit or debit card. Revenue is recognised on a 
monthly basis reflecting the period during which they have access to Induction Switch.

 — On a healthcare institution basis whereby healthcare institutions are charged a subscription for making Induction Switch 

available to users. This revenue is recognised rateably over the period of the subscription.

1.16  Expenses
Cost of sales
Cost of sales consists of the direct costs associated with Induction Switch, the Group’s proprietary application, including costs 
incurred for server hosting and data population.

Operating lease payments
Payments made under operating leases are recognised in the consolidated income statement on a straight-line basis over the 
term of the lease. Lease incentives received are recognised in the consolidated income statement as an integral part of the total 
lease expense.

Financial income
Financing expenses comprise interest payable, finance charges on shares classified as liabilities and finance leases recognised 
in profit or loss using the effective interest method, unwinding of the discount on provisions, and net foreign exchange losses that 
are recognised in the income statement (see foreign currency accounting policy). Borrowing costs that are directly attributable to 
the acquisition, construction or production of an asset that takes a substantial time to be prepared for use, are capitalised as part 
of the cost of that asset. Financial income comprises interest receivable on loans issued by the Group and is recognised in profit 
or loss as it accrues, using the effective interest method. Foreign currency gains and losses are reported on a net basis.

1.17  Taxation
Tax on the profit or loss for the period comprises current and deferred tax. Tax is recognised in the consolidated income 
statement except to the extent that it relates to items recognised directly in equity, in which case it is recognised in equity.

Current tax is the expected tax payable or receivable on the taxable income or loss for the period, using tax rates enacted or 
substantively enacted at the balance sheet date, and any adjustment to tax payable in respect of previous periods.

Deferred tax is provided on temporary differences between the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities for financial reporting 
purposes and the amounts used for taxation purposes. The following temporary differences are not provided for: the initial 
recognition of goodwill; the initial recognition of assets or liabilities that affect neither accounting nor taxable profit other than in 
a business combination, and differences relating to investments in subsidiaries to the extent that they will probably not reverse in 
the foreseeable future. The amount of deferred tax provided is based on the expected manner of realisation or settlement of the 
carrying amount of assets and liabilities, using tax rates enacted or substantively enacted at the balance sheet date.

A deferred tax asset is recognised only to the extent that it is probable that future taxable profits will be available against which 
the temporary difference can be utilised. Deferred tax assets are reviewed at each reporting date and recognised to the extent 
that it has become probable that future taxable profits will be available against which they can be used.

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(continued)

1.18  Adopted IFRS not yet applied
The following Adopted IFRSs have been issued but have not been applied by the Group in these financial statements. Their 
adoption is not expected to have a material effect on the financial statements unless otherwise indicated:

 — IFRS 16 Leases (effective date 1 January 2019) – the Group has no leases which would fall within the scope of IFRS 16.

 — IFRIC 22 Foreign Currency Transactions and Advance Consideration (effective date to be confirmed).

 — IFRIC 23 Uncertainty over Income Tax Treatments (effective date to be confirmed).

 — Annual Improvements to IFRS Standards 2014-2016 Cycle (effective date to be confirmed).

 — Amendments to IFRS 2: Classification and Measurement of Share-based Payment Transactions (effective date to be 

confirmed).

2.  Revenue

Rendering of services

Total revenues 

3.  Expenses and auditors’ remuneration

Included in net loss for the Period are the following:

Depreciation, amortisation and impairment
Audit of these financial statements
Research and development expensed as incurred 

4.  Staff numbers and costs

Period to 
31 March 2019 
£000
–
–

Period to 
31 March 2019 
£000
10
50
1,300

The average number of persons employed by the Group (including Directors) during the Period, analysed by category, was as 
follows:

Development
Sales and Marketing
General and Administrative

The aggregate payroll costs of these persons were as follows:

Wages and salaries
Social security costs
Contributions to defined contribution plans

The aggregate remuneration of the Directors and the remuneration of the highest paid Director was £129,031.

Period to 
31 March 2019
No. of employees
5
1
1
7

Period to 
31 March 2019
£000
610
70
26
706

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5.  Financial income

Interest income on unimpaired financial assets

Total finance income

Period to 
31 March 2019
£000
–
–

Financial income includes £43 of interest income received on two loans made to a Director of the group and a senior employee of 
the group. The terms of the loans are disclosed in Note 20.

6.  Taxation

Recognised in the income statement and equity

Current tax expense
Current year
Current tax expense

Deferred tax expense
Origination and reversal of temporary differences

Deferred tax expense
Current tax recognised directly in equity
Deferred tax recognised directly in equity
Total tax recognised directly in equity
Tax expense in income statement, total tax expense and tax recognised in equity

Reconciliation of effective tax rate

Loss for the Period
Tax using the UK corporation tax rate of 19%
Non-deductible expenses
Current Period losses for which no deferred tax asset was recognised

Total tax expense 

Period to 
31 March 2019 
£000

–
–

–

–
–
–
–
–

Period to 
31 March 2019
£000
(2,707)    
514
(127)    
(387)    
–

A deferred tax asset of £387k arises from unused tax losses of £2,580k, however given the early stage nature of the business the 
deferred tax asset has not been recognised.

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
(continued)

7.  Earnings per share

The calculation of basic and fully diluted earnings per share has been based on the following loss attributable to ordinary 
shareholders and weighted-average number of ordinary shares outstanding.

Loss attributable to ordinary shares (basic and diluted)
Loss attributable to ordinary shares (basic and diluted)

Weighted average number of ordinary shares (basic and diluted)
Issued ordinary shares as at 5 March 2018
Shares issued on 4 September 2018
Shares issued on 5 September 2018
Issued ordinary shares as at 31 March 2019
Weighted-average number of ordinary shares (basic and diluted)

Basic loss per share 
Diluted loss per share 

8. 

Intangible assets

Cost
Balance at 5 March 2018
Acquisitions
Internally developed
Balance at 31 March 2019

Amortisation and impairment
Balance at 5 March 2018
Amortisation for the Period
Balance at 31 March 2019

Net book value
At 5 March 2018
At 31 March 2019

Period to 
31 March 2019 
£000
(2,707)  
(2,707)  

Period to 
31 March 2019 
£000
20,000
9,828
35,763
65,591
44,162

(6,128.79)    
(6,128.79)    

Acquired 
intangibles
£000

Development 
costs
£000

–
36
–
36

–
11
11

–
25

–
–
197
197

–
–
–

–
197

Total
£000

–
36
197
233

–
11
11

–
222

The acquired intangible asset recognised in the books consists of the intellectual property acquired from Hugo Stephenson to 
Induction Healthcare Limited on 5 of September 2018.

The capitalised development costs consist of the cost incurred on developing the messaging capacity within Induction Switch 
from 1 January 2019 onwards, the date at which the project passed the technological feasibility milestone.

Amortisation and impairment charge
Amortisation of the acquired intangible asset is recognised over two years in other operating expenses in the consolidated 
income statement.

No amortisation was recognised with respect to the development costs as the asset has yet to be put into service at the Period 
end.

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9. 

Investments in subsidiaries

The Company has the following investments in subsidiaries:

Company
Induction Healthcare (UK) Limited Wework C/O Induction Healthcare, 

Registered office address

Registered 
number 
11237890

Class of
shares held
Ordinary

Balance sheet 
value
£1

Ownership
2019
100%

12 Hammersmith Grove, London, 
United Kingdom W6 7AP 

23 Regent Street, Prahran, Victoria 
3181, Australia

Induction Healthcare Pty Ltd

10.  Other financial assets

Other financial assets designated as fair value through profit or loss

625119397

Ordinary

£1

100%

2019 
£000
100
100

Other financial assets comprise an option to acquire either the shares or the assets of Podmedics Limited, a company providing 
a healthcare application used by a substantial number of healthcare professionals in the UK, in exchange for consideration of 
£400,000 satisfied in either shares or cash. The option agreement was entered into on 5 September 2018 and the Directors 
consider that there has been no material change to fair value as at the consolidated balance sheet date of 31 March 2019 and, as 
such, the carrying amount is representative of fair value.

11.  Other receivables

Loans to Director and employees
Other receivables
Prepayments

Included within trade and other receivables is £nil expected to be recovered in more than 12 months.

12.  Cash and cash equivalents

Cash and cash equivalents per consolidated balance sheet
Cash and cash equivalents per consolidated cash flow statement

2019 
£000
10
102
16
128

2019 
£000
169
169

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13.  Loans and borrowings

This note provides information about the contractual terms of the Group’s interest-bearing loans and borrowings, which are 
measured at amortised cost. The loan has not been discounted as the effective interest over the period of the loan would not be 
material and the loan was subsequently settled on 4 June 2019. For more information about the Group’s exposure to interest rate 
and foreign currency risk, see Note 17.

Current liabilities
Loan from Director

Terms and debt repayment schedule

Loan from Director

2019 
£000

2,500
2,500

Carrying
 amount
2019 
£000
2,500
2,500

Currency
£

Nominal interest 
rate
0%

Year of
maturity
2019

Face value
2019 
£000
2,500
2,500

The Director loan is repayable in the event of an initial public offering or a financing which raises not less than £20m in equity or a 
sale of a controlling interest or substantially the whole of the assets to a third party purchaser. See subsequent event Note 21 for 
more details.

Changes in loans and borrowings from financing activities

Balance at 5 March 2018
Changes from financing cash flows 
Proceeds from loans and borrowings 
Total changes from financing cash flows 
Other changes 
Interest expense 
Interest paid 
Total other changes 

Balance at 31 March 2019

14.  Trade and other payables

Trade payables
Non-trade payables and accrued expenses

Total 
£000
– 

2,500 
2,500 

–
–
 –

2,500

2019 
£000
107
654
761

Included within trade and other payables is £nil expected to be settled in more than 12 months.

15.  Employee benefits

The Group operates a defined contribution pension plan which was put in place in October 2018. The total expense relating to 
this plan in the current year was £24,066.

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
(continued)

16.  Capital and reserves

Share capital

Ordinary shares in thousands of shares
On issue at 5 March 2018 (date of incorporation)
Issued for cash
Issued in exchange for intangible asset (see Note 8)
On issue at 31 March 2019 – fully paid

Allotted, called up and fully paid
Ordinary shares of £1 each

Shares classified as liabilities
Shares classified in equity

2019 
No. of shares 
(000)
–
30
36
66

2019
£000

66
66

–
66
66

The holders of ordinary shares are entitled to receive dividends as declared from time to time and are entitled to one vote per 
share at meetings of Induction Healthcare Limited.

During the Period Induction Healthcare Limited issued 65,591 £1 ordinary shares for a consideration of £65,591, of which £29,828 
was settled in cash and £35,763 was settled by way of an assignment of intellectual property (see Note 20).

Translation reserve
The translation reserve comprises all foreign exchange differences arising since 5 March 2018 (date of incorporation) from the 
translation of the financial information of foreign operations.

Dividends
No dividends were recognised during the Period.

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17.  Financial instruments

The following table shows the carrying amounts and fair values of financial instruments as at 31 March 2019. For financial assets 
and liabilities not measured at fair value, the carrying amount is considered to be a reasonable approximation of fair value.

Financial assets

Financial assets measured at FVTPL
Other financial assets

Financial assets measured at amortised cost
Loans to Director and employees
Other receivables
Cash and cash equivalents

The business does not hold any other form of financial assets. No assets require impairment.

Financial liabilities

Financial liabilities measured at amortised cost
Trade and other payables
Loans and borrowings

2019 
£000

100
100

10
102
169
281

2019 
£000

107
2,500
2,607

The business does not hold any other form of financial liabilities.

All financial instruments measured at fair value are considered to be Level 3 financial instruments in the fair value hierarchy. Other 
financial assets comprise the cost of an option to acquire either the shares or the assets of Podmedics Limited in exchange for 
consideration of £400,000 satisfied in either shares or cash. Whilst no formal valuation process was undertaken, the option was 
recognised initially at cost, which represented the market value at the time that the option was acquired. Given as at 31 March 
2019 no formal decision has been made with regard to whether to exercise the option and that there has been no material 
change in the trading of Podmedics between the time of the acquisition of the option and the Period end, the Directors have 
concluded that there has been no material change in the fair value of the option. There are no significant unobservable inputs 
used in the valuation of the option.

The Group has exposure to the following principal financial risks in the operation and management of its business:

(i)  Liquidity risk;

(ii)  Credit risk; and

(iii)  Financial risk.

Liquidity risk
Liquidity risk is the risk that the Group will not be able to meet its financial obligations as they fall due. The Group’s treasury 
policies are designed to ensure that sufficient cash is available to support current and future business requirements. Cash 
management is a core feature of the Group’s business model and rolling cash flow forecasts, updated on at least a monthly basis, 
are reviewed to manage these requirements. At 31 March 2019, the contractual maturity of all financial liabilities other than loans 
and borrowings was less than 2 months. The Director loan is repayable in the event of an Initial Public Offering or a financing 
which raises not less than £20m in equity or a sale of a controlling interest or substantially the whole of the assets to a third party 
purchaser. See Subsequent Events Note 21 for more details. Contractual cash flows are equal to the carrying amounts of financial 
liabilities.

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Credit risk
Credit risk is the risk of financial loss to the Group if a customer or counterparty to a financial instrument fails to meet its 
contractual obligations and arises principally from the Group’s receivables from customers and investment securities. The Group’s 
principal financial assets are cash and cash equivalents, other financial assets, and other receivables, the carrying values of which 
represent the Group’s maximum exposure to credit risk in relation to financial assets, as shown in this note. The Group’s credit risk 
is primarily attributable to its cash and cash equivalents. The credit risk arising from cash and cash equivalents is limited because 
the counterparties are banks with triple-A credit ratings assigned by international credit-rating agencies.

Market risk
Market risk is the risk that changes in market prices, such as foreign exchange rates, interest rates and equity prices will affect the 
Group’s income or the value of its holdings of financial instruments. Interest rate risk is not considered to be material to the Group.

The Groups main exposure is to the United States dollar and the Australian dollar. However, the Group’s exposure is limited as the 
sums involved are relatively small. The Group has a bank account denominated in Australian dollars and the Group’s exposure 
to foreign exchange risk is limited by ensuring the Group has enough cash in this account to cover approximately six months 
of expenditure. The Group’s exposure to foreign currency risk is as follows. This is based on the carrying amount for monetary 
financial instruments other financial assets and liabilities based on notional amounts. Sensitivity analysis has not been presented 
as the effects of reasonably possible strengthening or weakening of the foreign currencies below would not have a material 
impact on the Group’s financial information.

31 March 2019

Cash and cash equivalents
Other receivables
Loans and borrowings
Trade and other payables
Balance sheet exposure

Sterling
£000
167
128
(2,500)  
(760)  
(2,965)  

U.S. dollar
£000
–
–
–
(–)  
(–)  

Australian dollar
£000
2
–
–
(1)  
1

Total
£000
169
128
(2,500)  
(761)  
(2,964)  

Capital management
The Group’s policy is to maintain capital sufficient to sustain the future development of the business.

18.  Commitments

As at 31 March 2019 the Group had no capital commitments.

19.  Contingencies

As at 31 March 2019 the Group had no contingencies.

20.  Related parties

Identity of related parties with which the Group has transacted
The related parties with which the Group has transacted are Hugo Stephenson, a Director of the Group, Sebastien Jantet, 
a Director of the Group, Dale Jessop, a member of key management personnel, Ed Wallitt, a member of key management 
personnel, and Blue Muse Investments Pty Ltd as trustee of The Blue Muse Trust, the ultimate parent entity and a company/trust 
controlled by immediate relatives of Hugo Stephenson.

Transactions with key management personnel
Directors of Induction Healthcare Limited and their immediate relatives control 64.51 per cent of the voting shares of Induction 
Healthcare Limited.

The compensation of key management personnel (including the Directors) is as follows:

Key management remuneration including social security costs

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376
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Key management remuneration comprises short-term employee benefits only.

Other related party transactions
During the Period ended 31 March 2019, Induction Healthcare Limited entered into a loan agreement with Hugo Stephenson, 
a Director of Induction Healthcare Limited, under which he agreed to lend the company up to £4,000,000. The loan may be 
drawn down at any time up to 31 December 2019. The loan is repayable in the event of an Initial Public Offering or a financing 
which raises not less than £20m in equity or a sale of a controlling interest or substantially the whole of the assets to a third party 
purchaser. The loan is unsecured and is interest free. As at 31 March 2019, the amount drawn down was £2,499,975.

During the Period ended 31 March 2019, the Group issued 35,736 £1 ordinary shares at par to Blue Muse Investments Pty Ltd 
as trustee of The Blue Muse Trust, a company/trust controlled by immediate relatives of Hugo Stephenson, in exchange for the 
assignment of intellectual property by Hugo Stephenson to the Group.

During the Period ended 31 March 2019, the Group entered into an option to acquire the shares or assets of Podmedics Limited, a 
company owned by Edward Wallitt, a member of the key management personnel. The consideration for the option was £100,000.

During the Period ended 31 March 2019, Induction Healthcare Limited entered into a loan agreement with Sebastien Jantet, a 
Director of the Group, under which is agreed to lend him £6,552 to fund the purchase of 6,552 £1 ordinary shares in Induction 
Healthcare Limited. The loan is repayable by 31 December 2019. The loan is unsecured, and interest is due on the outstanding 
amount at an interest rate equal to the base rate of the Bank of England. As at 31 March 2019, the amount outstanding was £6,581. 
The loan has not been discounted as the effective interest over the period of the loan would not be material and the loan was 
subsequently settled on 30 May 2019.

During the Period ended 31 March 2019, Induction Healthcare Limited entered into a loan agreement with Dale Jessop, a 
member of key management personnel, under which is agreed to lend him £3,276 to fund the purchase of 3,276 £1 ordinary 
shares in Induction Healthcare Limited. The loan is repayable by 31 December 2019. The loan is unsecured, and interest is due 
on the outstanding amount at an interest rate equal to the base rate of the Bank of England. As at 31 March 2019, the amount 
outstanding was £3,290. The loan has not been discounted as the effective interest over the period of the loan would not be 
material and the loan was subsequently settled on 23 May 2019.

21.  Subsequent events

On 1 April 2019, the Group went through a reorganisation where the following happened:

 — The shareholders in Induction Healthcare Limited executed a share for share exchange whereby Induction Healthcare Group 
PLC acquired 100% of the share capital of Induction Healthcare Limited in consideration for the issues share in Induction 
Healthcare Group PLC to the shareholders of Induction Healthcare Limited on the basis of one ordinary share in Induction 
Healthcare Group PLC for each ordinary share in Induction Healthcare Limited.

 — Induction Healthcare Limited issued a loan note to Hugo Stephenson replacing the outstanding £2.5m Directors loan facility 
as at 1 April 2019. Shortly thereafter Induction Healthcare Group PLC agreed to acquire this loan note from Hugo Stephenson 
in exchange for the issue by Induction Healthcare Group PLC of a loan note in the same amount (the “Company Loan Note”).

On the 30 April 2019 and 1 May 2019, Mr Peter Davies and the Induction Healthcare Group PLC entered into a subscription letter 
and confirmation letter pursuant to which Peter Davies agreed to subscribe for 1,739,130 Ordinary Shares in the capital of the 
Induction Healthcare Group PLC at a price of £1.15 per share, raising £2,000,000.

On 7 May 2019, the Induction Healthcare Group PLC carried out a share split such that that each of the existing issued ordinary 
shares of £1 each in the capital of the Company was sub-divided into 200 ordinary shares of 0.5 pence.

On 7 May 2019 the Induction Healthcare Group PLC and Hugo Stephenson agreed to amend the Company Loan Note Instrument 
to permit the Induction Healthcare Group PLC and Hugo Stephenson to agree to the conversion of all or part of the loan notes 
into Ordinary Shares and to provide that the loan notes (to the extent not converted) are repayable by the Induction Healthcare 
Group PLC within 5 business days of a financing pursuant to which the Group raises not less than £10 million of equity financing. 
On the same day Hugo Stephenson and the Induction Healthcare Group PLC entered into a subscription letter pursuant to which 
Hugo Stephenson agreed to subscribe for 1,739,130 Ordinary Shares in the capital of the Induction Healthcare Group PLC at a 
price of £1.15 per share (the aggregate subscription price therefore being £2,000,000), such subscription price to be satisfied by 
the conversion of £2,000,000 of the loan notes.

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On 7 May 2019, Dr Edward Wallitt, Induction Healthcare Limited and the Podmedics Limited entered into a share purchase 
agreement pursuant to which Induction Healthcare Limited acquired the entire issued share capital of Podmedics Limited 
(06840040) from Dr Edward Wallitt. The consideration payable under the share purchase agreement was £400,000 which was 
satisfied following Admission by the issue by the Company to Dr Edward Wallitt of 347,826 Ordinary Shares in the capital of the 
Induction Healthcare Group PLC. Pursuant to the share purchase agreement, Dr Edward Wallitt granted customary warranties and 
a tax deed to Induction Healthcare Limited. The primary reason for the acquisition was to bring under the Group’s control all of 
the assets and intellectual property relating to Induction Switch. The intangibles fair value relating to the acquisition of Podmedics 
Limited had not been completed at the date that these accounts were approved therefore the remaining disclosures required 
under IFRS3 Business Combinations has not been presented in these financial statements.

On 22 May 2019, Numis Securities Placed 12,681,915 shares in Induction Healthcare Group PLC at a price of £1.15 per share with a 
range of investors raising £14,584,202. These funds were paid into an Induction Healthcare Limited bank account increasing the 
intercompany balance between Induction Healthcare Limited and Induction Healthcare Group PLC. The intercompany balance is 
repayable on demand.

22.  Accounting estimates and judgements

The preparation of financial information in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles requires management to 
make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and the disclosure of contingent 
assets and liabilities. Significant items subject to such assumption and estimate include the useful economic life of assets and the 
measurement and recognition of provisions. Actual results could differ from these estimates and any subsequent changes are 
accounted for with an effect on income at the time such updated information becomes available.

The most critical accounting policies in determining the financial condition and results of the Group are

those requiring the greatest degree of subjective or complex judgement. These relate to valuation of acquired intangible assets 
and other assets which are the areas of judgment that have the most significant effect on the amounts recognised in the financial 
statements.

Intangible assets
Intangible assets are reviewed for impairment if events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount may 
not be recoverable. When a review for impairment is conducted, the recoverable amount of an asset or a cash-generating 
unit is determined based on the higher of market value or value-in-use calculations prepared on the basis of management’s 
assumptions and estimates.

Under the terms of a deed of assignment between Induction Healthcare Limited, Hugo Stephenson and JuicyMed Pty Ltd, a 
company controlled by Hugo Stephenson, Induction Healthcare Limited agreed to issue 35,773 £1 ordinary shares at par to the 
assignor or a nominee of the assignor (in this case Blue Muse Investments Pty Ltd as trustee of The Blue Muse Trust). No formal 
valuation was done of the intellectual property at the time of the transaction transferred to the Group. The intangible asset was 
recognised initially at cost and the Directors expect future economic benefits to flow to Induction Healthcare Limited as a result of 
the assignment. The Directors have carried out an impairment review and concluded no indicators of impairment exist.

Other assets
Induction Healthcare Limited paid £100,000 for an option to acquire either the shares or the assets of Podmedics Limited in 
exchange for consideration of £400,000 satisfied in either shares or cash. No formal valuation was done of the option at the 
time of acquisition. The option was recognised initially at cost and, given as at 31 March 2019 no formal decision has been made 
with regard to whether to exercise the option and that there has been no material change in Podmedics between the time of the 
acquisition of the option and the Period end, the Directors have concluded that there has been no material change in the fair 
value of the option.

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at 31 March 2019

Company Balance Sheet
at 31 March 2019

Non-current assets
Investment in subsidiaries
Intangible assets

Current assets
Other financial assets
Other receivables
Cash and cash equivalents

Total assets

Current liabilities
Loans and borrowings

Total liabilities
Net Assets
Equity attributable to equity holders of the parent 
Share capital
Accumulated deficit

Total equity

Note

9
24

25
26
27

28

30

2019 
£000

–
25
25

100
2,263
167
2,530
2,555

2,500
2,500
2,500
55

66
(11)    
55

The notes on pages 49 to 55 form an integral part of these Financial Statements

These financial statements were approved by the board of Directors on 29 July 2019 and were signed on its behalf by:

Sebastien Jantet 
Director

Company registered number: 11232772

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Equity

for period from 5 

March 2018 (date of 

incorporation) to 31 March 

2019

Company Statement of Changes in Equity
for period from 5 March 2018 (date of incorporation) to 31 March 2019

Balance at 5 March 2018 (date of incorporation)
Total comprehensive loss for the Period
Loss for the Period
Other comprehensive loss for the Period
Total comprehensive loss for the Period

Transactions with owners, recorded directly in equity
Issue of shares
Total contributions by and distributions to owners

Balance at 31 March 2019

The notes on pages 49 to 55 form an integral part of these Financial Statements

Note

30

Share
capital
£000
–

Accumulated
deficit
£000
–

Total equity
£000
–

–
–
–

66
66
66

(11)    
–
(11)    

–
–
(11)    

(11)    
–
(11)    

66
66
55

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for period from 5 

March 2018 (date of 

incorporation) to 31 March 

2019

Company Cash Flow Statement
for period from 5 March 2018 (date of incorporation) to 31 March 2019

Cash flows from operating activities
Loss for the Period
Adjustments for:
Depreciation, amortisation and impairment
Financial income

Increase in other receivables
Increase in trade and other payables
Net cash used in operating activities
Cash flows from financing activities
Proceeds from the issue of share capital
Proceeds from new loan 
Net cash from financing activities
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents at 5 March 2018 (date of incorporation)

Cash and cash equivalents at 31 March 2019

The notes on pages 49 to 55 form an integral part of these Financial Statements

Note

30
28

27

2019 
£000

(11)    

11
–
11

(2,363)    

–

(2,363)    

30
2,500
2,530
167
–
167

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Statements

(continued)

Notes to the Company Financial Statements
for period from 5 March 2018 (date of incorporation) to 31 March 2019

23.  Dividends

No dividends were declared during the Period.

24.  Intangible assets

Cost
Balance at 5 March 2018
Acquisitions
Balance at 31 March 2019

Amortisation and impairment
Balance at 5 March 2018
Amortisation for the year
Balance at 31 March 2019

Net book value
At 5 March 2018
At 31 March 2019

Acquired 
intangibles
£000

–
36
36

–
11
11

–
25

The acquired intangible asset recognised in the books consists of the intellectual property acquired from Hugo Stephenson by 
Induction Healthcare Limited on 5 of September 2018.

Amortisation and impairment charge
Amortisation of the acquired intangible asset is recognised over two years in other operating expenses in the consolidated 
income statement.

25.  Other financial assets

Other financial assets designated as fair value through profit or loss

2019 
£000
100
100

Other financial assets comprise an option to acquire either the shares or the assets of Podmedics Limited, a company providing 
a healthcare application used by a substantial number of healthcare professionals in the UK, in exchange for consideration of 
£400,000 satisfied in either shares or cash. The option agreement was entered into on 5 September 2018 and the Directors 
consider that there has been no material change to fair value as at the consolidated balance sheet date of 31 March 2019 and, as 
such, the carrying amount is representative of fair value.

26.  Other receivables

Loans to Director and employees
Other receivables
Prepayments

Other receivables consist of amounts due from other group companies.

2019 
£000
10
2,253
–
2,263

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27.  Cash and cash equivalents

Cash and cash equivalents per balance sheet
Cash and cash equivalents per cash flow statement

28.  Loans and borrowings

2019 
£000
167
167

This note provides information about the contractual terms of the Company’s interest-bearing loans and borrowings, which are 
measured at amortised cost. The loan has not been discounted as the effective interest over the period of the loan would not be 
material and the loan was subsequently settled on 4 June 2019. For more information about the Company’s exposure to interest 
rate and foreign currency risk, see Note 34.

Current liabilities
Loan from Director

Terms and debt repayment schedule

Loan from Director

2019 
£000

2,500
2,500

Carrying
 amount
2019 
£000
2,500
2,500

Currency
£

Nominal 
interest rate
0%

Year of
maturity
2019

Face value
2019 
£000
2,500
2,500

The Director loan is repayable in the event of an initial public offering or a financing which raises not less than £20m in equity or a 
sale of a controlling interest or substantially the whole of the assets to a third party purchaser.

29.  Changes in loans and borrowings from financing activities

Balance at 5 March 2018
Changes from financing cash flows 
Proceeds from loans and borrowings 
Total changes from financing cash flows 
Other changes 
Interest expense 
Interest paid 
Total other changes 
Balance at 31 March 2019

 Total 
£000
– 

2,500 
2,500 

–
–
 –
2,500

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30.  Capital and reserves

Share capital

Ordinary shares in thousands of shares
On issue at 5 March 2018 (date of incorporation)
Issued for cash
Issued in exchange for intangible asset (see Note 26)
On issue at 31 March 2019 – fully paid

Allotted, called up and fully paid
Ordinary shares of £1 each

Shares classified as liabilities
Shares classified in equity

2019 
No. of shares 
(000)
–
30
36
66

2019
£000

66
66

–
66
66

The holders of ordinary shares are entitled to receive dividends as declared from time to time and are entitled to one vote per 
share at meetings of Induction Healthcare Limited.

During the year Induction Healthcare Limited issued 65,591 £1 ordinary shares for a consideration of £65,591, of which £29,828 
was settled in cash and £35,763 was settled by way of an assignment of intellectual property (see Note 34).

31.  Financial instruments

The following table shows the carrying amounts and fair values of financial instruments as at 31 March 2019. For financial assets 
and liabilities not measured at fair value, the carrying amount is considered to be a reasonable approximation of fair value.

Financial assets

Financial assets measured at FVTPL
Other financial assets

Financial assets measured at amortised cost
Loans to Director and employees
Other receivables
Cash and cash equivalents

The business does not hold any other form of financial assets. No assets require impairment.

Financial liabilities

Financial liabilities measured at amortised cost
Loans and borrowings

The business does not hold any other form of financial liabilities.

50

2019 
£000

100
100

10
2,253
167
2,430

2019 
£000

2,500
2,500

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All financial instruments measured at fair value are considered to be Level 2 financial instruments in the fair value hierarchy. Other 
financial assets comprise the cost of an option to acquire either the shares or the assets of Podmedics Limited in exchange for 
consideration of £400,000 satisfied in either shares or cash. Whilst no formal valuation process was undertaken, the option was 
recognised initially at cost, which represented the market value at the time that the option was acquired. Given as at 31 March 
2019 no formal decision has been made with regard to whether to exercise the option and that there has been no material 
change in the trading of Podmedics between the time of the acquisition of the option and the Period end, the Directors have 
concluded that there has been no material change in the fair value of the option. There are no significant unobservable inputs 
used in the valuation of the option.

The Company has exposure to the following principal financial risks in the operation and management of its business:

(i)   Liquidity risk;

(ii)   Credit risk; and

(iii)  Financial risk.

Liquidity risk
Liquidity risk is the risk that the Company will not be able to meet its financial obligations as they fall due. The Company’s treasury 
policies are designed to ensure that sufficient cash is available to support current and future business requirements. Cash 
management is a core feature of the Company’s business model and rolling cash flow forecasts, updated on at least a monthly 
basis, are reviewed to manage these requirements. At 31 March 2019, the contractual maturity of all financial liabilities other 
than loans and borrowings was less than 2 months. The Director loan is repayable in the event of an Initial Public Offering or a 
financing which raises not less than £20m in equity or a sale of a controlling interest or substantially the whole of the assets to 
a third party purchaser. See Subsequent Events Note 35. Contractual cash flows are equal to the carrying amounts of financial 
liabilities.

Credit risk
Credit risk is the risk of financial loss to the Company if a customer or counterparty to a financial instrument fails to meet its 
contractual obligations and arises principally from the Company’s receivables from customers and investment securities. The 
Company’s principal financial assets are cash and cash equivalents, other financial assets, and other receivables, the carrying 
values of which represent the Company’s maximum exposure to credit risk in relation to financial assets, as shown in this note. 
The Company’s credit risk is primarily attributable to its cash and cash equivalents. The credit risk arising from cash and cash 
equivalents is limited because the counterparties are banks with triple-A credit ratings assigned by international credit-rating 
agencies.

Market risk
Market risk is the risk that changes in market prices, such as foreign exchange rates, interest rates and equity prices will affect the 
Company’s income or the value of its holdings of financial instruments. Interest rate risk is not considered to be material to the 
Company.

The Company’s main exposure is to Sterling

Capital management
The Company’s policy is to maintain capital sufficient to sustain the future development of the business.

32.  Commitments

As at 31 March 2019 the Company had no capital commitments.

33.  Contingencies

As at 31 March 2019 the Company had no contingencies.

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34.  Related parties

Identity of related parties with which the Company has transacted
The related parties with which the Company has transacted are Hugo Stephenson, a Director of the Company, Sebastien Jantet, 
a Director of the Company, Dale Jessop, a member of key management personnel, Ed Wallitt, a member of key management 
personnel, and Blue Muse Investments Pty Ltd as trustee of The Blue Muse Trust, the ultimate parent entity and a company/trust 
controlled by immediate relatives of Hugo Stephenson.

Transactions with key management personnel
Directors of Induction Healthcare Limited and their immediate relatives control 64.51 per cent of the voting shares of Induction 
Healthcare Limited.

The compensation of key management personnel (including the Directors) was £nil

Other related party transactions
During the Period ended 31 March 2019, Induction Healthcare Limited entered into a loan agreement with Hugo Stephenson, 
a Director of Induction Healthcare Limited, under which he agreed to lend the company up to £4,000,000. The loan may be 
drawn down at any time up to 31 December 2019. The loan is repayable in the event of an Initial Public Offering or a financing 
which raises not less than £20m in equity or a sale of a controlling interest or substantially the whole of the assets to a third party 
purchaser. The loan is unsecured and is interest free. As at 31 March 2019, the amount drawn down was £2,499,975.

During the Period ended 31 March 2019, the Company issued 35,736 £1 ordinary shares at par to Blue Muse Investments Pty Ltd 
as trustee of The Blue Muse Trust, a company/trust controlled by immediate relatives of Hugo Stephenson, in exchange for the 
assignment of intellectual property by Hugo Stephenson to the Company.

During the Period ended 31 March 2019, the Company entered into an option to acquire the shares or assets of Podmedics 
Limited, a company owned by Edward Wallitt, a member of the key management personnel. The consideration for the option was 
£100,000.

During the Period ended 31 March 2019, Induction Healthcare Limited entered into a loan agreement with Sebastien Jantet, a 
Director of the Company, under which is agreed to lend him £6,552 to fund the purchase of 6,552 £1 ordinary shares in Induction 
Healthcare Limited. The loan is repayable by 31 December 2019. The loan is unsecured, and interest is due on the outstanding 
amount at an interest rate equal to the base rate of the Bank of England. As at 31 March 2019, the amount outstanding was £6,581. 
The loan has not been discounted as the effective interest over the period of the loan would not be material and the loan was 
subsequently settled on 30 May 2019.

During the Period ended 31 March 2019, Induction Healthcare Limited entered into a loan agreement with Dale Jessop, a 
member of key management personnel, under which is agreed to lend him £3,276 to fund the purchase of 3,276 £1 ordinary 
shares in Induction Healthcare Limited. The loan is repayable by 31 December 2019. The loan is unsecured, and interest is due 
on the outstanding amount at an interest rate equal to the base rate of the Bank of England. As at 31 March 2019, the amount 
outstanding was £3,290. The loan has not been discounted as the effective interest over the period of the loan would not be 
material and the loan was subsequently settled on 23 May 2019.

35.  Subsequent events

On 1 April 2019, the Company went through a reorganisation where the following happened:

 — The shareholders in Induction Healthcare Limited executed a share for share exchange whereby Induction Healthcare Group 
PLC acquired 100% of the share capital of Induction Healthcare Limited in consideration for the issues share in Induction 
Healthcare Group PLC to the shareholders of Induction Healthcare Limited on the basis of one ordinary share in Induction 
Healthcare Group PLC for each ordinary share in Induction Healthcare Limited.

 — Induction Healthcare Limited issued a loan note to Hugo Stephenson replacing the outstanding loan facility as at 1 April 2019. 
Shortly thereafter Induction Healthcare Group PLC agreed to acquire this loan note from Hugo Stephenson in exchange for 
the issue by Induction Healthcare Group PLC of a loan note in the same amount (the “Company Loan Note”).

On the 30 April 2019 and 1 May 2019, Mr Peter Davies and the Induction Healthcare Group PLC entered into a subscription letter 
and confirmation letter pursuant to which Peter Davies agreed to subscribe for 1,739,130 Ordinary Shares in the capital of the 
Induction Healthcare Group PLC at a price of £1.15 per share, raising £2,000,000.

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On 7 May 2019, the Induction Healthcare Group PLC carried out a share split such that that each of the existing issued ordinary 
shares of £1 each in the capital of the Company was sub-divided into 200 ordinary shares of 0.5 pence.

On 7 May 2019 the Induction Healthcare Group PLC and Hugo Stephenson agreed to amend the Company Loan Note Instrument 
to permit the Induction Healthcare Group PLC and Hugo Stephenson to agree to the conversion of all or part of the loan notes 
into Ordinary Shares and to provide that the loan notes (to the extent not converted) are repayable by the Induction Healthcare 
Group PLC within 5 business days of a financing pursuant to which the Group raises not less than £10 million of equity financing. 
On the same day Hugo Stephenson and the Induction Healthcare Group PLC entered into a subscription letter pursuant to which 
Hugo Stephenson agreed to subscribe for 1,739,130 Ordinary Shares in the capital of the Induction Healthcare Group PLC at a 
price of £1.15 per share (the aggregate subscription price therefore being £2,000,000), such subscription price to be satisfied by 
the conversion of £2,000,000 of the loan notes.

On 7 May 2019, Dr Edward Wallitt, Induction Healthcare Limited and the Podmedics Limited entered into a share purchase 
agreement pursuant to which Induction Healthcare Limited acquired the entire issued share capital of Podmedics Limited 
(06840040) from Dr Edward Wallitt. The consideration payable under the share purchase agreement was £400,000 which was 
satisfied following Admission by the issue by the Company to Dr Edward Wallitt of 347,826 Ordinary Shares in the capital of the 
Induction Healthcare Group PLC. Pursuant to the share purchase agreement, Dr Edward Wallitt granted customary warranties and 
a tax deed to Induction Healthcare Limited. The primary reason for the acquisition was to bring under the Group’s control all of 
the assets and intellectual property relating to Induction Switch. The intangibles fair value relating to the acquisition of Podmedics 
Limited had not been completed at the date that these accounts were approved therefore the remaining disclosures required 
under IFRS3 Business Combinations has not been presented in these financial statements.

On 22 May 2019, Numis Securities Placed 12,681,915 shares in Induction Healthcare Group PLC at a price of £1.15 per share with 
a range of investors raising £14,584,202. The funds were paid into an Induction Healthcare Limited bank account increasing the 
intercompany balance between Induction Healthcare Limited and Induction Healthcare Group PLC. The intercompany balance is 
repayable on demand.

36.  Accounting estimates and judgements

The preparation of financial information in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles requires management to 
make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and the disclosure of contingent 
assets and liabilities. Significant items subject to such assumption and estimate include the useful economic life of assets and the 
measurement and recognition of provisions. Actual results could differ from these estimates and any subsequent changes are 
accounted for with an effect on income at the time such updated information becomes available.

The most critical accounting policies in determining the financial condition and results of the Company are those requiring the 
greatest degree of subjective or complex judgement. These relate to valuation of acquired intangible assets and other assets 
which are the areas of judgment that have the most significant effect on the amounts recognised in the financial statements.

Intangible assets
Intangible assets are reviewed for impairment if events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount may 
not be recoverable. When a review for impairment is conducted, the recoverable amount of an asset or a cash-generating 
unit is determined based on the higher of market value or value-in-use calculations prepared on the basis of management’s 
assumptions and estimates.

Under the terms of a deed of assignment between Induction Healthcare Limited, Hugo Stephenson and JuicyMed Pty Ltd, a 
company controlled by Hugo Stephenson, Induction Healthcare Limited agreed to issue 35,773 £1 ordinary shares at par to the 
assignor or a nominee of the assignor (in this case Blue Muse Investments Pty Ltd as trustee of The Blue Muse Trust). No formal 
valuation was done of the intellectual property at the time of the transaction transferred to the Company. The intangible asset was 
recognised initially at cost and the Directors expect future economic benefits to flow to Induction Healthcare Limited as a result of 
the assignment. The Directors have carried out an impairment review and concluded no indicators of impairment exist.

Other assets
Induction Healthcare Limited paid £100,000 for an option to acquire either the shares or the assets of Podmedics Limited in 
exchange for consideration of £400,000 satisfied in either shares or cash. No formal valuation was done of the option at the 
time of acquisition. The option was recognised initially at cost and, given as at 31 March 2019 no formal decision has been made 
with regard to whether to exercise the option and that there has been no material change in Podmedics between the time of the 
acquisition of the option and the Period end, the Directors have concluded that there has been no material change in the fair 
value of the option.

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37.  Ultimate parent company and parent company of larger group

The ultimate controlling party is Induction Healthcare Limited. The largest group in which the results of the Company are 
consolidated is that headed by Induction Healthcare Limited, Wework c/o Induction Healthcare, 12 Hammersmith Grove, 
London, United Kingdom, W6 7AP. No other group financial statements include the results of the Company. The consolidated 
financial statements of these groups are available to the public and may be obtained from Wework c/o Induction Healthcare, 
12 Hammersmith Grove, London, United Kingdom, W6 7AP

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Company Information

Non-Executive Chairman
Non-Executive Director
Chief Executive Officer
 Chief Financial Officer 
(Resigned 16 August 2019)
Non-Executive Director
Non-Executive Director

Solicitors
Pinsent Masons LLP
Third Floor
Quay 2
139 Fountainbridge
Edinburgh
EH3 9QG

Directors
Chris Spencer 
Hugo Stephenson 
Ibs Mahmood 
Seb Jantet 

Jane Silber 
Leslie-Ann Reed 

Secretary
Prism Cosec 
Ashley Park House 
42-50 Hersham Road 
Walton-on-Thames 
Surrey 
KT12 1RZ 

Auditors
KPMG LLP
15 Canada Square
Canary Wharf
London
E14 5GL

Primary Bankers
HSBC Bank Ltd
172 Upper Richmond Road
London
SW15 2SH

Nominated advisers and brokers
Numis Securities Ltd
The London Stock Exchange Building
10 Paternoster Square
London
EC4M 7LT

Registered Office
Wework c/o
Induction Healthcare
12 Hammersmith Grove
London
W6 7AP

Registered Number
11232772

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