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Induction
Healthcare Group Plc

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Every stakeholder,  
every day, choosing an 
Induction product so 
people get better care.

Annual Report & Accounts 2020

Contents

About us

Overview 

About us 

Our operations at a glance 

Responding to COVID-19 

Investment case 

Chair’s statement 

Joint CEO statement 

Strategic report 

Market overview 

Business model 

Stakeholder engagement 

Group strategy 

Strategy in action  

Financial review  

Governance 

Corporate responsibility  

Principal risks and uncertainties 

Director’s Biographies 

Corporate Governance Report 

Audit Committee Report 

Nomination Committee Report 

Directors’ Remuneration Report 

Directors’ Report 

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

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

Financial Statements 

Consolidated Income Statement 

Consolidated Statement of 
Comprehensive Income

Consolidated Statement of 
Financial Position

Consolidated Statement of 
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Notes to the Consolidated  
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Company Statement of 
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Company Statement of 
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Company Cash Flow Statement 

Notes to the Company  
Financial Statements 

Additional Information 

Company Information 

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Our products help healthcare 
professionals, institutions and 
patients remove friction from basic 
but essential tasks. These are  
products our users choose to use.

Our purpose
We give back time to our users. Time for doctors to treat 
their patients and time for patients to get the treatment 
they need sooner. From bypassing the hospital 
switchboard, to ensuring clinical teams know when and 
where they are working, our apps for clinical teams are 
the most used in the UK.

Our relentless focus on simple, but effective solutions  
– underpinned by sophisticated data integration  
technology – is helping fuel the inevitable digital 
transformation of healthcare.

It’s about the right people, in the right place, with the  
right data, at the right time.

Initial Public 
Offering (IPO)
22nd May 2019

Admission to 
Alternative Investment 
Market (“AIM”) and first 
day of dealings

Podmedics  
Limited  
acquisition
7th May 2019

Creation of Induction 
Healthcare Group PLC  
(“Induction Group” 
or the “Group” or 
“Induction” or the 
“Company”) and 
Podmedics Limited 
(“Podmedics”) 
acquisition

May 
2019

100,000 users 
for Induction 
Switch
31st July 2019

Registered users pass 
100,000; (109,537 
users recorded)

Annual 
General 
Meeting 
(AGM)
19th September 2019

1st AGM for  
the Group

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Mergers & Acquisitions

During the last 15 months, we have completed three key acquisitions:  
Podmedics, Horizon Strategic Partners and Zesty.

Podmedics

Horizon

Zesty

In early 2018, the Group entered into 
negotiations to acquire Induction 
Switch, a UK-focused hospital phone 
directory from Podmedics Limited (a 
company founded by Induction’s Chief 
Product Officer, Dr Edward Wallitt). 

In September 2018, the Group entered 
into an option to acquire either the 
shares in Podmedics or the assets of 
Podmedics (including, Induction Switch, 
all intellectual property in relation to 
the Induction app and the related user 
database). 

On 7 May 2019 the Group exercised its 
option to acquire Podmedics. 

Horizon is the developer of MicroGuide,  
the UK market leader in the provision 
of digital clinical guidance. MicroGuide 
began with a focus on anti-microbial 
resistance, helping disseminate policy 
within hospitals on the prescription of 
antibiotics. 

The business was lossmaking prior 
to acquisition. MicroGuide has 
reached profitability in the 9 months 
post-acquisition and become cash 
generative, meeting an ambitious 
earn-out target ahead of schedule. 
This is an important proof point in the 
Induction Group’s story.

Zesty brings two important dimensions 
to the Induction Group: patients and 
data.

Zesty has built a market-leading patient 
portal for hospitals in the UK and a 
powerful data integration platform, 
allowing third party applications  to 
read and write data to the majority* of 
hospital electronic health record (EHR) 
systems. 

The Zesty acquisition was concluded 
almost entirely with shares, and has 
been transformational to the Group.

Horizon Strategic 
Partners Limited 
acquisition
6th November 2019

Completion of Horizon 
Strategic Partners  
Limited (“MicroGuide” or 
“Horizon Strategic Partners” 
or “Horizon”) acquisition

Half Year 
Results
28th November 2019

Half year results 
announced for the 
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3rd April 2020

Induction supports 
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Zesty Limited  
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Completion of 
Zesty Limited 
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acquisition

MicroGuide 
Mexico
10th June 2020

MicroGuide Mexico 
agreement signed

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Our operations  
at a glance

Our ecosystem
We improve care by delivering products that healthcare professionals, 
patients and institutions choose to use. Our products enable data to flow 
between stakeholders and legacy IT systems, adding substantial value 
to pre-existing health IT investment.

Our products provide our customers with a powerful set of capabilities 
that touch most aspects of care coordination and delivery. The addition of 
patients to our ecosystem is a major strategic milestone.

Our data integration engine, HealthStream, allows our users to consume 
data held in EHR systems and push data back into the clinical record.

Our customers
Our customers are healthcare institutions, primarily hospitals. As the 
company grows, we intend to expand our customer base into primary 
care and community and mental health services.

We have commercial relationships with most of the UK National Health 
Service (NHS) hospitals. Going forward we are building out our sales 
function to leverage existing relationships and accelerate revenue growth.

Where we operate
Our principal market is the UK and we have a growing user base in 
Australia, South Africa and Canada. We intend to leverage this user base 
to extend our commercial operations internationally.

We have recently won a national contract in Mexico, demonstrating a clear 
example of international growth.

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For more information on how our structure  
relates to our investment case, see page 6

175+

Combined number of paying  
UK customers in primary, 
secondary and community care.

MicroGuide live country list

Induction Switch live country list

Size of dots are representative  
of the number of users

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Induction Switch, MicroGuide, HealthStream & Zesty

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Induction Switch

Induction Switch is an iOS and Android app used by most junior doctors in 
the NHS. 

It saves healthcare professionals time by allowing them to bypass the 
hospital’s switchboard, helping them locate extensions and bleeps quickly 
and chat securely. 

We have recently launched new modules introducing TeamSpaces, 
secure instant messaging and a broadcast newsfeed, providing increased 
opportunities for engagement with our large user base.

MicroGuide

Hospitals set clinical guidance locally, typically producing guidelines that 
are rarely efficiently circulated or adhered to as they are not available at 
the point of care. 

Local specialists use the MicroGuide platform to create, edit and publish 
structured and governance-controlled guidance and policies. Automated 
distribution of that guidance to mobile users, combined with local intranet 
availability, results in not only a significant increase in guidance consumption 
but a material increase in local guidance adherence. 

Zesty

Zesty is a market-leading digital platform for patients visiting hospitals. 

The platform allows patients to book their appointments, read their 
appointment and clinical letters, store a local copy of their clinical record, and 
provide data to their care teams remotely. Alongside a compelling patient 
experience, the Zesty portal delivers significant cost benefits to hospitals.

HealthStream

Data interoperability continues to be a 
significant challenge for health systems 
around the world. HealthStream reads 
and writes demographic, appointment 
and clinical record data from a growing 
number of national and global EHR 
systems. This connectivity enables 
large scale adoption of our app based 
services. 

Induction Switch – Registered Users

Induction Switch – Directory Calls

Induction Switch – Guidelines Page Views

73.4%

growth YOY

65.0%

growth YOY

132.0%

growth YOY

As at 31 March 2020, Induction Switch had 
138,095 registered users, primarily in the UK.

The registered user base grew by 73.4%  
from 31 March 2019 to 31 March 2020.

18/19

1,180,000

18/19

33,890

19/20

1,950,000

19/20

78,480

MicroGuide – Registered Users

MicroGuide – Guide Publications

MicroGuide – Guidelines Page Views

35.5%

growth YOY

51.0%

growth YOY

82.0%

growth YOY

As at 31 March 2020, the MicroGuide app had 
168,678 registered users, primarily in the UK. 

The registered user base grew by 35.5% from 
31 March 2019 to 31 March 2020.

18/19

19/20

1,222

18/19

4,874,072

1,850

19/20

8,863,502

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Responding to COVID-19

Induction Healthcare has been supporting global efforts to combat COVID-19

In these unprecedented circumstances, our top priority remains the health  
and safety of our people and the healthcare professionals they serve.

We are also acutely aware that as 
healthcare systems face increasing 
stress during this period, staff and 
patients are relying heavily upon our 
tools to operate under rapidly changing 
and unfamiliar conditions. Induction 
Group has been supporting global 
efforts to combat COVID-19 through 
its technology and tools for healthcare 
professionals in the NHS (UK), and also 
in Ireland, United States, South Africa 
and Australia. 

Our Induction Switch and MicroGuide 
products provide healthcare 
professionals with the most up-to-date 
medical guidelines and contact details.
This information helps them navigate 
through the current unfamiliar and 
quickly evolving work environment 
in hospitals, as well as communicate 
securely with their colleagues. 

Engagement with our tools and 
technology reflects the demand for 
secure, low-cost solutions in a period 
of unprecedented pressure on global 
healthcare professionals and services. 
As a result we have invested – and 
continue to invest – in scalability and 
security to ensure our systems are 
available even under extraordinary 
conditions.

As users increasingly engage with our 
tools during the COVID-19 pandemic, 
we are seeing increased interest from 
hospitals and healthcare systems in 
expanding commercial relationships 
across our range of products. For 
example, Induction Switch was selected 

for use as a primary communication 
tool at the NHS Nightingale London 
Trust. MicroGuide was selected to 
support Barts Health NHS Trust in 
the Nightingale London project with 
antimicrobial and COVID-19 content. 
We believe that this increased interest 
reflects a desire to solve problems 
– particularly under remote working 
conditions and social distancing –  
using well established solutions  
that already have widespread  
workforce acceptance.

To address this need, we are 
continuing to invest in:

1. new features that expand the utility  
of our existing products,

2. integrations that allow our  
products to become gateways  
of choice to EHR systems, and 

3. acquisitions that bring benefits  
of scale and interoperability to point 
solutions that have proven value in  
the field. 

We are confident that as the acute crisis 
settles, and healthcare systems brace 
for the “new normal”, decision makers 
will look to replace acute  
stop-gap measures with more resilient 
and interoperable solutions. We intend 
to be the solution of choice, measured  
by security, feature completeness,  
pre-existing user adoption/ease  
of roll-out, price and interoperability  
– as such organisations seek to make 
these decisions. 

Recognizing the early impact of 
COVID-19 on the healthcare system, 
we implemented remote working for 
all office-based staff weeks ahead of 
formal government advice and have 
since been following all the latest 
official guidelines. 

Given the nature of our business,  
a large portion of our staff were  
already set up to work remotely, so 
this change has had minimal impact 
on our operations. Consequently, 
healthcare professionals who use  
our technology have continued to 
receive the same high level of  
service as before.

“  Induction Healthcare 

products are an 
essential part of our 
immediate COVID-19 
recovery plans and also 
our digital transformation 
strategy.”

  Glenn Winteringham, Group Chief 
Digital Officer at the Royal Free 
London NHS Foundation Trust

Group Strategy
Read more about our 
overall Group strategy 
from page 18.

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Helping the NHS with 
COVID-19

The Group supported front-line NHS staff with 
technology that provided advice and official 
guidance to help decision making, secure 
communication and team collaboration to 
improve the delivery of care.

Induction Healthcare 
 at the Nightingale

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic in the 
UK, six critical care temporary hospitals were 
set up. The first of these hospitals to open 
was the NHS Nightingale Hospital London, 
where Induction Switch and MicroGuide 
were selected as the collaboration and 
communication tools for the hospital which 
was preparing for potential capacity of up 
to 5,000 beds. Both products were used for 
secure communications, guideline access, 
and training for clinicians redeployed to the 
new hospital. 

MicroGuide –  
advice and guidance  
for clinical staff

During the COVID-19 pandemic in the  
UK, MicroGuide has been supporting 
front-line NHS staff with our advice and 
medical guidelines application, covering 
a wide range of pharmacy and medicine 
management sectors including primary  
and secondary antimicrobial (including  
adult and paediatric), pain management, 
wound formulary, respiratory,  
diabetes/endocrine, renal and  
emergency medicine.

Zesty – Antibody test 
booking for NHS staff

Zesty is providing acute and community 
hospitals with a fast, secure, online booking 
solution enabling staff to book a COVID-19 
antibody test on their smartphone or 
computer in less than 60 seconds. 

“Zesty created a staff booking solution for 
us in a matter of days. As a Trust we went 
from thinking about COVID antibody testing 
to 3000 staff tests done in 10 days.” 

Richard West, Sussex Community 
NHS Foundation Trust

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Investment case

Healthcare Professionals, Institutions, Patients & Data

What does it take to deliver better care?  
The right resources, in the right place,  
at the right time – with the right data.

Healthcare systems around the world are making large-scale investments  
in information technology and related infrastructure – with estimates of 
annual global market size in excess of US$297bn by 2022*. These systems 
are designed to be mission critical, but cannot deliver more efficient 
healthcare outcomes without the engagement of healthcare professionals 
and patients.  
At Induction Healthcare we help decision makers offer greater value to 
these stakeholders by creating a suite of tools that people choose to use, 
allowing interoperability between institutions, primary and secondary care, 
and integration with pre-existing infrastructure.

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The UK is one of many central payer markets  
experiencing similar healthcare challenges – offering many 
opportunities for international expansion.

Countries that we wish to consider include France, Germany, 
the Netherlands, Belgium, Switzerland, Sweden, Austria, 
Canada and South Africa.

Our products have been designed to work in multiple 
geographies and languages, and whilst Induction Healthcare 
has an administrative presence in the UK and Australia, we 
are expanding our user base in more central payer markets.

Our ability to expand beyond the UK creates opportunities 
through access to more users, access to more customers, 
and access to acquisitions that can be offered to existing 
customers in existing markets. 

Our expansion strategy will include the following phases (a) 
grassroots entry, driven from the UK, (b) local expansion and 
(c) acquisitions and inorganic growth. 

London Office

MicroGuide live country list

Induction Switch live country list

Size of dots are representative  
of the number of users

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Source: https://www.prnewswire.com/in/news-releases/global-healthcare-information-technology-hcit-market-size-was-at-usd-125-billion-in-2015-and-is-estimated-to-
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One platform, many products – chosen by over 
300,000 hospital doctors, 90,000+ patients, 175 acute  
hospitals, and integrated with three of the top  
five UK electronic patient records.

The Induction Group is a listed portfolio of companies with interoperable 
healthcare IT tools, coming to maturity at a time when huge pressure is being 
placed on health systems to deliver – and increased demand than ever exists for 
proven IT solutions that can be rapidly deployed. The Induction Group provides 
investors with a simple way to engage directly in the growing health IT sector 
while offering the benefits of both a diverse product set and common commercial 
strategy across platforms.  

Current Revenue Trajectory – Economic Tailwinds

Enhancing  
Value

Meeting  
Need

Coordinating 
Care 

Many hospitals have implemented IT projects offering limited time-saving value to 
end-users. Our products offer decision makers the chance to delight these users with 
relatively low additional investment.

As the healthcare system comes under increased pressure to deliver more care for 
less, healthcare professionals come under more pressure to do more in less time.  
Our products have demonstrated their ability to give these users time back, regularly.

Care teams and clinical pathways are not limited by hospital walls. The best outcomes 
requires coordination between primary and secondary care, between hospitals, between 
public and private facilities, between doctors, nurses, allied health staff and patients. Our 
products help to enable the right resources – doctors, nurses, allied health professionals 
– to be active at the right time – in person or online.

COVID Enhanced Trajectory

As more doctors are expected to work in new and unfamiliar environments, often 
at short notice, they are increasingly reliant upon the information and professional 
support network available through our products.

Changing  
Workplace

Telehealth has become commonplace, with some patients preferring this form of care 
wherever possible or available. Our products help to enable the right resources – 
doctors, nurses, allied health – to be active at the right time – in person or online.

Changing  
Interaction

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Chair’s statement

A year of beginnings and solid progress

Chris 
Spencer

“  I am pleased to report 
a year of beginnings 
and solid progress 
for Induction Group in 
creating and acquiring 
products that help 
clinical teams and 
patients remove friction 
from basic but essential 
tasks. Tools our users 
choose to use.”

  Chris Spencer, Chair

We have been admitted to trading  
on AIM, established and grown our 
registered user base, delivered our  
first organic product improvements 
under the Induction Switch brand, 
and begun to implement our strategy 
of carefully selected synergetic and 
revenue generating acquisitions 
through Podmedics, Horizon, and,  
after the period end, Zesty. 

Key Achievements
Shortly before our IPO (which took  
place on 22 May 2019) we acquired 
Podmedics to provide the firm 
foundations for our organic product  
base – Induction Switch. By as soon  
as 31 July 2019 the Induction Switch 
registered user base had already risen  
to 100,000 (from 76,200 registered  
at 28 February 2019).

By the 1st May 2020, the Induction Switch 
registered user base had reached 140,819. 
Since the IPO we have launched new 
modules introducing TeamSpaces on 8th 
March 2020, secure instant messaging 
on 8th March 2020, and a broadcast 
messaging service/newsfeed on 7th April 
2020.

Shortly before the half-year results were 
announced the team at Horizon joined 
Induction Group. At 6 November 2019 
Horizon was a revenue-generating but 
loss-making business providing medical 
organisations with functionality, through 
the MicroGuide app, to create, edit, and 
publish their own local medical guidelines 
in a secure and locally administrated 
environment. These guidelines are 
accessible by clinicians either on a mobile 
device or an intranet. MicroGuide is paid 
for and used in approximately half of all 
NHS Trusts and three quarters of Acute  
Trusts. Since acquisition, MicroGuide has 
reached profitability, worked towards 
an ambitious earn-out target, and, 
after the year-end, further extended its 
geographical range.

Also after the year-end, the acquisition 
of Zesty – principally in consideration 
of shares – brought the Group an 
integration layer with a hospital’s EHR 
or patient administration system (PAS) 
and a portal allowing patients to manage 
their appointments, read hospital 
correspondence, attend video-based 
consultations, and store personal copies 
of their clinical record – all through 
the one environment. Combined with 
Induction Switch and MicroGuide, Zesty 
creates one of the first technology 
platforms to interconnect patients, 
clinicians, and healthcare information 
across both multiple hospital sites and 
PAS/EHR systems.

People and Culture
During the year we attracted and retained 
key talent, selecting, and developing 
exceptional people motivated by our 
healthcare first culture.

Our teams include developers, clinicians, 
and commercial individuals all brought 
together by a common drive to grow their 
areas of the business in the mid and long-
term for the good of all our stakeholders 
including patients and clinicians. 

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Our approach to recruitment includes 
both internal growth and strengthening 
of the team through our acquisitions. 
Robust integration and succession  
plans are being developed and refined 
as the team grows. 

Diversity in all forms brings material 
benefit to the Group and we seek to 
provide opportunities for all, regardless 
of background, age, gender, sexual 
orientation, or race. The gender diversity 
of our business is represented by 
our board which has an almost equal 
division of gender across the combined 
executive and non-executive members. 
We continue to promote diversity 
throughout the organisation.

I would especially like to congratulate all 
our people for delivering such a  
strong performance through their 
commitment, hard work, and support  
of the Group despite the challenges 
presented by COVID-19.

Stakeholders and Governance 
The board is very conscious of its 
obligation (under section 172 of the 
Companies Act 2006 and elsewhere) 
individually and collectively to act in 
good faith to seek to promote the 
success of the company for the benefit 
of its shareholders as a whole and 
the interests of other stakeholders 
(governance duty). 

Steps taken to fulfil our governance  
duty in the year include:

Strategy – we work hard to ensure  
our corporate vision, goals, and  
strategy reflect stakeholder interests 
and are appropriately and 
proportionately monitored and 
reinforced by the board as a whole 
at board meetings and in day-to-day 
activities by the executive directors;

Training – new directors are provided 
with appropriate governance duty 
materials. Regular updates are provided 
for all board members at each board 
meeting. Appropriate governance and 
related training is also increasingly  
being given to directors of subsidiaries 
and management;

Information – the board is alert to 
the risk that the information directors 
receive may be too focussed on current 
operational and financial issues. They 
seek instead information that they 
need to understand enough about 
stakeholder interests and factors 
relevant to the Group rather than an 
excess of information which can obscure 
the things that really matter for the 
success of Induction Healthcare.

Policies and processes – as the Group 
grows and matures, policies and 
processes are being developed and 
enhanced appropriately to support its 
operating strategy and goal in light of 
the governance duty. These include  
contract entry and lifecycle  
management processes to ensure 
the positive and negative impacts 
of proposed agreements are clearly 
explained to the board;

Engaging with stakeholders –  
alongside the CEOs, and CFO,  
Ibraheem (Ibs) Mahmood, the  
Group’s Chief Business Officer  
(CBO), is tasked with ensuring 
engagement with shareholders. 
Engagement with other stakeholder 
groups is managed by a range of 
executive team members including  
the CFO and Lloyd Price, Group Head of 
Marketing and Communications;

Culture – the Group’s “healthcare first” 
ethos is important to both the board  
and senior management in strategic  
and day-to-day actions and leadership  
in setting culture. 

Board
Executive Board members 

Membership of the executive board 
was refined during the year as the 
company grew. By the year-end Dr Hugo 
Stephenson was CEO, Shelley Fraser 
CFO, and Ibs Mahmood CBO. This gave 
the executive team a strong blend of 
commercial, clinical, financial, investor 
relations, and M&A experience with a 
considerable entrepreneurial focus. 
After the year-end, the executive board 
was further strengthened in relation 
to hospital C-level relationships by the 
addition of James Balmain from Zesty 
as CEO alongside Hugo Stephenson. 

Ibs Mahmood’s expertise in investor 
relations and M&A was retained in the 
business, despite his stepping back 
from the board to ensure an appropriate 
numerical balance between executive 
and non-executive members.

Non-Executive Board members 

The Non-Executive board members 
bring a wealth of knowledge in software 
engineering and IT management (Jane 
Silber, Remuneration Committee Chair), 
accountancy and professional services 
(Leslie-Ann Reed, Audit Committee 
Chair), healthcare software, and legal/
corporate governance (Chris Spencer, 
Nomination Committee and Board Chair) 
and, after the year-end, a former CEO 
of NHS Digital, the government body 
responsible for technology and data for 
the NHS in England (Andy Williams).

Outlook 2020
Innovation remains key to our future 
and we will continue to invest in 
development of technology both 
organically and through acquisition. 

Our strategy is closely aligned with  
NHS policy in bringing clinical benefits 
and efficiencies for clinicians and 
patients alike which will drive growth  
for all the areas of the business.

Our financial objectives are to extend 
the cash runway for further acquisitions, 
integrate the new businesses, streamline 
reporting and automate processes, 
further reduce costs, and grow revenue. 

We are unique in the breadth 
of users we serve and believe 
we are well positioned for 
future success.

Chris Spencer
Chair 
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Joint CEO statement

A strong strategic performance in 2020

Hugo Stephenson

James Balmain

2019/20 was a strong 
foundation year for the 
Induction Healthcare 
Group. We demonstrated 
strong adoption of our 
core Induction Switch 
product by over 150,000 
healthcare professionals, 
primarily across the UK 
but also including new 
geographies in Australia, 
South Africa, Ireland  
and North America. 

We also began our journey of buying 
and building, launching new features 
for Induction Switch that have proven 
particularly useful during the COVID-19 
crisis, and acquiring MicroGuide – 
which has provided a springboard for 
revenue growth across our software-
as-a-service products – now servicing 
more than 95 NHS acute trusts. 

Our recent acquisition of the Zesty 
patient portal and its HealthStream 
integration gateway for EHR systems 
has rounded out a solid foundation. 
This now joins up a critical mass of 
healthcare practitioners and patients 
as users, NHS trusts and hospitals as 
clients, and linkages with pre-existing 
healthcare information technology 
infrastructure. 

We achieved on-budget costs through 
persistent cost control across the 
business, despite significant one-
off charges associated with our 
initial public offering and corporate 
development activities. 

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Our pace of execution has also improved 
significantly over the year, incorporating 
many learnings relating to remote 
management of systems development 
and information governance. As a result, 
we were able to accelerate the launch 
of new features such as user generated 
TeamSpaces, newsfeeds and document 
sharing on Induction Switch ahead of 
COVID-19 market needs, and follow an  
ambitious timeline for the integration  
of the Induction Switch, MicroGuide and  
the Zesty platforms. None of this  
would be possible without strong 
demand for our products by healthcare 
professionals and patients. Over the 
course of the year, our user base of 
healthcare professionals – mostly 
doctors – has more than doubled,  
while the number of patients using  
the Zesty patient portal grew  
from 32,000 to over 90,000 by the end 
of July 2020. This was accomplished 
without any expenditure on advertising. 

As more healthcare professionals  
and patients seek to use mobile 
technology to manage care, we  
believe that interest in our products  
from healthcare organisations around 
the world – keen to enhance the 
capability of their large health IT 
investments – will continue to grow. 

“In an otherwise challenging 
economic environment, 
both doctors and patients 
continue to use our platforms 
in ever increasing numbers. 
In addition, our acquisition 
and integration of proven 
complimentary solutions 
gives us confidence we 
have established a strong 
foundation for future revenue 
growth.’

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Q: New entrants often struggle with  
the slow pace of healthcare and  
challenges with organisational drag,  
how is Induction Group different?

Q: Every week another big tech  
company announces ambitions to 
enter the healthcare market, are they 
a threat to Induction Group?

JB: Firstly, whilst Induction is only 
a year post-IPO, both Zesty and 
MicroGuide have been operating 
and growing in this market for 
several years. This is important, as 
both companies are past the initial 
difficulties of going from 1 to 10 or  
20 customers.

There are far too many solutions 
chasing a problem in our market. 
We have a great set of advantages 
and we are already seeing these 
deliver tangible results. To sell 
effectively within healthcare, some 
key ingredients are needed – good 
product market fit, a core customer 
base who are evangelical about the 
company, a loyal and engaged user 
base and a clear business case benefit 
that demonstrates a hard return on 
investment. The Induction Healthcare 
Group has all of these ingredients.

Having said that, we need to work hard 
to build the very top of our sales funnel 
to be as wide as possible. Despite our 
advantages, we are acutely aware that  
sales in this sector take time. The 
mitigation to this is actually simple 
– have three or four times as many 
prospects on the go as you think you 
need.

HS: Healthcare institutions have made 
significant investments in health IT 
infrastructure – providing necessary 
functionality and reducing many 
hospitals’ reliance on paper - but not 
really making the lives of staff and 
patients easier. Our products, which 
extend (and sometimes become 
entangled in) this foundational 
infrastructure, have proven - through 
their market leading rates of adoption 
by end-users – their ability to delight 
end users. Healthcare administrators 
are keen to consolidate quick wins, 
particularly in the current environment, 
and we are already seeing a palpable 
increase in speed associated with 
these decisions.

JB: I think this is a clear Group 
advantage, as opposed to a threat. 
We’re already working on partnerships 
with some of the very large players 
and I see these as a significant go-to-
market driver for Induction Group. We 
would be stupid to compete head on, 
and given the enormous size of the 
market and the opportunity for digital 
transformation, I just do not think we 
need to.

HS: No. Big tech have great products, 
but the healthcare environment places 
unique constraints and challenges 
upon these products – whether those 
constraints relate to information 
security and compliance, or that nurses 
might not be allowed to carry their 
own mobile phone while at work. We 
are building a platform that exists 
between the infrastructure and the 
end user, so that staff and patients 
can interact with big systems in a very 
user focused or task focused way. Our 
biggest challenge is the large pockets 
of healthcare that have little to no IT 
infrastructure at all… so the more big 
tech players entering this market to 
push the whole sector forward, the 
better for us.

Q: The Induction Group appears to be 
very UK focused and reliant on the 
NHS?  
Is this true?

JB: We are, presently, focused on the  
NHS for the bulk of our revenue, 
although I’m really pleased with the 
MicroGuide deal after year-end in 
Mexico. However, it’s untrue to say 
we are focused on the UK. Growing 
our geographical footprint and, by 
extension, generating revenue from 
non-NHS sources is a key priority for 
both Hugo and I over the coming year.

The organic growth we are seeing  
with the Induction Switch platform is a 
really encouraging sign that supports 
our plans to enter new markets 
and begin to monetise markets like 
Australia, South Africa, Canada and 
Mexico where we are already strong  

in terms of user penetration. Equally, 
our partnerships strategy is now very 
close to delivering significant value for 
the Group and will, I think, accelerate 
our go to market in new territories.

HS: There are such big opportunities 
in our space – in the UK, Europe, North 
America, Asia-Pacific – although we 
are staying focused on the NHS while 
we establish our grassroots presence 
in other geographies too. It is really 
promising that users from other 
markets have started coming to  
us, so we hope to start diversifying  
our revenue mix to include other 
healthcare sectors and geographies 
over the year ahead.

Q: If you had to sum up your aims for  
the next year, what are they?

JB: Sales, sales and more sales! 
We are post-IPO, with three good 
acquisitions completed. The 
foundations are in place with a plan 
to deliver a solid base of recurring 
revenue, leading to an EBITDA 
neutral position for each of the Group 
business units within the next 24 
months. For me, the key to this is 
tightly refining our story to customers 
and ensuring we industrialise the 
sales, pre-contract, contract, and 
deployment stages well.

In parallel, we are pushing hard to 
deliver revenue outside the UK and I 
am confident we’ll reduce our reliance 
on the NHS over the coming months.

Finally, I’m really focused on delivering 
compelling industry partnerships, 
working with the large IT vendors and 
convincing them to act as value-added 
resellers for our products will be a key 
win in the next year.

HS: Stay focused on the big picture. 
COVID-19 has reminded us all how 
fragile our healthcare systems can 
be under strain and how now, more 
than ever, the system relies on tools 
like ours to get through. Ensuring 
that we appropriately price and sell 
our premium products is key to our 
continued growth, and the continued 
improvement of our platform.

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Market overview

Sustainable competitive advantages

We are well on the way to building a set of ‘sustainable 
competitive advantages’

It is our strategy to bring together compelling sets of technology that, when  
combined, become significantly even more valuable. We measure the value of our  
market advantage across two dimensions: Product Capability and Market Access.

Through products we build and companies we buy, we deliver:

Unprecedented scale 

Systems Integration 

No App platform has a breadth of clinical users  
that can rival Induction Group. Our user base  
is valuable, not only for its scale but also  
its level of engagement. Many health IT  
platforms have failed due to lack of traction  
with a critical mass of users

The value that standalone systems bring is 
inherently limited. Legacy systems integration  
is hard. History is populated with a graveyard  
of top-down, high cost, health IT programs.  
Our bottom-up approach is compelling,  
efficient, and avoids the organisational drag 
associated with large scale projects.

Partnerships 

We are building partnerships with the top EHR 
vendors in the UK, alongside key technology 
suppliers. This gives us a number of advantages 
– credibility as a ‘supported’ solution, 
implementation support (allowing us to focus on 
software licence sales), and efficient entry 
into new markets.

Existing commercial  
relationships 

Sales cycles in healthcare are notoriously  
long. We have existing commercial  
relationships with 92% of NHS hospital  
trusts, giving us ‘existing supplier’ status.

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Growing our sales

Our product range is 
exclusively Software as a 
service (SaaS), targeting 
monthly recurring revenue  
(MRR) growth as a  
key financial metric. 

Both MicroGuide and Zesty bring 
growing MRR to the Induction group, 
with a focus on both growing UK  
sales and tactically expanding to  
new territories.

The Group is building our internal sales 
team to execute our go-to-market 
strategy. 

The acquisition of Zesty brings a key 
component in that market strategy, the 
HealthStream integration engine.

HealthStream enables a suite of higher 
value sales for both Induction Switch 
and MicroGuide, alongside new patient 
portal sales via Zesty.

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We are building on explosive user 
growth to commercialise Induction 
Switch.

£100-200k

£40-60k

£30-40k

£5-15k

High Volume 
Premium features for 
Induction Switch and 
MicroGuide

HealthStream

Integrated features for 
Induction Switch and 
MicroGuide  
via HealthStream

Zesty portal  
and modules

Upsell

Key components to a 
successful execution

We have existing data 
points that validate each 
stage of our strategy.

Stage 1 – Low value, high volume, 
stand alone solutions
MicroGuide has 160 UK customers, 
representing 85.6% of the market, 
paying on average £2-5k per year. Post-
acquisition, leveraging the Induction 
scale, revenues have increased by 35%.

Stage 2 – Sales of HealthStream  
to enable integrated solutions
Market demand for integrated features is 
strong and the HealthStream  
engine is live at several NHS trusts. 
Integration pushes Switch and 
MicroGuide into their own product 
category. Critically, the same logic 
applies to any new acquisitions. 

Stage 3 – Sales of higher value, 
integrated, features and the Zesty 
patient portal
The combination of Switch and/or 
MicroGuide plus HealthStream offers  
game changing features such as:

 •  real time notification of patient 

test results, straight to a doctor’s  
own device

 •  the ability to update a patient record 

in EHR direct from a healthcare 
professional’s own device
 •  clinical teams can schedule 

appointments for patients on the  
ward, bypassing central admin teams
 •  clinical images can be pulled direct to a 

healthcare professional’s device.

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Business model

Making digital transformation easier

We create value by removing friction for end 
users, delivering organisational cost benefits, 
and enhancing existing health IT spend.

Healthcare institutions spend millions on 
their core IT systems. Our products extend 
these capabilities by delivering a critical uplift 
on access, usability, and benefit delivery. It 
is a compelling offer, delivering substantial 
benefits to key stakeholders at a minimal 5-10% 
incremental cost.

Think of our products as 
the ‘last mile’ in healthcare IT. 
We work alongside existing EHR 
systems to supercharge a provider’s 
IT capability – giving doctors more 
time, managers cost efficiencies 
and patients access.

We are proving “Freemium” 
works in healthcare.

1. Clinical staff use Induction  
Switch for free, creating an  
engaged stakeholder base  
at significant scale. This growth  
is entirely organic.

2. Our large existing user base gives 
managers the ability to leverage 
our premium features for group 
communications, audit trails and 
role-based communication. These 
are low value sales, signed off at a 
department level.

3. Further operational cost savings 
can be delivered via additional 
planned Induction Healthcare 
services.

4. Providers look to integrate our 
platform with their existing EHR 
systems – enter HealthStream,  
our integration engine. Priced 
competitively, HealthStream unlocks 
a set of truly compelling capabilities, 
helping to deliver on past health IT 
spend.

5. Enabled by their purchase 
of HealthStream, a host of new 
functionality becomes available. 
Doctors can update the patient 
record direct from their smartphone, 
receive real time alerts on test 
results or communicate with their 
patients via secure messaging. 
These are game changing 
capabilities.

6. Enabled by HealthStream, 
healthcare institutions can now 
deploy Zesty. This provides a suite 
of market leading digital services 
for patients and unlocks significant 
annual cost savings.

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Healthcare Professionals

Most clinical professionals are 
frustrated by their provider’s IT system 
on a daily basis. Systems are slow, hard 
to log into and unavailable on the move.

Health IT has moved on hugely in the last decade, with  
most providers now operating an integrated EHR systems. 
We build on this investment, helping to deliver the promises 
made to doctors, in terms of efficiency and more time to  
see and treat patients.

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Communication between health 
providers and patients has not  
changed in 50 years. Anyone that  
has been to hospital will understand 
this instantly – it is out of sync with 
every other aspect of our lives.

Doctors, patients, and, increasingly providers are demanding a 
digital revolution. In the next five years healthcare will be well 
on the way to a true digital transformation – Induction Group 
has a large user base of both doctors and patients, putting us 
in an enviable position to lead this inevitable change.

Healthcare Institutions

Healthcare institutions are faced with a 
set of significant challenges in how they 
balance the cost of care delivery with 
patient outcomes. Digital transformation 
is now on the minds of every institution’s 
leadership team.

We have a compelling combination of engaged users, clear 
business case benefits, real world provider advocates and 
multi geography user traction.

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Stakeholder engagement

A shared motivation from all of our stakeholders

Involving stakeholders every step of the way means 
we can better understand their needs. 

Having a high level of engagement allows us to get 
to know our stakeholders and communicate how the 
Group’s plans and actions will affect their goals.

Workforce/Colleagues/
Our People

Our people are our most valuable 
asset. We rely on their skills, 
experience, knowledge and  
diversity to deliver our vision  
to provide technology to the 
healthcare community.

We provide an induction process  
in which all new joiners read and 
acknowledge the policies and 
procedures through our in-house  
HR system. The Group communicates 
continuously on key news and  
structural changes through emails, 
video and conference calls which allow  
for questions from the workforce. 

We value all staff including contractors 
and ensure our communications are 
to everyone to ensure there is full 
transparency across the business.

While our staff and contractors are 
happy at Induction, there is always 
room for improvement. Key topics for 
further improvement are opportunities 
for career progression, development 
and succession planning, and working 
practices. As a company, we are 
focused on sustaining a positive 
business culture and continue to 
promote our values and behaviours 
through performance reviews and 
communication. 

Shareholders

It is important that our shareholders 
understand our strategic priorities 
and ambition, their views inform our 
decision-making. 

We held our first Annual General 
Meeting in September 2019 and  
gained and acted on valuable insight. 

Our financial results are announced 
twice a year, and regulatory news 
announcements provide communication 
to our shareholders along with our 
annual report to help investors and 
other stakeholders understand our 
business and the performance. In 
conjunction with our announcements 
our Chief Business Officer meets 
regularly with our investors.

Section 172 
Statement
Read more about our 
Section 172 Statement  
on page 33.

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Users

Our Suppliers  
and Partners

Our users, whether patients, 
doctors or NHS trusts, are the 
heart of our business model.  
So understanding them and  
their challenges is fundamental  
to our success. Should we fail 
to deliver an excellent user 
experience, we will not achieve 
our long-term financial and 
strategic objectives.

We obtain regular feedback from our 
users and clients to ensure that we 
are consistently delivering to high 
performance standards. Monitoring and 
influencing the quality of our customers’ 
experience is key. It is important that we 
do not rely on anecdotal feedback but 
conduct customer surveys and arrange 
panels on user experience. 

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We work hard to ensure issues are 
resolved quickly through our customer 
service team and, if required, we  
follow a process that is fair, appropriate 
and one that will stand up to scrutiny  
and challenge. 

We always look at ways to improve  
our services to customers and so  
seek feedback on all areas of the 
customer journey including product 
design, implementation, and user 
experience. Our aim is to capture these 
learnings, and once understood and 
tested, we seek to embed any changes 
into our policies and procedures, 
training and organisation structure. 

We keep our suppliers informed of our 
business performance through public 
disclosures and communication where 
appropriate. 

The Company ensures that the quality 
of the services being supplied meets 
the standards expected, through our 
engagement and monitoring payment 
terms. If there is a reduction in the 
standard, we will communicate with the 
supplier and if needed we will look to 
replace with a comparable alternative. 

The Company’s focus is to leverage 
and consolidate the Group’s suppliers. 
To obtain better terms, we aim to build 
on our customer relationships from the 
acquisitions during the last 12 months. 
Our effort is to be professional at all 
times and establish a reputation as 
being a reliable customer with whom 
suppliers and partners want to do 
business. 

When taking on a new supplier, we 
conduct a detailed review to ensure 
that we understand not only the 
quality of their product or services but 
also their policies, procedures and 
working practices, making sure they 
are consistent with our values and 
compliance requirements. 

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Group strategy

A strong position for future revenue growth

We recognize that healthcare institutions are challenged to deliver more visible 
efficiencies for their staff and patients from their extensive IT investments

“  To this end, 2019/20

has positioned Induction 
Healthcare in a strong 
position for future 
revenue growth despite 
challenging market 
conditions associated 
with Brexit and the 
COVID-19 crisis.”

We demonstrated our ongoing ability 
to develop systems that healthcare 
stakeholders choose to use, while 
acquiring companies that have given 
us access to the majority of acute 
NHS trusts in the UK, enriched our 
SaaS product suite, enabled direct 
engagement with patients, and allowed 
us to interface with the leading EHR 
systems available in the UK and around 
the world. Since acquiring Horizon, 
we have observed the accelerated 
growth of sales and revenue from the 
MicroGuide product, and establishment 
of new overseas opportunities for our 
software. Throughout the COVID-19 
crisis we have seen increased 
engagement with our products, and 
increased interest in both the Zesty 
patient portal and the EHR integrations 
made possible through its HealthStream 
gateway. We have developed a 
strong and capable workplace culture 
operating under remote working 
conditions.

We believe that the value of extensive 
investment in EHR systems can 
be unlocked by enabling a layer of 
integrated, interoperable tools that 
healthcare professionals and patients 
choose to use to interface with these 
complex systems as well as each other. 

Our strategy is simple: buying and 
building out an ecosystem of products 
that healthcare stakeholders choose 
to use so people get better care and 
ensuring that these tools: 

1. provide a consistent, intuitive user 
experience, 

2. are seamlessly interoperable within 
the Induction Healthcare ecosystem,

3. allow stakeholders to connect 
with each other across roles and 
organisations – irrespective of the 
underlying IT systems enabled at  
such institutions, and

4. add value to existing organization 
investments in IT infrastructure and  
EHR systems.

To this end, 2019/20 has positioned 
Induction Healthcare in a strong 
position for future revenue growth 
despite challenging market conditions 
associated with Brexit and the 
COVID-19 crisis. Our IPO in May 2019 
provided both the funds needed to 
accelerate development and adoption 
of our core Induction Switch app and 
the means by which to make strategic 
and opportunistic acquisitions. 

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Looking ahead into 2020/21, the following areas will be a priority for our business:

Sales and Marketing

Product Development

Induction Healthcare has established a range of  
products with proven value to healthcare professionals  
and patients in the UK. 

We have established business relationships with a wide 
range of acute NHS trusts. It is our first priority to leverage 
these relationships and invest in sales of these products  
to existing customers, as well as new customers, within the  
UK public and private secondary healthcare markets.

Our products enjoy market leading rates of adoption 
amongst healthcare professionals and patients.  
Leveraging this engagement to solve bigger problems 
represents a huge opportunity.

We are constantly investing in our platform and products 
to develop more value for our enterprise clients. Examples 
include additional premium features for our existing products, 
such as patient questionnaires at the time of booking, and 
hospital intranet extension – allowing hospitals to increase 
the visibility of their intranet content by securely mirroring it 
on staff mobile phones. We have proven ability to build tools 
that end users choose to use, and we intend to leverage 
these skills to constantly improve our platform and solutions.

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Strategic M&A

The UK secondary care sector is one of many markets 
experiencing similar healthcare challenges – offering  
many opportunities for Induction Healthcare to expand. 

The healthcare technology market is still fragmented with 
many country specific point solutions, often with low user 
bases and only a modest number of customers.

Our products have been designed to work in multiple 
geographies, languages and clinical settings, and whilst 
Induction Healthcare is primarily focused on the UK hospital 
market, we are expanding our user base in more countries 
– successfully initiating sales in Mexico after year-end and 
the United States – and seeing increased adoption of our 
products in primary and aged care services. Our ability to 
expand creates opportunities through access to more users, 
access to more customers, and access to acquisitions that 
can be valuable to existing customers.

Induction Healthcare has already completed three 
acquisitions, and believes 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 and patients need to 
access on a daily basis, but also to ensure efficiencies for 
healthcare institutions that demand the highest standards  
of information governance and service availability, but  
cannot afford to pay for this premium on behalf of many  
small start-ups.

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Strategy in action

Case Study: Induction during the 
COVID-19 pandemic 

An increased numbers of healthcare professionals 
faced working in unfamiliar and quickly evolving 
work environments. Many specialties have been 
redeployed to deal with increased demand.

This saw usage of our products 
increase dramatically across the 
NHS (UK), and also in Ireland, North 
America, South Africa and Australia. 
There was a 66% increase in daily user 
registrations on Induction Switch.

We made all national government 
guidance for healthcare professionals 
surrounding COVID-19 available on the 
Induction Switch app. These documents 
were viewed over 75,000 times during 
the peak pandemic months (March, 
April, May 2020).

We launched a new feature to capture 
sentiment from NHS staff. In just 14 days 
we received 11,393 responses, from 
nearly every hospital in the country.

This enabled a real time map to be 
maintained representing user sentiment 
and aimed to improve collaboration 
between healthcare organisations to 
ensure sufficient supply was achieved.

Induction Switch and MicroGuide 
were selected as the collaboration 
and communication tools for the NHS 
Nightingale London hospital which was 
preparing for potential capacity of up 
to 5,000 beds. The apps were used 
for secure communications, guideline 
access and training for clinicians 
redeployed to the new hospital.

“   Induction Switch was 
the obvious choice to 
give a centrally updated 
telephone directory for 
mobile telephones issued 
for use both in the clinical 
and administrative areas of 
NHS Nightingale London.” 

 Lt Col Oli Bartels RAMC, Consultant 
Anaesthetist, Ministry of Defence

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primarily used as a secure 
method for sharing 
uneditable documents that 
faculty could access either 
on smart phones, iPads or 
desktops. Most commonly it 
was used to share updated 
lesson plans that faculty 
could access whilst training. 
Importantly, it allowed us 
to ensure that only those 
authorised had access to 
private information. If the 
training programme were to 
continue it would have also 
been utilised as a hub for 
sharing contact information 
and important updates.” 

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A success story for Zesty – Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Trust

Milton Keynes University Hospital (MKUH) NHS Foundation Trust is a  
medium-sized district hospital that provides a full range of acute hospital  
services and an increasing number of specialist services to the growing  
population of Milton Keynes and the surrounding areas. 

With around 550 beds and employing 
more than 4,000 staff, the hospital 
sees and treats appropriately  
400,000 patients each year 
comprising of both outpatient  
and emergency attendances.

R&D Partnership 
Building on a successful collaboration 
over a number of years in the summer 
of 2019, Zesty and MKUH agreed a 
formal research and development 
partnership benefitting both parties.  
As part of the agreement, Milton  
Keynes hospital is able to test and 
launch new digital services based on 
clinical input and patient feedback 
across its 70+ outpatient services, 
ranging from medicine to surgery, 
women and children to core clinical.

MyCare Patient Portal
A major focus for the R&D partnership 
has been the joint design and 
development of “MyCare”, MKUH’s 
patient portal empowering citizens 
to manage their outpatient care and 
appointments.  

Whilst many Trusts are providing patient 
portals, Milton Keynes is the first NHS 
hospital to provide the ability for people 
to directly manage their appointments 
solely online without needing to call the 
hospital.

The success of MyCare has led to 
various awards and accolades for 
MKUH, including the Patient Data 
Award at the Health Business Awards 
2018 and NHS England highlighting 
the portal as a an example of digital 
innovation in July 2019.

Source: https://www.mkuh.nhs.uk, http://www.hbawards.co.uk, https://www.england.nhs.uk

Saving the NHS millions
MKUH used to send over 400,000 
letters a year, however as more and 
more patients are consenting to go 
paper free, in the same way that 
bank customers opt in to paperless 
statements, MKUH are forecast to  
save over £1 million in postage, 
stationery and administration costs  
in the next full financial year.

Zooming the lens out across the 
country, with the NHS spending on 
average £150 million a year on just 
stamps, digital solutions like Zesty’s 
patient portal has the potential to  
save the NHS millions every year.

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working with the Zesty team for years.  
As a publicly funded hospital  
required to focus on how best to 
deliver an efficient, effective service 
we took the decision to become  
an Induction Group shareholder. 
I believe this speaks more positively 
on our views of the future than 
anything else.”

  Joe Harrison, Chief Executive Officer, Milton Keynes 
University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

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Strategy in action

MicroGuide in action – as part of the Prosperity  
Better Health Programme Mexico

The Better Health Programme Mexico is part of the  
UK Global Prosperity Fund Better Health Programme 
that covers eight countries. The programme addresses 
the growing incidence of noncommunicable diseases 
in Mexico (especially in relation to obesity and 
diabetes) with the aim of enhancing the economic and 
social benefits associated with improved health.

Impact
The impact of well-designed, compact 
guidance, that is, crucially, available to 
clinicians at the bed-space or point of 
care, has been demonstrated through 
research to have a high correlation 
with adherence. The metrics harvested 
from the MicroGuide service will aim to 
demonstrate this adherence over the 
term of the programme and therefore 
prove that the implementation of 
MicroGuide has had a positive impact  
on the state of Mexican healthcare. 

This exciting deployment for MicroGuide 
in Mexico is further vindication that the 
service for providing the governance 
and distribution of clinical guidance  
has world-wide potential and impact. 

The project is in its  
initial stages, during  
which, pilot studies  
will be implemented  
in a number of  
regions throughout  
the country.

Clinical advice and guidance
MicroGuide was chosen as part of the 
overall support approach in Mexico to 
distribute highly effective, up-to-date  
and impactful guidance to Mexican 
clinicians over the 3-year programme. 

The MicroGuide team are helping  
to create, streamline and focus  
guidance on a wide range of subjects. 
The short-term aim is for Mexican health 
specialists to use MicroGuide’s powerful 
content management system in order to 
update, maintain and publish guidance 
directly for themselves. 

The project is in its initial stages, during 
which, pilot studies will be implemented 
in a number of regions throughout 
the country. The outcomes of these 
pilot programmes will determine the 
ultimate route for the service and allow 
content creators to get to grips with 
generating and publishing guidance 
content through the platform, as well 
as understanding and interpreting the 
analytics and feedback from usage. 

Guidance will be available within a 
purpose-built app specifically designed 
for the Mexican clinical community  
and will include decision support 
algorithms as well as automatically 
updating content. All content services 
will also be available through any 
browser on the desktop so as to  
support the entire community. 

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Guidance will be available 
within a purpose-built app 
specifically designed for the 
Mexican clinical community

Beyond the purpose-built app
All content services will also be available 
through any browser on the desktop so 
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Financial review

Delivering a solid financial performance

Shelley 
Fraser

The Group delivered 
a solid financial 
performance against  
our IPO objectives set 
in May 2019, managing 
our cash balance by 
exceeding our forecast 
and executing on three 
acquisitions. 

It has been an exciting 
year executing our buy-
and-build strategy with 
the focus now on revenue 
growth and cost control 
to achieve a profitable 
business in the short to 
medium term. 

Revenue
In our first year, reported revenue of £148,480 was generated by the MicroGuide app, 
reflecting five months of revenue recognised since the acquisition of Horizon Strategic 
Partners Limited. The MicroGuide business continues to build a strong recurring 
revenue portfolio, grow the customer base and cash generative position. It starts 
the new financial year with an order book of £50,417. Meanwhile Induction Switch 
grew its registered users by 73.4% to 138,095. The focus for next year is to monetise 
the app across the healthcare community. In May 2020 Induction Switch signed its 
first revenue generating customer to a level 1 TeamSpace which includes newsfeed, 
directory, messaging, document sharing and an administration portal. Revenue has 
been generated from the following geographies:

31-Mar-20
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Europe
United States
Rest of World

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Operating Costs
Reported loss before tax for the year was  £3,527,766 (2019; 
£2,707,000). The Group incurred a number of exceptional items 
during the year, including IPO and acquisition costs as per the 
table below showing adjusted normalised operating loss before 
interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation of £2,736,530 
(2019: £2,171,000). Administration costs have increased to 
£2,330,394 (2019: £1,066,000). This mainly relates to an 
increase in headcount of three employees from the acquisition 
of Horizon Strategic Partners Limited and appointment of CEO 
plus recruitment fee, first year office rent, and professional 
and legal fees. The Group’s accounting policy is to capitalise 
software development and hosting costs which depreciate 
over three years, resulting in capitalisation of £761,066 (2019: 
£196,951). 

Cash
The Group’s cash position as at 31 March 2020 was £10,718,474 
(2019: £169,000). The operating cash outflow was focused 
on investment in our developers, ongoing AIM listing costs 
and set-up costs related to a startup business, as we build the 
framework and foundations. Investment outlay of £1,736,812 
relates to payments for the acquisitions completed during 
the year, and payments for capitalised development costs. 
Financing cash outflows relate to the repayment of the related 
party loan of £1,000,000. The business currently operates with 
net shareholder funds achieved at IPO fundraise (£16,584,202). 
The Directors regularly monitor cash usage and forecast 
cashflows to ensure that the projected business needs are 
supported, and future acquisitions can be delivered as part of 
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Less: Net finance income
Add: depreciation and amortisation

Operating Loss before depreciation 
and amortisation
Adjusted for:
– IPO costs expensed
–  Acquisition related transaction 

costs

–  Fair value adjustments on 
contingent consideration

Adjusted Loss before interest, tax, 
depreciation and amortisation

31/03/2020 
£’000

31/03/2019 
£’000

(3,527)  
(47)  
324

(2,707)  

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(3,250)  

(2,697)  

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(2,736)  

(2,171)  

It has been an  
exciting year  
executing our  
buy-and-build  
strategy.

Cash balance
Operating cash flows

31/03/2020 
£’000

31/03/2019 
£’000

 10,718 
 (3,346)  

 169 
(2,163)  

Assets and Liabilities
Goodwill £1,553,482 (2019: £nil) and Intangibles £2,348,428 
(2019; £222,000) are derived from two acquisitions, Podmedics 
Limited and Horizon Strategic Partners Limited during the year. 
Both transactions have been valued for accounting purposes 
by external consultants resulting in the investment being 
recognised between goodwill and intangible assets as per note 
15, page 79.

Goodwill
Intangible Assets

31/03/2020 
£’000

31/03/2019 
£’000

 1,553
 2,349 

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Other Liabilities of £1,408,831 (2019: £nil) comprise the fair value 
at 31 March 2020 of the deferred consideration of £1,325,000 
from the Horizon Strategic Partners Limited earn-out condition, 
which represents a maximum payout of £1,500,000 discounted 
at 10.74% as explained on note 23, page 85. At the date of 
signing the financial statements, the earn-out is  
highly likely to be achieved earlier than the expected end of the  
earn-out period of 30 September 2020. 

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Corporate responsibility

Our People and Culture

We are committed to 
building the best and most 
diverse team at Induction 
Group. The Company is 
working hard to create 
a culture of inclusion 
and diversity where all 
employees are treated 
and valued equally. Our 
focus is on:

•  recruiting and retaining high calibre 

employees; 

•  developing our team to create a 

culture which offers opportunities to 
broaden skill levels and capabilities; 

• building a diverse culture;

•  providing a safe and stable working 

environment; 

• recognising performance; and

•  leveraging our capabilities at every 

opportunity.

We view our employees as our most 
important asset, and we aim to ensure 
they have the tools and development 
to succeed in their role. The Company 
is committed to providing our staff 
with career progression and training 
to the requirements of roles. A key 
aspect of developing the success of 
the Group is to support an open culture 
and encourage the mix of cultures and 
business practices across the Group. 

We create an ethical working 
environment for our workforce, 
promoting honesty, transparency 
and duty of care across the entire 
workforce. The Company provides  
a working environment which meets  
all legislative requirements and  
provide all the necessary training  
and support for employees to operate 
safely within it. Our workforce follows 
our Anti-bribery and Corruption policy, 
and Whistleblowing Policy as part of  
the staff induction and ongoing training. 

We provide appropriate remuneration 
for responsibilities and equal 
opportunities for development and 
career advancements. The Company 
ensures opportunities are available  
to staff to build their breadth and  
depth of experience. 

In a year where Induction Group listed 
on the AIM market and completed 
three acquisitions, the team showed 
commitment and loyalty to maximise 
growth and performance. This is  
where Induction Group people excel - 
we believe that by working together we  
will achieve more. 

Our 2020/21 targets  
are ambitious and  
will ensure that we 
continue to provide 
a safe, inclusive and 
sustainable environment 
where everyone can  
be at their best. 

Our employees  
are our most important  
asset, and we aim to ensure  
they have the tools  
and development to  
succeed in their role.

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Community and Environment

Our vision to build a 
company that provides 
technology to deliver 
healthcare more 
efficiently drives our 
passion to support 
the community and 
environment. Operating 
with an ethical purpose 
to develop apps for the 
healthcare community  
is integral to everything 
that we do. 

We need to be resilient 
and responsive to 
change and we are 
committed to working 
with our employees, 
clients, supply chain  
and stakeholders to 
ensure that we are 
sustainable for the future. 

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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 Management

The Board, assisted by the Audit 
Committee, is ultimately responsible 
for oversight of risk management. 
The Directors play the leading role, 
monitoring the overall risk profile  
within the business and taking into 
account internal controls. Through 
detailed planning and continuous 
monitoring, all identified significant 
risks are evaluated, and appropriate 
mitigating actions that reduce the 
likelihood of a risk event and/or  
reduce their impact to an acceptable 
level are designed and executed.

The Group’s process for the 
identification, assessment and 
management of risks in the business, 
is driven and monitored by the Senior 
Management Team with the support  
of the Company Secretary. 

The Audit Committee reviews the 
systems of internal control for the Group 
alongside the Group’s process for risk 
management and reports its findings 
to the Board. Each year the Audit 
Committee consider the need  
for an internal audit function. Given  
the current size of the group, the  
Audit Committee do not judge it 
appropriate to maintain a dedicated 
internal audit function. 

Internal systems of control

The Group maintains systems of internal 
control appropriate to a business  
of this size and complexity and which 
take into account the applicable 
regulatory and legal requirements  
as a UK AIM listed plc. The internal 
controls are designed with the objective 
of implementing an action to mitigate 
the existing risk, and if impossible  
to fully mitigate the risk, managing  
the risk to an acceptable level.

Registering and reviewing risks

The Group identifies and assesses  
each risk based on the impact and 
likelihood, and then applies mitigating 
actions 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. 

The risk register is reviewed and 
updated to capture and identify any new 
risks and opportunities, and  
to improve the mitigating actions.  
The Senior Leadership Team review  
all identified risks and assign actions 
on a quarterly basis. Such risks are 
reported to and reviewed by the  
Board and Audit Committee. 

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.

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The risk has 
increased

The risk has 
decreased

The risk has not changed 
materially since last year

Strategic Risks

Risk

Description and Impact

Key mitigating activities

Trend

Competition  
and  
technological 
change

Identification, 
valuation and 
pursuit of 
acquisitions and 
investments

Induction Group operates in a 
competitive market, with new 
competitors regularly entering the 
market. These new entrants may make 
it hard for Induction to generate the 
anticipated revenues due to both 
increased competition for market share 
and pricing pressure. 

Potential impact:

•  New technologies emerge that 

may render existing products and 
services obsolete, unmarketable or 
competitively impaired, and may exert 
downward pressures on the pricing of 
existing products and services.

•  Induction Switch, MicroGuide and Zesty apps 

are well-established products in the UK and this, 
coupled with a user focussed strategy,  
creates a barrier to new competitors. 

•  Continuous investment in the development  

of the platforms to ensure they remain  
innovative, competitive and attractive to  
users as well as customers.

•  Hiring and developing the right talented  

people in product development

•  Continuous commitment to product 
differentiation through innovation

•  Analytics used to predict the environment, 

market and user engagement

•  Maintaining market knowledge and monitoring 
competitor developments and technologies. 

Induction has as a strategy of growing by 
acquisitions that bring two specific risks:

•  Investment in internal M&A capabilities, 

experience and relationships in the market

• Availability of acquisitions,

•  Ability to acquire a business at an 
acceptable price which affects the 
valuation or acquisition rationale.

Potential impacts:

•  Investment returns not achieved and 

shareholder value eroded.

•  Potential targets identified and prioritised to 
ensure efficient time is spent on diligence.

•  Rigorous due diligence process conducted 

using internal and external experts to ensure 
Induction Group fully evaluates the costs 
and benefits expected before any business 
purchase. 

•  Business case for acquisition articulated clearly 
and key assumptions (financial, technical and 
operational) identified for Board approval.

•  External communication maintained with 
advisors and owners/management of 
businesses to ensure Induction Group achieves 
sufficient visibility of potential transactions 
across the market. 

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Principal risks and uncertainties

Operational Risks

Risk

Description and Impact

Key mitigating activities

Trend

Key system 
failure or 
disruption

Induction 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. 

•  Use an agile development methodology  
which allows small incremental changes  
to be made to the platforms. 

•  Changes are subject to rigorous QA and 

product acceptance before they are  
released to users. 

Potential impacts:

•  Maintenance of backups allowing roll back to 

previous versions if a new release fails. 

•  Internal impact due to releasing 
software that doesn’t function as 
intended; and

•  Evaluation of all third-party suppliers,  

ensuring that they have appropriate fall-back 
systems and disaster recovery processes. 

•  External as third parties can disrupt 

•  System is penetration tested by a third-party 

the platform or cause failure by a key 
outsourced provider.

supplier twice a year.

Business growth 
is constrained 
by not having 
appropriate 
people, resources 
and processes 

Induction Group has a “buy and build” 
strategy, therefore operational and 
processes needs to be robust, efficient 
and scalable for the Group to manage 
growth. There is a risk that, in a  
highly competitive technology talent 
landscape, Induction Group cannot 
attract and retain sufficient highly skilled  
and dedicated staff.

Potential impacts:

•  Adverse effect on ability to grow  
and scale the business within UK  
and internationally. 

•  Recruiting employees to attract talent fit for a 
dynamic and fast-growth medtech company.

•  Open employee communication including 

employee performance reviews to monitor  
and identify gaps in leadership and skills levels

•  Development program for employees to 

continually up-skill, which is supplemented  
with key external hires. 

•  Detailed and continuous review of resource  

and succession planning for key roles. 

•  Focus on developing a strong and consistent 

culture across the organisation. 

Inadequate 
integration 
or leverage 
of acquired 
businesses 

The risk of misjudging key elements  
of an acquisition and failing to  
integrate in an efficient, timely  
and successful manner. 

Potential impact:

•  Disruption of existing operations  

and reduced return on investment. 

•  Detailed integration plan and dedicated 

integration teams in place prior to acquisition 

•  Regular communication on progress 
highlighting variations and remedial  
action taken

•  Senior Management with significant  
experience to lead the assessment,  
planning and integration process

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Risk

Description and Impact

Key mitigating activities

Trend

Customer 
concentration risk

The primary customer of the group is 
the NHS which is a complex series of 
organisations which brings challenges 
to navigate through these organisations 
and reach the decision makers. The 
procurement process can be onerous 
and very lengthy, increasing the risk that 
revenues fall short of expectation. 

Potential impacts:

•  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 which can delay 
or even negate the Group’s ability to 
derive revenues. 

•  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 working in and  
supplying to the NHS and relationships  
with key NHS decision makers, and therefore 
the Group is well placed to navigate the  
myriad NHS organisations. 

•  While Induction Group cannot mitigate the 

political risk entirely, there is cross party support  
for the use of technology in the NHS which  
will help reduce both political and pricing risk.

•  Induction Group’s strategy to expand into 
geographies outside of the UK, will reduce 
specific exposure to the NHS.

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Risk

Description and Impact

Key mitigating activities

Trend

Regulatory 
Compliance

The risk of insufficient evaluation and 
non-compliance with legislation and 
regulation in the markets and countries 
in which Induction Group operates. 

Regulatory compliance is a key risk  
for the Group, not only in terms of the 
General Data Protection Regulations 
(GDPR) but also specific restrictions 
relating potentially to medical devices, 
clinical governance including patient 
safety and information governance 
including confidentiality and security

Brexit could make the regulatory 
backdrop even more complicated  
as the UK’s regulations start to  
diverge from the European Union’s. 

Potential Impacts:

•  Failure to comply with regulations 

could have a material impact on the 
Group’s reputation, fines or late filings 
penalties, and financial results.

•  Compliance with legislation and code of best 

practice.

•  External audits of quality management systems 

(ISO27001 and ISO9001 certifications)

•  Ongoing training on key regulation such as  

anti-bribery and corruption and GDPR

•  Recruitment of appropriate expertise and 

experience in clinical and information 
governance to improve the regulatory 
compliance in data protection, clinical 
governance including patient safety, 
confidentiality and data ethics has taken place 
and will be further enhanced as necessary

•  Internal Finance and Medical departments 

monitor changes to law and regulations and 
oversee actions to ensure compliance.

•  External Audit and adviser reviews are 
conducted regularly during the year to  
ensure compliance. 

•  In terms of Brexit, the Group does not currently 
have a presence in any other members of the 
European Union outside of the UK so there is no 
immediate impact.

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Principal risks and uncertainties

Financial Risks

Risk

Description and Impact

Key mitigating activities

Trend

Foreign  
currency risk

The risk of significant unfavourable 
foreign exchange movements.

The Group has limited exposure against 
the US Dollar, Euro and Australian 
Dollar due to low levels of trading with 
our overseas entity and the majority 
of international clients pay the in GBP 
sterling.

Potential impact:

•  Currency volatility uncertain in  

current COVID-19 climate

•  Clear communications on Treasury strategy to 

ensure groups currency exposures and policies 
are understood. 

•  Continue international customer contracts in 

GBP

•  Where possible, natural hedges created to 

match sales and costs in the same currency. 

Pandemics 
(COVID-19)

The main risks of such events relate to:

•  The Group has sound virtual working practices 

•  Bringing staff together in a physical 

environment

•  Limited capacity to take on new 
transformation in the health and  
social care marketplace due to  
work load issues

•  Sickness and absence impacts  

of personal isolation

internally and externally with customers

•  The product suite offered by the Group is 
particularly well positioned to help more 
efficient and safe health and social care 
practices through its digital offerings

•  Good support for colleagues is both spoken 
about and practiced within the organisation  
so home working is well supported technically 
and by regular contact visually and verbally. 

NEW 
RISK

Liquidity risk

The risk of the Group not being able  
to meet its financial obligations as  
they fall due.

•  Clear Treasury policies that are designed 
to ensure that sufficient cash is available 
to support current and future business 
requirements.

•  Cash management through rolling cash flow 

forecasts, updated at least on a monthly basis.

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The Company remains 
unaffected by COVID-19 
and maintains 
operational capability. 
The Group closely 
monitors the COVID-19 
situation and is following 
Government guidelines.

Going Concern 

The Group’s going concern statement is 
detailed in note 2.2 of the consolidated 
financial statements on page 58.

Section 172

Each Director is required by the 
Companies Act 2006 to act in the way 
they consider, in good faith would be 
most likely to promote the success 
of the Company for the benefit of its 
members as a whole and in doing so 
are required to have regard for the 
following:

•  The likely long-term consequences of 

any decision;

•  The interests of the Company 

employees;

•  The need to foster the Company’s 

business relationships with suppliers, 
customers and others;

•  The impact of the Company’s 

operations on the community and the 
environment;

•  The desirability of the Company 
maintaining a reputation for high 
standards of business conduct; and

•  The need to act fairly as between 

shareholders of the Company.

In 2019, the Company adopted the 
Corporate Governance Code for AIM 
listed Companies from The Quoted 
Companies Alliance (the “QCA Code”). 
The QCA Code is an appropriate code 
of conduct for the Company’s size and 
stage of development. In the Corporate 
Governance Report, on pages 36 to 38 
are comments regarding the application 
of the ten principles of the QCA Code.

Please see the section on Stakeholder 
engagement for detail of how the 
Group has met its obligations under 
Section 172. 

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Directors’ Biographies 

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).

Dr Hugo Stephenson - Chief Executive Officer
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 

James Balmain - Chief Executive Officer
James has a wealth of NHS facing commercial 
experience, having co-founded Zesty in 2012, a 
multi-award winning UK digital health company. 
Prior to Zesty, James was ecommerce Director 
at EE, leading the digital teams at both Orange 
and T-Mobile during the merger and subsequent 
launch of EE. As head of ecommerce at the Shop 
Direct Group, James led the transition from 
catalogue to online shopping, creating one of the 
largest online retail organisations in the UK.

Shelley Fraser - Chief Financial Officer
Shelley has nearly 20 years’ experience in the 
Pharma/Biotech/Life Sciences industry. She is 
a Chartered Accountant and holds a Bachelor 
of Management Studies. She has held Finance 
Director roles for over 15 years, mainly in 
Pharmaceuticals and Life Sciences, including 
Merck, Sharp and Dohme. 

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Christopher Spencer - Non-Executive Chair
Chris was appointed to the Board as Independent 
Chair 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.

Jane Silber - Non-Executive Director
Jane joined the Board on 1 April 2019. Jane is an 
experienced IT senior executive. 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.

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

Leslie-Ann Reed - Non-Executive Director
Leslie-Ann joined the Board on 19 July 2019. 
She is a chartered accountant with a diverse 
background and extensive international 
experience. Leslie-Ann is currently Non-
Executive Director and Audit Committee 
Chair for Learning Technologies Group plc, 
a Non-Executive Director at Bloomsbury 
Publishing PLC and Non-Executive Director 
and Audit Committee Chair for Centaur 
Media plc. From 2010 she was Chief Financial 
Officer of the global, online B2B auctioneer 
Go Industry plc. Between 2007 and 
2010 Leslie-Ann was an adviser to Marwyn 
Investment Management, a 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. 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 is Chair of the Audit Committee and 
also serves on the Remuneration and Nomination 
Committees.

Andy Williams - Non-Executive Director
Andy was appointed to the board on 8 June 
2020 having formerly served as Chair at Zesty 
Limited since 26 July 2018. In addition to his role 
at Induction, Andy is Chair of Docly AB and a 
non-executive director at Logex Group. His most 
recent full time role was CEO of NHS Digital, the 

government body responsible for technology and 
data for the NHS. Prior to that, his career was in 
the technology industry, holding a wide variety 
of senior roles in IBM, Alcatel-Lucent and CSC. 
He holds an MA in mathematics and engineering 
from Cambridge University.

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Corporate Governance Report 
for Induction Healthcare Group PLC 

Chair’s Introduction

I have pleasure in introducing our Corporate Governance 
Statement. The Board continues to be committed to supporting 
high standards of corporate governance, as we feel that a solid 
foundation of good governance and best practice is needed to 
help the Group profitably and effectively support both clinical 
teams and patients by removing friction from basic but essential 
healthcare related tasks and in this section of the Annual Report 
we set out our governance framework and describe the work we 
have done to ensure good corporate governance throughout 
the Company and its subsidiaries (‘the Group’). As Chair, my 
primary responsibility is to lead the Board effectively and ensure 
that the Group’s corporate governance is appropriate and 
adopted across all our business activities. I am also responsible 
for ensuring our Board agenda ensures that we examine all the 
key operational and financial issues affecting our strategy.

We have had a number of Board changes during the year and 
since our year-end. During the year under review and currently 
I lead the Board as the independent Non-Executive Chair. 
Throughout the year we had two independent Non-Executive 
Directors, Leslie-Ann Reed, who joined the Board on 19 July 
2019, and Jane Silber who has been on the Board since IPO. 
Our Executive Directors during the year were Ibs Mahmood 
and Hugo Stephenson with Shelley Fraser, our Chief Financial 
Officer (“CFO”), moving from an interim position to the Board on 
2 March 2020, after the departure of Seb Jantet on 16 August 
2019. Following our acquisition of Zesty Limited, on 8 June 
2020, we were delighted to welcome Andy Williams to the Board 
as a Non-Executive Director and James Balmain as joint CEO. 
Ibs Mahmood stepped down from the Board on the same date 
although he still remains associated with the Group as our Chief 
Business Officer. 

At the time of our IPO we opted to follow the Quoted 
Companies Alliance (“QCA”) Corporate Governance Code (the 
‘Code’) and we continue to feel that this is the most appropriate 
Code for us as an AIM listed company. The report below is 
organised under headings which show how the Company has 
complied with the ten broad principles of the Code which all 
support the Company’s medium to long-term success.

Christopher Spencer 
Non-Executive Chair

Statement of Compliance with the QCA 
Corporate Governance Code

Strategy and Business Model
Principle 1 of the Code requires that companies establish a 
strategy and business model which promote long-term value for 
shareholders. The Group is a healthcare technology business 
focused on streamlining the delivery of care by healthcare 
professionals, and our strategy is articulated in the Strategic 
Report on pages 12 to 25. Our Section 172 statement, which is 
set out on page 33 shows how the Directors have fulfilled their 
duties and obligations to ensure the long-term success of the 

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business. The Executive Directors and senior leadership team 
meet throughout the year to discuss strategy and the Group’s 
long-term growth. The Board, in turn, debates strategy at every 
Board meeting, monitors progress against the strategic plan, 
and the active challenges provided by the Non-Executive 
Directors help shape the strategy with the Executive Directors. 
The CFO maintains a strategic risk register and regularly reports 
to the Board on the how the Group mitigates major risk and 
protects the company from unnecessary risks. 

Shareholder Relations
Under Principle 2 of the Code, the Company must seek to 
understand and meet shareholder needs and expectations. 

The Company is committed to listening to, and openly 
communicating with, its shareholders to ensure that its 
business, strategy, and performance are clearly understood 
and supported. During the year, the Board has maintained an 
open communication with investors, and the sell-side research 
community, and believe that this is the best way to ensure we 
understand what is expected of the Company in its efforts to 
drive the Group’s business forward. The Executive Directors 
provide the Board with feedback from all meetings and 
communications with shareholders and the Board is provided 
with an analysis of investor base changes at each meeting. 
Further information on investor sentiment is provided to the 
Board by the Company’s Nominated Advisors and financial PR 
advisors. The Board is also mindful of the importance of its retail 
shareholders and we aim to provide meaningful information for 
all our investors, but particularly our retail shareholders, via our 
website www.inductionhealthcare.com. Our website also offers 
a facility to sign up for email alert notifications of Company 
news and regulatory announcements.

Like many companies, we had intended that our AGM would 
again provide a forum for face to face interaction between the 
Board and the Company’s retail shareholders. This year, as a 
response to COVID-19, we have been forced to change our 
AGM logistics in order to keep shareholders and Directors safe. 
Further details of our arrangements this year are set out in our 
Notice of Meeting. 

Our Stakeholders
Principle 3 of the Code requires that the Company takes 
into account wider stakeholder and social responsibilities 
and their implications for long-term success. The Company’s 
stakeholders include shareholders, employees, its registered 
users, its customers, and its business suppliers.

The Board values the opinions of the stakeholders in the 
business and will regularly seek to ensure that the views of its 
shareholders, suppliers, and partners are known and, where 
relevant to the success of our business, they are acted upon. 
The Board considers investors’ views and feedback following 
investor roadshows and individual directors update the Board 
on any ad hoc meetings with investors throughout the year.

One of our most important stakeholder groups is our 
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employees and monitors closely the views and concerns raised. 
We communicate thoroughly with all stakeholders and use 
the experience we gain from those interactions to inform our 
strategy.

Directors’ Skills and Capabilities
Principle 6 of the Code requires that the Directors ensure that 
between them, they have the necessary up-to-date experience, 
skills, and capabilities.

Risk Management
Principle 4 of the Code requires that the Company embed 
effective risk management, considering both opportunities and 
threats, throughout the organisation. 

Our current Board of Directors has an effective and appropriate 
balance of skills and experience, and their backgrounds cover 
areas such as technology, finance, law, healthcare, sales and 
marketing. Their full biographies are set out on pages 34 to 35.

The Board, assisted by the Audit Committee, is ultimately 
responsible for overseeing management’s activities in 
identifying, evaluating, and managing the risks facing the 
Group. The environment in which we operate is constantly 
evolving and can be affected by external factors that 
are outside of our control and which may impact on us 
operationally. The Group implements a risk management policy 
which defines the Group’s risk appetite. The Board regularly 
reviews a matrix of the key risks which sets out how these are 
managed and mitigated through internal and other controls and 
processes.

The significant risks and related mitigation and control are 
disclosed in the Strategic Review on pages 28 to 33.

The Board
Principle 5 of the Code requires the maintenance of the board 
as a well-functioning, balanced team led by the chair.

Our current board consists of the Chair, three Executive 
Directors, and three Non-Executive Directors. The Chair, 
Leslie-Ann Reed and Jane Silber are all considered to be 
independent. The current Board has a good gender balance 
with three female and four male Directors.

The Board holds eight scheduled meetings a year and 
attendance that these meeting is set out below on page 38. 
There have also been a number of ad hoc meetings where 
matters of importance have arisen between scheduled 
meetings. An example of this would be during an acquisition 
process, where the views of the whole Board may be sought 
by means of a group conference call facility, telephone, or over 
email.

There are three Board Committees: the Audit Committee, the 
Remuneration Committee, and the Nomination Committee, 
which are chaired by Leslie-Ann Reed, Jane Silber, and Chris 
Spencer respectively. Attendance at those meetings is set out 
in their respective reports on pages 39 and 40.

Directors are expected to attend all meetings of the Board, and 
of the Committees on which they sit, and to devote sufficient 
time to the Group’s affairs to enable them to fulfil their duties 
as Directors. In the event that Directors are unable to attend 
a meeting, their comments on papers to be considered at the 
meeting will be discussed in advance with the Chair, so that 
their contribution can be included as part of the wider Board 
discussion.

The role of the Non-Executive Directors is to bring valuable 
judgement and insight to Board deliberations and decisions. 
The Non-Executive Directors are all experienced and influential 
individuals whose blend of skills and business experience 
contributes to the proper functioning of the Board and its 
Committees, ensuring that matters are fully debated and that 
no individual or group dominates the Board’s decision-making 
processes.

The Board are assisted by a range of external advisors, 
including the nominated advisor, strategic communication 
consultants, legal advisers, and tax consultants.

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The Board training and development needs are met with the 
support of our NOMAD and our advisors. A representative from 
Prism Cosec, the Company’s corporate governance adviser and 
Company Secretary, provides a written report on governance 
developments at each Board meeting and takes minutes at all 
Board and Committee meetings.

Board Performance and Evaluations
Principle 7 of the Code requires that the Board and Committees 
evaluate their own performance based on clear and relevant 
objectives and seek continuous improvement. 

The Chair ensures that the Board reflects on its own 
performance at the beginning and end of each Board meeting. 
This “temperature check” ensures that all board members have 
an opportunity to consider whether the Board has worked 
effectively or if there are issues that need more discussion. As 
there have been a number of Board changes during the year, 
the Board felt that it would not have been useful to conduct a 
formal Board evaluation during the year under review. The topic 
will be debated in 2020/21 and a process will be put in place. 

Prior to the proposal for re-election at the AGM, the 
performance of the Independent Non-Executive Directors is 
reconsidered to ensure they remain effective in their role and, 
where appropriate, that they retain their independence.

Succession planning for the Board is an ongoing topic of 
discussion.

Corporate Culture
Principle 8 of the Code requires that the Company promote 
a corporate culture that is based on ethical values and 
behaviours. 

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The  Company  has  an  entrepreneurial  and  innovative  culture 
underpinned by sound governance, and policies and processes 
that ensure we do business in a fair and ethical way and reflect 
the healthcare markets in which we operate. The Board seeks 
to lead by example and ensures that all strategic decisions are 
taken fairly, with due process and are in the best interests of the 
Company and its stakeholders.

Governance Structure
Principle 9 of the Code requires that the Company maintain 
governance structures and processes that are fit for purpose 
and support good decision making by the board. 

The respective responsibilities of the Chair and our joint CEOs 
are clearly understood. The Chair is responsible for leading 
the Board, facilitating the effective contribution of all members, 
and ensuring that it operates effectively in the interests of the 
shareholders. Our CEOs are responsible for the leadership of 
the business and implementation of the strategy. In turn our 
Non-Executive Directors provide effective challenge and help 
develop proposals on strategy whilst ensuring that they satisfy 

themselves as to the integrity of the financial reporting systems, 
internal controls, and the risk management system. The whole 
Board ensures that corporate performance is monitored and 
adequately reported to shareholders.

Shareholder and Stakeholder Communications
Principle 10 of the Code requires that the Company 
communicate how the Group is governed and is performing by 
maintaining a dialogue with shareholders and other relevant 
stakeholders.

The Board attaches great importance to communication with 
both institutional and private shareholders in reporting and 
demonstrating good corporate governance practices to create 
a sustainable, growing, profitable and successful business.

The Directors regularly communicated with investors and the 
Group operates an investor relations website at  
www.inductionhealthcare.com/. The website contains details of 
the Group and its activities, its regulatory announcements, and 
sets out the governance of the Group.

Directors 
Christopher Spencer
Hugo Stephenson
Shelley Fraser*
Leslie-Ann Reed**
Jane Silber
Ibs Mahmood
Seb Jantet***

Board

Audit 
Committee

Remuneration 
Committee

Nomination 
Committee

No. of meetings

3
3

3
3

3
3

3
3

3
3

2
3

8
8
8
5
6
8
8
3

* Shelley Fraser began attending Board meetings by invitation from September 2019 when she was acting as Interim CFO, following Seb Jantet’s 
departure. She began attending meetings as a Director following her appointment to the Board on 2 March 2020.

** Leslie-Ann Reed was appointed to the Board on 19 July 2019.

*** Seb Jantet resigned from the Board on 16 August 2019

Board Committees

The Board has delegated and empowered a Remuneration 
Committee, Nomination Committee and an Audit Committee, 
each of which is accountable to the Board on all matters within 
its remit. Each Committee has written terms of reference which 
are available on the Company’s website. A summary of the 
responsibilities of each Committee and their work during the 
year follows. 

The Company Secretary acts as secretary to all the Board’s 
Committees supported by the Executives to ensure that each 
Committee receives information and papers in a timely manner 
to enable full and proper consideration to be given to the 
relevant items of business 

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Audit Committee Report 

On behalf of the Audit Committee, I am pleased to present the Audit Committee report for the year ended 31 March 2020. In this 
report, we provide you with an overview of the Committee’s priorities and performance during the year, in addition to details 
regarding the audit and risk management policies approved by the Committee for implementation throughout the Group.

Committee Members
Leslie-Ann Reed (Chair) 
Jane Silber 
Christopher Spencer

Committee Responsibilities
The Committee is primarily responsible for:

 — Oversight of the Group’s risk management framework and mitigating actions

 — Monitoring the effectiveness of internal controls;

 — Ensuring that the Group’s financial performance is properly measured and reported, through review of the annual and half-year 

financial statements, accounting policies and significant reporting judgements; and

 — Oversight of the annual audit and its effectiveness, including the objectivity and independence of the external auditor.

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The Work of the Committee
In the year following the Company’s public listing, the Audit Committee continued to review and establish the procedures and 
systems necessary to ensure robust standards of financial control. The CEO and Chief Financial Officer are invited to attend all 
meetings, while other senior financial managers will attend as appropriate. The external auditors attend the meetings to discuss 
the planning and conclusions of their work. The Audit Committee is able to call for information from management and external 
consultants with the external auditors directly if required. The objectivity and independence of the external auditors is safeguarded 
by reviewing the auditors’ formal planning proposal and monitoring relationships between key audit staff and the Company. 

The Audit Committee held three formal meetings during the year as set out on page 38 and considered the following items during 
the year:

Whistleblowing
Bribery 
Interim Results

Full Year Results

Going Concern

Internal Audit

External Audit

Terms of Reference

Review of arrangements in place
Discussion on the arrangements in place and delivery of training to employees
The Committee reviewed and approved the interim results taking into account a limited-scope agreed 
upon procedures provided by KPMG.
The committee also reviewed and approved the full year results through review of the annual report with a 
focus in July 2020 on revenue recognition, valuation and impairment of goodwill/intangibles. 
The Committee undertook reviews of the Company’s going concern status at the half and full year period 
ends. 
The Committee reviewed the need for an internal auditor and agreed that the Company was of not yet of 
sufficient size or complexity to merit a separate internal audit function.
The Committee reviewed the independence and objectivity of the external auditor, KPMG; their plan for the 
full year audit, advisory fees and the effectiveness of the audit process.
The Committee reviewed its own terms of reference and agreed that no changes were needed during the 
year.

External Auditor
The Audit Committee monitors the relationship with the external auditor, KPMG LLP, to ensure that auditor independence and 
objectivity are maintained. KPMG have been the Group’s auditor since IPO in 2019 and the Committee will keep under review the 
need for external tender. A summary of remuneration paid to the external auditor is provided in note 7 of the financial statements. 
The value of the non-audit services provided by the Auditor is £94,000. Having reviewed the auditor’s independence and 
performance, the Audit Committee has concluded that these are effective and recommends that KPMG LLP be re-appointed as the 
Group’s auditor at the next AGM.

Leslie-Ann Reed 
Audit Committee Chair

5 August 2020

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Nomination Committee Report 

On behalf of the Board, I am pleased to present the Nomination Committee report of the Company for the year ended 31 March 
2020.

Committee Members
Christopher Spencer (Chair) 
Leslie-Ann Reed 
Jane Silber

Committee Responsibilities
The Nomination Committee is responsible for reviewing the structure, size, and composition (including the skills, knowledge, 
experience, and diversity) of the board and making recommendations to the board with regard to any changes.

The Work of the Committee
The Nomination Committee met formally three times during the year and held a number of informal meetings and telephone calls 
between scheduled meetings.

Appointment of Directors

Soon after IPO, the Committee considered a long list of candidates for the vacant Non-Executive 
Director position and recommended a short list for consideration by the Board. Leslie-Ann Reed was 
appointed to the vacant position on 19 July 2019.

The Committee met and appointed Shelley Fraser to the position of interim Chief Financial Officer 
following Seb Jantet’s departure from the Board. Later in the year the Committee considered her 
performance in the interim post and recommended her appointment to the Board. Shelley was 
appointed to the Board on 2 March 2020.

Following the year-end, and during the acquisition of Zesty Limited, the Board asked the Committee 
to consider the suitability of James Balmain and Andrew Williams for, respectively, Executive and 
Non-Executive positions on the Board. The Committee recommended their appointments and they 
joined the Board on 8 June 2020. 

Succession Planning

During the year, the Committee considered the positions of the Executive Directors and short term 
and long term succession planning. Their discussions took into account the needs of the business 
and the preferences of the individuals under discussion. The recommendations of the Committee 
were communicated to the full Board and resulted in the appointment of Hugo Stephenson and 
James Balmain as joint CEOs and Ibs Mahmood’s voluntary departure from the Board to take up a 
new role as Chief Business Officer.

Induction of new directors
New directors are taken through a comprehensive induction programme which is tailored to their individual needs and 
understanding.

Christopher Spencer 
Nomination Committee Chair

5 August 2020

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Directors’ Remuneration Report 

The objective of the Company’s remuneration policy remains unchanged. Its purpose is to facilitate the recruitment and retention of 
executives of an appropriate calibre, to ensure that the senior executives of the Company are provided with appropriate incentive 
to encourage enhanced performance and are in a fair and responsible manner, rewarded for their individual contributions to the 
success of the Group

The Remuneration that the Company offers to its Executive Directors continues to be based on four principal components:

1. 

2. 

3. 

4. 

 Basic Salaries and benefits. Basic salaries are determined by the Remuneration Committee with reference to bench-marked 
salaries paid in AIM-quoted and other Technology businesses of similar size and complexity. It is intended that the guaranteed 
pay should be at or near the median level. Benefits in kind include life insurance, healthcare and the provision of a cash 
allowance to cover travel expenses.

 Pensions. The Group operates a defined contribution pension scheme for all Executive Directors and employees. Only basic 
salaries are pensionable.

 Short-term incentives. Bonuses are payable to staff according to the achievement by the Group determined by key 
measurable objectives and growth targets. The amount of bonus payable on achievement of the objectives and targets, with 
adjustment in the event of over-under performance. 

 Long-term incentives. The Company operates a share option scheme covering all permanent employees under which share 
options are normally granted on passing probation or adhoc on individual performance. Options normally vest on the third 
anniversary of the date of grant and can then be exercised until the tenth anniversary. The number of shares granted is based 
on a fixed market value of shares on the date of the grant, so the individual only benefits if there has been a share price 
growth. The share option scheme is overseen by the Remuneration Committee which eligible individuals may be invited to 
participate, including the level of awards. 

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No salary increases or bonuses were awarded to the Executive Directors for 2020, a decision supported by the Executive Directors. 

Directors service contracts
All Executive Directors are employed under service contracts. The services of all Executive Directors may be terminated by the 
Company or individual giving 6 months’ notice for each CEO and 3 months’ notice for CFO. 

Remuneration received by Directors for the year ended 31 March 2020 (audited)
Directors’ remuneration (audited) 

Salary and Fees

Pension

Bonus

Other

Total Remuneration

2019

2020

2019

2020

2019

2020

2019

2020

2019

2020

Executive
Hugo Stephenson
Ibs Mahmood
Shelley Fraser
Sebastien Jantet

Non-Executive
Christopher Spencer
Leslie-Ann Reed
Jane Silber

–
–
–
99,000

101,848
235,835
14,583
124,143

–
–
–
11,000

–
–
–

45,984
27,971
33,443

–

2,334
26,111
1,458
13,794

3,578
–
2,602

99,000

583,807

11,000

49,877

–
–
–
–

–
–
–

–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–

–

–
–
–
–

–

–

–
41,033
1,142
–

–
–
–
110,000

104,182
302,979
17,183
137,937

–
–
–

–
–
–

49,562
27,971
36,045

42,175

110,000

675,857

Director
Shelley Fraser

Date of Grant
1st March 2020

Exercise 
price (£)
0.005

Number 
of shares
450,000

Market value 
of award
409,500

Performance 
conditions
no

Exercisable 
from
01/03/2023

Exercisable 
to
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Directors’ Remuneration Report 
(continued) 

Directors’ shareholding and share interests (audited)
Share ownership plays a key role in the alignment of our executives with the interests of shareholders. The table below sets out the 
number of shares held of potentially held by executive directors (including their connected persons where relevant) as at 31 March 2020.

Name
Hugo Stephenson

Shelley Fraser

Christopher Spencer

Jane Silber

Beneficially  
owned shares at 
31 March 2020

8,891,730

Award description

Number 
of unvested 
options at 
31 March 2019

–

– Share Options March 2020

8,696

8,696

–

–

Number 
of vested options 
at 31 March 2019 Granted

Number 
of unvested 
options at 
31 March 2020

Number 
of vested options 
at 31 March 2020

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

450,000

437,500

–

–

–

–

–

12,500

–

–

Jane Silber 
Remuneration Committee Chair 
5 August 2020

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Directors’ report 

The Directors are pleased to present the Directors’ report to 
shareholders and the audited financial statements for the year 
ended 31 March 2020.

Corporate governance

The Directors’ statement on Corporate Governance is set out 
on pages 26 to 42 and forms part of this report.

Principal activity and business model

The principal activity and business model are set out in the 
Business Model and Strategy section on pages 14 to 15.

Future outlook

The strategy of the business is set out in the Group Strategy on 
page 18 to 19.

Results and dividends

The results for the year to 31 March 2020 are set out in the 
financial statements on pages 53 to 89.

The Directors do not propose payment of a dividend for 2020: 
(2019: £Nil).

Annual General Meeting

The 2020 Annual General Meeting of the Company will be held 
on 21 September 2020, the business of which is set out in the 
Notice of Meeting which is available in the Investor Section of 
the Company’s website at www.inductionhealthcare.com.

Review of the year

Research and development

A comprehensive analysis of the Group’s progress and 
development is set out in the Strategic Report on pages 
12 to 24. This analysis includes comments on the position 
of the Group at the end of the financial year.

The Group expended £1,691,270 on development, (2019: 
£1,464,446) of which £761,066 (2019: £196,951) was capitalised 
within intangible assets.

Significant events after the year-end

On 8 June 2020, the Company acquired Zesty Limited (Zesty) a 
digital healthcare patient engagement platform company, for a 
consideration comprising (1) £500,000 in cash plus (2) the issue 
of 12,424,527 New Ordinary Shares.

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. 

Capital structure

The Company’s share capital is divided into 42,050,728 
ordinary shares of £0.005 each with voting rights. Note 27 
explains the changes to the capital structure after the balance 
sheet date.

Related party transactions

Details of all related party transactions are set out in Note 26 to 
the Financial Statements.

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 23 of the accounts.

Directors 

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

 — Shelley Fraser, appointed 2 March 2020

 — Sebastian Jantet, resigned 16 August 2019

 — Ibs Mahmood, resigned 8 June 2020

 — Leslie-Ann Reed, appointed 19 July 2019

 — Jane Silber

 — Christopher Spencer

 — Hugo Stephenson

Political contributions

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

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Directors’ report 
(continued) 

Disclosure of information to auditor

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. 

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

Shelley Fraser 
Director

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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.

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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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Independent auditor’s report to the members of 
Induction Healthcare Group plc 

Overview

Materiality: group financial 
statements as a whole

£30,400
0.83% of total group expenses

Coverage

Key audit matters

98% total group expenses

New:  Valuation and accounting of the acquired businesses

New: Capitalisation of development costs

New: Revenue recognition –ISA required risk

New:  Investment impairment (parent company key audit 

matter only)

1.  Our opinion is unmodified

We have audited the financial statements of Induction 
Healthcare Group plc (“the Company”) for the year ended 
31 March 2020 which comprise the Consolidated Income 
Statement, Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income, 
Consolidated and Company Statement of Financial Position, 
Consolidated and Company Statement of Changes in Equity, 
Consolidated and Company Cash Flow Statement and the 
related notes, including the accounting policies in note 2.

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 2020 and of the Group’s loss for the year 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 as applied in accordance with the provisions of 
the Companies Act 2006; 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 as applied to listed entities. We believe that the 
audit evidence we have obtained is a sufficient and appropriate 
basis for our opinion.

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

2.  Key audit matters: our assessment of risks of material misstatement

Key audit matters are those matters that, in our professional judgment, were of most significance in the audit of the financial 
statements and include the most significant assessed risks of material misstatement (whether or not due to fraud) identified by us, 
including those which had the greatest effect on: the overall audit strategy; the allocation of resources in the audit; and directing 
the efforts of the engagement team. These matters were addressed in the context of our audit of the financial statements as a 
whole, and in forming our opinion thereon, and we do not provide a separate opinion on these matters. In arriving at our audit 
opinion above, the key audit matters, in decreasing order of audit significance, were as follows:

The risk

Our Response

Intangible assets and goodwill
(£2,939k)

Refer to page 59 (accounting policy) 
and page 75 (financial disclosures).

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Accounting treatment and forecast 
based estimate
Two businesses were acquired in 
the year; Podmedics and Horizon 
Strategic Partners.

We identified the valuation of the 
identified intangible assets and 
goodwill and the accounting thereof 
as a significant risk due to the 
complexity of the transaction and 
the judgements and assumptions 
required to be applied by Company 
in determining the valuation of the 
businesses. Both entities are in the 
start-up phase, increasing the risk 
in relation to the fair valuation of the 
businesses in terms of the judgement 
in relation to the appropriate 
valuation methodology to apply.

There is judgement in relation to the 
appropriate valuation technique to 
adopt in determining the equity value 
of each entity, dependent on the 
nature and the stage of the company 
being valued.

Where the income approach is used 
there is significant estimation risk 
in relation to the forecasting in the 
discounted cashflow.

The effect of these matters is that, 
as part of our risk assessment, 
we determined that the fair value 
has a high degree of estimation 
uncertainty, with a potential range 
of reasonable outcomes greater 
than our materiality for the financial 
statements as a whole, and 
possibly many times that amount. 
The financial statements (Note 15) 
disclose the sensitivity estimated by 
the Group.

Our procedures included:
— Our valuation expertise:
We used our own valuation specialists to assist us 
in critically assessing certain key inputs utilised 
within the approaches for each of the acquisitions 
made (Podmedicsand Horizon Strategic Partners) 
for the purchase price allocation and the 
identification and valuation of the intangible assets.
— Assessed the valuer’s credentials:
We critically assessed the competence and 
independence of the Company’s external 
valuation experts used to complete the purchase 
price allocations for the two entities acquired in 
the current year.
— Valuation approach:
We, with assistance from our valuation specialists, 
assessed the appropriateness of the valuation 
methodology used in the purchase price allocation 
for the Podmedics acquisition and Horizon 
Strategic Partners acquisition based on the 
circumstances relevant to each company such 
as the costs incurred/cost that would have been 
incurred to develop the applications that were in 
the companies acquired. We evaluated whether 
there are relevant comparable companies to 
the company and whether reliable forecasts are 
available and the industry in which it operates.
— Benchmarking assumptions:
Management utilised internal data such as the 
strategic plans, forecast and actual data. We 
performed procedures to confirm the accuracy 
of the internal data, these included assessing the 
assumptions made by the company when preparing 
forecasts, critically assessing whether or not the 
contracts that were in progress when the forecast 
were made have materialised or will materialise.
We critically analysed the appropriateness of 
other assumptions used in the forecasts. The 
assumptions included projected revenue, the 
growth rate, operating costs, EBIT margins 
and terminal values (as disclosed in note 15 on 
page 80)
For Horizon Strategic Partners, we considered the 
current contracts in place and the renewal rates 
in the prior year, as well as the Company’s plans 
for expansion. We also assessed the Company’s 
forecasts.

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

The risk

Our Response

Intangible assets – capitalised 
development costs 
(£761k)

Refer to page 63 (accounting policy) 
and page 79 (financial disclosures).

Accounting treatment 
There is a risk that the costs could 
be incorrectly capitalised i.e. not 
meeting the capitalisation criteria of 
the relevant accounting standards.

We identified the capitalisation 
of development costs as a risk 
due to the inherent judgement 
and assumptions that need to be 
applied by management in assessing 
whether the requirements of IAS 38 
have been met.

There is judgement in determining 
which of the costs incurred in the 
development of the applications 
should be capitalised and at what 
rate.

Where the valuation was based on the 
cost approach, we critically assessed the 
appropriateness of this method in the valuation of 
the assets, based on the circumstances specific 
to the Company as well as critically assessing the 
determined valuation amount with reference to the 
internal data provided for the valuation thereof.

Assessing transparency:
We critically assessed whether the Company’s 
disclosures were consistent with the valuations 
performed and whether the Group’s disclosures 
adequately highlighted the uncertainty inherent in 
the valuations.

Our procedures included:

— Our sector experience:
We evaluated management’s assessment relating 
to the five requirements as per IAS 38 to order to 
capitalise development costs.

—  Assessed management’s judgement and 

assumption:

We critically assessed whether there was 
commercial feasibility of the assets as well as the 
ability of the asset to generate future economic 
benefits.

We challenged management’s assumptions on 
the capitalisation rates used to capitalise the 
expenses. We considered the different employees 
involved in the development of the applications 
and the time spent on developing the applications. 
We critically assessed the different rates used for 
each of the employee categories.

— Assessed accuracy:
We inspected the invoices and other supporting 
documentation for the expenses incurred and 
capitalised to confirm that these were directly 
linked to the development of the applications.

We inspected the employees’ contracts and 
contractor invoices to confirm whether these 
are directly involved in the development of the 
applications. We further tested the payroll costs 
by agreeing to the payroll records and bank 
statements to assess the existence and accuracy 
of the payroll costs on which the capitalisation 
rates were applied. We recalculated the capitalised 
costs using the applicable rate for the employees 
identified. For the contractor costs, we traced the 
amounts to the invoices received and recalculated 
the capitalised costs using the applicable rate for 
the contractors identified.

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

The risk

Our Response

Revenue recognition
(£148k)

Refer to page 65 (accounting policy) 
and page 69 (financial disclosures).

Accounting treatment 
We have identified a fraud risk 
related to the Company’s revenue 
recognition at the year-end date 
(overstating revenue)

There is a risk in ascertaining the 
correct revenue to be recognised 
for the period with reference to the 
requirements of IFRS 15. Whilst there 
is limited judgement in identifying the 
point in which the obligations have 
been fulfilled, the external focus on 
the revenue value increases the risk 
of fraudulent premature revenue 
recognition.

Investment impairment –parent 
company 
(£15,182k)

Refer page 93 (accounting policy) 
and page 94 (financial disclosures).

Moderate risk, high value 
The carrying amount of the 
parent company’s investments 
in the subsidiary companies and 
intercompany balances represents 
100% of the Company’s total assets. 
Its recoverability is not at a high risk 
of significant misstatement or subject 
to significant judgement. However, 
due to its materiality in the context 
of the parent company financial 
statements, this is considered to be 
the area that had the greatest effect 
on our overall parent company audit.

Our procedures included: 

— Accounting analysis: 
We assessed and challenged the key purchase 
orders to consider the Company’s assessment 
of the revenue contract, the Company’s 
determination of distinct performance obligations, 
the Company’s methodology in recognising 
revenue in line with IFRS 15 for over time 
recognition. 

We assessed that the revenue has been recorded 
in the correct period, the performance obligation 
has been satisfied in the correct period and the 
correct transaction price has been used in the 
revenue recognition calculation.

We assessed the accrued income calculation as 
at the balance sheet date to confirm the correct 
recognition has been applied.

— Assessed Transparency: 
We critically assessed the adequacy of the 
Company’s disclosures in relation the revenue 
recognition and assessed that the accounting 
policies are in line with the requirements of 
IFRS 15. (see note 2.13 on page 65).

Our procedures included: 

We compared the carrying amount of the 
investment plus related party receivables to the 
market capitalisation of the Company.

We considered if the Company has sufficient net 
assets to support the value of the investment held 
by the company.

We obtained and analysed the valuations 
prepared on behalf of the Company and consider 
the impact of these valuations on the carrying 
value of the investment recorded.

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

3.  Our application of materiality and an 
overview of the scope of our audit 

Materiality for the group financial statements as a whole was set 
at £30.4k, determined with reference to a benchmark of group 
expenses of £3,675k of which it represents 0.83%. We consider 
the group expenses to be the appropriate benchmark as the 
group is still in its start-up phase.

Materiality for the parent company financial statements as 
a whole was set at £90k, determined with reference to a 
benchmark of total assets of which it represents 2.5%.

We agreed to report to the Audit Committee any corrected 
or uncorrected identified misstatements exceeding £1.5k, 
in addition to other identified misstatements that warranted 
reporting on qualitative grounds.

Of the Company’s six reporting components, we subjected 
four to full scope audits for group purposes. For the residual 
components, we performed analysis at an aggregated group 
level to re-examine our assessment that there were no 
significant risks of material misstatement within these.

The components within the scope of our work accounted for 
the percentage illustrated opposite.

The group team (same as the component team) approved the 
component materialities  which ranged from £1.3k to £24k, 
having regard to the mix of size and risk profile of the Group 
across the components.

Our audit of the parent company was undertaken to materiality 
specified above.

Total group expenses
£3,675k

Group Materiality
£30.4k

£30.4k
Whole financial
statements materiality

£22.8k
Range of materiality at four 
components (£1k - £18k)  

Total expenses
Group materiality

£1.5k
Misstatements reported to the 
audit committee

Group revenue

Group loss before tax

0

100%

98%

100

98

Group total assets 

0

100%

100

Full scope for group audit purposes 2020

Residual components

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

4. We have nothing to report on going concern

The Directors have prepared the financial statements on the 
going concern basis as they do not intend to liquidate the 
Company or the Group or to cease their operations, and as they 
have concluded that the Company’s and the Group’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”).

Our responsibility is to conclude on the appropriateness of 
the Directors’ conclusions and, had there been a material 
uncertainty related to going concern, to make reference to 
that in this audit report. 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.

In our evaluation of the Directors’ conclusions, we considered 
the inherent risks to the Group’s and Company’s business 
model and analysed how those risks might affect the Group’s 
and Company’s financial resources or ability to continue 
operations over the going concern period. The risks that we 
considered most likely to adversely affect the Group’s and 
Company’s available financial resources over this period were:

 — Significant cost overruns; and

 — Revenue decline from subscription income.

As these were risks that could potentially cast significant doubt 
on the Group’s and the Company’s ability to continue as a 
going concern, we considered sensitivities over the level of 
available financial resources indicated by the Group’s financial 
forecasts taking account of reasonably possible (but not 
unrealistic) adverse effects that could arise from these risks 
individually and collectively and evaluated the achievability of 
the actions the Directors consider they would take to improve 
the position should the risks materialise. We also considered 
less predictable but realistic second order impacts, such as 
the impact of Brexit and the erosion of customer or supplier 
confidence, which could result in a rapid reduction of available 
financial resources.

Based on this work, 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.

We have nothing to report in these respects, and we did not 
identify going concern as a key audit matter.

5.  We have nothing to report on the other 

information in the Annual Report

The directors are responsible for the other information 
presented in the Annual Report together with the financial 
statements. Our opinion on the financial statements does not 
cover the other information and, accordingly, we do not express 
an audit opinion or, except as explicitly stated below, any form 
of assurance conclusion thereon.

Our responsibility is to read the other information 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 other information.

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Strategic report and directors’ report
Based solely on our work on the other information:

 — 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.

6.  We have nothing to report on the other 

matters on which we are required to report 
by exception

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.

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

7. Respective responsibilities

8.  The purpose of our audit work and to whom

Directors’ responsibilities
As explained more fully in their statement set out on page 45, 
the directors are responsible for: the preparation of the financial 
statements including 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. 

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  
The Pinnacle 
170 Midsummer Blvd 
Milton Keynes 
MK9 1FD

5 August 2020

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Financial Statements

Annual Report & Accounts 2020

Consolidated Income Statement 
For the year ended 31 March 2020 and period 5 March 2018 to 31 March 2019 

Revenue from contracts with customers
Cost of sales

Gross profit / (loss)
Sales and marketing expenses
Development expenses
Administrative expenses
Other operating expenses

Operating loss
Finance income

Loss before tax
Taxation

Loss for the financial year / period
Loss attributable to:
Equity holders of the parent

The notes on pages 58 to 89 form an integral part of these Financial Statements

Note
5

6
10

11

2020
£000
148
(73)  
75
(274)  
(962)  
(2,330)  
(83)  
(3,574)  
47
(3,527)  
– 
(3,527)  

(3,527)  
(3,527)  

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 
For the year ended 31 March 2020 and period 5 March 2018 to 31 March 2019 

Loss for the year / period

Other comprehensive loss
Items that will be reclassified to profit or loss
Foreign currency translation differences
Reclassified to profit and loss during the year
Other comprehensive loss for the period
Total comprehensive loss for the period

Loss attributable to:
Equity holders of the parent

Loss per share:
Basic loss per share (£)
Diluted loss per share (£)

The notes on pages 58 to 89 form an integral part of these Financial Statements

Note

2020
£000
(3,527)  

2019
£000
(2,707)  

8
(1)  
7
(3,520)  

(1)  
–
(1)  
(2,708)  

(3,520)  
(3,520)  

(2,708)  
(2,708)  

12
12

(0.13)  
(0.13)  

Pence

(0.21)  
(0.21)  

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Financial Statements

Annual Report & Accounts 2020

Consolidated Statement of Financial Position 
As at 31 March 2020 

Non-current assets
Goodwill
Intangible assets
Deferred tax assets
Total non-current assets
Current assets
Trade and other receivables
Contract assets
Other current financial assets
Cash and cash equivalents
Total current assets
Total assets
Non-current liabilities
Contract liabilities
Deferred tax liabilities
Total non-current liabilities

Current liabilities
Trade and other payables
Contract liabilities
Loans and borrowings
Other financial liabilities
Total current liabilities
Total liabilities
Net assets / (liabilities)
Equity attributable to equity holders of the parent
Share capital
Share premium
Translation reserve
Other reserves
Merger reserve
Accumulated deficit

Total equity

Note

15
15
11

17
5
16
18

21
11

20
21
19
23

22
22
22
22
22
22

2020
£000

1,553
2,349
97
3,999

140
23
–
10,718
10,881
14,880

38
321
359

402
263
–
1,409
2,074
2,433
12,447

148
18,432
7
94
(10)  
(6,224)  
12,447

2019
£000

–
222
–
222

128
–
100
169
397
619

–
–
–

761
–
2,500
–
3,261
3,261
(2,642)  

66
–
(1)  
–
–
(2,707)  
(2,642)  

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These financial statements were approved by the board of Directors on 5 August 2020 and were signed on its behalf by:

Shelley Fraser 
Chief Financial Officer 
Company registered number: 11852026

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Financial Statements

Annual Report & Accounts 2020

Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity 
For the year ended 31 March 2020 and period 5 March 2018 to 31 March 2019 

Balance at 5 March 2018

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 
and 1 April 2019
Total comprehensive 
loss for the year
Loss for the year
Other comprehensive 
loss for the year
Total comprehensive loss for the year
Transactions with owners, 
recorded directly in equity
Reserves arising on 
acquisition of subsidiaries
Issue of shares pre-Initial 
Public Offering
Issue of shares to settle 
loans and borrowings
Issue of shares as consideration 
for a business combination
Issue of shares on Initial 
Public Offering
Share issue costs
Equity settled share-based payments
Total contributions by and 
distributions to owners

Balance at 31 March 2020

Note

Share
capital
£000
–

Share 
premium
£000
–

Translation 
reserve
£000
–

Other 
reserves
£000
–

Merger 
reserve
£000
–

Accumulated
deficit
£000
–

Total 
equity
£000
–

–

–

–

66

66

66

–

–
–

–

9

9

2

62
–
–

82

148

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–
–

–

1,991

1,991

398

14,521
(469)  
–

18,432

18,432

22

13

22

22

22

22

9

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(1)  

(1)  

–

–

(1)  

–

8 
7 

–

–

–

–

–
–
–

–

7 

–
–

–

–

–

–

–

–
–

–

–

–

–

–
–
94

94

94

–
–

–

–

–

–

–

–
–

(2,707)  

(2,707)  

–

(1)  

(2,707)  

(2,708)  

–

–

66

66

(2,707)  

(2,642)  

(3,527)

(3,527)  

–
(3,527)  

8 
(3,520) 

(10)  

10

–

–

–

–

–
–
–

–

–

–

–
–
–

2,000

2,000

400

14,583
(469)  
94

(10)  

(10)  

10

(6,224)  

18,608

12,447

The notes on pages 58 to 89 form an integral part of these Financial Statements

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Consolidated Cash Flow Statement 
For the year ended 31 March 2020 and period 5 March 2018 to 31 March 2019 

Cash flows from operating activities
Loss for the financial year / period
Adjustments for:
Amortisation and impairment of intangible assets
Finance income
Share based payment expense
Net foreign exchange differences
Fair value adjustment of contingent consideration

Decrease / (increase) in trade and other receivables and contract assets
(Decrease) / increase in trade and other payables and contract liabilities
Interest received
Net cash used in operating activities
Cash flows from investing activities
Acquisitions of subsidiaries, net of cash acquired
Expenditure on internally generated intangibles
Loans to related parties
Net cash from investing activities
Cash flows from financing activities
Proceeds from related party borrowings
Repayment of related party borrowings
Proceeds from the issue of share capital
Transaction costs on issue of shares
Net cash from financing activities
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the financial year / period
Effect of exchange rate fluctuations on cash and cash equivalents

Cash and cash equivalents at 31 March 2020

The notes on pages 58 to 89 form an integral part of these Financial Statements

Note

2020
£000

2019
£000

(3,527)  

(2,707)  

10
9

13
15
19

19
19
22
22

18

323
(47)  
94
(7)  
83
446

29
(341)  
47
(3,346)  

(976)  
(761)  
10
(1,727)  

500
(1,000)  
16,584
(469)  
15,615
10,542
169
7
10,718

11
–
–
–
–
11

(228)  
761
–
(2,163)  

–
(197)  
–
(197)  

2,500
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30
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2,530
170
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(1)  
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Notes (forming part of the financial statements) 

1  General Information

Induction Healthcare Group plc is a public company incorporated, domiciled and registered in England in the United Kingdom. Its 
principal activity is the provision of software to healthcare professionals. The registered number is 11852026 and the registered 
address is 20 St. Dunstan’s Hill, London, United Kingdom, EC3R 8HL.

Induction Healthcare Group plc was formed on 28 February 2019 with an initial shareholding of one share at a nominal value of £1. 
On 1 April 2019, Induction Healthcare Group plc acquired 100% of the share capital of Induction Healthcare Limited, the previous 
parent company of the Group, in a share for share exchange transaction. This has been accounted for as a common control 
transaction under IFRS 3 B1 (see Note 13).

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

2  Accounting policies

Both the financial statements of the Group and the financial statements of the Company have been prepared and approved by the 
Board of Directors in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards as adopted by the EU (“Adopted IFRSs”). 

Judgements made by the Board of Directors, in the application of these accounting policies that have a significant effect on the 
financial statements and estimates with a significant risk of material adjustment in the next year are discussed in Note 3.

2.1  Basis of preparation
These financial statements have been prepared on the historical cost basis except for other financial assets and liabilities, which 
are stated at fair value. The consolidated financial statements are presented in pounds and all values are rounded to the nearest 
thousand (£’000), except where otherwise indicated.

2.2  Going concern
The Group made a loss of £3,527,766 for the year ended 31 March 2020, and had net current assets of £8,807,220, inclusive 
of cash of £10,718,474. The Board of Directors have reviewed the projected cash flow forecasts to 31 March 2022 and other 
relevant information, together with considering the severe yet plausible downside scenarios of COVID-19 and have a reasonable 
expectation that the Group has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, and 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.

2.3  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.

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. 

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Notes (forming part of the financial statements) 
(continued) 

2  Accounting policies (continued)

2.4  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 cost of an 
acquisition is measured as the aggregate of the consideration transferred, which is measured at the acquisition date fair value, and 
the amount of any non-controlling interests in the acquiree. For each business combination, the Group elects whether to measure 
the non-controlling interests in the acquiree at fair value or at the proportionate share of the acquiree’s identifiable net assets.

When the Group acquires a business, it assesses the financial assets and liabilities assumed for appropriate classification and 
designation in accordance with the contractual terms, economic circumstances and pertinent conditions as at the acquisition date.

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

Goodwill is initially measured at the acquisition date at cost, being:

 — 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.

After initial recognition, goodwill is measured at cost less any accumulated impairment losses. For the purpose of impairment 
testing, goodwill acquired in a business combination is, from the acquisition date, allocated to each of the Group’s cash-generating 
units (“CGU’s”) that are expected to benefit from the combination, irrespective of whether other assets or liabilities of the acquiree 
are assigned to those units.

Where goodwill has been allocated to a cash-generating unit and part of the operation within that unit is disposed of, the goodwill 
associated with the disposed operation is included in the carrying amount of the operation when determining the gain or loss on 
disposal. Goodwill disposed in these circumstances is measured based on the relative values of the disposed operation and the 
portion of the cash-generating unit retained.

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

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2.5  Current versus non-current classification
The Group presents assets and liabilities in the statement of financial position based on current/non-current classification. An asset 
is current when it is:

 — Expected to be realised or intended to be sold or consumed in the normal operating cycle

 — Held primarily for the purpose of trading

 — Expected to be realised within twelve months after the reporting period or

 — Cash or cash equivalent unless restricted from being exchanged or used to settle a liability for at least twelve months after the 

reporting period

All other assets are classified as non-current. A liability is current when:

 — It is expected to be settled in the normal operating cycle

 — It is held primarily for the purpose of trading

 — It is due to be settled within twelve months after the reporting period or

 — There is no unconditional right to defer the settlement of the liability for at least twelve months after the reporting period

The terms of the liability that could, at the option of the counterparty, result in its settlement by the issue of equity instruments do 
not affect its classification.

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Notes (forming part of the financial statements) 
(continued) 

2  Accounting policies (continued)

2.5  Current versus non-current classification (continued)
The Group classifies all other liabilities as non-current.

Deferred tax assets and liabilities are classified as non-current assets and liabilities.

2.6  Fair value measurement
The Group measures financial instruments at fair value.

Fair value is the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market 
participants at the measurement date. The fair value measurement is based on the presumption that the transaction to sell the 
asset or transfer the liability takes place either:

 — In the principal market for the asset or liability or

 — In the absence of a principal market, in the most advantageous market for the asset or liability.

The principal or the most advantageous market must be accessible by the Group.

The fair value of an asset or a liability is measured using the assumptions that market participants would use when pricing the asset 
or liability, assuming that market participants act in their economic best interest.

A fair value measurement of a non-financial asset takes into account a market participant’s ability to generate economic benefits by 
using the asset in its highest and best use or by selling it to another market participant that would use the asset in its highest and 
best use.

The Group uses valuation techniques that are appropriate in the circumstances and for which sufficient data are available to 
measure fair value, maximising the use of relevant observable inputs and minimising the use of unobservable inputs.

All assets and liabilities 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.

Fair value related disclosures for financial instruments that are measured at fair value are summarised in the following notes:

 — Disclosures for valuation methods, significant estimates and assumptions – Notes 3, 13 and 23.

 — Financial instruments (including those carried at amortised cost) – Note 23

 — Contingent consideration – Note 23

2.7  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 
statement of financial position 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.

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Notes (forming part of the financial statements) 
(continued) 

2  Accounting policies (continued)

2.7  Foreign currency (continued)
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 statement of financial position 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.

2.8  Financial instruments
Classification of financial instruments
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 Plc’s own equity instruments, it is either a non-derivative 

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

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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. A trade receivable without a significant financing component 
is initially measured at the transaction price.

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.

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Notes (forming part of the financial statements) 
(continued) 

2  Accounting policies (continued)

2.8  Financial instruments (continued)
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.

Impairment
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.

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.

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

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Notes (forming part of the financial statements) 
(continued) 

2  Accounting policies (continued)

2.9  Intangible assets
Intangible assets acquired separately are measured on initial recognition at cost. The cost of intangible assets acquired in a 
business combination is their fair value at the date of acquisition. Following initial recognition, intangible assets are carried at cost 
less any accumulated amortisation and accumulated impairment losses. Internally generated intangibles, excluding capitalised 
development costs, are not capitalised and the related expenditure is reflected in profit or loss in the period in which the 
expenditure is incurred.

The useful lives of intangible assets are assessed as either finite or indefinite.

Intangible assets with finite lives are amortised over the useful economic life and assessed for impairment whenever there is 
an indication that the intangible asset may be impaired. The amortisation period and the amortisation method for an intangible 
asset with a finite useful life are reviewed at least at the end of each reporting period. Changes in the expected useful life or the 
expected pattern of consumption of future economic benefits embodied in the asset are considered to modify the amortisation 
period or method, as appropriate, and are treated as changes in accounting estimates. The amortisation expense on intangible 
assets with finite lives is recognised in the statement of profit or loss in the expense category that is consistent with the function of 
the intangible assets.

Intangible assets with indefinite useful lives are not amortised, but are tested for impairment annually, either individually or at the 
cash-generating unit level. The assessment of indefinite life is reviewed annually to determine whether the indefinite life continues 
to be supportable. If not, the change in useful life from indefinite to finite is made on a prospective basis.

An intangible asset is derecognised upon disposal (i.e., at the date the recipient obtains control) or when no future economic 
benefits are expected from its use or disposal. Any gain or loss arising upon derecognition of the asset (calculated as the difference 
between the net disposal proceeds and the carrying amount of the asset) is included in the statement of profit or loss.

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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 direct labour and directly attributable expenses such as hosting fees. 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.

Intangible assets acquired in a business combination
During the year, the Group acquired trade and brand names, users and technology as part of business combinations.

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 statement of financial position date. Other intangible assets are amortised from the date they are available for 
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Notes (forming part of the financial statements) 
(continued) 

2  Accounting policies (continued)

2.9  Intangible assets (continued)
A summary of the policies applied to the Group’s intangible assets are as follows:

Useful life
Amortisation method

Internally generated or 
acquired

Technology
3 - 10 years
Straight line over the 
expected life of the asset
Acquired

Users
3 - 10 years
Straight line over the 
expected life of the asset
Acquired

Trade Name
3 - 10 years
Straight line over the 
expected life of the asset
Acquired

Capitalised development costs
3 years
Straight line over the 
expected life of the asset
Internally developed

2.10 Impairment of non-financial assets
The Group assesses, at each reporting date, whether there is any indication that an asset may be impaired. If any such indication 
exists, or when annual impairment testing for an asset is required, the Group estimates the asset’s recoverable amount.

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”).

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. 
The recoverable amount is determined for an individual asset, unless the asset does not generate cash inflows that are largely 
independent of those from other assets or groups of assets. When the carrying amount of an asset or CGU exceeds its recoverable 
amount, the asset is considered impaired and is written down to its recoverable amount.

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. In determining fair value less 
costs of disposal, recent market transactions are taken into account. If no such transactions can be identified, an appropriate 
valuation model is used. These calculations are corroborated by valuation multiples, quoted share prices for publicly traded 
companies or other available fair value indicators.

The Group bases its impairment calculation on most recent budgets and forecast calculations, which are prepared separately for 
each of the Group’s CGUs to which the individual assets are allocated. These budgets and forecast calculations generally cover a 
period of five years. A long-term growth rate is calculated and applied to project future cash flows after the fifth year.

Impairment losses of continuing operations are recognised in the statement of profit or loss in expense categories consistent with 
the function of the impaired asset.

For assets excluding goodwill, an assessment is made at each reporting date to determine whether there is an indication that 
previously recognised impairment losses no longer exist or have decreased. If such indication exists, the Group estimates the 
asset’s or CGU’s recoverable amount. A previously recognised impairment loss is reversed only if there has been a change in 
the assumptions used to determine the asset’s recoverable amount since the last impairment loss was recognised. The reversal 
is limited so that the carrying amount of the asset does not exceed its recoverable amount, nor exceed the carrying amount that 
would have been determined, net of depreciation, had no impairment loss been recognised for the asset in prior years. Such 
reversal is recognised in the statement of profit or loss unless the asset is carried at a revalued amount, in which case, the reversal 
is treated as a revaluation increase.

Goodwill is tested for impairment annually as at 31 March and when circumstances indicate that the carrying value may be 
impaired.

Impairment is determined for goodwill by assessing the recoverable amount of each CGU (or group of CGUs) to which the goodwill 
relates. When the recoverable amount of the CGU is less than its carrying amount, an impairment loss is recognised. Impairment 
losses relating to goodwill cannot be reversed in future periods.

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Notes (forming part of the financial statements) 
(continued) 

2  Accounting policies (continued)

2.11  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.

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 statement of 
financial position date and at settlement date. Any changes in the fair value of the liability are recognised as personnel expenses in 
profit or loss.

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A provision is recognised in the consolidated statement of financial position 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.

2.13 Revenue
The Group is in the business of providing access to the Group’s proprietary applications. Revenue from contracts with customers 
is recognised when control of the goods or services are transferred to the customer at an amount that reflects the consideration to 
which the Group expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services. 

The transaction price is determined based on the standard list price in line with the Group’s pricing policy. Revenue is therefore 
shown net of value added tax and trade discounts and is reported for healthcare institutions, whereby healthcare institutions are 
charged a subscription fee for making the applications available to users.

Control is transferred, and performance obligations are satisfied over time over the subscription period and therefore this revenue 
is recognised rateably over the period of the subscription. Payment is due within 30 days of date of invoice.

The Group did not enter into any transactions with variable consideration, rights of return, volume rebates or significant financing 
components during the year. The Group does not have any warranty obligations.

A contract asset is initially recognised for renewals of subscriptions, where the customer continues to have access to the 
applications, but has not been invoiced for the subscription renewal. Upon receipt of a purchase order from the customer and 
invoicing by the Group, the balance is reclassified to trade receivables.

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2  Accounting policies (continued)

2.13 Revenue (continued)
A contract liability is recognised if a payment is received from a customer in advance of the subscription period to which that 
payment relates.

The Group has not incurred any costs to obtain or fulfil contracts with customers during the year.

The Group has elected to use the practical expedient to disregard the significant financing component for contracts with a 
subscription period of 12 months or less.

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

Lease payments
Payments made under 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
Financial income comprises interest received on cash balances held 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.

2.15 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 statement of financial position 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 statement of financial position 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.

Expenses and assets are recognised net of the amount of sales tax, except:

 — When the sales tax incurred on a purchase of assets or services is not recoverable from the taxation authority, in which case, 

the sales tax is recognised as part of the cost of acquisition of the asset or as part of the expense item, as applicable

 — When receivables and payables are stated with the amount of sales tax included

The net amount of sales tax recoverable from, or payable to, the taxation authority is included as part of receivables or payables in 
the statement of financial position.

Research and Development Expenditure Credits (“RDEC”) to be received in cash are recorded in other income in the period 
in which the qualifying expenditure was incurred, once the underlying claim methodology has been agreed with HM Revenue 
& Customs. No RDEC were recognised during the year ended 31 March 2020 due to the fact that this year is the first year of 
submission of a claim, and there is therefore uncertainty over the amount and timing of the amount to be received in cash.

Research and development tax credits claimed from HM Revenue & Customs are taken as a credit in the period in which the 
qualifying research and development costs are incurred. No credits have been recognised due to the uncertainty over the amount 
and timing of the credits.

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(continued) 

3 

Significant accounting judgements, estimates and assumptions

The preparation of the Group’s consolidated financial statements requires management to make judgements, estimates and 
assumptions that affect the reported amounts of revenues, expenses, assets and liabilities and the accompanying disclosures, and 
disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities. Uncertainty about these assumptions and estimates could result in outcomes that 
require material adjustment to the carrying amounts of assets or liabilities affected in future periods.

Other disclosures relating to the Group’s exposure to risks and uncertainties includes:

 — Capital management 

 — Financial instruments risk management and policies  

 — Sensitivity analyses disclosures 

Note 23

Note 23

Note 13

In the process of applying the Group’s accounting policies, management has applied the following judgements, estimates and 
assumptions:

Significant judgements
Development costs
The Group capitalises costs for product development projects. Initial capitalisation of costs is based on management’s judgement 
that technological and economic feasibility is confirmed. Technological feasibility is achieved when a product development project 
has reached a defined milestone according to an established project management model. Economic feasibility is achieved when a 
market for the product has been identified

Acquired intangibles
Management has made judgements in determining the  methodology used to value intangible assets acquired in its business 
combinations. Please refer to Note 13 for more information.

Significant estimates
Development costs
In determining the amounts to be capitalised, management makes assumptions regarding the percentage of employee time spent 
on development activities. At 31 March 2020, the carrying amount of capitalised development costs was £761,065 (2019: £196,953).

Impairment of goodwill and intangible assets
Impairment exists when the carrying value of an asset or cash generating unit exceeds its recoverable amount, which is the higher 
of its fair value less costs of disposal and its value in use. The fair value less costs of disposal calculation is based on available 
data from sales transactions, conducted at arm’s length, for similar assets or observable market prices less incremental costs of 
disposing of the asset. The value in use calculation is based on a Discounted Cash Flow (“DCF”) model. The cash flows are derived 
from the budget for the next two years and projections for another 3 years and do not include restructuring activities that the Group 
is not yet committed to or significant future investments that will enhance the performance of the assets of the CGU being tested. 
The recoverable amount is sensitive to the discount rate used for the DCF model as well as the expected future cash-inflows and 
the growth rate used for extrapolation purposes. These estimates are most relevant to goodwill recognised by the Group. The key 
assumptions used to determine the recoverable amount for the different CGUs, including a sensitivity analysis, are disclosed and 
further explained in Note 13.

Valuation of acquired intangibles
Management has made estimates in determining the  value of intangible assets acquired in its business combinations. Please refer 
to Note 13 for more information.

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Other non-significant estimates
Share-based payments
Estimating fair value for share-based payment transactions requires determination of the most appropriate valuation model, which 
depends on the terms and conditions of the grant. This estimate also requires determination of the most appropriate inputs to the 
valuation model including the expected life of the share option, volatility and dividend yield and making assumptions about them. 
For the measurement of the fair value of equity-settled transactions with employees at the grant date, the Group uses the Black-
Scholes-Merton model. The assumptions and models used for estimating fair value for share-based payment transactions are 
disclosed in Note 9.

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(continued) 

3 

Significant accounting judgements, estimates and assumptions (continued)

Taxes
Deferred tax assets are recognised for unused tax losses to the extent that it is probable that taxable profit will be available against 
which the losses can be utilised. Significant management judgement is required to determine the amount of deferred tax assets that 
can be recognised, based upon the likely timing and the level of future taxable profits, together with future tax planning strategies.

The Group has £6,143,590 (2019: £2,580,000) of tax losses carried forward. These losses relate to subsidiaries that have a history 
of losses, do not expire, and may not be used to offset taxable income elsewhere in the Group. The subsidiaries neither have any 
taxable temporary difference nor any tax planning opportunities available that could partly support the recognition of these losses 
as deferred tax assets.

Taxes (continued)
On this basis, the Group has determined that it cannot recognise deferred tax assets on the tax losses carried forward.

If the Group was able to recognise all unrecognised deferred tax assets, profit and equity would have increased by £1,057,585. 
Further details on taxes are disclosed in Note 11.

Fair value measurement of financial instruments
When the fair values of financial assets and financial liabilities recorded in the statement of financial position cannot be measured 
based on quoted prices in active markets, their fair value is measured using valuation techniques including the DCF model. The 
inputs to these models are taken from observable markets where possible, but where this is not feasible, a degree of judgement 
is required in establishing fair values. Judgements include considerations of inputs such as liquidity risk, credit risk and volatility. 
Changes in assumptions relating to these factors could affect the reported fair value of financial instruments. See Note 23 for 
further details.

Contingent consideration, resulting from business combinations, is valued at fair value at the acquisition date as part of the 
business combination. When the contingent consideration meets the definition of a financial liability, it is subsequently remeasured 
to fair value at each reporting date. The determination of the fair value is based on discounted cash flows. The key assumptions 
take into consideration the probability of meeting each performance target and the discount factor (see Note 13 for details.)

As part of the accounting for the acquisition of Horizon Strategic Partners Limited, contingent consideration with an estimated fair 
value of £1,325,397 was recognised at acquisition date and remeasured to £1,408,831 as at 31 March 2020. Future developments 
may require further revisions to the estimate. The maximum contingent consideration to be paid is £1,500,000. The contingent 
consideration is classified as other financial liability (see Note 23).

Other assets
During the year ended 31 March 2019, 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. The option was held 
at cost as this was deemed to be equal to the fair value. The option was recognised initially at cost. At 31 March 2019 no formal 
decision had been made with regard to whether to exercise the option, there had been no material change in Podmedics between 
the time of the acquisition of the option and the period end, and therefore management had concluded that there had been no 
material change in the fair value of the option. During the year ended 31 March 2020, the option was exercised as part of the 
acquisition of the share capital of Podmedics Limited. The value of the option was included as part of the consideration transferred 
for the acquisition of Podmedics Limited (see Note 13 for more details).

4  Application of new and revised accounting standards

The following new and amended IFRSs have been issued and been applied by the Group in these financial statements.

 — IFRS 16 Leases (effective date 1 January 2019). IFRS 16 supersedes IAS 17 Leases, IFRIC 4 Determining whether an Arrangement 

contains a Lease, SIC-15 Operating Leases-Incentives and SIC-27 Evaluating the Substance of Transactions Involving the Legal 
Form of a Lease. The standard sets out the principles for the recognition, measurement, presentation and disclosure of leases 
and requires lessees to recognise most leases on the balance sheet. 

 The Group adopted IFRS 16 using the modified retrospective method of adoptions, with the date of initial application 1 April 
2019. The Group elected to use the transition practical expedient to not reassess whether a contract is, or contains, a lease 
at 1 April 2019. The Group applied the standard only to contracts that were previously identified as leases applying IAS 17 and 
IFRIC 4 as the date of initial application. The Group elected to use the recognition exemptions for lease contracts that, at the 
commencement date, have a lease term of 12 months or less (short-term leases), and lease contracts for which the underlying 

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4  Application of new and revised accounting standards (continued)

asset is of low value (low-value assets). During the year the Group only entered into short-term leases and therefore there is no 
impact to the financial statements arising from the initial application of IFRS 16.

 — IFRIC 23 Uncertainty over Income Tax Treatments (effective date 1 January 2019) – the Group does not have any uncertain tax 

treatments that fall within the scope of IFRC 23, therefore the impact is considered immaterial.

 — Annual Improvements to IFRS Standards 2015-2017 Cycle (effective date 1 January 2019) – no impact noted.

The Group has not yet early adopted any standards, interpretations or amendments that have been issued but are not yet effective.

5  Revenue from contracts with customers

5.1  Disaggregated revenue information

Geographical markets
United Kingdom
Europe
United States
Rest of World

Total Revenue from contracts with customers

5.2  Contract balances

Trade receivables
Contract assets
Contract liabilities

Year to 
31 March 2020
£000

Period to 
31 March 2019
£000

131
2
11
4
148

–
–
–
–
–

Year to 
31 March 2020
£000
80
23
301

Period to 
31 March 2019
£000
–
–
–

The acquisition of a subsidiary resulted in all the above increases in contract balances.

Contract assets relate to revenue earned from the continuing access to and usage of the Group’s products and services for 
renewals of subscriptions, which have not yet been invoiced. During 2020, £Nil was recognised as provision for expected credit 
losses on contract assets, as the Group has concluded that expected credit losses are not material to the Group.

Contract liabilities include long-term advances received for long-term subscription contracts, and short-term advances for 
subscription contracts with a term of 12 months or shorter. During 2020, £Nil was recognised as interest on long-term advances, 
increasing the contract liabilities’ balance, as the Group has concluded that none of the Group’s contracts contain a significant 
financing element.

5.3  Performance obligations
The performance obligations of the Group relate to the provision of access to the software platforms and applications developed 
by the Group. The performance obligation is satisfied over time during the subscription period. The contracts of the Group have 
two alternative payment options. Customers can subscribe annually for a transaction price equal to the cash selling price or pay a 
discounted transaction price if they subscribe for a term longer than 12 months.

The Group does not supply any products with rights of return or refund rights.

The remaining performance obligations expected to be recognised relate to the provision of access to the Group’s products and 
services for contracts with existing customers. The transaction price allocated to the remaining performance obligations are as 
follows:

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31 March 2020
£000
241
122

Period to 
31 March 2019
£000
–
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6 

Expenses by nature

Included in net loss for the period are the following:

Employee benefit expense
Contractors
Acquisition related transaction costs
Depreciation, amortisation and impairment
Professional and legal fees
Capitalised research and development costs
Remeasurement of contingent consideration

7  Auditors remuneration

Audit of these financial statements
–  Audit of Group financial statements
–  Audit of the parent company financial statements
Total audit fees
Interim financial statement review
Non-audit fees in relation to initial public offering

Total non-audit fees
Total audit and non-audit fees

8 

Employee benefits

Year to 
31 March 2020
£000
2,106
538
150
324
583
(761)  
83

Period to 
31 March 2019
£000
706
1,155
–
11
724
(197)  
–

Year to 
31 March 2020
£000
80
53
27
80
15
79
94
174

Period to 
31 March 2019
£000
50
50
–
50
–
77
77
127

The average number of full time equivalent (FTE) persons employed by the Group (including Directors) during the year, analysed by 
category, was as follows:

Development
Sales and marketing
General and administrative

Total average FTE

The aggregate payroll costs of these persons were as follows:

Wages and salaries
Social security costs
Contributions to defined contribution plans
Share based payment expense

Total employee benefit expense

The remuneration of the highest paid Director was £302,979.

Year to 
31 March 2020

Period to 
31 March 2019

No. of employees No. of employees
5
1
1
7

11
2
3
16

Year to 
31 March 2020
£000
1,720
198
94
94
2,106

Period to 
31 March 2019
£000
610
70
26
–
706

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 £93,696.

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9 

Share based payments

On the admission to the AIM market 22 May 2019, the Group established the Non-Tax Advantaged Share Option Plan which 
awards executive directors, management and other employees share options. The award is granted in the form of share options 
over ordinary share of £0.005 each with the intent of normal vesting after a minimum period of three years from the date of grant. 
Vesting is subject to continued services of the participant. No options issued during the year had any vesting conditions other 
than service conditions attached. The Group accounts for the plan as an equity settled plan. There were no cancellations or 
modifications to the awards in 2020.

The fair value of share options is estimated at the grant date using a Black-Scholes-Merton model, taking into account the terms 
and conditions on which the options were granted.

The expense recognised for employee services received during the year is:

Expense arising from equity settled share base payment transactions

Total expense arising from share based payment transactions

Year to 
31 March 2020
£000
94
94

Movements during the year
The following table illustrates the number and weighted average exercise prices (WAEP) of, and movements in, share options 
during the year

Outstanding at 1 April 2019
Granted during the year
Forfeited during the year
Exercised during the year
Expired during the year
Outstanding at 31 March 2020
Exercisable at 31 March 2020

Total expense arising from share based payment transactions (£000)

Year to 
31 March 2020
Number
–
431,351
(143,198)  
–
–
288,153
–
94

Period to 
31 March 2020
WAEP (£)  
–
0.005
0.005
–
–

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The weighted average remaining contractual life for the share options outstanding as at 31 March 2020 was 3.43 years. Options 
expire after 10 years.

The weighted average fair value of options granted during the year was £345,029.

All options issued during the year have an exercise price of £0.005.

The inputs used in the Black-Scholes-Merton valuation model for the year ended 31 March 2020 are:

Weighted average fair values at the measurement date
Dividend yield (%)
Expected volatility (%)
Risk-free interest rate (%)
Expected life of share options (years)
Weighted average share price (£)

Year to 
31 March 2020
242,492
0%
50%
0.62%
3.94
0.68

The expected life of share options is based on current expectations and is not necessarily indicative of exercise patterns that may 
occur. Due to the fact that the Induction Healthcare Group plc does not have listed share data for the same period as the expected 
life of the share options, the expected volatility is based on an average of the volatilities of comparable companies in comparative 
industries and of the same market capitalisation as the Group. This volatility reflects an assumption that the volatility is indicative of 
future trends, which may not necessarily be the actual outcome.

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(continued) 

10  Net finance costs

Interest arising from revenue contracts
Interest income on unimpaired financial assets

Total finance income

11  Taxation

Recognised in the income statement and equity

Current income tax:
UK corporation tax on losses of year
Adjustments in respect of current income tax of previous year

Deferred tax:
Origination and reversal of temporary differences
Income tax expense reported in the income statement
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

Profit / (loss) on ordinary activities before tax
Tax at the Group’s effective tax rate of 19.11%
Effects of:
Non-deductible expenses:
  Contingent consideration remeasurement
  Other non-deductible expenses
Amortisation on intangible assets
Research and development relief
Share based payments
Current period losses for which no deferred tax asset was recognised

Total tax expense

Year to 
31 March 2020
£000
–
47
47

Period to 
31 March 2019
£000
–
 –
–

Year to 
31 March 2020
£000

Period to 
31 March 2019
£000

–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

Year to 
31 March 2020
£000
(3,527)  
(674)  

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

26
82
(2)  
–
18
550
–

–
(127)  
–
–
–
(387)  
–

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Notes (forming part of the financial statements) 
(continued) 

11  Taxation (continued)

Deferred tax recognised

General provisions
Tax losses
Intangible assets

Total deferred tax asset / liability
Reflected in the statement of financial position as follows:
Deferred tax assets
Deferred tax liabilities

Reconciliation of deferred tax liabilities, net

Opening deferred tax balance at tax rate of 17%
Deferred tax acquired in business combinations
Tax expense during the period recognised in profit or loss

Closing deferred tax at tax rate of 19%

Year to 
31 March 2020
£000
—
97
(321)  
(224)  

Period to 
31 March 2019
£000
–
–

–

97
(321)  

Year to 
31 March 2020
£000
–
(224)  
–
(224)  

Period to 
31 March 2019
£000
–
 –

–

A deferred tax liability of £321,168 has been recognised in relation to fair value adjustments of intangible assets acquired in 
business combinations. A deferred tax asset of £97,100 has been recognised in relation to unused tax losses acquired in the 
business combination with Horizon Strategic Partners Limited.

A deferred tax asset of £1,057,585 has not been recognised due to uncertainty that the asset will be utilised in the foreseeable 
future as the Group has yet to obtain significant sources of income. The unrecognised deferred tax asset includes those in relation 
to tax losses of £6,143,590. These amounts exclude amounts related to Horizon Strategic Partners Limited, which is expected to 
generate profits and for which a deferred tax asset has been recognised.

Deferred tax balances have been recognised at the rate expected to apply when the deferred tax attribute is forecast to be utilised 
based on tax rates substantively enacted at 31 March 2020. A reduction in the UK corporation tax rate from 21% to 20% (effective 
from 1 April 2015) was substantively enacted on 2 July 2013. Further reductions to 19% (effective from 1 April 2017) and to 18% 
(effective 1 April 2020) were substantively enacted on 26 October 2015, and an additional reduction to 17% (effective 1 April 2020) 
was enacted on 15 September 2016. This reduction was then reversed and a rate of 19% maintained from 1 April 2020, this was 
substantively enacted on 17 March 2020.

This does not result in any significant change to these figures. The deferred taxes at 31 March 2020 have been calculated based on 
these rates.

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Basic loss per share is calculated by dividing the profit for the year attributable to ordinary equity holders of the parent by the 
weighted average number of ordinary shares outstanding during the year.

Diluted loss per share is calculated by dividing the profit attributable to ordinary equity holders of the parent (after adjusting for 
interest on the convertible preference shares) by the weighted average number of ordinary shares outstanding during the year plus 
the weighted average number of ordinary shares that would be issued on conversion of all the dilutive potential ordinary shares 
into ordinary shares.

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(continued) 

12  Loss per share (continued)

The following table reflects the income and share data used in the basic and diluted loss per share calculations:

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)

Shares in issue at the beginning of the period
Issued ordinary shares as at 5 March 2018
Shares issued on 4 September 2018
Shares issued on 5 September 2018
Share split on 7 May 2019
Shares issued on 7 May 2019
Shares issued on 22 May 2019 on IPO

Issued ordinary shares as at the end of the period
Weighted-average number of ordinary shares (basic and diluted)

Basic loss per share (£)
Diluted loss per share (£)

Year to 
31 March 2020
£000
(3,527)  
(3,527)  

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

Year to 31 March 
2020
Number
65,591
–
–
–
13,052,609
3,826,086
12,681,915
29,626,201
26,189,458

Period to 
31 March 2019
Number

20,000
9,828
35,763
13,052,609
–
–
13,118,200
13,162,362

(0.13)  
(0.13)  

(0.21)  
(0.21)  

Share options granted to employees as discussed in Note 9 have not been included in the calculation of diluted loss per share, as 
they are anti-dilutive during the year. At 31 March 2020, 288,153 share options are outstanding.

Loss per share for the period to 31 March 2019 has been restated to take into account the share split on 7 May 2020.

On 8 June 2020, Induction Healthcare Group plc acquired 100% of the share capital of Zesty Limited for a consideration comprising 
£500,000 in cash, plus the issue of 12,424,527 New Ordinary Shares (refer Note 27). If this transaction had occurred before 31 
March 2020, this would have changed the number of ordinary shares used in the loss per share calculation significantly.

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13  Business combinations

Group restructuring
On 28 February 2019, a new parent holding company, Induction Healthcare Group plc, was formed with an initial shareholding of 
one share issued at £1.

On 1 April 2019, Induction Healthcare Group plc and Induction Healthcare Limited executed a share for share exchange, whereby 
Induction Healthcare Group plc acquired 100% of the share capital in Induction Healthcare Limited, in consideration for the 
issuance of shares in Induction Healthcare Group plc to the shareholders of Induction Healthcare Limited. This was done on the 
basis of one ordinary share in Induction Healthcare Group plc for each ordinary share in Induction Healthcare Limited.

Induction Healthcare Group plc issued 65,590 shares with a nominal value of £1 to the holders of equivalent shares in Induction 
Healthcare Limited. This has been treated as a common control transaction and the comparative historical financial statements 
have been presented as if the transaction had already taken place. At the point of acquisition, Induction Healthcare Limited 
had retained losses of £10,388 and therefore a merger reserve has been recognised for this amount. The transaction has been 
recognised at book value.

Acquisition of Podmedics Limited
On 7 May 2019, Induction Healthcare Limited exercised the option to acquire the share capital of Podmedics Limited which 
was acquired in September 2018 for £100,000 (refer Note 16). Subsequently, Dr Edward Wallitt, Induction Healthcare Limited 
and 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.

Assets acquired and liabilities assumed
The fair values of the identifiable assets and liabilities of Podmedics Limited as at the date of acquisition were:

Assets
Intangible assets
Cash
Other current assets
Total assets
Liabilities
Other current liabilities
Deferred tax arising on acquisition
Total liabilities
Total identifiable net assets at fair value
Goodwill arising on acquisition
Purchase Consideration transferred

Note

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£000

91
1
12
104

(4)  
(17)  
(21)  
83
417
500

The valuation technique used for measuring the fair value of material assets acquired was based on the replacement cost 
approach.

The goodwill of £417,316 reflects the value of the anticipated long term revenue generating capabilities of the business. None of the 
goodwill recognised is expected to be deductible for income tax purposes.

The operations of Podmedics Limited became dormant shortly after acquisition by the Group, and it has contributed £Nil to the loss 
before tax of the Group. The operations and intellectual property of Podmedics have been included within the Induction CGU, and 
continued to be developed by the Group as part of the operations of this CGU. If the combination had taken place at the beginning 
of the year, contribution to loss before tax from continuing operations for the Group would have been £Nil.

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Notes (forming part of the financial statements) 
(continued) 

13  Business combinations (continued)

Acquisition of Podmedics Limited (continued)
Purchase consideration transferred
The following table summarises the acquisition date fair value of each major class of consideration transferred:

Exercise of option classified as other financial assets
Equity instruments (347,826 ordinary shares)

Total consideration transferred

Analysis of cash flows on acquisition

Transaction costs of the acquisition (included in cash flows from operating activities)
Net cash acquired with the subsidiary (included in cash flows from investing activities)
Transaction costs attributable to the issuance of shares (included in cash flows from financing activities, net of tax)

Net cash flow on acquisition

Note
16
22

£’000
100
400

500

£’000
(2)  
1
–
(1)  

Induction Healthcare Group plc issued 347,826 ordinary shares as consideration for the 100% interest in Podmedics Limited. The 
fair value of £1.15 per share is calculated with reference to recent transactions with shareholders. This is also the price at which the 
shares of the Company were placed at the Initial Public Offering on 22 May 2020.

The attributable costs of the issuance of the shares of £2,000 have been charged directly to equity as a reduction in the share 
premium.

Acquisition of Horizon Strategic Partners Limited
On 5 November 2019, the Group acquired 100% of the share capital of Horizon Strategic Partners Limited, a non-listed company 
based in the United Kingdom, in exchange for £506,610 initial cash consideration, contingent consideration of £1,325,397 and 
assumed liabilities of £522,979. Horizon owns MicroGuide - a revenue-generating app providing medical organisations with 
functionality to create, edit, and publish their own local medical guidelines in a secure and locally administrated environment. 
These guidelines can be accessed by clinicians, at the point of care, either on a mobile device or an intranet. The Group acquired 
Horizon due to the fact that MicroGuide brings to the Group a further substantial NHS user base.

Assets acquired and liabilities assumed
The fair values of the identifiable assets and liabilities of Horizon Strategic Partners Limited as at the date of acquisition were:

Assets
Intangible assets
Cash
Other current assets
Deferred tax assets
Total assets
Liabilities
Deferred tax liability
Contract liabilities
Current liabilities
Total liabilities
Total identifiable net assets at fair value
Goodwill arising on acquisition
Purchase consideration transferred

Note

15

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Fair value 
recognised on 
acquisition
£000

1,598
53
61
97
1,809

304
221
64
589
1,220
1,136
2,356

The deferred tax liability mainly comprises the tax effect of the accelerated depreciation for tax purposes of intangible assets 
acquired in the business combination.

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Notes (forming part of the financial statements) 
(continued) 

13  Business combinations (continued)

Acquisition of Horizon Strategic Partners Limited (continued) 
Contract liabilities were remeasured to fair value at the acquisition date to take into account the costs that market participants 
would incur to acquire such contract liabilities. 

The goodwill of £1,135,581 comprises the value of the established, long term revenue generating capabilities of the business. None 
of the goodwill recognised is expected to be deductible for income tax purposes.

The valuation techniques used for measuring the fair value of material assets acquired were as follows:

Assets acquired
Trade name
Users

Technology

Valuation technique
Relief–from–royalty method
Multi–period excess earnings method
Replacement cost approach, corroborated with the relief–from–
royalty method

From the date of acquisition, Horizon Strategic Partners Limited contributed £148,480 of revenue and net profit of £72,970 to loss 
before tax from continuing operations of the Group. If the acquisition had taken place at the beginning of the year, contribution to 
revenue from continuing operations would have been £382,983 and contribution to loss before tax from continuing operations for 
the Group would have been £43,020.

Purchase consideration transferred

Cash
Contingent consideration
Liabilities assumed

Total consideration

Analysis of cash flows on acquisition

Transaction costs of the acquisition (included in cash flows from operating activities)
Net cash acquired with the subsidiary (included in cash flows from investing activities)
Transaction costs attributable to the issuance of shares (included in cash flows from financing activities, net of tax)

Net cash flow on acquisition

Transaction costs of £60,000 have been expensed under administrative expenses in the Income Statement.

£’000
507
1,326
523

2,356

£’000
(60)  
53
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As part of the purchase agreement with the previous owners of Horizon Strategic Partners Limited, a contingent consideration has 
been agreed, in the form of an earn-out agreement. The contingent consideration is based on a multiple of 4.29 times the cash 
collected from customers for subscription fees which are invoiced and paid from 1 October 2019 to 30 September 2020 (the earn-
out period). The cash collected from customers excludes a baseline cash amount of £225,000 and VAT. Contract liabilities as at 
the date of acquisition are deducted in arriving at the contingent consideration. The maximum amount to be paid out as contingent 
consideration is £1,500,000, based on a maximum cash target of £622,390. The previous owners of Horizon Strategic Partners 
Limited have the right to choose whether payment of the contingent consideration is settled in cash, or in shares of the Induction 
Healthcare Group plc. The number of shares issued to settled the contingent consideration are variable and dependent on the 
market value of shares immediately preceding the date the target is reached.

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Notes (forming part of the financial statements) 
(continued) 

13  Business combinations (continued)

Acquisition of Horizon Strategic Partners. Limited (continued) 
Contingent consideration (continued)
As at 31 March 2020, the key performance indicators of Horizon Strategic Partners Limited show that it is highly probable that the 
target will be achieved, based on actual cash collected to that date of £257,938, receivables of £79,950 and visibility of highly 
probable subscription renewals and new customers pipeline. The fair value of the contingent consideration determined at 31 March 
2020 reflects this development, and a remeasurement charge of £83,434 has been recognised through profit or loss. The fair value 
is determined using a probability-weighted expected value approach. The significant unobservable inputs used in the fair value 
measurements, together with a quantitative sensitivity analysis as at 31 March 2020 are provided in Note 23. Subsequent to year-
end, the Group have assessed that it is highly probable that the earn-out target will be met, refer Note 27. A reconciliation of the fair 
value of the contingent consideration liability is provided below:

As at 1 April 2019
Liability arising on business combination
Unrealised fair value changes recognised in profit or loss

As at 31 March 2020

£’000
–
1,326
83

1,409

The contingent consideration liability is due for final measurement and payment to the former shareholders of Horizon Strategic 
Partners Limited on 30 September 2020.

14 

Investments in subsidiaries

The consolidated financial statements of the Group include:

Company
Induction Healthcare Limited

Registered 
number

11232772

Induction Healthcare (UK) Limited

11237890

Registered address

Principal activities

Country of 
incorporation

Investment Holding 
Company

United 
Kingdom

20 St. Dunstan’s Hill, 
London EC3R 8HL, 
United Kingdom
20 St. Dunstan’s Hill, 
London EC3R 8HL, 
United Kingdom

Provision of 
software

Provision of 
software

Ownership

2020
100%

2019
–

United 
Kingdom

100%

100%

Australia

100%

100%

United 
Kingdom

United 
Kingdom

100%

100%

–

–

Induction Healthcare Pty Ltd

625119397 23 Regent St, 

Prahran, Victoria, 
Australia, 3181

Podmedics Limited (non-trading)

06840040 20 St. Dunstan’s Hill, 

Non–trading

Horizon Strategic Partners Limited

06285278

London EC3R 8HL, 
United Kingdom
20 St. Dunstan’s Hill, 
London EC3R 8HL, 
United Kingdom

Provision of 
software

Induction Healthcare Group plc is the ultimate parent company of the Group and directly owns Induction Healthcare Limited and 
Horizon Strategic Partners Limited, and indirectly owns the other entities specified above through its ownership of Induction 
Healthcare Limited.

Horizon Strategic Partners Limited (registered number 06285278) and Podmedics Limited (registered number 06840040) have 
taken advantage of the exemption from audit under section 479A of the Companies Act 2006 , and Induction Healthcare Group plc 
has provided a parental guarantee in accordance with section S479C of the Companies Act 2006.

All subsidiaries have reporting periods that end on 31 March 2020.

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Notes (forming part of the financial statements) 
(continued) 

15  Goodwill and intangible assets

Cost
Balance at 5 March 2018
Acquired through business combinations
Internally developed

Balance at 31 March 2019
Acquired through business combinations
Internally developed
Balance at 31 March 2020
Amortisation and impairment
Balance at 5 March 2018
Amortisation for the period
Balance at 31 March 2019
Amortisation for the period
Balance at 31 March 2020
Net book value
At 5 March 2018
At 31 March 2019
At 31 March 2020

Acquired 
intangible assets
Technology
£000

Goodwill
£000

Users
£000

Trade name
£000

Capitalised 
development 
costs
£000

–
–
–

–
1,553
–
1,553

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
1,553

–
36
–

36
277
–
313

–
11
11
31
42

–
25
271

–
–
–

–
919
–
919

–
–
–
53
53

–
–
866

–
–
–

–
264
–
264

–
–
–
15
15

–
–
249

–
–
197

197
229
761
1,187

–
–
–
224
224

–
197
963

Total
£000

–
36
197

233
3,242
761
4,236

–
11
11
323
334

–
222
3,902

Acquisitions during the year
Intangible assets relating to technology, users and trade names were acquired during the year through business combinations.

Capitalised development costs
The capitalised development costs consist of the cost incurred on developing the Induction app from 1 January 2019 onwards, the 
date at which the project passed the technological feasibility milestone, development costs acquired in the business combination 
with Horizon Strategic Partners and the costs incurred on the MicroGuide applications post-acquisition of Horizon Strategic 
Partners.

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Amortisation and impairment charge
Amortisation of the acquired intangible assets are is recognised over 3 to 10 years in other development expenses in the 
consolidated income statement.

Amortisation was recognised on capitalised development costs from 1 April 2019, the date at which the assets were brought into 
use. Amortisation is recognised over 3 years in development expenses in the consolidated income statement.

Goodwill
For impairment testing, goodwill acquired through business combinations is allocated to the Induction and MicroGuide Cash 
Generating Units (“CGU’s”) respectively. These represent the lowest aggregation of assets which generate independent cash 
inflows, and at which management evaluate the business.

Carrying amount of goodwill allocated to each of the CGU’s

Induction CGU
MicroGuide CGU

Total

31 March 2020
£’000
417
1,136
1,553

The Group performed its annual impairment test in March 2020. The Group did not note any specific indicators of impairment of 
either of the CGU’s.

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Notes (forming part of the financial statements) 
(continued) 

15  Goodwill and intangible assets (continued)

Goodwill (continued)
Induction CGU
The recoverable amount of the Induction CGU of £11,440,692 as at 31 March 2020 has been determined based on a value in use 
calculation using cash flow projections for a five year period. The pre-tax discount rate applied to cash flow projections is 16.1% and 
cash flows beyond the five-year period are extrapolated using a 2% growth rate, which is an inflationary rate. It was concluded that 
the fair value less costs to sell did no exceed the value in use. No impairment charge resulted from this analysis.

MicroGuide CGU
The recoverable amount of the MicroGuide CGU of £3,829,643 as at 31 March 2020 has been determined based on a value in use 
calculation using cash flow projections for a ten year period. The pre-tax discount rate applied to cash flow projections is 10.6% and 
cash flows beyond the five-year period are extrapolated using a 2% growth rate. It was concluded that the fair value less costs to 
sell did no exceed the value in use. No impairment charge resulted from this analysis.

Key assumptions used in value in use calculations and sensitivity to changes in assumptions
The calculation of value in use for both the Induction CGU and MicroGuide CGU’s is most sensitive to the following assumptions:

 — Annual recurring subscription fees received from customers

 — Earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (“EBITDA”) margins

 — Discount rates

 — Growth rates used to extrapolate cash flows beyond the forecast period.

Subscription payments received from customers – Subscription payments represent advanced payments received from customers 
in advance of the subscription period to which the amount relates, and includes amounts received in advance for subscription 
period which may exceed one year. Decreased demand can lead to a decline in subscription payments. A decrease of 1% in 
subscription payments received would not result in an impairment of either CGU. A decrease of 1.3% would result in an impairment 
of the Induction CGU. A decrease of 11% would result in the impairment of the MicroGuide CGU.

EBITDA – EBITDA is determined by deducting the budgeted costs to be incurred (cash outflows) from subscription payments 
received from customers. Cash outflows are based on values achieved in the Year to 31 March 2020, adjusted for an appropriate 
growth rate depending on the nature of the cash outflow. Decreased demand can lead to a decline in EBITDA. A decrease of 1% in 
EBITDA would not result in an impairment of either CGU. A decrease of 103.9% in the EBITDA would result in an impairment of the 
Induction CGU. A decrease of 34.9% would result in the impairment of the MicroGuide CGU.

Discount rates – Discount rates represent the current market assessment of the risks specific to each CGU, taking into account 
the time value of money and individual risks of the underlying assets that have been incorporated in the cash flow estimates. The 
discount rate calculation is based on the specific circumstances of the Group and is derived from the weighted average cost of 
capital (WACC). The WACC takes into account both debt and equity. The cost of equity is derived from the expected return on 
investment by the Group’s investors. The cost of debt is based on the interest-bearing borrowings the Group is obliged to service. 
CGU specific risk is incorporated by applying individual beta factors. The beta factors were evaluated for the first time in the year 
ended 31 March 2020, based on publicly available market data. Adjustments to the discount rate are made to factor in the specific 
amount and timing of the future tax flows in order to reflect a pre-tax discount rate.

A rise in the pre-tax discount rate to 19.3% in the Induction CGU would result in an impairment of the CGU. A rise in the pre-tax 
discount rate to 14.8% in the MicroGuide CGU would result in an impairment of the CGU.

16  Derivative instruments

Other financial assets designated as fair value through profit or loss

Total other financial assets

2020
£000
–
–

2019
£000
100
100

Other financial assets at 31 March 2019 comprised 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 
and additional consideration of £400,000 satisfied in either shares or cash. The option was exercised on 7 May 2019, refer Note 13.

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Notes (forming part of the financial statements) 
(continued) 

17  Trade and other receivables and contract assets

Trade and other receivables

Receivables from third-party customers
Loans to director and employees
Other receivables
Prepayments

Total trade and other receivables

2020
£000
80
–
53
7
140

2019
£000
–
10
102
16
128

Trade receivables are non-interest bearing and are generally on terms of 30 days. Included within trade and other receivables is 
£nil expected to be recovered in more than 12 months. For terms and receivables relating to related party receivables, please refer 
to Note 25.

Contract assets
As at 31 March 2020, the Group has contract assets of £22,631 (2019: £Nil). Contract assets arise as a result of the acquisition of 
Horizon Strategic Partners Limited during the year, refer to Note 13.

Allowance for expected credit losses
No allowance for expected credit losses has been recognised during the year, due to the nature of the customers of the Group 
(primarily NHS), for which the risk of default has been assessed to be immaterial.

The significant changes in the balances of trade receivables and contract assets are discloses in Note 5. Information on credit risk 
exposures are disclosed in Note 23.

18  Cash and cash equivalents

Cash at banks and on hand
Short-term deposits

Cash and cash equivalents per the statement of financial position and cash flow statement

2020
£000
671
10,047
10,718

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£000
169
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169

Cash at banks earns interest at floating rates based on daily bank deposit rates. Short-term deposits are made on a weekly basis, 
depending on the immediate cash requirements of the Group, and earn interest at the respective short-term deposit rates.

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Notes (forming part of the financial statements) 
(continued) 

19  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 23.

Current liabilities
Loan from director

Terms and debt repayment schedule

Loan from director

Currency
£

Nominal interest 
rate
0%

Year of
maturity
2019

The director loan was repaid as part of the Initial Public Offering.

Changes in loans and borrowings from financing activities

2020
£000

–
–

Face value
2020
£000
–
–

Carrying
 amount
2020
£000
–
–

Face value
2019
£000
2,500
2,500

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 and 1 April 2019
Proceeds from loans and borrowings
Repaid during the year

Balance at 31 March 2020

2019
£000

2,500
2,500

Carrying
 amount
2019
£000
2,500
2,500

 Total
£000
–

2,500
2,500

–
–
 –

2,500
500
(3,000)  
–

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Notes (forming part of the financial statements) 
(continued) 

20  Trade and other payables

Trade payables
Accruals
Social security and other taxes
Related parties
Other payables

Total trade and other payables

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

All trade and other payables are non-interest bearing and are normally settled on 30 day terms.

21  Contract liabilities

Long-term advances

Total contract liabilities
Current
Non-current

2020
£000
39
299
49
–
15
402

2020
£000
301
301
263
38

2019
£000
149
561
–
–
50
760

2019
£000
–
–
–
–

Contract liabilities arise as a result of the acquisition of Horizon Strategic Partners Limited, refer Note 13.

22  Capital and reserves

For the purposes of the Group’s capital management, capital includes issued share capital, share premium and all other equity 
reserves attributable to the equity holders of the parent. The primary objective of the Group’s capital management is to maximise 
shareholder value. The Group manages its capital structure and makes adjustments in light of changes in economic conditions and 
the requirements of the financial covenants. The Group does not have any interest bearing loans and borrowings.

Share capital
Ordinary shares issued and fully paid 

In issue at 5 March 2018 (date of incorporation)
Issued for cash
Issued in exchange for intangible asset (see Note 8)

In issue at 31 March 2019 – fully paid
Share split
Issue of shares pre-IPO
Issue of shares to settle loans and borrowings
Issue of shares as consideration for a business combination
Issue of shares on IPO

In issue at 31 March 2020

Allotted, called up and fully paid
Ordinary shares of £0.05 (2019: £1) each

Shares classified as liabilities
Shares classified in equity

Total share capital

No. of shares 
(‘000)  
–
30
36

66
13,053
1,739
1,739
348
12,682

29,627

2019
£000

66
66

–
66
66

83

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£000

148
148

148
148

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Notes (forming part of the financial statements) 
(continued) 

22  Capital and reserves (continued)

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 Group plc.

During the Period Induction Healthcare Group plc issued 29,626,200 (2019: 65,591) of £0.005 (2019: £1) ordinary shares for a 
consideration of £19,049,792 (2019: £65,591).

Share premium

At 5 March 2018
At 31 March 2019
Share split
Issue of shares pre-IPO
Issue of shares to settle loans and borrowings
Issue of shares as consideration for a business combination
Issue of shares pre-IPO
IPO costs capitalised

Total share premium

£000
–
–
–
1,991
1,991
398
14,521
(469)  
18,432

Other reserves
Other reserves arise from the Group’s equity settled share option scheme. Refer to Note 9 for further details.

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 year (2019: £Nil).

Merger reserve
On 1 April 2019, Induction Healthcare Group plc and Induction Healthcare Limited executed a share for share exchange, whereby 
Induction Healthcare Group plc acquired 100% of the share capital in Induction Healthcare Limited, in consideration for the 
issuance of shares in Induction Healthcare Group plc to the shareholders of Induction Healthcare Limited. This was done on the 
basis of one ordinary share in Induction Healthcare Group plc for each ordinary share in Induction Healthcare Limited.

Induction Healthcare Group plc issued 65,590 shares with a nominal value of £1 to the holders of equivalent shares in Induction 
Healthcare Limited. This has been treated as a common control transaction and the comparative historical financial statements 
have been presented as if the transaction had already taken place. At the point of acquisition, Induction Healthcare Limited 
had retained losses of £10,388, and therefore a merger reserve has been recognised for this amount. The transaction has been 
accounted for at book value.

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Notes (forming part of the financial statements) 
(continued) 

23  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 at fair value through profit or loss
Other financial assets

Financial assets measured at amortised cost
Trade receivables
Loans to director and employees
Other receivables
Prepayments
Cash and cash equivalents

2020
£000

–
–

80
–
53
7
10,718
10,858

2019
£000

100
100

–
10
102
–
169
281

Debt instruments at amortised cost include trade receivables and receivables from related parties.

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

Management have assessed that the fair values of cash and short term deposits and other receivables approximate their carrying 
amounts largely due to the short-term maturities of these instruments.

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. The option was exercised 
on 7 May 2020, at which point the fair value was still considered to be equal to its cost. There are no significant unobservable 
inputs used in the valuation of the option.

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Financial liabilities measured at amortised cost
Trade and other payables
Interest bearing loans and borrowings
Financial liabilities at fair value through profit or loss
Contingent consideration

2020
£000

402
–

1,409
1,811

2019
£000

107
2,500

–
2,607

As part of the purchase agreement with the previous owners of Horizon Strategic Partners Limited, a contingent consideration 
has been agreed, in the form of an earn-out agreement. The contingent consideration is based on a multiple of 4.29 times the 
cash collected from customers for customer subscriptions (over and above the baseline cash amount of £225,000), which are 
invoiced and paid from 1 October 2019 to 30 September 2020 (the earn-out period). Contract liabilities as at the date of acquisition 
are deducted in arriving at the contingent consideration. The maximum amount to be paid out as contingent consideration 
is £1,500,000. The previous owners of Horizon Strategic Partners Limited have the right to choose whether payment of the 
contingent consideration is effected in cash, or in shares of the Induction Healthcare Group plc.

Management have assessed that the fair values of trade payables and other current liabilities approximate their carrying amounts 
largely due to the short-term maturities of these instruments.

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(continued) 

23  Financial instruments (continued)

Fair values
The following table reconciles the balance of the contingent consideration at 31 March 2020:

Balance on 1 April 2019
Incurred on acquisition through a business combination
Loss on remeasurement to fair value recognised in other operating expenses

Balance on 31 March 2020

£000
–
1,326
83
1,409

The measurement of the fair value of the contingent consideration liability falls within Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy and 
determined with reference to significant unobservable inputs. The fair value has been determined using a probability-weighted 
expected value approach. The significant unobservable inputs to this calculation consist of:

 — estimates of the cash expected to be received from customer subscriptions during the earn-out period, based on historical 
experience and known status of contract negotiations. These range between £272,740 and £622,390 (at which point the 
maximum earn-out value of £1,500,000 is reached). The most likely outcome was assessed to be £619,975, at which point the 
earn-out payment would be £1,489,639. A 10% decrease in the cash target would result in a decrease of the contingent liability 
of £201,969.

 — Assessments of the probabilities of each scenario – probabilities range between 2% and 80%. The probability of the earn-out 
payment of £1,489,639 as above being reached was assessed at 80%. The probability that the maximum earn-out payment of 
£1,500,000 being reached was assessed at 15%. A decrease in the probability of the single most likely outcome of 10% would 
result in a decrease of the contingent consideration of £25,246.

 — Discount rate – The discount rate used was 10.74%. A 1% increase in the discount rate would result in a decrease of the 

contingent consideration of £8,836.

Risk management
The Group’s principal financial liabilities, other than contingent consideration, comprise loans and borrowings, and trade and other 
payables. The main purpose of these financial liabilities is to finance the Group’s operations. The Group’s principal financial assets 
include trade receivables, and cash and short-term deposits that derive directly from its operations.

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)  Market 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 2020, the contractual maturity of all financial liabilities was less than 12 months.

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, trade receivables, 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.

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(continued) 

23  Financial instruments (continued)

Risk management (continued)
The credit risk arising from trade receivables and contract assets is assessed as limited, due to the nature of the counterparties, 
which consist of primarily NHS customers. Therefore, no provision for expected credit losses has been recognised on trade 
receivables or contract assets, as this is considered immaterial.

Trade receivables

Contract assets

Current
£000

<30 days
£000

30 - 60 days
£000

61 - 90 days
£000

>91 days
£000

44 

23 

29 

– 

6 

– 

–   

 –

– 

 –

Market risk
Market risk is the risk that the fair value or future cash flows of a financial instrument will fluctuate because of changes in market 
prices, such as foreign exchange rates, interest rates and equity prices. Market risk comprises three types of risk: interest rate risk, 
currency risk and other price risk. Interest rate risk is not considered to be material to the Group. The Group is not exposed to any 
other market risks aside from foreign currency risk.

Foreign currency risk
Foreign currency risk is the risk that the fair value or future cash flows of an exposure will fluctuate because of changes in foreign 
exchange rates. The Group’s exposure to the risk of changes in foreign exchange rates relates primarily to the Group’s operating 
activities (when revenue or expense is denominated in a foreign currency) and the Group’s net investments in foreign subsidiaries.

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 2020

Cash and cash equivalents
Other receivables
Loans and borrowings
Trade and other payables
Statement of financial position exposure

31 March 2019

Cash and cash equivalents
Other receivables
Loans and borrowings
Trade and other payables
Statement of financial position exposure

Sterling
£000
10,717
139
–
(367)  

Australian dollar
£000
1
1
–
(13)  

10,489

(11)  

Euro
£000
–
–
–
–

–

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

(2,965)  

Australian dollar
£000
2
–
–
(1)  

1

Total
£000
10,718
140
–
(380)  
10,478

Total
£000
169
128
(2,500)  
(761)  
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The Group’s policy is to maintain capital sufficient to sustain the future development of the business.

24  Commitments

As at 31 March 2020 the Group had no capital commitments (2019: £Nil). At 31 March 2020 the commitments of the Group under 
short-term leases for the next 12 months was £63,920.

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Notes (forming part of the financial statements) 
(continued) 

25  Contingencies

As at 31 March 2020 the Group had a contingent consideration liability of 1,408,831 (2019: £Nil). Refer to Note 13 and Note 23 for 
further discussion.

26  Related parties

Identity of related parties with which the Group has transacted
Note 14 provides information about the Group’s structure, including subsidiaries and the holding company.

The related parties with which the Group has transacted are Hugo Stephenson, a Director of the Group.

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 could be 
drawn down at any time up to 31 December 2019. The loan was 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 was unsecured and was interest free. As at 31 March 2019, the amount drawn down was £2,499,975. During 
the Year to 31 March 2020, the Group drew down additional proceeds of £500,000 from a loan from this related party, and repaid 
the full balance of £2,999,975. At 31 March 2020, there are no balances outstanding with related parties.

The Group has not made any sales to or purchases from related parties during the year.

Transactions with key management personnel
Directors of Induction Healthcare Group plc and their immediate relatives control 22.85 per cent of the voting shares of Induction 
Healthcare Group plc.

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

Short-term employee benefits
Post-employment pension and other benefits
Termination benefits
Share based payment transactions
Key management remuneration including social security costs

Total compensation paid to key management personnel

2020
£000
584
92
–
13
689
689

2019
£000
376
14
–
–
390
390

Key management remuneration comprises short-term employee benefits only. 

Directors’ remuneration has been disclosed in the Director’s Report. Refer to page 41 and 42, tables “Directors remuneration 
(audited)” and “Directors’ shareholding and share interests (audited)”.

Other related party transactions
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 for the years ended 31 March 2019 and 31 March 
2020. The consideration for the option was £100,000. During the year ended 31 March 2020, the Group exercised the option and 
acquired Podmedics Limited for an additional consideration of £400,000, settled in 347,826 shares of £1.15 each.

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 it agreed to lend him £6,552 to fund the purchase of 6,552 £1 ordinary shares in Induction 
Healthcare Limited. The loan was repayable by 31 December 2019. The loan was unsecured, and interest was 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 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 it agreed to lend him £3,276 to fund the purchase of 3,276 £1 ordinary shares in 
Induction Healthcare Limited. The loan was repayable by 31 December 2019. The loan was unsecured, and interest was 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 was subsequently settled on 23 May 2019.

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(continued) 

27  Subsequent events

Acquisition of Zesty Limited
On 8 June 2020, Induction Healthcare Group plc acquired 100% of the share capital of Zesty Limited for a consideration comprising 
£500,000 in cash, plus the issue of 12,424,527 New Ordinary Shares. The New Ordinary Shares represent approximately 
41.9 per cent of the existing issued share capital of the Company and represent approximately 29.5 per cent of the Enlarged Share 
Capital. The New Ordinary Shares rank pari passu with the Existing Ordinary Shares in the Company.

Zesty Limited is a digital healthcare patient engagement platform company. Zesty’s platform provides an integration layer with a 
hospital’s EHR systems and a portal that allows patients to manage their hospital outpatient appointments, read their administrative 
and clinical correspondence, attend a video based consultation and store a personal copy of their clinical record, through this 
integration layer.

For the year ended 31 December 2018, Zesty reported revenue of £1,035,540 and a net loss before tax of £509,725, with a net 
current asset position of £333,738 as at 31 December 2018.

Zesty was acquired due to the fact that integrating Zesty and Induction’s technologies, the enlarged group will, in the Directors’ 
view, be one of the first technology platforms to interconnect patients, clinicians and healthcare information across both multiple 
hospital sites and EPR platforms. The Directors expect the acquisition to provide many synergistic benefits, including sales to the 
same sales channel, pooling software engineering resources, and bringing extensive experience to management and the Board of 
Directors.

Payment of contingent consideration to former owners of Horizon Strategic Partners Limited
In June 2020, management’s forecasts of the cash collected from customers of Horizon Strategic Partners Limited indicated that it 
is highly probable that the maximum earn-out payment of £1,500,000 will be paid to the former shareholders of the entity. These 
forecasts are based on cash collected (excluding VAT) during the earn-out period, plus amounts invoiced and not yet collected, for 
which payment is expected prior to 30 September 2020 based on the Group’s credit terms.

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Company Statement of Financial Position 
at 31 March 2020 

Non-current assets
Investment in subsidiaries
Amounts receivable from group companies
Total non-current assets

Total assets

Current liabilities
Other payables
Other financial liabilities

Total liabilities
Net assets
Equity attributable to equity holders of the parent
Share capital
Share premium
Other reserves
Merger reserve
Accumulated deficit

Total equity

Note

4
5

6
7

8
8
8
8
8

2020
£000

2,514
12,668
15,182
15,182

52
1,409
1,461
1,461
13,721

148
18,432
94
(10)  
(4,943)  
13,721

The notes on pages 93 to 96 form an integral part of these Financial Statements

These financial statements were approved by the board of Directors on 5 August 2020 and were signed on its behalf by:

Shelley Fraser 
Director 
Company registered number: 11852026

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Company Statement of Changes in Equity 
for period from 28 February 2019 (date of incorporation) to 31 March 2020 

Balance at 28 February 2019 
(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 in share-for-share exchange
Issue of shares pre-Initial Public Offering
Issue of shares to settle loans and borrowings
Issue of shares as consideration for a business 
combination
Issue of shares on Initial Public Offering
Share issue costs
Equity settled share-based payments
Total contributions by and distributions to owners

Balance at 31 March 2020

Share
capital
£000

Share 
premium
£000

Other 
reserves
£000

Merger 
reserve
£000

Accumulated
deficit
£000

Total equity
£000

Note

–

–
–
–

66
9
9

2
62
–
–
148

148

–

–
–
–

–
1,991
1,991

398
14,521
(469)  
–
18,432

18,432

–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–
94
94

94

–

–
–
–

(10)  
–
–

–
–
–
–
(10)  

(10)  

–

–

(4,943)  
–
(4,943)  

(4,943)  
–
(4,943)  

–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

56
2,000
2,000

400
14,583
(469)  
94
18,664

(4,943)  

13,721

The notes on pages 93 to 96 form an integral part of these Financial Statements

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Company Cash Flow Statement 
Company Cash Flow Statement 
for period from 28 February 2019 (date of incorporation) to 31 March 2020 
for period from 28 February 2019 (date of incorporation) to 31 March 2020 

Cash flows from operating activities
Loss for the period
Adjustments for:
  Fair value adjustment of contingent consideration
  Other non-cash movements

Increase in amounts due from group companies
Increase in trade and other payables
Net cash used in operating activities
Cash flows from financing activities
Share issue proceeds
Share issue costs
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 93 to 96 form an integral part of these Financial Statements

Note

2020
£000

(4,943)  

83
92
175
(13,399)  
52
(18,114)  

18,583
(469)  
18,114
–
–
–

30
28

27

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Notes to the Company Financial Statements 

1.  General

Induction Healthcare Group plc is a public 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 11852026 and the registered address is 
20 St. Dunstan’s Hill, London, United Kingdom, EC3R 8HL.

Induction Healthcare Group plc was formed on 28 February 2019 with an initial shareholding of 1 share at a nominal value of £1. 
On 1 April 2019 acquired 100% of the share capital of Induction Healthcare Limited, the previous parent company of the group, in a 
share for share exchange transaction. This has been accounted for as a common control transaction under IFRS 3 B1 (see Note 13 
of the Consolidated financial statements). At the point of acquisition, Induction Healthcare Limited had retained losses of £10,388, 
and therefore a merger reserve has been recognised for this amount.

2.  Accounting policies

2.1.  Basis of preparation
These 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.

These financial statements have been prepared on the historical cost basis except for other financial assets and liabilities, which 
are stated at fair value. The consolidated financial statements are presented in pounds and all values are rounded to the nearest 
thousand (£’000), except where otherwise indicated.

2.2. Going concern
The Group has considerable financial resources. The Directors have reviewed the projected cash flows for the Group and have a 
reasonable expectation that the Company is well placed to manage its business risk successfully and has adequate resources to 
continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, and a period of at least 12 months from the signing of the accounts. On 
this reason, the Directors have adopted the going concern assumption in preparing the financial statements.

2.3. Investment in subsidiary
The investment in subsidiary is stated in the Company’s separate financial statements at cost less impairment losses. The carrying 
value of the investment in subsidiary is reviewed for impairment if events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying 
value may not be recoverable.

2.4. Financial instruments
Financial assets and liabilities are recognised on the Company statement of financial position when the Company becomes a 
contractual party to the instrument. When financial instruments are recognised initially, they are measured at fair value, which is 
the transaction price plus, in the case of financial assets and financial liabilities not measured at fair value through profit and loss, 
directly attributable transaction costs.

The Company recognises an allowance for expected credit losses (“ECL’s”) for amounts due from group companies, which are 
held at amortised cost. ECL’s are based on the difference between the contractual cash flows due in accordance with the contract 
and all the cash flows that the group expects to receive. Amounts due from group companies are repayable on demand and the 
company has recognised a loss allowance for credit losses expected over the remaining life of the exposure.

2.5. Share-based payments
Where the Company grants share-based awards over its own shares in exchange for employee services rendered to its 
subsidiaries, it recognises an increase to the cost of investment equivalent to the share-based payment expense and a 
corresponding credit in other reserves in equity.

The Company recognises in its individual financial statements an increase to amounts due from related parties and a 
corresponding decrease in the cost of investment. Therefore, the cost of investment increases by the share-based payment 
expense recognised in the financial statements of the subsidiary net of any recharges and amounts relating to services supplied 
to the company. Refer to Note 2 of the consolidated financial statements for the accounting policy in respect of share-based 
payments.

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(continued) 

3.  Auditors remuneration

The figures for auditor’s remuneration for the Company, required by regulation 5(1)(b) of the Companies (Disclosure of Auditor 
Remuneration and Liability Limitation Agreements) Regulations 2008, are not presented as the Consolidated financial statements 
comply with this regulation on a consolidated basis.

4. 

Investments in subsidiaries

The investments in subsidiaries represent the investments of Induction Healthcare plc in Induction Healthcare Limited and Horizon 
Strategic Partners Limited, both acquired during the year. Both entities are wholly owned subsidiaries of the company. A full list of 
subsidiaries is included in Note 14 of the Consolidated financial statements for the Group.

On 1 April 2019, Induction Healthcare Group plc and Induction Healthcare Limited executed a share for share exchange, whereby 
Induction Healthcare Group plc acquired 100% of the share capital in Induction Healthcare Limited, in consideration for the 
issuance of shares in Induction Healthcare Group plc to the shareholders of Induction Healthcare Limited. This was done on the 
basis of one ordinary share in Induction Healthcare Group plc for each ordinary share in Induction Healthcare Limited.

Induction Healthcare Group plc issued 65,590 shares with a nominal value of £1 to the holders of equivalent shares in Induction 
Healthcare Limited. This has been treated as a common control transaction and accounted for at book value.

On 5 November 2019, the Group acquired 100% of the share capital of Horizon Strategic Partners Limited, in exchange for 
£506,610 initial cash consideration, contingent consideration of £1,325,397 and assumed liabilities of £522k.

Balance at 28 February 2019
Acquisitions
Share-based payments

Balance at 31 March 2020

5.  Amounts due from group companies

2020
£000
–
2,421
94

2,514

Amounts due from group companies of £12,667,550 relate to loans to Group companies. The loans are interest free and repayable 
on demand. Lifetime expected credit losses of £4,768,032 have been recognised on amounts due from group companies.

6.  Other payables

The following table summarises the balance of other payables

Accruals
Amounts due to Group companies

Total other payables

7.  Other financial liabilities

2020
£000
27
25
52

Other financial liabilities comprise the fair value of contingent consideration of £1,408,831 expected to be paid in relation to 
the acquisition of Horizon Strategic Partners Limited. Refer Note 23 in the consolidated financial statements of the group for 
disclosures in relation to the fair value of the liability.

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Notes to the Company Financial Statements 
(continued) 

8.  Capital and reserves

Share capital
Ordinary shares issued and fully paid

In issue at 28 February 2019 (date of incorporation)
Issued in share for share exchange
Share split
Issue of shares pre-IPO
Issue of shares to settle loans and borrowings
Issue of shares as consideration for a business combination
Issue of shares on IPO

In issue at 31 March 2020

Allotted, called up and fully paid
Ordinary shares of £0.05 (2019: £1) each

Shares classified as liabilities
Shares classified in equity

No. of shares 
(‘000)  

66
13,053
1,739
1,739
348
12,682
29,627

2020
£000

148
148

148
148

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 Group plc.

During the period Induction Healthcare Group plc issued 29,626,200 (2019: 65,591) of £0.005 (2019: £1) ordinary shares for a 
consideration of £19,049,792 (2019: £65,591).

Share premium

At 28 February 2019 (date of incorporation)
Share split
Issue of shares pre-IPO
Issue of shares to settle loans and borrowings
Issue of shares as consideration for a business combination
Issue of shares on IPO
IPO costs capitalised

£000
–

1,991
1,991
398
14,521
(469)  
18,432

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Other reserves
Other reserves arise from the Group’s equity settled share option scheme. Refer to Note 9 of the Consolidated Financial 
Statements for further details.

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
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(continued) 

8.  Capital and reserves (continued)

Merger reserve
On 1 April 2019, Induction Healthcare Group plc and Induction Healthcare Limited executed a share for share exchange, whereby 
Induction Healthcare Group plc acquired 100% of the share capital in Induction Healthcare Limited, in consideration for the 
issuance of shares in Induction Healthcare Group plc to the shareholders of Induction Healthcare Limited. This was done on the 
basis of one ordinary share in Induction Healthcare Group plc for each ordinary share in Induction Healthcare Limited.

Induction Healthcare Group plc issued 65,590 shares with a nominal value of £1 to the holders of equivalent shares in Induction 
Healthcare Limited. This has been treated as a common control transaction and the comparative historical financial statements 
have been presented as if the transaction had already taken place. At the point of acquisition, Induction Healthcare Limited 
had retained losses of £10,388, and therefore a merger reserve has been recognised for this amount. The transaction has been 
accounted for at book value.

9.  Related Parties

Identity of related parties with which the Company has transacted
The related parties with which the Company has transacted during the year are Induction Healthcare Limited and Induction 
Healthcare (UK) Limited. A list of the subsidiaries, both direct and indirect, of the Company can be found in Note 14 to the 
consolidated financial statements. 

There have been no transactions with key management personnel of the Group, as these occur on a Group level.

Transactions with subsidiaries
Included in Amounts due from group companies is an amount of £12,667,550 due from Induction Healthcare Limited. This arose as 
a result of loans made to Induction Healthcare Limited as intermediate holding company to fund the operations of the group. The 
loan carries interest at 0% and is repayable on demand.

Included in Other Payables is an amount of £25,090 payable to Induction Healthcare (UK) Limited. This arose as a result of 
payments made by Induction Healthcare (UK) Limited on behalf of Induction Healthcare Group plc.

Induction Healthcare Group plc has provided a guarantee under S479C of the Companies Act 2006 to Horizon Strategic Partners 
Limited and Podmedics Limited, as a result of these group companies applying the exemption from audit under S479A of the 
Companies Act 2006.

10.  Subsequent events

Acquisition of Zesty Limited
On 8 June 2020, Induction Healthcare Group plc acquired 100% of the share capital of Zesty Limited for a consideration comprising 
£500,000 in cash, plus the issue of 12,424,527 New Ordinary Shares. The New Ordinary Shares represent approximately 
41.9 per cent of the existing issued share capital of the Company and represent approximately 29.5 per cent of the Enlarged Share 
Capital. The New Ordinary Shares rank pari passu with the Existing Ordinary Shares in the Company.

Zesty Limited is a digital healthcare patient engagement platform company. Zesty’s platform provides an integration layer with a 
hospital’s EHR systems and a portal that allows patients to manage their hospital outpatient appointments, read their administrative 
and clinical correspondence, attend a video based consultation and store a personal copy of their clinical record, through this 
integration layer.

For the year ended 31 December 2018, Zesty reported revenue of £1,035,540 and a net loss before tax of £509,725, with a net 
current asset position of £333,738 as at 31 December 2018.

Zesty was acquired due to the fact that integrating Zesty and Induction’s technologies, the enlarged group will, in the Directors’ 
view, be one of the first technology platforms to interconnect patients, clinicians and healthcare information across both multiple 
hospital sites and EPR platforms. The Directors expect the acquisition to provide many synergistic benefits, including sales to the 
same sales channel, pooling software engineering resources, and bringing extensive experience to management and the Board of 
Directors.

Payment of contingent consideration to former owners of Horizon Strategic Partners Limited
In June 2020, management’s forecasts of the cash collected from customers of Horizon Strategic Partners Limited indicated that it 
is highly probable that the maximum earn-out payment of £1,500,000 will be paid to the former shareholders of the entity. These 
forecasts are based on cash collected (excluding VAT) during the earn-out period, plus amounts invoiced and not yet collected, for 
which payment is expected prior to 30 September 2020 based on the Group’s credit terms.

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Company Information 

Directors 
Chris Spencer  
Jane Silber  
Leslie-Ann Reed   
Andrew Williams   
Hugo Stephenson  
James Balmain 
Shelley Fraser 

Non-Executive Chair
Non-Executive Director
Non-Executive Director
Non-Executive Director
Chief Executive Officer
Chief Executive Officer
Chief Financial Officer

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

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

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

Auditors 
KPMG LLP 
The Pinnacle 
170 Midsummer Blvd 
Milton Keynes 
MK9 1FD

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

Registered Office 
20 St Dunstan’s Hill
London
EC3R 8HL

Registered Number 
11232772 

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Glossary 

Alternative Investment Market (AIM) 

Annual General Meeting (AGM)

Electronic Health Record (EHR)

Earnings Before Interest, Tax, Depreciation and Amortisation (EBITDA)

General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

Horizon Strategic Partners Limited (Horizon)

Induction Healthcare Group PLC (Group, Induction, Induction Healthcare and Company)

Initial Public Offering (IPO)

Milton Keynes University Hospital NHA Foundation Trust (MKUH)

Monthly recurring revenue (MRR) 

National Health System (NHS)

Patient administration system (PAS)

Podmedics Limited (Podmedics)

Return on Investment (ROI)

Software as a service (Saas)

The Quoted Companies Alliance (the QCA Code)

Zesty Limited (Zesty) 

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