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PipeHawk plc is a dynamic business offering advanced engineering solutions to challenging technical
requirements across many industries.
We are the global market leader in ground probing radar technology with many applications including civil
engineering and land mine detection. Our technology provides a superior detection of hidden underground
objects and features, dramatically reducing risk, improving safety and saving substantial time and money
during identification and excavation.
Adien Limited is a leader in the field of utility detection and mapping. Its survey teams provide information
that is critical in the design processes of almost all construction projects that involve breaking the ground.
QM Systems is a market leader in providing solutions and services for electronic system design and
manufacture, test equipment, transfer systems and automation and assembly solutions to the automotive,
aerospace, rail and other related industries. It specialises in providing full turnkey solutions for any
automated assembly process.
Thomson Engineering Design produces an unparalleled range of machines, attachments and tools for
railway track renewal and maintenance across the globe.
Wessex Precision Instruments is a leading manufacturer and service provider of specialist equipment to
test the skid resistance characteristics of vehicle and pedestrian surfaces.
Powered by excellent people our reputation is built on exceeding our customers’ expectations in delivering
innovative, cost effective quality solutions in all aspects of our business.
Through our energetic, innovative and dynamic approach together with our significant investment in R&D
we will continue to strengthen our market leading positions.
Contents
Company information ......................................................1
Consolidated statement of comprehensive income ......17
Chairman’s statement ......................................................2
Consolidated statement of financial position ................18
Strategic report..................................................................5
Parent Company statement of financial position ..........19
Report of the directors ......................................................7
Consolidated statement of cash flow ............................20
Corporate governance ......................................................9
Parent Company statement of cash flow........................21
Directors’ biographies......................................................11
Statement of changes in equity ......................................22
Statement of directors’ responsibilities for the
annual report ..................................................................12
Independent auditor’s report to the shareholders of
PipeHawk plc ..................................................................13
Notes to the financial statements ..................................23
Notice of annual general meeting ..................................47
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Company Information
Directors Gordon G Watt (Executive Chairman)
Soumitra P Padmanathan (Finance Director)
Robert Randal MacDonnell (Non-Executive)
Secretary Soumitra P Padmanathan
Nominated Adviser Allenby Capital Limited
and Broker 5 St Helen’s Place
London
EC3A 6AB
Registered number 3995041
Registered office Manor Park Industrial Estate
Wyndham Street
Aldershot
Hampshire
GU12 4NZ
Auditor Crowe U.K. LLP
55 Ludgate Hill
London
EC4M 7JW
Solicitors Gowling WLG
4 More London Riverside
London
SE1 2AU
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Chairman’s Statement
I am pleased to report that turnover for the
year ended 30 June 2020 was £8.3 million
(2019: £6.7 million), an increase of 23.9%.
The Group made an operating profit in the
year of £405,000 (2019: £57,000) and a
profit before taxation for the year of
£194,000 (2019: £12,000) and a profit
after taxation of £590,000 (2019:
£312,000). The earnings per share for the
year was 1.69p (2019: 0.91p).
Last year we had the politicians faffing
around with Brexit causing delays to orders
until Boris Johnson and the British public
gave us a degree of certainty. This lasted
for all of four months until Coronavirus hit
and lockdown began. Nevertheless, that
window of opportunity enabled orders to be
placed and allowed some optimism to
return which the PipeHawk Group and its
employees have taken advantage of and
wrestled into an excellent trading result.
Just imagine what we, and the nation as a
whole, can achieve once we are through
Coronavirus and freed from the continual
negativity of the naysayers and doom
mongers.
QM Systems
At QM Systems, trading during the first
eight months was excellent, with many
more orders in the pipeline. Then
Coronavirus came into play and, like most
companies within the UK, we experienced
significant disruption. Despite the extensive
lockdown we all experienced for three
months followed by the easing of the
lockdown, QM Systems has continued to
operate effectively. Employees that could
were set up to work from home. However,
our assembly, installation and
commissioning teams were also extremely
busy assembling systems at QM Systems’
facility in Worcester or carrying out
installation and commissioning work at
client facilities. The initial four-week period
of lockdown created significant disruption to
our activities, However, as our clients and
we learned to adjust to the ‘new normal’,
clean hands, socially distanced way,
business activity stabilised. We were able to
regain access to client facilities to continue
to build activity and the situation actually
created opportunities for QM Systems in
supporting overseas companies installing
systems into the UK market.
Despite the setback that Coronavirus has
presented, QM Systems has managed to
achieve its best year ever both in terms of
turnover and profit. This is a great
achievement given that the order intake
effectively switched off for almost five
months from the start of the strict lockdown
period, when many projects we were
expecting to win were placed on hold.
During this period, however, our sales team
has worked diligently to open new
opportunities and to continue to keep
previous opportunities live and we now sit
on a potential orderbook that is larger than
we have ever experienced previously.
Project orders are flowing again and we had
been expecting a return to pre-Coronavirus
levels within the next few months with a
number of key larger projects in final
contractual negotiation. This has been
helped in no small measure by the work we
have undertaken to diversify our client base
across numerous industries and has
enabled us to recover more quickly than a
number of our competitors. Recent
measures brought in by the Government to
combat the worsening Coronavirus situation
will inevitably have some delaying effect on
securing orders but with the regional
approach being adopted by the Government
it is hard to forecast what effect it will have
on trading at QM Systems.
During the year QM Systems has completed
the installation and commissioning work
with Cox Powertrain for its Marine Diesel
Outboard Engine, introduced and
commissioned a new larger variant of
Carbon Fibre delivery POD with our partner
Penso, who are now selling the vehicle in
volume, and installed and commissioned a
QMAC-3 60 station conveyor system with
one of QM Systems’ key automotive clients
as well as a multitude of other significant
contracts. The products that QM Systems
has developed and manufacture for the
Aerospace and Petrochemical industries
continue to sell, seemingly unaffected by
Coronavirus factors. QM Systems has
completed the integration of Wessex test
equipment into the business unit and sales
have continued to flow nicely into the
business. QM Systems has been working to
re-engineer a number of the Wessex
products to reduce costs and increase
technology levels ensuring the products
“wrestled into an excellent
trading result”
“QM Systems has its best
year ever”
“The outlook for the current
year and beyond is
extremely positive”
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TED has also launched a new website
which provides an up-to-date summary of
the products and services offered together
with a significant increase in the use of
social media to tell the world about the
quality service which it can offer. The news
seems to be getting through both nationally
and internationally.
Technology Division
This has been a disappointing year in terms
of European unit sales of the eSafe
technology which has still to recover to
pre-Brexit levels. However; sales to Asia
continue to show a positive trend.
Previous R&D investment into innovative
servicing & maintenance systems is also
bearing fruit with noticeable interest being
shown by overseas distributors and
resellers.
As UK unit sales continue to be affected by
CAPEX restrictions across key markets,
opportunities for long term/project-based
hire are now being explored in those and
other markets, while many existing
customers continue their loyalty to the
PipeHawk brand with investment in the
maintenance and upgrade of existing
equipment fleets.
With the cancellation of many industry
events around the globe, the opportunity for
face-to-face marketing has taken a knock
in recent months but use of virtual
communications and outdoor presentations
has maintained a semblance of direct
customer contact in the face of difficult
times.
become more IT connected and thus user
friendly.
QM Systems has recently started work on a
new £1.7 million project to deliver a
bespoke machining and handling system to
Isoclad Limited, one of the UK’s largest
independent composite panel
manufacturers, for the manufacture of
specialist clad panels for its Customclad
service.
The outlook for the current year and beyond
for QM Systems is extremely positive.
Thomson Engineering Design
(“TED”)
TED has had an exceptionally busy year
with key staff stretched to the limit and a
requirement to recruit new members to the
team. Turnover increased by 42% on a
year-on-year basis and TED delivered a
genuine pre-tax profit for the first time
despite the additional costs of keeping the
workplace a safe and secure environment
for our employees. An excellent result given
the difficult climate TED has endured.
During the year TED developed a number of
new, innovative and exciting products, many
of which have been designed for the export
market. Whilst UK sales remained largely
stagnant, the export market, particularly in
Southern Asia, has gone from strength to
strength. TED continues to establish itself
as the ‘Go To’ company in the rail industry
for any client who has a requirement for
something that is a little different to the
norm. During the year TED has delivered
bespoke rail equipment into New Zealand, a
range of products into plant equipment
companies within the UK as well as
products and projects into Canada, the US,
France and Australia. It has continued to
focus on new innovation that TED fully
expects will realise future growth with
higher volume product sales within
domestic and international markets. These
products are expected to secure sales
within the current financial year.
Chairman’s Statement
Adien
Adien started the year very well with the
renewal of significant long-term contracts,
which provided a strong order book and
good staff utilisation. Then trading at Adien
was struck by the repercussions of the
Coronavirus pandemic. Adien adapted and
evolved; it quickly adopted remote working
coupled with the installation of new
software which reshaped the business
profoundly in a short period of time and was
able to continue to provide its service
throughout the period from March to
present day in a most effective manner
suffering principally in the initial stages.
Adien encountered many challenges both
external and internal, in terms of H&S
management, organisation, control and
communications through to denial of
access to site as clients gradually came to
terms with the outdoor nature of our work
and relatively easy ability to maintain social
distancing.
Adien are undertaking several new
contracts for all the major Telecom
networks involved in the 5G rollout and this
business will secure 18 to 24 months of
additional work. Consolidation of existing
contracts in Energy, Defence and
Infrastructure is expected to continue over a
3 to 5 year period running in tandem with
the Telecom contracts.
Reducing the size of the survey teams,
whilst expanding single working, allows
larger volumes of specific contract sites to
be completed in the same time period.
Remote/home working provides more
effective time use and long-term cost
savings with the potential to move to less
costly premises in 2021. The realignment of
the vehicle fleet to more compact and less
costly, more economical vehicles is also
under way. Those cost efficiencies, taken
with the increased levels of business as a
result of being able to offer Adien’s services
throughout lockdown, bodes extremely well
for the current and next years’ expected
outturn.
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Chairman’s Statement
Strategy & Outlook
The PipeHawk group remains committed to
creating sustainable earnings-based growth
and focusing on the expansion of its
business with forward-looking products and
services. PipeHawk acts responsibly
towards its shareholders, business
partners, employees, society and the
environment in each of its business areas.
PipeHawk is committed to technologies and
products that unite the goals of customer
value and sustainable development. All
divisions of the Group are currently
performing well and I remain optimistic in
my outlook for the Group, subject always to
any unusually negative impact from further
Coronavirus lockdown or an absurd reaction
from the EU if there is a WTO terms Brexit.
Gordon Watt
Chairman
20 October 2020
Financial position
The Group continues to be in a net liability
position and is still reliant on my continuing
financial support.
My letter of support dated 7 October 2019
was renewed on 28 September 2020 for a
further year. Loans due to me, other than
those covered by the CULS agreement, are
unsecured and accrue interest at an annual
rate of Bank of England base rate plus
2.15%.
The CULS agreement for £1 million,
provided by myself, was renewed last year
and extended on identical terms, such that
the CULS are now repayable on 13 August
2022.
In addition to the loans I have provided to
the Company in previous years, I have
deferred a certain proportion of fees and
the interest due until the Company is in a
suitably strong position to make the full
payments.
Historically, my fees and interest payable
have been deferred. During the year under
review, the deferred element amounted to
£213,000. At 30 June 2020, these
deferred fees and interest amounted to
approximately £1.6 million in total, all of
which have been recognised as a liability in
the Company’s accounts.
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Strategic Report
Financial results
Turnover for the year ended 30 June 2020 was £8.3 million (2019: £6.7 million). The Group achieved a profit after taxation for the year of
£590,000 (2019: £312,000). The profit per share was 1.69p (2019: per share 0.91p). A detailed review of business as well as future
developments is included in the Chairman’s statement.
Key performance indicators
The Group’s key financial performance indicators are turnover and profit before tax and an analysis using these KPIs is included in the
Chairman’s statement and at note 2 “Segmental analysis”. The primary non-financial KPI is the strength of the order book which is also
discussed in the Chairman’s statement.
Principal risks and uncertainties
The principal risks and uncertainties facing the business are;
1. the acceptance by end customers of its products – the Group mitigates this risk by sharing and getting sign off on the proposed solution
and by ensuring open lines of communication such that any challenges are identified at an early stage and are resolved with the
customer prior to delivery;
2. competitive pressure on pricing and delivery timescales – this risk is mitigated by the high level of technological quality offered by the
Group’s solutions and its strong relationships with its key customers;
3. technological changes – mitigated by continued investment in research and development;
4. availability of sufficient working capital - the Group monitors cash flow as part of its day to day control procedures. The Board considers
cash flow projections at its meetings and ensures that appropriate facilities are available to be drawn down upon as necessary;
5. A key risk for the business is the continuing availability of the financial support arrangements provided by the Executive Chairman
described in the Report of the Directors and in note 1, which have been extended for a further 12 months.
The Group’s financial risks and policies to minimise these are set out in note 17.
Statement by the Directors in performance of their statutory duties in accordance with s172(1) Companies Act 2006
The Directors of the Group must act in accordance with a set of general duties. These duties are detailed in section 172(1) of the U.K.
Companies Act 2006, which is summarised as follows:
‘A Director of a Company must act in the way he/she considers, 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 have regard (amongst other matters) to:
1. The likely consequences of any decision in the long term;
2. The interests of the Company’s employees;
3. The need to foster the Company’s business relationships with suppliers, customers and others;
4. The impact of the Company’s operations on the community and the environment;
5. The desirability of the Company maintaining a reputation for high standards of business conduct; and
6. The need to act fairly as between members of the Company.
The Board consider that they have fulfilled their duties in accordance with section 172(1) of the UK Companies Act 2006 and have acted in
a way which is most likely to promote the success of the Group for the benefit of its stakeholders as a whole in the following ways:
Long term benefit
Our strategy was designed to have a long-term beneficial impact on the Company and to contribute to its success in delivering excellence
with regards to service to its customers whilst ensuring the long term requirements of the other stakeholders are considered.
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Strategic Report
Employees
The Board considers the employees as one of the key stakeholders within the Group and fundamental to the long-term success of the
business. We have various engagement mechanisms, many of which have been in place for a number of years. Annual employee reviews
are undertaken and regular communication takes place between management and staff to ensure that any concern or issues are identified
and appropriately addressed. The Group provides training to employees as well as social occasions to promote the well-being and
connectivity of the teams.
The interest of the employees are always considered when determining the strategic decision and vision of the Group.
Customers
The commercial teams at each of the Group’s companies are in regular contact with our customers’ key people to ensure that they are well
informed and satisfied with the progress of the Group’s projects on their behalf. Face to face meetings take place, as well as other
communication such as email and video or phone conferences which allows for an on-going dialogue with the aim of reducing any potential
issues or concerns.
Suppliers
The group works closely with a number of suppliers in different disciplines. We aim to promote collaborative engagement and to build long
term partnerships with our suppliers with an objective to minimise risk and optimise costs through the full lifecycle of our relationship. We
seek to balance this with the need to ensure the company is not overly reliant on any single supplier.
Community and environment
The Board recognises its responsibilities with regard to the environment and wider community and takes actions to reduce any negative
impact the provision of its services might have in this area. The board regularly looks at ways in which it can operate a sustainable business
and has taken actions to reduce its carbon footprint. Currently all waste is recycled by responsible contractors, the target for the next year is
to reduce all waste by 50%.
Culture and values
The Board actively seeks to establish and maintain a corporate culture which will attract both future employees, customers and suppliers.
The Company promotes honesty, integrity and respect and all employees are expected to operate in an ethical manner in all their dealings,
whether internal or external. We do not tolerate behaviour which goes against these values which could cause reputational damage to the
business or create ongoing conflict or unnecessary tension internally.
Current trading
Current trading is satisfactory and in line with the directors’ expectations. The Strategic Report was approved by the Board on 20 October
2020 and signed on its behalf by:
Soumitra P Padmanathan
Finance Director
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Report of the Directors
The directors present the annual report on the affairs of the Group together with the financial statements
for the year ended 30 June 2020
Principal activities and review of business
The principal activities of the Group during the year were the development, assembly and sale of test system solutions and ground probing
radar (GPR) equipment; the provision of GPR based services and the undertaking of complementary Research and Development
assignments.
Future developments
The Group’s business activities, together with the factors likely to affect its future development, performance and position are set out in the
Chairman’s statement and the summary of significant accounting policies – “critical judgements in applying accounting policies and key
sources of estimation uncertainty”.
Results and dividends
The results for the Group for the year are set out in the consolidated statement of comprehensive income on page 17. The directors do not
recommend the payment of a dividend for the year (2019: nil).
Subsequent events
There are no subsequent events to note.
Directors
The directors who served during the year are set out below:
Gordon G Watt (Executive Chairman)
Soumitra P Padmanathan (Finance Director)
Robert Randal MacDonnell (Non-Executive)
The directors’ beneficial interests in the share capital of the Company were as follows:
30 June 2020 30 June 2019
Ordinary % of issued Ordinary % of issued
Shares of 1p share capital Shares of 1p share capital
G G Watt 5,721,500 16.4% 5,721,500 16.6%
R MacDonnell 1,431,436 4.1% 931,436 2.7%
S P Padmanathan - - - -
The directors are also interested in unissued Ordinary Shares granted to them by the Company under share options held by them pursuant
to individual option schemes as set out in note 6.
Substantial share interests
Other than directors, the Company has been notified of the following persons being interested in more than 3% of the issued share capital
of the Company at the date of this report.
Ordinary % of issued
Shares of 1p share capital
S Hamilton 4,583,334 13.1%
P Lobbenberg 3,100,000 8.8%
R J Chignell 2,204,200 6.3%
P Snell 1,240,000 3.6%
J T Twigg 1,054,830 3.0%
N G Wood 1,054,830 3.0%
Research and development
The Group continues to undertake research and development activities at its sites in Worcester and Aldershot. This will enable the Group to
expand its activity in technology and innovation that will help us greatly in developing new products that will begin directly generating
revenue in the future. The Group has undertaken research and development activities in the areas of ground probing radar and test &
measurement related equipment.
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Report of the Directors
Auditor and disclosure of information to auditor
Each of the persons who are directors at the time when this report is approved has confirmed that:
(a) so far as each director is aware, there is no relevant audit information of which the Company’s auditor is unaware; and
(b) each director has taken all the steps that ought to have been taken as a director in order to be aware of any information needed by the
Company’s auditor in connection with preparing their report and to establish that the Company’s auditor is aware of that information.
Auditor
The reappointment of Crowe U.K. LLP will be proposed at the forthcoming Annual General Meeting, in accordance with section 489 of the
Companies Act 2006.
Financial instruments
Note 17 to the financial statements describes the policies and processes for managing the Company’s capital, its financial risk management
objectives, details of its financial instruments and its exposure to credit risk and liquidity risk.
Going concern
As described in the Chairman’s report, the current economic environment is improving for the Group’s trading subsidiaries in their respective
markets as evidenced by healthy order books. However the directors consider that the outlook presents challenges in terms of sales
volumes and in terms of bringing R&D developments to commercialisation. The directors have instituted measures to preserve cash and
secure additional finance but these circumstances create uncertainties over future trading results and cashflows.
The directors have reviewed the Group’s funding requirements for the next twelve months which show positive anticipated cash flow
generation, prior to any repayment of loans advanced by the Executive Chairman. The directors have obtained a renewed pledge from
Gordon Watt to provide ongoing financial support for a period of at least twelve months from the approval date of the Group statement of
financial position. The directors therefore have a reasonable expectation that the entity has adequate resources to continue in its operational
exercises for the foreseeable future. It is on this basis that the directors consider it appropriate to adopt the going concern basis of
preparation for these financial statements. A material uncertainty exists regarding the ability of the Group to remain a going concern without
the continuing financial support of the Executive Chairman.
Approval
The report of the directors was approved by the Board on 20 October 2020 and signed on its behalf by:
Soumitra P Padmanathan
Director
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Corporate Governance
On 27 September 2018, the Company adopted the Corporate Governance Code (the “Code”), published by the Quoted Company Alliance
(the “QCA”). The Company considers the principles within the Code to be best practice, subject to their appropriateness given the size of the
Company and the composition of the Board. The following report summarises how the Company complies with the Code.
Strategy and business model
The Company’s business model and strategy is explained within the Chairman’s Report, including a summary of the challenges in execution
of the strategy and how the Company addresses such challenges.
Directors
The Board currently comprises the executive chairman, Gordon Watt, one executive director, Soumitra Padmanathan and one non-executive
director, Randal MacDonnell. Randal MacDonnell acts as Senior Independent Director. The Board does not comply with the requirement of
the Code to have at least two non-executive directors, but the Board intends, at an appropriate time in the future when the Company is in a
position to afford a further non-executive director, to make such an appointment. Although Randal MacDonnell has been a non-executive
director since 2006, the Board still considers him to be independent. The Board also considers that Soumitra Padmanathan is independent.
Executive directors’ normal retirement age is 70 and non-executive directors’ normal retirement age is 75. Both executive and non-
executive directors are subject to periodic reappointment by shareholders. The requirements of the Company’s articles result in each
director being reappointed every three years. The time commitment required from each Director varies in line with the operations of the
business. Currently, this commitment is approximately 4 days per week for Gordon Watt, 6 days per annum for Randal MacDonnell and
15 days per month for Soumitra Padmanathan.
For relevant experience, skills and personal qualities of the Directors see the Directors’ Biographies section.
As described in the Directors biographies the Board believe the Directors have the correct skillset to deliver the strategy. In order to keep
their skillset up to date the Directors read relevant publications from applicable professional bodies and attend relevant seminars
when possible.
The Chairman has regular meetings with the managing directors and boards of the Group’s subsidiary companies. The Chairman holds
regular update meetings with each Director to ensure they are performing as they are required.
The ability of individual members and the board as a whole to deliver the Company strategy is reviewed annually in an exercise undertaken
by the Chairman. Due to the Company’s size and nature, the Board does not consider it necessary to establish a formal board evaluation
process, but Board composition will be reviewed and refreshed again in 2020. During the year the Board, or its committees, have not sought
advice on any significant matter. However, the Chairman and Board members can call on external advisers as the need arises.
The Board and Committees
The full Board meets formally at least four times each year, during the year there were nine board meetings. Gordon Watt and Randal
MacDonnell attended all meetings and Soumitra Padmanathan attended four meetings. There was one audit and one remuneration
committee meeting during the year; all three directors attended each of these. There is a formal schedule of matters reserved for the
Board’s decision. All directors have access to the advice and services of the company secretary, who is also responsible for ensuring that
Board procedures are followed. There is also a procedure in place for any director to take independent professional advice, if necessary, at
the Company’s expense.
The Board considers that, given the size and nature of the business, it is not beneficial to include a full audit committee report or a
remuneration committee report in the annual report and accounts for the year ended 30 June 2020. This will be kept under annual review
by the Board.
Internal controls
The directors have overall responsibility for ensuring that the Group maintains a system of internal control, and for reviewing its
effectiveness, to provide them with reasonable assurance that the assets of the Group are safeguarded and that the shareholders’
investments are protected. The system includes internal controls covering financial, operational and compliance areas, and risk
management. There are limitations in any system of internal control, which are designed to manage rather than eliminate risk and can
provide reasonable but not absolute assurance against material misstatement or loss. The Board has undertaken an assessment of the
major risk areas for the business and methods used to monitor and control them. In addition to financial risk, this covered operational,
commercial, marketing and research and development risks. This risk review has become an ongoing process of identifying, evaluating and
managing the significant risks faced by the Group, with regular review by the Board.
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Corporate Governance
The additional key procedures designed to provide an effective system of internal control are that:
• There is an organisational structure with clearly defined lines of responsibility and delegation of authority.
• Annual budgets are prepared and updated as necessary.
• Management accounts are prepared on a quarterly basis and compared to budgets and forecasts to identify any significant variances.
• The Group appoints staff of the required calibre to fulfil their allotted responsibilities.
The Board has considered it inappropriate to establish an internal audit function. However, this decision will be reviewed as the operations of
the Group develop.
Identification of business risk
Regular assessments of ongoing risks facing the business are undertaken as part of the regular Group management meetings in the key
areas such as management of working capital, compliance, legal and operational issues. This risk management framework is applied to
major initiatives such as acquisitions as well as operational risks within the business including operational health and safety risks. Further
details on the principal risks and uncertainties to the Group can be found within the Strategic Report.
Through holding the ISO 9001, OHSAS 18001 and other quality standards, the Company ensures compliance with health and safety and
other regulations.
Corporate Culture
The Board and directors take a forward-looking, proactive approach to culture within the Group in order to achieve a level of discipline that
aids management with its oversight of risks within the business. There are several values that are important to the Company including:
• promoting a culture of respect and tolerance: team members throughout the Group work well together across a broad range of projects;
being a team player, honesty and straightforwardness with clients and suppliers and among employees are values that are highly
regarded; and
• the importance of the individual: we recognise that the business would fail without the loyalty of our employees, so we encourage
free-thinking and individuality in the workplace wherever possible.
These matters are considered as part of the annual performance evaluation of all employees and reported to the Board. This enables the
Board to ensure the Company’s corporate culture is being promoted amongst its employees.
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Directors’ Biographies
Gordon Watt BA, FCA, FRSA
Chairman (67)
Gordon is a chartered accountant having been a partner at RSM Robson Rhodes and then Finance Director/Deputy Chief Executive of British
Bus Plc until it was sold to Arriva Plc. He is non-executive chairman of a number of private companies, he became a non-executive director
of the Group in 1998, became finance director in December 2001 and Chairman in January 2003.
Soumitra P Padmanathan BSc, FCA, CTA
Finance Director (56)
Soumitra (Mithi) was appointed as Group Finance Director on 11 April 2016. Having qualified with RSM Robson Rhodes, Mithi has gained
extensive experience in several global multi-national businesses, including General Motors Acceptance Corporation, Eversheds LLP, RBS and
Alliance One International LLC.
R Randal MacDonnell
Non-executive Director (80)
Randal joined the Group in February 2006. He was previously a director of Kleinwort Benson Securities, Laing & Cruickshank Securities and
Chase Manhattan Securities Limited. Prior to that he was a partner in stockbrokers Laurie Milbank & Co.
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Statement of Directors’ Responsibilities for the Annual Report
The directors are responsible for preparing the Strategic Report, the Directors’ Report and the financial statements in accordance with
applicable laws and regulations. Company law requires the directors to prepare financial statements for each financial year. Under that law
the directors have elected to prepare the financial statements in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (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 Company and the Group and of the profit or loss of the Group for that period. In preparing these financial
statements, the directors are required to:
• select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently;
• make judgments and accounting estimates that are reasonable and prudent;
• state whether applicable accounting standards have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the
financial statements;
• prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the Company will continue in
business.
The directors are responsible for keeping adequate accounting records that are sufficient to show and explain the Company and Group’s
transactions and disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the Company and Group and enable them to ensure
that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the Company
and Group and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.
They are further responsible for ensuring that the Strategic Report and the Report of the Directors and other information included in the
Annual Report and Financial Statements is prepared in accordance with applicable law in the United Kingdom.
The maintenance and integrity of the PipeHawk plc website is the responsibility of the directors.
Legislation in the United Kingdom governing the preparation and dissemination of the accounts and the other information included in annual
reports may differ from legislation in other jurisdictions.
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Independent Auditor’s Report to the Members of PipeHawk plc
Opinion
We have audited the financial statements of Pipehawk Plc (the “Parent Company”) and its subsidiaries (the “Group”) for the year ended
30 June 2020, which comprise:
• the Group statement of comprehensive income for the year ended 30 June 2020;
• the Group and Parent Company statements of financial position as at 30 June 2020;
• the Group and Parent Company statements of cash flows and statements of changes in equity for the year then ended; and
• the notes to the financial statements, which include a summary of significant accounting policies and other explanatory information.
The financial reporting framework that has been applied in the preparation of the financial statements is applicable law and International
Financial Reporting Standards (IFRSs) as adopted by the European Union and, as regards the parent company financial statements, as
applied in accordance with the provisions of the Companies Act 2006.
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 30 June 2020
and of the Group’s profit for the period then ended;
• the Group financial statements have been properly prepared in accordance with IFRSs as adopted by the European Union;
• the Parent Company financial statements have been properly prepared in accordance with IFRSs as adopted by the European Union 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
under those standards are further described in the Auditor’s responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements section of our report. We
are independent of the Group in accordance with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the financial statements in the
UK, including the FRC’s Ethical Standard, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements. We
believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.
Material uncertainty related to going concern
We draw attention to note 1 in the financial statements, which explains that the Group and Parent Company is reliant on the continued
support of the Executive Chairman. As stated in note 1, these events or conditions, along with the other matters as set forth in note 1,
indicate that a material uncertainty exists that may cast significant doubt on the ability of the Parent Company and the Group to continue as
a going concern. Our opinion is not modified in respect of this matter.
Overview of our audit approach
Materiality
In planning and performing our audit we applied the concept of materiality. An item is considered material if it could reasonably be expected
to change the economic decisions of a user of the financial statements. We used the concept of materiality to both focus our testing and to
evaluate the impact of misstatements identified.
Based on our professional judgement, we determined overall materiality for the Group financial statements as a whole to be £60,000, based
on 0.75% of the Group’s revenue.
We use a different level of materiality (‘performance materiality’) to determine the extent of our testing for the audit of the financial
statements. Performance materiality is set based on the audit materiality as adjusted for the judgements made as to the entity risk and our
evaluation of the specific risk of each audit area having regard to the internal control environment.
Where considered appropriate performance materiality may be reduced to a lower level, such as, for related party transactions and
directors’ remuneration.
We agreed with the Audit Committee to report to it all identified errors in excess of £3,000. Errors below that threshold would also be
reported to it if, in our opinion as auditor, disclosure was required on qualitative grounds.
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Independent Auditor’s Report to the Members of PipeHawk plc
Overview of the scope of our audit
The Group and its subsidiaries are accounted for from one central operating location. Our audit was conducted from the central operating
location and all Group companies were within the scope of our audit testing.
Key Audit Matters
Key audit matters are those matters that, in our professional judgement, were of most significance in our audit of the financial statements of
the current period and include the most significant assessed risks of material misstatement (whether or not due to fraud) that we identified.
These matters included 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 addition to the matter described in
the Material Uncertainty Related to Going Concern section, we have determined the matters described below to be the key audit matters to
be communicated in our report.
This is not a complete list of all risks identified by our audit.
Key audit matter How the scope of our audit addressed the key audit matter
Group – carrying value of goodwill
Parent Company – carrying value of investments in subsidiaries
The financial statements of Pipehawk Plc include goodwill of £1.3
million arising on the acquisition of Adien Limited, QM Systems
Limited, Thomson Engineering Design Limited and Wessex Precision
Instruments Limited. As required by IAS 38, goodwill is subject to an
annual impairment review and the recoverable amount of goodwill
is measured in accordance with IAS 36. There is a risk that the
carrying value of goodwill in the Group financial statements and of
investments in subsidiaries in the Parent Company financial
statements are impaired.
Revenue recognition
The Group recognises revenue from different client contracts.
The revenue recognition policy varies depending on the underlying
contract and could result in revenue being recognised at a point in
time or on a percentage complete basis where certain conditions
are met.
The Group prepares discounted cashflow forecasts to support both
the carrying value of goodwill and the investment in subsidiaries in
the Parent Company financial statements.
We evaluated the appropriateness of managements’ identification of
cash generating units. We performed testing of the mathematical
accuracy of the cash flow models and challenged key assumptions
in management’s valuation models used to determine recoverable
amount. We performed sensitivity analysis on the key assumptions
and the discount rate used.
We assessed the appropriateness of the related disclosures in the
financial statements
We validated a sample of contracts to supporting documentation
and agreed that revenue has been recognised in line with the
Group’s accounting policy.
Where revenue is recognised over time we challenged management
on the contract budgeting process by analysing historical estimates
of contract costs compared to actual outcomes.
We assessed the appropriateness of the related disclosures in the
financial statements.
Our audit procedures in relation to these matters were designed in the context of our audit opinion as a whole. They were not designed to
enable us to express an opinion on these matters individually and we express no such opinion.
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Independent Auditor’s Report to the Members of PipeHawk plc
Other information
The directors are responsible for the other information. The other information comprises the information included in the annual report, other
than the financial statements and our auditor’s report thereon. Our opinion on the financial statements does not cover the other information
and, except to the extent otherwise explicitly stated in our report, we do not express any form of assurance conclusion thereon.
In connection with our audit of the financial statements, our responsibility is to read the other information and, in doing so, consider whether
the other information is materially inconsistent with the financial statements or our knowledge obtained in the audit or otherwise appears to
be materially misstated. If we identify such material inconsistencies or apparent material misstatements, we are required to determine
whether there is a material misstatement in the financial statements or a material misstatement of the other information. If, based on the
work we have performed, we conclude that there is a material misstatement of this other information, we are required to report that fact.
We have nothing to report in this regard.
Opinions on other matters prescribed by the Companies Act 2006
In our opinion based on the work undertaken in the course of our audit
• the information given in the strategic report and the directors’ report for the financial year for which the financial statements are
prepared is consistent with the financial statements; and
• the strategic report and directors’ report have been prepared in accordance with applicable legal requirements.
Matters on which we are required to report by exception
In the light of the knowledge and understanding of the Group and the Parent Company and their environment obtained in the course of the
audit, we have not identified material misstatements in the strategic report or the directors’ report.
We have nothing to report in respect of the following matters where the Companies Act 2006 requires us to report to you if, in our opinion:
• adequate accounting records have not been kept by the Parent Company, or returns adequate for our audit have not been received from
branches not visited by us; or
• the Parent Company financial statements are not in agreement with the accounting records and returns; or
• certain disclosures of directors’ remuneration specified by law are not made; or
• we have not received all the information and explanations we require for our audit.
Responsibilities of the directors for the financial statements
As explained more fully in the directors’ responsibilities statement set out on page 12, the directors are responsible for the preparation of
the financial statements and for being satisfied that they give a true and fair view, and for such internal control as the directors determine is
necessary to enable the preparation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.
In preparing the financial statements, the directors are responsible for assessing the Group’s and Parent Company’s ability to continue as a
going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless the
directors either intend to liquidate the Group or the Parent Company or to cease operations, or have no realistic alternative but to do so.
Auditor’s responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as a whole are free from material misstatement,
whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor’s report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance,
but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with ISAs (UK) will always detect a material misstatement when it exists.
Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be
expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these financial statements.
A further description of our responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements is located on the Financial Reporting Council’s website
at: www.frc.org.uk/auditorsresponsibilities. This description forms part of our auditor’s report.
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Independent Auditor’s Report to the Members of PipeHawk plc
Use of our report
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.
Stephen Bullock
Senior Statutory Auditor
for and on behalf of
Crowe U.K. LLP
Chartered Accountants, Statutory Auditor
55 Ludgate Hill
London
EC4M 7JW
United Kingdom
Date: 20 October 2020
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Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income
For the year ended 30 June 2020
Note 30 June 2020 30 June 2019
£’000 £’000
Revenue 2 8,325 6,680
Staff costs 5 (3,776) (3,265)
Operating costs (4,144) (3,358)
––––––––––––– –––––––––––––
Operating profit 4 405 57
––––––––––––– –––––––––––––
Profit before interest and taxation 405 57
––––––––––––– –––––––––––––
Finance costs 3 (211) (45)
––––––––––––– –––––––––––––
Profit before taxation 194 12
Taxation 7 396 300
––––––––––––– –––––––––––––
Profit for the year attributable to equity holders of the parent 590 312
––––––––––––– –––––––––––––
Other comprehensive income - -
––––––––––––– –––––––––––––
Total comprehensive profit/(loss) for the year attributable to equity holders of the parent 590 312
––––––––––––– –––––––––––––
––––––––––––– –––––––––––––
Profit per share (pence) – basic 8 1.69 0.91
Profit per share (pence) – diluted 8 0.93 0.72
The notes on pages 23 to 46 form an integral part of these financial statements
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Consolidated Statement of Financial Position
at 30 June 2020
Assets Note 30 June 2020 30 June 2019
£’000 £’000
Non-current assets
Property, plant and equipment 9 811 525
Goodwill 10 1,345 1,190
––––––––––––– –––––––––––––
2,156 1,715
––––––––––––– –––––––––––––
Current assets
Inventories 12 151 134
Current tax assets 394 315
Trade and other receivables 13 1,654 1,592
Cash and cash equivalents 250 774
––––––––––––– –––––––––––––
2,449 2,815
––––––––––––– –––––––––––––
Total assets 4,605 4,530
––––––––––––– –––––––––––––
––––––––––––– –––––––––––––
Equity and liabilities
Equity
Share capital 18 349 344
Share premium 5,215 5,205
Retained earnings (8,306) (8,896)
––––––––––––– –––––––––––––
(2,742) (3,347)
––––––––––––– –––––––––––––
Non-current liabilities
Borrowings 14 3,255 2,661
Trade and other payables 15 6 3
––––––––––––– –––––––––––––
3,261 2,664
––––––––––––– –––––––––––––
Current liabilities
Trade and other payables 15 1,949 3,270
Borrowings 16 2,137 1,943
––––––––––––– –––––––––––––
4,086 5,213
––––––––––––– –––––––––––––
Total equity and liabilities 4,605 4,530
––––––––––––– –––––––––––––
––––––––––––– –––––––––––––
The notes on pages 23 to 46 form an integral part of these financial statements.
The financial statements were approved by the board and authorised for issue on 20 October 2020 and signed on its behalf by:
Gordon G Watt
Director
Company No: 3995041
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Parent Company Statement of Financial Position
at 30 June 2020
Assets Note 30 June 2020 30 June 2019
£’000 £’000
Non-current assets
Investment in subsidiaries 11 1,197 1,197
––––––––––––– –––––––––––––
1,197 1,197
––––––––––––– –––––––––––––
Current assets
Inventories 12 75 67
Current tax assets 94 50
Trade and other receivables 13 455 436
Cash and cash equivalents 2 2
––––––––––––– –––––––––––––
626 555
––––––––––––– –––––––––––––
Total assets 1,823 1,752
––––––––––––– –––––––––––––
––––––––––––– –––––––––––––
Equity and liabilities
Equity
Share capital 18 349 344
Share premium 5,215 5,205
Retained earnings (9,316) (9,268)
––––––––––––– –––––––––––––
(3,752) (3,719)
––––––––––––– –––––––––––––
Non-current liabilities
Borrowings 14 2,803 2,433
Trade and other payables 15 1,063 1,232
––––––––––––– –––––––––––––
3,866 3,665
––––––––––––– –––––––––––––
Current liabilities
Borrowings 16 1,663 1,651
Trade and other payables 17 46 155
––––––––––––– –––––––––––––
1,709 1,806
––––––––––––– –––––––––––––
Total equity and liabilities 1,823 1,752
––––––––––––– –––––––––––––
––––––––––––– –––––––––––––
Equity includes loss for the year of the Parent Company of £48,000 (2019: profit £81,000).
The notes on pages 23 to 46 form an integral part of these financial statements.
The financial statements were approved by the board and authorised for issue on 20 October 2020 and signed on its behalf by:
Gordon G Watt
Director
Company No: 3995041
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Consolidated Statement of Cash Flow
For the year ended 30 June 2020
30 June 2020 30 June 2019
£’000 £’000
Cash flows from operating activities
Profits from operations 405 57
Adjustments for:
Depreciation 191 90
Profit on disposal of fixed asset - (13)
––––––––––––– –––––––––––––
596 134
(Increase)/decrease in inventories (18) 44
Increase in receivables (52) (417)
(Decrease)/increase in liabilities (1,036) 1,570
––––––––––––– –––––––––––––
(Cash used in)/generated by operations (510) 1,331
Interest paid (69) (147)
Corporation tax received 318 358
––––––––––––– –––––––––––––
Net cash (used in)/generated from operating activities (261) 1,542
––––––––––––– –––––––––––––
Cash flows from investing activities
Proceeds from sale of joint venture - 17
Acquisition of subsidiary net of cash acquired 23 -
Purchase of plant and equipment (474) (75)
Proceeds from disposal of fixed assets - 16
––––––––––––– –––––––––––––
Net cash used in investing activities (451) (42)
––––––––––––– –––––––––––––
Cash flows from financing activities
Proceeds from borrowings 523 -
Repayment of loan (165) (676)
Repayment of finance leases (170) (69)
––––––––––––– –––––––––––––
Net cash generated from/(used in) financing activities 188 (745)
––––––––––––– –––––––––––––
Net (decrease)/increase in cash and cash equivalents (524) 755
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year 774 19
––––––––––––– –––––––––––––
Cash and cash equivalents at end of year 250 774
––––––––––––– –––––––––––––
––––––––––––– –––––––––––––
The notes on pages 23 to 46 form an integral part of these financial statements.
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Parent Company Statement of Cash Flow
For the year ended 30 June 2020
30 June 2020 30 June 2019
£’000 £’000
Cash flows from operating activities
(Loss)/profit from operations (15) 33
(Increase)/decrease in inventories (7) 25
(Increase)/decrease in receivables (19) 105
Increase/(decrease) in liabilities 145 (56)
––––––––––––– –––––––––––––
Cash generated by operations 104 107
Corporation tax received 63 85
––––––––––––– –––––––––––––
Net cash generated from operating activities 167 192
––––––––––––– –––––––––––––
Proceeds from sale of joint venture - 17
Purchase of plant and equipment (1) -
––––––––––––– –––––––––––––
Cash flow from investing activities (1) 17
––––––––––––– –––––––––––––
Repayment of loan (166) (207)
––––––––––––– –––––––––––––
Net cash used in financing activities (166) (207)
––––––––––––– –––––––––––––
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents - 2
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year 2 -
––––––––––––– –––––––––––––
Cash and cash equivalents at end of year 2 2
––––––––––––– –––––––––––––
––––––––––––– –––––––––––––
The notes on pages 23 to 46 form an integral part of these financial statements.
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Statement of Changes in Equity
For the year ended 30 June 2020
Consolidated Share
Share premium Retained
capital account earnings Total
£’000 £’000 £’000 £’000
As at 1 July 2018 340 5,191 (9,208) (3,367)
Profit for the year - - 312 312
Other comprehensive income - - - -
––––––––––––– ––––––––––––– ––––––––––––– –––––––––––––
Total comprehensive income - - 312 312
Issue of shares 4 14 - 18
––––––––––––– ––––––––––––– ––––––––––––– –––––––––––––
As at 30 June 2019 344 5,205 (8,896) (3,347)
––––––––––––– ––––––––––––– ––––––––––––– –––––––––––––
––––––––––––– ––––––––––––– ––––––––––––– –––––––––––––
Profit for the year - - 590 590
Other comprehensive income - - - -
––––––––––––– ––––––––––––– ––––––––––––– –––––––––––––
Total comprehensive income - - 590 590
Issue of shares 5 10 - 15
––––––––––––– ––––––––––––– ––––––––––––– –––––––––––––
As at 30 June 2020 349 5,215 (8,306) (2,772)
––––––––––––– ––––––––––––– ––––––––––––– –––––––––––––
––––––––––––– ––––––––––––– ––––––––––––– –––––––––––––
Parent Share
Share premium Retained
capital account earnings Total
£’000 £’000 £’000 £’000
As at 1 July 2018 340 5,191 (9,349) (3,818)
Profit for the year - - 81 81
Other comprehensive income - - - -
––––––––––––– ––––––––––––– ––––––––––––– –––––––––––––
Total comprehensive loss - - 81 81
Issue of shares 4 14 - 18
––––––––––––– ––––––––––––– ––––––––––––– –––––––––––––
As at 30 June 2019 344 5,205 (9,268) (3,719)
––––––––––––– ––––––––––––– ––––––––––––– –––––––––––––
––––––––––––– ––––––––––––– ––––––––––––– –––––––––––––
Loss for the year - - (48) (48)
Other comprehensive income - - - -
––––––––––––– ––––––––––––– ––––––––––––– –––––––––––––
Total comprehensive loss - - (48) (48)
Issue of shares 5 10 - 15
––––––––––––– ––––––––––––– ––––––––––––– –––––––––––––
As at 30 June 2020 349 5,215 (9,316) (3,752)
––––––––––––– ––––––––––––– ––––––––––––– –––––––––––––
––––––––––––– ––––––––––––– ––––––––––––– –––––––––––––
The share premium account reserve arises on the issuing of shares. Where shares are issued at a value that exceeds their nominal value, a
sum equal to the difference between the issue value and the nominal value is transferred to the share premium account reserve.
The notes on page 23 to 46 form an integral part of these financial statements.
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Notes to the Financial Statements
For the year ended 30 June 2020
1. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
General information
PipeHawk plc (the Company) is a limited company incorporated in the United Kingdom under the Companies Act 2006. The
addresses of its registered office and principal place of business are disclosed in the company information on page 1. The principal
activities of the Company and its subsidiaries (the Group) are described on page 7.
The financial statements are presented in pounds sterling, the functional currency of all companies in the Group. In accordance with
section 408 of the Companies Act 2006 a separate statement of comprehensive income for the parent Company has not been
presented. For the year to 30 June 2020 the Company recorded a net loss after taxation of £48,000 (2019: profit £81,000).
Basis of preparation
The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with international financial reporting standards as adopted by the EU
and under the historical cost convention. The principal accounting policies are set out below.
The Group has applied the practical expedient available on transition to IFRS 16 not to reassess whether a contract is or contains a
lease. Accordingly, the definition of a lease in accordance with IAS 17 will continue to apply to those leases entered into before
1 January 2019. For more information see Leased assets accounting policy below.
Basis of preparation – Going concern
The directors have reviewed the Parent Company and Group’s funding requirements for the next twelve months which show positive
anticipated cash flow generation, prior to any repayment of loans advanced by the Executive Chairman. The directors have
furthermore obtained a renewed pledge from GG Watt to provide ongoing financial support for a period of at least twelve months
from the approval date of the Group and Parent Company statement of financial positions. The directors therefore have a reasonable
expectation that the entity has adequate resources to continue in its operational exercises for the foreseeable future. It is on this
basis that the directors consider it appropriate to adopt the going concern basis of preparation within these financial statements.
However a material uncertainty exists regarding the ability of the Group and Parent Company to remain a going concern without the
continuing financial support of the Executive Chairman.
Basis of consolidation
The consolidated financial statements incorporate the financial statements of the Company and entities controlled by the Company
(its subsidiaries). Control is achieved where the Company has the power to govern the financial and operating policies of an entity so
as to obtain benefits from its activities.
The results of subsidiaries acquired or disposed of during the year are included in the consolidated statement of comprehensive
income from the effective date of acquisition or up to the effective date of disposal, as appropriate. Where necessary, adjustments
are made to the financial statements of subsidiaries to bring their accounting policies into line with those used by other members of
the Group. All intra-group transactions, balances, income and expenses are eliminated in full on consolidation
Business combinations
Acquisitions of subsidiaries and businesses are accounted for using the acquisition method. The cost of the business combination is
measured as the aggregate of the fair values (at the date of exchange) of assets given, liabilities incurred or assumed, and equity
instruments issued by the Group in exchange for control of the acquiree. The acquiree’s identifiable assets, liabilities and contingent
liabilities that meet the conditions for recognition under IFRS 3 Business Combinations (revised) are recognised at their fair values at
the acquisition date, except for non-current assets (or disposal groups) that are classified as held for sale in accordance with IFRS 5
Non-current Assets Held for Sale and Discontinued Operations, which are recognised and measured at fair value less costs to sell.
Goodwill arising on acquisition is recognised as an asset and initially measured at cost, being the excess of the cost of the business
combination over the Group’s interest in the net fair value of the identifiable assets, liabilities and contingent liabilities recognised.
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Notes to the Financial Statements
For the year ended 30 June 2020
1. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (continued)
Goodwill
Goodwill arising on the acquisition of a subsidiary or a jointly controlled entity represents the excess of the cost of acquisition over
the Group’s interest in the net fair value of the identifiable assets, liabilities and contingent liabilities of the subsidiary or jointly
controlled entity recognised at the date of acquisition. Goodwill is initially recognised as an asset at cost and is subsequently
measured at cost less any accumulated impairment losses.
For the purpose of impairment testing, goodwill is allocated to each of the Group’s cash-generating units expected to benefit from
the synergies of the combination. Cash-generating units to which goodwill has been allocated are tested for impairment annually, or
more frequently when there is an indication that the unit may be impaired. If the recoverable amount of the cash-generating unit is
less than the carrying amount of the unit, the impairment loss is allocated first to reduce the carrying amount of any goodwill
allocated to the unit and then to the other assets of the unit pro-rata on the basis of the carrying amount of each asset in the unit.
An impairment loss recognised for goodwill is not reversed in a subsequent period.
On disposal of a subsidiary or a jointly controlled entity, the attributable amount of goodwill is included in the determination of the
profit or loss on disposal.
Revenue recognition
For the year ended 30 June 2020 the Group used the five-step model as prescribed under IFRS 15 on the Group’s revenue
transactions. This included the identification of the contract, identification of the performance obligations under the same,
determination of the transaction price, allocation of the transaction price to performance obligations and recognition of revenue.
The point of recognition arises when the Group satisfies a performance obligation by transferring control of a promised good or
service to the customer, which could occur over time or at a point in time.
Sale of goods
Revenue generated from the sale of goods is recognised on delivery of the good to the customer on this basis revenue is recognised
at a point in time.
Sale of services
In relation to the design and manufacture of complete software and hardware test solutions and the provision of specialist
surveying, revenue is recognised through a review of the man-hours completed on the project at the year-end compared to the total
man-hours required to complete the projects. Provision is made for all foreseeable losses if a contract is assessed as unprofitable.
Revenue represents the amount of consideration to which the Group expects to be entitled in exchange for transferring promised
goods or services to a customer, excluding amounts collected on behalf of third parties.
Revenue from goods and services provided to customers not invoiced as at the reporting date is recognised as a contract asset and
disclosed as accrued income within trade and other receivables.
Although payment terms vary from contract to contract invoices are in general raised in advance of services performed. Where
billing has exceeded the revenue recognised in a period a contract liability is recognised and this is disclosed as payments received
on account in trade and other payables.
Property, plant and equipment
Property, plant and equipment are stated at cost less accumulated depreciation and accumulated impairment losses. Depreciation is
charged so as to write off the cost of assets over their estimated useful lives, using the straight-line method. The estimated useful
lives, residual values and depreciation method are reviewed at each year end, with the effect of any changes in estimate accounted
for on a prospective basis. Assets held under leases are depreciated over their expected useful lives on the same basis as owned
assets or, where shorter, the term of the relevant lease. Gains and losses on disposals are determined by comparing the proceeds
with the carrying amount and are recognised within the Statement of Comprehensive Income.
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For the year ended 30 June 2020
1. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (continued)
The principal annual rates used to depreciate property, plant and equipment are:
Equipment, fixtures and fittings
Motor vehicles
25%
25%
Inventories and work in progress
Inventories are stated at the lower of cost and net realisable value. Costs, including an appropriate portion of fixed and variable
overhead expenses, are assigned to inventories by the method most appropriate to the particular class of inventory, with the majority
being valued on a first-in-first-out basis. Net realisable value represents the estimated selling price for inventories less all estimated
costs of completion and costs necessary to make the sale.
Work in progress is valued at cost, which includes expenses incurred on behalf of clients and an appropriate proportion of directly
attributable costs on incomplete assignments. Provision is made for irrecoverable costs where appropriate.
Financial assets
The Group’s financial assets consist of cash and cash equivalents and trade and other receivables. The Group’s accounting policy
for each category of financial asset is as follows:
Financial assets held at amortised cost
Trade receivables and other receivables are classified as financial assets held at amortised cost. They are initially recognised at fair
value plus transaction costs that are directly attributable to their acquisition or issue and are subsequently carried at amortised cost
using the effective interest rate method, less provision for impairment.
Impairment provisions are recognised when there is objective evidence (such as significant financial difficulties on the part of the
counterparty or default or significant delay in payment) that the Group will be unable to collect all of the amounts due under the
terms receivable, the amount of such a provision being the difference between the net carrying amount and the present value of the
future expected cash flows associated with the impaired receivable. For receivables, which are reported net, such provisions are
recorded in a separate allowance account with the loss being recognised within administrative expenses in the statement of
comprehensive income. On confirmation that the receivable will not be collectable, the gross carrying value of the asset is written off
against the associated provision.
The Group’s financial assets held at amortised cost comprise other receivables and cash and cash equivalents in the statement of
financial position.
Derecognition of financial assets
The Group derecognises a financial asset only when the contractual rights to the cash flows from the asset expire; or it transfers the
financial asset and substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership of the asset to another entity.
Equity instruments
An equity instrument is any contract that evidences a residual interest in the assets of an entity after deducting all of its liabilities.
Equity instruments issued by the Group are recorded at the proceeds received, net of direct issue costs.
Financial liabilities
Financial liabilities, including borrowings, are initially measured at fair value, net of transaction costs. Financial liabilities are
subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method, with interest expense recognised on an effective yield
basis.
The effective interest method is a method of calculating the amortised cost of a financial liability and of allocating interest expense
over the relevant period. The effective interest rate is the rate that exactly discounts estimated future cash payments through the
expected life of the financial liability, or, where appropriate, a shorter period.
Derecognition of financial liabilities
The Group derecognises financial liabilities when, and only when, the Group’s obligations are discharged, cancelled or they expire.
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Notes to the Financial Statements
For the year ended 30 June 2020
1. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (continued)
Leased assets
During the year, the Group has changed its accounting policy for leases where the group is the lessee. The new policy is set out
below and the impact of the change is described in note 20.
Until the 30 June 2019, leases of property, plant and equipment where the Group, as lessee, had substantially all the risks and
rewards of ownership were classified as finance leases. Finance leases were capitalised at the lease’s inception at the fair value of
the leased property or, if lower, the present value of the minimum lease payments. The corresponding rental obligations, net of
finance charges, were included in other short-term and long-term payables.
Leases in which a significant portion of the risks and rewards of ownership were not transferred to the Group as lessee were
classified as operating leases. Payments made under operating leases (net of incentives received from the lessor) were charged to
profit or loss on a straight-line basis over the period of the lease.
IFRS has introduced a single, on-balance sheet accounting model for lessees, eliminating the distinction between operating and
finance leases. IFRS 16 has impacted how the Group accounts for leases under IAS 17. On initial application at 1 July 2019 and
followed the modified retrospective method, the group has performed the following:
•
•
•
Recognised right of use assets and lease liabilities in the Consolidated Statement of Financial Position, measured at the
present value of future lease payments, discounted using the rate implicit in the lease or the lessee’s incremental borrowing
rate, if this is not stated. These are included within Property, plant and equipment and current and non-current borrowing.
Recognised depreciation of right of use assets and interest on lease liabilities in the Consolidated Statement of
Comprehensive income.
Separated the total amount of cash paid into a principal portion and interest, presented within financing activities within the
Consolidated Statement of cash flow.
The incremental borrowing rate is calculated on a lease by lease basis. The weighted average leasee’s borrowing rate applied on the
lease liability on 1 July 2019 was 3.19% - See note 20
For contracts entered into on or after 1 July 2019, the Group assesses at inception whether the contract is, or contains, a lease. A
lease exists if the contract conveys the right to control the use of an identified asset for a period of time in exchange for
consideration. The group assessment includes whether:
•
•
•
the contract involves the use of an identified asset;
the Group has the right to obtain substantially all of the economic benefit from the use of the asses throughout the contract
period, and;
the Group has the right to direct the use of the asset.
At the commencement of a lease, the Group recognises a right-of-use asset along with a corresponding lease liability.
The leases liability is initially measured at the present value of the remaining lease payments, discounted using the individual
entities incremental borrowing rate. The lease term comprises the non-cancellable period of the contract, together with periods
covered by an option to extend the lease where the Group is reasonable certain to exercise that option based on operational needs
and contractual terms. Subsequently, the lease liability is measured at amortised cost by increasing the carrying amount to reflect
interest on the lease liability, and reducing it by the lease payments made. The lease liability is remeasured when the Group changes
its assessment of whether it will exercise an extension or termination option.
Right-of-use assets are initially measured at cost, comprising the initial measurement of the lease liability adjusted for any lease
payments made at or before the commencement date, lease incentives received and initial direct costs. Subsequently, right-of-use
assets are measured at cost, less any accumulated depreciation and any accumulated impairment losses, and are adjusted for
certain remeasurement of the lease liability.
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For the year ended 30 June 2020
1. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (continued)
Depreciation is calculated on a straight-line basis over the length of the lease. The Group has elected to apply exemptions for short-
term leases and leases for which the underlying asset is of low value. For these leases, payments are charged to the income
statement on a straight-line basis over the term of the relevant lease. Right-of-use assets are presented within non-current assets
on the face of the balance sheet, and lease liabilities are shown separately on the statement of financial position in current liabilities
and non-current liabilities depending on the maturity of the lease payments.
Under IFRS16, right-of-use assets will be tested for impairment in accordance with IAS36 Impairment of Assets. This has replaced
the previous requirements to recognise a provision for onerous lease contracts.
Payments associated with short-term leases are recognised on a straight-line basis as an expense in the profit or loss. Short term
leases are leases with a lease term of 12 months or less.
Pension scheme contributions
Pension contributions are charged to the statement of comprehensive income in the period in which they fall due. All pension costs
are in relation to defined contribution schemes.
Share based payments
Equity-settled share-based payments to employees and others providing similar services are measured at the fair value of the equity
instruments at the grant date. Details regarding the determination of the fair value of equity-settled share-based transactions are set
out in note 18.
The fair value determined at the grant date of the equity-settled share-based payments is expensed on a straight-line basis over the
vesting period, based on the Group’s estimate of equity instruments that will eventually vest. At each statement of financial position
date, the Group revises its estimate of the number of equity instruments expected to vest. The impact of the revision of the original
estimates, if any, is recognised in profit or loss over the remaining vesting period, with a corresponding adjustment to reserves.
Foreign currencies
Monetary assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated into sterling at the rates of exchange ruling at
30 June. Transactions in foreign currencies are recorded at the rates ruling at the date of the transactions.
Taxation
Income tax expense represents the sum of the tax currently payable and deferred tax.
Current tax
The tax currently payable is based on taxable profit for the year. Taxable profit differs from profit as reported in the consolidated
statement of comprehensive income because it excludes items of income or expense that are taxable or deductible in other years
and it further excludes items that are never taxable or deductible. The Group’s liability for current tax is calculated using tax rates
that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the year end date.
Deferred tax
Deferred tax is recognised on differences between the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities in the financial statements and the
corresponding tax bases used in the computation of taxable profit, and is accounted for using the statement of financial position
liability method. Deferred tax liabilities are generally recognised for all taxable temporary differences, and deferred tax assets are
generally recognised for all deductible temporary differences to the extent that it is probable that taxable profits will be available
against which those deductible temporary differences can be utilised. Such assets and liabilities are not recognised if the temporary
difference arises from goodwill or from the initial recognition (other than in a business combination) of other assets and liabilities in
a transaction that affects neither the taxable profit nor the accounting profit.
Deferred tax liabilities are recognised for taxable temporary differences associated with investments in subsidiaries and associates,
and interests in joint ventures, except where the Group is able to control the reversal of the temporary difference and it is probable
that the temporary difference will not reverse in the foreseeable future. Deferred tax assets arising from deductible temporary
differences associated with such investments and interests are only recognised to the extent that it is probable that there will be
sufficient taxable profits against which to utilise the benefits of the temporary differences and they are expected to reverse in the
foreseeable future.
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Notes to the Financial Statements
For the year ended 30 June 2020
1. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (continued)
The carrying amount of deferred tax assets is reviewed at each statement of financial position date and reduced to the extent that it
is no longer probable that sufficient taxable profits will be available to allow all or part of the asset to be recovered. Deferred tax
assets and liabilities are measured at the tax rates that are expected to apply in the year in which the liability is settled or the asset
realised, based on tax rates (and tax laws) that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the year end date. The measurement
of deferred tax liabilities and assets reflects the tax consequences that would follow from the manner in which the Group expects, at
the reporting date, to recover or settle the carrying amount of its assets and liabilities.
Deferred tax assets and liabilities are offset when there is a legally enforceable right to set off current tax assets against current tax
liabilities and when they relate to income taxes levied by the same taxation authority and the Group intends to settle its current tax
assets and liabilities on a net basis.
Current and deferred tax for the year
Current and deferred tax are recognised as an expense or income in the statement of comprehensive income, except when they
relate to items credited or debited directly to equity, in which case the tax is also recognised directly in equity.
Impairment of property, plant and equipment
At each year end date, the Group reviews the carrying amounts of its property, plant and equipment to determine whether there is
any indication that those assets have suffered an impairment loss. If any such indication exists, the recoverable amount of the asset
is estimated in order to determine the extent of the impairment loss (if any). Where it is not possible to estimate the recoverable
amount of an individual asset, the Group estimates the recoverable amount of the cash-generating unit to which the asset belongs.
Where a reasonable and consistent basis of allocation can be identified, corporate assets are also allocated to individual cash-
generating units, or otherwise they are allocated to the smallest group of cash-generating units for which a reasonable and
consistent allocation basis can be identified.
Recoverable amount is the higher of fair value less costs to sell and value in use. In assessing value in use, the estimated future
cash flows are discounted to their present value using a pre-tax discount rate that reflects current market assessments of the time
value of money and the risks specific to the asset for which the estimates of future cash flows have not been adjusted.
If the recoverable amount of an asset (or cash-generating unit) is estimated to be less than its carrying amount, the carrying amount
of the asset (or cash-generating unit) is reduced to its recoverable amount. An impairment loss is recognised immediately in profit or
loss.
Where an impairment loss subsequently reverses, the carrying amount of the asset (or cash-generating unit) is increased to the
revised estimate of its recoverable amount, but so that the increased carrying amount does not exceed the carrying amount that
would have been determined had no impairment loss been recognised for the asset (or cash-generating unit) in prior years. A
reversal of an impairment loss is recognised immediately in the statement of comprehensive income.
Research and development
The Group undertakes research and development to expand its activity in technology and innovation to develop new products that
will begin directly generating revenue in the future. Expenditure on research is expensed as incurred, development expenditure is
capitalise only if the criteria for capitalisation are recognised in IAS 38. The Company claims tax credits on its research and
development activity and recognises the income in current tax.
Government Grants
During the period, the Group received benefits from Government grants. Revenue based Government grants are recognised through
the consolidated statement of comprehensive income by netting off against the costs to which they relate. Where the grant is not
directly associated with costs incurred during the period, it is recognised as ‘other income’.
Critical judgements in applying accounting policies and key sources of estimation uncertainty
The following are the critical judgements and key sources of estimation uncertainty that the directors have made in the process of
applying the entity’s accounting policies and that have the most significant effect on the amounts recognised in these financial
statements.
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Notes to the Financial Statements
For the year ended 30 June 2020
1. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (continued)
Impairment of goodwill
Determining whether goodwill is impaired requires an estimation of the value in use of the cash-generating units to which goodwill
has been allocated. A similar exercise is performed in respect of investment and long term loans in subsidiary.
The value in use calculation requires the directors to estimate the future cash flows expected to arise from the cash-generating unit
and a suitable discount rate in order to calculate present value, see note 10 for further details.
The carrying amount of goodwill at the year-end date was £1,299,000 (2019: £1,190,000). The investment in subsidiaries at the
year-end was £1,197,000 (2018: £1,197,000).
The methodology adopted in assessing impairment of Goodwill is set out in note 10 as is sensitivity analysis applied in relation to
the outcomes of the assessment.
Impairment investment in subsidiaries and inter-company receivables
As set out in note 11, an impairment assessment of the carrying value of investments in subsidiaries and inter-company receivables
is in line with the methodologies adopted in the assessment of impairment of goodwill.
2. Segmental analysis
2020 2019
£’000 £’000
Turnover by geographical market
United Kingdom 8,285 6,509
Europe 19 29
Other 21 142
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8,325 6,680
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The Group operates out of one geographical location being the UK. Accordingly the primary segmental disclosure is based on
activity. Per IFRS 8 operating segments are based on internal reports about components of the Group, which are regularly reviewed
and used by Chief Operating Decision Maker (“CODM”) for strategic decision making and resource allocation, in order to allocate
resources to the segment and to assess its performance. The Group’s reportable operating segments are as follows:
•
•
•
•
•
Adien - Utility detection and mapping services – Sale of services
Technology Division - Development, assembly and sale of GPR equipment – Sale of goods
QM Systems - Test system solutions – Sale of services
TED – Rail trackside solutions (included in the test system solutions segment) – Sale of services
Wessex Precision Instruments Limited – Slip testing equipment (included in the test system solutions segment) – Sale of
goods
The CODM monitors the operating results of each segment for the purpose of performance assessments and making decisions on
resource allocation. Performance is based on revenue generations and profit before tax, which the CODM believes are the most
relevant in evaluating the results relative to other entities in the industry.
In utility detection and mapping services two customers accounted for 22% of revenue in 2020 and one customer for 20% in 2019.
In development, assembly and sale of GPR equipment one customers accounted for 68% of revenue in 2020 and one customer for
39% in 2019. In automation and test system solutions three customers accounted for 42% of revenue and one customer for 35% in
2019.
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Notes to the Financial Statements
For the year ended 30 June 2020
2. Segmental analysis (continued)
Information regarding each of the operations of each reportable segment is included below, all non-current assets owned by the
Group are held in the UK.
Utility Development,
detection assembly
and and sale Automation and
mapping of GPR test system
services equipment solutions Total
£’000 £’000 £’000 £’000
Year ended 30 June 2020
Total segmental revenue 1,344 81 6,900 8325
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Operating profit/(loss) 75 (15) 345 405
Finance costs (33) (141) (37) (211)
Profit /(loss) before taxation 42 (156) 308 194
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Segment assets 771 1,527 2,307 4,605
Segment liabilities 664 4,379 2,304 7,347
Non-current asset additions 225 1 258 484
Depreciation and amortisation 95 1 95 191
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Utility Development,
detection assembly
and and sale Automation and
mapping of GPR test system
services equipment solutions Total
£’000 £’000 £’000 £’000
Year ended 30 June 2019
Total segmental revenue 1,314 192 5,174 6,680
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Operating profit (47) 34 70 57
Finance costs (10) (1) (34) (45)
Profit / loss before taxation (57) 33 36 12
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Segment assets 529 1,322 2,679 4,530
Segment liabilities 481 4,239 3,157 7,877
Non-current asset additions 75 - 62 137
Depreciation and amortisation 55 - 35 90
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Notes to the Financial Statements
For the year ended 30 June 2020
3. Finance costs
2020 2019
£’000 £’000
Interest receivable and other income - (155)
Interest payable 211 200
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211 45
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Interest receivable and other income comprises of:
Loan adjustment (see below) - 129
Other income - 26
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- 155
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Interest payable comprises interest on:
Leases 17 14
Right of use assets – IFRS 16 9 -
Directors’ loans 141 147
Other 44 39
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211 200
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Loan adjustment
In 2019, the vendors of Thomson Engineering Limited agreed to amend the terms of the acquisition and the liability owed to them
was reduced from £200,000 to £71,000, resulting in an adjustment of £129,000.
4. Operating profit for the year
This is arrived at after charging for the Group:
2020 2019
£’000 £’000
Research and development costs not capitalised 2,141 1,774
Depreciation 191 89
Auditor’s remuneration
- Fees payable to the Company’s auditor for the audit of the Group’s financial statements 43 43
- Fees payable to the Company’s auditor and its subsidiaries for the provision of tax services 7 7
Lease rentals:
- other including land and buildings 163 100
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The Company audit fee is £9,000 (2019: £9,000).
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Notes to the Financial Statements
For the year ended 30 June 2020
5. Staff costs
Group 2020 2019
No. No.
Average monthly number of employees, including directors:
Production and research 85 71
Selling and research 10 10
Administration 6 6
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101 87
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Group 2020 2019
£’000 £’000
Staff costs, including directors:
Wages and salaries 3,382 2,928
Social security costs 326 284
Other pension costs 68 53
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3,776 3,265
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Company 2020 2019
No. No.
Average monthly number of employees, including directors:
Selling and research 2 2
Administration 1 2
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3 4
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Company 2020 2019
£’000 £’000
Staff costs, including directors:
Wages and salaries 150 167
Social security costs 18 19
Other pension costs 8 7
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176 193
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Notes to the Financial Statements
For the year ended 30 June 2020
6. Directors’ Remuneration
Salary Benefits 2020 2019
and fees in kind Total Total
£’000 £’000 £’000 £’000
G G Watt 71 - 71 71
S P Padmanathan 26 - 26 25
R MacDonnell 2 - 2 4
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Aggregate emoluments 99 - 99 100
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Directors’ pensions 2020 2019
No. No.
The number of directors who are accruing retirement benefits under:
- defined contributions policies - -
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The directors represent key management personnel.
Directors’ share options No. of options
Granted Date from
At start during At end Exercise which
of year year of year price exercisable
S P Padmanathan 200,000 - 200,000 3.875p 15-Nov-19
The Company’s share price at 30 June 2020 was 4.50. The high and low during the period under review were 7.00 and 3.75p
respectively.
In addition to the above, in consideration of loans made to the Company, G G Watt has warrants over 3,703,703 ordinary shares at
an exercise price of 13.5p and a further 6,000,000 ordinary shares at an exercise price of 3.0p.
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Notes to the Financial Statements
For the year ended 30 June 2020
7. Taxation
2020 2019
£’000 £’000
United Kingdom Corporation Tax
Current taxation (396) (306)
Adjustments in respect of prior years - 6
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(396) (300)
Deferred taxation - -
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Tax on profits (396) (300)
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Current tax reconciliation 2020 2019
£’000 £’000
Taxable profit for the year 194 12
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Theoretical tax at UK corporation tax rate 19% (2019: 19%) 37 2
Effects of:
- R&D tax credit adjustments (414) (333)
- Income not taxable (3) (3)
- other expenditure that is not tax deductible 1 6
- adjustments in respect of prior years (17) 4
- short term timing differences 24
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Total income tax credit (396) (300)
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The Group has tax losses amounting to approximately £2,855,000 (2019: £2,650,000), available for carry forward to set off against
future trading profits. No deferred tax assets have been recognised in these financial statements due to the uncertainty regarding
future taxable profits.
Potential deferred tax assets not recognised are approximately £535,000 (2019: £450,000)
8. Profit per share
Group
Basic (pence per share) 2020 – 1.69 profit per share; 2019 – 0.91 profit per share
This has been calculated on a profit of £590,000 (2019: £312,000) and the number of shares used was 34,860,515 (2019:
34,126,707) being the weighted average number of shares in issue during the year.
Diluted (pence per share) 2020 – 0.93 profit per share; 2019 – 0.72 profit per share
The current year calculation used earnings of £510,000 (2019: £392,000) being the profit for the year, plus the interest paid on the
convertible loan note (net of 20% tax) of £80,000 (2019: £80,000) and the number of shares used was 55,095,386 (2019:
54,657,116) being the weighted average number of shares outstanding during the year of 34,860,515 (2019: 34,126,707)
adjusted for shares deemed to be issued for no consideration relating to options and warrants of 530,409 (2019: 530,409) and the
impact of the convertible instrument of 20,000,000 (2019: 20,000,000).
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For the year ended 30 June 2020
9. Property, plant and equipment
Group Equipment,
fixtures and Leasehold Motor
Freehold fittings improvements vehicles Total
£’000 £’000 £’000 £’000 £’000
Cost
At 1 July 2019 265 1,775 223 291 2,554
Adjustment for change in
accounting policy – see note 20 172 - - 26 198
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Restated opening balance 437 1,775 223 317 2,752
Additions 76 118 - 81 275
Transferred in on Acquisition
of subsidiary - 11 - - 11
Disposals - - - (10) (10)
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At 30 June 2020 513 1,904 223 388 3,028
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Depreciation
At 1 July 2019 16 1,502 223 288 2,029
Charged in year 57 100 - 34 191
Transfer in on acquisition of subsidiary - 7 - - 7
Disposals - - (10) (10)
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At 30 June 2020 73 1,609 223 312 2,217
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Net book value
At 30 June 2020 440 295 - 76 811
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At 30 June 2019 249 273 - 3 525
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The net book value of the property, plant and equipment includes £471,506 (2019: £398,744) in respect of assets held under lease
agreements. These assets have been offered as security in respect of these lease agreements. Depreciation charged in the period
on those assets amounted to £148,397 (2019: £79,901).
This is split by category as follows:
Asset Group Net book value Depreciation
2020 2019 2020 2019
£’000 £’000 £’000 £’000
Freehold 192,557 171,992 55,551 5,068
Equipment, fixtures and fittings 186,796 200,268 61,143 55,040
Motor vehicles 92,153 26,484 31,703 19,793
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Total 471,506 398,744 148,397 79,901
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9. Property, plant and equipment (continued)
Company Equipment,
fixtures and Leasehold
fittings improvements Total
£’000 £’000 £’000
Cost
At 1 July 2019 196 45 241
Additions 1 - 1
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At 30 June 2020 197 45 242
––––––––––––– ––––––––––––– –––––––––––––
––––––––––––– ––––––––––––– –––––––––––––
Depreciation
At 1 July 2019 196 45 241
Charged in year 1 - 1
––––––––––––– ––––––––––––– –––––––––––––
At 30 June 2020 197 45 242
––––––––––––– ––––––––––––– –––––––––––––
––––––––––––– ––––––––––––– –––––––––––––
Net book value
At 30 June 2020 - - -
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––––––––––––– ––––––––––––– –––––––––––––
At 30 June 2019 - - -
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10. Goodwill
Group Goodwill Total
£’000 £’000
Cost
At 1 July 2019 1,250 1,250
Additions 108 108
––––––––––––– –––––––––––––
At 30 June 2020 1,358 1,358
––––––––––––– –––––––––––––
––––––––––––– –––––––––––––
Depreciation
As at 30 June 2019 and 30 June 2020 60 60
––––––––––––– –––––––––––––
––––––––––––– –––––––––––––
Net book value
At 30 June 2020 1,298 1,298
––––––––––––– –––––––––––––
––––––––––––– –––––––––––––
At 30 June 2019 1,190 1,190
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––––––––––––– –––––––––––––
The goodwill carried in the statement of financial position of £1,298,000 arose on the acquisition of Adien Limited in 2002
(£212,000), the acquisition of QM Systems Limited in 2006 (£849,000), the acquisition of TED in 2017 (£129,000) and the
acquisition of Wessex in 2019 (£108,000).
Adien Limited represents the segment utility detection and mapping services and QM Systems Limited represents the segment test
system solutions.
QM Systems Limited, TED and Wessex are involved in projects surrounding:
•
•
•
•
The creation of innovative automated assembly systems for the manufacturing, food and pharmaceutical sectors.
The provision of inspection systems for the automotive, aerospace, rail and pharmaceutical sectors.
Slippage testing
Automated test systems.
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For the year ended 30 June 2020
10. Goodwill (continued)
The Group tests goodwill annually for impairment or more frequently if there are indicators that it might be impaired.
The recoverable amounts are determined from value in use calculations which use cash flow projections based on financial budgets
approved by the directors covering a five year period. The key assumptions are those regarding the discount rates, growth rates and
expected changes to sales and direct costs during the period. Management estimates discount rates using pre-tax rates that reflect
current market assessments of the time value of money and the risks specific to the business. This has been estimated at 10% per
annum reflecting the prevailing pre-tax cost of capital in the Company. The growth rates are based on forecasts and historic margins
achieved in both Adien Limited, QM Systems Limited and TED. For Adien these have been assessed as 19% growth for revenue in
years 1 and 5% for years 2 and 3 and 2.5% thereafter and 2.5% for overhead growth. For QM Systems these have been assessed
as 1% growth for revenue in year 1 and 10 % in year 2 and 3 and 5% for years 3 to 5 and 5% for overhead growth. For TED these
have been assessed as 27% growth for revenue in year 1 and 20 % in year 2 and 3 and 5% for years 3 to 5 and 5% for overhead
growth. No terminal growth rate was applied. The reason for the significant Year 1 revenue growth in Adien and TED is an
expectation based on current trading and the pipeline.
11. Non-current investments
Company Investments in
subsidiaries Total
£’000 £’000
Cost
1 July 2019 and 30 June 2020 1,197 1,197
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Impairment
AT 1 July 2019 and 30 June 2020 - -
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Net book value
30 June 2020 1,197 1,197
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30 June 2019 1,197 1,197
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Parent and group
interest in ordinary
shares and voting Country of
Subsidiary rights incorporation Principal activity
Adien Limited 100% England & Wales Specialist surveying
QM Systems Limited 100% England & Wales Test solutions
Thompson Engineering Design Limited 100% England & Wales Specialist in railway
equipment
Wessex Precision Instruments Limited 100% England & Wales Slip test solutions
Tech Sales Services Limited 100% England & Wales Dormant
Minehawk Limited 100% England & Wales Dormant
An impairment assessment was performed in line with the assessment of goodwill, see note 10 for further details. On the basis of
this assessment no impairment of the investment was required at 30 June 2020.
The registered office of the above-named subsidiaries is Manor Park Industrial Estate, Wyndham Street, Aldershot, Hampshire,
GU12 4NZ.
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For the year ended 30 June 2020
12. Inventories
Group Company
2020 2019 2020 2019
£’000 £’000 £’000 £’000
Raw materials 72 71 69 61
Finished goods 79 63 6 6
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151 134 75 67
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The replacement cost of the above inventories would not be significantly different from the values stated.
The cost of inventories recognised as an expense during the year amounted to £2,726,000 (2019: £2,241,000). For the Parent
Company this was (£3,533) (2019: £35,000).
13. Trade and other receivables
Group Company
2020 2019 2020 2019
£’000 £’000 £’000 £’000
Current
Trade receivables 1,010 1,038 - 3
Amounts owed by Group undertakings - - 444 322
Prepayment and accrued income 644 554 11 111
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1,654 1,592 455 436
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––––––––––––– ––––––––––––– ––––––––––––– –––––––––––––
14. Non-current liabilities: Borrowings
Group Company
2020 2019 2020 2019
£’000 £’000 £’000 £’000
Borrowings (note 16) 3,255 2,661 2,803 2,433
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15. Trade and other payables
Group Company
2020 2019 2020 2019
£’000 £’000 £’000 £’000
Current
Trade payables 528 1,071 4 7
Other taxation and social security 699 272 - 21
Payments received on account 195 1,431 - -
Accruals and other creditors 527 496 42 127
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1,949 3,270 46 155
––––––––––––– ––––––––––––– ––––––––––––– –––––––––––––
––––––––––––– ––––––––––––– ––––––––––––– –––––––––––––
Group Company
2020 2019 2020 2019
£’000 £’000 £’000 £’000
Non-current
Trade payables - - - -
Amounts owed to Group undertakings - - 1,063 1,232
Other creditors 6 3 - -
––––––––––––– ––––––––––––– ––––––––––––– –––––––––––––
6 3 1,063 1,232
––––––––––––– ––––––––––––– ––––––––––––– –––––––––––––
––––––––––––– ––––––––––––– ––––––––––––– –––––––––––––
The performance obligations of the IFRS 15 contract liabilities (payments received on account) are expected to be met within the
next financial year.
16. Borrowing Analysis
Group Company
2020 2019 2020 2019
£’000 £’000 £’000 £’000
Due within one year
Bank and other loans 275 146 - -
Directors’ loan 1,718 1,714 1,663 1,651
Right of use asset – IFRS 16 69 - - -
Obligations under lease agreements 75 83 - -
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2,137 1,943 1,663 1,651
––––––––––––– ––––––––––––– ––––––––––––– –––––––––––––
––––––––––––– ––––––––––––– ––––––––––––– –––––––––––––
Due after more than one year
Obligations under lease agreements 96 89 - -
Right of use asset – IFRS 16 180 - - -
Bank and other loans 576 139 400 -
Directors’ loan 2,403 2,433 2,403 2,433
––––––––––––– ––––––––––––– ––––––––––––– –––––––––––––
3,255 2,661 2,803 2,433
––––––––––––– ––––––––––––– ––––––––––––– –––––––––––––
––––––––––––– ––––––––––––– ––––––––––––– –––––––––––––
Repayable
Due within 1 year 2,137 1,943 1,663 1,651
Over 1 year but less than 2 years 2,470 2,472 2,349 2,433
Over 2 years but less than 5 years 785 189 400 -
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5,392 4,604 4,412 4,084
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Notes to the Financial Statements
For the year ended 30 June 2020
16. Borrowing Analysis (continued)
Directors’ loan
Included with Directors’ loans and borrowings due within one year are accrued fees and interest owing to GG Watt of £1,614,000
(2019: £1,601,000). The accrued fees and interest is repayable on demand and no interest accrues on the balance.
The director’s loan due in more than one year is a loan of £2,349,000 from G G Watt. Directors’ loans comprise of two elements. A
loan attracting interest at 2.15% over Bank of England base rate. At the year end £1,349,000 (2019: £1,433,000) was outstanding
in relation to this loan. During the year to 30 June 2020 £84,000 (2019: £100,000) was repaid. The Company has the right to defer
repayment for a period of 366 days.
On 13 August 2010 the Company issued £1 million of Convertible Unsecured Loan Stock (“CULS”) to G G Watt, the Chairman of the
Company. The CULS were issued to replace loans made by G G Watt to the Company amounting to £1 million and has been
recognised in non-current liabilities of £2,349,000.
Pursuant to amendments made on 13 November 2014 and 9 November 2018, the principal terms of the CULS are as follows:
•
•
•
The CULS may be converted at the option of Gordon Watt at a price of 3p per share at any time prior to 13 August 2022;
Interest is payable at a rate of 10 per cent per annum on the principal amount outstanding until converted, prepaid or repaid,
calculated and compounded on each anniversary of the issue of the CULS. On conversion of any CULS, any unpaid interest
shall be paid within 20 days of such conversion;
The CULS are repayable, together with accrued interest on 13 August 2022 ("the Repayment Date").
No equity element of the convertible loan stock was recognised on issue of the instrument as it was not considered to be material.
Leases
Lease agreements with Close Motor Finance are at a rate of 4.5% and 5.19% over base rate. The future minimum lease payments
under lease agreements at the year end date was £157,119 (2019: £133,822) and £14,038 (2019: £38,102). The difference
between the minimum lease payments and the present value is wholly attributable to future finance charges.
Bank and other loans
A new working capital loan of £240,000 was given by Mirrasand Partnership from a trust settled by Mr G Watt, on 12 August 2019.
The loan attracts interest at 10% per annum. The balance was settled in full post year end.
Included in bank and other loans is an invoice discounting facility of £3,505 (2019 £127,000).
Included in bank and other loans is a secured mortgage of £146,871 which incurs an interest rate of 2.44% over base rate for
10 years and at a rate of 2.64% over base thereafter. The mortgage is secured over the freehold property. As a result of COVID 19,
the capital element of the mortgage was deferred for 6 months, extending the mortgage term for 6 months.
As a result of COVID 19, Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS) became available for the business. This enabled
the group to secure a loan of £400,000, on 15 May 2020 for a term of 6 year at a rate of 3.54% with the 1st year being interest
free and without repayment.
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For the year ended 30 June 2020
16. Borrowing Analysis (continued)
The business was also able to secure a Bounce Back loan through Wessex Precision Engineering of £24,000, on 5 June 2020, with
an interest rate of 2.5% with the 1st year being interest free and without repayment.
Non-cash:
Brought Cash Non-cash: Accrued fees/ Carried
forward flows New leases interest forward
2020 £’000 £’000 £’000 £’000 £’000
Director loan 4,147 (165) - 140 4,121
Leases 172 (82) 64 17 171
Right of use asset – IFRS 16 198 (88) 130 9 249
Other 285 523 - 43 851
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Loans and borrowings 4,802 188 194 209 5,392
–––––––––––– –––––––––––– –––––––––––– –––––––––––– ––––––––––––
–––––––––––– –––––––––––– –––––––––––– –––––––––––– ––––––––––––
Brought Cash Cash: Non-cash: Carried
forward flows advance Accrued costs forward
2019 £’000 £’000 £’000 £’000 £’000
Director loan 4,195 (207) - 159 4,147
Leases 180 (69) 62 (1) 172
Other 737 (469) - 17 285
–––––––––––– –––––––––––– –––––––––––– –––––––––––– ––––––––––––
Loans and
borrowings 5,112 (745) 62 175 4,604
–––––––––––– –––––––––––– –––––––––––– –––––––––––– ––––––––––––
–––––––––––– –––––––––––– –––––––––––– –––––––––––– ––––––––––––
*Included in working capital adjustments in cashflow statement
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Notes to the Financial Statements
For the year ended 30 June 2020
17. Financial Instruments and derivatives
The Group uses financial instruments, which comprise cash and various items, such as trade receivables and trade payables that
arise from its operations. The main purpose of these financial instruments is to finance the Group’s operations.
The main risks arising from the Group’s financial instruments are credit risk, liquidity risk and interest rate risk. A number of
procedures are in place to enable these risks to be controlled. For liquidity risk these include profit/cash forecasts by business
segment, quarterly management accounts and comparison against forecast. The board reviews and agrees policies for managing
this risk on a regular basis.
Credit risk
The credit risk exposure is the carrying amount of the financial assets as shown in note 13 (with the exception of prepayments
which are not financial assets) and the exposure to the cash balances. Of the amounts owed to the Group at 30 June 2020, the
top 3 customers comprised 45.00% (2019: 56.78%) of total trade receivables.
The Group has adopted a policy of only dealing with creditworthy counterparties and the Group uses its own trading records to rate
its major customers, also the Group invoices in advance where possible. The Group’s exposure and the credit ratings of its
counterparties are continuously monitored and the aggregate value of transactions concluded is spread amongst approved
counterparties. Having regard to the credit worthiness of the Groups significant customers the directors believe that the Group does
not have any significant credit risk exposure to any single counterparty.
An analysis of trade and other receivables:
Weighted Gross carrying Impairment
average value loss allowance
2020 loss rate £’000 £’000
Performing 0.00% 1,654 -
Weighted Gross carrying Impairment
average value loss allowance
2019 loss rate £’000 £’000
Performing 0.00% 1,592 -
Interest rate risk
The Group finances its operations through a mixture of shareholders’ funds and borrowings. The Group borrows exclusively in
Sterling and principally at fixed and floating rates of interest and are disclosed at note 16.
As disclosed in note 16 the Group is exposed to changes in interest rates on its borrowings with a variable element of interest. If
interest rates were to increase by one percentage point the interest charge would be £15,000 higher. An equivalent decrease would
be incurred if interest rates were reduced by one percentage point.
Liquidity risk
As stated in note 1 the Executive Chairman, G G Watt, has pledged to provide ongoing financial support for a period of at least
twelve months from the approval date of the Group statement of financial position. It is on this basis that the directors consider that
neither the Group nor the Company is exposed to a significant liquidity risk. Notes 15 and 16 disclose the maturity of financial
liabilities.
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For the year ended 30 June 2020
17. Financial Instruments and derivatives (continued)
Contractual maturity analysis for financial liabilities, (see note 16 for maturity analysis of borrowings):
Due or due in
less than Due between Due between Due between
2020 1 month 1-3 months 3 months-1 year 1-5 years Total
Trade and
other payables 1,055 - - 6 1,061
––––––––––––– ––––––––––––– ––––––––––––– ––––––––––––– –––––––––––––
––––––––––––– ––––––––––––– ––––––––––––– ––––––––––––– –––––––––––––
Due or due in
less than Due between Due between Due between
2019 1 month 1-3 months 3 months-1 year 1-5 years Total
Trade and
other payables 1,567 - - 3 1,570
––––––––––––– ––––––––––––– ––––––––––––– ––––––––––––– –––––––––––––
––––––––––––– ––––––––––––– ––––––––––––– ––––––––––––– –––––––––––––
Financial liabilities of the Company are all due within less than one month with the exception of the intercompany balances that are
due between 1 and 5 years.
Fair value of financial instruments
Loans and receivables are measured at amortised cost. Financial liabilities are measured at amortised cost using the effective
interest method. The directors consider that the fair value of financial instruments are not materially different to their carrying
values.
Capital risk management
The Group’s objectives when managing capital are to safeguard the Group’s ability to continue as a going concern in order to be
able to move to a position of providing returns for shareholders and benefits for other stakeholders and to maintain an optimal
capital structure to reduce the cost of capital.
The Group manages trade debtors, trade creditors and borrowings and cash as capital. The entity is meeting its objective for
managing capital through continued support from GG Watt as described per Note 1.
18. Share Capital
2020 2020 2019 2019
No. £’000 No. £’000
Authorised
Ordinary shares of 1p each 40,000,000 400 40,000,000 400
––––––––––––– ––––––––––––– ––––––––––––– –––––––––––––
––––––––––––– ––––––––––––– ––––––––––––– –––––––––––––
Allotted and fully paid
Brought forward 34,360,515 344 34,020,515 340
Issued during the year 500,000 5 340,000 4
––––––––––––– ––––––––––––– ––––––––––––– –––––––––––––
Carried forward 34,860,515 349 34,360,515 344
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Notes to the Financial Statements
For the year ended 30 June 2020
18. Share Capital (continued)
Fully paid ordinary shares carry one vote per share and carry a right to dividends.
On 4 February 2020, the Company issued 500,000 ordinary 1p shares at an issue price of 3p per share as a result of the exercise
of share options.
10,903,703 (2019:11,403,703) share options were outstanding at the year end, comprising the 1m employee options and the
9,903,703 share options and warrants held by directors disclosed below.
Share based payments have been included in the financial statements where they are material. No share based payment expense
has been recognised.
No deferred tax asset has been recognised in relation to share options due to the uncertainty of future available profits.
The director and employee share options were issued as part of the Group’s strategy on key employee remuneration, they lapse if
the employee ceases to be an employee of the Group during the vesting period.
Employee options
Date Options Exercisable Number of Shares Exercise Price
Between March 2015 and March 2022 500,000 3.75p
Between July 2016 and July 2023 100.000 3.00p
Between November 2019 and November 2026 400,000 3.875p
Directors’ share options
No. of options
Date from
At start Granted At end Exercise which
of year during year of year price exercisable
S P Padmanathan 200,000 - 200,000 3.875p 15-Nov-19
The Company’s share price at 30 June 2020 was 4.50. The high and low during the period under review were 7.00p and 3.75p
respectively.
In addition to the above, in consideration of loans made to the Company, G G Watt has warrants over 3,703,703 ordinary shares at
an exercise price of 13.5p and a further 6,000,000 ordinary shares at an exercise price of 3.0p..
The weighted average contractual life of options and warrants outstanding at the year-end is 2.89 years (2019: 3.89 years).
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Notes to the Financial Statements
For the year ended 30 June 2020
19. Related Party Transactions
Directors’ loan disclosures are given in note 16. The interest payable to directors in respect of their loans during the year was:
G G Watt
–
£141,700
The directors are considered the key management personnel of the Company. Remuneration to directors is disclosed in note 6.
Included within the amounts due from and to Group undertakings were the following balances:
2020 2019
£ £
Balance due from:
Adien Limited - -
QM Systems Limited - -
TED Limited 377,323 322,603
Wessex Precision Engineering Limited 66,766 -
Balance due to:
Adien Limited 53,194 106,858
QM Systems Limited 1,009,923 1,125,390
These intergroup balances vary through the flow of working capital requirements throughout the Group as opposed to intergroup trading.
There is no ultimate controlling party of PipeHawk plc.
20. IFRS 16 - implementation
Reconciliation of operating lease commitments to lease the lease liability at 1 July 2019:
£’000
Operating leases disclosed at 30 June 2019 224
Discounted using the weighted average incremental borrowing rate (26)
–––––––––––––
Lease liability recognised at 1 July 2019 198
–––––––––––––
–––––––––––––
At 1 July 2019 the right of use asset recognised was £198,000 and a corresponding lease liability was £198,000.
At 30 June 2020 the financial impact following the introduction of IFRS 16 is as follows:
Right of use asset £’000
At 1 July 2019 198
Additions 130
Depreciation (82)
–––––––––––––
At 30 June 2020 246
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Notes to the Financial Statements
For the year ended 30 June 2020
20. IFRS 16 - implementation (continued)
Lease liabilities £’000
At 1 July 2019 198
Additions 130
Repayments (88)
Interest 9
–––––––––––––
At 30 June 2020 249
–––––––––––––
–––––––––––––
Current 69
Non-current 180
–––––––––––––
Total 249
–––––––––––––
–––––––––––––
Amounts recorded in the income statement £’000
Depreciation charges on right of use assets 82
Interest on lease liabilities 9
–––––––––––––
Total 91
–––––––––––––
–––––––––––––
The total cash outflow for leases during the year was £88,000.
21. Government Grants
In addition to the Government assistance disclosed in note 16, the following Government grants were received and has been
recognised during the period:
Group Company
2020 2019 2020 2019
£’000 £’000 £’000 £’000
Coronavirus Job Retention
Scheme grants 175 - 23 -
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Total 175 - 23 -
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Notice of Annual General Meeting
PIPEHAWK PLC
(Registered in England & Wales No. 3995041)
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the annual general meeting (the AGM) will be held at 11.30 a.m. on Thursday 3 December 2020 for the
purpose of considering and, if thought fit, passing the following resolutions:
Ordinary business
The following resolutions will be proposed as ordinary resolutions:
1. To receive the accounts for the year ended 30 June 2020
together with the reports of the directors and auditor thereon. (Resolution 1)
2. To re-appoint Gordon George Watt as Chairman, who retires but,
being eligible, offers himself for re-election. (Resolution 2)
3. To re-appoint Crowe U.K. LLP as auditor of the Company and
to authorise the Directors to set their remuneration. (Resolution 3)
To transact any other ordinary business
Serious loss of capital
To consider whether any, and if so what, steps should be taken to address the serious loss of capital within the Company, pursuant to
section 656 (1) of the Companies Act 2006.
Due to Covid-19 and the restrictions and recommendations introduced in the United Kingdom to prevent its spread, the Company has had to
make changes to the way the Annual General Meeting is to be held this year. The AGM will be held by electronic means with the minimum
necessary quorum of two shareholders in order to conduct the business of the meeting. This decision has been made in consideration of the
safety and wellbeing of both the Directors and Shareholders. Shareholders should not attempt to attend the AGM in person as no admission
will be permitted. Shareholders are strongly advised to vote on the resolutions via completion of a form of proxy (enclosed with the
Notice of AGM), and to appoint the Chairman of the meeting as their proxy to ensure all votes are counted.
The Company will ensure that the legal requirements to hold the AGM can be satisfied through the attendance of a minimum number of
Directors or employee shareholders, by electronic means.
The above arrangement is in accordance with Schedule 14 of the Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020 which introduced special
provisions to facilitate general meetings during the pandemic.
The AGM will comprise only the formal votes for each resolution set out in the Notice of AGM. The Chairman of the meeting will direct that
all resolutions will take place by way of a poll, rather than on a show of hands, to ensure an accurate reflection of the views of shareholders
and ensure that all proxy votes are recognised. The results of the poll votes on the proposed resolutions will be published on the Company's
website as soon as possible following the conclusion of the AGM.
To provide an opportunity for Shareholders to engage as would be usual at the AGM, Shareholders are encouraged to submit questions to
the Company, by Thursday 26 November 2020 via email at ir@pipehawk.com. Following the AGM, the Company will upload answers to the
pre-submitted questions to the Company's website, to the extent that it is able to do so.
The Board will continue to monitor COVID-19 developments as well as any further UK Government advice and will make further
announcements if any amendment is required to the arrangements detailed above.
Registered Office By order of the Board
Manor Park Industrial Estate
Wyndham Street
Aldershot S P Padmanathan
Hampshire Secretary
GU12 4NZ
Dated: 20 October 2020
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Notice of Annual General Meeting
PIPEHAWK PLC
Notes:
1. As permitted by Regulation 41 of the Uncertified Securities Regulations 2001, only those shareholders who are registered on the Company’s Register of Members at 18.30 on 1st December
2020 shall be entitled to vote in respect of the number of ordinary shares in their names at that time. Changes to entries on the register of members after 18.30 on 1st December 2020 shall be
disregarded in determining the rights of any person to attend/or vote at the AGM.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic the Directors have made the difficult decision to restrict access to the AGM. The access restriction applies to all shareholders, not including
Directors, which means that external shareholders are prohibited from attending the meeting in person.
2. A form of proxy for the use of members is enclosed. This instrument appointing a proxy and the power of attorney (if any) under which it is signed, or a notarially certified copy of that power, must
be deposited with the Company’s Registrars, SLC Registrars, Elder House, St Georges Business Park, Brooklands Road, Weybridge, Surrey, KT13 0TS, not less than 48 hours before the time of
the AGM. Alternatively, the proxy form can be scanned and emailed to office@slcregistrars.com
The AGM will comprise only the formal votes for each resolution set out in this notice. Shareholders are strongly encouraged to vote via completion of a Form of Proxy and to appoint the Chairman
of the meeting as proxy to ensure votes are counted.
3. Copies of all the Directors’ service contracts are available for inspection at the Company’s registered office during normal business hours on business days from the date of this notice until the
close of the AGM.
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PipeHawk plc is a dynamic business offering advanced engineering solutions to challenging technical
requirements across many industries.
We are the global market leader in ground probing radar technology with many applications including civil
engineering and land mine detection. Our technology provides a superior detection of hidden underground
objects and features, dramatically reducing risk, improving safety and saving substantial time and money
during identification and excavation.
Adien Limited is a leader in the field of utility detection and mapping. Its survey teams provide information
that is critical in the design processes of almost all construction projects that involve breaking the ground.
QM Systems is a market leader in providing solutions and services for electronic system design and
manufacture, test equipment, transfer systems and automation and assembly solutions to the automotive,
aerospace, rail and other related industries. It specialises in providing full turnkey solutions for any
automated assembly process.
Thomson Engineering Design produces an unparalleled range of machines, attachments and tools for
railway track renewal and maintenance across the globe.
Wessex Precision Instruments is a leading manufacturer and service provider of specialist equipment to
test the skid resistance characteristics of vehicle and pedestrian surfaces.
Powered by excellent people our reputation is built on exceeding our customers’ expectations in delivering
innovative, cost effective quality solutions in all aspects of our business.
Through our energetic, innovative and dynamic approach together with our significant investment in R&D
we will continue to strengthen our market leading positions.
Contents
Company information ......................................................1
Consolidated statement of comprehensive income ......17
Chairman’s statement ......................................................2
Consolidated statement of financial position ................18
Strategic report..................................................................5
Parent Company statement of financial position ..........19
Report of the directors ......................................................7
Consolidated statement of cash flow ............................20
Corporate governance ......................................................9
Parent Company statement of cash flow........................21
Directors’ biographies......................................................11
Statement of changes in equity ......................................22
Statement of directors’ responsibilities for the
annual report ..................................................................12
Independent auditor’s report to the shareholders of
PipeHawk plc ..................................................................13
Notes to the financial statements ..................................23
Notice of annual general meeting ..................................47
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