Company Registration No. 05542880 (England and Wales)
SCIROCCO ENERGY PLC
(FORMERLY KNOWN AS SOLO OIL PLC)
ANNUAL REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020
SCIROCCO ENERGY PLC
CONTENTS
Chairman's statement incorporating the strategic report
1 - 12
Page
Directors' report
13 - 16
Directors' responsibilities statement
17
Corporate governance statement
Independent auditor's report
18 - 31
32 - 37
Statement of comprehensive income
38
Statement of financial position
39 - 40
Statement of changes in equity
Statement of cash flows
41
42
Notes to the financial statements
43 - 77
SCIROCCO ENERGY PLC
CHAIRMAN'S STATEMENT INCORPORATING THE STRATEGIC REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020
On behalf of the Board of Directors, I hereby present the financial statements of Scirocco Energy plc (the
“Company”) for the year ended 31 December 2020.
2020 was a challenging year for all companies in the energy sector regardless of size. That being said, it was
another year of transition for our Company as we completed our transformation into Scirocco Energy and
continued to make headway with our core assets and new strategy. In my capacity as Non-Executive Chairman of
the Company, I am pleased to provide a review of the financial year for 2020, as well as the outlook for 2021. I
would also like to take this opportunity to thank shareholders for their patience as we implement a refreshed
strategy in a difficult environment.
Market Environment
It cannot be overstated how challenging the market backdrop was through 2020. The level of disruption and
uncertainty caused by COVID-19, together with a significant drop in both demand and pricing in the oil and gas
sector, has resulted in a period of unprecedented change. The small cap E&P environment was already facing
numerous challenges in terms of access to capital and a seismic shift in investor sentiment, and this was
undoubtedly exacerbated by the issues caused by the pandemic. The uncertain outlook and severe commodity
pricing volatility created challenges in transacting as appetite for new ventures diminished and valuation
expectations differed between vendors and acquirers.
At the same time this changing landscape and structural overhaul of the global energy mix is creating new
opportunities for those willing to transform. It has forced companies to think differently about the future of energy,
with many seeing this as an inflection point for companies in this sector to embrace change and be part of the
energy transition; something Scirocco had already identified as a key part of its future.
Strategy and Portfolio
The Board’s early decision in 2020 to augment the new strategy and to invest in the broader European Energy
Market was prescient, with a significant amount of work being put into identifying potential investment
opportunities through 2020. In doing so we have developed some important new relationships and prospective
partnerships which will be key to the future of the Company.
The year started with the decision to not progress with the ONE Dyas transaction, which although disappointing at
the time, given the subsequent events in the sector, we remain convinced that this was the right decision both
then and now. During this period, the Board also made the decision to implement cost discipline and cash
management strategies which were maintained throughout the year. This was part of a wider focus to continue
the development of the Company’s governance structures and policies so as to ensure that they are in place to
support the growth plan.
It was the second half of the year that saw progress of the portfolio and further implementation of the strategy. In
June, the Company announced it had secured an appropriate funding structure through the investment facility
(“Facility”), with Prolific Basins LLC, a US based specialist energy investor which created optionality for financing.
Although we have only drawn down a limited portion of the Facility, it has been key to ensuring that we can fund
our position in Ruvuma and at same time allow time to secure the best deal through the sale process.
Q4 was in particular a strong quarter to end the year, with significant developments in our portfolio of assets. In
October, Aminex (“AEX”) announced that it had completed the farmout of 50% of its ownership in the Ruvuma
PSC to ARA Petroleum Tanzania (“APT”). This cleared an important obstacle to progress and at the same time
provides further validation for the valuation that we consider appropriate. While our sales review of Tanzanian
assets had commenced much earlier in the year, it was only upon completion of AEX/APT transaction that we
began to progress commercial discussions, and this dialogue continues with a number of interested parties. In a
short amount of time following the change of ownership and operatorship, ARA has moved swiftly to seek
approval of a work program and budget to acquire a 400 sq km 3D survey. In parallel, APT announced the
contracting and procurement of the services for the drilling of the Chikumbi-1 well. That well is a material value
catalyst for the Ruvuma JV, and our involvement in it depends on the outcome of the ongoing discussions with
potential suitors.
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SCIROCCO ENERGY PLC
CHAIRMAN'S STATEMENT INCORPORATING THE STRATEGIC REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020
In November, Helium One Global Limited merged with the cash shell of Attis Oil & Gas to form an enlarged entity
called Helium One on AIM, of which Scirocco Energy owned 4.3% at the time of the IPO. Helium One has
identified a globally unique, large scale primary helium project in Tanzania called the Rukwa Project, which has
strategic global implications in resolving the supply-constrained helium market. The listing on AIM provides
Scirocco with a liquidity platform to monetise this legacy investment at the appropriate time. The stock has
performed well since its listing and we will continue to assess its progress in line with our own monetization
objectives.
Through the period, the Company continued to also look for acquisitions or investments that would fit the new
strategy focused on the energy transition and were able to provide updates in the period post year-end. The
screening process has been intense, despite the challenges caused by the pandemic, and we continue to
progress a number of interesting opportunities.
In February 2021, the Company was able to provide further updates of its strategy as it looks to focus on near-
term investment opportunities in the low-carbon space focused on three asset classes; renewable energy, circular
economy and energy storage and transfer. By constructing a portfolio within this space and with well defined
investment criteria, the Board believes it will offer shareholders and investors exposure to cash generative
investments with an attractive risk/reward ratio within the sustainable energy ecosystem and the ability to deliver
shareholder value through dividends and capital growth. If we have seen anything in 2020, it was a catalyst year
in terms of a move away from traditional fossil fuels, and the Board believes the Company is well positioned to
now focus on these new investment channels for a sustainable future.
As part of this development in the strategy, we also announced the appointment of Mr Muir Miller to the Board on
18 March 2021. Muir brings a wealth of skills and experience in the low carbon sector. He is already making a
significant contribution to the way we are approaching investment in the transition energy space.
Prior year adjustments
In the current year, there has been an adjustment to the figures previously reported in 2-019. The investment in
Corallian Energy Limited was incorrectly classified as an intangible asset and has subsequently been reclassified
as an unquoted equity investment. Details of this can be found in note 30.
Outlook
The Company is fully committed to the new strategy and has already identified a number of opportunities within its
new area of focus with a target to deliver an invested asset base of £150 million capable of generating cash flow
of circa £20 million per annum within five years. The announcement of the EAG deal and Greenan acquisition in
June is an important first step into the transition energy space and specifically the Anaerobic Digestion sector,
more commonly known as biogas or “AD”. It is indicative of the type of opportunity we are pursuing. It provides a
solid foundation on which to build and the Board and Management look forward to explaining more about this deal
and to updating shareholders on progress with other transactions throughout the year.
With regards to the existing portfolio, we remain very confident of the commercial attractiveness of the legacy
investments in Tanzania and believe that we are on the cusp of further positive developments this year. The new
operator is developing a work programme which will optimise the value of resources at Ruvuma. We believe this
will offer an attractive development project to a prospective buyer of the Scirocco interest. I would like to assure
shareholders that we continue to strive to secure the best possible value for our interests based on the market
dynamics and we look forward to updating shareholders in due course.
The portfolio review has also progressed with the divestment of our stake in Reef Resources which was
announced in March.
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SCIROCCO ENERGY PLC
CHAIRMAN'S STATEMENT INCORPORATING THE STRATEGIC REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020
Section 172 (1) Statement
The Company was admitted to the AIM Market of the London Stock Exchange on 12 April 2007 and has been a
public company from this date. The Company is required to provide a Section 172(1) statement under the terms
of its AIM listing. This disclosure aims to describe how the Directors have acted to promote the success of the
company for the benefit of its members as a whole, taking into account (amongst other matters) the matters set
out in section 172(1)(a) to (f) of the Companies Act which are set out below.
(a) the likely consequences of any decision in the long term
As previously discussed, the deal with ONE DYAS did not go through in the current year. The Company has not
made any other decisions which will likely affect the company in the long term in the current financial year.
(b) the interests of the company's employees
Aside from the Directors, the Company does not have any other employees.
(c) the need to foster the company's business relationships with suppliers, customers and others
Aside from a small number of service providers, the success of the Company’s investment strategy will be driven
in part by the business relationships that exist between the Directors and the management of other oil and gas
companies and as such the maintenance of such relationships is given a very high priority by the Directors.
(d)the impact of the company's operations on the community and the environment
During the current investment phase the Company has no operations. The Directors are nevertheless cognisant
of the potential impact of future investments on affected communities and the environment and such factors will
continue to be considered as part of investment appraisal and decision making.
(e) the desirability of the company maintaining a reputation for high standards of business conduct
The Company’s standing and reputation with other oil and gas companies, equity investors, providers of debt,
advisers and the relevant authorities are key in the Company achieving its investment objectives and the
Company’s ethics and behaviour, as summarised in the Company’s Business Principle and Ethics, will continue to
be central to the conduct of the Directors. The Company is advised by blue-chip experienced advisers which also
assist in maintaining high standards of conduct.
(f) the need to act fairly as between members of the company
The Directors will continue to act fairly between the members of the Company as required under the Companies
Act, the AIM Rules and QCA corporate governance principles.
Conclusion
In summary although our progress this year was significantly affected by external events, we believe that 2020
will prove to be a definitive inflection point for both the Company and the energy sector in general.
It feels like there has been a generational shift in thinking which is going to lead to significant changes and
opportunities in the transition of the energy sector. The companies that recognize this and move quickly to
transform will be the beneficiaries, and the Board feels that Scirocco is already well down this path and will benefit
from forward thinking and early mover advantage.
I can re-assure our shareholders that the transformation within the company is well underway and believe the
change of name to Scirocco Energy at the AGM in 2020 was well timed. It is both symbolic and indicative of
where we would like to take the Company, and see our repositioning in the last couple of years as essential
strategic events that will benefit the Company in the near-term and beyond.
The Board is excited and fully engaged in the transformation to the transition energy space.
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SCIROCCO ENERGY PLC
CHAIRMAN'S STATEMENT INCORPORATING THE STRATEGIC REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020
We see significant opportunities for value creation for a company with the right strategy, the right partners and
focused on the right opportunities. We remain convinced that the future lies in the low carbon sector. We have
been laying the building blocks to ensure we can be a part of this future, and believe that 2021 will be the year
when our hard work behind the scenes results in value accretive transactions for the benefit of the Company and
its shareholders.
Once again I would like to thank the Board and the Executive Team for their dedication and commitment and
thank our shareholders for their patience and understanding.
Alastair Ferguson
Non-Executive Chairman
Date: 14 June 2021
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SCIROCCO ENERGY PLC
CHAIRMAN'S STATEMENT INCORPORATING THE STRATEGIC REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020
Strategic Report
Tanzania
Scirocco continues to hold a number of licence interests in natural gas and industrial gas assets in Tanzania.
These projects were selected for their significant subsurface potential with existing reserves, significant
prospective resources and proximity to existing infrastructure location. The Company continues to believe that the
projects are well positioned to deliver investor returns through both operational events and monetisation
opportunities.
Despite challenges to operational progress in 2020, due in part to the effect of COVID-19 on operations, the
Board believes that all projects made progress from a technical evaluation and planning perspective.
A. Ruvuma PSA
ARA Petroleum Tanzania Limited ("APT")
Aminex plc ("AEX")
Scirocco Energy plc
* APT became operator in October 2020 following the completion of its farm-in to the AEX working interest
50%*
25%
25%
In 2020 Scirocco held a 25% working interest in the Ruvuma Petroleum Sharing Agreement ("Ruvuma PSA") in
the south-east of Tanzania covering an area of 3,447 square kilometres of which approximately 90% lies onshore
and the balance offshore. The Ruvuma PSA is in a region of southern Tanzania where very substantial gas
discoveries have been made offshore in recent years and where gas has also been discovered onshore and
along the coastal islands at Ntorya, Mnazi Bay, Kiliwani North and Songo-Songo.
License Extension
In April 2020, the Joint Venture formally received the extension of the Mtwara Licence in respect to the Ntorya
Location from the Ministry of Energy of Tanzania. The extension, which was applied for in late 2017, is valid for
one year. Under the terms of the extension the Joint Venture must carry out the following work programme:
Acquire 200 square kilometres (surface coverage) of 3D seismic (min. expenditure of US$7 million)
•
• Drill the Chikumbi-1 exploration well (min. expenditure of US$15 million)
• Complete the negotiation of the Gas Terms for the Ruvuma PSA with the Tanzania Petroleum Development
•
Corporation
Using the data gathered from Chikumbi-1 and the seismic acquisition, prepare and submit an application for a
Development Licence for the Ntorya Location.
2020 Operational Update
The proposed gross 2020 contingent work programme and budget for Ruvuma included approximately US$40
million of drilling and seismic work. However due to delays in receiving the approval for the completion of the APT
and Aminex farm-in and the restriction in international travel resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic the Joint
Venture was unable to make significant operational progress on the asset during the period. Had the work
programme been executed as budgeted Scirocco would have been expected to fund approximately US$10
million.
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CHAIRMAN'S STATEMENT INCORPORATING THE STRATEGIC REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020
During 2020 (and before the transfer of operatorship to APT in October 2020), the operator, Ndovu Resources
Limited (a wholly owned subsidiary of Aminex plc), completed an updated well design for the Chikumbi-1
exploration well and redesigned a significantly larger 3D seismic programme than was originally planned. The
changes to the seismic programme reflect the intent of the Joint Venture to gather all of the information required in
order to rapidly progress an early production scheme and then a full-field development delivering early cashflow
from the Ntorya gas field.
Technical Overview
During 2018 the Joint Venture conducted technical work with the support of RPS Energy Consultants Limited, on
the resource estimates, and by IO Consulting, on the development engineering and economics, leading to the
upgraded resource estimates included in Table 1. The independent studies now estimate gross 2C contingent
resources of 763 bcf, of which 191 bcf are net to Scirocco’s working interest, equivalent to approximately 31.8
mmbbls oil equivalent.
Resource summary - Ntorya Field
Licence
Mtwara
Mtwara
Development pending
Development unclarified
Resource summary excluding Ntorya Field
1C
26
324
Gross Licence Basis (bcf)
3C
2C
Gross Mean
unrestricted GIIP
81
682
763
213
950
1,870
Prospect/Lead
Chikumbi Jurassic
*
Assuming development licence is ratified
Prospective Resources (bcf)*
Gross on Licence
3U
2U
936
1,798
Mean
unrisked
1,351**
Pg %
8***
1U
399
**
***
P50
RPS assessment of PG
B. Kiliwani North Development Licence ("KNDL")
Scirocco holds a 8.3918% working interest in the Kiliwani North Development Licence. This interest was finalised
following the exit of Bounty Oil and Gas NL from the Joint Venture. TPDC has a back-in right to take up an interest
in the KNDL which would reduce Scirocco’s interest to 7.975%. To date TPDC has not taken up that right.
2020 Operational Update
As a result of reservoir pressure decline and compartmentalisation, the Kiliwani North-1 well has not produced
during the period.
The well has produced approximately 6.4 bcf of gas to date from a compartment estimated to contain
approximately 10 BCF. Estimated gas resources have been independently audited by RPS Energy, who show the
Kiliwani North structure to contain approximately 31 bcf (gross mean GIIP).
The Joint Venture has been exploring various options to reinstate production from the well. The Operator has
prepared, and is awaiting approval for, a remedial work programme intended to establish fluid levels in the well
bore, measure reservoir pressure and to unload fluid using foam treatment technology.
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CHAIRMAN'S STATEMENT INCORPORATING THE STRATEGIC REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020
Aminex (the operator) undertook preliminary remedial work to repair the downhole safety valve in late 2018. This
resulted in the flow of a small volume of gas to the gas facility before the well quickly ceased flow, likely due to
fluid build-up in the wellbore. Aminex has prepared a perforation strategy for a lower zone within the reservoir and
an alternative remedial work programme intended to establish fluid levels in the wellbore, reservoir pressure and
to unload potential fluid using foam treatment. The operator is working with the TPDC on agreed methods to
handle wellbore fluids which will potentially be unloaded during operations on the well. Agreement and planning
will be required prior to starting operations.
If successful, this operation is expected to re-establish gas production from the well. The Joint Venture has been
waiting on final approvals for a significant period of time and whilst the Joint Venture is confident that the
unloading and perforation operations can be carried out, there is no firm timeline on when the approvals will be
granted which would allow the operation to commence. The Joint Venture estimates that once approvals are in
place the work could be carried out within a 3 - 6 month time period subject to travel restrictions associated with
the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic being lifted.
A resource report by LR Senergy, completed in May 2015, attributed approximately 28 bcf gross best estimate
contingent resource to the Kiliwani North field. These estimates were revisited by RPS in 2018 following
production over an 18-month period totalling approximately 6.4 bcf. This resulted in a new Pmean GIIP of 30.8 bcf
and a remaining gross 2P reserve of 1.94 bcf. It is felt that with further intervention additional gas can be
recovered from the KN-1 well.
The Operator continues to meet regularly with the relevant Tanzanian authorities, on behalf of the Joint Venture,
to discuss and resolve the issue of outstanding receivables from previous gas sales from KNDL.
The well has not produced since the first quarter of 2018, during which the Kiliwani North-1 (“KN-1”) well
produced intermittently. The intermittent production was mainly as a result of increased water production, natural
reservoir depletion and a relatively high inlet pressure at the Songo Songo Island Gas Processing Plant
(“SSIGPP”).
The Joint Venture has identified the possibility of perforating a lower and potentially gas saturated section of the
reservoir. Operator conducted analysis indicates the possibility of providing up to 8 bcf of additional resource from
KN-1. The Joint Venture will continue to consider plans for 3D seismic acquisition over Kiliwani North to support
the identification of further drilling or side-track opportunities which may be required to drain the remainder of the
structure.
C. Helium One
Scirocco was an early investor in and largest (pre-IPO) shareholder of Helium One Limited ("Helium One")
following an original equity subscription in 2017 and participation within a convertible loan note issuance in early
2019. Immediately prior to the company’s IPO in December 2020 Scirocco held a c. 12% interest.
Operational Update
Throughout the period Helium One has been actively focused on a number of key activities to progress the
project, including –
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SCIROCCO ENERGY PLC
CHAIRMAN'S STATEMENT INCORPORATING THE STRATEGIC REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020
i) IPO
A key objective for Helium One was to complete an IPO on a recognised stock exchange to provide access to
capital for ongoing investment. This objective was achieved in early December 2020 when it completed its
admission to the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange following the amalgamation with Attis Oil and Gas.
The IPO highlights included;
•
•
Successfully raised £6 million by way of an oversubscribed placing of 211,267,597 ordinary shares with
institutional and other investors at a price of 2.84 pence per Ordinary Share·
Large-scale, high-grade primary helium project with un-risked prospective helium resource (2U/P50) of c. 138
bcf;
• Management team with an extensive track record of exploration, development and operations in Africa
•
Fully funded for exploration programme commencing in Q1/Q2 2021 consisting of infill seismic acquisition and
three well drilling programme targeting high priority Prospects over the Rukwa Project
Immediately following the IPO, Scirocco held a 4.29% interest in Helium One.
ii) Drilling and Seismic programme
Following the IPO and the securing of funding to execute the drilling programme the company has made
significant operational progress towards its initial exploration drilling programme including the commencement of
a 150km infill seismic campaign targeting shallow trap structures identified from the interpretation of historic
seismic and recent gravity gradient data. The infill seismic data will provide improved resolution on identified trap
structures and assist with optimising the exploration drilling programme.
iii) Seismic campaign
In February 2021, Helium One announced that it had commenced the 150km infill seismic campaign with the
objective of providing improved resolution over identified drill targets.
Close spaced seismic data acquisition will be focussed in areas of known prospectivity to assist in providing
greater clarity on the subsurface structures which Helium One believe have the highest chances of successfully
discovering Helium. The seismic campaign is fully permitted and benefits from strong community and
governmental support.
iv) Drilling campaign
The company has made significant progress in the operational readiness for the drilling campaign scheduled to
commence in Q2 2021, including:
• Completion of Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) and Compensation Survey, including
•
•
•
consultation with communities in nine villages closest to the drill locations.
Submission of key Environmental Impact Assessment for the Company's proposed drilling programme at the
Rukwa Project to the National Environment Management Council (NEMC) of the Tanzanian Government.
The study, which covers a project area of 310km2 in three prospecting licences (PL10712/2015,
PL10713/2015 and PL10727/2015), is a key document in securing environmental permits for exploration
drilling.
Appointment of Mitchell Drilling Limited, a global leader in drilling technologies with over 50 years' experience
and 115 rigs globally, as drilling contractor for the Company's three well exploration programme.
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FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020
Investment Summary
Helium One owns exploration licences in a number of highly prospective helium properties in Tanzania. Scirocco's
investment in Helium One has proved to be a success and a good strategy for the Company as the share price
has increased from 7.25 pence per share at 31 December 2020 to 21.40 pence per share at the date of
authorisation of the financial statements.
Originally identified by means of helium macro-seeps the prospects under investigation by Helium One have been
mapped using soil geochemistry anomalies, airborne geophysical tools and on legacy 2D seismic data acquired
previously during the 1980s. The identified macro-seepage indicates high concentrations of helium (up to 10% by
volume) in association with nitrogen that may be trapped in the subsurface.
Resources associated with the project have been independently assessed by SRK Consulting (2019) and the
most mature of the projects, in the Rukwa Basin of the East African Rift Valley, have been verified as potentially
holding gross unrisked best estimate prospective recoverable volume of 138 bcf of helium in place.
Global helium demand is approximately 6 bcf per annum. Supply is delivered by extracting helium from
hydrocarbon production projects in a number of countries including the USA, Qatar, Algeria and Russia. Future
supplies are also associated with hydrocarbon development projects where the development is driven by the
demand for natural gas.
Demand for helium has been growing at a rate of between 1.5 to 3 per cent per annum over the last decade and
is a vital component of many modern technologies. As a result of its unique properties as a super fluid, it plays a
vital role in devices which use super conducting magnets; as in MRI machines. As an inert gas helium also plays
a vital role in the production of many critical electronic components such as disk drives and fibre optics, and is
additionally used for industrial testing, purging and leak detection. Helium, as a lifting gas in hybrid air vehicles
(and other forms of airship), has also begun to have increased significance.
However, the US government has been selling its strategic reserve and will close the facility for international sales
no later than September 2021, after which there is projected to be a significant shortage of helium available on
world markets.
Helium One holds one of the only known high-volume, standalone helium resource projects which is not reliant on
associated hydrocarbon development. If successful it could provide much needed stability to global helium supply
and if commercial volumes are discovered, could be developed as a major swing producer to global markets.
The Helium One Tanzania projects have excellent supply economics and, once liquefied close to production well
sites, the helium could be transported to world markets via the deep-water port at Dar es Salaam. Given the
competitive demand for crude helium on world markets Helium One could sell helium at the wellhead through an
off-take agreement with a large industrial gas company who would liquefy and transport the helium to market.
During the 2018 auction of crude helium by the Bureau of Land Management (“BLM”) in the USA the average
price set for crude helium was US$280 per thousand cubic feet with spot prices reported at levels significantly
higher than that level.
Investment Case
Scirocco believes that its participation in Helium One continues to provide exposure to attractive upside valuation
in the event of a successful test of in place resources through appraisal drilling. Key positives supporting this:
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•
In situ Helium seeps at surface with Helium concentrations measured in the range of 8-10.2% which, if proven
through appraisal drilling, would represent a world class source of Helium;
A number of mapped structures potentially capable of holding c. 138 bcf Helium in aggregate as indicated by
an independent report prepared by SRK Consulting;
An experienced management team, recently augmented, with a proven track record of developing value in the
natural resources sector;
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FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020
• Robust supply/demand dynamics in the global helium market which support highly attractive valuation of any
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resource, if proven; and
Engaged community of offtake parties in the specialty industrial gas market willing to fund the installation and
operation of the necessary liquefaction and purification facilities.
Other investments - non-core
A. Ausable Reef gas assets located in Ontario, Canada (28.56% interest)
On 22 March 2019, Scirocco announced that as part of the portfolio rationalisation, the Company had signed
Heads of Terms ("HoT") with Levant Exploration and Production Corp. ("Levant") for the divestment of Scirocco's
28.56% in the Ausable Reef gas assets (the “Assets”) to Levant.
In July 2020, the Company announced that it had entered into a conditional asset purchase agreement
("Agreement") with Reef Resources Limited (“Reef”) and Levant for the sale of its 28.56% interest in the Assets to
Levant.
Unfortunately, Levant was unable to satisfy certain of the conditions to completion contained in the Agreement
and consequently Reef and Scirocco elected to terminate the Agreement in March 2021.
Following the termination of the Agreement, Scirocco entered into a quit claim agreement with Reef pursuant to
which Scirocco has transferred, for nominal consideration, its 28.56% interest in the Assets to Reef and Reef has
assumed the associated liabilities, historic and future, in each case with effect from 1 December 2020.
The Company fully impaired the value of its holding in the Assets to zero in 2017 and incurred only nominal costs
related to its holding in the Assets in 2020.
Mr Tom Reynolds
Director
Date: 14 June 2021
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SCIROCCO ENERGY PLC
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FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020
Glossary and Notes
seismic data collected using the two-dimensional common depth point method
three-dimensional
London Stock Exchange Alternative Investment Market
American Petroleum Institute
2D seismic
3D
AIM
API
barrel or bbl 45 US gallons
bbls
bcf
best estimate
or P50
billion
bopd
CNG
contingent
resources
barrels of oil
billion cubic feet
the most likely estimate of a parameter based on all available data, also often termed the P50 (or
the value of a probability distribution of outcomes ta the 50% confidence level)
10 to the power of 9
barrels of oil per day
condensed natural gas
those quantities of petroleum estimated, at a given date, to be potentially recoverable from known
accumulations, but the associated projects are not yet considered mature enough for commercial
development due to one or more contingencies
Competent Persons Report
a petroleum accumulation for which one or several exploratory wells have been established
through testing, sampling and/or logging the existence of a significant quantity of potentially
moveable hydrocarbons
tools used within the wellbore to measure the rock and fluid properties of the surrounding
formations
gas initally in place
gas sales agreement
Horse Hill-1 well
Horse Hill Developments Limited
Kiliwani North-1 well
Kiliwani North Development Licence
thousand (ten to the power 3)
million (ten to the power 6)
milion barrels of oil
million standard cubic feet of gas
millon standard cubic feet of gas per day
UK Oil and Gas Authority (formally the Department of Energy and Climate Change
stock tank oil initally in place, those quantities of oil that are estimated to be known reservoirs prior
to production commencing
reservoir in portion of a reservoir formation that contains economically producible hydrocarbons.
The overall interval in which pay sections occur is the gross pay; the portion of the gross pay that
meets specific criteria such as minimum porosity, perme
Petroleum Exploration and Development Licence
CPR
discovery
electric logs
GIIP
GSA
HH-1
HHDL
KN-1
KNDL
m
mm
mmbbls
mmscf
mmscfd
OGA
oil in place or
STOIIP
pay
PEDL
permeability the capability of a porous rock or sediment to permit the flow of fluids through the pore space
petrophysics the study of the physical and chemical properties of rock formations and their interactions with
play
porosity
prospective
resources
proven
reserves
probable
reserves
fluids
a set of known or postulated oil or gas accumulations sharing similarr geologic properties
the percentage of void space in a rock formation
those quantities of petroleum which are estimated, at a given date, to be potentially recovered from
undiscovered accumulations
those quantities of petroleum, which, by analysis of geoscience and engineering data, can be
estimated with reasonable certainty to be commercially recoverable (1P), from a given data
forward, from known reservoirs and under defined economic conditions,
those additional reserves which analysis of geoscience and engineering data indicate are less likely
to be recovered than Proven Reserves but more certain to be recovered than Possible Reserves. It
is equally likely that actual remaining quantities recover
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SCIROCCO ENERGY PLC
CHAIRMAN'S STATEMENT INCORPORATING THE STRATEGIC REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020
possible
reserves
PSA
PRMS
reserves
reservoir
SPE
tcf
trillion
unconvention
al reservoir
those additional reserves which analysis of geoscience and engineering data suggest are less
likely to be recoverable than Probable Reserves. The total quantities ultimately recovered from the
projkect have a low probability to exceed the sum of Proved reserves
petroleum sharing agreement
Petroleum Resources Management system
those quantities of petroleum anticipated to be commercially recovered by application of
development projects to known accumulations from a given date forward under defined conditions
a subsurface rock formation containing an individual natural accumulation of moveable petroleum
Society of Petroleum Engineers
trillion cubic feet
10 to the power of 12
widely accepted to mean those hydrocarbon reservoirs that are tight; that is have low permeability
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SCIROCCO ENERGY PLC
DIRECTORS' REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020
The Directors are pleased to present this year’s annual report together with the financial statements for the year
ended 31 December 2021.
The name of the Company was changed from Solo Oil Plc to Scirocco Energy Plc on 25 September 2020.
A statement on Corporate Governance is set out on pages 18 to 31.
Principal Activities
The principal activity, subject to Shareholder approval being granted for the proposed investing policy change, is
to acquire a diverse portfolio of direct and indirect interests in attractive cash generative and development assets
within the European sustainable energy market. The Board is seeking to invest in assets which meet the
following criteria:
cash generative, with the potential to re-invest operational cash flow in further growth;
situated within the broad energy space, a market which the Board knows well;
primary targets within one of three asset classifications:
- Energy. Assets which are involved in the direct production of low carbon energy
- Circular. Assets which recover valuable components from waste streams
- Vector. Assets involved with the transmission, storage and delivery of low carbon energy
assets which can attract the necessary investment capital, taking appropriate account of growing
investor sentiment towards ESG and SRI indicators; and
assets which deliver stable returns, with lower exposure to global commodity prices.
The Company may invest by way of outright acquisition, including the intellectual property, of a relevant
business, partnerships or joint venture arrangements, or by the acquisition of assets. Such investments, for the
most part, will be focused on the Company acquiring part of a company or project (which in the case of an
investment in a company may be private or listed on a stock exchange, and which may be pre-revenue), and
such investments may constitute a minority stake in the company or project in question. The Company’s
investments may take the form of equity, joint venture debt, convertible instruments, licence rights, or other
financial instruments as the Directors deem appropriate.
Scirocco intends to be a long-term investor and the Directors will place no minimum or maximum limit on the
length of time that any investment may be held.
There is no limit on the number of projects into which the Company may invest, nor the proportion of the
Company’s gross assets that any investment may represent at any time.
Business Review and Future Developments
A detailed review of the Company’s business is set out in the Chairman’s statement incorporating the strategic
report (pages 1-12).
Details of expected future developments for the Company are set out in the Chairman’s statement incorporating
the strategic report (pages 1-12).
Results and Dividends
Loss on ordinary activities after taxation amounted to £4.118 million (2019: £2.561 million). The Directors do not
recommend payment of a dividend (2019: nil).
Key Performance Indicators
Given the nature of the business and that the Company had adopted a new investing policy and is in the early
stages of developing new operations, the directors are of the opinion that analysis using KPIs is not appropriate
for an understanding of the development, performance or position of our businesses at this time. The Board will
review this position during 2022 and will look to introduce a KPI indicators when the Company is in the position
to do so.
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SCIROCCO ENERGY PLC
DIRECTORS' REPORT (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020
Directors
The directors who held office during the year and up to the date of signature of the financial statements were as
follows:
Date of appointment
Executive Directors
Jonathan Fitzpatrick
Alastair Ferguson
Thomas Reynolds
Non-Executive Directors
Donald Nicolson
Muir Miller
18 February 2021
Directors' Remuneration
The Company remunerates the Directors at a level commensurate with the size of the Company and the
experience of its Directors. The Remuneration Committee has reviewed the Directors’ remuneration and
believes it upholds the objectives of the Company with regard to these issues. Details of the Director
emoluments and payments made for professional services rendered are set out in Note 7 to the financial
statements.
Directors' Interests
The Directors’ interests in the share capital of the Company at 31 December 2020 were:
At 31 December 2020
At 31 December 2019
Shares
26,203,189*
24,325,395
Director
Jonathan Fitzpatrick
Alastair Ferguson
Tom Reynolds
Donald Nicolson
Muir Miller ***
* includes indirect interest of 916,624 shares held by Carolyn Fitzpatrick
** includes indirect interest of 286,738 shares held by Paula Reynolds
*** Mr Muir Miller joined the Board on 18 February 2021
Options
18,461,483
16,323,575
18,843,342
10,419,772
-
2,464,108**
-
-
Shares
28,708,641*
16,825,397
2,464,108**
-
-
Options
2,500,000
-
-
-
-
No Director had, during the year or at the end of the year, other than disclosed above, a material interest in any
contract in relation to the Group’s activities except in respect of service agreements. Gneiss Energy, which is
wholly owned by Mr Fitzpatrick and his wife, maintains a service contract for the provision of operational and
technical management services, guidance and support on public relations and market engagement strategy,
flexible work space and meeting rooms, telephones, company secretary support and corporate finance advisory
services with the Company, the details of which are disclosed in Note 24 to the financial statements.
Subject to the conditions set out in the Companies Act 2006, the Company has arranged appropriate Directors’
and Officers’ insurance to indemnify the Directors against liability in respect of proceedings brought by third
parties. Such provisions remain in force at the date of this report.
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SCIROCCO ENERGY PLC
DIRECTORS' REPORT (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020
Substantial Shareholdings
At 8 June 2021 the following had notified the Company of disclosable interests in 3% or more of the nominal
value of the Company’s shares:
Shareholder
Interactive Investor Services Nominees Limited
Forest Nominees Limited
Interactive Investor Services Nominees Limited
Hargreaves Lansdown (Nominees) Limited
Barclays Direct Investing Nominees Limited
HSDL Nominees Limited
Hargreaves Lansdown (Nominees) Limited
Hargreaves Lansdown (Nominees) Limited
Securities Services Nominees Limited
The Bank of New York (Nominees) Limited
Pershing Nominees Limited
HSBC Client Holdings Nominee (UK) Limited
Number of shares
83,339,933
68,534,128
48,053,575
45,758,207
42,905,615
37,327,678
34,626,161
33,728,233
24,598,242
24,525,123
24,325,395
24,111,619
% of Issued Capital
10.98%
9.03%
6.33%
6.03%
5.65%
4.92%
4.56%
4.45%
3.24%
3.23%
3.21%
3.18%
Environmental Responsibility
The Company is aware of the potential impact that its investee companies may have on the environment. The
Company ensures that it, and its investee companies at a minimum comply with the local regulatory
requirements and the revised Equator Principles with regard to the environment.
Supplier Payment Policy
The Company’s policy is to agree terms and conditions with suppliers in advance; payment is then made in
accordance with the agreement provided the supplier has met the terms and conditions. Suppliers are typically
paid within 30 days of issue of invoice.
Employment Policies
The Company will be committed to promoting policies which ensure that high calibre employees are attracted,
retained and motivated, to ensure the ongoing success for the business. Employees and those who seek to
work within the Company are treated equally regardless of sex, marital status, creed, colour, race or ethnic
origin.
Political Contributions and Charitable Donations
During the period the Company did not make any political contributions or charitable donations.
Financial Instruments
See Note 23 to the financial statements.
Related Party Transactions
See Note 24 to the financial statements.
Post Reporting Date Events
At the date these financial statements were approved, being 14 June 2021, the Directors were not aware of any
significant post balance sheet events other than those set out in the notes to the financial statements.
Annual General Meeting ("AGM")
This report and financial statements will be presented to shareholders for their approval at the AGM. The Notice
of the AGM will be distributed to shareholders together with the Annual Report.
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SCIROCCO ENERGY PLC
DIRECTORS' REPORT (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020
Health and Safety
The Company’s aim will always be to achieve and maintain the highest standard of workplace safety. In order to
achieve this objective the Company sets demanding standards for workplace safety and will provide
comprehensive training and support to employees.
Auditor
PKF Littlejohn LLP were reappointed as auditors of the Company and in accordance with Section 285 of the
Companies Act 2006, a resolution preposing they be reappointed will be proposed at the next Annual General
Meeting.
Going Concern
The Directors note the losses that the Company has made for the year ended 31 December 2020. The Directors
have prepared cash flow forecasts for the period ending 31 December 2022 which take account of the current
cost and operational structure of the Company. The cost structure of the Company comprises a proportion of
discretionary spend and therefore in the event that cash flows become constrained, costs can be reduced to
enable the Company to operate within its available funding. These forecasts demonstrate that the Company has
sufficient cash funds available, on the assumption that further funds can be sourced as and when needed, to
allow it to continue in business for a period of at least twelve months from the date of approval of these financial
statements.
Accordingly, the financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis. Comments on going
concern are included in the Operations report and note 1. Although the Ruvuma asset is held for sale, no
guarantee can be made that a sale occurs. The critical assumption in the going concern determination is that the
Ruvuma PSA and the costs associated with the development of the Ntoyra natural gas discovery are met by the
Company for its 25% interest. It is assumed that - if required - the Company would be able to access additional
funding. If additional funding was not available there is a risk that commitments could not be fulfilled, and assets
would be relinquished.
Statement of Disclosure to the Auditor
In the case of each person who was a Director at the time this report was approved:
So far as that Director was aware there was no relevant available information of which the Company’s
auditor was unaware; and
That Director had taken all necessary steps to make themselves aware of any relevant audit
information, and to establish that the Company’s auditors were aware of that information.
Electronic Communication
The maintenance and integrity of the Company’s website is the responsibility of the Directors: the work carried
out by the auditors does not involve consideration of these matters and, accordingly, the auditors accept no
responsibility for any changes that may have occurred to the financial statements since they were initially
presented on the website.
The Company's website is maintained in accordance with AIM Rule 26.
Legislation in the United Kingdom governing the preparation and dissemination of the financial statements may
differ from legislation in other jurisdictions.
On behalf of the board
Mr Tom Reynolds
Director
14 June 2021
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SCIROCCO ENERGY PLC
DIRECTORS' RESPONSIBILITIES STATEMENT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020
The Directors are responsible for preparing the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and
regulations. Company law requires the Directors to prepare financial statements for each financial year. Under
that law the Directors are required to prepare the Financial Statements in accordance with International
Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRSs”) as adopted by the European Union.
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 as at the end of the financial year and of the profit
or loss of the Company 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 the applicable IFRSs as adopted by the European Union have been followed subject to
any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements; and
prepare the financial statements on a 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’s transactions and disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the
Company 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 hence for taking reasonable steps for the
prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.
The Directors are responsible for the maintenance and integrity of the corporate and financial information
included on the Company’s website. Legislation in the United Kingdom governing the preparation and
dissemination of the financial statements may differ from legislation in other jurisdictions.
The Company is compliant with AIM Rule 26 regarding the Company’s website.
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SCIROCCO ENERGY PLC
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE STATEMENT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020
As Chairman of Scirocco Energy plc, it is my responsibility to ensure that the Board is performing its role
effectively and has the capacity and ability, structure and support to enable it to continue to do so.
How we govern the Company
Information on how the Company organises its Corporate Governance is set out below and can also be found on
the Company’s website www.sciroccoenergy.com and is, in the opinion of the Board, fully in accordance with the
revised requirements of AIM Rule 26.
From September 2018 onwards, all AIM quoted companies were required to set out details of the recognised
corporate governance code that the Board of Directors has decided to adopt and provide reasons for any
departures where it does not comply with the code. The Company has elected to adopt the 2018 Quoted
Companies Alliance Corporate Governance Code for Small and Mid-Sized Companies (the “QCA Code”).
The Company intends to adhere to the recommendations of the QCA Code to the extent it considers them
appropriate in light of the Company’s size, liquidity and capital resources.
The QCA code is constructed around 10 broad principles and a set of disclosures. The QCA has stated what it
considers to be appropriate arrangements for growing companies and asks companies to provide an explanation
of how they are meeting the principles through the prescribed disclosures. We have considered how we apply
each principle to the extent that the Board judges these to be appropriate in the circumstances, and below we
provide an explanation of the approach take in relation to each.
2020 and 2021 have seen, amongst others, the following governance developments:
The Chairman, CEO and COO met with major shareholders and hosted a number conference calls with
investors;
AIM Rules Compliance and Disclosure Committee established;
Developed the transition energy strategy through 2020 and issued an augmented strategy in Q1 2021;
Addition of Muir Miller to the Board in February 2021;
Establishing an ESG Committee that Muir Miller will Chair in 1H21.
Board of Directors
The Board is responsible for the overall governance of the Company. Its responsibilities include setting the
strategic direction of the Company, providing leadership to put the strategy into action and to supervise the
management of the business.
During 2020, Scirocco Energy operated with a four-member Board and the Board was further strengthened in
March 2021 when Mr Muir Miller was appointed as an Independent Non-Executive Director. Mr Miller brings with
him a wealth of experience in the low carbon sector and will be instrumental in building the company in line with
the stated transition energy strategy. As part of a managed transition and maintaining an appropriate number of
Directors Mr Jon Fitzpatrick has also stated his intention to stand down from the Board before the next AGM.
The Board currently comprises four non-executive Directors (‘NEDs’) and the CEO. Biographies of the Directors
are on pages 23-24. Due to their shareholding in the Company, two of the NEDs are not considered by the Board
to be independent. The roles and responsibilities of the Chairman, CEO, Non-Executive Directors and Company
Secretary are set out on the website and summarised below.
The Board has established the corporate governance values of the Company and has overall responsibility for
setting the Company’s strategic aims, defining the business plan and strategy and managing the financial and
operational resources of the Company. Overall supervision, acquisition, divestment and other strategic decisions
are considered and determined by the Board. The Executive team is supported by the wider team and external
service providers as required. The Directors are of the opinion that the Board comprises a suitable balance and
that the recommendations of the QCA Code have been implemented to an appropriate level. The Board, through
the Chairman in particular, maintains regular contact with its advisers and public relations consultants in order to
ensure that the Board develops an understanding of the views of major shareholders about the Company.
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SCIROCCO ENERGY PLC
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE STATEMENT (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020
Terms of Reference
The Terms of Reference of all Board Committees are available on the website.
Record of meetings
The Board meets regularly throughout the year. For the period ending 31 December 2020 the Board met 17 times
(2019: 14, 2018: 10, 2017: 4) in relation to normal operational matters and on an ad hoc basis as required to
transact additional business to support the Company’s activities.
The Board is responsible for formulating, reviewing and approving the Company’s strategy, financial activities and
operating performance. Day-to-day management is devolved to the Executive Director and management who are
charged with consulting the Board on all significant financial and operational matters. All Directors have access to
the advice of the Company’s solicitors and the Company Secretary necessary information is supplied to the
Directors on a timely basis to enable them to discharge their duties effectively and all Directors have access to
independent professional advice, at the Company’s expense, as and when required.
Internal controls
The Directors acknowledge their responsibility for the Company’s systems of internal controls and for reviewing
their effectiveness. These internal controls are designed to safeguard the assets of the Company and to ensure
the reliability of financial information for both internal use and external publication. Whilst they are aware that no
system can provide absolute assurance against material misstatement or loss, in light of increased activity and
further development of the Company, continuing reviews of internal controls will be undertaken to ensure that
they are adequate and effective.
Compliance
The Company has also reviewed the appropriate policies and procedures to ensure compliance with the UK
Bribery Act. The Company continues actively to promote good practice throughout the Company and has initiated
a rolling programme of anti-bribery and corruption training for all relevant employees and consultants.
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SCIROCCO ENERGY PLC
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE STATEMENT (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020
QCA Principles
Review of each of the QCA Principles:
Principle 1:
Establish a strategy and business
model which promote
long-term
value for shareholders
Principle 2:
Seek
shareholder
expectations
to understand and meet
and
needs
Scirocco Energy plc is an investment company whose strategy is to
acquire a diverse portfolio of direct and indirect interests in attractive
the European
cash generative and development assets within
sustainable energy market. In 2020, the Board announced its plan to
review and augment its strategy to invest in a broader European energy
market strategy targeting attractive growth opportunities predominantly
within the European gas and energy transition market whilst maximising
value for shareholders from the Company’s existing portfolio. This has
been further developed as announced on 18 February 2021 and the
Board is seeking opportunities which meet the following criteria:
•
cash generative, with the potential to re-invest operational cash flow
in further growth;
situated within the broad energy space, a market which the Board
knows well;
primary targets within one of three asset classifications:
- Energy - assets which are involved in the direct production of low
carbon energy.
- Circular - Assets which recover valuable components from waste
streams.
- Vector - Assets involved with the transmission, storage and
delivery of low carbon energy.
assets which can attract the necessary investment capital, taking
appropriate account of growing investor sentiment towards ESG and
SRI indicators; and
assets which deliver stable returns, with lower exposure to global
commodity prices.
•
•
•
•
relationships with
its private shareholders.
The Board is committed to maintaining good communication and having
constructive dialogue with all its shareholders. The Company has close
ongoing
Institutional
shareholders and analysts have the opportunity to discuss issues and
provide feedback at meetings with the Company. In addition, all
shareholders are encouraged to attend, where possible, the Company's
Annual General Meeting. Investors also have access to current
information
website,
Company
www.sciroccoenergy.com, and via Tom Reynolds (CEO) and Doug
Rycroft (COO), who are available to answer investor relations enquiries.
The Company in conjunction with its investor relations advisor has
developed a Communications Strategy to formalise how shareholder
communications are managed.
though
the
on
its
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SCIROCCO ENERGY PLC
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE STATEMENT (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020
into
Principle 3:
Take
stakeholder
responsibilities
implications for long-term success
account
and
wider
social
their
and
Principle 4:
Embed effective risk management,
considering both opportunities and
the
threats,
organization.
throughout
Principle 5:
Maintain
the Board as a well-
functioning, balanced team led by a
chair
The Board recognises that the long-term success of the Company is
reliant upon its ability and willingness to engage with the broader range
of stakeholders to positively influence the development of the Company
and the communities we interact with operationally and corporately. The
Board has put in place a range of processes and systems to ensure that
there is close oversight and contact with its key resources and
relationships.
Given that Scirocco Energy plc is a small company there is close
interaction between the Board and Executive Management to help
ensure successful two-way communication with agreement on goals,
targets and aspirations for the Company. Scirocco Energy plc through its
advisers and JV partners has developed close ongoing relationships
with a broad range of its stakeholders and provides them with the
opportunity to raise issues and provide feedback to the Company.
It is critical that Scirocco Energy plc has a robust view of its risk profile
and appetite so as to ensure both its existing and new investments are
managed within acceptable margins of risk. The processes are in place
to understand the Company’s key drivers for success and to be able to
assess the associated risks in delivering on its strategy successfully.
Given the specialised nature of investing in, and being involved in, the
operations of specialised assets in the energy sector, it is imperative that
the Board considers at all times that it has the appropriate risk
management system
to
successfully mitigate these risks.
including both people and processes
The Board encourages a dyamic and constructuve dialogue between
Executive Management, its advisers and the Board including the
willingness to challenge assumptions and the consideration of emerging
and interrelated risks for its investment portfolio.
In addition to its other roles and responsibilities, the Audit Committee is
responsible to the Board for ensuring that procedures are in place and
are being implemented effectively to identify, evaluate and manage the
significant risks faced by the Company. The risk assessment matrix
below sets out those risks, and identifies the controls that are currently
in place. This matrix is updated as changes arise in the nature of risks or
the controls that are implemented to mitigate them. The Audit Committee
reviews the risk matrix and the effectiveness of scenario testing on a
regular basis. The Board has a comprehensive review of the risks every
six months and works with Executive Management to understand and
agree on the types and format of risk information that the Board
requires. In addition the Board periodically assesses the risk oversight
processes and ensure suitability with/and alongside its current policies.
See risk management section which begins on page 27.
The Board is currently comprised of five Directors; Alastair Ferguson,
Non-Executive Chairman; Jon Fitzpatrick, Non-Executive Director;
Donald Nicolson, Independent Non-Executive Director, Muir Miller
Independent Non-Executive Director and Tom Reynolds, CEO.
Biographical details of the current Directors are set out within Principle
Six below.
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SCIROCCO ENERGY PLC
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE STATEMENT (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020
Executive and Non-Executive Directors are subject to re-election at
intervals of no more than three years. The letters of appointment of all
Directors are available for inspection at the Company's registered office
during normal business hours. The Executive Director is considered to
be a
the Non-Executive Directors are
considered to be part time but are expected to provide as much time to
the Company as is required. The Board elects a Chairman to chair
every meeting.
full-time employee whilst
The Board notes that the QCA recommends that the Chairman’s
responsibilities should be devolved from the day-to-day running of the
business in order to ensure independence. Following the resignation of
the former Managing Director in February 2019, Alastair Ferguson
temporarily assumed the role of Executive Chairman in order to maintain
a balance between executive and non-executive roles on the Board and
the Company has sufficient executive oversight. The
to ensure
appointment of Tom Reynolds as CEO in October 2019 enabled Alastair
Ferguson to step back into the role of Non-Executive Chairman.
The Board meets at least four times per calendar year. It has
established an Audit Committee, a Remuneration Committee and an
AIM Rules Compliance and Disclosures Committee, which are set out in
more detail below. At this stage, the Board does not consider it
necessary to establish a separate Nominations Committee. It shall
continue to monitor the need to match resources to its operational
performance and costs and the matter will be kept under review going
forward.
Attendance at Board and Committee Meetings
The Company reports annually on the number of Board and Committee
meetings held during the year and the attendance record of individual
Directors.
To date in the current financial year the Directors have a good record of
attendance at such meetings. In order to be efficient, the Directors meet
formally and informally both in person and by telephone. To date there
have been at least quarterly meetings of the Board, and the volume and
frequency of such meetings is expected to continue at this rate.
The Board currently consists of five Directors. The Company believes
that the current balance of skills and experience in the Board as a
whole, reflects a very broad range of commercial and professional skills
across geographies and industries and all of the Director's have
experience in public markets.
The Board recognises that it currently has a limited diversity and this will
form a part of any future recruitment consideration if the Board
concludes that replacement or additional directors are required.
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that between
Principle 6:
Ensure
the
Directors have the necessary up-to-
date
and
capabilities
experience,
them
skills
SCIROCCO ENERGY PLC
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE STATEMENT (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020
The Board shall review annually the appropriateness and opportunity for
continuing professional development whether formal or informal.
Alastair Ferguson (Non-Executive Chairman)
Mr Ferguson is a Chartered Engineer and has over 40 years’ experience
in the oil and gas industry, the last seven of which have been spent in
various Chairman and non-executive director positions. Mr Ferguson
has considerable commercial management experience and has specific
expertise in business development and managing projects in complex
political environments.
Jon Fitzpatrick (Non-Executive Director)
Mr Fitzpatrick is a qualified corporate lawyer, petroleum economist,
investment banker and energy sector adviser. He began his career in
1994 as a research associate at the Centre for Energy, Petroleum,
Mineral Law and Policy at the University of Dundee. In 2016, Jon
founded his own advisory practice, Gneiss Energy Limited, operating
exclusively within the energy and resources sectors.
Scirocco Energy plc and Gneiss Energy Limited have an ongoing
advisory relationship.
Donald Nicolson (Independent Non-Executive Director)
Mr Nicolson is a senior business leader with more than 35 years
experience in oil, gas, mining and natural stone sectors. During this
time, he has held multiple board roles, executive & non-executive, in
both publicly-listed and private companies. Between 2016 and 2019, Mr
Nicolson held the role of Chairman and interim CEO for mining and
quarrying firm Levantina Natural Stone Co., having previously held Vice
Chairman, non-Executive Director and Advisor roles. Mr Nicolson spent
more than 26 years with BP Exploration, during which he held roles
including Director of BP North Sea, Chief of Staff to BP CEO (E&P), Vice
President for BP Alaska and Vice President for BP Canada. Mr Nicolson
in strategy development, asset management, business
is skilled
planning, investment decision making, and business restructuring and
has significant fund-raising experience, including main market IPO and
debt refinancing.
Muir Miller (Independent Non-Executive Director)
Mr Miller is a Chartered Engineer and Member of the Institution of
Mechanical Engineers with over two decades of senior executive
experience, with particular focus on the renewable energy sector. Most
recently, Mr Miller was Managing Director of Peel Energy, part of the
privately owned, diverse and entrepreneurial Peel Group, a leading
infrastructure, transport and real estate investor in the UK, with collective
investments owned and under management of more than £5 billion.
Prior to joining Peel Energy, he was Business Development Manager at
Energy Power Resources, with an installed capacity of 113MW of
dedicated biomass assets, 70MW of landfill gas assets, and 100 MW of
wind assets in France, UK and Sweden. Between 2005 and 2007, Mr
Miller was CEO of Novera Macquarie Renewable Energy, a joint venture
with annual turnover of £32 million and one of the largest independent
renewable energy operators in the UK with a total installed generating
capacity of 117.5MW across 53 geographically diverse sites.
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SCIROCCO ENERGY PLC
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE STATEMENT (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020
Principle 7:
Evaluate Board performance base
on clear and relevant objectives,
seeking continuous improvement.
Principle 8:
Promote a corporate culture that is
based on ethical values and
behaviours
Tom Reynolds (CEO)
Mr Reynolds is a Chartered Engineer with over 25 years' experience in
the energy sector, including a range of technical and commercial roles
with BP plc, Total SA and British Nuclear Fuels plc. He has also held
management positions at private equity investment and advisory firms,
including 3i plc, and specialises in strategic planning, investment
management and cross-border M&A transaction execution in the oil,
gas, energy and infrastructure sectors.
Internal evaluation of the Board, the Committees and individual Directors
is to be undertaken on an annual basis in the form of peer appraisal and
discussions to determine their effectiveness and performance as well as
testing the Directors' continued independence. This will be undertaken in
conjunction with external advisers as appropriate.
The results and recommendations that come out of the appraisals for
the directors shall identify the key corporate and financial targets that
are relevant to each Director and their personal targets in terms of
career development and training. Progress against previous targets shall
also be assessed where relevant.
The Board is aware that the tone and culture set by the Board will
greatly impact all aspects of the Company as a whole and the way that
partners, contractors and advisors behave. The corporate governance
arrangements that the Board has adopted are designed to ensure that
the Company delivers long term value to its shareholders and that
shareholders have
their views and
expectations for the Company in a manner that encourages open
dialogue with the Board.
the opportunity
to express
A large part of the Company's activities is centred upon what needs to
be an open and respectful dialogue with partners, clients and other
stakeholders. Therefore, the importance of sound ethical values and
behaviours is crucial to the ability of the Company to successfully
achieve its corporate objectives. The Board places great import on this
aspect of corporate life and seeks to ensure that this flows through all
that the Company does.
The directors consider that at present the Company has an open culture
facilitating comprehensive dialogue and feedback and enabling positive
and constructive challenge. The Company has adopted a code for
Directors' and employees' dealings in securities which is appropriate for
a company whose securities are traded on AIM and is in accordance
with the requirements of the Market Abuse Regulation which came into
effect in 2016.
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SCIROCCO ENERGY PLC
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE STATEMENT (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020
Principle 9:
Maintain governance structures
and process that are fit for purpose
and support good decision making
by the Board
Ultimate authority for all aspects of the Company's activities rests with
the Board, the respective responsibilities of the Chairman and Executive
Director arising as a consequence of delegation by the Board. The
Board has adopted appropriate delegations of authority which set out
matters which are reserved to the Board. The Chairman is responsible
for the effectiveness of the Board, while management of the Company's
business and primary contact with shareholders has been delegated by
the Board to the Executive Director.
Audit Committee
The Audit Committee is comprised of Donald Nicolson (Chairman) and
Alastair Ferguson. This committee has primary responsibility
for
monitoring the quality of internal controls and ensuring that the financial
performance of the Company is properly measured and reported. It
receives reports from the Executive Management and auditors relating
to the interim and annual accounts and the accounting and internal
control systems in use throughout the Company. The Audit Committee
shall meet not less than twice in each financial year and it has
unrestricted access to the Company's auditors.
Remuneration Committee
The Remuneration Committee is comprised of Alastair Ferguson
(Chairman), Jon Fitzpatrick and Donald Nicolson. The Remuneration
Committee reviews the performance of the executive directors and
employees and makes recommendations to the Board on matters
relating
terms of employment. The
Remuneration Committee also considers and approves the granting of
share options pursuant to the share option plan and the award of shares
in lieu of bonuses.
remuneration and
their
to
AIM Rules Compliance and Disclosures Committee
The AIM Rules Compliance and Disclosure Committee is responsible for
ensuring the Company has at all times sufficient procedures, resources
and controls in place to enable compliance with the AIM Rules for
Companies and make accurate disclosures to meet its disclosure
obligations under MAR. The committee is comprised of Jon Fitzpatrick
(Chairman), Donald Nicolson, and Tom Reynolds.
Non-Executive Directors
The Board has adopted guidelines for the appointment of Non-Executive
Directors which have been in place and which have been observed
throughout the year. These provide for the orderly and constructive
succession and rotation of the Chairman and non-executive directors
insofar as both the Chairman and non-executive directors will be
appointed for an initial term of five years and may, at the Board's
discretion believing it to be in the best interests of the Company, be
appointed for subsequent terms.
In accordance with the Companies Act 2006, the Board complies with: a
duty to act within their powers; to promote the success of the Company;
to exercise independent judgement; to exercise reasonable care, skill
and diligence; to avoid conflicts of interest; not to accept benefits from
third parties and to declare any interest in a proposed transaction or
arrangement.
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SCIROCCO ENERGY PLC
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE STATEMENT (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020
External Representation
The Company has in the past invested in projects and jurisdictions
where it believes it has a competitive advantage in providing early stage
capital alongside specialist knowledge to realise potential value. In order
to ensure the Company has full visabilty and appropriate controls over
the projects it has invested in the Company has representative
participation in the various operating committees and / or Boards. The
detail of which is outlined in the table below;
Asset
Ruvuma PSC – Operating Committee
Kiliwani North Development Licence – Operating Committee
The Board is committed to maintaining good communication and having
constructive dialogue with all of its shareholders. The Company has
close ongoing relationships with its private shareholders. Institutional
shareholders and analysts have the opportunity to discuss issues and
provide feedback at meetings with the Company. In addition, all
shareholders are encouraged, where possible, to attend the Company's
Annual General Meeting. As part of the Communications Strategy the
Board has engaged investor relations advisers to guide the Company on
best practice methods of communicating through digital, print and verbal
mediums.
Principle 10:
Communicate how the company is
is performing by
governed and
maintaining
dialogue with
shareholders and other relevant
stakeholders
a
Investors also have access to current information on the Company
though its website and via the Executive Management Team comprising
of Tom Reynolds (CEO) and Doug Rycroft (COO), who are available to
answer investor relations enquiries. The Company proposes in 2020,
subject
to electronic
communications with shareholders.
the necessary
formalities,
to move
to
The Company shall include, when relevant, in its annual report, any
matters of note arising from the three Board committees.
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SCIROCCO ENERGY PLC
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE STATEMENT (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020
Risk Management
Scirocco’s activities are subject to a range of financial risks including commodity prices, liquidity, exchange rates
and loss of operational equipment or wells.
These risks are managed with the oversight of the Board of Directors and the Audit Committee through ongoing
review, considering the operational business and economic circumstance at that time. The primary risk facing the
business is that of liquidity.
Activity
Risk
Impact
Control(s)
Financial
Liquidity, market and credit
risk
Inability to continue as a going
concern
Robust capital management and
costs policies and procedures
Reduction in asset values
Inappropriate controls and
accounting policies
Incorrect reporting of assets
Recoverability of trade
debtors
Reduction in net assets
Regulatory
adherence
Breach of rules
Censure of withdrawl of listing
authorisation
Appropriate authority and investment
levels as agreed and delegated by
the Board
Adherence to Statement of
Accounting Policies as detailed in
financial statements
Audit Committee
Trade debtors relate to a government
entity with which the Joint Venture
has a valid Gas Sales Agreement,
therefore the Board remains of the
opinion that the debt is fully
recoverable
Strong compliance regime instilled at
the management, advisory and
Board levels of the Company
Company established an AIM Rules
Compliance and Disclosure
Committee in 2020
Strategic
Damage to reputation
Inability to secure new capital
or investments
Effective communication with
shareholders coupled with consistent
messaging to potential investees
Inadequate disaster
recovery procedures
Loss of key operational and
financial data
Secure off-site storage of data
Robust compliance and adherence to
the Company's ABC Policy
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SCIROCCO ENERGY PLC
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE STATEMENT (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020
Operational
Significant operational
event in JVs
Damage/loss of equipment
and injury/death
Review of operator emergency
response plans and appropriate
contingency plans
Significant geopolitical
event in one of our
operating theatres
Loss of operating ability and/or
major project delays
Stakeholders engagement plans to
ensure visibility in political operating
environment
Management Recruitment and retention
of key staff and advisors
Reduction in operating
capability
Investment
Discrete investments suffer
a change in circumstance
or other risks manifesting
during the period of
ownership
Reduction in value of
investments
Tom Reynolds
Director
Alignment of company's recruitment
and retention objectives to ensure a
motivated workforce and a safe
working environment
Balancing salary with longer term
incentive and retention plans aligning
participants directly to the
shareholder experience
Robust risk management process
during the selection and investment
process including where appropriate
third party technical, financial, legal
and commercial due diligence activity
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SCIROCCO ENERGY PLC
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE STATEMENT (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020
Audit Committee Report
Scirocco’s Audit Committee meets at least twice a year and is presently chaired by Donald Nicolson and Alastair
Ferguson is the other member of the Committee.
Mr Nicolson joined the Board on 11th November 2019 and assumed the role of Audit Committee Chairman.
During the course of 2020 and 2021 the Committee has reviewed:
The statements to be included in the Annual report concerning internal control, risk management and the
going concern statement;
The carrying values of the producing and intangible assets;
The procedures for detecting fraud;
The systems and controls for the prevention of bribery; and
The committee has overseen the relationship with the external auditor, including:
Approved their remuneration for audit and non-audit services;
Approved their terms of engagement and the scope of the audit;
Satisfied itself that there are no relationships between the auditor and the Company which could
adversely affect the auditor’s independence and objectivity;
Monitored the auditor’s processes for maintaining independence, its compliance with relevant UK law,
regulation, other professional requirements and the Ethical Standard, including the guidance on the
rotation of audit partner and staff;
Assessed the qualifications, expertise and resources, and independence of the external auditor and the
effectiveness of the external audit process;
Evaluated the risks to the quality and effectiveness of the financial reporting process in the light of the
external auditor’s communications with the committee;
Met with the external auditor without management being present, to discuss the auditor’s remit and any
issues arising from the audit; and
Discussed with the external auditor the factors that could affect audit quality and reviewed and approved
the annual audit plan, ensuring it is consistent with the scope of the audit engagement, having regard to
the seniority, expertise and experience of the audit team.
The committee reviewed the findings of the audit with the external auditor, including:
A discussion of issues which arose during the audit, including any errors identified during the audit; and
the auditor’s explanation of how the risks to audit quality were addressed;
Key accounting and audit judgements;
The auditor’s view of their interactions with senior management;
A review of any representation letters requested by the external auditor before they were signed by
management;
A review of the management letter and management’s response to the auditor’s findings and
recommendations; and
A review of the effectiveness of the audit process, including an assessment of the quality of the audit, the
handling of key judgements by the auditor, and the auditor’s response to questions from the committee.
Donald Nicolson
Audit Committee Chair
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SCIROCCO ENERGY PLC
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE STATEMENT (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020
Remuneration Committee Report
Scirocco’s Remuneration Committee reviews the scale and structure of the Executive Directors’ remuneration
and the terms of their service contracts.
The remuneration and terms and conditions of appointment of the Non-Executive Directors are set by the Board.
Mr Alastair Ferguson chairs the committee and Mr Jon Fitzpatrick and Mr Donald Nicolson are the other
members. The Remuneration Committee meets at least twice a year.
In setting the remuneration for the Executive Directors and key staff, the committee compares published
remuneration data for other AIM and Main LSE Board oil and gas companies of a similar market capitalisation
and seeks to ensure that the remuneration of the Executive Directors is broadly comparable to their peers in
other similarly sized organisations. Moving forward the committee intends to broaden the group of companies it
reviews in this regard to include low carbon and renewable companies of a similar standing.
In 2020, the Remuneration Committee supported the company in a number of changes to the remuneration policy
and compensation payments due to directors, these included;
•
•
•
c. 50% reduction in Directors' fees in February and March 2020;
100% reduction in Directors' fees since April 2020
Implementation of a share option scheme in lieu of fees for the Board and Executive
Management which will support the Board's desire to preserve the Company's cash position;
and
• Granted incentive awards to each Director and key management as part of their normal
incentivisation arrangements to align them with the future share price performance of the
Company.
Alastair Ferguson
Remuneration Committee Chair
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SCIROCCO ENERGY PLC
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE STATEMENT (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020
AIM Rules Compliance and Disclosures Committee
Scirocco’s AIM Rules Compliance and Disclosures Committee is responsible for ensuring the Company has, at all
times, sufficient procedures, resources and controls in place to enable compliance with the AIM Rules for
Companies and make accurate disclosures to meet its disclosure obligations under MAR.
The committee is comprised of Jon Fitzpatrick (Chairman), Donald Nicolson, and Tom Reynolds.
The Committee was established in 2020 and has been active as part of the process in producing the financial
statements. The Committee has established protocols to:
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
Ensure that each meeting of the full Board includes discussions of AIM matters, in particular to
brief the Board as to issues raised with the Nomad and advice given, as they arise;
Ensure that the executive Directors are communicating as necessary with the Company's
Nomad regarding ongoing compliance with the AIM Rules and in relation to proposed or
potential transactions;
Ensure that advice received from the Nomad is recorded and taken into account;
Ensure that all announcements made have been verified and approved by the Nomad whose
name must be on all material announcements to RNS;
Ensure that the Nomad is supplied with information on the Company’s financial condition on a
regular and timely basis and of any other key developments in the Company from time to time;
Ensure that the Nomad is maintaining regular contact with the Company;
Circulate to other members of the Board details of any rule changes which are notified to the
Chairman of the Committee by the Nomad; and
Ensure that the executive Directors take into account advice given by the Nomad from time to
time.
The Committee met twice in the course of 2020.
Jonathan Fitzpatrick
AIM Rules Compliance and Disclosures Committee Chair
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SCIROCCO ENERGY PLC
INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT
TO THE MEMBERS OF SCIROCCO ENERGY PLC
Opinion
We have audited the financial statements of Scirocco Energy Plc (the ‘company’) for the year ended 31
December 2020 which comprise the Statement of Comprehensive Income, the Statement of Financial Position,
the Statement of Changes in Equity, the Statement of Cash Flows and notes to the financial statements,
including significant accounting policies. The financial reporting framework that has been applied in their
preparation is applicable law and international accounting standards in conformity with the requirements of the
Companies Act 2006.
In our opinion, the financial statements:
give a true and fair view of the state of the company’s affairs as at 31 December 2020 and of its loss for
the year then ended;
have been properly prepared in accordance with international accounting standards in conformity with
the requirements of the Companies Act 2006; and
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 company 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 as applied to listed entities, 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 indicates that in order to meet spending
requirements for existing projects after 12 months from the date of the approval of these financial statements,
additional funding will be required. The amount of funding cannot be reliably estimated at the point of approval of
these financial statements and the Company will be required to raise additional funds either via an issue of
equity or through the issuance of debt. As stated in note 1, these events or conditions indicate that a material
uncertainty exists that may cast significant doubt on the company’s ability to continue as a going concern. Our
opinion is not modified in respect of this matter.
In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the director’s use of the going concern basis of
accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.
Our responsibilities and the responsibilities of the directors with respect to going concern are described in the
relevant sections of this report.
Emphasis of matter
We draw your attention to note 3 of the financial statements, which describes the company’s assessment of the
recoverability over the receivables of £219k which remains outstanding as of the audit report date. The company
have explained their assessment over the recoverability within critical accounting estimates and conclude that
there is no further impairment due. The financial statements do not include the adjustments that would result if
the company was unable to fully recover the debt.
Our opinion is not modified in this respect.
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SCIROCCO ENERGY PLC
INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT (CONTINUED)
TO THE MEMBERS OF SCIROCCO ENERGY PLC
Our application of 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 financial statements as a whole
to be £190,000 (2019: £208,000) based on approximately 1% of gross assets on the basis that the company’s
investments are the main components of the Statement of Financial Position.
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 70% of overall materiality being
£133,000 (2019: 60% of overall materiality being £124,800). This has been 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 £9,500 (2019: £10,400).
Errors below that threshold would also be reported to it if, in our opinion as auditor, disclosure was required on
qualitative grounds.
Our approach to the audit
In designing our audit, we determined materiality and assessed the risks of material misstatement in the
financial statements. In particular we looked at areas involving significant accounting estimates and judgements
by the directors in respect of the carrying values of the company’s investments and intangible assets, and
considered future events that are inherently uncertain. We also addressed the risk of management override of
internal controls, including evaluation whether there was evidence of bias by the directors that represented a risk
of material misstatement due to fraud.
Key audit matters
Key audit matters are those matters that, in our professional judgment, 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) we identified, including those which had the greatest effect on: the
overall audit strategy, the allocation of resources in the audit; and directing the efforts of the engagement team.
These matters were addressed in the context of our audit of the financial statements as a whole, and in forming
our opinion thereon, and we do not provide a separate opinion on these matters.
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SCIROCCO ENERGY PLC
INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT (CONTINUED)
TO THE MEMBERS OF SCIROCCO ENERGY PLC
Key Audit Matter
How our scope addressed this matter
Valuation of Intangible Assets (Notes 12 and 16)
The company has capitalised deferred exploration and
evaluation expenditure. Management are required to
ensure that only costs which meet the IFRS criteria of
an asset and accord with the company's accounting
policy are capitalised. Additionally, the management are
actively pursuing several markets on potentially selling
the assets. There is a risk that these are not accounted
for in accordance with IFRS 5. Specifically, there is a
risk that the assets are incorrectly classified as held for
sale.
Given that the assets were not sold during the year,
there is also a risk that the fair value of the assets have
decreased further and thus an impairment may be
required but may not have been accounted for by the
management.
Given the significance of the intangible non-current
assets on
the company's Statement of Financial
Position and the significant management judgement
involved in the determination and the assessment of the
carrying values of these assets, there is increased risk
of material misstatement or that the values will not be
recovered due to the inherent uncertainties which exist
with oil and gas exploration activities.
Valuation and impairment of Investments (Note 14)
The company held investments with a value of £1.5m
as at 31 December 2020. These are valued
in
accordance with IFRS 13 and the fair value hierarchy;
and classified as per IFRS 9.
There is the risk that these investments have not been
valued in accordance with IFRS 13 and IFRS 9 and an
impairment may be required but may not have been
accounted for by the management.
linked
Enquiring with
the management as
Reviewing disclosures made in respect of
to be
Our work in this area included but was not limited to:
•
to
whether any offers were received during the year, or
post year-end, for the assets. Comparing the value of
these offers to the current value of the assets and
consider whether an impairment is required;
•
Reviewing disclosures made in respect of
the assets and ensuring these are accurate and in
accordance with IFRS 5;
•
any
liabilities as
separately disclosed under IFRS 5; and
Reviewing management's assessment of the
•
intangible assets.
valuation and
Challenging management assumptions and estimates
and ensuring reasonableness.
It was noted that the investment in Corallian Energy
Limited was incorrectly classified as an intangible
asset in the prior year. This has subsequently been
reclassified as an unquoted equity investment. This
restatement has no overall impact on the equity as
reported at 31 December 2019.
these will need
impairment of
to
IFRS,
including
Ensuring that all asset types are categorised
the accounting
Our work in this area included;
•
Reviewing the valuation methodology for the
investment held and ensuring that the carrying values
are supported by sufficient and appropriate audit
evidence;
•
according
disclosures as required under IFRS 9;
Reviewing the movement in investments to
•
ensure it is accounted for and disclosed correctly in
line with IFRS 9;
•
assets;
•
title to the investments held;
•
disclosures
Ensuring
surrounding the estimates made in respect of any
valuations are included in the financial statements;
and
•
Consider whether the transactions have
been accounted for correctly within the financial
statements.
Our work indicated that the investments are fairly
stated in the financial statements.
Ensuring that Scirocco Energy Plc has full
Reviewing disclosures in relation to the said
appropriate
that
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SCIROCCO ENERGY PLC
INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT (CONTINUED)
TO THE MEMBERS OF SCIROCCO ENERGY PLC
Other information
The other information comprises the information included in the annual report, other than the financial
statements and our auditor’s report thereon. The directors are responsible for the other information contained
within the annual report. 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. 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 course
of 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 this gives rise to a material
misstatement in the financial statements themselves. 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 the 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 the 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 company and its 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 in relation to which the Companies Act 2006
requires us to report to you if, in our opinion:
adequate accounting records have not been kept, or returns adequate for our audit have not been
received from branches not visited by us; or
the 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 directors
As explained more fully in the directors’ responsibilities statement, 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 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 company or to cease operations,
or have no realistic alternative but to do so.
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SCIROCCO ENERGY PLC
INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT (CONTINUED)
TO THE MEMBERS OF SCIROCCO ENERGY PLC
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.
Irregularities, including fraud, are instances of non-compliance with laws and regulations. We design procedures
in line with our responsibilities, outlined above, to detect material misstatements in respect of irregularities,
including fraud. The extent to which our procedures are capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud is
detailed below:
We obtained an understanding of the company and the sector in which it operates to identify laws and
regulations that could reasonably be expected to have a direct effect on the financial statements. We
obtained our understanding in this regard through discussions with management, industry research,
application of cumulative audit knowledge and experience of the sector etc. This is evidenced by
discussion of laws and regulations with the management, reviewing regulatory news service
announcements and minutes of meetings of those charged with governance, and review of legal or
professional expenditures.
We determined the principal laws and regulations relevant to the company in this regard to be those
arising from Companies Act 2006, AIM rules, GDPR, Employment Law, Health and Safety Law, Anti-
Bribery and Money Laundering Regulations and QCA compliance.
We designed our audit procedures to ensure the audit team considered whether there were any
indications of non-compliance by the company with those laws and regulations. These procedures
included, but were not limited to:
- Discussion with management regarding potential non-compliance;
- Review of legal and professional fees to understand the nature of the costs and the existence of any
non-compliance with laws and regulations; and
- Review of minutes of meetings of those charged with governance and regulatory news service
announcements
We also identified the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements due to fraud. We
considered, in addition to the non-rebuttable presumption of a risk of fraud arising from management
override of controls, that the potential for management bias was identified in relation to the carrying
value of the investments and intangible assets.
As in all of our audits, we addressed the risk of fraud arising from management override of controls by
performing audit procedures which included, but were not limited to: the testing of journals; reviewing
accounting estimates for evidence of bias; and evaluating the business rationale of any significant
transactions that are unusual or outside the normal course of business and review of bank statements
during the year to identify any large and unusual transactions where the business rationale is not clear.
Because of the inherent limitations of an audit, there is a risk that we will not detect all irregularities, including
those leading to a material misstatement in the financial statements or non-compliance with regulation. This risk
increases the more that compliance with a law or regulation is removed from the events and transactions
reflected in the financial statements, as we will be less likely to become aware of instances of non-compliance.
The risk is also greater regarding irregularities occurring due to fraud rather than error, as fraud involves
intentional concealment, forgery, collusion, omission or misrepresentation.
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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SCIROCCO ENERGY PLC
INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT (CONTINUED)
TO THE MEMBERS OF SCIROCCO ENERGY 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.
Zahir Khaki (Senior Statutory Auditor)
for and on behalf of PKF Littlejohn LLP
Statutory Auditor
15 Westferry Circus, London, E14 4HD
Date: 14 June 2021
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SCIROCCO ENERGY PLC
STATEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020
Continuing operations
Administrative expenses
Loss before investment activities
Other gains and losses
Loss before taxation
Income tax expense
Loss for the year from continuing operations
Discontinued operations
Assets held for sale
Loss recognised on classification as held for sale
Notes
6
6
8
9
10
(Loss)/profit for the year from discontinuing operations
2020
£000
(3,323)
(3,323)
-
(3,323)
-
(3,323)
15
(810)
(795)
2019
£000
(2,558)
(2,558)
(63)
(2,621)
-
(2,621)
60
-
60
Loss and total comprehensive income for
the year
(4,118)
(2,561)
Total comprehensive Income attributable to owners of the parent
(4,118)
(2,561)
Earnings per share (pence)
Basic and diluted
11
Earnings per share from continuing operations
Basic and diluted
Earnings per share from discontinued operations
Basic and diluted
(0.57)
(0.46)
(0.11)
(0.41)
(0.42)
0.01
The accounting policies and notes on pages 43 to 77 form part of these financial statements.
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SCIROCCO ENERGY PLC
STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION
AS AT 31 DECEMBER 2020
Notes
12
13
14
17
16
18
19
16
19
20
21
20
22
Non-current assets
Intangible assets
Oil & gas properties
Investments
Current assets
Trade and other receivables
Cash and cash equivalents
Assets held for sale
Total assets
Current liabilities
Trade and other payables
Provisions
Liabilities held for sale
Net current assets
Non-current liabilities
Long term provisions
Total liabilities
Net assets
Equity
Called up share capital
Share premium account
Deferred share capital
Share based payments
Retained earnings
Total equity
31 Dec
2020
£000
-
-
1,667
1,667
421
1,168
14,803
16,392
18,059
248
-
166
414
31 Dec
2019
Restated
£000
14,967
358
3,052
18,377
1,437
1,064
-
2,501
20,878
365
184
-
549
15,978
1,952
-
414
168
717
17,645
20,161
1,448
38,399
1,831
1,470
(25,503)
1,264
37,316
1,831
1,135
(21,385)
17,645
20,161
The accounting policies and notes on pages 43 to 77 form part of these financial statements.
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SCIROCCO ENERGY PLC
STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION (CONTINUED)
AS AT 31 DECEMBER 2020
The financial statements were approved by the board of directors and authorised for issue on 14 June 2021 and
are signed on its behalf by:
Mr Tom Reynolds
Director
Date: 14 June 2021
Company Registration No. 05542880
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SCIROCCO ENERGY PLC
STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020
2020
2019
as restated
Notes
£000
£000
£000
£000
Cash flows from operating activities
Cash absorbed by continuing operations
28
Interest paid
Net cash outflow from operating
activities
Investing activities
Purchase of intangible assets
Proceeds on disposal of intangibles
Payments to acquire investments
Proceeds on disposal of investments
Increase in loans and receivables
Net cash (used in)/generated from
investing activities
Financing activities
Proceeds from issue of shares
Net cash generated from financing
activities
Net increase/(decrease) in cash and cash
equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year
Cash and cash equivalents at end of year
(877)
(3)
(880)
(2,514)
(12)
(2,526)
(293)
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-
(147)
1,668
(854)
-
(76)
(283)
591
1,267
-
1,267
104
1,064
1,168
-
(1,935)
2,999
1,064
The accounting policies and notes on pages 43 to 77 form part of these financial statements.
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SCIROCCO ENERGY PLC
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020
1
Accounting policies
Company information
Scirocco Energy plc ("Scirocco", the "Company") is a public listed company incorporated in England &
Wales. The address of its registered office 1 Park Row, Leeds, United Kingdom, LS1 5AB. The Company's
ordinary shares are traded on the AIM Market operated by the London Stock Exchange. The financial
statements of Scirocco Energy plc for the year ended 31 December 2020 were authorised for issue by the
Board on 11 June 2021 and the statement of financial position is signed on the Board's behalf by Mr
Reynolds.
Investing policy
Scirocco's investing policy is to acquire a diverse portfolio of direct and indirect interests in exploration,
development and production oil and gas assets, and any other subsurface gas assets of potential
commercial significance, located worldwide but predominantly in the Americas, Europe or Africa.
The Company may invest by way of outright acquisition or by the acquisition of assets, including the
intellectual property, of relevant business, partnerships or joint venture arrangements. Such investments
may result in the Company acquiring the whole part of a company or project (which in the case of an
investment in a company may be private or listed on a stock exchange, and which may be pre-revenue),
may constitute a minority stake in the Company or project in question and may take the form of equity, joint
venture debt, convertible instruments, license rights, or other financial instruments as the Directors deem
appropriate.
Scirocco intends to be a long-term investor and the Directors will place no minimum or maximum limit on
the length of time that any investment may be held.
There is no limit on the number of projects into which the Company may invest, nor the proportion of the
Company's gross assets that any investment may represent at any time and the Company will consider
possible opportunities anywhere in the world.
All of Scirocco's assets will be held in its own name, or through wholly owned subsidiaries.
Statement of compliance with IFRS
The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting
Standards (IFRS) and as applied in accordance with the provisions of the Companies Act 2006. The
principal accounting policies adopted by the Company are set out below.
Accounting convention
The financial statements have been prepared on the historical cost basis, except for the measurement to
fair value of assets and financial instruments as described in the accounting policies below, and on a going
concern basis.
The financial report is presented in Pound Sterling (£) and all values are rounded to the nearest thousand
pounds (£'000) unless otherwise stated. The functional currency of the company is also GBP.
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SCIROCCO ENERGY PLC
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020
1
Accounting policies
(Continued)
Going concern
The Directors noted the losses that the Company has made for the year ended 31 December 2020. The
Directors have prepared cash flow forecasts for the period ending 31 December 2022 which take account
of the current costs and operational structure of the Company.
The cost structure of the Company comprises a high proportion of discretionary spend and therefore in the
event that cash flows become constrained, costs can be quickly reduced to enable the Company to operate
within its available funding.
These forecasts, demonstrate that the Company has sufficient cash resources available, on the
assumption that further funds can be sourced as and when needed, to allow it to continue in business for a
period of at least twelve months from the date of approval of these financial statements. Accordingly, the
financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis.
In their assessment of going concern the directors have considered the current impact on the business as a
result of the COVID-19 virus and the oil price crash, including revisions where required to budgets and
projections. The COVID-19 pandemic has not had a significant, immediate impact on the Company’s
operations. Having regard to the above, the directors continue to believe it appropriate to adopt the going
concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements. The financial statements do not include
any adjustments that may result from any significant changes in the assumptions noted above in preparing
the financial statements on a going concern basis.
It is the prime responsibility of the Board to ensure the Company remains a going concern. The Company
has sufficient funding to meet their debts as they fall due. At 31 December 2020 the Company had cash
and cash equivalents of £1,168k and borrowings of £nil. The Company has minimal contractual
expenditure commitments and the Board considers the present funds sufficient to maintain the working
capital of the Company for a period of at least 12 months from the date of signing in the Annual Report and
Financial Statements taking into account the current COVID-19 and oil price environment. For these
reasons the Directors adopt the going concern basis in the preparation of the Financial Statements.
Intangible assets
Externally acquired intangible assets comprising deferred exploration and evaluation expenditure are
initially recognised at cost in compliance with IFRS 6 "Exploration for an evaluation of mineral resources."
The Company follows the successful efforts method of accounting for exploration and evaluation
expenditure. All license, acquisition and exploration and evaluation costs are capitalised in cost centres by
area of interest pending determination of the commercial viability of the relevant product.
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SCIROCCO ENERGY PLC
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020
1
Accounting policies
(Continued)
Impairment of tangible and intangible assets
At each balance sheet date the Company reviews the carrying amounts of its tangible and intangible assets
to determine whether there is any indication that those assets have suffered an impairment loss. If there is
such indication then an estimate of the asset's recoverable amount is performed and compared to the
carrying amount.
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 at their present value. Where the asset does not
generate cash flows that are independent from other assets, the Company estimated the recoverable
amount of the cash-generating unit to which the asset belongs.
If the recoverable amount of an asset is estimated to be less than its carrying amount, the carrying amount
of the assets is reduced to its recoverable amount. An impairment loss is recognised as an expense
immediately, unless the relevant asset is carried at a re-valued amount, in which case the impairment loss
is treated as a revaluation decrease,
Where an impairment loss subsequently reverses, the carrying amount of the asset 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 in
prior periods. A reversal of an impairment loss is recognised as income immediately, unless the relevant
asset is carried at a re-valued amount, in which case the reversal of the impairment loss is treated as a
revaluation increase.
Current assets held for sale
Current assets are classified as assets held for sale when their carrying amount is to be recovered
principally through a sale transaction and a sale is considered highly probable. They are stated at the
lower of carrying amount and fair value less costs to sell.
Discontinued operations
In accordance with IFRS 5 'Non-current assets held for sale and discontinued operations', the net results
relating to the assets held for sale are presented within discontinued operations in the income statement
(for which the comparatives have been restated) and the assets and liabilities of these operations are
presented separately in the balance sheet. Refer to note 10 for further details.
Fair value measurement
IFRS 13 establishes a single source of guidance for all fair value measurements. IFRS 13 does not change
when an entity is required to use fair value, but rather provides guidance on how to measure fair value
under IFRS when fair value is required or permitted. The resulting calculations under IFRS 13 affected the
principles that the Company uses to assess the fair value, but the assessment of fair value under IFRS 13
has not materially changed the fair values recognised or disclosed. IFRS 13 mainly impacts the disclosures
of the Company. It requires specific disclosures about fair value measurements and disclosures of fair
values, some of which replace existing disclosure requirements in other standards. There is one financial
instrument measured at fair value, details of which can be seen at Note 23.
Cash and cash equivalents
Cash in the statement of financial position comprise cash at banks and on hand, which are subject to an
insignificant risk of changes in value.
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SCIROCCO ENERGY PLC
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020
1
Accounting policies
(Continued)
Financial instruments
Financial assets and financial liabilities are recognised on the balance sheet when the Company has
become a party to the contractual provisions of the instrument.
Classification
The company classifies its financial assets and liabilities in the following measurement categories:
those to be measured subsequently at fair value (either through Other Comprehensive Income or
through profit or loss); and
those to be measured at amortised cost.
The classification depends on the entity’s business model for managing the financial assets and the
contractual terms of the cash flows.
Recognition and measurement
A financial instrument is recognised if the Company becomes a party to the contractual provisions of the
instrument. Financial assets are derecognised if the Company’s contractual rights to the cash flows from
the financial assets expire or if the Company transfers the financial asset to another party without retaining
control or substantially all risks and rewards of the asset. Regular way purchases and sales of financial
assets are accounted for at trade date, i.e. the date the Company commits itself to purchase or sell the
asset.
At initial recognition, the Company measures a financial asset at its fair value plus, in the case of a financial
asset not at fair value through profit or loss (“FVTPL”), transaction costs that are directly attributable to the
acquisition of the financial asset. Transaction costs of financial assets carried at FVTPL are expensed in
profit or loss.
Subsequent measurement of debt instruments depends on the Company’s business model for managing
the asset and the cash flow characteristics of the asset. Currently, the Company’s financial assets are all
held for collection of contractual cash flows, which are solely payments of principal and interest.
Accordingly, the Company's financial assets are measured subsequent to initial recognition at amortised
cost.
Impairment
On a forward-looking basis, the Company estimates the expected credit losses associated with its
receivables and other financial assets carried at amortised cost, and records a loss allowance for these
expected losses.
Trade and other receivables
Trade and other receivables outside of normal payment terms accrue interest at a rate determined by the
operator and are stated at their nominal value as reduced by appropriate allowances for estimated
irrecoverable amounts.
Financial liability and equity
Financial liabilities and equity instruments are classified according to the substance of the contractual
arrangements entered into. An equity instrument is any contract that evidences a residual interest in the
assets of the Company after deducting all of its liabilities.
Trade and other payables
Trade and other payables are non interest bearing and are stated at their nominal value.
Equity instruments
Equity instruments issued by the Company are recorded at the proceeds received, net of direct issue costs
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SCIROCCO ENERGY PLC
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020
1
Accounting policies
(Continued)
Equity reserves
Share capital is determined using the nominal value of shares that have been issued.
The share premium account represents premiums received on the initial issuing of the share capital. Any
transaction costs associated with the issuing of shares are deducted from share premium, net of any
related income tax benefits.
The share based payment reserve represents the cumulative amount which has been expensed in the
income statement in connection with share based payments, less any amounts transferred to retained
earnings on the exercise of share options.
FVOCI reserve represents the market value movement of FVOCI investments.
Retained earnings includes all current and prior period results as disclosed in the income statement.
Taxation
The tax expense represents the sum of the current tax and deferred tax.
Current tax
The current tax is based on taxable profit for the period. Taxable profit differs from net profit as reported in
the income statement because it excludes items of income or expense that are taxable or deductible in
other periods and it further excludes items that are never taxable or deductible. The liability for current tax
is calculated by using tax rates that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the balance sheet date.
Deferred tax
Deferred tax is the tax expected to be payable or recoverable on differences between the carrying amount
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 balance sheet liability method. Deferred tax
liabilities are recognised for all taxable temporary differences and deferred tax assets are recognised to the
extent that it is probable that taxable profits will be available against which 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 which affects neither the tax profit not the accounting profit.
Provisions
Provisions are recognised for liabilities of uncertain timings or amounts that have arisen as a result of past
transactions and are discounted at a pre-tax rate reflecting current market assessments of the time value of
money and the risks specific to the liability.
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SCIROCCO ENERGY PLC
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020
1
Accounting policies
(Continued)
Share-based payments
Where share options are awarded to employees, the fair value of the options at the date of grant is charged
to the income statement over the vesting period. Non-market vesting conditions are taken into account by
adjusting the number of equity instruments expected to vest at each balance sheet date so that, ultimately,
the cumulative amount recognised over the vesting period is based on the number of options that
eventually vest. Market vesting conditions are factored into the fair value of the options granted. As long as
all other vesting conditions are satisfied, a charge is made irrespective of whether the market vesting
conditions are satisfied. The cumulative expense is not adjusted for failure to achieve a market vesting
condition.
Where the terms and conditions of options are modified before they vest, the increase in the fair value of
the options, measured immediately before and after the modification, is also charged to the income
statement over the remaining vesting period.
Where equity instruments are granted to persons other than employees, the income statement is charged
with the fair value of goods and services received. Equity-settled share-based payments are measured at a
fair value at the date of grant except if the value of the service can be reliably established. The fair value
determined at the grant date of equity-settled share-based payments is expensed on a straight-line basis
over the vesting period, based on the Company's estimate of shares that will eventually vest.
Foreign exchange
Transactions in currencies other than Sterling are recorded at the rates of exchange prevailing on the dates
of the transactions. At each balance sheet date, monetary assets and liabilities that are denominated in
foreign currencies are retranslated at the rates prevailing on the balance sheet date. Gains and losses
arising on retranslation are included in the income statement for the period.
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SCIROCCO ENERGY PLC
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020
1
Accounting policies
(Continued)
Oil and gas properties and other property, plant and equipment
(i) Initial recognition
Oil and gas properties and other property, plant and equipment are stated at cost, less accumulated
depreciation and accumulated impairment losses.
The initial cost of an asset comprises its purchase price or construction cost, any costs directly attributable
to bringing the asset into operation, the initial estimate of the decommissioning obligation and, for qualifying
assets (where relevant), borrowing costs. The purchase price or construction cost is the aggregate amount
paid and the fair value of any other consideration given to acquire the asset. The capitalised value of a
finance lease is also included within property, plant and equipment.
When a development project moves into the production stage, the capitalisation of certain construction/
development costs ceases, and costs are either regarded as part of the cost of inventory or expensed,
except for costs which qualify for capitalisation relating to oil and gas property asset additions,
improvements or new developments.
(ii) Depreciation/amortisation
Oil and gas properties are depreciated/amortised on a unit-of production basis over the total proved
developed and undeveloped reserves of the field concerned, except in the case of assets whose useful life
is shorter than the lifetime of the field, in which case the straight-line method is applied. Rights and
concessions are depleted on the unit-of-production basis over the total proved developed and undeveloped
reserves of the relevant area.
The unit-of production rate calculation for the depreciation/amortisation of field development costs takes
into account expenditures incurred to date, together with sanctioned future development expenditure. An
item of property, plant and equipment and any significant part initially recognised is derecognised upon
disposal or when no future economic benefits are expected from its use or disposal. Any gain or loss
arising on derecognition of the asset (calculated as the difference between the net disposal proceeds and
the carrying amount of the asset) is included in the statement of profit or loss and other comprehensive
income when the asset is derecognised.
The asset's residual values, useful lives and methods of depreciation/amortisation are reviewed at each
reporting period and adjusted prospectively.
(iii) Major maintenance, inspection and repairs
Expenditure on major maintenance refits, inspections or repairs comprises the cost of replacement assets
or parts of asset, inspection costs and overhaul costs. Where an asset, or part of an asset that was
separately depreciated and is now written off is replaced and it is probably that future economic benefits
associated with the item will flow to the Company, the expenditure will be capitalised. Where part of the
asset replaced was not separately considered as a component and therefore not depreciated separately,
the replacement value is used to estimate the carrying amount of the replaced asset(s) and is immediately
written off. Inspection costs associated with major maintenance programmes are capitalised and amortised
over the period of the next inspection. All other day-to-day repairs and maintenance costs are expensed as
incurred.
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SCIROCCO ENERGY PLC
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020
1
Accounting policies
(Continued)
Provision for rehabilitation / Decommissioning Liability
The Company recognises a decommissioning liability where it has a present legal or constructive obligation
as a result of past events, and it is probably that an outflow of resources will be required to settle the
obligation, and a reliable estimate of the amount of obligation can be made.
The obligation generally arises when the asset is installed or the ground/environment is disturbed at the
field location. When the liability is initially recognised, the present value of the estimated costs is capitalised
by increasing the carrying amount of the related oil and gas assets to the extent that it is incurred by the
development/construction of the field. Any decommissioning obligations that arise through the production of
inventory are expensed when the inventory item is recognised in cost of goods sold.
Changes in the estimated timing or cost of decommissioning are dealt with prospectively by recording an
adjustment to the provision and a corresponding adjustment to oil and gas assets. Any reduction in the
decommissioning liability and, therefore, any deduction from the asset to which it relates, may not exceed
the carrying amount of that asset. If it does, any excess over the carrying value is taken immediately to the
statement of profit or loss and other comprehensive income.
Segmental reporting
A business segment is a group of assets or operations engaged in providing services that are subject to
risks and returns that are different from those of other business segments. A geographical segment is
engaged in providing services within a particular economic environment that is subject to different risks and
returns from other segments in other economic environments. The company has two segments; corporate
head office costs and Tanzania.
Operating segments are reported in a manner consistent with the internal reporting provided to the chief
operating decision-maker (CODM). The CODM, who is responsible for allocating resources and assessing
performance of the operating segments, has been identified as Thomas Reynolds that makes strategic
decisions. Segment results include items directly attributable to a segment as well as those that can be
allocated on a reasonable basis.
Investments
The Company’s financial asset investments are classified and measured at fair value, under IFRS 9, with
changes in fair value recognised in profit and loss as they arise.
Gains and losses on investments disposed of or identified are included in the net profit or loss for the
period.
Investments held by the Company are held for resale. Therefore where the Company’s equity stake in an
investee company is 20% or more equity accounting for associates is not considered to be appropriate.
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SCIROCCO ENERGY PLC
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020
2
Adoption of new and revised standards and changes in accounting policies
In the current year, the following new and revised Standards and Interpretations have been adopted by the
Company. The adoption of these standards has had no impact on the current period however may have
an effect on future periods.
Conceptual Framework
Amendments to References to the Conceptual
Framework in IFRS standards.
1 January 2020
IAS 1 and IAS 8 (Amendments)
Definition of material
1 January 2020
IFRS9, IAS 39 and IFRS 7
(Amendments)
Interest Rate Benchmark Reform
1 January 2020
IFRS 3 (Amendments)
Definition of a business
1 January 2020
IFRS 16 (Amendments)
Covid-19-related Rent Concessions
1 June 2020
Standards which are in issue but not yet effective
At the date of authorisation of these financial statements, the following Standards and Interpretations,
which have not yet been applied in these financial statements, were in issue but not yet effective (and in
some cases had not yet been adopted by the EU):
IFRS 7
Insurance Contracts
IFRS 4 (Amendments)
Insurance Contracts
IAS 1 (Amendments)
Classification of Liabilities as Current or Non-
Current
1 January 2023
1 January 2023
1 January 2023
IAS 16 (Amendments)
Property plant and equipment- proceeds before
intended use
1 January 2022
Annual Improvements 2018-2020
Cycle
Amendments to IFRS 1 (subsidiary as a first-
time adopter), IFRS 9 (fees in the '10 percent'
test for derecognition of financial liabilities),
IFRS 16 (lease incentives), IAS 41 (taxation in
the fair value measurements)
1 January 2022
IFRS 3 (Amendments)
References to the Conceptual Framework
1 January 2022
IAS 37 (Amendments)
Onerous contracts- Cost of Fulfilling a Contract
1 January 2022
IFRS 4 (Amendments)
Extension of the Temporary Exemption from
Applying IFRS 9
1 January 2023
The directors do not expect that the adoption of the other Standards listed above will have a material
impact on the financial statements of the Company aside from additional disclosures.
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SCIROCCO ENERGY PLC
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020
3
Critical accounting estimates and judgements
The Company makes estimates and assumptions regarding the future. Estimates and judgements are
continually evaluated based on historical experience and other factors, including expectations of future
events that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances. In the future, actual experience may
differ from these estimates and assumptions. The estimates and assumptions that have a significant risk of
causing a material adjustment to the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities within the next financial year
are discussed below.
The preparation of the Financial Statements in conformity with IFRS requires management to make
estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of
contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amount of
expenses during the period. Actual results may vary from the estimates used to produce these Financial
Statements.
Estimates and judgements are regularly evaluated and are based on historical experience and other
factors, including expectations of future events that are believed to be reasonable under the
circumstances.
Items subject to such estimates and assumptions, that have a significant risk of causing a material
adjustment to the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities within the next financial years, include but are
not limited to:
Useful lives of intangible assets and property, plant and equipment (note 12)
Intangible assets and property, plant and equipment are amortised or depreciated over their useful lives.
Useful lives are based on the management’s estimates of the period that the assets will generate revenue,
which are based on judgement and experience and periodically reviewed for continued appropriateness.
Changes to estimates can result in significant variations in the carrying value and amounts charged to the
income statement in specific periods.
Share-based payments (note 22)
The Company utilised an equity-settled share-based remuneration scheme for employees. Employee
services received, and the corresponding increase in equity, are measured by reference to the fair value of
the equity instruments at the date of grant, excluding the impact of any non-market vesting conditions. The
fair value of share options are estimated by using Black-Scholes valuation method as at the date of grant.
The assumptions used in the valuation are described in Note 22 and include, among others, the expected
volatility, expected life of the options and number of options expected to vest.
Deferred taxation (note 9)
Deferred tax assets are recognised when it is judged more likely than not that they will be recovered.
Deferred tax assets are currently nil based on the likelihood of recovery.
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SCIROCCO ENERGY PLC
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020
3
Critical accounting estimates and judgements
(Continued)
Hydrocarbon reserve and resource estimates (note 13)
Hydrocarbon reserves are estimates of the amount of hydrocarbons that can be economically and legally
extracted from the Company’s oil and gas properties. The Company estimates its commercial reserves
and resources based on information compiled by appropriately qualified persons relating to the geological
and technical data on the size, depth, shape and grade of the hydrocarbon body and suitable production
techniques and recovery rates. Commercial reserves are determined using estimates of oil and gas in
place, recovery factors and future commodity prices, the latter having an impact on the total amount of
recoverable reserves and the proportion of the gross reserves which are attributable to the host
government under the terms of the Production-Sharing Agreements. A breakdown of reserves can be
found below. Future development costs are estimated using assumptions as to the number of wells
required to produce the commercial reserves, the cost of such wells and associated production facilities,
and other capital costs. The current long-term gas price assumption used in the estimation of commercial
reserves currently held by the Company is US$3/MMTBU. The carrying amount of oil and gas
development and production assets at 31 December 2020 is shown in note 13.
The Company estimates and reports hydrocarbon reserves in line with the principles contained in the SPE
Petroleum Resources Management Reporting System (PRMS) framework. As the economic assumptions
used may change and as additional geological information is obtained during the operation of a field,
estimates of recoverable reserves may change. Such changes may impact the Company’s financial
position and results which include:
The carrying value of exploration and evaluation assets; oil and gas properties; property and plant
and equipment may be affected due to changes in estimated future cash flows
Depreciation and amortisation charges in the income statement may change where such charges
are determined using the Units of Production (UOP) method, or where the useful life of the related
assets change
Provisions for decommissioning may require revision – where changes to the reserve estimates
affect expectations about when such activities will occur and the associated cost of these
activities.
Resource summary - Ntorya Field
Licence
Mtwara
Mtwara
Development
pending
Development
unclarified
Resource summary excluding Ntorya Field
Prospect/Lead
Chikumbi Jurassic
Namisange
Likonde updip
Ziwani NW
Ziwani SW
*
**
P50
1U
399
56
39
8
12
Assuming development licence is ratified
Gross Licence Basis (bcf)
1C
2C
3C Gross Mean
unrestricted
GIIP
26
324
81
682
763
213
950
Prospective Resources (bcf)*
Gross on Licence
2U
936
235
166
35
54
3U Mean unrisked
1,351**
1,183
444
68
105
1,798
1,925
702
153
236
***
RPS assessment of PG
1,870
Pg %
8***
8***
10***
<5***
<5***
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SCIROCCO ENERGY PLC
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020
3
Critical accounting estimates and judgements
(Continued)
Exploration and evaluation expenditures (note 13)
The application of the Company’s accounting policy for exploration and evaluation expenditure requires
judgement to determine whether future economic benefits are likely, from either future exploitation or sale,
or whether activities have not reached a stage which permits a reasonable assessment of the existence of
reserves. The determination of reserves and resources is itself an estimation process that involves varying
degrees of uncertainty depending on how the resources are classified. These estimates directly impact
when the Company defers exploration and evaluation expenditure. The deferral policy requires
management to make certain estimates and assumptions about future events and circumstances, in
particular, whether an economically viable extraction operation can be established. Any such estimates
and assumptions may change as new information becomes available. If, after expenditure is capitalised,
information becomes available suggesting that the recovery of the expenditure is unlikely, the relevant
capitalised amount is written off in the income statement and in the period when the new information
becomes available.
Units of production (UOP) depreciation of oil and gas assets (note 13)
Oil and gas properties are depreciated using the UOP method over total proved development and
undeveloped hydrocarbon reserves. This results in a depreciation/amortisation charge proportional to the
depletion of the anticipated remaining production from the field.
The life of each item, which is assessed at least annually, has regard to both its physical life limitations and
present assessments of economically recoverable reserves of the field at which the asset is located. These
calculations require the use of estimates and assumptions, including the amount of recoverable reserves
and estimates of future capital expenditure. The calculation of the UOP rate of depreciation/amortisation
will be impacted to the extent that actual production in the future is different from current forecast
production based on total proved reserves, or future capital expenditure estimates change. Changes to the
proved reserves could arise due to changes in the factors or assumptions used in estimating reserves,
including:
The effect on proved reserves of differences between actual commodity prices and commodity
price assumptions
Unforeseen operational issues
Recoverability of oil and gas assets (note 14)
The Company assesses each asset or cash generating unit (CGU) each reporting period to determine
whether any indication of impairment exists. Where an indicator of impairment exists, a formal estimate of
the recoverable amount is made, which is considered to be the higher of the fair value less costs of
disposal (VLCD) and value in use (VIU). The assessments require the use of estimates and assumptions
such as long-term oil prices (considering current and historical prices, price trends and related factors),
discount rates, operating costs, future capital requirements, decommissioning costs, exploration potential
reserves (see(a) Hydrocarbon reserves and resource estimates above) and operating performance (which
includes production and sales volumes). These estimates and assumptions are subject to risk and
uncertainty. Therefore, there is possibility that changes in circumstances will impact these projections,
which may impact the recoverable amount of assets and/or CGUs.
Decommissioning provisions (note 19)
There is uncertainty around the cost of decommissioning as cost estimates can vary in response to many
factors, including changes to the relevant legal requirements, the emergence of new technology or
experience at other assets. The expected timing, work scope and amount and currency mix of expenditure
may also change. Therefore, significant estimates and assumptions are made in determining the provision
for decommissioning.
The estimated decommissioning costs are reviewed annually by an internal expert from the joint venture
partner. Provision for environmental clean-up and remediation costs is based on current legal and
contractual requirements, technology and management's estimate of costs with reference to current price
levels. Future cost estimates are discounted to present value using a rate that approximates the time value
of money, which is currently 5.89%. The discount rate is based on the average yield on Tanzanian
Government bonds for foreign currency loans of a duration of more than 10 years.
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SCIROCCO ENERGY PLC
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020
3
Critical accounting estimates and judgements
(Continued)
Recoverability of trade receivables (note 17)
The Company considers the recoverability of trade receivables to be a key area of judgement. The
Company considers trade receivables to be credit impaired once there is evidence a loss has been
incurred. An expected credit loss is calculated on an annual basis. The directors believe that the debtor is
still recoverable based on their knowledge of the market in Tanzania and historical evidence of similar
receivables being paid. The Directors have recognised the asset as they believe they are still legally
entitled to receive it. The Tanzanian Government have a history of building up receivables with other
companies and billing them at a future date.
4
Operating Segments
Based on risks and returned, the directors consider that the primary reporting format is by business segment.
The directors consider that there are two business segments:
Head office support from the UK
Segment assets for Canada relate to an investment in Corallian Energy
Discontinued operations on its investments in Tanzania
2020
Revenue
Administrative expenses
Interest income
Finance costs
Other gains and losses
Other income
Continuing Operations
Canada
£000
-
-
-
-
-
-
UK
£000
-
(3,323)
-
-
-
-
Discontinuing
Operations
Tanzania
£000
-
-
18
(3)
(810)
-
Total
£000
-
(3,323)
-
-
-
-
Total
£000
-
(3,323)
18
(3)
(810)
-
Profit/(Loss)
reportable segment
from operations per
-
(3,323)
(3,323)
(795)
(4,118)
Additions to non-current assets
Reportable segment assets
Reportable segment liabilities
-
125
-
-
1,296
249
-
1,421
249
293
17,476
166
293
18,897
415
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SCIROCCO ENERGY PLC
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020
4
Operating Segments
2019
Revenue
Administrative expenses
Interest income
Finance costs
Other gains and losses
Other income
Canada
£000
-
-
-
-
(67)
-
UK
£000
-
(2,558)
-
-
4
-
Total
£000
-
(2,558)
-
-
(63)
-
(Continued)
Tanzania
£000
17
-
55
(12)
-
-
Total
£000
17
(2,558)
55
(12)
(63)
-
Profit/(Loss)
reportable segment
from operations per
(67)
(2,554)
(2,621)
60
(2,561)
Additions to non-current assets
Reportable segment assets
Reportable segment liabilities
-
125
-
-
2,168
549
-
2,293
549
337
18,585
168
337
20,878
717
5
Revenue
Other significant revenue
Interest income
Contract balances
Trade receivables
Accrued income and interest
2020
£000
18
2020
2020
£000
272
90
2019
£000
55
2019
2019
£000
283
76
Trade receivables accrued interest for non payment. Outstanding debtors accrue interest at a rate in
accordance with the joint venture agreement and are generally on terms of 30 days. In 2020, there is a
provision of £55k (2019: £28k) for expected credit losses on trade receivables.
Interest income relates to interest charged on outstanding invoices.
An operating segment is a distinguishable component of the Company that engages in business activities
from which it may earn revenues and incur expenses, whose operating results are regularly reviewed by
the Company’s chief operating decision maker to make decisions about the allocation of resources and
assessment of performance and about which discrete financial information is available.
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SCIROCCO ENERGY PLC
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020
6
Expenses by Nature
Continuing Operations
Exchange losses
Fees payable to the Company's auditor for the audit of the Company's
financial statements
Professional, legal and consulting fees
AIM related costs including investor relations
Costs relating to OneDYAS transaction
Accounting related services
Travel and subsistence
Office and administrative expenses
Other expenses
Impairment losses
Share-based payments
Directors remuneration
Wages and salaries and other related costs
2020
£000
68
36
617
136
640
114
17
47
72
1,384
335
(206)
63
2019
£000
65
23
855
246
653
196
85
46
19
-
-
299
71
3,323
2,558
7
Employees
The average number of employees (excluding executive directors) was nil (2019: nil).
During the year ended 31 December 2020 the Directors opted to receive remuneration in the form of share
options in lieu of fees (note 22).
There was one employee during the year ended 31 December 2019 who resigned in March 2019.
Their aggregate remuneration comprised :
Wages and salaries
Directors remuneration
2020
£000
-
2019
£000
8
(206)
299
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SCIROCCO ENERGY PLC
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020
7
Employees
(Continued)
Year ended 31 December 2020
Jonathan Fitzpatrick
Alastair Ferguson
Tom Reynolds
Donald Nicolson
Don Strang (resigned 26 November 2018)
Dan Maling (resigned 7 February 2019)
Doug Rycroft (senior management)
Salary and
fees
£000
Share-based
payments
£000
Termination
payments
£000
6
(44)
16
6
(6)
(184)
-
(206)
67
143
57
57
-
-
13
335
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Salary and
fees
£000
Share-based
payments
£000
Termination
payments
£000
Year ended 31 December 2019
Dan Maling (resigned 7 February 2019)
Jonathan Fitzpatrick
Alastair Ferguson
Tom Reynolds
Donald Nicolson (appointed 11 November
2019)
Don Strang (resigned 26 November 2018)
38
62
134
52
8
5
299
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
No directors received pension contributions in 2020 or 2019.
8
Other gains and losses
Loss on disposal of shares in Deloro Energy
Loss on disposal of UKOG Shares
Gain on disposal of UKOG PEDL 331
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
2020
£000
-
-
-
-
Total
£000
73
99
73
63
(6)
(184)
13
129
Total
£000
38
62
134
52
8
5
299
2019
£000
(67)
(236)
240
(63)
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SCIROCCO ENERGY PLC
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020
9
Income tax expense
UK corporation tax on profits for the current period
Total UK current tax
Deferred tax
Origination and reversal of temporary differences
Total tax charge
2020
£000
2019
£000
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
The charge for the year can be reconciled to the loss per the income statement as follows:
Loss before taxation
2020
£000
2019
£000
(4,119)
(2,561)
The reason for the difference between the actual tax charge for the year and the standard rate of
corporation tax in the UK applied to profits for the year are as follows:
Expected tax credit based on a corporation tax rate of 19.00% (2019:
19.00%)
Effect of expenses not deductible in determining taxable profit
Income not taxable
Other non-reversing timing differences
Deferred tax not recognised
Adjust deferred tax to average rate of 19.00%
Remeasurement of deferred tax for changes in tax rates
Taxation charge for the year
(783)
442
(2)
(14)
596
-
(239)
-
(487)
201
-
-
256
30
-
-
No deferred tax asset has been recognised because there is uncertainty of the timing of suitable future
profits against which they can be recovered. The company has losses carried forward of £5,162k (2019:
£2,347k).
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SCIROCCO ENERGY PLC
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020
10 Discontinued operations
The Company has a 25% interest in a high-quality development project in Tanzania which the Directors are
actively seeking to monetise. This stake has been valued at $20m and operations relating to this stake are
detailed below.
The results of the discontinued business, which have been included in the income statement, balance
sheet and cash flow statement, were as follows:
Revenue
Impairment on fair value revaluation
Investment revenues
Finance costs
(Loss)/profit before taxation
Net (loss)/profit attributable to discontinuation
The loss after tax on disposal of the assets held for sale is made up as follows:
Fair value less costs to sell
Net book value of assets disposed:
Intangible assets
Oil and gas properties
Decommissioning provision
Impairment on fair value revaluation
Loss per share impact from discontinued operations
Basic and diluted impact (pence)
Cash flow statement
Net cash flows from investing activities
Net cash flows from discontinued operations
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2020
£000
-
(810)
18
(3)
(795)
(795)
2020
(0.11)
2020
£000
(237)
(237)
2019
£000
17
-
55
(12)
60
60
£000
14,637
(15,259)
(354)
166
(15,447)
(810)
2019
0.01
2019
£000
(147)
(147)
SCIROCCO ENERGY PLC
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020
11 Earnings per share
The calculation of loss per share is based on the loss after taxation divided by the weighted average number
of shares in issue during the year.
Number of shares
Weighted average number of ordinary shares for basic loss per share (000)
Earnings
Continuing operations
Loss for the period from continued operations
Discontinued operations
(Loss)/profit for the period from discontinued operations
Basic and diluted earnings per share
From continuing operations (pence per share)
From discontinued operations (pence per share)
2020
2019
723,950
631,704
£000
£000
(3,323)
(2,621)
(795)
60
(0.46)
(0.11)
(0.42)
0.01
(0.57)
(0.41)
As inclusion of the potential ordinary shares would result in a decrease in the loss per share they are
considered to be anti-dilutive, as such, a diluted loss per share is not included.
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SCIROCCO ENERGY PLC
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020
12
Intangible assets
Cost
At 1 January 2019 (as restated)
Additions
Disposals
At 1 January 2020 (as restated)
Additions
Disposals
Transfer to held for sale
At 31 December 2020
Impairment
At 1 January 2018 and 2019
Eliminated on disposals
At 31 December 2020
Carrying amount
At 31 December 2020
At 31 December 2019
Exploration and
evaluation expenditure
£000
17,652
237
(264)
17,625
293
(2,658)
(15,260)
-
2,658
(2,658)
-
-
14,967
The additions to deferred exploration and evaluation expenditure during the period relate to the completion
of drilling operations for the Ntorya-2 appraisal and subsequent testing of the well.
During the year to 31 December 2020 the interest in Ausable Reef was fully disposed for nominal
consideration and no gain or loss was recognised because the asset was fully impaired at the date of
disposal.
All the date of authorisation of these financial statements the Directors were actively seeking sale of all
Tanzanian intangible assets and the assets were reclassified as held for sale at 31 December 2020 (note
16).
Following a review of the carrying value and future prospects for Scirocco's assets no impairment has been
recognised as the carrying value is deemed appropriate based on the future outlook and therefore all
intangible assets are considered to have an indefinite useful life.
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SCIROCCO ENERGY PLC
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020
13 Oil & Gas properties
Cost
At 1 January 2020
Transfers to held for sale
Foreign exchange
At 31 December 2020
Accumulated depreciation
At 1 January 2020
Transfers to held for sale
At 31 December 2020
Carrying value
At 31 December
2020
£000
1,117
(1,114)
(3)
2019
£000
1,124
-
(7)
-
1,117
759
(759)
-
-
759
-
759
358
The Oil & Gas properties comprise the 8.29% participating interest in the Kiliwani North Development
Licence, in Tanzania.
Accumulated amortisation has been calculated on a units of production basis. As there was no production
during 2020, the amortisation charge for the year is nil (2019: £nil).
All the date of authorisation of these financial statements the Directors were actively seeking sale of all
Tanzanian oil and gas properties and the assets were reclassified as held for sale at 31 December 2020
(note 16).
14 Investments
Quoted Equity Investments
Cost
At 31 December 2019 and 2020
Impairment
At 31 December 2019
Charge in the period
At 31 December 2020
Net book value
At 31 December 2020
At 31 December 2019
£000
2,927
-
1,385
1,385
1,542
2,927
The quoted investments in the current year relate to an equity investment held in Helium One Ltd, a
company incorporated in the British Virgin Islands. Their subsidiaries hold helium mining licences across
Tanzania. The investment was unquoted in the year to 31 December 2019 following which Helium One
subsequently listed on the London Stock Exchange on 4 December 2020 for 4.25p per share and the
shares held have been valued at the mark-to-market value of 7.25p per share at 31 December 2020.
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SCIROCCO ENERGY PLC
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020
14 Investments
(Continued)
Unquoted Equity Investments
Cost
At 31 December 2019 (as restated) and 2020
Impairment
At 31 December 2019 (as restated) and 2020
Net book value
At 31 December 2019 (as restated) and 2020
£000
125
-
125
The unquoted investments in the current year relate to an equity investment held in Corallian Energy
Limited, a company incorporated in England. The Company holds interests in oil and gas basins in the
United Kingdom.
Total investments at 31 December 2020
1,667
15 Subsidiary company
The only subsidiary of Scirocco Energy Plc is Scirocco Energy International Limited a wholly-owned, UK
incorporated micro-entity, which is dormant, and has been since incorporation with an issued share capital
of £1. The registered office of the subsidiary is 1 Park Row, Leeds, United Kingdom, LS1 5AB.
The Company has taken advantage of the exemption under the Companies Act 2006 s405 not to
consolidate this subsidiary as it has been dormant from the date of incorporation and is not material for the
point of giving a true and fair view.
16 Assets and liabilities classified as held for sale
Intangible assets
Oil and gas properties
Total assets classified as held for sale
Decommissioning provision
Total liabilities classified as held for sale
2020
£000
14,449
354
14,803
166
166
2019
£000
-
-
-
-
-
At the date of authorisation of the financial statements, the Directors were actively seeking a sale of the
above items within the next 12 months (see note 10).
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SCIROCCO ENERGY PLC
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020
17
Trade and other receivables
Trade receivables
Provision for bad and doubtful debts (note 23)
Other receivables
VAT recoverable
Loan to Helium One Ltd
Prepayments
2020
£000
273
(55)
218
-
16
73
114
421
2019
£000
283
(28)
255
774
122
76
210
1,437
The directors consider that the carrying amount of trade and other receivables approximates to their fair
value.
On 1 March 2019 the Company subscribed to USD $1,000,000 convertible loan notes from Helium One
Limited for USD $100,000. In accordance with the terms of the agreement, a redemption note can be
issued with five days notice. This currently has a carrying value of £73,000 (2019: £76,000).
18
Trade and other payables
Trade payables
Accruals
Social security and other taxation
Other payables
2020
£000
152
57
5
34
248
The directors consider that the carrying amount of trade payables approximates to their fair value.
19
Provisions for liabilities
PAYE Settlement
Decommissioning Provision
2020
£000
-
-
-
2019
£000
193
167
-
5
365
2019
£000
184
168
352
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SCIROCCO ENERGY PLC
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020
19
Provisions for liabilities
(Continued)
Analysis of provisions
Provisions are classified based on the amounts that are expected to be settled within the next 12 months
and after more than 12 months from the reporting date, as follows:
Current liabilities
Non-current liabilities
Movements on provisions:
At 1 January 2020
Unwinding of discount
Exchange difference
Reclassification to liabilities associated with assets held for
sale
Release of share-settlement estimate
At 31 December 2020
-
-
-
PAYE
Settlement
£000
Decom
Provision
£000
184
-
-
-
(184)
-
168
3
(5)
(166)
-
-
184
168
352
Total
£000
352
3
(5)
(166)
(184)
-
The PAYE settlement provision held at 31 December 2019 relates to the amounts owed by Daniel Maling,
former Managing Director, for the PAYE on the share-settled transactions. This claim was settled during
the year to 31 December 2020 and the related provision released.
The provision for decommissioning held at 31 December 2019 relates to wells in Tanzania. The provision
has been calculated assuming industry established oilfield decommissioning techniques and technology at
current prices which are discounted at 5.89% per annum. The wells in Tanzania relate to the Kiliwani North
Development Licence in Tanzania which has subsequently been classified as held for sale and as such,
the related decommissioning provision has been reclassified.
20 Share capital
a) Called up, allotted, issued and fully paid: Ordinary shares of 0.2 p each
As at 31 December 2019
631,704,118
1,264
Number of shares
Nominal value
£000
2 July 2020 - placing for cash at 0.02p
20 October 2020 - placing for cash at 0.02p
20 October 2020 - placing for cash at 0.02p
15,805,681
40,604,191
35,835,585
32
81
72
At 31 December 2020
723,949,575
1,448
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SCIROCCO ENERGY PLC
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020
20 Share capital
b) Deferred shares
Deferred shares of 265,324,634 at 0.69 pence each
c)
Total Share options in issue
During the year no options were granted (2019: nil).
(Continued)
2019
£000
1,831
2020
£000
1,831
As at 31 December 2020, the unexercised options in issue were restated as:
Exercise Price
(original)
Amended
Expiry Date
Amended
0.5p
0.5p
0.3p
0.35p
10p
10p
6p
7p
31 December 2020
31 December 2020
31 December 2020
31 October 2021
10,200,000
3,425,000
5,000,000
7,375,000
Original Options in
Issue
31 December 2020
204,000,000
68,500,000
100,000,000
212,500,000
26,000,000
585,000,000
d)
Total warrants in issue
No warrants lapsed in the year and no warrants were issued, cancelled or exercised during the year (2019: nil).
As at 31 December 2020 there were nil outstanding (31 December 2019: 3,547,129 at 2.25p).
21
Share premium account
At beginning of year
Issue of new shares
At end of year
2020
£000
37,316
1,083
2019
£000
37,316
-
38,399
37,316
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SCIROCCO ENERGY PLC
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020
22 Share based payment
The Company has opted to remunerate the directors for the year to 31 December 2020 by a grant of an
option over the ordinary shares of the capital of the Company as detailed in the deed of option grants. The
life of the options is 18 months, which was 1 January 2020. There are three executive directors and one
non-executive director who are members of the plan. The following table summarises the expense
recognised in the Statement of Comprehensive Income since the options were granted.
Directors options
Incentive options
Credit to equity for equity-settled share-based payments
2020
£000
236
99
335
2019
£000
-
-
-
During June 2020 (and the height of the Covid-19 pandemic) the Company sought to put in place a strategy
that would help to conserve the Company's cash position in the near term and also to maximise alignment
between the Board, Management Team and Shareholders.
Accordingly, the Company proposed to grant nominal cost options over new Ordinary Shares of 0.2p
(£0.0020) to Directors and select members of the Management Team (“the Director Options”). The Director
Options were granted over a total of 8,990,039 Ordinary Shares and have an aggregate value equal (on a
net basis, after deduction of the nominal exercise price per Ordinary Share) to the fair value of salary and/or
fees due to the relevant option holders up to 31 May 2020.
Members of the Management Team were also awarded options over Ordinary Shares with an exercise price
of 1.3p (£0.013) (“the Incentive Options”), which was approximately a 24% premium to the closing
midmarket price of the Company's Ordinary Shares on 26 June 2020. Each Incentive Option is ordinarily
exercisable on the 2nd anniversary of the grant date (being 30 June 2022), except in the event of specified
corporate events or, exceptionally, if the option holder leaves as a 'good leaver'.
The Company used the Black-Scholes model to determine the value of the incentive options and the inputs.
There were no share options for the year ended 31 December 2019. The value of the options and the inputs
for the year ended 31 December 2020 were as follows:
Share price at grant (pence)
Exercise price at grant (pence)
Expected volatility (%)
Expected life (years)
Risk free rate (%)
Expected dividends (pence)
Issue 30 June 2020
Incentive options
1.09
1.30
84.42
6
0.17
nil
Expected volatility was determined by using the Company's share price for the preceding 3 years.
The total share-based payment expense in the year for the Company was £99,207 in relation to the issue of
incentive options (2019: £nil) and £nil finance charges in relation to warrants (2019: £nil).
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SCIROCCO ENERGY PLC
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020
22 Share based payment
(Continued)
The Incentive Options granted represent approximately 7.9% of the Company's issued share capital
(excluding warrants issued to Prolific Basins LLC). The Board has retained additional headroom for future
Incentive Options as it recognises that the future performance of the Company will be dependent on its
ability to retain the services of key executives.
23 Financial instruments
Categories of financial instruments
The following table combines information about:
Classes of financial instruments based on their nature and characteristics; and
The carrying amounts of financial instruments.
Financial assets at amortised cost
Trade receivables
Other debtors
Prepayments and accrued income
Cash and cash equivalents
Financial assets at fair value
Non-current Investment - Helium One
Non-current Investment - Corallian
Energy Limited
Current Loans - Helium One
Financial liabilities at amortised cost
Trade payables
Accruals and deferred income
2020
£000
245
-
114
1,168
2019
£000
255
774
210
1,064
1,527
2,303
Book Value
2020
Fair Value
2020
£000
1,542
125
73
£000
1,542
125
73
Book Value
2019
Restated
£000
Fair Value
2019
Restated
£000
2,927
2,927
125
76
125
76
1,740
1,740
3,128
3,128
2020
£000
152
57
209
2018
£000
193
167
360
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SCIROCCO ENERGY PLC
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020
23 Financial instruments
(Continued)
The table below analyses financial instruments carried at fair value, by valuation method.
Fair values are categorised into different levels in a fair value hierarchy based on the inputs used in the
valuation techniques as follows:
Level 1: quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets for identical assets or liabilities.
Level 2: inputs other than quoted prices included in Level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability,
either directly (i.e. as prices) or indirectly (i.e derived from prices).
Level 3: inputs for the asset or liability that are not based on observable market data (unobservable
inputs).
The fair values for the Company's assets and liabilities are not materially different from their carrying values in
the financial statements.
The following table presents the Company’s financial assets that are measured at fair value:
Non-current Investment - Helium One
Non-current
Energy Limited
Current Loans - Helium One
Investment
- Corallian
Level 1
£000
1,542
-
-
Level 2
£000
Level 3
£000
Total
£000
-
-
-
-
1,542
125
73
125
73
Level 3 financial assets at 1 January 2020
Transfer of level 3 financial assets to Level 1 on admission to London Stock Exchange
Level 3 financial assets at 31 December 2020
Level 1 financial assets at 1 January 2020
Transfer of level 3 financial assets to Level 1 on admission to London Stock Exchange
Impairment of Level 1 investments to mark-to-market value
Level 1 financial assets at 31 December 2020
2,927
(2,927)
-
-
2,927
(1,385)
1,542
A transfer between levels of the fair value hierarchy is deemed to occur when inputs for an asset or liability
become observable on market data. In the current year, Helium One was admitted to the London Stock
Exchange and inputs were subsequently observable and therefore the asset was transferred to a Level 1
financial asset (note 14).
The Company does not have any liabilities measured at fair value. There have been no transfers in to or
transfers out of fair value hierarchy levels in the period.
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SCIROCCO ENERGY PLC
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020
23 Financial instruments
(Continued)
Financial instruments in level 1
The fair value of financial instruments traded in active markets is based on quoted market prices at the
reporting date. A market is regarded as active if quoted prices are readily and regularly available from an
exchange, dealer, broker, industry group, pricing service, or regulatory agency, and those prices represent
actual and regularly occurring market transactions on an arm’s length basis. The quoted market price used for
financial assets held by the Company is the current bid price.
Financial instruments in level 2
The fair value of financial instruments that are not traded in an active market is determined by using valuation
techniques. These valuation techniques maximise the use of observable market data where it is available and
rely as little as possible on entity specific estimates. If all significant inputs required to fair value an instrument
are observable, the instrument is included in level 2. No investments are valued using level 2 inputs in the
period.
Financial instruments in level 3
If one or more of the significant inputs is not based on observable market data, the instrument is included in
Level 3. Following the guidance of IFRS 9, these financial instruments have been assessed to determine the
fair value of the instrument. In their assessment, the Directors have considered both external and internal
indicators to decide whether an impairment charge must be made or whether there needs to be a fair value
uplift on the instrument. Instruments included in Level 3 comprise of convertible loan notes held with Helium
One. Details of this can be found at Note 17.
The carrying value of the Company's financial assets and liabilities measured at amortised cost are
approximately equal to their fair value.
The Company is exposed through its operations to one or more of the following financial risk:
Fair value or cash flow interest rate risk
Foreign currency risk
Liquidity risk
Credit risk
Market risk
Expected credit losses
Policy for managing these risks is set by the Board. The policy for each of the above risks is described in more
detail below.
Fair value and cashflow interest rate risk
Generally the Company has a policy of holding debt at a floating rate. The directors will revisit the
appropriateness of this policy should the Company’s operations change in size or nature. Operations are not
permitted to borrow long-term from external sources locally.
Foreign currency risk
Foreign exchange risk arises because the Company has operations located in various parts of the world whose
functional currency is not the same as the functional currency in which the Company’s investments are
operating. The Company’s net assets are exposed to currency risk giving rise to gains or losses on
retranslation into sterling. Only in exceptional circumstances will the Company consider hedging its net
investments in overseas operations as generally it does not consider that the reduction in volatility in net assets
warrants the cash flow risk created from such hedging techniques.
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SCIROCCO ENERGY PLC
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020
23 Financial instruments
(Continued)
The Company’s exposure to foreign currency risk at the end of the reporting period is summarised below. All
amounts are presented in GBP equivalent.
Trade and other receivables
Cash and cash equivalents
Trade and other payables
Provisions
Net exposure
2020
£000
USD
274
1,006
(142)
-
1,138
2020
£000
EUR
-
-
-
-
-
2019
£000
USD
283
94
(41)
(352)
2019
£000
EUR
659
-
-
-
(16)
659
Sensitivity analysis
As shown in the table above, the Company is primarily exposed to changes in the GBP:USD exchange rate
through its cash balance held in USD and trading balances and to changes in the GBP:EUR exchange rate
due to the deposit denominated in EUR. The table below shows the impact in GBP on pre-tax profit and loss of
a 10% increase/decrease in the GBP to USD exchange rate, holding all other variables constant. Also shown is
the impact of a 10% increase/decrease in the GBP to EUR exchange rate, being the other primary currency
exposure.
GBP:USD exchange rate increases 10%
GBP:USD exchange rate decreases 10%
GBP: EUR exchange rate increases 10%
GBP: EUR exchange rate decreases 10%
2020
£000
126
(154)
-
-
2019
£000
11
(13)
60
(73)
Liquidity risk
The liquidity risk of each entity is managed centrally by the treasury function. Each operation has a facility with
treasury, the amount of the facility being based on budgets. The budgets are set locally and agreed by the
board annually in advance, enabling the cash requirements to be anticipated. Where facilities of entities need
to be increased, approval must be sought from the finance director. Where the amount of the facility is above a
certain level agreement of the board is needed.
All surplus cash is held centrally to maximise the returns on deposits through economies of scale. The type of
cash instrument used and its maturity date will depend on the forecast cash requirements.
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SCIROCCO ENERGY PLC
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020
23 Financial instruments
(Continued)
The table below analyses the company's financial liabilities into relevant maturity groupings based on their
contractual maturities. The amounts presented are the undiscounted cash flows.
31 December 2020
Trade and other payables
Provisions
Total
31 December 2019
Trade and other payables
Provisions
Total
Less than 6
months
£000
6 to 12 months Between 1 and
2 years
£000
£000
Between 2
and 5 years
£000
243
-
243
365
-
365
-
-
-
-
184
184
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Credit risk
The Company is mainly exposed to credit risk from credit sales. It is Company policy, implemented locally, to
access the credit risk of new customers before entering contracts. Such credit ratings are taken into account by
local business practices.
The Company does not enter into complex derivatives to manage credit risk, although in certain isolated cases
may take steps to mitigate such risks if it is sufficiently concentrated.
Market risk
As the Company is now investing in listed companies, the market risk will be that of finding suitable
investments for the Company to invest in and the returns that those investments will return given the markets
that in which investments are made.
Expected credit losses
Allowances are recognised as required under the IFRS 9 impairment model and continue to be carried until
there are indicators that there is no reasonable expectation of recovery.
For trade and other receivables which do not contain a significant financing component, the Company applies
the simplified approach. This approach requires the allowance for expected credit losses to be recognised at
an amount equal to lifetime expected credit losses. For other debt financial assets the Company applies the
general approach to providing for expected credit losses as prescribed by IFRS 9, which permits for the
recognition of an allowance for the estimated expected loss resulting from default in the subsequent 12-month
period. Exposure to credit loss is monitored on a continual basis and, where material, the allowance for
expected credit losses is adjusted to reflect the risk of default during the lifetime of the financial asset should a
significant change in credit risk be identified.
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SCIROCCO ENERGY PLC
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020
23 Financial instruments
(Continued)
The majority of the Company's financial assets are expected to have a low risk of default. A review of the
historical occurrence of credit losses indicates that credit losses are insignificant due to the size of the
Company's clients and the nature of the services provided. The outlook for the oil and gas industry is not
expected to result in a significant change in the Company's exposure to credit losses. As lifetime expected
credit losses are not expected to be significant the Company has opted not to adopt the practical expedient
available under IFRS 9 to utilise a provision matrix for the recognition of lifetime expected credit losses on
trade receivables. Allowances are calculated on a case-by-case basis based on the credit risk applicable to
individual counterparties.
Exposure to credit risk is continually monitored in order to identify financial assets which experience a
significant change in credit risk. In assessing for significant changes in credit risk the Company makes use of
operational simplifications permitted by IFRS 9. The Company considers a financial asset to have low credit
risk if the asset has a low risk of default; the counterparty has a strong capacity to meet its contractual cash
flow obligations in the near term; and no adverse changes in economic or business conditions have been
identified which in the longer term may, but will not necessarily, reduce the ability of the counterparty to fulfil its
contractual cash flow obligations. Where a financial asset becomes more than 30 days past its due date
additional procedures are performed to determine the reasons for non-payment in order to identify if a change
in the exposure to credit risk has occurred.
Should a significant change in the exposure to credit risk be identified the allowance for expected credit losses
is increased to reflect the risk of expected default in the lifetime of the financial asset. The Company continually
monitors for indications that a financial asset has become credit impaired with an allowance for credit
impairment recognised when the loss is incurred. Where a financial asset becomes more than 90 days past its
due date additional procedures are performed to determine the reasons for non-payment in order to identify if
the asset has become credit impaired.
The Company considers an asset to be credit impaired once there is evidence that a loss has been incurred. In
addition to recognising an allowance for expected credit loss, the Company monitors for the occurrence of
events that have a detrimental impact on the recoverability of financial assets. Evidence of credit impairment
includes, but is not limited to, indications of significant financial difficulty of the counterparty, a breach of
contract or failure to adhere to payment terms, bankruptcy or financial reorganisation of a counterparty or the
disappearance of an active market for the financial asset.
A financial asset is only written off when there is no reasonable expectation of recovery.
A provision matrix can be used based on historical data of default rates adjusted for a forward looking estimate.
The history of default rates needs to be accessed in conjunction with the aging of the trade receivable balance.
The aging of a balance alone does not require a provision but can be used as a structure to apply the rates
calculated. The historical default rates are used in accordance with forward looking information. From a
commercial perspective the TPDC has continued to delay settlement of the trade receivables balance based
on requests from the TPDC to Aminex for payments of certain amounts which they wish to offset against the
trade receivables. Until this issue is resolved there will be no payment of the invoices and as such an ECL is
required to be recognised.
In order to determine the amount of ECL to be recognised in the financial statements, Scirocco is using a
provision matrix based on its historical observed default rates which is adjusted for forward-looking estimates
and establishes that ECL should be calculated as:
Non-past due
30 days past due
31-60 past due
61-90 past due
90 days-3 years past due
Over 3 years past due
0.5% of carrying value
2% of carrying value
4% of carrying value
6% of carrying value
10% of carrying value
20% of carrying value
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SCIROCCO ENERGY PLC
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020
23 Financial instruments
(Continued)
The simplified approach enables Scirocco to make an estimate of ECL as they are unable to track the credit
worthiness of customers. The matrix above reflects the best estimate of the directors that the claim by TPDC
will be successful and is the lifetime credit loss expected.
The total outstanding amount is £274k at 31 December 2020 which is all over 3 years past due resulting in an
ECL of £55k in the current year.
24 Related party transactions
The Company had the following amounts outstanding from its investee companies (Note 17) at 31
December:
Helium One opening balance
Foreign exchange movement
Balance at 31 December
2020
£000
76
(3)
73
2019
£000
78
(2)
76
There were no transactions between the parent and its dormant subsidiary, which are related parties, during
the year. Details of director’s remuneration, being key personnel, are given in Note 7.
The Company entered into transactions with the following related parties who have common directors
during the current year:
NR Global Consulting Ltd - provision of management services - common
director Neil Ritson
Gneiss Energy Limited - provision of corporate finance
advisory - common director Jonathan Fitzpatrick
Quixote Advisors Ltd - provision of management services -
common director Tom Reynolds
2020
£000
-
225
27
2019
£000
(14)
538
53
25 Ultimate controlling party
In the opinion of the directors there is no controlling party.
26 Commitments
As at 31 December 2020, the Company had no material commitments (2019: £nil).
27 Retirement benefit scheme
The Company operates only the basic pension plan required under UK legislation, contributions thereto
during the year amounted to £nil (2019: £nil).
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SCIROCCO ENERGY PLC
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020
28 Cash generated from operations
Loss for the year after tax for continuing operations
(Loss)/profit for the year after tax for discontinuing operations
Adjustments for:
Finance costs
Loss on disposal of investments
Impairment of investments
Loss on fair value revaluation of assets held for sale
Equity settled share based payment expense
Decrease in provisions
Movements in working capital:
Decrease in trade and other receivables
Increase/(decrease) in trade and other payables
2020
£000
(3,323)
(795)
3
-
1,385
810
335
(352)
1,011
49
2019
£000
(2,621)
60
12
236
-
-
-
(3)
107
(305)
Cash absorbed by operations
(877)
(2,514)
29 Post balance sheet event
Sale of Tanzanian Assets
The Board announced on the 2nd of March that the most appropriate course of action regarding Tanzanian
assets is to run a formal process to explore value realisation options for the assets including, but not limited
to, the sale of Scirocco's interests in the certain, or all, of its Tanzanian assets. In particular, the Board is
confident in the inherent value of its 25% interest in the Ruvuma asset and will consider reasonable offers
that reflect the quality of the asset and its significant upside potential. A formal dataroom has been
established and the formal process was begun in March.
30
Prior period adjustment
Changes to the statement of financial position
Fixed assets
Intangible assets
Investments
Net assets
Capital and reserves
Total equity
At 31 December 2019
Previously
reported
£000
15,092
2,927
18,724
Adjustment
As restated
£000
£000
(125)
125
-
14,967
3,052
18,724
20,161
-
20,161
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SCIROCCO ENERGY PLC
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020
30
Prior period adjustment
Notes to reconciliation
(Continued)
There has been a restatement to the 2019 accounts. The investment in Corallian Energy Limited was
incorrectly classified as an intangible asset and has subsequently been reclassified as an unquoted equity
investment.
This restatement has no overall impact on the equity as reported at 31 December 2019.
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SCIROCCO ENERGY PLC
COMPANY INFORMATION
Directors
Alastair Ferguson (Chairman)
Tom Reynolds (CEO)
Jonathan Fitzpatrick
Donald Nicolson
Muir Miller (Joined February 2021)
Senior management
Douglas Rycroft (COO)
Secretary
Registered office
John Alpine
1 Park Row
Leeds
United Kingdom
LS1 5AB
Website
www.sciroccoenergy.com
Nominated advisor
Auditor
Broker
Solicitors
Strand Hanson Ltd
26 Mount Row
Mayfair
London
W1K 3SQ
PKF Littlejohn LLP
15 Westferry Circus
London
United Kingdom
E14 4HD
WH Ireland Limited
24 Martin Lane
London
EC4R 0DR
Pinsent Masons LLP
141 Bothwell Street
Glasgow
G2 7EQ