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REDSTONECONNECT PLC

Annual Report for the Year Ended 31 January 2017

CONTENTS

Highlights	

Chairman’s	statement	

Operational	review	

Financial	Review	

Strategic	report	

Directors	and	officers	

Company	information	and	advisers	

Directors	report	

Auditor’s	report	

Consolidated	income	statement	

Consolidated	statement	of	financial	position	

Consolidated	statement	of	cash	flows	

Consolidated	statement	of	changes	in	equity	

Company	statement	of	financial	position	

Company	statement	of	cash	flows	

Company	statement	of	changes	in	equity	

Notes	to	the	financial	statements	

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HIGHLIGHTS

FINANCIAL	HIGHLIGHTS:

• Profit after tax of £2.1 million (2016: loss of £2.2 million)
•  Gross profit up 33% to £9.2 million (2016: £7.0 million), with an increased gross margin 

of 22% (2016: 17%)

• Revenue up 3.5% to £41.5 million (2016: £40.1 million)
•  Adjusted EBITDA* materially ahead of management expectations, up 56% to £2.0 

million (2016: £1.3 million) reflecting the successful implementation of strategy to focus 
on higher quality, higher margin business

• Reported Profit before tax** of £1.5 million (2016: loss of £0.8 million)
• Profit before tax from continuing operations of £1.2 million (2016: loss of £0.8 million)
• Profit after tax from continuing operations of £1.8 million (2016: loss of £0.7 million)
• Cash generated from operations of £0.9 million (2016: cash out flow of £2.7 million)
•  Cash at year end of £3.2 million (2016: £1.0 million) and net cash of £0.8 million (2016: 

£1.0 million)

•  Basic earnings per share from continuing operations of 0.11 pence (2016: loss of 0.06 

pence)

•  Concluded the Group’s financial restructuring with the early exit of the Stokenchurch 
office lease saving the Group approximately £0.7m over the remainder of the lease

* results for the period from continuing operations before net finance costs, depreciation, amortisation, 
integration costs and transactional items, impairment charge and share based payments.

** reported profit before tax includes; integration and transactional items, share based payment charge and 
£0.3 million profits in the period from discontinued operations.

OPERATIONAL	HIGHLIGHTS:

•  Completed and fully integrated two diversifying and complementary acquisitions: 
Connect IB and Commensus, adding owned software IP and extending service 
capabilities

•  Upgraded OneSpace which is now a strategic module of the Group’s cloud based 

Smart buildings software platform

•  Significant global master services agreements for OneSpace with UBS and UBM  
•  Renewal of all significant key customer Managed Service contracts which came up for 

renewal in the year on three to five year terms

•  Key milestone achieved with Distributed Antenna System ‘DAS’ delivered as a service 
(DASaaS), with a contract secured for the design, installation and management at the 
London headquarters of a leading global technology group

•  Strong order book and new business pipeline achieved from both new and existing 

customers as we move into the new financial year

•  Successfully rebranded the Group to RedstoneConnect Plc

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CHAIRMAN’S STATEMENT

I	am	delighted	to	present	the	
results	for	the	year	ended	31	
January	2017,	a	year	in	which	the	
Group	has	continued	to	make	
significant	strategic	progress,	
achieved	key	operational	
milestones	and	delivered	strong	
financial	results.

The Group remains firmly on course 
to become a leading provider 
of software, technology and 
services in the Smart Buildings and 
Commercial Spaces market.  The 
acquisition of Connect IB in March 
2016 has accelerated our progress, 
bringing a scalable cloud-based 
software platform along with 
significant in-house ‘smart building 
software solution’ development 
capabilities to the Group.  The 
combination of OneSpace, our 
occupancy management tool, 
and the Connect platform’s other 
modules, gives us a market leading 
Smart Buildings platform that is 
unmatched by our peers, especially 
as it is IoT ready.

Our platform is cloud-based and 
highly scalable, allowing us to 
sell on a SaaS pricing model. We 
have also mandated the software 
team to ensure that our individual 
modules are ‘best in class’ if sold 
standalone as point solutions. This 
enables us to cross-sell and up-sell 
across our customer base. 

There are clear sales opportunities 
for our newly developed software 
offering in both the smart building 

and commercial office space 
markets, however we are also 
beginning to see opportunities 
arise in the retail, logistics, sports 
stadia and government sectors. 
With development of our platform 
almost complete we will now shift 
our focus to building an effective 
infrastructure for both direct and 
indirect sales, both in the UK and 
overseas. 

In addition, the Group has delivered 
encouraging organic growth from 
Redstone, our leading IT and 
Smart Buildings infrastructure 
business.  Redstone operates as a 
Systems Integrator and Managed 
Service provider and continues 
to work with an impressive list of 
blue-chip enterprise clients. Both 
segments within Redstone have 
continued to trade well in the year.  
Our Systems Integration business 
delivered increased margins as a 
result of the strategic shift towards 
smart technologies and away from 
the commoditised end of this 
market.  The Managed Services 
operation has also been successful 
in renewing an impressive range of 
key customer contracts, which will 
underpin a significant amount of 
the division’s revenue over the next 
three to five years.

The acquisition in November 2016 
of Commensus Plc, a provider of 
hosted managed services, not only 
provided a complementary fit to 
our existing product offering, it 
also introduced a higher margin 
business that is both scalable and 
accretive.  The Group is now able to 
offer fully managed cloud-based IT 
services to both existing and new 
customers.  

Finally, we completed the 
restructuring programme that 
was started in 2015, marked by 
the early exit of the lease for the 
Stokenchurch office in August 
2016, along with the conclusion of 
a number of other legacy issues, 
all of which relate back to assets 
disposed of in the prior year.  This 
is a key milestone for the business 
and has enabled management 
to focus fully on the future of 
RedstoneConnect.

BOARD	AND	MANAGEMENT

There have been no changes to 
the composition of the Board 
during the year.  This stability has 
benefitted the development of the 
Group’s strategy, which I believe is 
reflected in the achievements and 
performance during the year.  

In addition to the main Board, 
Keith Jump’s appointment during 
the year as Group Chief Technical 
Officer, following the acquisition of 
Connect IB has complemented the 
senior leadership team.  The Group 
CTO role has strategic importance 
as we continue to innovate and 
build out the Group’s software 
product portfolio.  

OUTLOOK

We continue to make progress on 
improving the financial model of 
the business, focusing on higher 
quality business that generates 
higher margins and a stronger mix 
of long-term recurring revenue.  
The Group has a unique end-to-
end product, service and software 
offering which continues to 
appeal across multiple sectors and 
significantly in the Smart Buildings 
market.  

With the successful programme 
of software product development 
achieved during the year, the 
Group now has an enhanced 
offering and is well positioned 
to achieve further growth.  We 
are focusing our investment on 
building sales capabilities, enabling 
the business to rapidly scale and 
to fully capitalise on the market 
opportunity by becoming a leader 
in the supply of smart building 
solutions.

I look forward to sharing more of 
the same with you in the future.

Frank	Beechinor
Chairman
25 April 2017

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OPERATIONAL REVIEW

OVERVIEW

This year has been a period 
of operational success for 
RedstoneConnect, achieving 
growth both organically and 
through the successful completion 
of two complementary acquisitions.  
In addition, we have further 
developed our software offering 
with the cloud-based platform 
acquired with Connect IB and 
have completed the integration 
of OneSpace, our occupancy 
management software, into the 
Connect platform suite.  

Key priorities to drive future 
performance remain as follows:

•  To grow our Smart Buildings 

offering through a combination of 
organic growth and acquisition

•  To focus on developing 

technology-led intellectual 
property, in particular, focusing on 
the Connect platform to ensure 
we achieve our ‘best in class’ 
objective for each module

•  To grow market share for our IP-
led software solutions, deriving 
annuity revenues and profit 
from a growing installed base of 
customers

•  To maintain Redstone’s reputation 

as a market leader for service 
excellence and technical 
competence in its field. We 
will focus on continuing to 
provide high quality services to 
Redstone’s clients by investing 
in our talented colleagues who 

are experts, well-versed in 
the Company’s products and 
our clients’ needs alongside 
continuing to maintain our 
multiple ISO and vendor 
accreditations

•  To deliver improving profitability 

and cash generation   

OUR	BUSINESS	PROPOSITION	

The Group’s proposition enables 
us to deliver end-to-end smart 
building design, installation, service 
and software applications.  This 
offering is not matched by any of 
our peers to the same extent. 

Our service is comprised of three 
segments: Systems Integration, 
Managed Services and Software.

Redstone, our market leading 
Systems Integration division, 
has performed well during the 
year, delivering higher margin 
business, as the mix of projects 
executed moves towards more 
complex solutions involving more 
innovative products, for example 
our work delivering in-building 
cellular solutions, often referred 
to as distributed antenna systems 
(DAS).  Our DAS offering ensures 
mobile devices work anywhere 
within a building, typically for 
enterprise-scale commercial 
property customers and enables 
the servicing of multiple distributed 
buildings from a single, remote 
base station.  This opens the door 
to converting what would otherwise 

be project-only engagements 
into long term ‘DAS as a Service’ 
(‘DASaaS’) opportunities, the first 
of which is being delivered to a 
large global internet business for 
their campus in central London.

We continue to promote our 
Redstone brand; its proven strength 
and traction over many years 
provides us with a market leading 
reputation, which continues to be 
reflected in the quality of contracts 
won by this division.  

Our expertise in Smart Buildings 
network design and installation 
is also experiencing increased 
traction, as both landlords and 
occupiers recognise the material 
benefits to be gained from owning 
and occupying Smart Buildings.  
Our design and installation project 
for UBS’s new headquarters at 
5 Broadgate, London, which we 
completed in the summer of 
2016, is a perfect example, as this 
building is recognised as one of 
Europe’s smartest and following 
the successful design; installation 
project, we have installed both a 
DAS solution at the same location 
and our workspace management 
software, OneSpace.

Our Managed Services offering has 
also continued to deliver strong 
performance in the year.  We 
have a number of long standing 
service engagements, typically 3-5 
years’ duration, all with blue chip 
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proposition providing a unique 
approach that leverages both 
existing technology and new IoT 
innovation to deliver significant 
gains in space utilisation and 
occupancy management.

The platform has a strong 
Application Programming Interface 
(‘API’) engine that is product 
agnostic, making it flexible and 
versatile and leverages the platform 
capability of the 2D and 3D 
mapping engine to rapidly map any 
office or commercial environment, 
enabling quick software application 
deployment.  As a result 
RedstoneConnect is now well 
positioned to develop first mover 
advantage in what the market is 
referring to as the ‘Connected 
Office’; a digital environment where 
OneSpace seamlessly integrates 
with other key intelligent systems 
in and around buildings including 
visitor management, car parking, 
access control, lift and meeting 
room management, food and 
beverage, AV facilities, electronic 
signage – in fact any digital service 
that supports the efficient and 
productive use of a building by its 
occupants.

PERFORMANCE

The financial performance of the 
Company for the year is covered 
in more detail in the Financial 
Review.  In the year to 31 January 
2017, revenues were £41.5 million 
(2016: £40.1 million) slightly ahead 
of the prior year. More importantly 
however, gross profit increased by 
approximately 33% to £9.2 million 
(2016: £7.0 million), as the quality 
and mix of revenues improved 
enabling gross margin to increase 
to 22% (2016: 17%).  This headline 
performance has been achieved in 
part through continued efficiencies 
in our core operations as well as the 
addition of software applications 
with significantly higher gross 
margins, which is starting to 
have a significant impact on our 
profitability.

of the customers with contracts 
due for review during the period 
committed to renew with us. 
This represents 81% of our total 
Managed Services contracted 
customer base, providing solid 
visibility of these revenues for 
the next three  to five years. 
The acquisition of Commensus 
in November 2016 builds out 
our service proposition, adding 
a fully managed IT support 
service offering, including a 
24/7 monitoring and support 
desk capability.  This acquisition 
also brought with it higher 
margin, contracted recurring 
revenues delivered through 
Commensus’ cloud platform, 
with complementary engineering 
resources to deliver on-site 
services.  We now plan on cross-
selling these services across our 
existing customer base and new 
customer engagements.     

Our Software applications business 
is the newest division of the Group. 
The acquisition of Connect IB has 
brought to the Group a scalable 
cloud based software platform 
and whilst the platform’s heritage 
lies in the retail sector, it is both 
functionally rich and fully endorsed 
by customers in a variety of sectors 
including: Pharmaceuticals, Retail, 
Sports and Entertainment, Financial 
Markets and Real Estate.  

The cloud based platform is 
modular with core modules and 
strengths in: customer relationship 
management, analytics, 2D and 3D 
mapping and wayfinding, location 
based services including visitor 
management, meeting room and 
occupancy management, ticketing, 
cash/frictionless vending and car 
parking and content management.  
The platform is multi-tenanted, 
multi-currency and multi-lingual 
and has been deployed in over 28 
countries.

OneSpace, our occupancy 
management tool, forms a module 
of the Connect platform, which can 
also be purchased standalone and 
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ACQUISITIONS

During the year the Group 
successfully completed two 
acquisitions: Connect IB in the first 
half of the year and Commensus in 
the second part of the year.

It is pleasing to report that both 
acquisitions have been fully 
integrated into the Group and 
made a positive contribution to 
the Group’s strong trading during 
the year, with adjusted EBITDA 
materially ahead of market 
expectations at £2.0 million.  

OUTLOOK

We have made significant 
operational progress, are profitable, 
have generated positive operational 
cash flow, delivered a net cash 
position at the year end and 
developed a strong order book and 
new business pipeline for 2017.  

The acquisitions made during 
the year are fully integrated 
with a period of post-acquisition 
development also being 
successfully delivered.  The focus 
now is on scaling the business, 
growing margins, penetrating 
the market with our product and 
service offerings and a continued 
strategic focus to assess the market 
for further opportunities to grow 
both organically and by acquisition.  
Our restructuring is now complete 
and provides a stable and robust 
balance sheet, which the Company 
has not previously had in place.  
That, combined with our clear 
strategic focus leaves us well 
positioned to accelerate our growth 
aspirations.  

The significant improvement in our 
operational performance is a clear 
reflection of the passion and quality 
of our people.  On behalf of the 
Board, I wish to personally thank 
and acknowledge my colleagues 
for what they have achieved 
during 2016 and for their ongoing 
commitment to RedstoneConnect.

Mark	Braund
Chief	Executive	Officer
25 April 2017

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FINANCIAL REVIEW

OVERVIEW

AQUISITIONS

TRADING	PERFORMANCE

Group trading results for the year 
have been strong and materially 
ahead when compared to the prior 
year.  As a result of the strategic 
progress made during the year 
with acquisitions and following a 
successful period of restructuring, 
this financial review presents a new 
segmental view of the Group.  The 
Board now manages the business 
aligned to the types of service and 
solutions it delivers. This differs 
from previous years, which were 
based around the separate legal 
entities and not service provision.    

The Systems Integration division 
delivers projects that cover a 
variety of technologies and more 
typically are delivering smart 
building solutions; the Managed 
Services division delivers both 
managed services and support 
and maintenance services both of 
which drive recurring revenue and 
contribution; and the Software 
Applications division provides 
software solutions.

The Company made two 
acquisitions during the year, 
Connect IB Ltd in March 2016 and 
Commensus Plc in November 2016.  

Connect IB Ltd was acquired for a 
total consideration of £1.328 million, 
satisfied by £1.028 million of cash 
and £0.3 million in equity.  The cash 
consideration was funded from 
a placing of ordinary shares (see 
Equity Financing section below for 
details). The equity consideration 
was satisfied by the issue of up 
to 18,507,094 ordinary shares, of 
which 15,422,579 were issued on 
completion at a market price of 
1.621 pence per share and 3,084,515 
were deferred and are conditional 
on achieving certain future sales 
targets. The equity consideration, 
for the benefit of Keith Jump 
founder and MD of Connect IB, is 
subject to a lock up agreement for 
a period of 36 months.   

Commensus Plc was acquired 
for a total consideration of £2.4 
million.  The consideration was 
satisfied by £2.3 million in cash and 
£0.1 million in equity.  The equity 
consideration was satisfied by the 
issue of 11,976,487 ordinary shares 
on completion at a market price 
of 1.23 pence per share, for senior 
Commensus management and 
is subject to lock up and orderly 
market arrangements for 24 
months.  

Revenue for the year of £41.5m 
(2016: £40.1 million) increased by 
£1.4 million. This increased revenue 
was achieved as a result of the 
acquisitions made during the year.  
However, a more important and 
relevant performance measure 
is gross profit.  During the year, 
the Group reported a 33% year 
on year increase in gross profit to 
£9.2 million (2016: £7.0 million), 
an increase of £2.2 million (2016: 
£1.8 million).  The increase in gross 
profit resulted from strengthening 
margin performance across all 
segments and the benefit of higher 
margin software products.    

As a result of the strong gross 
profit performance, adjusted 
EBITDA has increased in the year 
by 56% to £2.0 million (2016: 
£1.3 million).  Operating profit 
also benefitted from the strong 
trading performance, coupled with 
the reduction in integration and 
transactional items, resulting in £1.2 
million profit (2016: loss of £0.7 
million).  The Group is profitable for 
the first time, following its recent 
restructuring, recording profit 
after tax of £1.8 million (2016: loss 
of £0.7 million) from continuing 
activities and £2.1 million (2016: 
loss of £2.2 million) including 
discontinued operations.

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YEAR	ENDED	31	JANUARY	2017	

System 
Integration 

Managed 
Services 

Software 

Group 
Overhead 

Revenue 

Gross Profit 

Gross Margin 

£000 

24,586 

4,084 

16.6% 

Adjusted EBITDA /(LBITDA)* 

1,082 

Operating  profit/(loss) 

£000 

15,310 

3,714 

24.3% 

1,959 

£000 

1,625 

1,426 

87.8% 

343 

£000 

- 

- 

- 

(1,374) 

Total

£000

41,521

9,224

22.2%

2,010

from continuing operation 

874 

1,432 

(19) 

(1,096) 

1,191

Profit/(loss) after taxation from  

continuing operations 

1,478 

1,432 

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(1,128) 

1,789

YEAR	ENDED	31	JANUARY	2016	

System 
  Integration 

Managed 
Services 

Software 

Group 
Overhead 

Total

Revenue 

Gross Profit 

Gross Margin 

£000 

23,823 

3,129 

13.1% 

Adjusted EBITDA/(LBITDA)* 

483 

Operating profit/(loss) from  

£000 

16,275 

3,821 

23.5% 

1,733 

£000 

£000 

£000

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

(4) 

(924) 

40,098

6,950

17.3%

1,288

continuing operation 

329 

1,379 

(10) 

(2,394) 

(696)

(Loss)/profit  after taxation  

from continuing operations 

341 

1,429 

(10) 

(2,456) 

(696)

* Result for the year from continuing operations before net finance costs, depreciation, amortisation, integration 
and transactional items, impairment charges and share based payment charge.

SYSTEMS	INTEGRATION

The Systems Integration division 
has recorded strong growth in the 
year.  Revenues of £24.6 million 
have increased £0.8 million from 
the prior year to £23.8 million.  
This strong revenue performance, 
coupled with an increase in gross 
margin by 350 basis points to 16.6% 
from 13.1%, has generated increased 

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gross profit of £4.1 million (2016: 
£3.1 million).  The increase in gross 
profit during the year, has resulted 
in a £0.6 million improvement in 
adjusted EBITDA at £1.1 million 
(2016: £0.5 million) and an increase 
of £0.6m in operating profit at £0.9 
million (2016: £0.3 million).

MANAGED	SERVICES	

Revenues of £15.3 million (2016: 
16.3 million) and gross profit of £3.7 
million (2016: 3.8 million) are both 
marginally lower than the prior 
year.  However, as a result of higher 
margin contracts delivered during 
the year coupled with a reduction 
in overheads, this division has seen 
an increase in adjusted EBITDA 

of £2.0 million (2016: £1.7 million) 
and operating profit of £1.4 million 
(2016: £1.4 million).  

Encouragingly, a significant 
proportion of the Managed Services 
contracts that are delivered ‘on the 
ground’ have been renewed during 
the year, on three to five year terms, 
providing good visibility of the 
related revenue and contribution 
over the next few years. 

The acquisition of Commensus 
towards the end of the financial 
year has contributed to the 
Managed Services divisional 
performance.

SOFTWARE	

This division includes revenues and 
profits generated from OneSpace 
and Connect IB.    

Revenues of £1.6 million (2016: 
£nil) generated gross profit of 
£1.4 million at a margin of 87.8% 
(2016: £nil), resulting in a positive 
adjusted EBITDA contribution of 
£0.3 million (2016: £0.01 million 
loss).  Operating loss of £0.02 
million is after impairment of 
intangible assets of £0.1 million and 
integration costs of £0.1 million.      

The impairment charge has 
arisen as a result of the recent 
development of OneSpace 
following the acquisition of 
Connect IB. The charge results 
from the now ‘end of life’ previous 
version of the OneSpace product.

GROUP	OVERHEAD	

The Group reported central 
overheads of £1.1 million at an 
operating level (2016: £2.4 million). 
The reduction in overheads is due 
to charges and provisions made in 
the prior year, which related to the 
then on-going Group restructuring 
which is now full concluded.

INTEGRATION	AND	
TRANSACTIONAL	ITEMS

A credit of £0.2 million (2016: 
charge £1.4 million) has been 
recorded in integration and 

transactional items from continued 
operations in the year, benefitting 
the income statement.  This 
credit has arisen as a result of the 
integration credit of £0.4 million 
(2016: charge of £1.1 million) being 
offset by transactional charges of 
£0.2 million (2016: £0.4 million).  

The credit in relation to integration 
items, is primarily a result of the 
exit and final settlement in August 
2016 of the Stokenchurch property 
lease.  The exit of this lease gave 
rise to a reversal of the unused 
vacant property provision provided 
in the previous year, an analysis is 
provided in note 23 ‘Provisions’.   

The transactional costs of £0.2 
million incurred during the 
year directly relate to the two 
acquisitions, including the charge 
associated with raising the 
necessary funds.

TAXATION

The tax credit reported in the 
income statement is a result of 
recording a deferred tax asset 
during the year of £0.6 million 
net of the deferred tax charge 
associated with the amortisation 
of intangible assets from business 
combinations. The Group has the 
benefit of trading losses which are 
available to offset against future 
profits. As at 31 January 2017, the 
tax losses in the Group totalled 
£9.7 million (2016: £5.6 million), of 
which we anticipate utilising £3.6 
million against future profits and as 
such have recognised a deferred 
tax asset of £0.6 million (2016: £nil) 
during the year.

DISCONTINUED	ACTIVITIES

The credit to the income statement 
of £0.3 million recorded during the 
year is a result of the continued 
programme of restructuring, 
voluntarily liquidating dormant 
Group legal entities, specifically 
where the trade and assets 
have been previously sold. The 
discontinued result, represents one-
off non-cash items and include the 
reversal of unused provisions, built 
up in relation to supplier disputes 

from legacy telecom business 
operations; an analysis is provided 
in note 23 ‘Provisions’.

EARNINGS	PER	SHARE	–	
CONTINUING	OPERATIONS

Basic earnings per share (“EPS”) 
recorded in the year was 0.11 
pence (2016: loss of 0.06 pence) - 
significantly ahead of the prior year.  
EPS on a diluted basis, allowing 
for employee share options and 
warrants, was 0.10 pence (2016: 
loss of 0.06 pence). An analysis is 
provided in note 14 ‘Earnings per 
share’.     

RESEARCH	AND	DEVELOPMENT

During the year the Group invested 
£0.4 million (2016: £0.1 million) 
in developing owned software IP 
which includes OneSpace.  This 
investment is capitalised and 
recorded in the balance sheet as 
an intangible asset. An analysis 
is provided in note 16 ‘Other 
intangible assets’.

INTANGIBLE	ASSETS	AND	
GOODWILL

As a result of the acquisitions of 
Connect IB Ltd and Commensus 
Plc, the Group intangible assets 
increased by £2.9 million and 
goodwill by £2.4 million. A 
breakdown of the intangible assets 
and goodwill arising on these 
acquisitions is provided in note 6 
‘Acquisitions of businesses’.

Amortisation of £0.1 million has 
been recognised in the income 
statement in respect of the 
acquired intangible assets.

As a result of the recent 
development of OneSpace, creating 
a new separate module in the 
Connect IB platform, the previous 
investment in OneSpace, which 
was also recorded as an intangible 
asset, with a carrying value of £0.1 
million (2016: £nil) has been fully 
impaired during the year.

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issued 15,422,579 shares at a market 
price of 1.621 pence per share as 
part of the consideration paid for 
Connect IB Ltd.  In November 2016, 
the Company issued 11,976,487 new 
ordinary shares at a market price 
of 1.23 pence per share, as equity 
consideration to part fund the 
Commensus acquisition. A detailed 
analysis is included in note 25 ‘Share 
capital and reserves’.

Spencer	Dredge
Chief	Financial	Officer
25 April 2017

FINANCIAL REVIEW continued

CASHFLOW

Cash and cash equivalents at the 
end of the year was £3.2 million 
(2016: £1.0 million), an increase of 
£2.2 million. This resulted from cash 
flows generated from operating 
activities of £0.9m, £3.0m raised 
from finance activities, and £2.3m 
from bank loans offset by outflows 
in investing activities of £4.0m. Net 
cash at the year end amounted to 
£0.8 million (2016: £1.0 million).

Cash flows generated from 
operating activities of £0.9 million 
(2016: cash out flow of £2.7 million) 
resulted from strong trading 
performance during the year, offset 
by investments in working capital.

Cash out flows from investing 
activities of £4.0 million (2016: 
cash generated £2.1 million), 
resulted from the investments in 
both Connect IB and Commensus 
totalling £3.1 million (net of 
cash acquired), investment in 
the development of software 
IP including OneSpace of £0.4 
million and investment in fixed and 
intangible assets of £0.5 million.    

Cash flows generated from 
financing activities of £5.2m (2016: 
£2.0m) was made up of funds 
raised from the issue of new equity, 
net of issue costs of £3.0m (2016: 
£2.1 million) and debt finance of 
£2.3 million (2016: £nil) which was 
used to fund the acquisition of 
Commensus Plc. 

During the year the Group incurred 
one-off cash outflows relating to 
legacy activities of £1.1 million.  
Whilst these legacy cash items 
relate to discontinued activities, 
as some of the contractual 
relationships resided in the parent 
company, these items had to be 
settled. It is not anticipated that 
this cash cost will recur. The most 
material item contribution to this 
cash outflow was the Stokenchurch 
property lease, with a cash cost 
of £0.7 million (includes cash exit 
cost). Other items include various 

supplier issues of £0.4 million in 
cash.

BORROWING	AND	BANK	FACILITY

On 14 November the Group 
entered into new long-term bank 
arrangements.  The facilities 
were established to finance the 
acquisition of Commensus Plc for 
£2.4 million via a bank loan of £2.35 
million and equity consideration 
of £0.1 million.  The Group banks 
with Barclays, who provided the 
debt finance in full.  The loan is 
repayable over four years, with 
quarterly repayments, and carries a 
coupon of 3.5%.

As a result of the Group’s new 
loan and facility arrangements, the 
following banking covenants are in 
place: -
•  Leverage cover: total borrowings 
must not exceed 200% of trailing 
twelve month EBITDA; 

•  Debt service: adjusted cash flow 

as a ratio to adjusted debt service 
shall not fall below 2 times;

•  Interest cover: Earnings Before 
Interest and Tax, (“EBIT”), must 
exceed 2.5 times gross financing 
costs; and

•  Debtor cover: debtor book cover 

less than 90 days cannot fall 
below 3 times the drawn facility.

As a result of the fixed term 
loan, a reduced revolving loan 
facility of £1.65 million was agreed 
(previously £2.5 million). This 
facility will ratchet back up to a 
maximum of £2.5 million in line with 
the repayments of the £2.35 million 
term loan. 

EQUITY	FINANCING

During the year the Company 
issued 250,613,352 new ordinary 
shares for a value of £3.0 million, 
net of costs.  The Company issued 
238,636,865 in new equity in March 
2016 via a placing of 223,214,286 
ordinary shares at a market price 
per share of 1.4 pence, raising a 
total of £3.0 million, net of costs. 
Also in March 2016, the Company 

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STRATEGIC REPORT

The Group continues to make 
excellent progress in its stated 
strategy of becoming a dominant 
player in the Smart Buildings and 
Smart Commercial Spaces market.  
We have already made notable 
success in our aim to positively 
change the revenue and related 
contribution mix of the Group 
towards higher margin annuity 
revenues.  The gross margin 
reported for the year is a blended 
22%, which is 500-basis points (5%) 
higher than the previous year at 
17%.  The increase in gross margin 
is largely attributed to the positive 
impact of the software division, and 
I expect, as we grow this area of the 
Group we will see a continuation 
of this margin improvement with 
a shift towards a higher blended 
Group gross profit margin.

Another strategic aim has been to 
develop our own IP and installed 
customer base enjoying these 
products and services.  We have 
made significant progress on this 
front in the year, firstly with the 
acquisition of Connect IB and more 
recently with the productisation of 
OneSpace.  This period of product 
development has resulted in 
successful global master framework 
agreements for OneSpace with 
global investment bank UBS 
and the global media events 
company UBM.  We continue to 
develop further opportunities with 
OneSpace and already have a 
number of revenue generating pilot 
projects, which we hope in time will 

develop into full deployments of 
the solution.

Our strategy is underpinned 
by what we see in the market 
place as a shift in modern work 
practices towards a more flexible 
working environment.  The 
age of Bring Your Own Device 
(‘BYOD’) and mobile working is 
becoming a reality.  This changing 
business environment brings 
with it challenges for modern 
organisations in how to ensure both 
effective and efficient working.  
This challenge is one that faces 
all organisations both big and 
small, but one that becomes more 
difficult to manage effectively, 
the larger and more diverse the 
organisation.  Staff wellbeing is 
becoming an increased focus of 
employers and it is accepted that 
an effective working environment 
creates an environment through 
which employers can attract and 
retain the best talent. Speaking 
with clients, we are finding the key 
drivers for creating a successful 
office environment are not only the 
financial benefits associated with 
an efficient working environment 
by utilising space effectively, but 
also the benefits of a modern 
work place when recruiting and 
retaining talent.  We believe a 
digital experience is essential to 
achieving employee wellbeing 
and retention, through better 
engagement with the work place, 
empowering employees to enjoy a 
more engaging work experience, 

driving productivity gains. We 
see this change gathering pace as 
more of the millennials join today’s 
and tomorrow’s work force and as 
digitalisation continues to gather 
pace.

The value in today’s world of 
understanding business data 
cannot be underestimated.  The 
Connect IB platform looks to 
collect data from every end point 
and product API.  The value adding 
activities which are enabled from 
both the collection and analysis 
of this data are what drives the 
financial return on investment. 
This is certainly the case for the 
OneSpace product. Understanding 
current working behaviours and 
utilisation of office and commercial 
spaces enables clients to right size 
their office portfolios.  We have 
already seen a compelling return 
on investment from the UBM client 
experience, where the installation 
of the OneSpace product ahead 
of moving offices enabled, with 
precision, an understanding of the 
requirement for the new office 
and delivered multimillion pound 
savings in both capital expenditure 
and annual operating expense. All 
of these savings were generated 
from only the initial phase of the 
software deployment; further 
efficiencies were achieved through 
a further period of review.  We see 
a whole new customer set opening 
up to the Group from organisations 
that have similar inefficiencies 
and a desire to improve employee 

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development strategy and have 
a small number of early stage 
proof of concept developments 
in progress with key customers 
to fine tune these developments 
before full release
•  Loss of key staff: 

RedstoneConnect employs 
talented and experienced 
personnel and loss of such 
personnel would be detrimental 
to the business. The Board has 
put in place remuneration plans to 
incentivise staff and encourages 
career development where 
possible within the organisation 
and is establishing an active 
succession planning process; 
management encourage a culture 
of respect and integrity to create 
a good work environment.
•  Inability to safeguard the 

Company’s Intellectual Property: 
the Group owns a growing 
portfolio of valuable Intellectual 
Property. Loss of such Intellectual 
Property would be detrimental to 
the organisation; the Company 
manages this risk through its 
patent protection programme 
and by managing confidentiality 
robustly

•  Loss of competitive advantage: 
the Group continues to innovate 
in its key markets, developing 
IP is a crucial component of this 
development

•  Loss of good credit rating: 
many of our partners seek 
guidance from the credit scoring 
agencies to assess their credit 
risk. We monitor our credit 
ratings constantly and engage in 
dialogue with rating agencies to 
ensure they continue to reflect 
our business correctly.

STRATEGIC REPORT continued

wellbeing for a variety of beneficial 
reasons.

RISK	MANAGEMENT

The divisional senior management 
is responsible for managing risk 
and assessing how this might 
prevent the Group from delivering 
its strategy with support from the 
Group’s executive management 
team.

The policy is to identify the key 
risks which could affect the Group 
and to assess the appropriate 
mitigation, including use of 
insurance policies.

The Group could potentially 
be affected by a number of 
uncertainties and risks that are not 
wholly within its control.

Some of the key risks and 
uncertainties along with the 
Group’s approach to mitigation are 
as follows:

•  Potential deterioration of the UK 

economy: this is currently relevant 
due to the UK’s pending exit from 
the European Union, although 
this is some time away and will 
be mitigated through delivery of 
our strategy, focused on Smart 
Building markets, which are 
undergoing structural change and 
by focusing on selling our own 
IP-rich solutions that generate 
significant customer advantage 
and long term earnings visibility 
for the Group

•  Regulatory changes, potentially 

relevant in light of the new 
legislation, which will likely 
be enacted following the UK’s 
exit from the European Union: 
mitigated by the knowledge 
and agility of the Group’s skilled 
resources, which provides us 
with good visibility of any likely 
change and enables us to react 
quickly to comply.  As such, 
regulatory change can present 
the Group with an advantage over 
many of its competitors

•  Failing to attract and retain 

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the right calibre of talent: the 
Group operates an active talent 
management and development 
programme.  Retention of skilled 
resource is high in both Redstone 
and the recently acquired 
Connect IB and Commensus.  We 
continue to monitor and develop 
this programme to meet the 
ambitious requirements of the 
business

•  Failure to control projects within 

their budgets including delivering 
the services in accordance 
with the project specifications 
and to the required standards: 
leveraging the Group’s 30-years 
of experience it operates a strong 
process, which is continuously 
monitored, developed and 
improved by a dedicated team of 
talented programme and project 
professionals, with full senior 
management oversight
•  Loss of ISO and vendor 

accreditations: the Group 
operates strong processes which 
are continuously monitored, 
developed and improved by a 
dedicated quality manager, with 
full senior management oversight.  
Vendor accreditations are 
managed using a process tailored 
to each vendor and managed 
by members of the senior 
management team

•  Health and safety risk: the Group 

operates strong processes to 
safeguard staff and clients which 
are continuously monitored, 
developed and improved by a 
dedicated health and safety at 
work manager, with full senior 
management oversight

•  Working capital risk on large 

construction projects: the Group 
negotiates milestone payments 
on larger contracts to mitigate 
working capital pressure

•  Innovation risk from a fast moving 

and ever changing customer 
requirement: the Group’s 
development is customer-centric; 
we are actively engaged with 
our target markets through 
industry research, events and 
the strong relationships we have 
with customers.  We use this as a 
means to determine our product 

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DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS

Frank	Beechinor	(Chairman)

Frank was appointed Chairman of the Board on 10 July 2014 and 
is Chairman of the Nominations Committee. He has significant 
corporate experience, particularly of IT and Software services and 
is also currently Non-Executive Chairman of dotDigital Group plc 
and CEO of Cadence Performance Limited. Frank was previously 
founder and CEO of OneClick HR plc from 1997 to 2011.

Mark	Braund	(Chief	Executive	Officer)

Mark joined the Board as CEO on 1 January 2016, following his 
stint as a Non-Executive Director appointed on 9 March 2015. 

He is a former director of IBM (EMEA) and an experienced 
technology and business services executive with a proven ability 
to turn around and grow businesses. He founded, developed and 
then sold Barker Personnel Services to Carlisle Holdings plc and 
subsequently led the turnarounds of TAC Europe, Lorien plc and 
First Advantage Inc., all of which saw rapid increases in market 
share and profitability before being sold to private investors. Mark 
joined InterQuest Group plc as Chief Executive Officer in April 
2011; since then he has transformed the Company into one of 
the leading digital technology contract services and recruitment 
specialists in the UK.

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Spencer	Dredge	(Chief	Financial	Officer)

Spencer was appointed as Director on 2 September 2015.  
Spencer is a qualified Chartered Management Accountant 
and has more than a decade of experience in the Technology 
sector having held a number of senior positions for quoted 
UK technology companies, including his previous role as CFO 
of Castleton Technology Plc, where he helped complete the 
Groups restructuring.  He has experience in corporate finance, 
playing a pivotal role in executing successful M&A programs 
at Redstone plc, Maxima Holdings plc and Redcentric plc.

Guy	van	Zwanenberg	(Non-Executive	Director)

Guy joined the Board on 9 March 2015 and is Chairman of the 
Remuneration Committee and a member of the Audit Committee 
and the Nominations Committee. Guy has 40 years’ experience in 
industry and practice. He qualified as a Chartered Accountant with 
Grant Thornton and then spent three years working with James 
Gulliver. Guy subsequently moved to become UK Finance Director 
of an American computer accessory company which was taken 
public in 1989. In 1991, he established his own interim financial 
management business and has since been involved in a number of 
SME businesses providing strategic and financial help.

Guy joined Gamingking PLC in 1998 on a part time basis as Finance 
Director and became Company Secretary and Non-Executive 
Director in 2006, remaining until May 2013. He joined Quixant plc 
as a Non-Executive in March 2013 as part of the float team.

Guy is both a Fellow of The Institute of Chartered Accountants in 
England and Wales and a Chartered Director.

Diana	Dyer	Bartlett	(Non-Executive	Director)

Diana was appointed to the Board in October 2013 and is Chairman 
of the Audit Committee and a member of the Remuneration 
and Nominations Committees.  Diana acted as interim FD of the 
Company between the end of 2014 and Spencer’s appointment in 
September 2015. 

With 30 years’ experience in accountancy, investment banking 
and finance, Diana has an impressive track record in investments, 
mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance and business 
transformation in publicly quoted, venture capital and private 
equity backed companies. Her recent roles include Company 
Secretary for Tullett Prebon plc, Finance Director of Pelamis 
Wave Power Limited and Chairman and Honorary Treasurer for 
BreastCancer Haven.  She is currently CFO of Precious Cells 
International Limited.

Diana is an Associate of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in 
England and Wales.

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COMPANY INFORMATION  
AND ADVISERS

REGISTERED	OFFICE

AUDITOR

40 Holborn Viaduct
London
EC1N 2PB

COMPANY	NUMBER

5332126

COMPANY	ADVISERS

NOMINATED	ADVISER	AND		
JOINT	BROKER

Cantor Fitzgerald
1 Churchill Place
Canary Wharf
London
E14 5RB

JOINT	BROKER

Whitman Howard
First Floor
1 – 3 Connaught House,
Mount Street,
London 
W1K 3NB

KPMG LLP
Chartered Accountants &  
Statutory Auditors
Arlington Business Park
Theale
Reading
Berkshire
RG7 4SD

REGISTRAR

Share Registrars Ltd
Craven House
West Street
Farnham
Surrey
GU9 7EN

BANKER

Barclays Bank Plc
1 Churchill Place
London
E14 5HP

DIRECTORS REPORT

The Directors submit this report 
together with the accounts 
of RedstoneConnect plc (‘the 
Company’) and its subsidiary 
undertakings (together ‘the Group’) 
for the year ended 31 January 2017.

PRINCIPAL	ACTIVITES

During the year the Group’s 
principal activities were 
infrastructure services, managed 
services and software products.  

DIRECTORS	AND	
THEIR	INTERESTS

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

RESULTS	AND	DIVIDEND

The results for the year are set 
out in the consolidated income 
statement on page 30. The 
Directors do not recommend 
payment of a dividend (2016: £nil).

REVIEW	OF	BUSINESS

A review of the business of the 
Group, together with comments on 
future developments is given in the 
Operational Review.

Frank	Beechinor 
Chairman
Mark	Braund 
Chief Executive Officer 
Spencer	Dredge 
Chief Financial Officer 
Diana	Dyer	Bartlett 
Non-Executive Director 
Guy	van	Zwanenberg	
Non-Executive Director 

The remuneration of the Directors who held office during the year was as follows:

DIRECTORS’	REMUNERATION	 	

Salary  

Bonus

Share 
Based 
Payment

Benefit 
in kind

Total

Pension

2017 
Total

2016 
Total

£000 

£000 

£000 

£000 

£000 

£000 

£000 

£000

59 

302 

140 

38 

38 

- 

- 

25 

- 

- 

6 

40 

16 

4 

2 

- 

4 

1 

- 

- 

65 

346 

182 

42 

40 

- 

19 

8 

- 

- 

65 

365 

190 

42 

40 

87

96

68

127

33

Frank Beechinor  

Mark Braund  

Spencer Dredge  

Diana Dyer Bartlett 

Guy van Zwanenberg 

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DIRECTORS REPORT continued

The interests of those Directors serving during the year ended 31 January 2017, as at the year-end, all of which 
are beneficial, in the share capital of the Company, were as follows:

DIRECTOR	

																																																																																									Ordinary	shares	of	0.1p	each

Frank Beechinor 

Mark Braund 

Spencer Dredge 

Diana Dyer Bartlett 

Guy van Zwanenberg 

2017 

No 

  9,000,000 

14,485,316 

3,212,652 

  4,000,000 

3,000,000 

2016  

No 

9,000,000

10,638,888

1,819,795

4,000,000

3,000,000

Mark Braund and Spencer Dredge both took part in the share placing in March 2016 and subscribed for 3,571,428 
and 1,392,857 ordinary shares respectively. Mark Braund also purchased 275,000 ordinary shares in the open 
market during the year.

The beneficial holdings include, where applicable, the holdings of connected parties.

DIRECTORS’	SHARE	WARRANTS	AND	OPTIONS

As at 31 January 2017 the Company had granted the following warrants and share options to Directors and past 
Directors of the Company which remained outstanding at the year-end or at the date of resignation:  

																																																																																								NO	OF	ORDINARY						EXERCISE	
DIRECTOR	

															INSTRUMENT												SHARES	OF	0.1P	 									PRICE														GRANT	DATE

Frank Beechinor 

Share option  

10,000,000 

Mark Braund 

Share option 

65,000,000 

Spencer Dredge 

Share option 

26,000,000 

Diana Dyer Bartlett 

Share option 

7,000,000 

Guy van Zwanenberg 

Share option 

3,000,000 

0.92p 

0.92p 

0.92p 

0.92p 

0.92p 

11/12/2015

11/12/2015

11/12/2015

11/12/2015

11/12/2015

Iain Ross 

Warrant 

4,000,000 

5.00p 

10/06/2013

None of the Directors had any beneficial interest in the shares of any subsidiary companies.
The movement on Directors share warrants and options during the year is set out below:

2017	

2016

Number

Weighted average 
exercise price

Number

Weighted average 
exercise price

Outstanding at start of year 

115,000,000 

1.06p 

21,380,952 

Granted during the year 

Forfeited during the year 

- 

- 

Outstanding at end of year 

115,000,000 

Exercisable at end of year 

4,000,000 

- 

- 

1.06p 

5.00p 

111,000,000 

(17,380,952) 

115,000,000 

4,000,000 

3.30p

0.92p

2.91p

1.06p

5.00p

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SHARE	CAPITAL	

BOARD	OF	DIRECTORS 

Details of the Company’s share 
capital are disclosed in note 25 to 
the financial statements.

FINANCIAL	INSTRUMENTS	

Details of the use of financial 
instruments by the Company and 
its subsidiary undertakings are 
disclosed in note 29 to the financial 
statements.

At the year end the Board 
consisted of a Chairman, Chief 
Executive, Chief Financial Officer 
and two Non-Executive Directors. 

The Board meets on a regular 
basis and the agenda of matters 
discussed and approved consists of 
matters concerned with the future 
direction of the business

available to employees through the 
medium of frequent staff meetings, 
together with personal appraisals 
and feedback sessions.

During the year the Group 
introduced a SAYE share incentive 
scheme in which all staff were 
invited to participate, thereby 
aligning their interests with those 
of the shareholders.

STATEMENT	TO	THE	AUDITOR	

REMUNERATION	COMMITTEE	

So far as the Directors are 
aware, there is no relevant audit 
information (as defined by section 
418 of the Companies Act 2006) 
of which the Company’s auditor 
is unaware, and each Director 
has taken all the steps that he/
she ought to have taken as a 
Director in order to make himself/
herself aware of any relevant audit 
information and to establish that 
the Company’s auditor is aware of 
that information.

CORPORATE	GOVERNANCE 

Achieving good governance is 
key to the long term success 
of the business. It ensures we 
remain a responsible Company 
and underpins our culture and 
reputation as an organisation. 
As a Board we are conscious of 
our obligations to think deeply, 
thoroughly and on a continuing 
basis regarding our duties.

The Group has Non-Executive 
Board members with extensive 
experience in areas critical to 
the long term future success of 
the Company, covering a deep 
understanding of technology, 
corporate strategy, finance and 
investment.

This experience enables the Non-
Executives to add entrepreneurial 
leadership, with open and rigorous 
debate that provides a valuable 
external and balanced perspective 
to the proceedings. We believe that 
our Board complement each other, 
delivering a broad and appropriate 
balance of skills.

The Remuneration Committee 
agrees the terms and conditions, 
including annual remuneration, 
of Executive Directors and 
reviews such matters for other 
senior personnel including their 
participation in long term incentive 
schemes.

AUDIT	COMMITTEE

The Audit Committee recommends 
the appointment, scope and fees 
of the external auditor, discusses 
issues that arise from the audit, 
reviews reports of the external 
auditors and internal control 
procedures and considers any 
financial statements before their 
publication. The auditor also 
attends meetings of the Audit 
Committee as required by the 
Committee to consider any issues 
arising from the audit and their 
work.

NOMINATIONS	COMMITTEE

The Nominations Committee makes 
recommendations to the Board 
for all Board appointments and 
succession planning.

EMPLOYEES

The Group has continued to give 
full and fair consideration to 
applications made by disabled 
persons, having regard to 
their respective aptitudes and 
abilities, and to ensure that they 
benefit from training and career 
development programs in common 
with all employees. The Group has 
continued its policy of employee 
involvement by making information 

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After making appropriate enquiries, 
the Directors consider that the 
Company and the Group have 
adequate resources to continue 
in operational existence for the 
foreseeable future. For this reason, 
they continue to adopt the going 
concern basis in preparing the 
financial statements.

AUDITOR

In accordance with section 485 
of the Companies Act 2006, a 
resolution proposing that KPMG 
LLP be re-appointed as auditor 
will be put to the Annual General 
Meeting.

The Report of the Directors was 
approved by the Board on 25 April 
2017 and signed on its behalf by:

Spencer	Dredge
Director
25 April 2017

DIRECTORS REPORT continued

SUBSTANTIAL	SHAREHOLDINGS

As at the 5 April 2017, the following interests in 3% or more of the issued ordinary share capital had been notified 
to the Company:

SHAREHOLDER		

					5	APRIL	2017

Helium Special Situations Fund 

Henderson Global Investors 

259,824,283 

90,510,315 

15.79%

5.50%

DIRECTORS	RESPONSIBILITIES

•  prepare the financial statements 

pence).

The Directors are responsible 
for preparing the Annual Report 
and the financial statements, the 
Directors’ report in accordance with 
applicable law and regulations.

Company law requires the Directors 
to prepare group and parent 
company financial statements for 
each financial year. Under that law 
they have elected to prepare both 
the group and the parent company 
financial statements in accordance 
with IFRSs as adopted by the EU 
and applicable law. As required 
by the AIM Rules of the London 
Stock Exchange they are required 
to prepare the group financial 
statements in accordance with 
IFRSs as adopted by the EU and 
applicable law and have elected 
to prepare the parent company 
financial statements on the same 
basis.

Under Company law the Directors 
must not approve the financial 
statements unless they are satisfied 
that they give a true and fair view 
of the state of affairs of the group 
and parent company and of their 
profit or loss. In preparing each 
of the group and parent company 
financial statements, the Directors 
are required to:

•  select suitable accounting policies 
and then apply them consistently; 

•  make judgements and estimates 
that are reasonable and prudent;

•  state whether they have been 
prepared in accordance with 
IFRSs as adopted by the EU; and

on the going concern basis unless 
it is inappropriate to presume 
that the Company will continue in 
business.

The Directors are responsible for 
keeping adequate accounting 
records that are sufficient to show 
and explain the parent company’s 
transactions and disclose with 
reasonable accuracy at any time 
the financial position of the parent 
company and enable them to 
ensure that its financial statements 
comply with the Companies 
Act 2006. They have general 
responsibility for taking such steps 
as are reasonably open to them to 
safeguard the assets of the group 
and to prevent and detect fraud 
and other irregularities. 

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

LISTING

The Company’s ordinary shares 
have been traded on London’s 
AIM Market since 6 September 
2006. Cantor Fitzgerald are the 
Company’s Nominated Advisor, and 
the Company has Joint Brokers, 
Cantor Fitzgerald and Whitman 
Howard. The closing mid-market 
share price at 31 January 2017 was 
1.60 pence (31 January 2016: 0.52 

PUBLICATION	OF	FINANCIAL	
STATEMENTS

The Company’s financial 
statements will be made available 
on the Company’s website www.
redstoneconnectplc.com. The 
maintenance and integrity of 
the website is the responsibility 
of the Directors. The Directors’ 
responsibility also extends to the 
financial statements contained 
therein. Shareholders who would 
like to receive a copy of the 
financial statements by post, should 
apply to the Company Secretary at 
the Company’s registered office.

ANNUAL	GENERAL	MEETING

The Annual General Meeting 
will be held at the offices of 
RedstoneConnect plc, 40 Holborn 
Viaduct, London, EC1N 2PB, the 
date and time of which will be 
confirmed in due course.

GOING	CONCERN

The Group’s business activities 
and performance, and the financial 
position of the Group, its cash flows 
and borrowing facilities, together 
with the factors likely to affect its 
future development, performance 
and position, are explained in the 
Strategic report, the Operational 
and Financial Review. Analysis 
of the Group’s key risks is also 
set out in the Strategic report. 
Further information regarding the 
assessment of going concern is in 
note 1 to the financial statements.

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AUDITOR’S REPORT

Independent	Auditor’s	report		
to	the	Members	of	
RedstoneConnect	Plc

We have audited the financial 
statements of RedstoneConnect 
plc for the year ended 31 January 
2017 set out on pages 30 to 67. 
The financial reporting framework 
that has been applied in their 
preparation is applicable law and 
International Financial Reporting 
Standards (IFRSs) as adopted by 
the EU and, as regards the parent 
company financial statements, as 
applied in accordance with the 
provisions of the Companies Act 
2006.

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.

RESPECTIVE	RESPONSIBILITIES	
OF	DIRECTORS	AND	AUDITOR

As explained more fully in 
the Directors’ Responsibilities 
statement set out on page 26, 
the directors are responsible for 
the preparation of the financial 
statements and for being satisfied 
that they give a true and fair view. 
Our responsibility is to audit, and 
express an opinion on, the financial 
statements in accordance with 
applicable law and International 
Standards on Auditing (UK and 
Ireland). Those standards require 
us to comply with the Auditing 
Practices Board’s Ethical Standards 
for Auditors.

SCOPE	OF	THE	AUDIT	OF	THE	
FINANCIAL	STATEMENTS

A description of the scope of an 

audit of financial statements is 
provided on the Financial Reporting 
Council’s website at www.frc.org.
uk/auditscopeukprivate.

OPINION	ON	FINANCIAL	
STATEMENTS

In our opinion:

•  the financial statements give a 
true and fair view of the state 
of the group’s and of the parent 
company’s affairs as at 31 January 
2017 and of the group’s profit for 
the year then ended;

•  the group financial statements 
have been properly prepared 
in accordance with IFRSs as 
adopted by the EU;

•  the parent company financial 

statements have been properly 
prepared in accordance with 
IFRSs as adopted by the EU and 
as applied in accordance with the 
provisions of the Companies Act 
2006; and

•  the financial statements have 
been prepared in accordance 
with the requirements of the 
Companies Act 2006.

OPINION	ON	OTHER	MATTERS	
PRESCRIBED	BY	THE	COMPANIES	
ACT	2006

In our opinion 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.

Based solely on the work required 
to be undertaken in the course 
of the audit of the financial 
statements and from reading the 
Strategic report and the Directors 
report:

•  we have not identified material 
misstatements in those reports; 
and

•  in our opinion, those reports have 
been prepared in accordance with 

the Companies Act 2006.

MATTERS	ON	WHICH	WE	ARE	
REQUIRED	TO	REPORT	BY	
EXCEPTION

We have nothing to report in 
respect of the following matters 
where the Companies Act 2006 
requires us to report to you if, in 
our opinion:

•  adequate accounting records 

have not been kept by the parent 
company, or returns adequate for 
our audit have not been received 
from branches not visited by us; 
or

•  the parent company financial 

statements are not in agreement 
with the accounting records and 
returns; or 

•  certain disclosures of directors’ 

remuneration specified by law are 
not made; or

•  we have not received all the 

information and explanations we 
require for our audit.

Derek	McAllan
(Senior	Statutory	Auditor)
for	and	on	behalf	of	KPMG	LLP
Chartered	Accountants	&	Statutory	
Auditors

Arlington Business Park
Theale
Reading
Berkshire
RG7 4SD
25 April 2017

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CONSOLIDATED INCOME STATEMENT
For	the	year	ended	31	January	2017

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION
As	at	31	January	2017

																																																																																																								NOTES																		2017																									2016	

																																																																																																								NOTES																		2017																									2016	

Revenue 

Cost of sales 

Gross profit 

Administrative expenses 

Operating profit/(loss) 

Adjusted EBITDA* 

Integration and transactional items included 

within administrative expenses 

Depreciation 

Amortisation 

Impairment of intangible assets 

Share based payment charge 

Operating profit/(loss) 

Net finance costs 

Profit/(loss) before tax 

Taxation 

Profit/(loss) for the year after tax 

Discontinued operations 

Profit/(loss) for the year 

4,5 

10 

8 

10 

10 

9 

10 

10 

12 

13c 

7 

Total comprehensive profit/(loss) for the year attributable to equity holders 

Basic earnings/(loss) per share 

Continuing operations 

Discontinued operations 

Total 

Diluted earnings/(loss) per share

Continuing operations 

Discontinued operations 

Total 

14 

14 

14 

14 

14 

14 

£000 

41,521 

£000

40,098

(32,297) 

(33,148)

9,224 

(8,033) 

1,191 

6,950

(7,646)

(696)

2,010 

1,288

211 

(424) 

(371) 

(146) -

(89) 

1,191 

(37) 

1,154 

635 

1,789 

316 

2,105 

2,105 

0.11p 

0.02p 

0.13p 

0.10p 

0.02p 

0.12p 

(1,439)

(370)

(128)

(47)

(696)

(63)

(759)

63

(696)

(1,487)

(2,183)

(2,183)

(0.06p)

(0.12p)

(0.18p)

(0.06p)

(0.12p)

(0.18p)

* Result for the year from continuing operations before net finance costs, depreciation, amortisation, 
integration and transactional items, impairment charges and share based payment charge.
The notes on pages 37 to 67 are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

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ASSETS	

Non-current	assets 

Goodwill 

Other intangible assets 

Property, plant and equipment 

Deferred tax 

Current	assets 

Inventories 

Trade and other receivables 

Cash and cash equivalents 

Total	assets	

EQUITY	and	LIABILITIES	

Capital	and	reserves	attributable	to	equity	shareholders 

Share capital 

Share premium 

Merger reserve 

Reverse acquisition reserve 

Accumulated deficit 

Total	equity 

Current	liabilities 

Overdraft 

Bank loans 

Trade and other payables 

Corporation tax 

Provisions 

Non-current	liabilities 

Provisions 

Bank loans 

Total	liabilities 

Total	equity	and	liabilities 

15 

16 

17 

24 

18 

19 

20 

25 

25 

25 

20 

22 

21 

13a 

23 

23 

22 

£000 

£000

11,087 

3,222 

906 

62 -

15,277 

143 

8,779 

4,468 

13,390 

28,667	

3,687 

32,589 

1,911 

(4,236) 

(19,470) 

14,481 

1,273 

653 -

10,318 

11 -

- 

12,255 

169 

1,762 -

1,931 

14,186 

28,667 

8,724

309

637

9,670

181

7,982

2,430

10,593

20,263

3,436

29,463

1,911

(4,236)

(21,664)

8,910

1,383

8,503

676

10,562

791

791

11,353

20,263

The financial statements were approved by the Board of Directors and authorised for issue on 25 April 2017.
They were signed on its behalf by:

Spencer Dredge, Chief Financial Officer, 25 April 2017
Company Number: 5332126

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
For	the	year	ended	31	January	2017

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY
Attributable	to	equity	holders	of	the	Company

																																																																																																													SHARE								REVERSE												
																																																																																																										PREMIUM						AQUISI-	
																																																																																								SHARE								MERGER/						TION												ULATED												
																																																																						NOTES					CAPITAL					RESERVE	 RESERVE						DEFICIT					TOTAL	

	ACCUM-	

              £000            £000            £000         £000        £000

3,015 

29,727 

(4,236) 

(19,528) 

8,978

At 1 February 2015 

Loss for the year 

Total comprehensive loss for the year 

Transactions	with	the	owners: 

Proceeds from shares issued 

25 

421 

Share issue costs 

Share based payment charge 

- 

- 

At 31 January 2016 

At 1 February 2016 

Profit for the year 

Total comprehensive profit for the year 

Transactions	with	the	owners: 

Proceeds from shares issued 

25 

251 

Share issue costs 

Share based payment charge 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

1,697 

(50) 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

(2,183) 

(2,183)

(2,183) 

(2,183)

- 

- 

47 

2,118

(50)

47

3,436 

31,374 

(4,236) 

(21,664) 

8,910

3,436 

31,374 

(4,236) 

(21,664) 

8,910

- 

- 

3,272 

(146) 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

2,105 

2,105

2,105 

2,105

- 

- 

3,523

(146)

89 

89

At	31	January	2017 

3,687 

34,500 

(4,236) 

(19,470) 

14,481

																																																																																																								NOTES																		2017																									2016		

9,16 

Cash	flows	from	operating	activities	

Profit/(loss) for the year 

Depreciation 

Amortisation 

Share based payment charge 

Net finance costs 

Taxation 

Intangible asset impairment 

Provisions (released)/recognised 

Loss on sale of fixed assets 

Loss on sale of discontinued operation, net of tax 

Operating	cash	flows	before	movements	in	working	capital 

Decrease in inventories 

(Increase)/decrease in receivables 

Decrease  in payables 

Movement in provisions 

Operating	cash	flows	after	movements	in	working	capital 

Tax refunded 

Net	cash	generated	from/(used	in)	operating	activities 

Cash	flows	from	investing	activities 

Disposal of assets 

Research and development 

Acquisition of subsidiaries (net of cash acquired) 

Acquisition of intangible assets 

Proceeds from sale of property, plant and equipment 

Acquisition of property, plant and equipment 

Net cash (used in)/generated from investing activities 

Cash	flows	from	financing	activities 

Proceeds from issues of share capital (net of issue costs) 

Loan drawn 

Loan repaid 

Net finance costs 

Net cash generated from financing activities 

Net increase in cash and cash equivalents 

Cash	and	cash	equivalents	at	start	of	year 

Cash	and	cash	equivalents	at	end	of	year 

£000 

2,105 

424 

371 

89 

37 

(635) 

146 -

(610) 

- 

- 

1,927 

37 

(133) 

(270) 

(687) -

874 

39 

913 

- 

(367) -

(3,140) -

(138) 

- 

(351) 

(3,996) 

2,979 

3,789 -

(1,500) -

(37) 

5,231 

2,148 

1,047 

3,195 

£000

(2,183)

531

218

47

63

(482)

589

24

576

(617)

32

2,394

(4,543)

(2,734)

49

(2,685)

2,500

(355)

23

(56)

2,112

2,069

(63)

2,006

1,433

(386)

1,047

Cash and cash equivalents comprise cash at bank and other short-term highly liquid investments with 
maturity of three months or less, as adjusted for any bank overdrafts.

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COMPANY STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION
As	at	31	January	2017

COMPANY STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
For	the	year	ended	31	January	2017

																																																																																																								NOTES																		2017																									2016		

																																																																																																																																						2017																									2016		

ASSETS	

Non-current	assets 

Investment in subsidiaries 

Tangible assets 

Current	assets 

Trade and other receivables 

Total	assets	

EQUITY	and	LIABILITIES	

Capital	and	reserves	attributable	to	equity	shareholders 

Share capital 

Share premium 

Merger reserve 

Accumulated deficit 

Total	equity 

Current	liabilities 

Overdraft 

Bank loans 

Trade and other payables 

Provisions 

Non-current	liabilities 

Provisions 

Bank loans 

Total	liabilities 

Total	equity	and	liabilities 

30 

19 

25 

25 

25 

20 

22 

21 

23 

23 

22 

£000 

£000

12,975 

3 2

12,978 

1,519 

1,519 

14,497 

3,687 

32,589 

1,911 

(29,938) 

8,249 

639 

588 -

3,204 

- 

4,431 

55 

1,762 -

1,817 

6,248 

14,497 

9,247

9,249

346

346

9,595

3,436

29,463

1,911

(29,172)

5,638

1,383

1,437

491

3,311

646

646

3,957

9,595

The financial statements were approved by the Board of Directors and authorised for issue on 25 April 2017.
They were signed on its behalf by:

Spencer Dredge, Chief Financial Officer, 25 April 2017
Company Number: 5332126

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Cash	flows	from	operating	activities 

Loss before taxation 

Depreciation and amortisation 

Share based payment charge 

Net finance costs 

Provisions (released)/recognised 

Operating	cash	flow	before	working	capital	movement 

Increase in receivables 

Increase in payables 

Movement in provisions 

Net cash used in operating activities 

Cash	flows	from	investing	activities 

Investment in subsidiary 

Acquisition of property, plant and equipment 

Net cash used in investing activities 

Cash	flows	from	financing	activities 

Proceeds from issues of share capital (net of issue costs) 

Loans drawn 

Loans repaid 

Net finance costs 

Net cash generated from financing activities 

Net increase/(decrease) in cash and cash equivalents 

Cash	and	cash	equivalents	at	start	of	year 

Cash	and	cash	equivalents	at	end	of	year 

£000 

£000

(834) 

(7,913)

 1

 -

68 

30 

(610) 

(1,345) 

(113) 

660 

(473) 

(1,271) 

(3,281) -

(2) 

(3,283) 

2,979 

3,850 -

(1,500) -

(31) 

5,298 

744 

(1,383) 5

(639) 

44

62

589

(7,218)  

(55)

3,332

548

(3,393)

(2)

(2)

2,069

(62)

2,007

(1,388)

(1,383)

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COMPANY STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY
Attributable	to	equity	holders	of	the	Company

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

																																																																																																																																	SHARE														
																																																																																																																															PREMIUM				ACCUM-					
																																																																																																											SHARE								MERGER/			ULATED												
																																																																																									NOTES					CAPITAL					RESERVE						DEFICIT							TOTAL

At 1 February 2015 

Loss for the year 

Total comprehensive loss for the year 

Transactions	with	the	owners: 

               £000            £000         £000           £000

3,015  

29,727 

(21,303) 

11,439

- 

- 

- 

- 

(7,913) 

(7,913)

(7,913) 

(7,913)

Proceeds from shares issued 

25 

421 

1,697 

(50) 

- 

- 

- 

44 

2,118

(50)

44

3,436 

31,374 

(29,172) 

5,638

3,436 

31,374 

(29,172) 

5,638

- 

- 

- 

- 

(834) 

(834)

(834) 

(834)

3,272 

(146) 

- 

- 

3,523

(146)

- 

68 

68

3,687 

34,500 

(29,938) 

8,249

- 

- 

- 

- 

Proceeds from shares issued 

25 

251 

Share issue costs 

Share based payment charge 

At 31 January 2016 

At 1 February 2016 

Loss for the year 

Total comprehensive loss for the year 

Transactions	with	the	owners: 

Share issue costs 

Share based payment charge 

At	31	January	2017 

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1	GENERAL	INFORMATION

RedstoneConnect plc is a company 
incorporated in England and Wales 
under the Companies Act 2006 
and listed on the AIM market. The 
address of the registered office 
is given on page 22. The nature 
of the Group’s operations and its 
principal activities are set out in 
the Directors’ report and in the 
Operational review.

These financial statements are 
presented in pounds sterling as 
that is the currency of the primary 
economic environment in which 
the Group operates. There are no 
foreign subsidiaries in the Group.

GOING	CONCERN

As detailed in the Directors’ report, 
the Directors consider that the 
Company and the Group have 
adequate resources to continue in 
existence for the foreseeable future. 
In assessing the outlook for the 
Company and Group, the Board 
took account of the Group’s £1.65 
million overdraft facility.

The Directors have assessed the 
Group’s current forecasts, taking 
into account reasonable changes 
in trading performance. The 
assessment considered stress tests 
and mitigating actions available 
to the Group. On the basis of this 
review, the Directors believe that 
the Group will continue to operate 
within the resources currently 
available to it. Furthermore the 
Directors have reviewed the 
projections in accordance with 
the banking facility covenants and 
current cash flow forecasts indicate 
that the Group will not breach 
these terms in the forseeable 
future. The Directors accordingly 
continue to adopt the going 
concern basis in preparing these 
financial statements.

2		BASIS	OF	PREPARATION	

AND	SIGNIFICANT	
ACCOUNTING	POLICIES

The consolidated financial 
statements of RedstoneConnect 
plc have been prepared in 
accordance with International 
Financial Reporting Standards as 
adopted by the European Union 
(IFRS’s as adopted by the EU), 
IFRS Interpretations Committee 
and the Companies Act 2006 
applicable to companies reporting 
under IFRS. The consolidated 
financial statements have been 
prepared under the historical cost 
convention.

The preparation of financial 
statements in conformity with 
IFRS requires the use of certain 
critical accounting estimates. It also 
requires management to exercise 
its judgement in the process of 
applying the Group’s accounting 
policies. The areas involving a 
higher degree of judgement 
or complexity, or areas where 
assumptions and estimates are 
significant to the consolidated 
financial statements are disclosed 
in note 3.

Except as described below, the 
accounting policies applied are 
consistent with those of the 
annual financial statements for the 
period ended 31 January 2016 as 
described in those annual financial 
statements.

STANDARDS,	AMENDMENTS	
TO	AND	INTERPRETATION	OF	
EXISTING	STANDARDS	NOT	YET	
EFFECTIVE

At the date of approval of these 
financial statements, the following 
standards, interpretations and 
amendments were issued but 
not yet mandatory for the Group 
and early adoption has not been 
applied:

International Financial reporting 
Standards (IFRS)

Recognition of Deferred Tax 
Assets for Unrealised Losses – 
Amendments to IAS 12
Disclosure Initiative – Amendments 
to IAS 7
IFRS 9 Financial Instruments
IFRS 15 Revenue from Contracts 
with Customers
Clarifications to IFRS 15 Revenue 
from Contracts with Customers
Effective date of IFRS 15 – 
amendment to IFRS 15
Classification and Measurement of 
Share-based Payment Transactions 
– Amendments to IFRS 2
IFRS 16 Leases

All other amendments to existing 
standards are not yet endorsed by 
the EU at the date of approval of 
these financial statements. 

As at the report date the Board 
are not in a position to report on 
the impact, if any, of the effect of 
adoption of the above standards, 
however they will continue to 
review and make any necessary 
adjustments in line with the 
adoption dates.

BASIS	OF	CONSOLIDATION

The consolidated financial 
statements incorporate the financial 
statements of the Company and 
entities controlled by the Company 
(its subsidiaries) made up to 31 
January each year. Control is 
achieved when the Company is 
exposed, or has rights, to variable 
returns from its involvement with 
the investee and has the ability to 
affect those returns through its 
power over the investee.

On acquisition, the assets and 
liabilities and contingent liabilities 
of a subsidiary are measured at 
their fair values at the date of 
acquisition. Any excess of the cost 
of acquisition over the fair values of 

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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS continued

separately identifiable component 
in order to reflect the substance 
of the transaction. The associated 
revenue is allocated between the 
constituent parts of the bundle on 
a relative fair value basis. When 
customers are offered discounts on 
bundled products and/or services, 
the combined discount is allocated 
to the constituent elements of the 
bundle, based upon market prices 
for each component.

The Group reports revenue under 
five revenue categories and the 
basis of recognition for each 
category is described on the facing 
page:

the identifiable net assets acquired 
is recognised as goodwill.

accounting:

All intra-group transactions, 
balances, income and expenses are 
eliminated on consolidation.

Where necessary, adjustments are 
made to the financial statements of 
subsidiaries to bring the accounting 
policies used into line with those 
used by the Group.

As permitted by section 408 of the 
Companies Act 2006 the company 
has elected not to present its own 
profit and loss account for the year. 
The Company reported a loss for 
the financial year ended 31 January 
2017 of £834,000 (2016: loss of 
£7,913,000).

REVERSE	ACQUISITION	
ACCOUNTING

The acquisition of Coms.com 
Limited in the year ended 31 
January 2007 was accounted 
for as a reverse acquisition of 
RedstoneConnect plc by Coms.com 
Limited. The consolidated financial 
statements prepared following the 
reverse takeover were issued in 
the name of RedstoneConnect plc, 
but they are a continuance of the 
financial statements of Coms.com 
Limited. Therefore, the assets and 
liabilities of Coms.com Limited were 
recognised and measured in the 
consolidated financial statements 
at their pre-combination carrying 
values. The financial statements 
reflect the continuance of the 
financial statements of Coms.com 
Limited.

The retained earnings and other 
equity balances recognised in these 
consolidated financial statements 
at the time of the acquisition were 
the retained earnings and other 
equity balances of Coms.com 
Limited immediately before the 
business combination.

Under reverse acquisition 

•  an adjustment within 

shareholders’ funds is required to 
eliminate the cost of acquisition 
in the issuing Company’s books, 
and introduce a notional cost 
of acquiring the smaller issuing 
Company based on the fair value 
of its shares

•  an adjustment is required to 
show the share capital of the 
legal parent in the consolidated 
balance sheet rather than that of 
the deemed acquirer

Both adjustments have been 
included in the reverse acquisition 
reserve.

MERGER	RESERVE

The merger reserve is used when 
a share issue is undertaken and 
merger relief is available.
The conditions for merger relief 
are when the consideration for 
shares in another company includes 
issued shares of the acquirer and 
on completion of the transaction, 
the company issuing the shares will 
have secured at least 90% equity 
holding in the acquiree.

REVENUE	RECOGNITION

Revenue is recognised when it is 
probable that future economic 
benefits will flow to the Group and 
those benefits can be measured 
reliably.  Revenue is measured at 
the fair value of the consideration 
received or receivable and 
represents amounts received or 
receivable for good and services 
provided in the normal course of 
business, net of discounts and VAT.

The revenue recognition criteria as 
set out under IAS 18 is applied to 
each sales transaction, to ensure 
revenue recognition is appropriate 
and consistent throughout the 
Group. When products are 
bundled together in one sales 
transaction, it is necessary to apply 
the recognition criteria to each 

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CATEGORY	AND	EXAMPLES																																							ACCOUNTING	TREATMENT	

System integration projects
Smart cabling & building  
installations

Revenue from system integration projects is a mix of revenue from 
installation works along with revenue from the sale of hardware used in 
those projects. 

Revenue generated from the sale of hardware is recognised when 
delivered, whilst revenue from installation works is measured and 
recognised by reference to the stage of completion of the contract at the 
end of the reporting period. 

In order to measure the stage of completion, an assessment is made 
by comparing the proportion of contract costs incurred to date to 
the total expected costs to complete. Revenue from such projects are 
typically invoiced at various stages during the contract as specified in the 
contract. 

Any revenue recognised during the period but not invoiced at the end of 
the reporting period is classified as accrued revenue in the balance sheet, 
whilst any invoiced revenue at the end of the reporting period which 
relates to future periods is classified as deferred income on the balance 
sheet.

Recurring revenue is revenue earned from customers for the provision of 
services, where risks and rewards are transferred to the customer over 
the term of a contract, with the customer getting the benefits of those 
services over that period.

Recurring revenue is recognised on a straight-line basis over the term of 
the contract. 

Revenue invoiced at the end of the reporting period which relates to 
future periods is classified as deferred income on the balance sheet.

Recurring revenue
Managed services
Maintenance and support  
contracts
Software as a service
DASaaS

Software 
Perpetuity and term  
software licences
Upgrades to licences

Software licence fees as well as specified upgrades revenue are 
recognised when the risks and rewards of ownership relating to the 
licence have been transferred and it is probable that the economic 
benefits associated with the transaction will flow to the Group. 

This is deemed to be when the goods have been delivered to the 
customer, either physically or electronically, and when acceptance of 
such products has been demonstrated by the client. 

In the case of term software licences, revenue is recognised in full at the 
point of delivery to the customer as the risk and rewards of the licences 
have transferred at that point to the buyer and the Group does not retain 
managerial involvement or effective control over the software or the 
licences.  

Software related products
Hardware

Hardware revenue is recognised when the products have been delivered 
to the customer. 

Professional services
Consultancy
Installation
Training
Analysis and reporting

Professional services revenue combines consultancy projects as well as 
ad-hoc specific consultancy services. 

Typically ad-hoc consultancy services include installation days, training 
days and analysis and reporting days. These type of services are 
purchased in advance by clients and used when required. Revenue from 
these services is recognised upon delivery of the services to the client. 
Consultancy projects revenue is measured and recognised by reference 
to the stage of completion of the contract at the end of the reporting 
period. 

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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS continued

PROPERTY,	PLANT	AND	
EQUIPMENT

Property, plant and equipment are 
stated at cost of acquisition less 
accumulated depreciation and 
impairment losses. Depreciation 
is provided on a straight-line 
basis at rates calculated to write 
off the cost less the estimated 
residual value of each asset over 
its expected useful economic life. 
The residual value is the estimated 
amount that would currently be 
obtained from disposal of the asset 
if the asset were already of the age 
and in the condition expected at 
the end of its useful life.

at fair value plus transaction costs 
that are directly attributable to 
their acquisition or issue, and are 
subsequently carried at amortised 
cost using the effective interest 
rate method, less provision for 
impairment. A provision for 
impairment is established when 
there is objective evidence that the 
Group will not be able to collect 
all amounts due according to the 
original terms of the receivables.

CASH	AND	CASH	EQUIVALENTS:	

These include cash in hand, 
deposits held at call with banks and 
bank overdrafts.

DEPRECIATION

FINANCIAL	LIABILITIES

Property, plant and equipment are 
depreciated using the straight-line 
method based on estimated useful 
lives.

The annual rates of depreciation 
for each class of depreciable asset 
across the Company are:

Fixtures and fittings – 20-25% 
straight line

Office equipment – 25-33.3% 
straight line

Leasehold improvements – 20% 
straight line

The carrying value is assessed 
annually and any impairment is 
charged to the income statement.

FINANCIAL	ASSETS

The Group classifies its financial 
assets into one of the categories 
below, depending on the purpose 
for which the asset was acquired.

TRADE	RECEIVABLES	AND	OTHER	
DEBTORS:	

The Group’s financial liabilities are 
trade payables, bank borrowings 
and other financial liabilities. These 
are initially recognised at fair 
value and subsequently carried at 
amortised cost using the effective 
interest rate method.

PROVISIONS

A provision is recognised in the 
balance sheet when the Group 
has a present legal or constructive 
obligation as a result of a past 
event, and it is probable that an 
outflow of economic benefits will 
be required to settle the obligation. 
If the effect is material, provisions 
are determined by discounting 
the expected future cash flows 
at a pre-tax rate that reflects the 
current market assessment of the 
time value of money and, where 
appropriate, the risks specific to the 
liability.

CORPORATION	TAX

The tax expense represents the 
sum of the tax currently payable 
and deferred tax.

These are non-derivative financial 
assets with fixed or determinable 
payments that are not quoted in an 
active market. They arise principally 
through the provision of goods and 
services but also incorporate other 
types of contractual monetary 
assets. They are initially recognised 

The tax currently payable is based 
on taxable profit for the year. 
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 years 
and it further excludes items that 

are never taxable or deductible. 
The Group’s liability for current tax 
is calculated using tax rates that 
have been enacted or substantively 
enacted by the balance sheet date.

DEFERRED	TAX

Deferred tax is the tax expected 
to be payable or recoverable on 
differences between the carrying 
amounts of assets and liabilities 
in the financial statements and 
the corresponding tax bases used 
in the computation of taxable 
profit, and is accounted for 
using the balance sheet liability 
method. Deferred tax liabilities 
are generally 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 that affects neither the 
tax profit nor the accounting profit.

Deferred tax liabilities are 
recognised for taxable temporary 
differences arising on investments 
in subsidiaries and associates, and 
interests in joint ventures, except 
where the Group is able to control 
the reversal of the temporary 
difference and it is probable that 
the temporary difference will not 
reverse in the foreseeable future.

The carrying amount of deferred 
tax assets is reviewed at each 
balance sheet date and reduced 
to the extent that it is no longer 
probable that sufficient taxable 
profits will be available to allow all 
or part of the asset to be recovered.
Deferred tax is calculated at the tax 
rates that are expected to apply in 
the year when the liability is settled 
or the asset is realised. Deferred 
tax is charged or credited in the 
income statement, except when it 
relates to items charged or credited 
directly to equity, in which case the 

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deferred tax is also dealt with in 
equity.

OTHER	INTANGIBLE	ASSETS

All intangible assets excluding 
goodwill are stated at cost less 
accumulated amortisation and any 
accumulated impairment losses.

GOODWILL

Goodwill represents the amount by 
which the fair value of the cost of a 
business combination exceeds the 
fair value of net assets acquired. 
Goodwill is not amortised and is 
stated at cost less any accumulated 
impairment losses.

The recoverable amount of 
goodwill is tested for impairment 
annually or when events or changes 
in circumstance indicate that it 
might be impaired. Impairment 
charges are deducted from the 
carrying value and recognised 
immediately in the income 
statement. For the purpose of 
impairment testing, goodwill is 
allocated to each of the Group’s 
cash generating units expected to 
benefit from the synergies of the 
combination. If the recoverable 
amount of the cash generating unit 
is less than the carrying amount 
of the unit, the impairment loss 
is allocated first to reduce the 
carrying amount of any goodwill 
allocated to the unit and then to 
the other assets of the unit pro-
rata on the basis of the carrying 
amount of each asset in the unit. 
An impairment loss recognised 
for goodwill is not reversed in a 
subsequent period.

RESEARCH	AND	DEVELOPMENT

Expenditure on research activities 
is expensed as incurred.

Internally-generated intangible 
assets arising from the 
development are recognised only 
if all of the following conditions are 
met:

•  an asset is created that can be 

identified (such as software and 

new processes); 

•  it is probable that the asset 
created will generate future 
economic benefits; 

•  the development cost of the asset 

can be measured reliably;
•  an intention to complete the 

intangible asset and use or sell it;
•  ability to use or sell the intangible 

asset, and

•  the availability of adequate 

technical financial and other 
resources to complete the 
development and to use or sell 
the intangible asset.

ACQUIRED	INTANGIBLE	ASSETS

Following business combinations, 
the assets acquired are classified 
into tangible and intangible assets 
and fair values applied using the 
principles of IFRS 3. This leads 
to creation of intangible assets 
recognised on the balance sheet.

AMORTISATION

Internally-generated intangible 
assets are amortised on a straight-
line basis over their estimated 
useful life. Where no internally-
generated intangible asset can 
be recognised, development 
expenditure is recognised as an 
expense in the year in which it is 
incurred.

IMPAIRMENT	OF	TANGIBLE	AND	
INTANGIBLE	ASSETS	EXCLUDING	
GOODWILL

At each balance sheet date, 
the Group 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 any such 
indication exists, the recoverable 
amount of the asset is estimated 
in order to determine the extent of 
the impairment loss (if any). Where 
the asset does not generate cash 
flows that are independent from 
other assets, the Group estimates 
the recoverable amount of the 
cash-generating unit to which the 
asset belongs. An intangible asset 
with an indefinite useful life is 

tested for impairment annually and 
whenever there is an indication that 
the asset may be impaired.

Recoverable amount is the higher 
of fair value less costs to sell and 
value in use. In assessing value in 
use, the estimated future cash flows 
are discounted to their present 
value using a pre-tax discount 
rate that reflects current market 
assessments of the time value of 
money and the risks specific to 
the asset for which the estimates 
of future cash flows have not been 
adjusted.

If the recoverable amount of an 
asset (or cash-generating unit) 
is estimated to be less than its 
carrying amount, the carrying 
amount of the asset (cash-
generating unit) 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 (cash-
generating unit) is increased to the 
revised estimate of its recoverable 
amount, but so that the increased 
carrying amount does not exceed 
the carrying amount that would 
have been determined had no 
impairment loss been recognised 
for the asset/cash-generating 
unit in prior years. A reversal of 
an impairment loss is recognised 
as income immediately, unless 
the relevant asset is carried at a 
revalued amount, in which case the 
reversal of the impairment loss is 
treated as a revaluation increase.

INVENTORIES

Inventories are stated at the lower 
of cost and net realisable value. 
Cost comprises materials and, 
where applicable, direct labour 
costs and those overheads that 
have been incurred in bringing 
the inventories to their present 
location and condition. Cost is 

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the results and financial position 
of each entity are expressed in 
pounds sterling which is also 
the presentation currency for 
the consolidated and Company 
financial statements. The functional 
currency of the Company is pounds 
sterling.

portion of the risks and rewards 
of ownership are retained by the 
lessor are classified as operating 
leases. Payments made under 
operating leases (net of any 
incentives received from the 
lessor) are charged to the income 
statement.

calculated using the weighted 
average method. Net realisable 
value represents the estimated 
selling price less all estimated costs 
of completion and costs to be 
incurred in marketing, selling and 
distribution.

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 the 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.

Fair value is measured using an 
appropriate option pricing model. 
The expected life used in the 
model has been adjusted, based on 
management’s best estimate, for 
the effects of non-transferability, 
exercise restrictions and behavioral 
considerations.

Where equity instruments are 
granted to persons other than 
employees, the consolidated 
income statement is charged with 
the fair value of goods and services 
received.

FOREIGN	CURRENCY

The individual financial statements 
of each group entity are presented 
in the currency of the primary 
economic environment in which 
the entity operates (its functional 
currency). For the purpose of the 
consolidated financial statements, 

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In preparing the financial 
statements of the individual 
entities, transactions in currencies 
other than the entity’s functional 
currency (foreign currencies) are 
recorded at the rates of exchange 
prevailing on the dates of the 
transactions. At each balance sheet 
date, monetary items denominated 
in foreign currencies are re-
translated at the rates prevailing at 
the balance sheet date.

Exchange differences arising on the 
settlement of monetary items and 
on the re-translation of monetary 
items are included in the income 
statement.

INVESTMENTS	IN	SUBSIDIARIES

Investments in subsidiaries 
are stated at cost less, where 
appropriate, provisions for 
impairment.

LEASES

Assets held under finance leases 
are initially recognised as assets of 
the Group at their fair value at the 
inception of the lease or, if lower, at 
the present value of the minimum 
lease payments. The corresponding 
liability to the lessor is included in 
the statement of financial position 
as a finance lease obligation. 
Lease payments are treated as a 
reduction of the lease obligation 
on the remaining balance of the 
liability. Finance expenses are 
recognised immediately in the 
income statement, unless they are 
directly attributable to qualifying 
assets, in which case they are 
capitalised in accordance with 
the Group’s general policy on 
borrowing costs. Contingent rentals 
are recognised as expenses in the 
periods in which they are incurred.
Rental leases in which a significant 

IMPAIRMENT	OF	GOODWILL

The Group is required to test 
goodwill for potential impairment 
on an annual basis. The recoverable 
amount of goodwill relating to 
continuing activities is determined 
based on the value in use 
calculations which require the 
estimation of future cash flows and 
the selection of a discount rate. 
Actual outcomes of this calculation 
may vary; further information 
concerning issues affecting the 
carrying values is given in note 9.

ACQUIRED	INTANGIBLE	ASSETS

On acquisition of a business, the 
Group is required to value the 

assets acquired and recognise 
intangible assets on the balance 
sheet. The valuation of these assets 
relies on various assumptions, 
including future revenues and 
costs derived from these assets 
and the selection of an appropriate 
discount rate in order to calculate 
the present values of those cash 
flows. A detailed analysis of the 
valuation of assets acquired during 
the year is given in note 6. 

Ltd and Commensus Plc. In order 
to support this, the Board have 
amended the segments by which 
it reports the business activities of 
the Group. 

In the opinion of the Directors the 
Group’s activities comprise three 
material business segments which 
reflect the profiles of the risks, 
rewards and internal reporting 
structures within the Group.

4	SEGMENTAL	REPORTING

These are as follows: 

The Group has undergone a period 
of transformation over the last two 
financial periods, with the disposal 
of the telecommunications business 
and the acquisition of Connect IB 

• Systems Integration
• Managed Services
• Software

All activities were conducted within the United Kingdom and it is the opinion of the Directors that this represents 
one geographical segment.

3		CRITICAL	ACCOUNTING	

ESTIMATES	AND	
JUDGEMENTS

The Group makes estimates and 
assumptions concerning the 
future, which may differ from 
the actual results. The estimates 
and assumptions that have a 
significant risk of causing a material 
adjustment to the carrying amount 
of assets and liabilities within the 
next financial year are set out 
below.

REVENUE	RECOGNITION

YEAR	ENDED	31	JANUARY	2017	

Revenue and expenses on fixed 
price contracts are recognised 
using the percentage-of-
completion method. Revenue, 
expenses, and ultimately profit are 
therefore recognised over the life of 
the activity of the contract. When 
the outcome of a contract cannot 
be reliably estimated then revenue 
can only be recognised to the 
extent that it is recoverable. When 
total expected costs exceed the 
total contract value the expected 
loss is recognised immediately. As 
revenue is therefore recognised 
on a percentage-of-completion 
basis which will be based on 
management’s best estimate it 
is an area that requires critical 
estimation and judgement. The 
amounts recognised in the balance 
sheet at the year-end in respect 
of the percentage-of-completion 
approach are included as follows; 
accrued revenue disclosed in note 
19 under ‘amounts recoverable 
on contracts’; deferred cost of 
sales included in prepayments 
disclosed in note 19; deferred 
income disclosed in note 21 under 
‘deferred income’; and accrued cost 
of sales disclosed in note 21 under 
‘accruals’.  

System 
Integration 

Managed 
Services 

Software 

Group 
Overhead 

Revenue 

Cost of sales 

Gross Profit 

£000 

24,586 

£000 

15,310 

(20,502) 

(11,596) 

4,084 

3,714 

£000 

1,625 

(199) 

1,426 

Administrative expenses 

(3,002) 

(1,755) 

(1,083) 

Adjusted EBITDA/(LBITDA)* 

1,082 

1,959 

343 

Integration and transactional  

costs included within  

administrative expenses 

Depreciation 

Amortisation 

(9) 

(122) 

(70) 

Impairment of intangible assets 

- 

Share based payment charge 

Operating profit/(loss) 

Net finance costs 

Profit/(loss) before taxation 

Taxation 

(7) 

874 

(2) 

872 

606 

(50) 

(281) 

(183) 

- 

(13) 

1,432 

(6) 

1,426 

6 

Profit/(loss) after taxation 

1,478 

1,432 

(77) 

(20) 

(118) 

(146) 

(1) 

(19) 

3 

(16) 

23 

7 

£000 

- 

- 

- 

(1,374) 

(1,374) 

347 

(1) 

- 

- 

(68) 

(1,096) 

(32) 

(1,128) 

- 

(1,128) 

Total

£000

41,521

(32,297)

9,224

(7,214)

2,010

211

(424)

(371)

(146)

(89)

1,191

(37)

1,154

635

1,789

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RedstoneConnect’s strategy of 
delivery performance through both 
organic and acquisitive growth. 
In addition, both companies 
create significant synergies for 
the enlarged group in terms 
of potential new clients for 
RedstoneConnect and additional 
products that can be sold across 
Redstone’s existing customer base.

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS continued

YEAR	ENDED	31	JANUARY	2016	

System 
   Integration 

Managed 
Services 

Software 

Group 
Overhead 

Total

Revenue 

Cost of sales 

Gross Profit 

£000 

23,823 

£000 

16,275 

(20,694) 

(12,454) 

3,129 

3,821 

Administrative expenses 

(2,646) 

(2,088) 

Adjusted EBITDA/(LBITDA)* 

483 

1,733 

Integration and transactional  

costs included within  

administrative expenses 

Depreciation 

Amortisation 

(3) 

(112) 

(39) 

Share based payment charge 

- 

Operating profit/(loss) 

Net finance costs 

329 

- 

Profit/(loss) before taxation 

329 

Taxation 

Profit/loss) after taxation 

12 

341 

(10) 

(253) 

(88) 

(3) 

1,379 

(1) 

1,378 

51 

1,429 

£000 

£000 

£000

- 

- 

- 

(4) 

(4) 

- 

(5) 

(1) 

- 

(10) 

- 

(10) 

- 

(10) 

- 

- 

- 

(924) 

(924) 

40,098

(33,148)

6,950

(5,662)

1,288

(1,426) 

(1,439)

- 

- 

(44) 

(2,394) 

(62) 

(2,456) 

- 

(370)

(128)

(47)

(696)

(63)

(759)

63

(2,456) 

(696)

* results for the period from continuing operations before net finance costs, depreciation, amortisation, integration 
costs and transactional items, impairment charge and share based payments.

5	REVENUE

Sale of goods 

Rendering of services 

Construction contract revenue 

Total revenue 

2017	

			2016

£000 

1,108 

16,071 

24,342 

41,521 

£000

236

16,275

23,587

40,098

6		ACQUISITION	OF	

BUSINESSES

On 15 March 2016, 
RedstoneConnect acquired 100% 
of the share capital of Connect 
IB Limited (“Connect”) for a total 
consideration of £1.328 million. Deal 
costs of £41,000 were incurred and 
recorded under integration and 
transactional items in the Income 
Statement. The transaction was 
satisfied by £1.028 million in cash 
and £300,000 in equity.  The cash 
element of the consideration was 
financed out of the placing of 
223,214,286 new ordinary shares 
of 0.1 pence each at a price of 1.4 
pence per share, raising £3.125 
million, before expenses. Equity 
consideration was satisfied by, 
15,422,579 ordinary shares of 
0.1 pence and deferred equity 
consideration of 3,084,516 ordinary 
shares of 0.1 pence each, both at a 
price of 1.62 pence per share. 

On 16 November 2016, 
RedstoneConnect acquired 100% 
of the share capital of Commensus 
Plc (“Commensus”) for a total 
consideration of £2.4 million. Deal 
costs of £72,000 were incurred and 
recorded under integration and 
transactional items in the Income 
Statement. The transaction was 
satisfied by £2,252,290 million in 
cash and £147,710 in equity. The 
cash element of the consideration 
was financed through bank 
borrowings, see note 22 for more 
details. Equity consideration was 
satisfied by 11,976,487 ordinary 
shares of 0.1 pence at a price of 1.23 
pence per share. 

The acquisition of Connect 
and Commensus is in line with 

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The book value of Connect and Commensus net assets acquired and their fair values are summarised below:

Connect IB Limited 

Commensus Plc 

Combined

Book 
Value  

Fair Value 
Adjustments

Fair Value 
To Group

Book 
Value  

Fair Value 
Adjustments

Fair Value 
To Group

Fair Value 
To Group

The fair value of the financial assets 
include trade receivables with a fair 
value and gross contractual value 
of £539,000. The best estimate at 
acquisition date of the contractual 
cash flows to be collected was 
£539,000.

The goodwill arising from the 

acquisitions is not deductible for 
income tax purposes.

Since acquisition date Connect IB 
Limited contributed £1,600,000 
in revenue and £83,000 to the 
Group’s profit before taxation 
in the year, whilst Commensus 
Plc contributed £516,000 in 

revenue and £48,000 to the 
Group’s profit before taxation. 
Had both acquisitions occurred 
at the beginning of the year, the 
Group’s revenue would have been 
£44,000,000 and the Group’s 
profit before taxation would have 
been £1,300,000 for the year.

£000 

£000 

£000 

£000 

£000 

£000 

£000

The identifiable intangible assets and related deferred tax liability are as follows:

Intangible assets 

Property, plant and equipment 

Trade receivables 

Other current assets 

Cash 

Loans 

Trade payables 

- 

19 

258 

146 

50 

(126) 

(166) 

1,236 

1,236 

135 

1,554 

1,689 

2,925

- 

(26) 

(123) 

- 

- 

- 

19 

232 

23 

50 

(126) 

398 

307 

(79) 

- 

319 

307 

346 

(240) 

106 

90 

- 

- 

- 

- 

90 

- 

338

539

129

140

(126)

(166) 

(219) 

(219) 

(385)

Other current liabilities 

(149) 

(379) 

(528) 

(900) 

(182) 

(1,082) 

(1,610)

Deferred tax liability 

- 

32 

(247) 

(247) 

- 

(338) 

(338) 

(585)

461 

493 

157 

715 

872 

1,365

Fair value of net assets acquired 

Goodwill 

Total consideration 

Shares issued at market value 

Cash 

Contingent equity consideration 

Cash 

Less: cash acquired 

Total cash consideration net 

of cash acquired 

493 

835 

1,328 

250 

1,028 

50 

1,328 

1,028 

(50) 

978 

872 

1,365

1,528 

2,363

2,400 

3,728

148 

398

2,252 

3,280

- 

50

2,400 

3,728

2,252 

3,280

(90) 

(140)

2,162 

3,140

Connect IB Limited 

Commensus Plc 

Combined

Fair Value 
To Group

Fair Value 
To Group

Fair Value 
To Group

Customer contracts 

IP 

Deferred tax liability 

Total 

£000 

606 

630 

(247) 

989 

The Group has applied the ‘Income 
Approach’ valuation method 
to identify the above acquired 
intangible assets.

The Income Approach focuses on 
the income-producing capability of 
the subject asset. The underlying 
premise of this approach is that the 
value of an asset can be measured 
by the present worth of the net 
economic benefit (cash receipts 
less cash outlays) to be received 
over the life of the subject asset. 

The steps followed in applying this 
approach include estimating the 
expected after-tax cash flows or 
profits attributable to the asset 
over its life and converting these 
after-tax cash flows to present 
value. This has been calculated 
using the Discounted Cashflow 
Methodology (“DCF”). 

The discounting process uses a 
rate of return, which accounts for 
both the time value of money and 
investment risk factors. Finally, 

£000 

1,689 

- 

(338) 

1,351 

£000

2,295

630

(585)

2,340

the present value of the after-tax 
cashflows over the life of the asset 
is totalled to arrive at an indication 
of Fair Value of the asset. 

For the Customer relationships we 
have approached this by way of 
ascertaining the post-tax annual 
value of these contracts after 
applying an attrition rate based on 
historical trends. 

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7	DISCONTINUED	OPERATIONS

8	INTEGRATION,	TRANSACTIONAL	AND	DECONSOLIDATION	ITEMS

																																																																																																								NOTES																		2017																									2016	

																						2017																									2016		

Revenue 

Cost of sales 

Gross profit 

Administrative expenses 

Adjusted LBITDA* 

Integration and transactional costs included within  

administrative expenses 

Depreciation 

Amortisation 

Impairment charge 

Operating profit/(loss) 

Profit/(loss) before tax 

Taxation 

Profit/(loss)	for	the	year	after	tax 

Profit/(loss)	for	the	year 

Total comprehensive profit / (loss) for the year  

attributable to equity holders 

Basic	earnings/(loss)	per	share 

4,5 

8 

10 

10 

9 

10 

13c 

14 

£000 

- 

- 

- 

(1) 

(1) 

318 

- 

- 

- 

317 

317 

(1) 

316 

316 

316 

0.02p 

£000

5,343

(4,264)

1,079

(2,791)

(1,712)

2,269

(161)

(90)

(2,212)

(1,906)

(1,906)

419

(1,487)

(1,487)

(1,487)

(0.12p)

Integration (credits)/costs 

Transactional costs 

Deconsolidation credits 

£000 

(380) 

171 

(318) 

(527) 

£000

1,168

403

(2,401)

(830)

The integration costs include both employee and other restructuring costs such as provisions in respect of 
onerous contracts. Employee costs include salary, redundancy and other exit costs. In 2017, transactional items 
include the costs involved with the acquisition of Connect IB Limited and Commensus Plc as well as fee’s in 
respect of the share placing, whilst the 2016 transactional items related to the costs involved in disposing of the 
Telephony and Media divisions. The deconsolidation credits in 2016 relate to the removal of the balance sheets 
of the Telephony and Media divisions disposed of during the year and provisions made for onerous leases and 
supplier disputes. The deconsolidation credits in 2017 represent the unwinding of the balance of provisions made 
in 2016 after settlement was reached and £70,000 was paid during the year in relation to those disputes.

The integration, transactional and deconsolidation credit of £527,000 (2016: £830,000 credit) comprises £211,000 
credit from continued operations (2016: £1,439,000 charge) and £318,000 from discontinued operations (2016: 
£2,269,000 credit).

9	IMPAIRMENT	CHARGE

The impairment charge in 2017 relates to research and development costs capitalised in prior periods.
The impairment charge in 2016 relates to discontinued operations. 

* results for the period before net finance costs, depreciation, amortisation, integration costs and transactional 
items, impairment charge and share based payments.

																																																																																																									NOTES																						2017																									2016	

																						2017																									2016		

Goodwill 

Other intangible assets 

15 

16 

£000 

- 

146 

146 

£000

927

1,285

2,212

Net cash flow used in operating activities 

Net cash used in investing activities 

Net cash from financing activities 

Net cash flow for the period 

£000 

(9) 

- 

(1) -

(10) 

£000

(1,729)

2,488

759

During 2016 the Group disposed of the trade and assets of its Telephony and Media divisions. The subsidiaries that 
operated within those divisions were classed as discontinued in 2016, and provisions were made against the costs 
to settle supplier disputes within those entities as well as for intercompany balances owing to the Group. 

The £316,000 profit from discontinued operations during the year represents the deconsolidation of balance 
sheets, which includes provisions made in relation to supplier disputes. During the year, £70,000 was paid in 
relation to these supplier disputes. In 2017, all subsidiaries associated with those divisions have been entered into a 
voluntary liquidation process, see note 30 for a full list of subsidiaries.

GOODWILL

In 2016, Goodwill was impaired as 
a consequence of the performance 
of the Telephony Services division, 
which was sold on 31 May 2015 to 
Timico Ltd, and the Management 
Buy Out of the Darkside Studios 
business on 8 December 2015.

OTHER	INTANGIBLE	ASSETS

During 2016, the Board conducted 
a review of the carrying value of 

the Group’s other intangible assets. 
As a result, the Group recorded a 
£1,285,000 impairment charge for 
the period, specific to the following:

•  Intangible assets recognised in 

relation to the acquisition of the 
Actimax companies (telephony 
services) in February 2014.

.
PROPERTY,	PLANT	AND	
EQUIPMENT

During the year, the Directors 
concluded a review of the carrying 

value of the Group’s property, plant 
and equipment. No impairment 
charge was deemed necessary for 
the year ended 31 January 2017 
(2016: no impairment recorded).

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10	OPERATING	PROFIT	/	(LOSS)

Operating (loss)/profit from all operations is arrived at after charging:

11	STAFF	COSTS

The average number of employees was:

																																																																																																																																																						GROUP

																																																																																																																																																						GROUP

																							2017																									2016	

																							2017																									2016	

Cost of Inventory is recognised as an expense 

Amortisation of intangibles 

Depreciation of property, plant and equipment 

Loss/(profit) on disposal of property, plant and equipment 

Staff costs (see note 11) 

Share based payment charge 

Loss on foreign exchange 

Rentals under operating leases 

Impairment charge (see note 9) 

Integration and transactional credit/(charge) (see note 8) 

Audit	fees 

-audit of the Company’s financial statements 

-audit of the Company’s subsidiaries pursuant to legislation 

£000 

13,572 

371 

424 

- 

£000

16,478

218

531

24

16,359 

15,386

89 

51 

437 

146 

527 

44 

35 

47

37

813

2,212

(830)

44

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The analysis of administrative expenses in the consolidated income statement by nature of expense is as follows: 

• 
• 
• 
• 

Administrative staff costs £2,607,000 (2016: £5,159,000) 
Operating leases £437,000 (2016: £813,000)
Depreciation and amortisation £795,000 (2016: £749,000) 
Other operating expenses £4,169,000 (2016: £1,732,000)

Sales 

Technical support 

Administrative 

Their aggregate remuneration comprised: 

Wages and salaries 

Share based payments (see note 32) 

Social security costs 

Pension costs 

Number 

Number

28 

252 

37 

317 

35

262

46

343

£000 

£000

14,355 

89 

1,607 

308 

16,359 

13,520

47

1,515

304

15,386

£11,180,000 (2016: £10,246,000) of the above staff costs were included in cost of sales in the consolidated income 
statement.

12	NET	FINANCE	COSTS

																																																																																																																																																						GROUP

																							2017																									2016	

Net finance costs 

£000 

37 

£000

63

50

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13A	TAXATION

The Group tax charge for the year can be reconciled to the profit/(loss) as disclosed in the statement of 
comprehensive income/(loss) as follows:

																																																																																																																																																						GROUP

																							2017																									2016	

Profit/(loss) before taxation 

Taxation 

Profit/(loss) for the year after tax 

Tax at the UK corporation tax rate of 20.00% (2016: 20.17%) 

Overseas tax payable 

Non-deductible expenses 

Unused tax losses not recognised as assets 

Recognition of previously unrecognised tax losses 

Research and development relief 

Utilisation of previously unrecognised tax losses 

Depreciation in excess of capital allowances 

Utilisation of tax losses and group relief 

Double taxation relief 

Over provided in prior years 

Taxation credit on continuing operations 

£000 

1,154 

635 

1,789 

231 

(6) -

17 4

129 

(624) -

(162) -

(112) 

48 

(146) 

(5) -

(5) 

(635) 

£000

(759)

63

(696)

(153)

223

(51)

101

(124)

(63)

(63)

At 31 January 2017 the Group had estimated tax losses of £9,730,000 (2016: £5,550,000) to carry forward against 
future profits. These tax losses arose through historical trading in specific activities within the Group, and as such, 
the losses are ring-fenced and can only be utilised against future profits from the same trade. The directors have 
assessed the recoverability of these losses and anticipate utilisation of £3,600,000 of these tax losses against 
future profits, and as such a deferred tax asset of £617,000 has been recognised during the year (2016: £nil 
deferred asset recognised). 

In the 8 July 2015 Budget, the government announced a reduction in the Corporation Tax rate from 20% to 19% 
for the Financial Years beginning 1 April 2017, 1 April 2018 and 1 April 2019, with a further reduction from 19% to 
18% for the Financial Year beginning 1 April 2020. In the 16 March 2016 Budget the Chancellor announced plans to 
further reduce the Corporation Tax rate to 17% for the Financial Year beginning 1 April 2020.
This will reduce the Company’s future current tax charge accordingly. The deferred tax liability at 31 January 2017 
has been calculated based on the rate of 17% substantively enacted at the balance sheet date.

13B	DEFERRED	TAXATION

The analysis of deferred tax assets and deferred tax liabilities is as follows::

																																																																																																																																																						GROUP

																							2017																									2016	

Deferred tax assets 

Deferred tax liabilities 

Deferred tax asset 

Deferred tax assets comprised of: 

Tax losses  

Deferred tax liabilities arose on: 

Business combinations 

13C	TAXATION	CHARGE

£000

£000 

617 -

(555) -

62 -

617 

 -

(555) -

The taxation credit for the year of £635,000 (2016: £63,000 credit) related to continued operations only and is in 
respect of the deferred tax on business combinations as well as the recognition of deferred tax on losses.

14	EARNINGS	PER	SHARE

Earnings per share data is based on the Group profit/(loss) for the year and the weighted average number of 
ordinary shares in issue.

		2017	

																																					2016	

Continued 
operations

Discontinued 
operations

Total

Continued 
operations

Discontinued 
operations

Total

Basic earnings/(loss) per share 

0.11p 

0.02p 

0.13p 

(0.06p) 

(0.12p) 

(0.18p)

Diluted earnings/(loss) per share  0.10p 

0.02p 

0.12p 

(0.06p) 

(0.12p) 

(0.18p)

Profit/(loss) for the year  

attributable to owners of the  

parent company (£000) 

1,789 

316 

2,105 

(696) 

(1,487) 

(2,183)

															2017																									2016	 	

Number of shares 

               No                              No.

Weighted average number of ordinary shares in issue 

1,606,896,215 

1,232,295,941

Weighted average number of potentially dilutive  

ordinary shares in issue 

1,768,526,952 

1,232,295,941

Warrants and employee share options are non-dilutive in loss making periods.

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																																																		GROUP		

																																																																																																						GROUP																																														COMPANY

16	OTHER	INTANGIBLE	ASSETS

15	GOODWILL

Cost 

At 31 January 2015 

Additions 

At 31 January 2016 

Additions 

At 31 January 2017 

Accumulated impairment charge 

At 31 January 2016 

Impairment charge 

At 31 January 2017 

Carrying value at 31 January 2017 

Carrying value at 31 January 2016 

Carrying value at 31 January 2015 

																						2017																									2016	

Accumulated amortisation and impairment 

£000

16,558

-

16,558

2,363

18,921 

7,834

-

7,834

11,087

8,724

9,651

Cost or valuation 

At 31 January 2015 

Additions 

Disposals 

At 31 January 2016 

Additions at acquisition 

Additions 

Impairment 

Disposals 

At 31 January 2017 

At 31 January 2015 

Charge for the year 

Impairment 

Disposals 

At 31 January 2016 

Charge for the year 

Impairment 

Disposals 

At 31 January 2017 

Carrying value 

At 31 January 2017 

At 31 January 2016 

At 31 January 2015 

Development 
costs

Other Intangible 
assets

Total

Other Intangible 
assets

£000 

£000  

£000 

£000 

438 

132 

(438) 

132 

- 

367 

(211) 

- 

288 

333 

22 

- 

(355) 

- 

67 

(65) 

- 

2 

286 

132 

105 

3,308 

223 

3,746 

355 

(3,226) 

(3,664) 

305 

2,925 

138 

- 

- 

3,368 

1,695 

196 

(1,285) 

(478) 

128 

304 

- 

- 

432 

2,936 

177 

1,613 

437 

2,925 

505 

(211) 

- 

3,656 

2,028 

218 

(1,285) 

(833) 

128 

371 

(65) 

- 

434 

3,222 

309 

1,718 

138

-

(138)

-

-

-

-

-

-

138

-

-

(138)

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

During the year, the Board conducted a review of the carrying value of the Group’s intangible assets. As a result, 
the Group recorded a £146,000 (2016: £1,285,000 charge) impairment charge for the period, as detailed in note 9.

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Carrying value of goodwill is allocated as follows: 

Redstone Converged Solutions Ltd 

Connect IB Limited 

Commensus Plc 

Carrying value of goodwill aligns to the segments as follows: 

Systems Integration 

Managed Services 

Software 

£000 

8,724 

835 -

1,528 -

11,087 

£000

8,724

8,724

																						2017																									2016	

£000 

1,068 

9,184 

835 -

11,087 

£000

8,724

-

8,724

FAIR	VALUE

Goodwill on consolidation has 
been allocated for impairment 
testing purposes between the 
cash-generating units (“CGUs”) and 
these CGU’s aligned to the Group’s 
three business segments; Systems 
Integration, Managed Services and 
Software. The recoverable amount 
of the CGU’s are based on ‘value 
in use’ calculations using cash 
flow projections approved by the 
Directors covering a three-year 
period and a terminal growth rate 
of 2% thereafter. 

The projections for the CGU’s are 
based on the assumption that 
the Group can realise projected 
sales. If the projected sales do 
not materialise there is a risk that 
the total value of the intangible 
assets shown above would be 
impaired. The Company, in its 
approach has based its projections 
on key assumptions of annualised 
incremental growth in revenue 
and cost of sales of 2% with 2% 
attributed to administrative costs. 
The calculation of residual value 
has utilised 2% growth rates. 
Sensitivity analysis indicates that 
if revenues declined by 10% or 

administrative expenses increased 
by 10%, this would not give rise to 
an impairment charge.

A pre-tax discount rate of 17.5% has 
been used for all CGU’s. This rate 
takes into consideration the Group’s 
cost of capital, the expected rate of 
return and various risks relating to 
the relevant CGU. At the year end, 
based on these assumptions there 
is no indication of impairment in 
the remaining goodwill. Sensitivity 
analysis indicates that if the pre-
tax discount rate increased by 
1% this would not give rise to an 
impairment charge.

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17	PROPERTY,	PLANT	AND	EQUIPMENT

18	INVENTORIES

GROUP

Cost 

At 31 January 2015 

Additions 

Disposals 

At 31 January 2016 

Additions at acquisition 

Additions 

Disposals 

At 31 January 2017 

Accumulated depreciation 

and impairment 

At 31 January 2015 

Charge for the year 

Disposals 

At 31 January 2016 

Charge for the year 

Disposals 

At 31 January 2017 

Carrying value 

At 31 January 2017 

At 31 January 2016 

At 31 January 2015 

Plant &
machinery

Leasehold
improvements

Fixtures &
fittings

Computer
equipment

Total

£000                 £000  

£000 

£000                 £000 

356 

- 

999 

7 

361 

- 

(356) 

(550) 

(282) 

- 

- 

- 

- 

 - 

249 

46 

456 

- 

138 

(5) 

589 

397 

126 

79 

- 

57 

- 

136 

251 

29 

2,553 

49 

(1,547) 

1,055 

342 

156 

(178) 

1,375 

4,269

56

(2,735)

1,590

342

351

(183)

2,100

1,574 

330 

2,471

531

(295) 

(372) 

(255) 

(1,127) 

(2,049)

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

107 

151 

97 

(5) 

243 

346 

305 

602 

25 

18 

- 

43 

93 

54 

110 

777 

309 

(178) 

908 

467 

278 

979 

953

424

(183)

1,194

906

637

1,798

During the year, the Directors concluded a review of the Group’s property, plant and equipment carrying values, 
specifically in light of the Board’s decision to vacate certain Group office locations. No impairment charge was 
deemed necessary to the remaining assets following the disposals during the year.

																																																																																																																																																						GROUP

																							2017																									2016	

Finished goods 

19	TRADE	AND	OTHER	RECEIVABLES

£000 

143 

£000

181

																																																																																								GROUP																																														COMPANY
																																																																													2017																		2016																										2017																						2016	 	

Current 

Financial assets 

Trade receivables 

Amounts recoverable on contracts 

Other receivables 

Amounts due from subsidiaries less  

impairment provisions 

Taxes and social security costs 

Accrued income 

Non-financial assets  

Prepayments 

£000 

£000 

£000 

£000

5,177 

2,174 

230 

- 

- 

- 

4,182 

2,468 

340 

- 

111 

5 

- 

- 

201 

1,059 -

- 

- -

7,581 

7,106 

1,260 

1,198 

876 

259 

- 

- 

201

30

231

115

8,779 

7,982 

1,519 

346

The Directors consider that the carrying amount of trade and other receivables equals their fair value.

Amounts recoverable on contracts includes contract costs plus recognised profits of £7,227,000 (2016: 
£11,340,000) less progress billings of £6,104,000 (2016: £9,453,000) and retention monies.

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20	CASH	AND	CASH	EQUIVALENTS

22	FINANCIAL	LIABILITIES	-	BORROWINGS

During the year the Group secured a bank loan to fund the acquisition of Commensus Plc. 
The Group’s banking arrangements are secured by a debenture over the assets of the principal operating 
businesses and cross guarantees.

																																																																																								GROUP																																														COMPANY
																																																																													2017																				2016																										2017																						2016	

Details of the repayments are set out below:

Bank current account 

Bank overdraft 

£000                      £000 

4,468 

(1,273) 

3,195 

2,430 

(1,383) 

1,047 

£000 

- -

(639) 

(639) 

£000

(1,383)

(1,383)

The carrying amount of these assets approximates their fair value. Interest is variable on demand.

21	TRADE	AND	OTHER	PAYABLES

																																																																																								GROUP																																														COMPANY
																																																																														2017																			2016																										2017																						2016	

£000 

£000 

£000 

£000

Financial liabilities 

Trade payables 

Social security and other taxes 

Deferred income 

Other payables 

Accruals 

Deferred consideration 

Amounts owed to subsidiary company 

4,765 

1,601 

987 

- 

2,915 

50 

- 

3,257 

602 

812 

37 

3,795 

- 

- 

10,318 

8,503 

259 

379 

- 

- 

429 

50 -

2,087 -

3,204 

359

20

-

-

1,058

1,437

The amounts owed to subsidiary companies are non-interest bearing and repayable on demand. The Directors 
consider that the carrying amount of trade and other payables equals their fair value.

																																																																																								GROUP																																														COMPANY
																																																																													2017																		2016																										2017																						2016	 	

Amounts due within one year 

Amounts due after one year 

£000 

653   

1,762   

2,415   

£000 

- 

- 

- 

£000 

588 -

1,762 -

2,350 -

£000

23	PROVISIONS

GROUP

Property

Dilapidations

Other 
provisions

Corporate 
restructuring

Balance at 1 February 2016 

£000 

1,018 

Provisions made during the year 

- 

Provisions used during the year 

(563) 

Provisions reversed during the year 

(455) 

Balance at 31 January 2017 

Non-current 

Current 

- 

- 

- 

£000  

145 

24 

- 

- 

169 

- 

169 

£000 

240 

- 

(70) 

(170) 

- 

- 

- 

£000 

64 

- 

(8) 

(56) 

- 

- 

- 

Total

£000 

1,467

24

(687)

(635)

169

-

169

In 2016 the directors made 
provision for certain offices within 
the Group where the lease was 
deemed to be onerous. 
In 2017 settlement of the lease 
arrangement was reached and in 
total (net of VAT) £674,519 was 
paid to exit the lease. Monies held 
in Escrow for the rent deposit and 
accrued interest of £397,454 was 
used to part fund the settlement, 
these balances had been fully 
written off in prior years.  As a 
result, £277,065 cash was paid in 

2017 (net of VAT) to exit the lease, 
this was fully settled on completion 
of the exit agreement.

Other provisions related to 
customers and supplier issues 
where the Directors believed 
that there would be a likely cash 
outflow. During the year a payment 
of £70,000 was made to settle all 
claims, and the balance of £170,000 
was released to the Statement of 
Comprehensive Income during the 
year as a discontinued item.

At 31 January 2017 the Parent 
Company provisions comprises; 
property £nil (2016: £1,018,000), 
dilapidations £55,000 (2016: 
£55,000), and corporate 
restructuring £nil (2016: 
£64,000) with the balance of the 
dilapidations provision £114,000 
(2016: £90,000) other provisions 
£nil (2016: £240,000) held within 
the operating entities.

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24	DEFERRED	TAX	ASSET

																																																																																																																																																						GROUP

																							2017																									2016	

Deferred tax 

An analysis of the above asset is set out in note 13B ‘Deferred taxation’

£000

£000 

62 -

62 -

26		RETIREMENT	BENEFIT	

SCHEMES

£188,000 (2016: £204,000) being 
included in cost of sales.

Parent and the subsidiaries during 
the year represent transfers of cash 
between the Companies. 

The Group operates a defined 
contribution company pension 
scheme for the Executive Directors 
and employees. The assets of the 
scheme are held separately from 
those of the Company. The annual 
contributions payable are charged 
to the income statement. For the 
period, pension costs incurred were 
£308,000 (2016: £304,000) with 

27		RELATED-PARTY	
TRANSACTIONS

Transactions between the Company 
and its subsidiaries, which 
are related parties, have been 
eliminated on consolidation and are 
not disclosed in this note.

The transactions between the 

25	SHARE	CAPITAL	AND	RESERVES

The Company’s share capital comprises:

At 31 January 2017 the Parent Company had the following balances with subsidiaries:

																																																																													2017																		2016																										2017																						2016	 	

Allotted, called up and fully paid: 

Amounts due from subsidiaries 

Number 

Number 

£000 

£000

Amounts owed to subsidiaries 

																							2017																									2016	

£000 

2,087 

(1,059) 

£000

-

-

Ordinary shares of 0.1p each 

1,645,146,151 

1,394,532,799 

Deferred shares of 1p each 

127,144,044 

127,144,044 

Deferred shares of 0.1p each 

770,714,046 

770,714,046 

1,645 

1,271 

771 

3,687 

1,394

1,271

771

3,436

MOVEMENTS	IN	ISSUED	AND	FULLY	PAID	ORDINARY	SHARES	CAPITAL

Number

Issue Price

Share 
Capital

Share  
Premium

Merger  
Reserve

Total

Placing & open offer 

223,214,286 

1.4p 

223 

£000 

£000  

£000 

Placing fee 

Acquisition consideration 

15,422,579 

1.621p 

Acquisition consideration 

11,976,487 

1.233p 

Total movement In the year 

250,613,352 

At 31 January 2016 

1,394,532,799 

At 31 January 2017 

1,645,146,151 

- 

15 

12 

251 

1,394 

1,645 

£000 

2,902 

(146) 

235 

135 

3,126 

29,463 

32,589 

£000 

£000 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

1,911 

1,911 

3,125

(146)

250

147

3,377

32,768

36,145

The share premium account 
comprises the amount subscribed 
for share capital in excess of 
nominal value.The merger reserve 
arose where equity shares were 
allotted on the acquisition of 
subsidiaries and represents the 
difference between the fair value 
attributed to the share allotment in 
excess of the nominal value of the 
shares allotted.
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The reverse acquisition reserve 
arose on the acquisition of Coms.
com Limited which was accounted 
for as a reverse acquisition. Under 
IFRS the consolidated accounts of 
RedstoneConnect plc are treated 
as though they are a continuation 
of the consolidated accounts of 
Coms.com Limited. The reverse 
acquisition reserve represents the 
difference between the initial equity 

share capital of RedstoneConnect 
plc and the share capital and share 
premium of Coms.com Limited at 
the date of acquisition.

The accumulated deficit represents 
the cumulative loss of the Group 
attributable to equity shareholders 
of RedstoneConnect plc.

REMUNERATION	OF		
COMPANY	DIRECTORS

During the year there were a 
number of transactions between 
the Company and Directors’ related 
parties. The fees below relate to the 
Directors of the company and are 
included in the ‘Directors and their 
interests’ section of the Director’s 
report.

Directors’ fees

Director’s fees of £38,000 (2016: 
£124,000) were paid to Warspite 
Limited, a company connected 
to Diana Dyer Bartlett, in respect 
of services provided by Diana 
Dyer Bartlett; £nil (2016: £nil) was 
outstanding at the year end. 

Director’s fees of £nil (2016: 
£12,000) were paid to Iridian 
Consulting Services Limited, a 
company connected to Stephen 
Foster, in respect of services 
provided by Stephen Foster; £nil 
(2016: £nil) was outstanding at the 
year end. 

Director’s fees of £nil (2016: 
£24,000) were paid to Wydelta 
Limited, a company connected to 
Mark Braund, in respect of services 
provided by Mark Braund, £nil (2016: 
£nil) was outstanding at the year 
end.

the period end was £nil (2016: 
£nil).

The Company entered into 
the following trading activities 
with companies or partnerships 
connected with Mark Braund:

Director’s fees of £38,000 (2016: 
£33,000) were paid to VZ Limited, 
a company connected to Guy van 
Zwanenberg, in respect of services 
provided by Guy van Zwanenberg; 
£4,210.60 (2016: £nil) was 
outstanding at the year end. 

DIRECTORS’	TRANSACTIONS
PRODUCTS	AND	SERVICES

The Company entered into 
the following trading activities 
with companies or partnerships 
connected with Dave Breith:

•  In 2016 the Group purchased 

marketing and website services 
from Blabbermouth Marketing 
Limited on arm’s length terms. 
During the year no services were 
acquired (2016: £27,000) and the 
amount due to Blabbermouth at 

*  During the year the Group 

purchased contract personnel 
services from InterQuest on arm’s 
length terms. During the year 
services provided amounted to 
£142,000 (2016: £498,000), and 
the amount due to InterQuest 
at the period end was £27,000 
(2016: £342,000)

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28	COMMITMENTS

a) Capital commitments

There were no capital commitments at 31 January 2017 (2016: £nil).

b) Operating lease commitments

The Group leases office buildings and warehousing under licences/leases to occupy.

FUTURE	MINIMUM	LEASE	PAYMENTS																					2017																2017																							2016																					2016													
UNDER	NON-CANCELLABLE	OPERATING										Property										Vehicles															Property																Vehicles	
LEASES	ARE	AS	FOLLOWS:	

Within one year 

After one year but not more than 5 years 

After 5 years 

29		FINANCIAL	INSTRUMENTS

FINANCIAL	INSTRUMENTS

£000 

£000 

597 

771 

- 

1,368 

67 

78 

- 

145 

£000 

729 

1,632 

- 

2,361 

£000

58

45

-

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In common with other businesses, the Group is exposed to risks that arise from its use of financial instruments. 
This note describes the Group’s objectives, policies and processes for managing those risks and the methods used 
to measure them. Further quantitative information in respect of these risks is presented throughout these financial 
statements.

The significant accounting policies regarding financial instruments are disclosed in the section ‘Financial assets 
and liabilities in note 2’.

There have been no substantive changes in the Group’s exposure to financial instrument risks, its objectives, 
policies and processes for managing those risks or the methods used to measure them from previous periods 
unless otherwise stated in this note.

 PRINCIPAL	FINANCIAL	INSTRUMENTS

The principal financial instruments used by the Group, from which financial instrument risk arises, are as follows:

																																																																																																													GROUP																																COMPANY																																																																														
																																																																													NOTES											2017																		2016														2017																2016	

Financial assets 

Financial liabilities 

£000 

7,581 

10,318 

£000 

7,106 

8,503 

£000 

1,260 

3,204 

£000

231

1,437

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There were no material differences between the fair value and the carrying amounts of the Group’s financial 
instruments.

The risk with any one customer 
is limited by constant review of 
debtor balances and amounts 
receivable on contracts and action 
to resolve any issues preventing 
discharge of obligations.

FINANCIAL	RISK	MANAGEMENT

CREDIT	RISK

The Board has overall responsibility 
for the determination of the 
Group’s risk management 
objectives and policies and, while 
retaining ultimate responsibility for 
them, it has delegated the authority 
for designing and operating 
processes that ensure the effective 
implementation of the objectives 
and policies to the Group’s finance 
function.

The overall objective of the Board 
is to set polices that seek to reduce 
risk as far as possible without 
unduly affecting the Group’s 
competitiveness and flexibility. 
Further details regarding these 
policies are set out below.

Credit risk is the risk that a 
counterparty to a transaction 
with the Group fails to discharge 
its obligations in respect of the 
instrument. The Group’s credit 
risk arises on (i) transactions with 
customers in connection with 
delivery of products or services (ii) 
cash and cash equivalents placed 
with banks and financial institutions

Management focuses strongly 
on working capital management 
and the collection of due invoices. 
Regular reports of overdue 
invoices are circulated amongst 
senior management and the Board 
reviews debtor days each month as 
part of the monthly reporting cycle. 

The ageing analysis of trade receivables of the Group is as follows:

																																							TOTAL											NOT	YET	DUE														0-60	DAYS													60-90	DAYS	

>90	DAYS	

2017 

2016 

£000 

5,218 

4,304 

£000 

2,754 

2,007 

£000 

1,093 

1,237 

£000 

527 

708 

£000

844

352

Credit risk on cash and cash equivalents is reduced by placing funds with banks with high credit ratings.

LIQUIDITY	RISK

Liquidity risk is the risk that the 
Group cannot meet financial 
liabilities when they fall due. The 
Group’s policy for managing 
liquidity risk is to ensure that the 
business has enough financial 
resources to carry out its day-to-
day activities at any point in time. 
Management believes that the cash 
resources on hand, together with 
the profits of the business, more 
than cover the resources needed to 
meet the financial liabilities of the 
Group.

INTEREST	RATE	RISK

Interest-bearing bank loans and 
overdrafts are recorded at fair 
value, net of direct issue costs. 
Finance charges, including 
premiums payable on settlement or 
redemption and direct issue costs, 

are accounted for on an
effective interest method and are 
added to the carrying amount of 
the instrument to the extent that 
they are not settled in the period in 
which they relate.

CAPITAL

The Group considers its capital 
to comprise its ordinary share 
capital, deferred share capital, 
share premium, merger reserve, 
reverse acquisition reserve and 
accumulated retained deficit as 
its capital reserves. A summary of 
the amounts of capital in each of 
these categories is shown in the 
consolidated statement of changes 
in equity on page 33.

In managing its capital, the Group’s 
primary objective is to provide a 
return for its equity shareholders 

through capital growth. Going 
forward the Group will seek to 
maintain a gearing ratio that 
balances risks and returns at 
an acceptable level and also to 
maintain a sufficient funding base 
to enable the Group to meet its 
working capital and strategic 
investment needs. In making 
decisions to adjust its capital 
structure to achieve these aims, 
either through new share issues 
or the issue of debt, the Group 
considers not only its short-
term position but also its long-
term operational and strategic 
objectives.

There have been no other 
significant changes to the Group’s 
management objectives, policies 
and processes in the year nor has 
there been any change in what the 
Group considers to be capital.

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CURRENCY	RISK

The Group occasionally provides 
services in markets outside the 
UK. In most examples the material 
equity and financial liabilities are 
contracted in Sterling and hence 
there is no significant currency risk.  
 In the event there is a material 

exposure to foreign currencies 
other than Sterling the Group will 
hedge its exposure, these events 
are continuously reviewed on an 
on-going basis.

30	FIXED	ASSET	INVESTMENTS

Details of the Company’s subsidiaries at 31 January 2017 are as follows:

Reference

Place of
incorporation
and operation

Proportion
of ownership

Proportion
of voting
power held

Nature Of 
Business

Subsidiary 

% 

% 

Comunica Holdings Limited 

England 

100 

100 

Holding company

Redstone Converged 

Solutions Limited 

1 

England 

Connect IB Limited 

Commensus Plc 

England 

England 

Coms Media Limited  

2, 3 

England 

CloudXL Limited  

CloudXL Networks Limited  

CloudXL Support Limited  

Coms.com Limited  

Coms Enterprise Limited 

Coms Mobile Ltd  

Premium O Limited  

Network Resource Limited  

3 

3 

3 

3 

3 

2,3 

3 

England 

England 

England 

England 

England 

England 

England 

England 

Network Resource Group Limited   3 

England 

100 

100 

100 

100 

100 

100 

100 

100 

100 

100 

100 

100 

100 

100 

100 

100 

100 

100 

100 

100 

100 

100 

100 

100 

100 

100 

Infrastructure

Software

Managed Services

Media

Dormant

Dormant

Dormant

Dormant

Dormant

Dormant

Dormant

Dormant

Dormant

Reference
1    Redstone Converged Solutions Limited is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Comunica Holdings Limited

2   Premium-O Limited and Coms Media Limited are wholly owned by Coms.com Limited

3     These subsidiaries have been entered into a voluntary liquidation process, and as such control of the entity 
has been transferred to Antony Batty & Company LLP Insolvency Practitioners. In 2016, the entities were 
deconsolidated in accordance with the Group’s accounting policies resulting in a loss of £221,000. 

The registered office for those entities entered into the 
voluntary liquidation process is:
Antony Batty & Company LLP, 
Second Floor, 
3 Field Court, 
Gray’s Inn, 
London, 
WC1R 5EF. 
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The registered office for all other subsidiaries is:
40 Holborn Viaduct,
London,
EC1N 2PB.

INVESTMENT	IN	SUBSIDIARIES						

Cost 

At 1 February 2015 

At 1 February 2016 

Additions 

At 31 January 2017 

Accumulated amortisation and impairment 

At 1 February 2016 

Impairment charge 

At 31 January 2017 

Carrying value 

At 31 January 2017 

At 31 January 2016 

At 31 January 2015 

TOTAL	

£000

15,236

15,236

3,728

18,964

5,989

5,989

12,975 

9,247

9,247

 -

 -

The carrying value of the investment at the year-end represents investment in Redstone Converged Solutions Ltd, 
Connect IB Ltd and Commensus Plc, all of which are wholly owned subsidiaries. 

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31	OPTIONS	AND	WARRANTS

The Company had the following share options and warrants outstanding at 31 January 2017:

The fair value of the equity-settled share options granted is estimated as at the date of the grant using a Black 
Scholes model taking into consideration the terms upon which the options were granted.  During the year ended 
31 January 2017 there were 23,677,458 options granted (2016: 130,953,280).  The following table lists the inputs 
into the model used to calculate the fair value.

Grant date 

Option price 

Dividend yield 

Vesting period (years) 

Assumed volatility at date of grant 

Risk-free discount rate 

Expected life of option 

Fair value per option 

Share price at grant 

1 December 2016

1.265p

nil

3 years

75%

0.22%

3 years

0.723p

1.375p

The expected volatility is based on historic volatility, adjusted for any expected changes to future volatility.

The 1 December 2016 grant of share options were offered to eligible employee’s under the Save as You Earn 
Scheme (‘SAYE’). The SAYE scheme is a savings related share scheme whereby the employees can buy 0.1 pence 
ordinary shares in the Company for a fixed discounted price of 1.265 pence (a 20% discount to the average share 
price at the date of grant). The employee agrees to save a fixed monthly amount (capped at £500) over the three 
year term of the scheme, which at the end of the term can be used to buy shares at the fixed price. 

Warrants 

Options 

Options 

Options 

Number

Date  
Granted

Price Per 
Share

Vesting Period

4,000,000 

12 Jun 13 

5.000p 

12 Jun 13 - 11 Jun 23

3,000,000 

1 Nov 13 

3.500p 

1 Feb 14 - 31 Jan 17

130,953,280 

11 Dec 15 

0.920p 

31 Dec 18 - 10 Dec 25

23,677,458 

1 Dec 16 

1.265p 

1 Dec 19 – 1 Jul 19

32		SHARE	BASED	
PAYMENTS

The Group operates three equity 
settled share based payments 
plans: an EMI scheme, an 
Unapproved share scheme and 
an all employee SAYE scheme.  
During the year the Group issued 
23,677,458 options under the 
Group’s SAYE scheme (2016: 
130,953,280 under the EMI and 
Unapproved share option scheme). 
Options granted in 2016 under the 
EMI and Unapproved share option 
scheme over a total of 73,127,192 
and 57,826,088 ordinary shares 
respectively were outstanding at 

the year end.

0.75 pence.

The EMI and Unapproved share 
option scheme incorporate the 
same general terms and conditions, 
with the EMI scheme benefiting 
from certain tax advantages.

The outstanding options at the 
year-end have an exercise price in 
the range of 0.92 pence to 5.00 
pence (2016: 0.92 pence to 5.00 
pence).

Total options and warrants 
outstanding under the EMI and 
Unapproved schemes at 31 January 
2017 were outstanding over a total 
of 161,630,738 (2016: 138,553,280).

The weighted average remaining 
contractual life of the share options 
outstanding at the year-end is 7 
years 10 months (2016: 9 years 7 
months).

There were no options exercised 
during the year. The weighted 
average exercise price for options 
exercised during 2016 was  

The expense recognised for equity-
settled share-based payments 
during the year to 31 January 2017 
was £89,000 (2016: £47,000).

																																																																																																			2017																																														2016

Number

Weighted 
average
exercise price

Number

Weighted 
average
exercise price

Outstanding at start of year 

Granted during the year 

Lapsed during the year 

138,553,280 

23,677,458 

1.100p 

1.265p 

55,233,333 

130,953,280 

- 

- 

(360,000) 

Forfeited during the year 

(600,000) 

3.500p 

(42,273,333) 

Exercised during the year 

- 

- 

(5,000,000) 

Outstanding at end of year 

Exercisable at end of year 

161,630,738 

7,000,000 

1.10p 

4.40p 

138,553,280 

7,600,000 

3.38p

0.92p

0.50p

3.13p

0.75p

1.10p

4.29p

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