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ANNUAL REPORT 
2022

CORPORATE DIRECTORY

DIRECTORS 
Ross Love 
Executive Chairman

Sam Wright 
Non-Executive Director

Hendrik Deurloo 
Non-Executive Director

Bryant McLarty 
Non-Executive Director

Brian Wall 
Non-Executive Director

OFFICERS 
Mr. Sam Wright 
Company Secretary

CORPORATE OFFICE 
Suite 116, 1 Kyle Way  
Claremont WA 6010 
Australia

Telephone:  +61 8 6161 7412 
Facsimile:  +61 8 9467 6111 
Email: 

sms@smsystems.com.au 

CANADA OFFICE 
100-966 Crowley Avenue 
Kelowna British Colombia. 
Canada V1Y OL1 
www.aem-corp.com

SHARE REGISTRY 
Computershare Investor Centre Pty Ltd 
GPO Box 2975 
Melbourne VIC 3001

Enquiries (within Australia)  1300 850 505 
Enquiries (from Overseas)  +61 3 9415 4000 
www.investorcentre.com/contact

STOCK EXCHANGE LISTING  
Australian Securities Exchange 
(Home Exchange: Perth, Western Australia) 
Code: SMN

STRUCTURAL MONITORING SYSTEMS PLC 
WEBSITE 
www.smsystems.com.au

STRUCTURAL MONITORING SYSTEMS PLC 
MAILING ADDRESS 
PO Box 661 
Nedlands Western Australia 6909

UNITED KINGDOM OFFICE & REGISTERED OFFICE  
The Old Court 
8 Tufton Street 
Ashford 
Kent TN23 1PF 
United Kingdom

AUDITORS 
Jeffreys Henry Audit Limited 
Finsgate 
5-7 Cranwood Street 
London EC1V 9EE

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STRUCTURAL MONITORING SYSTEMS PLC – ANNUAL REPORT 2022CONTENTS

Strategic report

Directors’ report

Statement of profit or loss and other comprehensive income

Statement of financial position

Statement of cash flows

Statement of changes In equity

Notes to the financial statements

Independent auditors' report

Shareholder information

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IMPORTANT NOTICES 
Structural Monitoring Systems Plc (the Company) is incorporated in the United Kingdom under the laws of 
England and Wales. The Company is not subject to Chapters 6, 6A, 6B and 6C of the Australian Corporations 
Act 2001 dealing with the acquisition of shares (including substantial holdings and takeovers).

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STRUCTURAL MONITORING SYSTEMS PLC – ANNUAL REPORT 2022STRATEGIC REPORT

REVIEW OF OPERATIONS

During the financial year ended 30 June 2022, Structural Monitoring Systems Plc (“SMS”, the “Group” or the “Company”), 

achieved a key milestone in the granting of a Supplementary Type Certificate (“STC”) for its ground-breaking CVM™ 

technology. 

SMS and its Canadian-based, wholly owned subsidiary, Anodyne Electronics Manufacturing Corp (“AEM”), logged total 

sales for the 2022 financial year of $15.70m (excluding intercompany sales), an increase of 2% on the year prior.

At the reporting date, the balance of Group cash and cash equivalents was $1.80m (2021: $2.38m). Borrowings as at 

30 June 2022 amounted to $5.46m (2021: $nil) as the Company utilised an established loan facility with HSBC Canada 

to debt fund the successful acquisition of Canadian business, Eagle Audio, through its subsidiary Anodyne Electronics 

Manufacturing Corp (“AEM”). The acquisition is already proving to be very successful with its suite of product offerings 

significantly improving overall revenue and profit margins. AEM also utilises a working capital facility with the same banker 

making up the balance of borrowings. The Group has placed $1.15m on deposit with HSBC Canada as security for its loan 

facility.

BREAKTHROUGH FAA CERTIFICATION OF CVM ™ AND POST CERTIFICATION 
INITIATIVES

SMS announced in March this year that the United States Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) had granted its authority 

to issue a Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) approval for the use of the Company’s CVM™ technology on the B737-800 

Intelstat (Gogo) Wi-Fi antenna support structure inspection. The approval marked a milestone in aviation history as the 

first ever in the world regulatory agency approved sensor technology validated and certified for detecting critical structural 

cracks on aircraft. 

The certification of CVM™ sensors to detect cracks on aircraft is expected to meaningfully impact industry maintenance 

inspection methods and reduce operating costs for the industry as it continues to recover from the unprecedented impact 

of the pandemic. 

The Company is focused on progressing the commercialisation strategy for CVM™ and on ongoing positive engagement 

with potential customers both in the US and more broadly to achieve this end goal. 

To that end, the management and engineering team received approval from Boeing for the procedures and equipment to 

commence the POD testing phase of the 737 APB program in (August) at the new facility in Kelowna.  This critical APB 

application developed in conjunction with Delta Air Lines has a potential market in excess of 400 aircraft. 

Additionally, another major airline operator is working with the team to identify a range of applications where our 

monitoring systems may avoid or defer out of cycle checks which currently consume several days.

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STRUCTURAL MONITORING SYSTEMS PLC – ANNUAL REPORT 2022Several key executives will attend the joint Airlines for America Non-destructive Testing (NDT) Forum and SAE AISC-

SHM in San Antonio, Texas, from September 27 to September 30. A number of papers on CVM will be presented to the 

attendees.  This is a significant industry event where all major US airlines will be represented and presents an opportunity 

for industry leaders to discuss current trends and developments in NDT methodologies and to further existing relationships 

and discussions with key stakeholders and initiate others. 

CORPORATE 

The Company completed a Rights issue in April 2022 through the issue of 5,461,451 CDIs at an issue price of $0.90 per 

CDI with a 1:2 free attaching unlisted option exercisable at $1.20 with an expiry date of 6 April 2024 raising $4.91m 

before issue costs.

During the year a legal claim for royalty fees against wholly owned subsidiary Structural Monitoring Systems Limited was 

upheld and settled. The claim was disclosed as a contingency in the notes to the 2021 Annual Report. A subsequent claim 

for costs for the same case was also upheld and settled subsequent to the balance date.

A number of changes occurred at Board level during the financial year. The Company accepted the resignations of former 

Chairman Will Rouse and of directors Stephen Forman and Mike Reveley earlier this year and the Company wishes them 

well in their future endeavours.

Bryant McLarty, Hendrik Deurloo and Brian Wall were all appointed as Non-executive Directors during the year. The 

Company also announced the appointment of internationally recognised senior executive, Ross Love, as Executive 

Chairman on July 13 this year, subsequent to the reporting date. 

Mr Love is an experienced global executive and consultant with wide public and private sector experience in policy reform 

and business strategy transformation in Australia and the United States.

He was formerly a Senior Partner at the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) where he worked for more than 25 years, most 

recently as head of its New York business, and prior to that its Australian and New Zealand businesses. 

Mr Love is currently chair of the Western Australian Water Corporation, Chair of the Fremantle Port Authority and a 

director of Tellus Group Holdings and brings decades of business leadership and management to the role of Executive 

Chair. 

ANODYNE ELECTRONICS MANUFACTURING CORPORATION (“AEM”) FINANCIAL 
PERFORMANCE UPDATE

Wholly owned SMS subsidiary, Anodyne Electronics Manufacturing Corp (“AEM”), recorded $15.70m in revenue, an 

increase of 2% on the prior year and normalised EBITDA** for the year to 30 June 2022 of $2.27m (inc. intercompany 

sales on an arms-length basis), a decrease of 31% year on year. 

This was achieved against the backdrop of the significant impact of the Covid pandemic that affected both sales and 

production at the platform level, while concurrent supply chain difficulties and inflationary price pressures encountered 

during the year compounded the overall business impact. AEM also navigated a move to new premises and the installation 

of new plant and equipment with minimal disruption to operations during the year.

This full year result, exceeding budget, is a tribute to the excellent team the Company has assembled in Kelowna, 

operating in extremely challenging conditions. Through substantial investment in research and development, the successful 

acquisition of Eagle audio and higher margins achieved from stronger sales of AEM-developed products, the Group was 

able to more than offset the effects of softer sales in contract manufactured products. 

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STRATEGIC REPORT ContinuedSTRUCTURAL MONITORING SYSTEMS PLC – ANNUAL REPORT 2022Registered Number 04834265AEM RELOCATION TO NEWLY CONSTRUCTED MANUFACTURING FACILITY IN 
KELOWNA, BRITISH COLUMBIA

AEM increased production capacity by moving its operations to a newly constructed 35,000 square foot (3,251m2) facility 

in Kelowna, British Columbia earlier this year.  

The brand-new purpose-built facility, announced in 2020, was designed to increase operational efficiency and adds an 

additional10,000 sq. ft. (929m2) from its previous premises.

The move represents a strategic investment in new manufacturing equipment and offers the AEM team further 

opportunities for improvement and innovation with its custom footprint and layout, new state of the art equipment and 

optimisation of available space. 

The new premises are now fully operational with product departments open and operating at full capacity. 

ACQUISITION OF EAGLE AUDIO SEPTEMBER 2021

The Company, via its wholly owned subsidiary AEM, announced the acquisition of key avionics division, Eagle Audio, from 

Eagle Copters Ltd in September 2021 at a purchase price of CA$4.12m. The transaction was internally funded through 

cash and the use of existing low-cost debt facilities with HSBC Canada. 

The audio acquisition represents a natural synergy with AEM’s existing product offering and manufacturing facilities and 

complements its current significant audio R&D effort, providing additional growth opportunities and clear new R&D 

pathways into related product areas. 

As outlined above, this strategic acquisition is already proving to be very successful with its suite of product offerings 

significantly improving revenue and profit margins.

PROJECTED OUTLOOK

Looking ahead to the next financial year, SMS will continue to increase investment in R&D and sales team expansion 

which will result in a continuation of the transition to sales of higher margin, AEM developed products. The move to a new 

purpose-built facility completed in January 2022 should result in increased efficiencies of production and improved profit 

margins.

Directors and Management are constantly monitoring the Covid pandemic and are not in a position at this stage to provide 

firm forecasts on the effects it may have on operations for FY2023. Current visibility and realised activity levels, however, 

indicate that at this stage as evidenced by improvement in revenues since March 2022 – that core operations will continue 

to recover from the Covid pandemic. The SMS Board and management will continue to monitor the evolving global 

situation closely and regularly.

ANALYSIS USING KEY FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE INDICATORS AND MILESTONES

As at 30 June 2022, the Group had approximately $1.80m cash at bank (2021: $2.38m).

The Group recorded a loss for the financial year of $4.03m (2021: $1.96m). The increase in loss was incurred due in 

part to the payment of royalty fees of $0.69m (2021: $nil), depreciation and amortisation expenses of $1.64m (2021: 

$0.97m) arising from assets acquired in the move to AEM’s new manufacturing facility, R&D expenses of $0.64m (2021: 

$0.18m) incurred by AEM as it continues to generate new products to meet customer demand and increased employee 

costs of $6.86m (2021: $5.21m) arising from the increase in staff count undertaken by AEM during the year. The Group 

also recorded revenue during the year of $15.70m (2021: $15.34m), an increase of 2% year on year. Other key expenses 

during the year were consumables and raw materials used of $7.88m (2021: $8.26m) and sales and marketing expenses of 

$0.53m (2021: $0.28m). Revenue generated via the acquisition of Eagle Audio helped contribute to higher earnings in the 

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STRATEGIC REPORT ContinuedSTRUCTURAL MONITORING SYSTEMS PLC – ANNUAL REPORT 2022Registered Number 04834265second half of the year. In accordance with IAS 38 Intangible assets the Group has capitalised development expenses of 

$0.57m (2021: $0.90) incurred in the internal development of products at the commercialisation stage of development.

The Group EBITDA* for the financial year was ($2.27m) (2021: ($0.48m). Normalised EBITDA** for AEM for the year 

ended 30 June 2022 was $2.27m (2021: $3.08m).

Loss per share for the financial year was 3.26 cents per share (2021: Loss per share 1.64 cents).

Net tangible assets at the reporting date were 6.56 cents per ordinary security (2021: 8.48 cents).

At the reporting date the Group had net assets of $15.56m (2021: $14.01m). The Group had trade and other receivables 

of $3.04m, inventory of $10.89m and intangible assets of $7.15m, including goodwill of $1.61m. The key movements 

during the year were an increase in borrowings of $5.46m to fund the acquisition of Eagle Audio and utilise a working 

capital facility provided by HSBC Canada, $1.15m was placed on deposit as security for the loan facility. ROU assets 

increased by $8.40m due to the take up of a new lease on AEM’s manufacturing facility and investment in new plant and 

equipment in the facility. ROU lease liabilities similarly increased by $9.51m. Inventory increased by $3.81m in part due to 

the take up of Eagle Audio inventory on acquisition and to protect against supply chain issues. Intangible assets increased 

by $3.43m due to the acquisition of Eagle Audio and deferral of R&D costs. Income tax expense for the year reduced from 

$0.50m to a benefit of $0.28m because of a reduction in taxable income, instant write offs associated with fixed assets 

acquired and right of use lease payments made during the year.

The primary movement in equity during the year was a Rights Issue completed in April 2022 raising the sum of $4.91m 

before issue costs.

*EBITDA, which is inclusive of FX gains/losses, is calculated by adding back interest costs, income tax, depreciation and 

amortisation expenses and deducting interest revenue from loss after tax for the year of $4.03m (2021: $1.96m).

**Normalised EBITDA is calculated by adding back to EBITDA, SMS costs of $0.86m (2021: $0.73m) borne by AEM.

PRINCIPAL RISKS AND UNCERTAINTIES

The principal risks and how they are managed are set out on page 20 and 21 of the Director’s Report.

AEM office in Kelowna, BC Canada

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STRATEGIC REPORT ContinuedSTRUCTURAL MONITORING SYSTEMS PLC – ANNUAL REPORT 2022Registered Number 04834265S172 STATEMENT

The Board has a duty under s172 of the Companies Act 2006 to promote the success of the Company of the benefit of its 

members as a whole. All decisions are made with this objective and the Board considers the long-term implications of its 

actions.

The Group has a continuous stakeholder engagement programme in which Executive and Non-Executive Directors 

participate to ensure the Board is aware of stakeholder interests.

The Group believes its employees are its greatest asset and it seeks to establish policies that provide a working 

environment that is safe, enjoyable and rewarding.

Critical to the success of the Group is its long-term relationship with its suppliers and customers, as well as its 

shareholders. The Board believes the decisions it has made have been appropriated both to support these stakeholders and 

to foster stronger, long-term relationships with them.

The Group is mindful of its role with its local communities and seeks to minimise the impact of its operations on the 

environment and to be a good neighbour.

Overall, in considering and taking decisions the Board seeks to act in the best interests of the business and all its 

stakeholders, treating all members fairly. 

The Strategic Report was signed on behalf of the Board.

Ross Love 

Executive Chairman 

30th September 2022

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STRATEGIC REPORT ContinuedSTRUCTURAL MONITORING SYSTEMS PLC – ANNUAL REPORT 2022Registered Number 04834265DIRECTORS’ REPORT

Your directors submit their report for the year ended 30 June 2022.

DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS

The names of the Company’s directors and officers in office during the year and until the date of this report are as below. 

Ross Love (Executive Chairman, appointed 13 July 2022)

Mr Love is an experienced executive and consultant with wide public and private sector experience in developing and 

executing policy reforms and business strategy transformations in Australia and the United States. He has worked with 

senior decision makers in government at State and Commonwealth level in Australia, the State and City Governments of 

New York, and the UN, as well as with Executive teams and Boards in the corporate and non-profit sectors. Formerly a 

Senior Partner at the Boston Consulting Group where he worked for over 25 years, Mr Love was most recently head of its 

New York business and prior to that it’s Australian and New Zealand business.

Mr Love completed the Advanced Development Program at the London Business School and MPA (2) at the Kennedy  

School of Government, Harvard University. He has a first-class BA Honours degree from the University of Western 

Australia.

Mr Love has not held directorships of any other ASX listed companies in the last 3 years.

Sam Wright (Non-Executive Director, appointed 14 October 2020 and Company Secretary)

Mr Wright is experienced in the administration of ASX listed companies, corporate governance, and corporate finance. 

He is a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, the Financial Services Institute of Australasia, and the 

Chartered Secretaries of Australia. 

Mr Wright is the Managing Director of Perth-based corporate advisory firm, Straight Lines Consultancy, specialising 

in the provision of corporate services to public companies. He has extensive experience in relation to public company 

responsibilities, including ASX and ASIC compliance, control and implementation of corporate governance, statutory 

financial reporting, and shareholder relations with both retail and institutional investors.

Mr Wright is currently a Director of ASX listed companies, Pharmaust Limited, Reach Resources Limited and Structural 

Monitoring Systems plc. Mr Wright is Company Secretary for ASX listed companies, Buxton Resources Limited and 

Wide Open Agriculture Limited. He has also filled the role of Director and Company Secretary with a number of unlisted 

companies. 

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STRUCTURAL MONITORING SYSTEMS PLC – ANNUAL REPORT 2022Bryant McLarty (Non-Executive Director, appointed 20 October 2021)

Mr McLarty is an Australian Financial Services Licensee with over 25 years’ experience in equities and capital markets. He 

is chairman of Mac Euity Partners, a boutique investment and corporate advisory firm, and a director of a number of private 

companies.

Past directorships include London stock exchange listed aircraft leasing company, Avation Plc, ASX listed Hazer Group 

Limited, EMVision Limited and PharmAust Limited.

In the last 3 years Mr McLarty was a director of Park’D Limited (1 December 2016 – 20 April 2020). Currently he is not a 

director of any ASX listed companies other than Structural Monitoring Systems plc.

Hendrik Deurloo (Non-Executive Director, appointed 1 April 2022)

Mr Deurloo has more than 23 years of experience in management and sales in the global aerospace industry and is 

currently SVP & Chief Commercial Officer for Pratt & Whitney. In his role he is responsible for leading and directing all 

Sales, Marketing and Customer Support worldwide for Pratt & Whitney Commercial Engines and International Aero Engines 

(IAE).

Mr. Deurloo is a member of the Board of Governors of the Wings Club Foundation, a global society of aviation 

professionals. He holds a bachelor’s degree in finance from East Connecticut State University and a master's degree in 

business administration from the University of Connecticut.

Mr Deurloo has not held directorships of any ASX listed companies in the last 3 years.

Brian Wall (Non-Executive Director, appointed 20 June 2022)

Mr Wall has held leadership roles in a 35 year plus career with organisations such as Cintas, Troika Ventures, The Pattison 

Group and most recently, Anodyne Electronics Corporation (“AEM”) a subsidiary of SMS.

Mr Wall joined AEM in August 2019 and held the position of Chief Executive until August 2022. He successfully navigated 

the company through the COVID-19 pandemic successfully position the company for profitable growth in several sectors 

and overseen the move to its new facility in Kelowna, BC.

Mr Wall has not held directorships of any other ASX listed companies in the last 3 years.

Will Rouse (resigned 20 June 2022)

Mr Rouse is an experienced senior banker, finance executive and “serial entrepreneur” focused on the acquisition and 

optimised growth of specialised manufacturing-related businesses.  In his last role, Will acquired Simcro Ltd (“Simcro”) 

in 2007, a New Zealand-based export-manufacturer.  Will sold his majority stake in Simcro in 2013 to The Riverside 

Company, a New York private equity group, retaining a 20% shareholding.  Simcro then acquired two further operating 

businesses in NZ and Australia in 2015, with Will leading these acquisitions. Simcro was recently sold to a global 

multinational.  Will is a Chartered Accountant and remains on the Board of Simcro. 

R. Michael Reveley (resigned 20 October 2021)

Mr Reveley served as a managing partner, chief executive and co-CIO of SEAL Capital Ltd, a Los Angeles-based hedge fund 

specialising in global macro strategies designed to provide risk-adjusted absolute returns investing in an array of global 

markets, under all market conditions. Before forming SEAL Capital, he was a founding partner and deputy CIO at Seagate 

Global Advisors in Los Angeles, having earlier been director of the syndicate and derivatives group at SBC Warburg in 

London and New York, vice-president of global derivatives for Swiss Bank Corporation and vice-president of the global 

derivatives group at First Interstate Bank, where he co-managed a US$20bn derivatives portfolio.

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DIRECTORS’ REPORT ContinuedSTRUCTURAL MONITORING SYSTEMS PLC – ANNUAL REPORT 2022Registered Number 04834265Stephen Forman (resigned 20 June 2022)

Mr Forman has over 25 years of demonstrated high-level equity capital markets experience in Australia and North America, 

through roles in institutional equity sales and trading, investor relations and corporate advisory with major top-tier global 

investment groups, including UBS and JP Morgan, the latter where Mr Forman worked for 15 years in various senior 

positions.

Mr Forman’s current role as Managing Director with New York-based investment advisory and consulting firm, Union 

Square Capital Advisors saw him successfully utilise his global network to assist companies with business development and 

corporate communication strategies, and to diversify their share register with Australian and North American investors. Mr 

Forman holds a B.Comm – Hons (Accounting & Finance) from UWA and is a CFA Charterholder. 

PRINCIPAL ACTIVITIES

During the financial year the principal continuing activities of the consolidated entity consisted of the design and 

manufacture of electronic products and the provision of manufacturing services to the aviation industry.

SHAREHOLDER MEETINGS

Structural Monitoring Systems Plc held its Annual General Meeting of Shareholders as a virtual meeting on 25th January 2022.

All resolutions that were put were passed by a poll.

STATEMENT OF DIRECTORS’ RESPONSIBILITIES

The directors are responsible for preparing the Strategic Report and Directors’ Report and the financial statements in 

accordance with applicable law and regulations.

Company law requires the directors to prepare group and company financial statements for each financial year.  The 

directors are required under the rules of the Australian Securities Exchange to prepare group and company financial 

statements in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRS”)  as adopted by the United Kingdom 

(“UK”).

The financial statements are required by law and IFRS adopted by the UK to present fairly the financial position of the 

group and the company and the financial performance of the group. The Companies Act 2006 provides in relation to such 

financial statements that references in the relevant part of that Act to financial statements giving a true and fair view are 

references to their achieving a fair presentation.

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 the company and of the profit or loss of the group and the company 

for that period. 

In preparing the group and company financial statements, the directors are required to:

a.  select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently;

b.  make judgements and accounting estimates that are reasonable and prudent;

c.  state whether they have been prepared in accordance with IFRSs adopted by the UK; and

d. 

 prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the group 

and the company will continue in business.

The directors are responsible for keeping adequate accounting records that are sufficient to show and explain the group’s 

and the company’s transactions and disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the group 

and the company and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. They 

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DIRECTORS’ REPORT ContinuedSTRUCTURAL MONITORING SYSTEMS PLC – ANNUAL REPORT 2022Registered Number 04834265 
 
 
 
are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the group and the company and hence for taking reasonable steps for 

the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities. The Directors are responsible for the maintenance and 

integrity of the corporate and financial information included on the www.smsystems.com.au website. Legislation in the 

United Kingdom governing the preparation and dissemination of financial statements may differ from legislation in other 

jurisdictions.

INDEMNITY AND INSURANCE OF OFFICERS

The Company has indemnified the directors and executives of the company for costs incurred, in their capacity as a 

director or executive, for which they may be held personally liable, except where there is a lack of good faith.

During the financial year, the Company paid a premium in respect of a contract to insure the directors and executives of 

the company. The contract of insurance prohibits disclosure of the nature of the liability and the amount of the premium.

EVENTS SUBSEQUENT TO THE REPORTING DATE

Subsequent to the reporting date the Company appointed Ross Love as Executive Chairman.

The Company also completed a Placement of 5,500,000 CDIs at an issue price of $0.35 per CDI each with a 1:1 free 

attaching option exercisable at $1.20 with an expiry date of 6 April 2024.raising $1.93 million before issue costs. The funds 

raised will be used to assist in funding the commercialisation of its unique FAA approved CVMTM technology.

On 21 September 2022, the Company advised shareholders that it is undertaking the necessary steps to convene an 

Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM) in compliance with the Companies Act 2006 (UK) and that a Notice of Meeting will 

be dispatched to CDI holders shortly. SMS expects the EGM to be held on or around the week commencing 31 October, 

subject to the Notice of Meeting being reviewed by the regulators. 

The impact of the Coronavirus pandemic is ongoing and has had financial impact for the Group to 30 June 2022, it is 

not practicable to estimate the potential impact, positive or negative, after the reporting date. The situation is rapidly 

developing and is dependent on measures imposed by the Australian government and other countries, such as maintaining 

social distancing requirements, quarantine, travel restrictions and any economic stimulus that may be provided.

Other than the above no matters or circumstances have arisen since the end of the financial year which significantly 

affected or may significantly affect the operations of the Group, the results of those operations, or the state of affairs of 

the Group in future financial years.

RESULTS AND DIVIDEND

The operating loss, after income tax, for the year was $4.03m (2021: $1.96m).  No dividends were proposed or paid during 

the financial year.

SHARE CAPITAL

The impact on share capital and share premium account of the share issues during the year, is disclosed in note 23 in the 

notes to the financial statements.

GOING CONCERN

The financial statements have been prepared on the going concern basis, which contemplates continuity of normal 

business activities, the continued financial performance of AEM and the realisation of assets and discharge of liabilities in 

the normal course of business as well as the availability of an established operating loan facility of up to CAD$5 million. 

The facility which is provided by AEM’s bankers is long standing and is secured on receivables and inventory and is subject 

to loan covenants. Directors expect compliance with the covenants to continue to be met. 

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DIRECTORS’ REPORT ContinuedSTRUCTURAL MONITORING SYSTEMS PLC – ANNUAL REPORT 2022Registered Number 04834265The directors have prepared forecasts in respect of future trading. Achievement of such forecasts would require the Group 

to carry out one of, or a combination of the following to allow it to manage within its current funding facilities for the 

period to 12 months from the date of this report, raise capital through the issue of shares, amend the structure of current 

debt, reduce or defer employee or other administration costs within the Group. In developing these forecasts, the Directors 

have made assumptions and performed sensitivity analysis on variables such revenues and exchange rates based upon 

their view of the current and future economic conditions that will prevail over the forecast period of 12 months from the 

date of signing these financial statements.

The Directors therefore continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements It 

is noted, there is a material uncertainty over going concern should the Group be unable to execute one or more of the 

following, raising capital through the issue of shares, amending the current debt structure to release further funds, or 

reduce/defer employee costs or other operating costs.

DIRECTORS’ MEETINGS

The number of directors’ meetings (including meetings of committees of directors) and number of meetings attended by 

each of the directors of the Group during the financial year:

Board meetings

Audit committee

Remuneration committee

A

2

1

-

-

2

2

1

B

2

1

-

-

2

2

1

A

1

-

-

-

1

1

-

B

1

-

-

-

1

1

-

B

3

3

1

-

3

3

1

Director

S Wright

B McLarty(1)

H Deurloo(2)

B Wall(3)

W Rouse(4)

S Forman(5)

R M Reveley(6)

A

3

3

1

-

3

3

1

(1) appointed 20 October 2021

(2) appointed 1 April 2022

(3) appointed 20 June 2022

(4), (5) resigned 20 June 2022

(6) resigned 20 October 2021

A – Number of meetings attended  

B – Number of meetings held during the time which the director held office during the year

In addition to formal directors’ meetings held during the year regular executive meetings were held on a monthly basis 

throughout the year.

RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

The Group actively reviews technical developments in its markets with a view to taking advantage of the opportunities 

available to maintain and improve its competitive position. This action involves the design and development of customised 

avionics and structural health monitoring systems applicable to the aviation industry.

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DIRECTORS’ REPORT ContinuedSTRUCTURAL MONITORING SYSTEMS PLC – ANNUAL REPORT 2022Registered Number 04834265REMUNERATION REPORT 
(AUDITED)

REMUNERATION POLICY

The Remuneration Committee of the Board of Directors of Structural Monitoring Systems Plc is responsible for determining 

and reviewing compensation arrangements for the directors and executives. The Remuneration Committee (or the Board 

of directors) assesses the appropriateness of the nature and amount of emoluments of such officers on a periodic basis by 

reference to relevant employment market conditions with the overall objective of ensuring maximum stakeholder benefit 

from the retention of a high-quality board and executive team. Such officers are given the opportunity to receive their base 

emoluments in a variety of forms including cash and fringe benefits such as motor vehicles and expense payment plans. 

It is intended that the manner of payment chosen will be optimal for the recipient without creating undue cost for the 

company.

To assist in achieving these objectives, the Remuneration Committee links the nature and amount of executive directors’ 

and senior executives’ emoluments to the Company’s financial and operational performance. Executive directors and 

employees have the opportunity to qualify for participation in the Company Employee Incentive Plan.

It is the Remuneration Committee’s policy that employment agreements shall be entered into with the Executive Chairman 

and all other executives.  Any options or performance rights held lapse when the service period is completed.

14

STRUCTURAL MONITORING SYSTEMS PLC – ANNUAL REPORT 2022REMUNERATION OF DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS

Details of the nature and amount of each major element of remuneration of each director of the Group and each of the 

Group executives who receive the highest remuneration are:

Salary & Fees

Post  
Employment

Share-based payments

Total

Performance 
rights in lieu 
of fees

Superannua-
tion

Performance 
rights

$

$

$

Shares

$

Cash

$

194,505

150,000

140,000

86,250

45,000

18,750

8,349

642,854

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

18,416

-

-

-

-

-

18,416

$

194,505

168,416

140,000

86,250

45,000

18,750

8,349

661,270

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Salary & Fees

Post 
Employment

Share-based payments

Total

Performance 
rights in lieu 
of fees

Superannua-
tion

Performance 
rights

$

$

$

Cash

$

Shares

$

$

30 June 2022

Directors

Will Rouse(1)

Stephen Forman(1)

Sam Wright

R Michael Reveley(2)

Bryant McLarty(3)

Hendrik Deurloo(4)

Brian Wall(5)

Total

30 June 2021

Directors

Will Rouse

R. Michael Reveley

Stephen Forman

Sam Wright(6)

Terry Walsh(7)

Executive

100,000

121,826

57,500

70,000

70,000

-

81,892

20,219

70,324

67,461

Toby Chandler

68,750

178,262

Total

366,250

539,984

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

138,258

66,834

426,918

107,774

67,439

-

-

-

-

247,166

157,658

140,324

34,848

11,603

113,912

223,269

89,250

559,531

571,588

167,687

1,645,509

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DIRECTORS’ REPORT ContinuedSTRUCTURAL MONITORING SYSTEMS PLC – ANNUAL REPORT 2022Registered Number 04834265(1 ) resigned 20 June 2022

(2) resigned 20 October 2021

(3) appointed 20 October 2021

(4)  appointed 1 April 2022

(5) appointed 20 June 2022

(6) appointed as director 14 October 2020. Fees also include Company secretarial services.

(7)  resigned as director 14 October 2020. Mr Walsh receives a salary of $75,000 per annum including superannuation as 

legal counsel.

SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION

At the 2021 AGM, the Company did not receive any feedback at the AGM regarding its remuneration practices.

The value of Performance Rights (PRs) granted, converted and lapsed for directors and executives as part of compensation 

during the year ended 30 June 2022 are set out below:

Name

Sam Wright

Bryant McLarty

Hendrik Deurloo

Brian Wall

Will Rouse

Stephen Forman

R Michael Reveley

Total

Value of PRs 
granted

Value of PRs 
converted

Value of PRs 
lapsed

$

$

$

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

155,813

-

-

-

-

-

392,929

548,742

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

SERVICE AGREEMENTS

Remuneration and other terms of employment for Directors and executives are formalised in service agreements. Details of 

these agreements are as follows: 

Name: 

Title: 

Ross Love

Executive Chairman

Agreement commenced:  13 July 2022

Term of agreement: 

no fixed term

Details:   

 Base salary of $325,000 plus statutory superannuation, if applicable, to be reviewed annually 

by the Remuneration Committee. Subject to termination notice of 6 month notice by either 

party.

16

DIRECTORS’ REPORT ContinuedSTRUCTURAL MONITORING SYSTEMS PLC – ANNUAL REPORT 2022Registered Number 04834265 
 
 
 
 
Name: 

Title: 

Bryant McLarty

Non-Executive Director

Agreement commenced:  20 October 2021

Term of agreement: 

no fixed term

Details:   

 Base salary of $75,000 to be reviewed annually by the Remuneration Committee. No 

termination period in place.

Name: 

Title: 

Hendrik Deurloo

Non-Executive Director

Agreement commenced:  1 April 2022

Term of agreement: 

no fixed term

Details:   

 Base salary $75,000 to be reviewed annually by the Remuneration Committee. No termination 

period in place.

Name: 

Title: 

Brian Wall

Non-Executive Director

Agreement commenced:  20 June 2022

Term of agreement: 

no fixed term

Details:   

 Base salary $75,000 to be reviewed annually by the Remuneration Committee. No termination 

period in place.

Until his retirement on 24 August 2022 Brian was also Chief Executive Officer of wholly owned subsidiary Anodyne 

Electronics Manufacturing Corp (AEM). He will remain engaged as a consultant with AEM for a 12 month term on an 

annual salary of CA$140,000.

Name: 

Title: 

Sam Wright

Non-Executive Director & Company Secretary

Agreement commenced:  1 January 2021

Term of agreement: 

no fixed term

Details:   

 Base salary $140,000 to be reviewed annually by the Remuneration Committee. Subject to 

termination notice of 1 month by the director and 2 months’ notice by the company.

Directors and executives have no entitlement to termination payments in the event of removal for misconduct.

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DIRECTORS’ REPORT ContinuedSTRUCTURAL MONITORING SYSTEMS PLC – ANNUAL REPORT 2022Registered Number 04834265 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
SHAREHOLDINGS OF DIRECTORS

CDIs held in Structural Monitoring Systems Plc:

30 June 2022

Balance at 
beg of year

CDIs held on 
appointment/
resignation 
date

Granted as 
Remunera-
tion

Exercise of 
PRs

Net Change 
Other

Balance at 
end of year

No.

No.

No.

No.

No.

No.

Directors

Sam Wright

1,620,000

-

Bryant McLarty(1)

Hendrik Deurloo(2)

Brian Wall(3)

Will Rouse(4)

-

-

-

1,525,871

-

38,218

1,156,016

(1,252,351)

Stephen Forman(5)

1,739,978

(1,884,976)

R Michael Reveley(6)

2,471,444

(2,471,444)

Total

6,987,438

(4,044,682)

30 June 2021

Balance at 
beg of year

CDIs held on 
appointment/
resignation 
date

Granted as 
Remunera-
tion

No.

No.

No.

Directors

Will Rouse

270,588

R. Michael Reveley

2,654,351

Stephen Forman

1,900,000

-

-

-

Sam Wright(7)

Terry Walsh(8)

-

1,620,000

64,500

(64,500)

Total

4,889,439

1,555,500

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

155,813

147,984

1,923,797

-

-

-

-

-

324,174

1,850,045

-

-

-

38,218

96,335

144,998

-

-

-

392,929

(392,929)

548,742

320,562

3,812,060

Exercise of 
PRs

Net Change 
Other

Balance at 
end of year

No.

No.

No.

435,428

450,000

1,156,016

-

(182,907)

2,471,444

117,308

(277,330)

1,739,978

-

-

-

-

1,620,000

-

552,736

239,363

6,987,438

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DIRECTORS’ REPORT ContinuedSTRUCTURAL MONITORING SYSTEMS PLC – ANNUAL REPORT 2022Registered Number 04834265PERFORMANCE RIGHTS HOLDINGS OF DIRECTORS

30 June 2022

Directors

Sam Wright

Bryant McLarty(1)

Hendrik Deurloo(2)

Brian Wall(3)

Will Rouse(4)

Stephen Forman(5)

R Michael Reveley(6)

Total

30 June 2021

Directors

Will Rouse

R. Michael Reveley

Stephen Forman

Sam Wright(7)

Terry Walsh(8)

Total

Balance at 
beg of year/
on appoint-
ment

No.

155,813

-

-

-

-

253,954

392,929

802,696

Granted in 

lieu of fees 

Exercised 

Balance at 

during the 

during the 

PRs held on 

end of the 

year

No.

year

No.

resignation

No.

year

No.

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

(155,813)

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

(253,954)

(392,929)

-

(548,742)

(253,954)

Balance at 
beg of year/
on appoint-
ment

No.

Granted in 

lieu of fees 

Exercised 

Balance at 

during the 

during the 

PRs held on 

end of the 

year

No.

year

No.

resignation

No.

year

No.

795,588

264,840

(435,428)

(625,000)

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

814,904

178,025

-

(600,000)

392,929

267,308

103,954

(117,308)

-

155,813

251,471-

-

-

-

-

-

253,954

155,813

(251,471)

-

2,129,271

702,632

(552,736)

(1,476,471)

802,696

(1) appointed 20 October 2021

(2) appointed 1 April 2022

(3) appointed 20 June 2022

(4), (5) resigned 20 June 2022

(6) resigned 20 October 2021

(7) appointed as director 14 October 2020.

(8) resigned as director 14 October 2020

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DIRECTORS’ REPORT ContinuedSTRUCTURAL MONITORING SYSTEMS PLC – ANNUAL REPORT 2022Registered Number 04834265ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

The earnings of the Group for the 5 years to 30 June 2022 are summarised below:

Sales revenue

EBITDA

EBIT

Loss after income tax

2022

$000’

2021

$000’

2020

$000’

2019

$000’

2018

$000’

15,701

(2,273)

(3,910)

(4.026)

15,340

19,095

(478)

(1,445)

(1,959)

(991)

(2,043)

(2,072)

16,380

(2,827)

(3,488)

(3,626)

7,437

(3,651)

(3,966)

(3,895)

The factors that are considered to affect total Shareholders return (“TSR”) are summarised below:

2022

2021

2020

2019

2018

Share price at financial year end $

Total dividends declared

Basic earnings per share

0.40

-

(3.26)

0.36

-

(1.64)

0.43

-

(2.19)

0.65

-

(3.51)

0.88

-

(3.55)

THIS CONCLUDES THE REMUNERATION REPORT

Information given to auditors

Each of the directors has confirmed that so far as he is aware, there is no relevant audit information of which the Group's 

auditors are unaware, and that he has taken all the steps that he ought to have taken as a director in order to make himself 

aware of any relevant audit information and to establish that the Group's auditors are aware of that information.

Creditor payment policy

The Group’s policy during the year was to pay suppliers in accordance with agreed terms and this policy will continue for 

the year ended 30 June 2023.  The Group does not follow a specific code or standard in respect of such creditors. As at 30 

June 2022, the Group’s trade creditors represented 64 days’ purchases (2021: 66 days).

Financial instruments and risks

The Board has overall responsibility for the determination of the Group's risk management objectives and policies and, 

whilst 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 Executive Chairman. The Board receives 

monthly reports from the finance function through which it reviews the effectiveness of the processes put in place and the 

appropriateness of the objectives and policies it sets.

The overall objective of the Board is to set policies 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:

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DIRECTORS’ REPORT ContinuedSTRUCTURAL MONITORING SYSTEMS PLC – ANNUAL REPORT 2022Registered Number 04834265The Group is exposed through its operations to the following financial risks:

• 

• 

• 

credit risk;

liquidity risk;

foreign exchange risk 

The Group is exposed to the usual credit risk associated with selling on credit and manages this through credit control 

procedures. Further information is provided in note 24 in the notes to the financial statements.

As a result of operations in Canada, USA and Australia, the Group’s assets and liabilities can be affected by movements in 

the C$/A$, US$/A$ and UK/A$ exchange rates.

The Group also has transactional currency exposures. Such exposure arises from sales or purchases by an operating unit in 

currencies other than the unit’s functional currency.

The Group is exposed to foreign currency risk following the acquisition of a Canadian-based subsidiary and the risk could 

increase in the future as international commercialisation of the Group’s technologies increase. There is currently no form 

of currency hedging or risk strategy in place, but this policy is constantly monitored and appropriate strategies will be 

implemented if required.

Liquidity risk arises from the Group's management of working capital. It is the risk that the Group will encounter difficulty in 

meeting its financial obligations as they fall due.

In order to maintain liquidity to ensure that sufficient funds are available for ongoing operations and future developments, 

the Group monitors forecast cash inflows and outflows on a monthly basis. The Group has an established operating loan 

facility for up to CA$5 million, of which CA$0.72m is available to assist with day to day operating requirements.

Business risks and uncertainties

The Group has a reliance on one customer at the present time. The customer accounts for $7.54 million of revenues 

totalling $15.70 million. The relationship with the customer is secured by a licence agreement and the Group is pursuing 

growth opportunities.

The ongoing impact of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic is uncertain and it is not practicable to estimate the 

potential impact , positive or negative, after the reporting date. The pandemic may affect future travel, movement of labour 

and enforce supply chain constraints.

Having secured STC approval the Company continues to make progress towards commercialisation of it’s CVM™ 

technology.

Future developments

The directors have discussed the future developments for the business within the Strategic Report on page 6, in 

accordance with Section 414C of the Companies Act 2016.

By order of the Board

Ross Love 

Executive Chairman 

30th September 2022

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DIRECTORS’ REPORT ContinuedSTRUCTURAL MONITORING SYSTEMS PLC – ANNUAL REPORT 2022Registered Number 04834265Statement of profit or loss and other comprehensive income 
For the year ended 30 June 2022

Consolidated

Parent

2022

$000’

Note

2021

$000’

2022

$000’

2021

$000’

Continuing operations

Revenue

Sales

Cost of sales

Gross profit

Other income

Depreciation and amortisation

Employee expenses

Impairment charges

Loss on debt for equity swap

Occupancy expenses

Research and development expenses

Royalty fees

Sales and marketing expenses

4

4

4

Share-based payments expenses

22

Administrative expenses

Operating loss before finance costs and tax

Finance income

Finance costs

Foreign exchange gains/(losses)

Income tax benefit/(expense)

6

Loss after finance costs and tax from continuing 

operations

15,701

(7,875)

7,826

473

(1,638)

(6,863)

-

-

(16)

(643)

(692)

(531)

(37)

(1,926)

(4,047)

-

(400)

137

283

15,340

(8,258)

7,082

664

(967)

(5,212)

-

(52)

(61)

(181)

-

(284)

(1,116)

(1,114)

(1,241)

1

(19)

(204)

(496)

66

(39)

27

325

(2)

(1,249)

(1,814)

-

(16)

-

-

(189)

(37)

(783)

(3,738)

-

(5)

4

-

-

-

-

337

(2)

(1,070)

(387)

(52)

(61)

(41)

-

(340)

(1,116)

(382)

(3,114)

-

(3)

-

-

(4,027)

(1,959)

(3,739)

(3,117)

Loss attributable to members of the parent

(4,027)

(1,959)

(3,739)

(3,117)

Other comprehensive income

Items that may be reclassified subsequently to 

profit or loss:

Foreign currency translation

Total comprehensive income/(loss) for the year

Loss for the year attributable to owners of 

Structural Monitoring Systems Plc

627

627

100

100

-

-

-

-

(3,400)

(1,859)

(3,739)

(3,117)

Earnings per share (cents per share)

Basic for loss from continuing operations

Diluted for loss from continuing operations

7

7

(3.26)

(3.26)

(1.64)

(1.64)

The accompanying notes form an integral part of the financial statements.

22

STRUCTURAL MONITORING SYSTEMS PLC – ANNUAL REPORT 2022Statement of financial position 
As at 30 June 2022

Assets

Non-current assets

Loans to subsidiaries

Plant and equipment

Right-of-use assets

Intangible assets and goodwill

Total non-current assets

Current assets

Trade receivables

Prepayments and other receivables

Inventory

Financial assets

Cash and cash equivalents

Total current assets

Total assets

Liabilities

Current liabilities

Trade and other payables

Borrowings

Lease liabilities

Provisions

Total current liabilities

Non-current liabilities

Loans from subsidiaries

Lease liabilities

Deferred tax

Total non-current liabilities

Total liabilities

Net assets

Equity attributable to equity holders of the 

parent

Issued capital

Share premium reserve

Accumulated losses

Other reserves

Total equity

Consolidated

Parent

2022

$000’

Note

2021

$000’

2022

$000’

2021

$000’

15

12

13

14

8

9

10

11

16

17

18

19

15

18

6

23

23

23

-

444

373

3,718

4,535

2,347

511

7,088

-

2,381

12,327

16,862

11,464

9,944

1

-

-

3

-

-

11,465

9,947

5

72

173

-

-

86

22

136

-

-

250

11,715

244

10,191

1,845

453

434

-

1,733

8,772

7,149

17,654

3,042

505

10,894

1,153

1,803

17,397

35,051

3,710

5,461

1,150

132

-

268

126

10,453

2,239

-

8,700

338

9,038

-

70

539

609

19,491

2,848

-

-

-

453

298

-

-

298

751

-

-

-

434

-

-

-

-

434

15,560

14,014

10,964

9,757

31,954

41,327

31,949

36,492

31,954

41,327

31,949

36,492

(57,221)

(53,194)

(60,795)

(57,056)

(500)

15,560

(1,233)

14,014

(1,522)

10,964

(1,628)

9,757

The accompanying notes form an integral part of the financial statements.

23

STRUCTURAL MONITORING SYSTEMS PLC – ANNUAL REPORT 2022Approved by the Board and authorised for issue on 30th September 2022 

Ross Love, Executive Chairman 

24

STRUCTURAL MONITORING SYSTEMS PLC – ANNUAL REPORT 2022Statement of cash flows  
For the year ended 30 June 2022

Cashflows from operating activities

Receipts from customers

Payments to suppliers and employees

Interest received

Interest paid

Net cash provided by/(used in) operating 

activities before tax paid

Income tax received/(paid)

Net cash provided by/(used in) operating 

activities

Cashflows from investing activities

Payments for development expenses capitalised

Payments for financial asset

Cash paid on acquisition of business

Payments for plant and equipment

Net cash used in investing activities

Cashflows from financing activities

Proceeds from issue of shares

Issue costs

Proceeds from borrowings

Repayment of lease liabilities

Loans from/(to) subsidiaries

Net cash provided by financing activities

Net increase/(decrease) in cash held

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year

Effect of foreign exchange on balances

Cash and cash equivalents at end of year

20(b) 

Cash and cash equivalents

Borrowings

Cash and cash equivalents net of borrowings at 

end of year

Consolidated

Parent

2022

$000’

Note

2021

$000’

2022

$000’

2021

$000’

15,007

(19,226)

-

(400)

(16,569)

(14,853)

1

(19)

391

(2,269)

-

(5)

254

(880)

-

(3)

20(a)

(4,619)

1,698

(1,883)

(629)

659

(407)

-

-

(3,960)

1,291

(1,883)

(629)

(584)

(1,153)

(4,404)

(348)

(6,489)

4,915

(76)

5,461

(468)

-

9,832

(617)

2,381

39

1,803

1,803

(5,461)

(3,658)

(877)

-

-

(287)

(1,164)

503

(18)

-

(458)

-

27

154

2,065

162

2,381

2,381

-

2,381

-

-

-

-

-

4,916

(76)

-

-

(2,957)

1,883

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

503

(18)

-

-

144

629

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

The accompanying notes form an integral part of the financial statements.

25

STRUCTURAL MONITORING SYSTEMS PLC – ANNUAL REPORT 2022Statement of changes in equity  
For the year ended 30 June 2022

Consolidated

At 1 July 2020

Loss for the year

Foreign currency translation

Total comprehensive loss for the year

Transactions with owners:

Issue of performance rights to 

directors and staff/consultants

Issue of shares to directors and staff/

consultants

Conversion of performance rights to 

shares

Expiry of performance rights

Share issue costs

Total transactions with owners

Issued 
capital

$000’

31,946

-

-

-

-

2

1

-

-

3

Accumulated  
losses

Share 
premium 
reserve

Share-
based 
payment 
reserve

Foreign 
exchange 
reserve

$000’

$000’

$000’

$000’

35,967

3,492

(1,976)

(56,028)

(1,959)

-

(1,959)

-

-

815

3,978

-

4,793

-

-

-

-

100

100

-

-

-

-

1,467

543

478

-

-

(18)

525

(816)

(3,978)

-

(2,849)

36,492

643

(1,876)

At 1 July 2021

Loss for the year

Foreign currency translation

Total comprehensive loss for the year

Transactions with owners:

Issue of shares for cash

Share-based payments: performance 

rights

Share issue costs

Total transactions with owners

31,949

-

-

-

5

-

-

5

(53,194)

(4,027)

-

(4,027)

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

4,911

-

(76)

4,835

At 30 June 2022

31,954

(57,221)

41,327

-

-

-

-

106

-

106

749

Total 
equity

$000’

13,401

(1,959)

100

(1,859)

1,467

1,023

-

-

(18)

2,472

14,014

(4,027)

627

(3,400)

4,916

106

(76)

4,946

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

627

627

-

-

-

-

At 30 June 2021

31,949

(53,194)

36,492

643

(1,876)

14,014

(1,249)

15,560

26

STRUCTURAL MONITORING SYSTEMS PLC – ANNUAL REPORT 2022Statement of changes in equity  
For the year ended 30 June 2022

Parent

At 1 July 2020

Loss for the year

Total comprehensive loss for the year

Transactions with owners:

Issue of performance rights to 

directors and staff/consultants

Issue of shares to directors and staff/

consultants

Conversion of performance rights to 

shares

Expiry of performance rights

Share issue costs

Total transactions with owners

Accumulated  
losses

Share 
premium 
reserve

Share-
based 
payment 
reserve

Foreign 
exchange 
reserve

$000’

$000’

$000’

$000’

(58,732)

35,967

3,492

(2,271)

Issued 
capital

$000’

31,946

-

-

-

2

1

-

-

3

(3,117)

(3,117)

-

-

815

3,978

-

4,793

-

-

-

-

-

1,467

543

478

-

-

(18)

525

(816)

(3,978)

-

(2,849)

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

At 30 June 2021

31,949

(57,056)

36,492

643

(2,271)

At 1 July 2021

Loss for the year

Total comprehensive loss for the year

Transactions with owners:

Issue of shares for cash

Share-based payments: performance 

rights

Share issue costs

Total transactions with owners

31,949

(57,056)

36,492

643

(2,271)

-

-

5

-

-

5

(3,739)

(3,739)

-

-

-

-

-

-

4,911

-

(76)

4,835

-

-

-

106

-

106

749

-

-

-

-

-

-

At 30 June 2022

31,954

(60,795)

41,327

The accompanying notes form an integral part of the financial statements.

Total 
equity

$000’

10,402

(3,117)

(3,117)

1,467

1,023

-

-

(18)

2,472

9,757

9,757

(3,739)

(3,739)

4,916

106

(76)

4,946

(2,271)

10,964

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STRUCTURAL MONITORING SYSTEMS PLC – ANNUAL REPORT 2022Notes to the financial statements 
30 June 2022

1  Corporate information and authorisation of financial statements

 The financial statements of Structural Monitoring Systems Plc for the year ended 30 June 2022 were authorised for 

issue in accordance with a resolution of the directors on 30 September 2022 and the statements of financial position 

were signed on the Board’s behalf by Ross Love. 

 Structural Monitoring Systems Plc is a public limited company incorporated and domiciled in the United Kingdom. The 

Company’s registered office and principal place of business are disclosed on page 2 of this report. The Company’s 

ordinary shares, when held as a Chess Depository Interest (CDI) and registered on the CDI register, are tradable on 

the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX). Ordinary shares on the UK register cannot be traded on the Australian 

Securities Exchange.

2  Summary of significant accounting policies

(a)  Basis of Preparation

 The consolidated financial statements and those of the parent entity are presented in Australian dollars which is 

the Company’s functional currency and are rounded to the nearest one thousand Australian dollars. The average 

AUD:CAD rate for the year was 0.9184 (2021: 0.9572) and the reporting date AUD:CAD spot rate was 0.8885 

(2021: 0.9318). CAD is the presentational currency of Anodyne Electronics Manufacturing Corp (AEM), a wholly 

owned subsidiary of the Company.

(b)  Financial Position

 The Group reported a net loss after tax of $4.03m(2021: loss $1.96m) and an operating cash outflow of $4.62m 

(2021: cash inflow $1.70m) before tax for the year ended 30 June 2022 and reported working capital of $6.94m 

including cash of $1.80m as at that date.

 The financial statements have been prepared on the going concern basis, which contemplates continuity of normal 

business activities, the continued financial performance of AEM, the contribution of the Eagle Audio business, which 

was acquired during the year and the realisation of assets and discharge of liabilities in the normal course of business 

as well as the availability of an established operating loan facility of up to CA$5 million, of which CA$4.63m has been 

drawn to date as at the date of this report. The facility, which is provided by AEM’s bankers, while payable on demand 

is long standing and is secured upon receivables and inventory and is subject to loan covenants. Under the conditions 

of the facility two repayments, each of CA$0.5m will be paid by the Company within the next 12 months. Directors 

expect compliance with the covenants to continue to be met. Subsequent to the reporting date the Completed has 

completed a share placement raising $1.93m before issue costs of $0.13m. The Group has included in its cashflow 

forecast a capital raise through the issue of shares to provide additional working capital should the need arise.

 The directors have prepared forecasts in respect of future trading. Achievement of such forecasts would allow the 

entity to manage well within its current funding facilities for the foreseeable future. In developing these forecasts, 

the Directors have made assumptions and performed sensitivity analysis on variables such as revenues and exchange 

rates based upon their view of the current and future economic conditions that will prevail over the forecast period 

of 12 months from the date of signing these financial statements. Business risks and uncertainties applicable to the 

Group are disclosed on page 21 of the Director’s report.

 The directors and senior management will formally consider all measures which would favourably reduce/defer 

operational expenses should actual cash flows be less than budgeted, as they have done in previous years.

 The directors therefore continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements. 

It is noted, there is a material uncertainty over going concern should the Group be unable to execute one or more of 

the following, raising capital through the issue of shares, amending the current debt structure to release further funds, 

or reduce/defer employee costs or other operating costs. 

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(c)  Statement of compliance

 The Group’s financial statements have been prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards 

(“IFRS”) as adopted by the United Kingdom (previously as adopted by the European Union, no changes have arisen 

as a consequence of the change) as they apply to the financial statements of the Group for the year ended 30 June 

2022 and are applied in accordance with the Companies Act 2006. The Group and the Company have not adopted 

any standards or interpretations in advance of the required implementation dates.  It is not expected that adoption of 

standards or interpretations which have been issued by the International Accounting Standards Board but have not 

been adopted will have a material impact on the financial statements for the year ended 30 June 2022. See note 2(d) 

for further consideration.

(d)  Accounting standards and Interpretations

New Accounting Standards and Interpretations not yet mandatory or early adopted

 The Directors have also reviewed all of the new and revised Standards and Interpretations in issue not yet adopted 

for the year ended 30 June 2022.  As a result of this review the Directors have determined that there is no material 

impact of the Standards and Interpretations in issue not yet adopted on the Group and, therefore, no change is 

necessary to Group accounting policies.

(e)   Basis of consolidation

 The consolidated financial statements incorporate the assets, liabilities and results of entities controlled by Structural 

Monitoring Systems Plc at the end of the reporting period. A controlled entity is any entity over which Structural 

Monitoring Systems Plc is exposed to, or has rights to, variable returns from its involvement with the entity and has 

the ability to affect those returns through its power to direct the activities of the entity.

 Where controlled entities have entered or left the Group during the year, the financial performance of those entities 

is included only for the period of the year that they were controlled.  

 In preparing the consolidated financial statements, all inter-group balances and transactions between entities in the 

consolidated group have been eliminated in full on consolidation.

 Non-controlling interests, being the equity in a subsidiary not attributable, directly or indirectly, to a parent, are 

reported separately within the equity section of the consolidated statement of financial position and statement of 

comprehensive income.  The non-controlling interests in the net assets comprise their interests at the date of the 

original business combination and their share of changes in equity since that date.

Business Combinations 

 Business combinations occur where an acquirer obtains control over one or more businesses. A business combination 

is accounted for by applying the acquisition method, unless it is a combination involving entities or businesses under 

common control.  The business combination will be accounted for from the date that control is attained, whereby 

the fair value of the identifiable assets acquired and liabilities (including contingent liabilities) assumed is recognised 

(subject to certain limited exemptions). 

 When measuring the consideration transferred in the business combination, any asset or liability resulting from a 

contingent consideration arrangement is also included.  Subsequent to initial recognition, contingent consideration 

classified as equity is not remeasured and its subsequent settlement is accounted for within equity. Contingent 

consideration classified as an asset or liability is remeasured at the end of each reporting period to fair value, 

recognising any change to fair value in profit or loss, unless the change in value can be identified as existing at 

acquisition date.

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 All transaction costs incurred in relation to the business combination are expensed to the statement of comprehensive 

income. The acquisition of a business may result in the recognition of goodwill or a gain from a bargain purchase.

(f) Foreign currency translation

(i) Functional currency 

 Items included in the financial statements of each of the companies in the Group are measured using the currency 

of the primary economic environment in which the entity operates (‘the functional currency’).  The functional 

currency of Structural Monitoring Systems Plc is Australian dollars, and its presentation currency is Australian 

dollars. The functional currency of its overseas subsidiary, Structural Monitoring Systems Limited, is Australian 

dollars and the functional currency of its overseas subsidiary, Anodyne Electronics Manufacturing Corp is 

Canadian dollars.

 (ii)  Transactions and balances

 Foreign currency transactions are translated into the presentational currency using the exchange rates prevailing 

at the dates of the transactions.  Foreign exchange gains and losses resulting from the settlement of such 

transactions and from the translation at year end exchange rates of monetary assets and liabilities denominated in 

foreign currencies are recognised in the statement of comprehensive income.

 (iii)  Group entities

 The results and financial position of all the Company entities (none of which has the currency of a 

hyperinflationary economy) that have a functional currency different from the presentation currency are 

translated into the presentation currency as follows:

 • 

 Assets and liabilities for each statement of financial position presented are translated at the closing rate at 

the date of that statement of financial position;

  Income and expenses for each statement of comprehensive income are translated at average exchange rates 

(unless this is not a reasonable approximation of the rates prevailing on the transaction dates, in which case 

income and expenses are translated at the dates of the transactions); and

• 

 All resulting exchange differences are recognised as a separate component of equity and in Other 

comprehensive Income.

• 

 On consolidation, exchange differences arising from the translation of any net investment in foreign entities 

are taken to foreign currency translation reserve.  

 When a foreign operation is sold or any borrowings forming part of the net investment are repaid, a proportionate 

share of such exchange differences are recognised in the statement of comprehensive income, as part of the gain 

or loss on sale where applicable.

(g) Impairment of property, plant and equipment

 At each reporting date, the Group assesses whether there is any indication that an asset may be impaired.  Where an 

indicator of impairment exists, the Group makes a formal estimate of the recoverable amount.  Where the carrying 

amount of an asset exceeds its recoverable amount the asset is considered impaired and is written down to its 

recoverable amount.

 Recoverable amount is the greater of fair value less costs to sell and value in use.  It is determined for an individual 

asset, unless the asset’s value in use cannot be estimated to be close to its fair value less costs to sell and it does not 

generate cash inflows that are largely independent of those from other assets or groups of assets, in which case, the 

recoverable amount is determined for the cash-generating unit to which the asset belongs.

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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.

(h)  Financial instruments

 Financial assets and financial liabilities are recognised when the Group becomes party to the contractual provisions of 

the instrument.

Financial assets

Cash and cash equivalents

 Cash and cash equivalents comprise cash at bank and in hand and other short-term deposits held by the Group with 

maturities of less than three months. For the purposes of the statement of cash flows, cash and cash equivalents 

consist of cash and cash equivalents as defined above, net of outstanding bank overdrafts. 

Trade, Group and other receivables

Trade, other and group receivables are recorded initially at fair value and subsequently measured at amortised cost. 

Financial liabilities and equity

 Financial liabilities and equity instruments are classified according to the substance of the contractual arrangements  

entered into. An equity instrument is any contract that evidences a residual interest in the assets of the Group after 

deducting all of its liabilities.

Trade, other and Group payables

 Trade, Group and other payables are initially measured at fair value net of direct transaction costs and subsequently 

measured at amortised cost.

Equity instruments

Equity instruments issued by the Group are recorded at fair value on initial recognition net of transaction costs. 

Derecognition of financial assets (including write-offs) and financial liabilities

 A financial asset (or part thereof) is derecognised when the contractual rights to cash flows expire or are settled, or 

when the contractual rights to receive the cash flows of the financial asset and substantially all the risks and rewards 

of ownership are transferred to another party. When there is no reasonable expectation of recovering a financial 

asset, it is derecognised (“written off”). The gain or loss on derecognition of financial assets measured at amortised 

cost is recognised in profit or loss. A financial liability (or part thereof) is derecognised when the obligation specified in 

the contract is discharged, cancelled, or expires. Any difference between the carrying amount of a financial liability (or 

part thereof) that is derecognised and the consideration paid is recognised in profit or loss.

Impairment of financial assets

 An impairment loss is recognised for the expected credit losses on financial assets when there is an increased 

probability that the counterparty will be unable to settle an instrument’s contractual cash flows on the contractual due 

dates, a reduction in the amounts expected to be recovered, or both. The probability of default and expected amounts 

recoverable are assessed using reasonable and supportable past and forward-looking information that is available 

without undue cost or effort. The expected credit loss is a probability-weighted amount determined from a range of 

outcomes and takes into account the time value of money.

 For trade receivables, material expected credit losses are measured by applying an expected loss rate to the gross 

carrying amount. The expected loss rate comprises the risk of a default occurring and the expected cash flows 

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on default based on the aging of the receivable. The risk of a default occurring always takes into consideration all 

possible default events over the expected life of those receivables (“the lifetime expected credit losses”). Different 

provision rates and periods are used based on groupings of historic credit loss experience by product type, customer 

type and location.  

 For intercompany loans that are repayable on demand, expected credit losses are based on the assumption that 

repayment of the loan is demanded at the reporting date. If the subsidiary does not have sufficient accessible highly 

liquid assets in order to repay the loan if demanded at the reporting date, an expected credit loss is calculated. This 

is calculated based on the expected cash flows arising from the subsidiary and weighted for probability likelihood 

variations in cash flows. 

Definition of default

The loss allowance on all financial assets is measured by considering the probability of default.

 Receivables are considered to be in default when the principal or any interest is significantly more than the associated  

credit terms past due, based on an assessment of past payment practices and the likelihood of such overdue amounts  

being recovered.  

  Write-off policy

 Receivables are written off by the Group when there is no reasonable expectation of recovery, such as when the  

counterparty is known to be going bankrupt, or into liquidation or administration.  Receivables will also be written off 

when the amount is more than materially past due.

(i)  Provisions

 Provisions are recognised when the Group has a present obligation (legal or constructive) as a result of a past event, it 

is probable that an outflow of resources embodying economic benefits will be required to settle the obligation and a 

reliable estimate can be made of the amount of the obligation.

 Where the Group expects some or all of a provision to be reimbursed, for example under an insurance contract, the 

reimbursement is recognised as a separate asset but only when the reimbursement is virtually certain. The expense 

relating to any provision is presented in the statement of comprehensive income net of any reimbursement. 

 If the effect of the time value of money is material, provisions are determined by discounting the expected future cash 

flows at a pre-tax rate that reflects current market assessments of the time value of money and, where appropriate, 

the risks specific to the liability.

(j)  Share-based payment transactions

 The Group provides benefits to employees (including directors) in the form of share-based payment transactions, 

whereby employees render services in exchange for rights over shares (‘equity-settled transactions’). The fair value of 

options is determined using the Black-Scholes pricing model or using the trinomial option pricing model.

 There is currently one plan in place to provide these benefits, the Employee Incentive Plan  (EIP), which provides 

benefits to directors and employees.

 The cost of these equity-settled transactions with employees is measured by reference to the fair value at the date at 

which they are granted. 

 In valuing equity-settled transactions, no account is taken of any performance conditions, other than conditions linked 

to the price of the shares of Structural Monitoring Systems Plc (‘market conditions’).

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 The cost of equity-settled transactions is recognised, together with a corresponding increase in equity, over the period 

in which the performance conditions are fulfilled, ending on the date on which the relevant employees become fully 

entitled to the award (‘vesting date’).

 The cumulative expense recognised for equity-settled transactions at each reporting date until vesting date reflects 

the extent to which the vesting period has expired. This opinion is formed based on the best available information 

at the reporting date. No adjustment is made for the likelihood of market performance conditions being met as the 

effect of these conditions is included in the determination of fair value at grant date.   

(k)  Revenue

Revenue recognition – Repair services

 Repairs meet the definition of a distinct service whereby the associated revenue is to be recognised at a point in 

time, evidenced by the completion of the agreed upon service and delivery of the repaired parts/components to the 

customer. The point in time criteria are met as the following transfers of control exist: (a) The entity has the present 

right to payment for the asset; (b) the customer has the legal right to the asset; (c) the entity has transferred physical 

possession of the asset; (d) the customer has the significant risks and rewards of ownership of the asset; (e) the 

customer has accepted the asset. Pricing is fixed and determinable pursuant to agreed upon pricing lists that establish 

stand-alone selling prices. 

Revenue recognition – Product sales (stock or customised parts)

 Product sales meet the definition of a distinct service whereby the associated revenue is to be recognised at a point 

in time, evidenced by the delivery of the products to the customer. The point in time criteria are met as the following 

transfers of control exist: (a) The entity has the present right to payment for the asset; (b) the customer has the legal 

right to the asset; (c) the entity has transferred physical possession of the asset; (d) the customer has the significant 

risks and rewards of ownership of the asset; (e) the customer has accepted the asset. Pricing is fixed and determinable 

pursuant to agreed upon pricing lists that establish stand-alone selling prices. There are no further performance 

obligations associated with these sales.

 At times, multiple services or goods are sold to customers, however, contracts detail out separate prices for each 

different good or service purchased.  As each service or good purchased has a standalone selling price in the 

negotiated contract there is no need to allocate a purchase price across multiple deliverables. In addition, each 

contract includes payment terms.  

 The Group recognises revenue on shipping for stock parts, customized product and customer product.  When the 

Group provides a service (prototyping) it generally recognizes revenue when the prototype is shipped or as the 

service is provided if there is no item to be shipped.  The Group recognises revenue when it satisfies its performance 

obligation under the contract (when the Group ships the product which is also when the customer obtains control 

over the product or service).

Rendering of services

 Revenue from a contract to provide services is recognised over time as the services are rendered based on a fixed 

price.

(l) Inventories

 Raw materials, work in progress and finished goods are stated at the lower of cost and net realisable value on a 'first 

in first out' basis. Cost comprises of direct materials and delivery costs, direct labour, import duties and other taxes, 

an appropriate proportion of variable and fixed overhead expenditure based on normal operating capacity. Costs of 

purchased inventory are determined after deducting rebates and discounts received or receivable.

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 Stock in transit is stated at the lower of cost and net realisable value. Cost comprises of purchase and delivery costs, 

net of rebates and discounts received or receivable.

 Net realisable value is the estimated selling price in the ordinary course of business less the estimated costs of 

completion and the estimated costs necessary to make the sale.

(m)  Property, plant and equipment

 Plant and equipment and leasehold improvements are stated at historical cost less accumulated depreciation and 

impairment. Historical cost includes expenditure that is directly attributable to the acquisition of the items.

 Depreciation is calculated on a straight-line basis to write off the net cost of each item of property, plant and 

equipment (excluding land) over their expected useful lives as follows:

 Plant and equipment 

3 - 5 years

Leasehold improvements 

5 years

 The residual values, useful lives and depreciation methods are reviewed, and adjusted if appropriate, at each reporting 

date

 An item of property, plant and equipment is derecognised upon disposal or when there is no future economic benefit 

to the consolidated entity. Gains and losses between the carrying amount and the disposal proceeds are taken to 

profit or loss.

(n)  Right-of-use assets

 A right-of-use asset is recognised at the commencement date of a lease. The right-of-use asset is measured at cost, 

which comprises the initial amount of the lease liability, adjusted for, as applicable, any lease payments made at or 

before the commencement date net of any lease incentives received, any initial direct costs incurred, and, except 

where included in the cost of inventories, an estimate of costs expected to be incurred for dismantling and removing 

the underlying asset, and restoring the site or asset.

 Right-of-use assets are depreciated on a straight-line basis over the unexpired period of the lease or the estimated 

useful life of the asset, whichever is the shorter. Where the consolidated entity expects to obtain ownership of the 

leased asset at the end of the lease term, the depreciation is over its estimated useful life. Right-of use assets are 

subject to impairment or adjusted for any remeasurement of lease liabilities.

 The group has elected not to recognise a right-of-use asset and corresponding lease liability for short-term leases with 

terms of 12 months or less and leases of low-value assets. Lease payments on these assets are expensed to profit or 

loss as incurred.

(o)  Intangible assets

 Intangible assets acquired as part of a business combination, other than goodwill, are initially measured at their 

fair value at the date of the acquisition. Intangible assets acquired separately are initially recognised at cost. Finite 

life intangible assets are subsequently measured at cost less amortisation and any impairment. The gains or losses 

recognised in the statement of comprehensive income arising from the derecognition of intangible assets are 

measured as the difference between net disposal proceeds and the carrying amount of the intangible asset. The 

method and useful lives of finite life intangible assets are reviewed annually. Changes in the expected pattern of 

consumption or useful life are accounted for prospectively by changing the amortisation method or period.

Goodwill

Goodwill arises on the acquisition of a business. Goodwill is not amortised.

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Research and development

 Research costs are expensed in the period in which they are incurred. Development costs are capitalised when it 

is probable that the project will be a success considering its commercial and technical feasibility; the consolidated 

entity is able to use or sell the asset; the consolidated entity has sufficient resources; and intent to complete the 

development and its costs can be measured reliably. Capitalised development costs are amortised on a straight-line 

basis over the period of their expected benefit, being their finite life of 10 years.

Certifications

 Significant costs associated with certifications are amortised on a straight-line basis over the period of their expected 

benefit, being the finite life of 5 years.

Licence agreement

 Significant costs associated with a licence agreement are amortised on a straight-line basis over the period of their 

expected benefit, being their finite life of 5 years.

Technology

 Significant costs associated with technological intellectual property are amortised on a straight-line basis over the 

period of their expected benefit, being their finite life of 10 years.

Customer relationships

 Value attached to relationships with key customers is amortised on a straight-line basis over the period of their 

expected benefit, being their finite life of 5 years.

Intellectual property

 Significant costs incurred in securing supplementary type certificates are amortised on a straight-line basis over the 

period of their expected benefit, being their finite life of 10 years.

(p)  Impairment of non-financial assets

 Goodwill and other intangible assets that have an indefinite useful life are not subject to amortisation and are 

tested annually for impairment, or more frequently if events or changes in circumstances indicate that they might 

be impaired. Other non-financial assets are reviewed for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances 

indicate that the carrying amount may not be recoverable. An impairment loss is recognised for the amount by which 

the asset’s carrying amount exceeds its recoverable amount.

 Recoverable amount is the higher of an asset's fair value less costs of disposal and value-in-use. The value-in-use is 

the present value of the estimated future cash flows relating to the asset using a pre-tax discount rate specific to the 

asset or cash-generating unit to which the asset belongs. Assets that do not have independent cash flows are grouped 

together to form a cash-generating unit.

(q)  Income tax

 The charge for taxation for the year is the tax payable on the profit or loss for the year based on the applicable income 

tax rate for each jurisdiction and takes into account 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 or loss and is accounted for using the balance sheet 

method.

 Deferred tax assets are only recognised to the extent that it is probable that future taxable profit will be available in 

the foreseeable future against which the temporary differences can be utilised. 

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(r)  Other taxes

Revenues, expenses and assets are recognised net of the amount of VAT/GST except:

 where the VAT/GST incurred on a purchase of goods and services is not recoverable from the taxation authority, 

in which case the VAT/GST is recognised as part of the cost of acquisition of the asset or as part of the expense 

item as applicable; and

receivables and payables are stated with the amount of VAT/GST included.

 The net amount of VAT/GST recoverable from, or payable to, the taxation authority is included as part of receivables 

or payables in the statement of financial position.

 Cash flows are included in the statement of cash flows on a gross basis and the VAT/GST component of cash flows 

arising from investing and financing activities, which is recoverable from, or payable to, the taxation authority are 

classified as operating cash flows.

 Commitments and contingencies are disclosed net of the amount of VAT/GST recoverable from, or payable to, the 

taxation authority.

(s)  Borrowings

 Loans and borrowings are initially recognised at the fair value of the consideration received, net of transaction costs. 

They are subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method.

(t)  Lease liabilities

 A lease liability is recognised at the commencement date of a lease. The lease liability is initially recognised at the 

present value of the lease payments to be made over the term of the lease, discounted using the interest rate implicit 

in the lease or, if that rate cannot be readily determined, the Group’s incremental borrowing rate. Lease payments 

comprise of fixed repayments less any lease incentives receivable, variable lease payments that depend on an index 

or a rate, amounts expected to be paid under residual value guarantees, exercise price of a purchase option when 

the exercise of the option is reasonably certain to occur and any anticipated termination penalties. The variable lease 

payments that do not depend on an index or a rate are expensed in the period in which they are incurred.

 Lease liabilities are measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method. The carrying amounts are 

remeasured if there is a change in the following: future lease payments arising from a change in an index, or a rate 

used; residual guarantee; lease term; certainty of a purchase option and termination penalties. When a lease liability is 

remeasured, an adjustment is made to the corresponding right-of-use asset, or to profit or loss if the carrying amount 

of the right-of-use asset is fully written down.

(u)  Employee entitlements

Short-term employee benefits

 Liabilities for wages and salaries, including non-monetary benefits, annual leave and long service leave expected to 

be settled wholly within 12 months of the reporting date are measured at the amounts expected to be paid when the 

liabilities are settled.

Defined contribution superannuation expense

Contributions to defined contribution superannuation plans are expensed in the period in which they are incurred.

(v)  Investments in subsidiary undertakings

Investments in subsidiary undertakings are accounted for at cost less, where appropriate, allowances for impairment. 

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(w)  Critical accounting estimates and judgements

 The preparation of the consolidated financial statements requires management to make judgements, estimates and 

assumptions concerning the future which impact the application of accounting policies and reported amounts of 

assets, liabilities, income, and expenses. The accounting estimates resulting from these judgements and assumptions 

seldom equal the actual results but are based on historical experiences and future expectations. 

i) Share-based payment transaction:

 The Group measures the cost of equity-settled transactions with employees by reference to the fair value of the 

equity instruments at the date at which they are granted. The fair value is determined using either a Black-Scholes 

or binomial pricing models, using the assumptions detailed in note 22 Share-based payments in the notes to the 

financial statements.

ii)  Impairment resulting from acquisition of Anodyne Electronics Manufacturing (AEM)

Impairment of goodwill and intangible assets

 An annual review is carried out (as set out in note 14 as to whether the current carrying value of goodwill is 

impaired. Detailed calculations are performed based on (i) discounting expected pre-tax cash flows of the relevant 

cash generating units and discounting these at an appropriate discount rate; and/or (ii) the comparison of carrying 

value to the net selling price of the cash generating unit; the determination of these factors require the exercise 

of judgement.

iii)  Impairment of inter-company receivables

 The Company has intercompany loans to its subsidiary companies which are repayable on demand. As the 

subsidiaries did not have sufficient highly liquid resources to repay the loans at 30 June 2022, an expected credit 

loss provision is calculated under IFRS 9.

 For Structural Monitoring Systems Canada Corporation, the calculation is based upon the expectation that AEM 

will trade profitably in the future and that this will allow it to repay the loans in time. Forecast cash flows under 

a range of possible outcomes are assessed to derive a probability-weighted value for the loan based upon the 

time taken to repay the outstanding amount in full. These calculations rely on management judgements as to the 

future cash flow forecasts and the probability weightings assigned.

(iv)  Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic

 Judgement has been exercised in considering the impacts that the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has had, 

or may have, on the Group entity based on known information. The consideration extends to the nature of the 

products and services offered, customers, supply chain, staffing and geographic regions in which the Group 

operates. Other than as addressed in specific notes, there does not currently appear to be either any significant 

impact upon the financial statements or any significant uncertainties with respect to events or conditions which 

may impact the consolidated entity unfavourably as at the reporting date or subsequently as a result of the 

Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. 

 As at 30 June 2022, there are no other critical accounting estimates and judgements contained in the financial 

report.

3  Segment information

 The Group has identified its operating segments based on the internal reports that are reviewed and used by the 

Board of Directors (chief operating decision makers) in assessing performance and determining the allocation of 

resources. The Group operates predominantly in two industries, being structural health monitoring (CVM™) and the 

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design and manufacture of avionics and audio systems. A third segment refers to the intellectual property (CVM™ 

IP) held in another subsidiary of the Parent. Company overheads are recorded in the Parent entity operating in the 

structural health monitoring segment (CVM™).

 The main geographic areas that the entity operates in are the USA, Canada and Europe.  The Group has operations in 

the USA, Canada and Australia. The parent company is registered in the UK.

 The following tables present revenue, expenditure and certain asset and liability information regarding geographical 

segments for the years ended 30 June 2022 and 30 June 2021:

Year ended 30 June 2022

Revenue

Sale of goods

Rendering of services

Total sales revenue

Other income

Interest revenue

FX gains/(losses)

Total segment revenue

Sales revenue by customer location:

Africa

Europe 

Asia/Middle East

Americas 

Total sales revenue

Result

EBITDA*

Depreciation and amortisation

Interest revenue

Finance costs

Profit/(loss) before income tax expense

Income tax expense

Loss for the year

Assets and liabilities

Segment assets – current

Segment assets – non-current

Segment liabilities – current

Segment liabilities – non-current

Other segment information

Capital expenditure

Depreciation

Amortisation

CVM™ IP 

Avionics/
audio

$000’

$000’

CVM™ 

$000’

Total

$000’

-

-

-

-

-

(17)

(17)

-

-

-

-

-

(1,768)

-

(46)

(1,814)

-

(1,814)

919

-

919

682

-

682

-

-

-

14,829

807

15,636

471

-

147

16,814

6

1,703

125

13,802

15,636

2,274

(1,636)

-

(349)

289

283

572

16,228

17,653

33,881

9,317

9,038

18,355

348

631

1,005

65

-

65

2

-

7

74

-

-

-

65

65

(2,778)

(2)

-

(5)

(2,785)

-

(2,785)

250

1

251

454

-

454

-

2

-

14,894

807

15,701

473

-

137

16,871

6

1,703

125

13,867

15,701

(2,272)

(1,638)

-

(400)

(4,310)

283

(4,027)

17,397

17.654

35,051

10,453

9,038

19,491

348

633

1,005

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Year ended 30 June 2021

Revenue

Sale of goods

Rendering of services

Total sales revenue

Other income

Interest revenue

FX gains/(losses)

Total segment revenue

Sales revenue by customer location:

Australasia 

Africa

Europe 

Asia/Middle East

Americas 

Total sales revenue

Result

EBITDA*

Depreciation and amortisation

Interest revenue

Finance costs

Profit/(loss) before income tax expense

Income tax expense

Loss for the year

Assets and liabilities

Segment assets – current

Segment assets – non-current

Segment liabilities – current

Segment liabilities – non-current

Other segment information

Capital expenditure

Depreciation

Amortisation

CVM™ IP 

Avionics/
audio

$000’

$000’

CVM™ 

$000’

Total

$000’

-

-

-

-

1

(21)

(20)

-

-

-

-

-

-

(388)

-

1

-

(387)

-

(387)

587

-

587

79

-

79

-

-

-

14,337

1,003

15,340

608

-

(183)

15,765

32

11

1,741

722

12,834

15,340

3,084

(965)

-

(16)

2,103

(496)

1,607

11,576

4,533

16,109

1,726

609

2,335

287

555

410

-

-

-

56

-

-

56

-

-

-

-

-

-

(3,174)

(2)

-

(3)

(3,179)

-

(3,179)

164

2

166

434

-

434

-

2

-

14,337

1,003

15,340

664

1

(204)

15,801

32

11

1,741

722

12,834

15,340

(478)

(967)

1

(19)

(1,463)

(496)

(1,959)

12,327

4,535

16,862

2,239

609

2,848

287

557

410

*EBITDA is gross profit before income tax expense, depreciation, amortisation, finance income and finance costs

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Major customers

During the year ended 30 June 2022 approximately $7.54m (2021: $7.08m) of the Group’s sales revenue was derived 

from sales to a single US aircraft and parts company.

Revenue

In accordance with IFRS 15, the group’s revenue of  $15.70m (2021: $15.34m) is made up of revenue from customers only 

and does not include any other revenue. Goods and services are transferred at a point in time, not over time, as detailed in 

the group’s revenue recognition policy. 

The Group does not have any contract assets or contract liabilities at 30 June 2022 ($nil at 30 June 2021) as the Group 

does not fulfil any of its performance obligations in advance of invoicing to its customer or bill in advance for work 

performed. The Group however does have contractual balances in the form of trade receivables. 

The Group also does not have any contractual costs capitalised at 30 June 2022 ($nil at 30 June 2021) or have any 

outstanding performance obligations at 30 June 2022 ($nil at 30 June 2021).

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4 

Income and expenses

Income

Other income

SRED Recovery

Management fees

Sub-lease income

Finance income/(costs)

Foreign exchange gains/(losses)

Bank interest

Interest and finance charges payable on borrowings

Interest on overdue payables

Interest and finance charges payable on lease liabilities

Analysis of expenses by nature

Employee remuneration (see note 5)

Intangible assets

Consolidated

Parent

2022

$000’

2021

$000’

2022

$000’

2021

$000’

471

-

2

473

137

-

(251)

(46)

(103)

(263)

608

-

56

664

(204)

1

(7)

-

(12)

(222)

-

323

2

325

4

-

(5)

-

-

(1)

-

281

56

337

-

-

(3)

-

-

(3)

6,863

5,212

1,249

1,070

Amortisation of othe¬r intangible assets

1,005

410

Property, plant and equipment

Depreciation of plant and equipment

Depreciation of ROU assets

Total depreciation and amortisation

198

435

633

1,638

255

302

557

967

Consumables and raw materials used

7,087

7,438

Provision for obsolescence

Freight

Auditor’s remuneration (see note 28)

Impairment charges

Share-based payments expense (see note 22)

Research and development

Other costs of sales, distribution, and administration

68

274

299

-

37

643

3,312

11,720

63

183

155

-

1,116

181

1,306

10,442

-

2

-

2

2

-

-

-

143

1,814

37

-

844

2,838

-

2

-

2

2

-

-

-

78

387

1,116

41

705

2,327

Impairment charges relate to loans to subsidiary undertakings which are written down to the net asset values of those 

entities excluding the loans at the reporting date.

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5  Employees and directors

The average number of employees and directors employed by the Group during the year was:

Consolidated

Parent

2022

No.

2021

No.

2022

No.

2021

No.

63

24

11

16

114

52

22

18

15

107

-

-

3

8

11

-

-

2

7

9

Consolidated

Parent

2022

$000’

2021

$000’

2022

$000’

2021

$000’

6,222

370

271

6,863

37

6,900

4,602

355

255

5,212

1,116

6,328

1,249

1,070

-

-

1,249

37

1,286

-

-

1,070

1,116

2,186

Employee and directors’ numbers

Production

Research

Selling and distribution

Administration (including directors)

Employee remuneration

Wages and salaries

Social security costs

Defined contribution costs

Total employee costs

Share-based payments

Directors’ remuneration

Directors’ fees, comprising cash, performance rights and superannuation of $0.63m (2021: $0.30m) are included in 

employee expenses in the Statement of profit and loss and other comprehensive income. Directors’ share-based payments 

of $nil (2021: $0.16m) are included in share-based payments in the Statement of profit and loss and other comprehensive 

income. Refer to the Remuneration report in the Director’s report for further details. This also includes details of the 

highest paid director.

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6 

Income tax

The major components of income tax benefit/(expense) 

for the years ended 30 June 2022 and 30 June 2021 are:

a)  Income tax benefit/(expense)

          Current tax benefit/(expense)

          Deferred tax benefit/(expense)

Income tax expense/(benefit) reported in statement of 

comprehensive income

A reconciliation of income tax benefit/(expense) 

applicable to accounting loss before income tax at the 

statutory income tax rate to income tax expense at the 

effective income tax rate for the years ended 30 June 

2022 and 30 June 2021 is as follows:

Loss before tax

Consolidated

Parent

2022

$000’

2021

$000’

2022

$000’

2021

$000’

(64)

(219)

(283)

361

135

496

-

-

-

-

-

-

(4,310)

(1,463)

(3,739)

(3,117)

Accounting loss before tax from continuing operations at 

the statutory income tax rate of 27.00% (2021: 27.00%)

(1,164)

Expenses/(income) not assessable for income tax purposes

Deferred tax benefit/(expense) not recognised

Income tax benefit/(expense) reported in statement of 

comprehensive income

Deferred tax liabilities/(assets)

Deferred tax liabilities and assets are attributable to the 

following:

Plant & equipment and Right of use assets

Deferred development costs

Lease liabilities

SR&ED Investment tax credits

Warranty provision

Intangible assets

Costs deductible over 5 years

Accrued expenses

Tax losses

Deferred tax assets not recognised

Deferred tax liabilities recognised

610

837

283

1,423

333

(2,397)

(46)

(36)

1,198

3

216

13,450

(13,806)

338

(395)

509

(610)

(496)

-

-

-

-

-

-

(1,010)

434

576

(842)

477

365

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

3

124

12,904

(13,031)

539

3

38

3,475

(3,516)

-

3

113

3,106

(3,222)

-

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The Company and its subsidiaries are subject to the tax regime of the countries they operate in.  Under UK and Australian 

tax regimes,  tax losses can be carried forward indefinitely, subject to meeting certain requirements.    Under the Canadian 

tax regime, non-capital losses can be carried forward for 20 years and carried back for up to 3 years.

Potential deferred tax assets attributable to tax losses have not been brought to account at 30 June 2022 because the 

directors do not believe it is appropriate to regard realisation of the deferred tax assets as probable at this point in time. 

These benefits will only be obtained if:

i. 

 The Group derivers future assessable income of a nature and of an amount sufficient to enable the benefit from 

the deductions for the loss to be realised;

ii. 

 The Group continues to comply with conditions for deductibility imposed by law; and  

No changes in legislation adversely affect the Group in realising the benefit from the deductions for the loss.

2022

Recognised deferred tax liabilities

Movement in deferred tax liabilities during the year:

Brought forward

Charge/(credit) to Statement of compreahensive income

Effect of fx on balances

Carried forward

2021

Recognised deferred tax liabilities

Movement in deferred tax liabilities during the year:

Brought forward

Charge/(credit) to Statement of comprehensive income

Effect of fx on balances

Carried forward

Business 
combination

Tax losses

Other timing 
difference

$000’

$000’

$000’

Total

$000’

445

786

-

1,231

6

(139)

-

(133)

88

(867)

19

(760)

539

(220)

19

338

Business 
combination

Tax losses

Other timing 
difference

$000’

$000’

$000’

Total

$000’

553

(108)

-

445

-

6

-

6

(156)

237

7

88

397

135

7

539

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Notes to the financial statements 
30 June 2022

7  Earnings per share

Basic earnings per share amounts are calculated by dividing net loss for the year attributable to ordinary equity holders of 

the parent by the weighted average number of ordinary shares outstanding during the year.

The number of options at 30 June 2022 was 2,730,896 (2021: nil) and the number of performance rights at 30 June 2022 

was 430,608 (2021: 1,692,264). Of those performance rights 280,608 were exercisable at 30 June 2022 but have been 

excluded from the diluted earnings per share calculation, together with the unlisted options, on the basis they are anti-

dilutive. 

The following reflects the income and share data used in the total operation’s basic loss per share computations:

Consolidated

2022

$000’

2021

$000’

Net loss attributable to equity holders from continuing operations

(4,027)

(1,959)

Weighted average number of ordinary shares for basic loss per share

123,703,164

119,578,443

Weighted average number of ordinary shares for diluted loss per share

123,703,164

119,578,443

Number of shares

Number of shares

8  Current assets – Trade receivables

Trade receivables

Consolidated

Parent

2022

$000’

2021

$000’

2022

$000’

2021

$000’

3,042

3,042

2,347

2,347

5

5

86

86

9  Current assets – Prepayments and other receivables

Prepayments

Bank guarantee*

Other receivable

GST receivable

Deposits

*bank guarantee was held as security for a premises lease

Consolidated

Parent

2022

$000’

2021

$000’

2022

$000’

2021

$000’

291

-

8

206

-

505

346

66

21

47

31

511

34

-

-

38

-

72

14

-

-

-

8

22

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10  Current assets – Inventory

Raw materials

Work in progress

Finished goods

Provision for obsolescence

11  Current assets – Financial assets

Term deposit investment

Consolidated

Parent

2022

$000’

2021

$000’

2022

$000’

2021

$000’

7,709

1,417

1,852

(84)

10,894

4,373

906

1,828

(19)

7,088

-

-

173

-

173

-

-

136

-

136

Consolidated

Parent

2022

$000’

2021

$000’

2022

$000’

2021

$000’

1,153

1,153

-

-

-

-

-

-

12  Non-current assets – Property, plant and equipment

Consolidated

Balance at 1 July 2021

Additions/(disposals)

Depreciation expense

Effect of FX movement on balances

Balance at 30 June 2022

Balance at 1 July 2020

Additions

Depreciation expense

Effect of FX movement on balances

Balance at 30 June 2021

Leasehold 
improvements

$000’

Plant and 
equipment

$000’

Total

$000’

48

1,116

(59)

(2)

1,103

73

-

(25)

-

48

396

393

(177)

18

630

269

287

(165)

5

396

444

1,509

(236)

16

1,733

342

287

(190)

5

444

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13  Non-current assets – Right-of-use assets

Consolidated

Balance at 1 July 2021

Additions

Depreciation expense

Effect of FX movement on balances

Balance at 30 June 2022

Balance at 1 July 2020

Additions

Depreciation expense

Effect of FX movement on balances

Balance at 30 June 2021

Land and 

buildings

Equipment

$000’

$000’

Motor 

vehicle

$000’

Total

$000’

248

6,106

(456)

220

6,118

151

461

(379)

15

248

118

2,644

(202)

93

2,653

-

147

(33)

4

118

7

-

(7)

1

1

12

-

(6)

1

7

373

8,750

(665)

314

8,772

163

608

(418)

20

373

The Group leases land and buildings for its offices and a manufacturing facility under a 10 year agreement.

The Group also leases manufacturing equipment, IT equipment and a motor vehicle under agreements of between 3 years 

and 5 years.

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14  Non-current assets – Intangible assets and goodwill

Reconciliations of the written down values at the beginning and end of the current financial year are set out below:

Goodwill

Certifica-
tions

Licence 
agreement

Technol-
ogy

Eagle 
audio IP

Eagle 
audio 
customer 
relation-
ships

$000’

$000’

$000’

$000’

$000’

$000’

Consolidated

Balance at 1 July 2021

Acquired during the year

Development expenses 

capitalised

Amortisation expense

Allocation of R&D tax 

offset

1,454

66

-

-

-

Effect of FX on balances

Balance at 30 June 2022

93

1,613

354

32

1,878

-

-

-

-

-

(240)

(22)

-

10

124

-

1

11

-

3,203

565

(152)

(287)

94

2,098

-

(280)

-

159

3,082

-

256

-

(43)

-

8

221

Total

$000’

3,718

3,525

565

(737)

(287)

365

7,149

Goodwill

Certifications

$000’

$000’

Licence  
agreement

$000’

Technology

$000’

Total

$000’

Consolidated

Balance at 30 June 2020

1,444

Development expenses 

capitalised

Amortisation expense

Effect of FX on balances

Balance at 30 June 2021

Intangible assets

Certifications

-

-

10

1,454

586

-

(230)

(2)

354

53

-

(21)

-

32

1,118

901

(146)

5

1,878

3,201

901

(397)

13

3,718

AEM possesses distinct aircraft manufacturing and maintenance certifications, which are requisite to the sale and 

maintenance of their products in key markets.

Licence agreement

AEM has a licence agreement in place with one of their key customers to be the producer and seller of certain aircraft 

instruments. This has identifiable cash flows in the form of future sales to aircraft manufacturing and maintenance 

providers who require these instruments.

Technology

AEM has developed proprietary aircraft parts and manufacturing technology which are expected to continue to yield future 

sales. This intellectual property is separable and identifiable to the extent that it could be licensed or acquired. In addition, 

there are identifiable future benefits in the form of cash flows from the sale of the resulting products to AEM customers.

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Eagle audio

In September 2021 the Group acquired Canadian based business, Eagle Audio including the following intangible assets:

• 

Intellectual property comprising drawings and certifications, and

•  Customer relationships

Amortisation

The amortisation period applied to the intangible assets are as follows:

Certifications – 5 years, remaining amortisation period is 2.5 years

Licence agreement – 5 years, remaining amortisation period is 2.5 years

Technology – 10 years, remaining amortisation period is 7.5 years

Intellectual property – 10 years, remaining amortisation period is 9.2 years

Customer relationships – 5 years, remaining amortisation period is 4.2 years

Impairment testing

Goodwill of $1.61m acquired through business combinations has been allocated to the AEM cash generating unit (2021: 

$1.45m).

The impairment test has been carried out using a discounted cash flow model covering a 5 year period. Cash flow 

projections are based on a budget for 2022/2023 and extrapolated for a further 4 years using a steady rate, together with 

a terminal value, approved by management. The principal assumptions made in determining the recoverable amount of 

goodwill as at 30 June 2022 include revenue growth of 6% per annum from 2025 (30% in 2023 and 13% in 2024), EBIDA 

margin of 17% (2021: 19%) and a discount rate of 15.3% (2021: 12.5%).

If the revised estimated pre-tax discount rate applied to the discounted cash flows had been 10% less favourable in 

management’s estimate the Group would need to reduce the carrying value of goodwill by $nil (2021: $nil).

If the EBITDA margin applied to the discounted cash flows had been 10% less favourable in management’s estimate the 

Group would been to reduce the carrying value of goodwill by $nil (2021: $nil).

The same reduction of $nil (2021: $nil) applies if revenues had been 10% less favourable.

Management believes that other reasonable changes in the key assumptions on which the recoverable amount of AEM’s 

division’s goodwill is based would not cause the cash generating unit’s carrying amount to exceed its recoverable amount.

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15  Non-current assets/(liabilities) - Loans

Company

Year ended 30 June 2022

Cost

At 1 July 2021

Arising during the year

At 30 June 2022

Impairment

At 1 July 2021

Impairment charge

Net carrying amount at 30 June 2022

Year ended 30 June 2021

Cost

At 1 July 2020

Arising during the year

At 30 June 2021

Impairment

At 1 July 2020

Impairment charge

Net carrying amount at 30 June 2021

Company

Year ended 30 June 2022

Cost

At 1 July 2021

Received during the year

Net carrying amount at 30 June 2022

Year ended 30 June 2021

Cost

At 1 July 2020

Received during the year

Assigned during the year

Net carrying amount at 30 June 2021

Loans to subsidiary 
undertakings

$000’

Total

$000’

21,948

3,334

25,282

12,004

1,814

13,818

11,464

23,014

(1,066)

21,948

11,617

387

12,004

9,944

Loans from subsidiary 
undertakings

$000’

Total

$000’

-

298

298

921

278

(1,199)

-

21,948

3,334

25,282

12,004

1,814

13,818

11,464

23,014

(1,066)

21,948

11,617

387

12,004

9,944

-

298

298

921

278

(1,199)

-

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Loans to/from subsidiaries are unsecured, have no fixed date for repayment and attract no interest charge. 

As the parent does not intend to call in the loans within the next 12 months the loans are classified as non-current assets

See Note 24 for further details on impairment of intercompany receivables.The consolidated financial statements include 

the financial statements of the Company and the subsidiaries listed in the following table:

Country of 
Incorporation

Type of 
equity

Structural Monitoring Systems Limited

Australia

Ordinary share

% Equity Interest

2022

100

2021

100

Registered office:

Suite 116, 1 Kyle Way

Claremont WA 6010

Australia

Structural Monitoring Systems Canada Corp (SMSCC)

Canada

Ordinary share

100

100

Registered office:

Unit 100-966Crowley Avenue

Kelowna BC Canada 

Anodyne Electronics Manufacturing Corp (AEM)

Canada

Ordinary share

100

100

Registered office:

Unit 100-966Crowley Avenue

Kelowna BC Canada 

16  Current liabilities – Trade and other payables

Trade payables

Other payables

Taxes payable – HST, payroll tax

Consolidated

Parent

2022

$000’

2021

$000’

2022

$000’

2021

$000’

2,108

1,569

33

3,710

897

940

8

1,845

306

147

-

453

8

426

-

434

Trade payables are non-interest bearing and are normally settled within 30 day terms. Other payables are non-interest 

bearing and have an average term of 56 days (2021: 66 days).

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17  Current liabilities - Borrowings

Credit card

Overdraft - secured

Consolidated

Parent

2022

$000’

2021

$000’

2022

$000’

2021

$000’

102

5,359

5,461

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

AEM has a secured overdraft facility with a banking institution. The facility has a limit of CA$5 million secured on trade 

receivables and inventory. The variable interest rate on the facility is 6.45 %. At the date of this report CA$4.63m has been 

drawn on the facility. Two reductions of CA$0.5m each are due on the facility within the next 12 months.

18  Lease liabilities

Opening balance

Interest charged

Lease assigned during the year

Repayments made during the year

Lease finance purchases during the year

Effect of foreign exchange on balances

Closing balance

Split between:

Current

Non-current

19  Current liabilities – Provisions

Consolidated

Parent

2022

$000’

2021

$000’

2022

$000’

2021

$000’

338

124

-

(468)

9,744

112

9,850

1,150

8,700

9,850

262

12

(94)

(458)

610

6

338

268

70

338

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Provision for warranties

132

-

-

Consolidated

Parent

2022

$000’

2021

$000’

2022

$000’

2021

$000’

94

-

(94)

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

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20 (a)  Reconciliation of the net loss before tax to the net cash provided by/(used in) operating 

activities before tax paid

Loss before tax for the year

(4,310)

(1,463)

(3,738)

(3,117)

Consolidated

Parent

2022

$000’

2021

$000’

2022

$000’

2021

$000’

Adjustments for:

Loss on debt for equity swap

Share based payments

Expenses settled through equity instruments

Depreciation and amortisation

Inventories obsolescence

SRED recovery

Impairment of investments in subsidiaries

Changes in assets and liabilities

Trade receivables

Prepayments and other receivables

Inventory

Trade and other payables

Provisions

-

37

69

1,638

65

(470)

-

(696)

187

(3,010)

1,865

6

52

1,116

-

967

-

37

69

2

52

1,116

776

2

-

1,814

387

640

(120)

33

347

126

-

(50)

(37)

20

-

(88)

5

49

189

-

Net cash provided by/(used in) operating activities

(4,619)

1,698

(1,883)

(629)

20 (b) Cash and cash equivalents

Cash at bank

Cash on hand

Credit card

Consolidated

Parent

2022

$000’

2021

$000’

2022

$000’

2021

$000’

1,802

1

-

1,803

2,428

1

(48)

2,381

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

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21  Employee benefits

(a) Employees incentive plan

 On 11 December 2018 shareholders approved the employee incentive plan (EIP) for the granting of non-transferable 

shares or performance rights (PRs) to directors, employees and relevant contractors with more than six months’ 

service at the grant date. The shares vest immediately and the PRs vest upon the satisfaction of the relevant 

performance hurdles within 3 years of issue. Under the plan shares will be offered at a 12.5% discount to the lowest 

5 day VWAP (calculated by taking the lowest 5 daily share price VWAPs for that quarter – and taking the average). 

During the year no shares were issued to employees under the plan (2021: 1,843,081 shares).

(b) Pensions and other post-employment benefit plans

 AEM maintains a defined contribution pension plan for its’ employees. AEM contributes 5% of salary to the Plan. 

Employees must be employed with the company for 12 months before they are entitled to the benefit. There are 

currently 84 employees participating in the plan. Contributions are paid monthly and recognised in the Statement 

of comprehensive income totalling $0.40m (2021: $0.36m). Contributions of $nil (2021: $nil) are outstanding  at 30 

June 2022.

22. Share-based payments

The share-based payment expense for the year is as follows:

Issue of performance rights to directors and executives

Issue of shares to directors and executives under EIP

Issue of performance rights to other consultants

Issue of performance rights to eligible staff under EIP

Consolidated

Parent

2022

$000’

2021

$000’

2022

$000’

2021

$000’

23

-

14

-

37

545

78

93

400

1,116

23

-

14

-

37

545

78

93

400

1,116

Performance Rights - Directors

There were no Performance Rights (PRs) granted to any directors of the Company during the year.

$0.02m was recorded as a share-based payment expense in respect of PRs granted in prior years. Those PRs are now fully 

vested.

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Notes to the financial statements 
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Performance Rights - Consultants

On 30 July 2021 the Board granted 180,921 PRs to a consultant of the Company in lieu of fees accrued to 30 June 2021. 

The fair value was determined by the closing share price on grant date.

The number of performance rights that were outstanding, their weighted average exercise price and their movement during 

the year is as follows:

At 1 July

Granted

Exercised

Expired

At 30 June

Exercisable at 30 June

2022

No.

2021

No.

Weighted ave ex price

2022

$

2021

$

1,692,264

4,082,270

0.51

2.07

180,921

1,788,325

(1,292,577)

(1,253,331)

(150,000)

(2,925,000)

430,608

1,692,264

280,608

1,392,264

-

-

3.00

0.96

-

-

-

-

0.51

-

The weighted average contractual term remaining on performance rights outstanding at 30 June 2022 is 14 months (2021: 

24 months).

The outstanding number of performance rights at 30 June 2022 and 30 June 2021 was as follows

Exercise price $

Grant date

Expiry date

2022 No.

2021 No.

$0.001

$0.001

$0.001

$0.001

$2.00

$2.75

$3.50

$2.00

$2.50

$3.00

$3.25

$3.50

$3.75

18 February 2021

18 February 2024

21 January 2021

21 January 2024

11 December 2020

11 December 2023

12 December 2019

12 December 2022

12 December 2019

12 December 2022

12 December 2019

12 December 2022

12 December 2019

12 December 2022

15 August 2018

15 August 2021

15 August 2018

15 August 2021

15 August 2018

15 August 2021

15 August 2018

15 August 2021

15 August 2018

15 August 2021

15 August 2018

15 August 2021

30,000

250,608

-

-

50,000

50,000

50,000

-

-

-

-

-

-

259,412

584,446

232,031

316,375

50,000

50,000

50,000

25,000

25,000

25,000

25,000

25,000

25,000

430,608

1,692,264

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Terms of Performance Rights

1.  The Performance Rights are non-transferable.

2. 

 The Performance Rights do not confer any entitlement to attend or vote at meetings of the Company, to dividends, to 

participation in new issues of securities or entitlement tom participate in any return of capital.

3. 

 The Performance Rights vest upon the satisfaction of the relevant performance hurdle within 3 years of the issue of 

the Performance Rights and at the election of the holder.

4. 

 The Performance Rights lapse if the performance hurdle is not satisfied or the election to convert is not given by 

the holder within 3 years of the issue of the Performance Rights except as otherwise provided for in the terms and 

conditions of the Plan.

5. 

 Upon vesting, one ordinary share will be issued for every one Performance Right on the payment of the par value of 

the ordinary share, being £0.0005 pence per share by the holder. The Shares will rank equally in all respects within the 

existing shares on issue.

6. 

 In the event of any reconstruction (including consolidation, sub-division, reduction or return) of the issued capital of the 

Company prior to the vesting date, the number of Performance Rights, the share prices relevant to the performance 

hurdles and any exercise price may be reconstructed in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Plan.

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23  Issued capital and reserves

Chess depositary interests

On issue 128,233,149, 

(2021: 121,479,031)

Issued and fully paid

Total issued and fully paid

Consolidated

Parent

2022

$000’

2021

$000’

2022

$000’

2021

$000’

31,954

31,954

31,949

31,949

31,954

31,954

31,949

31,949

Movement in chess depositary interests (CDIs) in issue

At 30 June 2020

118,382,619

31,946

Shares on issue 
(No.)

$000’

Issued on 26 August 2019 – CDIs issued*

Issued on 20 December 2019 – conversion of PRs

Issued on 21 April 2020 – CDIs issued*

Issued on 17 April 2020 – conversion of PRs

Issued on 21 January 2021 – CDIs issued*

Issued on 28 January 2021 – conversion of PRs

Issued on 26 February 2021 – conversion of PRs 

Issued on 20 May 2021 – conversion of PRs

Issued on 11 June 2021 – conversion of PRs

996,636

154,342

147,000

156,683

699,445

17,676

264,840

170,588

489,202

1

-

-

-

1

-

-

-

1

At 30 June 2021

121,479,031

31,949

Issued on 1 July 2021 – conversion of PRs

Issued on 3 November 2021 – conversion of PRs

Issued on 8 November 2021 – conversion of PRs

Issued on 6 April 2022 – CDIs issued for cash

324,931

574,717

392,929

5,461,541

-

-

-

5

At 30 June 2022

128,233,149

31,954

*Chess depositary interests (CDIs) issued to employees at below market price.

Chess Depositary Interests (CDIs)

CDIs entitle the holder to participate in dividends and the proceeds on the winding up of the company in proportion to the 

number of and amounts paid on the shares held. The fully paid ordinary shares have no par value and the company does 

not have a limited amount of authorised capital

On a show of hands every member present at a meeting in person or by proxy shall have one vote and upon a poll each 

share shall have one vote.

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Share Premium Reserve

Share Premium Reserve

Movement in ordinary shares in issue

At 1 July 2020

Issued on 26 August 2019 – CDIs issued*

Issued on 20 December 2019 – conversion of PRs

Issued on 21 April 2020 – CDIs issued*

Issued on 17 April 2020 – conversion of PRs

Issued on 21 January 2021 – CDIs issued*

Issued on 28 January 2021 – conversion of PRs

Issued on 26 February 2021 – conversion of PRs 

Issued on 20 May 2021 – conversion of PRs

Issued on 11 June 2021 – conversion of PRs

Share issue costs

At 30 June 2021

Issued on 1 July 2021 – conversion of PRs

Issued on 3 November 2021 – conversion of PRs

Issued on 8 November 2021 – conversion of PRs

Issued on 6 April 2022 – CDIs issued for cash

Share issue costs

At 30 June 2022

Consolidated

Parent

2022

$000’

2021

$000’

2022

$000’

2021

$000’

41,327

36,492

41,327

36,492

Shares on issue 
(No.)

$000’

118,382,619

996,636

154,342

147,000

156,683

699,445

17,676

264,840

170,588

489,202

121,479,031

324,931

574,717

392,929

5,461,541

128,233,149

35,967

318

-

-

-

225

-

-

-

-

(18)

36,492

-

-

-

4,911

(76)

41,327

Other Reserves

Foreign currency translation reserve

Share-based payment reserve

Consolidated

Parent

2022

$000’

2021

$000’

2022

$000’

2021

$000’

(1,249)

749

(1,876)

643

(2,271)

749

(2,271)

643

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Share-based payment reserve

Outstanding at 30 June 2020

PRs granted during prior years

PRs granted during the year in lieu of fees

PRs converted during the year

PRs expired during the year

CDIs issued under Employee Incentive Plan

Outstanding at 30 June 2021

PRs granted during prior years

PRs granted during the year in lieu of fees

PRs converted during the year

PRs expired during the year

Outstanding at 30 June 2022

Nature and purpose of reserves

Share premium reserve

Performance rights 
on issue (PRs)

$000’

4,082,270

3,492

-

1,788,325

(1,253,331)

(2,925,000)

-

1,692,264

-

180,921

(1,292,577)

(150,000)

430,608

624

842

(815)

(3,978)

478

643

23

83

-

-

749

The share premium reserve is used to record increments in the value of share issues when the issue price per share is 

greater than the par value. The par value of shares is currently GBP0.0005 (2021: GBP0.0005). Costs of the issues are 

written off against the reserve.

Share-based payment reserve

The share-based payment reserve is used to record the value of equity benefits provided to employees and directors as 

part of their remuneration, or to other parties in lieu of cash compensation.

Foreign currency translation reserve

The foreign currency translation reserve is used to record exchange differences arising from the translation of the financial 

statements of the company.

Reserves classified on the face of the consolidated statement of financial position as retained earnings represent 

accumulated earnings and are distributable. All the other reserves are non-distributable.

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24  Financial risk management objective and policies

Financial risk management

Overview

The Company and Group have exposure to the following risks from their use of financial instruments:

•  Market risk, including foreign currency risk, price risk and interest rate risk

•  Credit and cashflow risk

• 

Liquidity risk

This note presents information about the Company’s and Group’s exposure to each of the above risks, their objectives, 

policies, and processes for measuring and managing risk, and the management of capital.

The Board of Directors has overall responsibility for the establishment and oversight of the risk management framework. 

Risk management policies are established to identify and analyse the risks faced by the Company and Group, to set 

appropriate risk limits and controls, and to monitor risks and adherence to limits. Risk management policies and systems are 

reviewed regularly to reflect changes in market conditions and the Company’s and Group’s activities.

The Board of Directors oversees how management monitors compliance with the Company’s and Group’s risk management 

policies and procedures and reviews the adequacy of the risk management framework in relation to the risks faced by the 

Company and Group.

The Company and the Group's principal financial instruments are cash, receivables, borrowings and payables. The financial 

assets are categorised as loans and receivables measured at amortised cost and the financial liabilities are categorised as 

other financial liabilities measured at amortised cost.

Interest rate risk

Interest rate risk is the risk that the value of a financial instrument or cash flows associated with the instrument will 

fluctuate due to changes in market interest rates.  Interest rate risk arises from fluctuations in interest bearing financial 

assets and liabilities that the group uses.

Interest bearing assets comprise cash and cash equivalents which are considered to be short-term liquid assets.  It is 

the Group's policy to settle trade payables within the credit terms allowed and therefore not incur interest on overdue 

balances. 

Interest bearing liabilities include a bank overdraft facility secured on trade receivables and inventory and lease finance on 

plant and equipment.

Cash flow sensitivity analysis for variable rate instruments

A change of 100 basis points in interest rates at the reporting date would have increased / (decreased) equity and profit or 

loss by the amounts shown below. The analysis is performed on the same basis as 2021.

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Consolidated - 30 June 2022

Cash and cash equivalents

Borrowings

Consolidated – 30 June 2021

Cash and cash equivalents

Credit and cash flow risk

Carrying 
value at year 
end

$000’

1,803

(5,461)

2,381

Profit or loss

Equity

100bp 
increase

$000’

100bp 
decrease

$000’

100bp 
increase

$000’

100bp 
decrease

$000’

18

(55)

(37)

24

24

(18)

55

37

(24)

(24)

18

(55)

(37)

24

24

(18)

55

37

(24)

(24)

Credit and cash flow risk is the risk of financial loss to the Group if a customer or counterparty to a financial instrument 

fails to meet its contractual obligations and arises principally from the Group’s receivables from customers.

The Group trades only with recognised, creditworthy third parties. In addition, receivable balances are monitored on an 

ongoing basis with the result that the Group’s exposure to bad debts is not significant.

With respect to credit and cash flow risk arising from the other financial assets of the Group, which comprise cash and cash 

equivalents and term deposits, the Group’s exposure to credit and cash flow risk arises from default of the counter party, 

with a maximum exposure equal to the carrying amount of these instruments. This risk is minimised by reviewing term 

deposit accounts from time to time with approved banks of a sufficient Fitch Ratings credit rating of at least A-, Moody’s 

credit rating of at least A2, and Standard & Poor’s credit rating of at least A-. Other than a 1 year term deposit placed as 

security for its working capital facility, the Group does not place funds on terms longer than 30 days and has the facility to 

place the deposit funds with more than one bank. The Group does not hold collateral as security for any of its’ receivables.

The Company has exposure to credit and cashflow risk arising from the making of loans to subsidiaries. The loans carry no 

interest rate or date for repayment. Loans are impaired to the carrying value of the subsidiary’s assets.

The Group and Company undertake the following procedures to determine whether there has been a significant increase 

in the credit risk of its other receivables, including group balances, since their initial recognition.  Where these procedures 

identify a significant increase in credit risk, the loss allowance is measured based on the risk of a default occurring over the 

expected life of the instrument rather than considering only the default events expected within 12 months of the year-end.

The Group and Company have not determined that credit loss has increased during the year in respect of the Group’s trade 

receivables.

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Exposure to credit and cash flow risk

The carrying amount of the Group’s financial assets and liabilities represents the maximum credit exposure. The Group’s 

maximum exposure to credit and cash flow risk at the reporting date was:

Cash and cash equivalents

Trade receivables

Loans to subsidiaries

Consolidated

Parent

Carrying amount

Carrying amount

2022

$000’

2021

$000’

2022

$000’

2021

$000’

1,803

3,042

-

4,845

2,381

2,347

-

4,728

-

5

11,464

11,469

-

86

9,944

10,030

The Group’s maximum exposure to credit and cash flow risk for trade receivables and cash and cash equivalents at the 

reporting date by geographic region was:

Europe

Americas

Australasia

Consolidated

Parent

Carrying amount

Carrying amount

2022

$000’

2021

$000’

2022

$000’

2021

$000’

-

3,929

916

4,845

1

4,226

501

4,728

-

-

11,469

10,030

-

-

11,469

10,030

Trade receivables at 30 June 2022 represent 59 debtors’ days (2021: 56 debtors’ days).

There were no trade receivables impairment losses at 30 June 2022 (2021: $nil).

Impairment of company receivables from subsidiaries

The Company’s group receivables represent trading balances and loan amounts advanced to other group companies with 

no fixed repayment dates. Under IFRS 9 the fair value of this intercompany receivable is repayable on demand to the 

company.

The Company was due the following amounts as at 30 June 2022 before the recognition of any impairment loss provisions:

Gross

Impairment

Carrying value at 30 June 2022

SMS Ltd

$000’

SMSCC

$000’

Total

$000’

14,055

(13,818)

237

11,227

-

11,227

25,282

(13,818)

11,464

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In respect of the balance due from Structural Monitoring Systems Limited (SMS Ltd), the Company did not have sufficient 

liquid resources at 30 June 2022 to repay the loan in full. An impairment loss provision has been recognised to the extent 

the carrying value at 30 June 2022 is covered by the recovery of net assets in the balance sheet of SMS Ltd. This has been 

measured based on lifetime expected credit losses on the basis that credit risk has increased since initial recognition. 

In respect of the balance due from Structural Monitoring Systems Canada Corporation (SMSCC), the Company did not 

have sufficient liquid resources at 30 June 2022 to repay the loan in full. However, on the basis that there has been no 

significant increase in credit risk and the balance is expected to be recovered by the subsidiary’s trading, no impairment loss 

provision has been recognised on the basis that any impairment loss provision would be immaterial (2021: $nil). This has 

been measured based on 12 month expected credit losses.

Credit risk

The measurement of impairment losses depends on whether the financial asset is “performing”, “underperforming” or 

“non-performing” based on the company’s assessment of increases in the credit risk of the financial asset since its initial 

recognition and any events that have occurred before the year-end which have a detrimental impact on cash flows.

The financial asset moves from “performing” to “underperforming” when the increase in credit risk since initial recognition 

becomes significant.

In assessing whether credit risk has increased significantly, the company compares the risk of default at the year-end with 

the risk of a default when the investment was originally recognised using reasonable and supportable past and forward-

looking information that is available without undue cost.

The risk of a default occurring takes into consideration default events that are possible within 12 months of the year-end 

(“the 12 month expected credit losses”) for “performing financial assets, and all possible default events over the expected 

life of those receivables(“the lifetime expected credit losses”) for “underperforming" financial assets. 

Liquidity risk

Liquidity risk is the risk that the Group will not be able to meet its financial obligations as they fall due. The Group’s 

approach to managing liquidity is to ensure, as far as possible, that it will always have sufficient liquidity to meet its 

liabilities when due, under both normal and stressed conditions, without incurring unacceptable losses or risking damage to 

the Group’s reputation.

The following are the contractual maturities of financial liabilities:

Consolidated - 30 June 2022

Trade and other payables

Borrowings

Lease liabilities

Consolidated - 30 June 2021

Trade and other payables

Borrowings

Carrying 

Contractual 

1 year or less More than 1 

amount

cash flows

$000’

$000’

$000’

year

$000’

(3,677)

(5,461)

(9,850)

(3,677)

(5,461)

(9,850)

(3,677)

(5,461)

(1,150)

(18,988)

(18,988)

(10,288)

(1,845)

(338)

(2,183)

(1,845)

(338)

(2,183)

(1,845)

(268)

(2,113)

-

-

(8,700)

(8,700)

-

(70)

(70)

*Although classed as payable within 1 year or less, the debt facility is long standing and is expected to continue beyond 

FY2023.

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The carrying amount of financial assets and financial liabilities at amortised cost recorded by category is as follows:

Consolidated

Parent

Carrying amount

Carrying amount

2022

$000’

2021

$000’

2022

$000’

2021

$000’

1,803

3,042

-

4,845

5,461

3,677

9,850

-

18,987

2,381

2,347

-

4,728

-

1,845

338

-

2,183

-

5

11,464

11,469

-

453

-

298

751

-

86

9,963

10,049

-

434

-

-

434

Financial assets measured at amortised cost

Cash and cash equivalents

Trade receivables

Loans to subsidiary undertakings

Financial liabilities measured at amortised costs

Borrowings

Trade and other payables

Lease liabilities

Loans from subsidiary undertakings

Foreign currency risk

The Group undertakes sales and purchases that are denominated in foreign currency and is exposed to foreign currency 

risk through foreign exchange rate fluctuations in the US dollar, Canadian dollar and the British pound.

Exposure to currency risk

The Group’s exposure to foreign currency risk at reporting date was as follows, based on notional amounts:

30 June 2022

In AUD

Cash 

Trade receivables

Trade and other payables 

Borrowings

30 June 2021

In AUD

Cash 

Trade receivables

Trade and other payables 

AUD 000’

CAD 000’

USD 000’

GBP 000’

843

6

(1,033)

-

(184)

1

350

(411)

(5,411)

(5,471)

959

2,686

(2,189)

(50)

1,406

-

-

(44)

-

(44)

AUD 000’

CAD 000’

USD 000’

GBP 000’

189

5

(511)

(317)

643

189

(982)

(150)

1,549

2,153

(352)

3,350

-

-

-

-

Total

 000’

1,803

3,042

(3,677)

(5,461)

(4,293)

Total

 000’

2,381

2,347

(1,845)

2,883

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30 June 2022

The Group had net assets denominated in foreign currencies of $15.77m as at 30 June 2022 (2021: net assets of $3.21m).  

Based on this exposure, had the Australian dollar weakened by 10%/strengthened by 5% (2021: weakened by 10%/

strengthened by 5%) against these foreign currencies with all other variables held constant, the Group’s loss before tax for 

the year would have been $1.58m lower/$0.79m higher (2021: $0.32m lower/$0.16m higher).

The Board regularly monitors the Group’s exposure to foreign exchange fluctuations.

The following significant exchange rates applied during the year:

AUD:CAD

AUD:USD

Capital risk management

Average rate

Reporting date spot rate

2022

2021

2022

2021

0.9184

0.7258

0.957

0.747

0.8885

0.6889

0.932

0.752

The Company and the Group’s objectives when managing capital are to safeguard the Company and the Group’s ability 

to continue as a going concern in order to provide returns for shareholders and benefits for other stakeholders and to 

maintain an optimal capital structure to reduce the cost of capital. The management of the Company and the Group’s 

capital is performed by the Board.

Given the level of operations of the Group, the Board has a secured overdraft facility available with a credit limit of CA$5 

million. The facility has been used during the year to finance the acquisition of Eagle Audio (CA$4.28m) and general 

working capital. The Board regularly monitors, liquidity, exchange rates, cash flow and financial assets and liabilities 

balances by means of financial reports and cashflow forecasting. The Company also has a history of successfully raising 

capital through the issue of shares to fund it’s activities.

None of the Group’s entities are subject to externally imposed capital requirements. 

25  Commitments and contingencies

At the reporting date there are no changes to commitments or contingent liabilities.

26  Related party disclosure

The consolidated financial statements include the financial statements of Structural Monitoring Systems Plc and the 

subsidiaries listed in the following table.

Structural Monitoring Systems Ltd 

Structural Monitoring Systems Canada Corp (SMSCC)

Anodyne Electronics Manufacturing Corp (AEM)

Australia

Canada

Canada

100

100

100

100

100

100

Country of 
incorporation

% Equity interest

2022

2021

Structural Monitoring Systems Plc is the ultimate parent entity and is incorporated in the United Kingdom. The Company 

carries on the business of developing the Group’s structural health monitoring technology.

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Structural Monitoring Systems Limited is a subsidiary of the Group and is incorporated in Australia. It is the owner of the 

intellectual property pertaining to the structural health monitoring technology.

Structural Monitoring Systems Canada Corp. ('SMSCC') was incorporated on 24 October 2017.

Anodyne Electronics Manufacturing Corporation (AEM) was acquired by SMSCC on 8 December 2017 for a consideration 

of $10,998,750. 

During the year the Group received loans from 3 directors detailed as follows:

Director

Loan amount 

Date of loan

Interest rate

Interest paid

Repayment date

$

Stephen Forman

1,072,673

3 September 2021

Will Rouse

92,936

11 February 2022

Bryant McLarty

100,000

11 February 2022

6%

5%

5%

$

$

38,578

8 April 2022

713

781

8 April 2022

8 April 2022

The loan from Stephen Forman was denominated in US dollars. The others in Australian dollars. The loan from Stephen 

Forman was placed with the Group’s bankers as collateral security for its debt facility. The other loans were for the purpose 

of providing general working capital.

Remuneration paid to the directors and executives, who are considered key management personnel, for the year is 

disclosed in the remuneration report in the Directors’ Report.

The share-based payments charge for directors and executives for the year was $nil (2021: $0.71m).

The following are the amounts due to key management personnel at the reporting date:

Due to director – Hendrik Deurloo

Due to director – Brian Wall

Due to director – Bryant McLarty

2022

$000’

2021

$000’

19

2

10

-

-

-

27  Events after the balance sheet date

Subsequent to the reporting date the Company appointed Ross Love as Executive Chairman.

The Company also completed a Placement of 5,500,000 CDIs at an issue price of $0.35 per CDI each with a 1:1 free 

attaching option exercisable at $1.20 with an expiry date of 6 April 2024.raising $1.93 million before issue costs. The funds 

raised will be used to assist in funding the commercialisation of its unique FAA approved CVMTM technology.

On 21 September 2022, the Company advised shareholders that it is undertaking the necessary steps to convene an 

Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM) in compliance with the Companies Act 2006 (UK) and that a Notice of Meeting will 

be dispatched to CDI holders shortly. SMS expects the EGM to be held on or around the week commencing 31 October, 

subject to the Notice of Meeting being reviewed by the regulators.

The impact of the Coronavirus pandemic is ongoing and has had financial impact for the Group to 30 June 2022, it is 

not practicable to estimate the potential impact, positive or negative, after the reporting date. The situation is rapidly 

developing and is dependent on measures imposed by the Australian government and other countries, such as maintaining 

social distancing requirements, quarantine, travel restrictions and any economic stimulus that may be provided.

Other than the above no matters or circumstances have arisen since the end of the financial year which significantly 

affected or may significantly affect the operations of the Group, the results of those operations, or the state of affairs of 

the Group in future financial years.

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28  Auditors’ remuneration

Details of the amounts paid to the auditor of the Company, Jeffreys Henry Audit Limited, and other auditors for audit and 

non-audit services provided during the year are set out below.

Consolidated

Parent

2022

$000’

2021

$000’

2022

$000’

2021

$000’

Fees payable to Jeffreys Henry Audit Limited (2021: 

Elderton Audit (UK)) and its Component in respect of 

both audit and non-audit services are as follows:

Audit services – statutory audit of parent and 

consolidated accounts fees payable to the company’s 

auditors for the audit of the company’s annual accounts

Audit of the accounts of subsidiaries

Other services

Audit-related assurance services

143

156

-

299

78

77

-

155

143

-

-

143

78

-

-

78

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INDEPENDENT AUDITOR’S REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF STRUCTURAL MONITORING 
SYSTEMS PLC 

Opinion 

We  have  audited  the  consolidated  financial  statements  of  Structural  Monitoring  Systems    PLC  (the  “Parent 
Company”) and its subsidiaries (the “Group”), for the year ended 30 June 2022, which comprise the consolidated and 
parent company statements of comprehensive income, the consolidated and parent company statements of financial 
position, the consolidated and company parent company statements of changes in equity, the consolidated and parent 
company statements of cash flows and notes to the financial statements, including a summary of significant accounting 
policies.    The  financial  reporting  framework  that  has  been  applied  in  their  preparation  is  applicable  law  and  UK 
adopted International Accounting Standards (IFRSs). 

In our opinion: 

• 

• 

• 

the financial statements give a true and fair view of the state of the group’s and of the parent company’s 
affairs as at 30 June 2022 and of the group’s and parent company’s loss for the year then ended;  

the group and parent company financial statements have been properly prepared in accordance with UK 
adopted International Accounting Standards 

the group and parent company financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the 
requirements of the Companies Act 2006. 

Basis for opinion 

We conducted our audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing (UK) (ISAs (UK)) and applicable 
law. Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the Auditor’s responsibilities for the audit of 
the financial statements section of our report. We are independent of the company in accordance with the ethical 
requirements that are relevant to our audit of the financial statements in the UK, including the FRC’s Ethical 
Standard as applied to listed entities, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these 
requirements.  

We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion. 

Material uncertainty related to going concern 

In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the director's use of the going concern basis of accounting 
in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. 

We draw attention to note 2 in the financial statements, which indicates that the ongoing impact current economic, 
operating and trading conditions, availability of existing loan facility and ability to undertake further capital raises, 
which may affect the future prospects and trading activities of the group. 

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The Group forecasts includes the scheduled repayment of CAD 1m of debt and additional equity funding requirements 
upon which the Group is dependent. The directors are satisfied that these funding requirements will be met. These 
events or conditions, along with the business risks and uncertainties and other matters as set out in note 2 indicate that 
a material uncertainty exists that may cast significant doubt on the Group’s ability to continue as a going concern. 
Our opinion is not modified in respect of this matter. 

The existence of a material uncertainty related to going concern requires significant judgement when developing 
future plans in respect of the cash flow forecast and in determining the compliance with loan covenants.  

Management performed an assessment in relation to group’s ability to continue as a going concern and the 
assessment comprises a base case scenario that includes a reasonable worst-case scenario. The overall assessment 
includes key assumptions considered by management that required significant judgement in relation to the 
estimation of future revenues.  

We assessed the significant judgements made by the management in relation to the stress test to ensure that these 
are adequately considered and in line with current events and trading performance.  

We performed the following audit procedures to assess the management’s judgements, key assumptions and entity’s 
ability to continue as a going concern: 

•

Liaising with management and discussing their going concern assessment, including their view and
perspective associated with firm’s ability to continue as a going concern

• Reviewing and assessing the reliability of the forecast to ensure its accuracy and performing arithmetical

checks

• Reviewing the past forecast with the actual results to determine if prior year’s estimates were adequately

considered and whether management’s historical approach in terms of the key assumptions was appropriate

• Reviewing the forecast in line with the potential impact of slowdown in its trading activities

• Assessing the worst-case scenario considered by management in line with the key assumptions involved
and other relevant events to determine the potential impact that these may have in respect of the current
covenants related to the external borrowing facilities

• Assessing the covenants attached to the external borrowing facilities and challenging management

approach and assessment of any breaches of covenants during the subsequent period

• Reviewing the subsequent trading activities and performance in line with the covenants attached to the

external borrowing facilities

• Reviewing the recent past track record in raising equity funding and any factors that may indicate that this

may be impacted by market conditions

• Assessing the relevant disclosure within the annual report in line with the management’s assessment and

other related aspects considered

Our responsibilities and the responsibilities of the directors with respect to going concern are described in the 
relevant sections of this report 

Key audit matters 

Key audit matters are those matters that, in our professional judgment, were of most significance in our audit of the 
financial statements of the current period and include the most significant assessed risks of material misstatement 
(whether or not due to fraud) we identified, including those which had the greatest effect on: the overall audit strategy, 
the allocation of resources in the audit; and directing the efforts of the engagement team. These matters were addressed 

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in the context of our audit of the financial statements as a whole, and in forming our opinion thereon, and we do not 
provide a separate opinion on these matters. This is not a complete list of all risks identified by our audit. 

As there is a material uncertainty for the going concern assumption, this key audit matter has not been included within 
this key audit matters section. This is in accordance with the guidance set out within ISA (UK) 705. 

Key audit matter 

Impairment of intangible assets 

The  group  has  intangible  assets  and  goodwill  of  AUS 
7,149,000  (2021:  AUS3,718,000)  at  the  yearend  relating  to 
goodwill, 
intellectual  property  and  customer 
relationships. The intangibles are being amortised over a 5- 10 
year period. 

licences, 

The  risk  is  that  the  goodwill  may  have  become  impaired  or 
useful economic life of the intangible assets may be different 
to 
technological 
advancements may render its market value below its carrying 
value. 

the  management 

assumptions 

or 

How our audit addressed the key audit matter 
The  goodwill  of  AUS1,613,000  is  subject  to  annual 
impairment reviews.  

Intangibles  are  only  assessed  for 
impairment  when 
indicators of impairment exist. We have considered the life 
cycle,  public  perception  through  the  share  price  of  the 
Company  and  the  fair  value  of  intangibles  held  by  the 
Company. 

We have performed the following audit procedures: 

• Obtained management’s forecast for future value

in use of all intangible assets;

• Assessed the reliability of forecasts by agreeing to

historical inputs;

• Reviewed  management 

challenged
management on their judgements of the forecasted
sales  and  estimates  useful  life  of  the  intangible
assets;

and 

•

assessed  the  appropriateness  and  applicability  of
discount  rate  applied  to  the  current  business
performance;

• Assessed  the  ongoing  projects  viability  and
ensured  they  met  the  criteria  defined  in  the
accounting standards for intangibles; and

•

•

•

Tested  the  clerical  accuracy  of  management’s
forecast.

confirmed  cost  and  useful  life  by  reviewing  the
underlying contracts for purchase of the intangible
assets, including those acquired on acquisition of
subsidiary during the year;

reviewed the latest management accounts to assess
post year end cashflows due to the technology and

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Valuation of Inventory 

Inventory  consists  of  raw  materials,  work  in  progress  and 
finished  goods  which  are  stated  at  the  lower  of  cost  and  net 
realisable value.  

Cost  comprises  of  direct  material  and  delivery  costs,  direct 
labour, import duties and other taxes including an appropriate 
level of fixed overheads based on normal operating capacity. 

•

licences held; and

Based  on  the  audit  work  performed  we  are  satisfied,  that 
although there are inherent uncertainties associated with the 
forecast and estimation of useful economic life of intangible 
assets,  the  directors  have  made  reasonable  assumptions 
about the valuation and useful economic life of intangible 
assets,  based  on  past  experience  and  expected  future 
revenues. We are also satisfied that all necessary disclosures 
have been made in the consolidated financial statements.   

Our work performed included the following: 

•

Performing  specific  analysis  of  slow-moving
inventory by reviewing and verifying the accuracy
listing  and  assessed
of 
completeness  of  the  provision  of  slow  moving,
damaged or obsolete inventory;

the  aged 

inventory 

As a result, judgement is applied in determining the levels of 
provisions required for obsolete inventories and an appropriate 
apportionment of labour and overhead.  

• Compared the overhead absorption rate with recent

experience and operating capacity;

•

Tested a sample of products to the realisable value
evidenced by sales subsequent to the year end.

Our application of materiality 

The  scope  of  our  audit  was  influenced  by  our  application  of  materiality.  We  set  certain  quantitative  thresholds 
materiality. These, together with qualitative considerations, helped us to determine the scope of our audit and the 
nature, timing and extent of our audit procedures on the individual financial statement line items and disclosures and 
in evaluating the effect of misstatements, both individually and in aggregate on the financial statements as a whole.  

Based on our professional judgment, we determined materiality for the financial statements as a whole as follows: 

Overall materiality 
How we determined it 

Rationale for 
benchmark applied 

Group financial statements 
AUS485,000 (AUS320,000) 
3% of turnover 

Company financial statements 
AUS351,000 (AUS306,000) 
3% of gross assets 

We  believe  that  revenue  is  a  primary 
measure used by shareholders in assessing 
the  performance  of  the  Group.  All  are 
generally accepted auditing benchmarks. 

We  believe  that  the  gross  assets  is  an 
appropriate  measure  used  by  shareholders 
in  assessing 
the 
Company  and  is  a  generally  accepted 
auditing benchmark. 

the  performance  of 

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For each component in the scope of our Group audit, we allocated a materiality that is less than our overall Group 
materiality. The range of materiality allocated across components was between AUS90,000 and AUS485,000.  

We agreed with the Audit Committee that we would report to them misstatements identified during our audit above 
AUS24,000  as  well  as  misstatements  below  those  amounts  that,  in  our  view,  warranted  reporting  for  qualitative 
reasons. 

An overview of the scope of our audit 

As  part  of  designing  our  audit,  we  determined  materiality  and  assessed  the  risks  of  material  misstatement  in  the 
financial statements. In particular, we looked at where the directors made subjective judgments, for example in respect 
of significant accounting estimates that involved making assumptions and considering future events that are inherently 
uncertain. As in all of our audits we also addressed the risk of management override of internal controls, including 
evaluating whether there was evidence of bias by the directors that represented a risk of material misstatement due to 
fraud. 

How we tailored the audit scope 

We tailored the scope of our audit to ensure that we performed enough work to be able to give an opinion on the 
financial  statements  as  a  whole,  taking  into  account  the  structure  of  the  Group  and  the  Company,  the  accounting 
processes and controls, and the industry in which they operate. 
The Group financial statements are a consolidation of 3 reporting units, comprising the Group’s operating businesses 
and holding companies 

We performed audits of the complete financial information of  all reporting units. 

Other information 

The directors are responsible for the other information. The other information comprises the information included in 
the annual report, other than the financial statements and our auditor’s report thereon. Our opinion on the financial 
statements does not cover the other information and, except to the extent otherwise explicitly stated in our report, we 
do not express any form of assurance conclusion thereon. 

In connection with our audit of the financial statements, our responsibility is to read the other information and, in 
doing  so,  consider  whether  the  other  information  is  materially  inconsistent  with  the  financial  statements  or  our 
knowledge obtained in the audit or otherwise appears to be materially misstated. If we identify such material  
inconsistencies  or  apparent  material  misstatements,  we  are  required  to  determine  whether  there  is  a  material 
misstatement in the financial statements or a material misstatement of the other information. If, based on the work we 
have performed, we conclude that there is a material misstatement of this other information, we are required to report 
that fact.  

We have nothing to report in this regard. 

Opinions on other matters prescribed by the Companies Act 2006 

In our opinion, based on the work undertaken in the course of the audit: 

•

•

the information given in the strategic report and the directors’ report for the financial year for which the
financial statements are prepared is consistent with the financial statements; and

the strategic report and the directors’ report have been prepared in accordance with applicable legal
requirements.

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Matters on which we are required to report by exception 

In the light of the knowledge and understanding of the group and parent company and its environment obtained in 
the course of the audit, we have not identified material misstatements in the strategic report or the directors’ report. 
We have nothing to report in respect of the following matters in relation to which the Companies Act 2006 requires 
us to report to you if, in our opinion: 

•

•

•

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

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

certain disclosures of directors’ remuneration specified by law are not made; or

• we have not received all the information and explanations we require for our audit.

Responsibilities of directors 

As explained more fully in the directors’ responsibilities statement [set out on page 10], the directors are responsible 
for the preparation of the financial statements and for being satisfied that they give a true and fair view, and for such 
internal control as the directors determine is necessary to enable the preparation of financial statements that are free 
from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error. 

In preparing the financial statements, the directors are responsible for assessing the group’s and parent company’s 
ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going 
concern basis of accounting unless the directors either intend to liquidate the group or the parent company or to cease 
operations, or have no realistic alternative but to do so. 

Auditor’s responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements 
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as a whole are free from 
material  misstatement,  whether  due  to  fraud  or  error,  and  to  issue  an  auditor’s  report  that  includes  our  opinion. 
Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with 
ISAs (UK) will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and 
are  considered  material  if,  individually  or  in  the  aggregate,  they  could  reasonably  be  expected  to  influence  the  
economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these financial statements.  

The extent to which the audit was considered capable of detecting irregularities including fraud 

Irregularities, including fraud, are instances of non-compliance with laws and regulations. We design procedures in 
line with our responsibilities, outlined above and on the Financial Reporting Council’s website, to detect material 
misstatements in respect of irregularities, including fraud. 

Our approach to identifying and assessing the risks of material misstatement in respect of irregularities, including 
fraud and non-compliance with laws and regulations, was as follows: 

•
capabilities and skills to identify or recognise non-compliance with applicable laws and regulations;

the  senior  statutory  auditor  ensured  the  engagement  team  collectively  had  the  appropriate  competence,

•
we  identified  the  laws  and  regulations  applicable  to  the  company  through  discussions  with  directors  and
other  management,  and  from  our  commercial  knowledge  and  experience  of  the  digital  marketing  and  advertising
sector.

•
financial statements or the operations of the company, including Companies Act 2006, taxation legislation, data

we focused on specific laws and regulations which we considered may have a direct material effect on the

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protection,  anti-bribery,  employment,  environmental,  health  and  safety  legislation  and  anti-money  laundering 
regulations. 

•
enquiries of management and inspecting legal correspondence; and

we  assessed  the  extent  of  compliance  with  the  laws  and  regulations  identified  above  through  making

•
alert to instances of non-compliance throughout the audit.

identified laws and regulations were communicated within the audit team regularly and the team remained

•
obtaining an understanding of how fraud might occur, by:

We assessed the susceptibility of the company’s financial statements to material misstatement, including

•
knowledge of actual, suspected and alleged fraud;

making  enquiries  of  management  as  to  where  they  considered  there  was  susceptibility  to  fraud,  their

•
regulations.

considering  the  internal  controls  in  place  to  mitigate  risks  of  fraud  and  non-compliance  with  laws  and

To address the risk of fraud through management bias and override of controls, we: 

•

•

performed analytical procedures to identify any unusual or unexpected relationships;

tested journal entries to identify unusual transactions;

•
2 of the Group financial statements were indicative of potential bias;

assessed whether judgements and assumptions made in determining the accounting estimates set out in Note

•

investigated the rationale behind significant or unusual transactions

In response to the risk of irregularities and non-compliance with laws and regulations, we designed procedures which 
included, but were not limited to: 

•

•

•

•

agreeing financial statement disclosures to underlying supporting documentation;

reading the minutes of meetings of those charged with governance;

enquiring of management as to actual and potential litigation and claims;

reviewing correspondence with HMRC and the company’s legal advisor

There are inherent limitations in our audit procedures described above. The more removed that laws and regulations 
are from financial transactions, the less likely it is that we would become aware of non-compliance. Auditing standards 
also  limit  the  audit  procedures  required  to  identify  non-compliance  with  laws  and  regulations  to  enquiry  of  the 
directors and other management and the inspection of regulatory and legal correspondence, if any. 

Material misstatements that arise due to fraud can be harder to detect than those that arise from error as they may 
involve deliberate concealment or collusion. 

A  further  description  of  our  responsibilities  for  the  audit  of  the  financial  statements  is  located  on  the  Financial 
Reporting Council’s website at: www.frc.org.uk/auditorsresponsibilities. This description forms part of our auditor’s 
report. 

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Other matters which we are required to address 

The non-audit services prohibited by the FRC’s Ethical Standard were not provided to the group or the parent 
company and we remain independent of the group and the parent company in conducting our audit. Our audit 
opinion is consistent with the additional report to the audit committee. 

Use of our report 

This report is made solely to the company’s members, as a body, in accordance with Chapter 3 of Part 16 of the 
Companies Act 2006. Our audit work has been undertaken so that we might state to the company’s members those 
matters we are required to state to them in an auditor’s report and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted 
by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the company and the company’s members as 
a body, for our audit work, for this report, or for the opinions we have formed. 

Sanjay Parmar  
Senior Statutory Auditor 
For and on behalf of:  
Jeffreys Henry Audit Limited (Statutory Auditors) 
Finsgate  
5-7 Cranwood Street
London EC1V 9EE

2 October 2022 

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Annual Report Disclosure on Corporate Governance

The Company has established and continues to refine and improve procedures to ensure a culture of good corporate 

governance exists and is respected across the consolidated entity.

The Company has a written policy designed to ensure compliance with ASX Listing Rules and all other regulatory 

requirements for disclosures. Additionally, the Company has adopted a policy designed to ensure procedures to implement 

the policy are suitable and effective.

The Board wishes to acknowledge that nothing has come to its attention that would lead it to conclude that its current 

practices and procedures are not appropriate for an organisation of the size and maturity of the Company. The Corporate 

Governance Policy and the Company’s corporate governance practices is set out on the Company’s web site at www.

smsystems.com.au.

Additional information required by the Australian Stock Exchange and not shown elsewhere in this report is as follows. The 

information is current as at 28 September 2022.

(a)  Distribution of CDI securities

Range

1-1,000

1,001 – 5,000

5,001 – 10,000

10,001 – 100,000

100,000 Over

Rounding Total

Unmarketable Parcels

Total holders

Units

% Units

532

842

356

848

219

280,940

2,339,132

2,728,962

28,654,087

99,876,505

2,797

133,879,626

0.21

1.75

2.04

21.40

74.60

100.00

Minimum $ 500.00 parcel at $ 0.4600 per unit

1,087

569

320,352

Minimum 
parcel size

Holders

Units

(b)  Substantial shareholders

The names of substantial shareholders who have notified the Company in accordance with section 671B of the 

Corporations Act 2001 are:

Holder 

Number of Shares

Drake Private Investments   

22,380,142 (16.72%)

76

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STRUCTURAL MONITORING SYSTEMS PLC

CHESS DEPOSITORY INTEREST (Total)

Top Holders (Grouped) As Of 28/09/2022

Composition : CDI,ES1,ES2

Rank

Name

Units

% Units

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

DRAKE PRIVATE INVESTMENTS LLC

22,380,142

16.72

BNP PARIBAS NOMINEES PTY LTD 

3,731,082

MR ROBERT GREGORY LOOBY 

HSBC CUSTODY NOMINEES (AUSTRALIA) LIMITED

CITICORP NOMINEES PTY LIMITED

BNP PARIBAS NOMS PTY LTD 

MR PAUL COZZI

STRAIGHT LINES CONSULTANCY PTY LTD 

MR STEPHEN CAMPBELL FORMAN

MR BRYANT JAMES MCLARTY 

ROSHERVILLE PTY LTD 

PETER FRANCIS BOYLE NOMINEES PTY LTD 

ANODYNE ELECTRONICS HOLDING CORP

LANDMARK CONSTRUCTION PTY LTD 

LOOBY HOLDINGS PTY LTD 

STONY RISES PTY LTD 

COLONIAL FIRST STATE INV LTD <4358776 DEBRA A/C>

MR ROBERT GILLIS WYNNE

MR DAVID MICHAEL BROWN 

MR ROBERT GREGORY LOOBY 

3,045,430

2,986,759

2,545,173

2,077,230

2,000,000

1,923,797

1,884,976

1,653,027

1,550,000

1,325,000

1,320,000

1,155,569

1,100,000

996,964

939,444

931,668

900,000

870,000

2.79

2.27

2.23

1.90

1.55

1.49

1.44

1.41

1.23

1.16

0.99

0.99

0.86

0.82

0.74

0.70

0.70

0.67

0.65

Totals: Top 20 holders of CHESS DEPOSITORY INTEREST (Total)

Total Remaining Holders Balance

55,316,261

78,563,365

41.32

58.68

Selection Criteria: Address: Hidden Holder ID: Hidden Control Account: Included

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