MOBILE STREAMS PLC
ANNUAL REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED
30 JUNE 2019
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Company registration number:
03696108
Registered office:
125 Wood Street
London
EC2V 7AW
Directors:
Secretary:
Bankers:
Auditor:
Nominated Adviser:
Broker:
Registrar:
Nigel Burton (Chairman)
Mark Epstein (Chief Operating Officer)
Charles Goodfellow (Non-Executive Director)
Peter Tomlinson (Non-Executive Director)
Pennsec Limited
125 Wood Street
London
EC2V 7AW
National Westminster Bank plc
30 Market Place
Newbury
RG14 5AG
PKF Littlejohn LLP
15 Westferry Circus
Canary Wharf
London
E14 4HD
Beaumont Cornish Limited
10th Floor
30 Crown Place
London
EC2M 2SJ
Peterhouse Capital Limited
3rd Floor
80 Cheapside
London
EC2V 6EE
Computershare
The Pavilions
Bridgwater Road
Bristol
BS13 8AE
Corporate web site:
www.mobilestreams.com
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Contents
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Chairman’s statement
Strategic report
Directors’ report
Corporate Governance Statement
Independent Auditors Report on the Consolidated Financial Statements
Consolidated statement of comprehensive income
Consolidated statement of financial position
Consolidated statement of changes in equity
Consolidated cash flow statement
Summary of significant accounting policies
Notes to the consolidated financial statements
Independent Auditors Report on the Company Financial Statements
Company statement of financial position
Company statement of changes in equity
Company accounting policies
Notes to the company financial statements
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Chairman’s Statement
The Board of Mobile Streams presents its audited accounts for the financial year ended 30 June 2019.
In the year to 30 June 2019 Mobile Streams continued to offer games and other content direct to consumers across a
wide range of mobile devices in a number of large emerging markets. Market conditions in Argentina in particular,
including the loss of a major billing partner and the peso devaluation, had an adverse effect on revenues, leading to
increased losses. As a result of the reductions in revenue, a comprehensive cost-cutting programme was undertaken
during the year.
Group revenue for the year ended 30 June 2019 was £1.3m (2018: £3.0m). Trading EBITDA (calculated as profit
before tax, interest, amortisation, depreciation, share compensation expense and impairment of assets) was negative
£0.7m for year (2018: negative £1.2m). Loss before tax was £0.6m (2018: £0.9m loss). Most of the reduction in
revenues is attributable to challenging trading conditions in Argentina. Revenue in Argentina (which equated to 65%
of Group revenue) on a constant currency basis decreased by 17.7% from AR$58m to AR$48m.
The Directors do not propose payment of a dividend (2018: £Nil). The Group had a net cash balance of £0.1m, with
no debt, at 30 June 2019 (2018: £1.0m).
Following the year end, the Company raised £0.25m before expenses through a Placing in November 2019 and
extinguished amounts owing of £210k. The Placing was accompanied by the appointment of new advisers and a
strengthening of the Board.
The Group’s principal business remains the generation of revenues through relationships with mobile operators and
content aggregators and retailing directly to the consumer, and the Board expects that in the current financial year the
majority of revenues are again likely to be generated in Latin America.
The Company will, through its licensing of the Krunch Data platform, launch a new data insight and intelligence
offering that will utilise and enable the monetisation of the 15 years and approximately 2 billion ‘data sets’ built up by
the Company’s consumer content business. The new data insight and intelligence platform, called Streams, will be
focused on the B2B (business to business) market and will target customers in the US, LatAm and Europe.
The Board believes that the new data offering is the largest opportunity for the Company to deliver growth to
shareholders via newly developed products, leveraging the years of data it has collected on consumer content purchases
to drive a significant new revenue stream for the business. The new platform will be launched in early April 2020 and
the Company will be updating its website in phases, phase one to start immediately, in order to reflect the evolving
nature of the business. The main focus for the year will be in growing and developing the product and sales pipeline.
The traditional content delivery side of the business still brings in ongoing revenue and therefore will be continued,
however the majority of investment going forwards will be in growing the new data insight and intelligence business.
The Directors have considered the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the business, and at the time of writing revenues
have not been affected. All our staff work from home, and the online nature of the existing business, both in terms of
content delivery and revenue collection, means that we do not envisage any disruption to the business unless a
prolonged economic downturn results in a rise in cancellations. Marketing of the Krunch Data platform is also largely
remote, although in the short term demand could be affected as clients themselves respond to the emerging situation.
As announced today, a Firm Placing of £78,750 and a further Conditional Placing of £146,250 before expenses, subject
to shareholder approval, have been arranged by the Company’s broker.
The Directors have prepared a cashflow forecast which indicates that the amount raised in November plus the proposed
further Placing is expected to cover the Company’s working capital requirements for the foreseeable future.
Nigel Burton
Chairman
30 March 2020
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STRATEGIC REPORT
Operating review
Mobile Streams' performance during the financial year ended 30 June 2019 was driven primarily by its Mobile Internet
subscription sales in Argentina and India.
Group revenue for the year ended 30 June 2019 was £1.3m (2018: £3.0m). The gross profit of £0.5m (2018: £1.2m)
decreased by 57%. The gross profit margin decreased from 38.7% to 36.6% as a result of higher marketing (direct to
consumer) costs related to its Mobile Internet division.
During the period, both the Group's Mobile Internet revenues and its Mobile Operator revenues decreased. As
consumers steadily update their phones from legacy feature and flip phone models to smartphones, they have generally
used the operator content portals less, whilst using independent portals, as well as the open mobile internet, more
actively.
Mobile Internet sales
The Argentine Peso devalued significantly during the period, affecting the revenues when expressed in GBP. We
continue to work with our longest standing billing partner locally and this remains the foundation of the overall
business.
The Indian mobile market has stabilised after the last years development. During 2019, network connections have
continued improving throughout the country, lowered prices for data and had an impact on the financial results of other
carriers.
Our largest customer in India merged their Indian businesses, disrupting the Company’s ability to monetise its services
as platforms were merged and new contracts concluded. The Company maintains business with three large local
telecoms operators at the time of writing.
Mobile Operator sales
The Group has several contracts with mobile operators that allow the distribution of content through their mobile
portals, although the revenue has been reduced year on year partially because of consumer preferences and greater
competition.
There was a reduction in the number of consumer visitors to these portals, which has been a continuing trend for several
years. The Group's teams share and implement the best retailing practices in order to increase the conversion of visitors
into customers to mitigate the natural decline in this revenue stream as the market changes.
The mobile operator revenue stream is now immaterial to the overall Group given its decline and the shift to mobile
internet sales.
Sales by Territory
Operations in Argentina were extremely challenging in the year as a result of general market conditions and regulation
in the local market for mobile content subscriptions. Revenues in Argentina decreased 20.7% in Argentine Pesos terms
from AR$58.4m to AR$46m. As a result of the Peso devaluation in the year of 30.7%, the revenues expressed in
Sterling show a 62% decrease from £2.3m to £0.9m, equating to 65% of Group revenues.
Revenues in India represented 30.9% of the revenues of the Group. Indian revenues have been reducing due to the
reduction in marketing campaigns. Trading was more challenging than anticipated because of policy changes at one of
the Group’s key partners and lower revenue from another.
Financial review
Group revenue for the year ended 30 June 2019 was £1.3m, a 56% decrease on the previous year (2018: £3.046m).
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Gross profit was £0.5m, a decrease of 57% during the year (2018: £1.178m). The gross profit margin decreased from
38.7% to 36.6% on account of increased marketing (Direct to Consumer) costs related to Mobile Internet.
Selling, marketing and administrative expenses were £0.239m, a 62% decrease (2018: £0.638m).
The Group recorded a loss after tax of £0.4m for the year ended 30 June 2019 (2018 loss: £1.015m). Basic earnings
per share decreased to a loss of 0.365 pence per share (2018: loss of 1.007 pence per share). Adjusted earnings per
share (excluding interest, depreciation, amortisation, impairments and share compensation expense) decreased to a loss
of 0.360 pence per share (2018: loss of 0.997 pence per share).
The Group had cash of £0.118m at 30 June 2019, with no debt (2018: £1.039m of cash with no debt).
Financial performance
Revenue
Gross profit
Selling and Marketing Costs
Administrative Expenses*
Trading EBITDA**
Depreciation and Amortisation
Impairments
Share Based Compensation
Operating loss
Year to 30
June 2019
£000's
1,335
501
(239)
(930)
(668)
(3)
-
(3)
(674)
Year to 30
June 2018
£000's
3,046
1,178
(638)
(1,713)
(1,173)
(6)
-
(5)
(1,184)
113
Finance Income
(4)
Finance Expense
Loss before tax
(565)
* Administrative expenses exclude amortisation, depreciation and share compensation expense.
** Calculated as profit before tax, interest, amortisation, depreciation, share compensation expense and impairment of assets.
255
(2)
(931)
Key performance indicators (“KPI’s”)
Gross profit as a percentage of revenue is a measure of our profitability. Gross profit was £0.501m for the year ended
on 30 June 2019 (2018: £1.178m). The KPIs used by the Group are Trading EBITDA**, variance in revenue and gross
profit. Management review these on a regular basis, largely by reference to budgets and reforecasts. Trading EBITDA
was a loss of £0.7m for the year ended on 30 June 2019 (2018: loss of £1.2m).
Earnings before tax, interest, amortisation, depreciation, share compensation expense and impairment of assets
(Trading EBITDA) measured exactly as stated. All tax, interest, amortisation, depreciation, share compensation
expense and impairment of assets entries in the consolidated income statement are added back to profit after tax in
calculating this measure.
Growth in revenue is a measure of how the Group is building its business. The Company’s goal is to achieve year-on-
year growth. Although revenue decreased 56% during the year, like-for-like revenue on a constant currency basis
decreased by 17.8%.
Gross profit as a percentage of revenue is a measure of our profitability. Gross profit margin was 36.6% for the year
ended in June 2019 (2018: 38.7%).
**EBITDA is a non-IFRS measure and is calculated as profit before tax, interest, amortisation, depreciation, share compensation
expense and impairment of assets.
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STRATEGIC REPORT
Strategy
The Group’s principal business remains the generation of revenues through relationships with mobile operators and
content aggregators and retailing directly to the consumer, using the Group’s expertise in selling content to consumers
in developing markets.
In future, the Company will, through its licensing of the Krunch Data platform, launch a new data insight and
intelligence offing that will utilise and enable the monetisation of the 15 years and approximately 2 billion ‘data sets’
of consumer content data the Company has built up. The main focus for the year will be in growing and developing
the product and sales pipeline.
Share Issue
In March 2019, the Group issued 40,000,000 shares at a value of £0.35 pence per share. The Group’s source of capital
is the parent company’s equity shares. The Group has not raised debt financing in the past and does not expect to do
so in the future.
The Company only has one class of share. The total number of shares in issue as at 30 June 2019 was 140,752,533
(30 June 2018: 100,752,533) with a par value of £0.002 per share. All issued shares are fully paid.
Principal risks and uncertainties
The nature of the Group's business and strategy makes it subject to a number of risks.
The Directors have set out below the principal risks facing the business.
Contracts with Mobile Network Operators (MNOs)
While Mobile Streams maintains relationships with numerous MNOs in the various territories, a small number of
operators account for a high portion of the Group’s business.
Contracts with rights holders
The majority of content provided by Mobile Streams is licensed from rights holders. While Mobile Streams is not
dependent on any single rights holder for its entertainment content, termination, non-renewal or significant
renegotiation of a contract could result in lower revenue.
The Group continues to enter into new content licensing arrangements to mitigate these risks.
Competition
Competition from alternative providers could adversely affect operating results through either price pressures, or lost
custom. Products and pricing of competitors are continuously monitored to ensure the Group is able to react quickly
to changes in the market.
Fluctuations in currency exchange rates
Approximately 99% of the Group’s revenue relates to operations outside the UK. The Group is therefore exposed to
foreign currency fluctuations and the financial condition of the Group may be adversely impacted by foreign currency
fluctuations. Argentina had an inflation rate of 50.7% for the period July 2018 – June 2019 and the Argentinian
economy is designated as a hyper-inflationary. See note 20 “Foreign currency risk”
The Group has operations in India and Latin America. As a result, it faces both translation and transaction currency
risks.
Currency exposure is not currently hedged, though the Board continuously reviews its foreign currency risk exposure
and potential means of combating this risk.
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Dependencies on key executives and personnel
The success of the business is substantially dependent on the Executive Directors and senior management team.
Intellectual property rights
The protracted and costly nature of litigation may make it difficult to take a swift or decisive action to prevent
infringement of the Group’s intellectual property rights.
Although the Directors believe that the Group’s content and technology platform and other intellectual property rights
do not infringe the IP rights of others, third-parties may assert claims of infringement which could be expensive to
defend or settle.
Technology risk
A significant portion of the future revenues are dependent on the Group’s technology platforms. Instability or
interruption of availability for an extended period could have an adverse impact on the Group’s financial position.
Mobile Streams has invested in resilient hardware architecture and continues to maintain software control processes to
minimise this risk.
Management controls and reporting procedures and execution
The ability of the Group to implement its strategy in a competitive market requires effective planning and management
control systems. The Group’s future growth will depend upon its ability to expand whilst improving exposure to
operational, financial and management risk.
Going concern risk
In common with the Going Concern disclosures in the Group financial statements, the Company financial statements
have been prepared on a going concern basis, which assumes that the Group and the Company will continue in
operational existence for the foreseeable future, being 12 months from the date of sign-off of these accounts.
The Group and Company use annual budgeting, forecasting and regular performance reviews to assess the longer-term
profitability of the Group and make strategic and commercial changes as required ensuring cash resources are
maintained. Although there was a significant fall in revenues and a loss for the year ending 30 June 2019, the Group
actively manages its use of cash, particularly marketing and other expenditure. Post year-end and following the change
in Directors the Group raised funds through the issue of new equity.
After consideration of the above, the Directors consider that the continued adoption of the going concern basis is
appropriate.
Financial risk management objectives and policies
The Group uses various financial instruments. These include cash and various items, such as trade receivables and
trade payables that arise directly from its operations. The numerical disclosures relating to these policies are set out in
the notes to the financial statements.
The existence of these financial instruments exposes the Group to a number of financial risks, which are described in
more detail below. The Group does not currently use derivative products to manage foreign currency or interest rate
risks.
The main risks arising from the Group's financial instruments are market risk, currency risk, liquidity risk and credit
risk. The Directors review and agree policies for managing each of these risks and they are summarised below. These
policies have remained unchanged from previous periods.
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Market risk
Market risk encompasses three types of risk, being currency risk, fair value interest rate risk and price risk. In this
review interest rate and price risk have been ignored as they are not considered material risks to the business.
Liquidity risk
The Group seeks to manage financial risk by ensuring sufficient liquidity is available to meet foreseeable needs and to
invest cash assets safely and profitably.
The Group currently has no borrowing arrangements in place and prepares cash flow forecasts which are reviewed at
Board meetings to monitor liquidity.
Credit risk
The Group's principal financial assets are bank deposits, cash and trade receivables. The credit risk associated with
the bank deposits and cash is limited as the counterparties have high credit ratings assigned by international credit-
rating agencies. The principal credit risk arises therefore from the Group's trade receivables. Most of the Group’s trade
receivables are large mobile network operators or media groups. Whilst historically credit risk has been low
management continuously monitors its financial assets and performs credit checks on prospective partners.
Revenues
Revenues in Argentina decreased 17.7% in Argentine Pesos terms from AR$58.4m to AR$48m. As a result of the Peso
devaluation in the year of 30.7%, the revenues expressed in Sterling show a 62% decrease from £2.3m to £0.9m,
equating to 65% of Group revenues.
Revenues in India represented 30.9% of the revenues of the Group. The Indian Rupee remained stable during the last
12 months with a revaluation of 2.7% to the British Pound.
Future developments
To provide the Group with a second, complementary revenue stream, the Company has reached agreement with
Krunchdata Ltd (“Krunch”) to license the Krunch platform. The Company currently has approximately 2 billion ‘data
sets’ accumulated over the last 15 years in the countries in which it operates, including Argentina, India and Mexico.
The Board anticipates that the Company will be able to build a B2B offering using the Krunch platform to monetise
this data in the regions in which it operates, being Argentina, India and Mexico. The new platform will be launched in
early April 2020 and the Company will provide further details as the product and sales pipelines develop.
Potential impact of Brexit
The UK’s exit from the European Union is unlikely to impact the Group materially at an operational level, as almost
all of the Group’s revenues are derived from customers based outside the EU.
The Strategic Report was approved by the Board and signed on its behalf by:
E Benasso
Chief Financial Officer
30 March 2020
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Items dealt with in the Strategic Report
• Business review
• Principal risks and uncertainties
• Future developments
The principal activity of the Group is the sale of content for distribution on mobile devices. The Company is registered
in England and Wales under company number 03696108.
Results and dividends
The trading results and the Group's financial position for the year ended 30 June 2019 are shown in the attached
financial statements, and are discussed further in the Strategic Report.
The Directors have not proposed a dividend for this year (2018: £Nil).
Directors and their interests
The Directors of the Company (the “Board” or the “Directors”), who served during the year, together with their
beneficial interests in the ordinary shares of the Group, as at 30 June 2019, are set out below. All Directors served on
the Board throughout the year.
Shares held or controlled by Directors
S Buckingham (resigned 6 December 2019)
P Tomlinson
J Bill (resigned 26 November 2019)
E Benasso (resigned 17 October 2019)
Ordinary shares of £0.002
each
30 June 2019
Ordinary shares of
£0.002 each
30 June 2018
12,385,500
40,000
10,000
-
12,385,500
40,000
-
-
The current Directors of the Company are listed below in the Corporate Governance Statement.
Options
The table below summarises the exercise terms of the various options over ordinary shares of £0.002 (2018: £0.002)
which have been granted and were still outstanding at 30 June 2019.
Options Held at
1 July 2018
Options Granted
during the
period
Options
exercised during
the period
Options Held at
30 June 2019
Exercise price
Earliest date from
which exercisable
Latest expiry
date
E Benasso
285,000
-
-
285,000
0.180
13 June 2015
12 June 2024
Number
Number
Number
Number
£
The remuneration of the Directors for the year amounted to £316,000 (2018: £325,000). The remuneration of the
highest paid Director was £253,000 (2018: £229,000).
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The remuneration of each of the Directors for the period ended 30 June 2019 is set out below:
S Buckingham
232
Salary
£'000
-
Year to 30
June 2019
Total
£'000
Benefits
£'000
21
253
- -
Fees
£'000
-
-
T Maunder
R Parry
P Tomlinson
J Bill
E Benasso
Total
-
-
- 25
- -
- 25
28
- 10
-
10
- 28
-
260 35
21
316
325
Year to 30
June 2018
Total
£'000
229
10
13
25
10
38
Benefits comprise medical health insurance. All items are considered short term in nature.
Going Concern
The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis. The Directors acknowledge that uncertainty
exists over the ability of the Group to meet its funding requirements having incurred a net loss for the year of £4.14m.
As a result of the significant reductions in revenue, a comprehensive rationalisation programme was undertaken during
the year. The Group initiated the closure of offices in Singapore, Hong Kong and Australia, and significantly reduced
costs elsewhere, with reductions in headcount, marketing and other expenditure.
Following the successful placing and Board changes in November 2019, the Directors have reduced costs further, and
intend to launch a new data insight and intelligence platform, called Streams, later this month which will be focused
on the B2B (business to business) market and will target customers in the US, LATAM and Europe. The Directors
believe that the new data offering is the largest opportunity for the Company to deliver growth to shareholders via
newly developed products, leveraging the years of data it has collected on consumer content purchases to drive a
significant new revenue stream for the business.
The Directors have prepared a cashflow forecast which indicates that, in addition to existing resources, the amount
raised in the Conditional Placing announced today, is expected to cover the Company’s working capital requirements
for the foreseeable future.
The Directors believe, that based on these developments and the forecasts and projections prepared, that sufficient
liquid resources will be available for the Company to continue to operate as a going concern for the foreseeable future,
and that the Company will be able to access adequate capital to operate successfully.
Directors’ responsibilities statement
The Directors are responsible for preparing the Strategic Report, the Director’s Report and the Financial Statements in
accordance with applicable laws and regulations.
Company law requires the Directors to prepare financial statements for each financial year. Company law requires the
Directors to prepare Group and Company Financial Statements for each financial year. The Directors are required by
the AIM Rules of the London Stock Exchange to prepare Group Financial Statements in accordance with International
Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRS”) as adopted by the European Union (“EU”) and have elected under company
law to prepare the Company Financial Statements in accordance with IFRS as adopted by the EU.
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 and profit or loss of the Company and Group for that period. In preparing these
Financial Statements, the Directors are required to:
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select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently,
make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent,
state whether applicable UK Accounting Standards and lFRSs have been followed, subject to any material
departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements, and
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, and the Directors’ Remuneration
Report comply with the Companies Act 2006 and Article 4 of the IAS Regulation. They are also responsible for
safeguarding the assets of the Group and Company and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and
detection of fraud and other irregularities.
The Directors confirm that:
So far as each Director is aware, there is no relevant audit information of which the Group‘s auditor is
unaware, and
The Directors have taken all steps that they ought to have taken as directors to make themselves aware of any
relevant audit information and to establish that the auditor is aware of that information.
This confirmation is given pursuant to section 418 of the Companies Act 2006 and should be interpreted in accordance
with and subject to those provisions.
The Directors are responsible for the maintenance and integrity of the corporate and financial information included on
the Group's website. Legislation in the United Kingdom governing the preparation and dissemination of financial
statements may differ from legislation in other jurisdictions.
Auditor
PKF Littlejohn UK LLP have indicated their willingness to continue in office.
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Corporate Governance Statement
The Board is committed to maintaining high standards of corporate governance.
The Company’s Corporate Governance Statement, which includes full details of the recognised corporate governance
code which the Company complies with and an explanation of any departure from the code, is maintained on its
website, as required by AIM rules. The information is be reviewed annually and the website includes the date on which
the information was last reviewed. The most recent review has been undertaken during the process of preparing the
Annual Report and Financial Statements.
As a company whose shares are traded on AIM, the Board seeks to comply with the Quoted Companies Alliance’s
Corporate Governance Code (“the QCA Code”). In addition, the Directors have adopted a code of conduct for dealings
in the shares of the Company by directors and employees and are committed to maintaining the highest standards of
corporate governance. Nigel Burton, in his capacity as Non-Executive Director, has assumed responsibility for
ensuring that the Company has appropriate corporate governance standards in place and that these requirements are
followed and applied within the Company as a whole. The corporate governance arrangements that the Board has
adopted are designed to ensure that the Company delivers long term value to its shareholders and that shareholders
have the opportunity to express their views and expectations for the Company in a manner that encourages open
dialogue with the Board. The Board recognises that its decisions regarding strategy and risk will impact the corporate
culture of the Company as a whole and that this will impact the performance of the Company. The Board is very aware
that the tone and culture set by the Board will greatly impact all aspects of the Company as a whole and the way that
employees behave. A large part of the Company’s activities is centred upon what needs to be an open and respectful
dialogue with employees, clients and other stakeholders. Therefore, the importance of sound ethical values and
behaviours is crucial to the ability of the Company successfully to achieve its corporate objectives. The Board places
great importance on this aspect of corporate life and seeks to ensure that this flows through all that the Company does.
No material governance related matters occurred during the financial year ended 30 June 2019. However, since the
year end, there were several changes to the Board. The resignation of Enrique Benasso as a Director was announced
in October 2019. In November 2019 the resignation of Jonathan Bill as a Director and the appointment of Nigel Burton,
Charles Goodfellow and Mark Epstein to the Board as Directors were announced, at the same time Peter Tomlinson
stepped down as Non-Executive Chairman and was replaced by Nigel Burton. Mr. Tomlinson remains on the board of
the Company as a Non-Executive Director. The resignation of Simon Buckingham as a Director and CEO was
announced in December 2019.
A summary of the Company’s Corporate Governance Statement follows.
Role of the Board
The Board has a responsibility to govern the Company rather than to manage it and in doing so act in the best interests
of the Company as a whole. Each member of the Board is committed to spending sufficient time to enable them to
carry out their duties as a Director. Non-Executive Directors receive formal letters of appointment setting out the key
terms, conditions and expectations of their appointment.
Responsibilities of the Board
The Board is responsible for formulating, reviewing and approving the Company’s strategy, financial activities and
operating performance. Day to day management is devolved to the Chief Executive Officer who is charged with
consulting the Board on all significant financial and operational matters.
Board of Directors
The Board of Directors currently comprises four Directors: Non-Executive Chairman Nigel Burton, Independent Non-
Executive Directors Charles Goodfellow and Peter Tomlinson, and Chief Operating Officer, Mark Epstein.
The Directors are of the opinion that the Board comprises a suitable balance and that the recommendations of the QCA
Code have been implemented to an appropriate level. The Board, through the Non-Executive Chairman, the Chief
Executive Officer and the Independent Non-Executive Directors, maintain regular contact with its advisers to ensure
that the Board maintains an understanding of the views of major shareholders about the Company.
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All Directors have access to the advice of the Company’s solicitors and the Company Secretary, necessary information
is supplied to the Directors on a timely basis to enable them to discharge their duties effectively and all Directors have
access to independent professional advice, at the Company’s expense, as and when required.
Board Meetings
The Board meets regularly throughout the year. During the year ended 30 June 2019, the Board met eleven times in
relation to normal operational matters.
Board Committees
The Board has established the following committees, each of which has its own terms of reference:
Audit and Compliance Committee
The Audit and Compliance Committee comprises Dr Nigel Burton, Charles Goodfellow and Peter Tomlinson; Peter
Tomlinson chairs this committee. The Audit and Compliance Committee has primary responsibility for monitoring the
quality of internal controls and ensuring that the financial performance of the Company is properly measured and
reported. It receives reports from the executive management and auditors relating to the interim and annual accounts
and the accounting and internal control systems in use throughout the Company. The Audit and Compliance Committee
shall meet not less than twice in each financial year and it has unrestricted access to the Company’s auditors.
Remuneration Committee
The Remuneration Committee comprises Nigel Burton, Peter Tomlinson and Charles Goodfellow; Peter Tomlinson
chairs this committee. The Remuneration Committee reviews the performance of the executive directors and
employees and makes recommendations to the Board on matters relating to their remuneration and terms of
employment. The Remuneration Committee also considers and approves the granting of share options pursuant to the
share option plan and the award of shares in lieu of bonuses pursuant to the Company’s Remuneration Policy.
Nominations Committee
The Nominations Committee comprises Nigel Burton, Peter Tomlinson and Charles Goodfellow; Nigel Burton chairs
this committee.
On behalf of the Board
Nigel Burton
Chairman
30 March 2020
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REPORT OF THE INDEPENDENT AUDITOR TO THE MEMBERS OF MOBILE STREAMS PLC
Opinion
We have audited the group financial statements of Mobile Streams Plc (the ‘group’) for the year ended 30 June 2019
which comprise the Consolidated Statement of Profit and Loss, Consolidated Statement of Profit and Loss and Other
Comprehensive Income, the Consolidated Statement of Financial Position, the Consolidated Statement of Changes in
Equity and the Consolidated 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 International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRSs) as adopted by the European Union.
In our opinion, the group financial statements:
•
•
•
give a true and fair view of the state of the group’s affairs as at 30 June 2019 and of its loss for the year then
ended;
have been properly prepared in accordance with IFRSs as adopted by the European Union; and
have been prepared in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006.
Basis for opinion
We conducted our audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing (UK) (ISAs (UK)) and applicable law.
Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the Auditor’s responsibilities for the audit of the
financial statements section of our report. We are independent of the group in accordance with the ethical requirements
that are relevant to our audit of the financial statements in the UK, including the FRC’s Ethical Standard 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.
Conclusions relating to going concern
We have nothing to report in respect of the following matters in relation to which the ISAs (UK) require us to report
to you where:
•
•
the directors’ use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is not
appropriate; or
the directors have not disclosed in the financial statements any identified material uncertainties that may cast
significant doubt about the group’s ability to continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting for a
period of at least twelve months from the date when the financial statements are authorised for issue.
Our application of materiality
The group materiality for the financial statements as a whole was set at £21,000 based on 1.5% of revenue. Revenue
was used as the basis for materiality as the Group is revenue generating. Performance materiality was calculated at
70% (£16,100) of materiality for the financial statements as a whole as we were appointed as auditors on 14 November
2019 and this is the first year to be audited by us.
We have agreed with those charged with governance that we would report any individual audit difference in excess of
£1,050 as well as differences below this threshold that, in our view, warranted reporting on qualitative grounds.
An overview of the scope of our audit
In designing our audit, we determined materiality and assessed the risk of material misstatement in the group financial
statements. In particular, we looked at areas involving significant accounting estimates and judgements by the directors.
These areas were however not considered to constitute Key Audit Matters. 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 misstatements due to fraud. Of the 7 reporting components of the Group, a full scope audit was
performed on the complete financial information of 3 components (UK, Argentina and India) and, for the other
components, a limited scope review was performed.
The group’s key accounting function is based in Argentina and our audit was performed both on site in Argentina and
from our office with regular contact with relevant personnel throughout. No component auditors were used in the audit.
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Key audit matters
Key audit matters are those matters that, in our professional judgment, were of most significance in our audit of the
financial statements of the current period and include the most significant assessed risks of material misstatement
(whether or not due to fraud) we identified, including those which had the greatest effect on: the overall audit strategy,
the allocation of resources in the audit; and directing the efforts of the engagement team. These matters were addressed
in the context of our audit of the financial statements as a whole, and in forming our opinion thereon, and we do not
provide a separate opinion on these matters.
Key audit matter
Revenue Recognition (note 21)
How the scope of our audit responded to the key
audit matter
Our work in this area included:
Under ISA (UK) 240 there is a presumption that
revenue recognition is a fraud risk.
There is the risk that revenue from the provision of
services has been incorrectly recognised within the
financial statements.
There is also a risk that material misstatement has arisen
as a result of the first-year adoption of IFRS 15, and that
sufficient disclosures have not been made in order to
comply with the new standard.
Documenting our understanding of the
internal control environment and performing
walkthrough testing;
Performing substantive testing to ensure the
completeness of revenue;
Performing cut-off testing to ensure that
revenue has been accounted for within the
correct period;
Reviewing management’s assessment of the
impact of IFRS 15 in line with the 5-step
model; and
Reviewing the group’s revenue recognition
disclosure to ensure that it is in accordance
with IFRS 15.
Other information
The other information comprises the information included in the annual report, other than the financial statements and
our auditor’s report thereon. The directors are responsible for the other information. Our opinion on the group 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 group
financial statements are prepared is consistent with the group financial statements; and
the strategic report and the directors’ report have been prepared in accordance with applicable legal
requirements.
Matters on which we are required to report by exception
In the light of the knowledge and understanding of the group 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:
•
certain disclosures of directors’ remuneration specified by law are not made; or
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•
we have not received all the information and explanations we require for our audit.
Responsibilities of directors
As explained more fully in the directors’ responsibilities statement, the directors are responsible for the preparation of
the group 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 group financial statements, the directors are responsible for assessing the group’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 to cease operations, or have no realistic alternative
but to do so.
Auditor’s responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as a whole are free from
material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor’s report that includes our opinion.
Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with
ISAs (UK) will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and
are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic
decisions of users taken on the basis of these financial statements.
A further description of our responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements is located on the Financial
Reporting Council’s website at: www.frc.org.uk/auditorsresponsibilities. This description forms part of our auditor’s
report.
Other matter
We have reported separately on the parent company financial statements for the year ended 30 June 2019.
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.
Joseph Archer (Senior Statutory Auditor)
For and on behalf of PKF Littlejohn LLP
Statutory Auditor
30 March 2020
15 Westferry Circus
Canary Wharf
London
E14 4HD
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Annual report for the year ended 30 June 2019
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
Revenue
Cost of sales
Gross profit
Selling and marketing costs
Administrative expenses *
Operating Loss
Finance income
Finance expense
Loss before tax
Tax credit / (expense)
Loss for the year
Year ended
30 June 2019
£000’s
Year ended
30 June 2018
£000’s
1,335
(834)
501
(239)
(936)
3,046
(1,868)
1,178
(638)
(1,724)
(674)
(1,184)
113
(4)
255
(2)
(565)
(931)
151
(414)
(84)
(1,015)
17
17
3
4
5
9
Attributable to:
Equity shareholders of Mobile Streams plc
(414)
(1,015)
Earnings per share
Pence per share
Pence per share
Basic and Diluted earnings per share
8
(0.368)
(1.007)
* Administrative expenses include Depreciation, Amortisation and Impairment £1k (ended 30 June 2018: £6k); Share
Based Compensation £3k (ended 30 June 2018: £5k). Other administrative expenses £0.9m (ended 30 June 2018:
£1.7m).
Year ended
30 June 2019
Year ended
30 June 2018
£000’s
£000’s
Loss for the year
Amounts which may be reclassified to profit & loss:
Exchange differences on translating foreign operations
(414)
(1,015)
(219)
(533)
Total comprehensive loss for the year
(633)
(1,548)
Total comprehensive loss for the year attributable to:
Equity shareholders of Mobile Streams plc
(633)
(1,548)
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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION
Assets
Non- Current
Property, plant and equipment
Deferred tax asset
Current
Trade and other receivables
Cash and cash equivalents
Total assets
Equity
Equity attributable to equity holders of Mobile Streams plc
Called up share capital
Share premium
Translation reserve
Retained earnings
Total equity
Current
Trade and other payables
Current tax liabilities
Note
2019
£000’s
2018
£000’s
14
11
12
15
13
-
-
7
74
-
81
347
115
904
1,039
462
1,943
462
2,024
280
12,610
(4,005)
(8,974)
200
12,550
(3,786)
(8,563)
(89)
401
551
-
1,410
213
551
1,623
Total liabilities
551
1,623
Total equity and liabilities
462
2,024
The notes on pages 22 to 39 form part of these financial statements.
The financial statements were approved by the Board of Directors on 30 March 2020 and are signed on its behalf by:
E Benasso
Chief Financial Officer
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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY
Called up share
capital
Share
premium
Translation
reserve
Retained
earnings Total Equity
£000’s
£000’s
£000’s
£000’s
£000’s
Balance at 30 June 2017
182
12,463
(3,253)
(7,553)
1,839
Balance at 1 July 2017
Share based payments
Issue of shares
Transactions with owners
Loss
Other comprehensive income
Total comprehensive loss for the year
182
12,463
(3,253)
(7,553)
1,839
-
18
18
-
-
-
-
87
87
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
5
-
5
5
105
110
(1,015)
(1,015)
(533)
-
(533)
(533)
(1,015)
(1,548)
Balance at 30 June 2018
200
12,550
(3,786)
(8,563)
200
12,550
(3,786)
(8,563)
Balance at 1 July 2018
Share based payments
Issue of shares
Transactions with owners
Disposal of subsidiary
Loss
Other comprehensive income
Total comprehensive loss for the year
401
401
3
140
143
-
-
-
-
-
3
-
3
-
- (414) (414)
(219)
-
(219)
(219) (414)
(633)
-
80
80
-
-
-
-
-
60
60
-
-
-
-
Balance at 30 June 2019
280
12,610
(4,005) (8,974)
(89)
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CONSOLIDATED CASH FLOW STATEMENT
CONSOLIDATED CASH FLOW STATEMENT
Operating activities
Loss before taxation
Adjustments:
Share based payments
Depreciation
Interest received
Interest paid
Changes in trade and other receivables
Changes in trade and other payables
Tax paid
Exchange (losses)
Total cash generated in operating activities
Investing activities
Additions to property, plant and equipment
Interest received
Interest paid
Net Cash generated from investing activities
Financing activities
Share issue (net of expenses paid)
Net Cash generated from financing activities
Year ended
30 June
2019
Year ended
30 June
2018
£000’s
£000’s
(565)
(931)
3
3
4 (113)
4
5
557
(859)
(62)
(141)
(1,173)
5
6
(255)
2
667
(239)
(385)
(432)
(1,562)
-
113
4
5 (4)
109
(17)
255
(2)
236
140
140
105
105
Net change in cash and cash equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year
(924)
1,039
(1,221)
2,260
Cash and cash equivalents, end of year
12
115
1,039
No net debt reconciliation has been shown as the Company has no debt.
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GROUP ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Mobile Streams plc (the Company) and its subsidiaries (together 'the Group') sell digital content, primarily for
distribution on wireless devices. The Group has subsidiaries in Europe, Asia, North America and Latin America. The
Group has made various strategic acquisitions to build its market share in these regions.
The Company is a public limited company incorporated and domiciled in the United Kingdom. The address of its
registered office is 125 Wood Street, London, EC2V 7AW.
The Company is listed on the London Stock Exchange's Alternative Investment Market.
These consolidated financial statements were approved for issue by the Board of Directors on 30 March 2020.
SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Basis of preparation
The Group financial statements consolidate those of the parent company and all of its subsidiary undertakings drawn
up to 30 June 2019. They have been prepared in accordance with applicable International Financial Reporting
Standards as adopted by the EU and with those parts of the Companies Act 2006 applicable to companies reporting
under IFRS. All references to IFRS in these statements refer to IFRS as adopted by the EU.
The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention.
Consolidation
Control is achieved where the Company is exposed to, or has rights to, variable returns from its involvement with the
entity and has the ability to affect those returns through its power over the entity. Subsidiaries are fully consolidated
from the date on which control is transferred to the Group. They are de-consolidated from the date on which control is
lost.
Intercompany transactions, balances and unrealised gains on transactions between group companies are eliminated in
full. Unrealised losses are also eliminated unless the transaction provides evidence of an impairment of the asset
transferred. Subsidiaries' accounting policies have been changed where necessary to ensure consistency with the
policies adopted by the Group.
The separate financial statements and related notes of the Company are prepared in accordance with FRS 101.
Foreign currency translation
(a) Presentational currency
The consolidated and parent company financial statements are presented in British pounds. The functional currency of
the parent entity is also British pounds.
(b) Transactions and balances
Foreign currency transactions are translated into the functional currency using the exchange rates prevailing at the date
the transaction occurs. Any exchange gains or losses resulting from these transactions and the translation of monetary
assets and liabilities at the consolidated statement of financial position date are recognised in the consolidated income
statement, except to the extent that a monetary asset or liability represents a net investment in a subsidiary when
exchange differences arising on translation are recognised in equity within the translation reserve. Amount due from
or to subsidiaries are treated as part of net investment in the subsidiary when settlement is neither planned nor likely
to occur in the foreseeable future. Upon settlement, amounts that have arisen are taken directly to profit or loss.
Foreign currency balances are translated at the year-end using exchange rate prevailing at the year-end.
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GROUP ACCOUNTING POLICIES
(c) Group companies
The financial results and position of all group entities that have a functional currency different from the presentation
currency of the Group are translated into the presentation currency as follows:
i
ii
iii
assets and liabilities for each consolidated statement of financial position are translated at the closing
exchange rate at the date of the consolidated statement of financial position.
income and expenses for each consolidated income statement are translated at average exchange rates (unless
it is not a reasonable approximation to the exchange rate at the date of transaction).
all resulting exchange differences are recognised as a separate component of equity (cumulative translation
reserve).
Hyper-inflationary currencies
The Argentinian economy is designated as a hyper-inflationary. The financial statements of the Argentinian subsidiary
are stated in terms of the purchasing power at the end of the reporting period through the selection of a general price
index before translation into the Group’s presentation currency being GBP.
Going Concern
The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis, which assumes that the Group and the Company
will continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, being 12 months from the date of sign-off of these
accounts.
The Group uses annual budgeting, forecasting and regular performance reviews to assess the longer-term profitability
of the Group and make strategic and commercial changes as required ensuring cash resources are maintained. Although
there was a significant fall in revenues and a loss for the year ending 30 June 2019, the Group actively manages its use
of cash, particularly marketing and other expenditure. Post year-end and following the change in Directors the Group
raised funds through the issue of new equity.
After consideration of the above the Directors consider that the continued adoption of the going concern basis is
appropriate.
New and amended standards mandatory for the first time for the financial periods beginning on or after 1
January 2018 applicable to the Group from 1 July 2018:
As of 1 July 2018, the Group has adopted IFRS 9 and IFRS 15.
The Group adopted IFRS 9, Financial Instruments (‘IFRS 9’), which replaced IAS 39, Financial Instruments:
Recognition and Measurement. IFRS 9 addresses the classification, measurement and recognition of financial assets
and liabilities.
The Group reviewed the financial assets and liabilities reported on its Statement of Financial Position and completed
an assessment between IAS 39 and IFRS 9 to identify any accounting changes. The financial assets subject to this
review were trade and other receivables. The financial liabilities subject to this review were the trade and other
payables. Based on this assessment of the classification and measurement model, there were no changes to
classification and measurement other than changes in terminology.
IFRS 15 “Revenue from Contracts with Customers” provides a single, principles based five-step model to be applied
to all contracts with customers. The standard includes guidance on the point in which revenue is recognised, accounting
for variable consideration, costs of fulfilling and obtaining a contract and various related matters. IFRS 15 also
introduces new disclosures about revenue. There was no impact on the Group of adopting IFRS 15 other than
terminology.
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GROUP ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Of the other IFRSs and IFRICs adopted, none have had a material effect on future Groups Financial Statements.
New standards and interpretations not yet adopted
The International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) has issued the following new and revised standards,
amendments and interpretations to existing standards that are not effective for the financial year ending 30 June 2019
and have not been adopted early. The Group is currently assessing the impact of these standards and based on the
Group’s current operations do not expect them to have a material impact on the financial statements.
New Standards
IFRS 16 - Leases
IFRS 17 - Insurance Contracts
Amendments to Existing Standards
IFRIC 23 Uncertainty over Income Tax Treatments*
Annual Improvements to IFRSs (2015-2017 Cycle)*
Effective Date
1 January 2019
1 January 2021
1 January 2019
1 January 2019
Amendments to IFRS 9 Prepayment Features with Negative Compensation
1 January 2019
Amendments to IAS 28 Long-term Interests in Associates and Joint Ventures
1 January 2019
Amendments to IAS 19 Plan Amendment, Curtailment or Settlement
1 January 2019
*Not yet adopted by European Union
IFRS 16 “Leases” is effective for periods commencing on or after 1 January 2019 and has been endorsed by the EU.
Under the provisions of the standard most leases, including the majority of those previously classified as operating
leases, will be brought onto the statement of financial position, as both a right-of-use asset and a largely offsetting
lease liability. The right-of-use asset and lease liability are both based on the present value of lease payments due over
the term of the lease, with the asset being depreciated in accordance with IAS 16 ‘Property, Plant and Equipment’ and
the liability increased for the accretion of interest and reduced by lease payments. Unless the Group enters into any
material lease contracts prior to the year end, the Directors do not consider that adoption of this standard will have any
impact on the financial statements.
Taxation
Current tax is the tax currently payable based on taxable profit for the year.
Deferred income tax is provided, using the liability method, on temporary differences arising between the tax base of
assets and liabilities and their carrying amounts in the consolidated financial statements. However, deferred tax is not
provided on the initial recognition of goodwill, nor on the initial recognition of an asset or liability unless the related
transaction is a business combination or affects tax or accounting profit. Deferred tax on temporary differences
associated with shares in subsidiaries is not provided if reversal of these temporary differences can be controlled by
the Group and it is probable that reversal will not occur in the foreseeable future.
Deferred income tax is determined using tax rates known by the consolidated statement of financial position date and
that are expected to apply when the deferred income tax asset is realised or the deferred income tax liability is settled.
Deferred income tax assets are recognised only to the extent that it is probable that future taxable profit will be available
against which the temporary differences can be utilised. Deferred tax liabilities are provided in full. There is no
discounting of assets or liabilities.
Changes in deferred tax assets or liabilities are recognised as a component of the tax expense in the consolidated
income statement, except where they relate to items that are charged or credited directly to equity or other
comprehensive income, in which case the related deferred tax is also charged or credited directly to equity or other
comprehensive income.
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GROUP ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Provisions
Provisions, including those for legal claims, are recognised when the Group has a present legal or constructive
obligation as a result of past events, it is probable that an outflow of economic benefits will be required to settle the
obligation and the amount can be reliably estimated.
Provisions are measured at the present value of management’s best estimate of the expenditure required to settle the
present obligation at the consolidated statement of financial position date. The discount rate used to determine the
present value reflects current market assessments of the time value of money and the risks specific to the liability.
Financial Assets
a) Classification
The Group classifies its financial assets as receivables. The classification depends on the purpose for which the
financial assets were acquired. Management determines the classification of its financial assets at initial recognition.
Receivables
Receivables are non-derivative financial assets with fixed or determinable payments that are not quoted in an active
market. They are included in current assets, except for maturities greater than 12 months after the Statement of
Financial Position date. These are classified as non-current assets. The Group’s receivables comprise trade and other
receivables and cash and cash equivalents in the Statement of Financial Position.
b) Recognition and Measurement
Financial assets are initially measured at fair value plus transactions costs. Receivables are subsequently carried at
amortised cost using the effective interest method, except for short term receivables.
c) Impairment of Financial Assets
The Group assesses at the end of each reporting period whether there is objective evidence that a financial asset, or a
group of financial assets, is impaired. A financial asset, or a group of financial assets, is impaired, and impairment
losses are incurred, only if there is objective evidence of impairment as a result of one or more events that occurred
after the initial recognition of the asset (a “loss event”), and that loss event (or events) has an impact on the estimated
future cash flows of the financial asset, or group of financial assets, that can be reliably estimated.
The criteria that the Group uses to determine that there is objective evidence of an impairment loss include:
significant financial difficulty of the issuer or obligor;
a breach of contract, such as a default or delinquency in interest or principal repayments;
the disappearance of an active market for that financial asset because of financial difficulties;
observable data indicating that there is a measurable decrease in the estimated future cash flows from a
portfolio of financial assets since the initial recognition of those assets, although the decrease cannot yet be
identified with the individual financial assets in the portfolio; or
for assets classified as available-for-sale, a significant or prolonged decline in the fair value of the security
below its cost.
Assets carried at amortised cost
The amount of impairment is measured as the difference between the asset’s carrying amount and the present value of
estimated future cash flows (excluding future credit losses that have not been incurred), discounted at the financial
asset’s original effective interest rate. The asset’s carrying amount is reduced, and the loss is recognised in the
Statement of Comprehensive Income. As a practical expedient, the Group may measure impairment on the basis of an
instrument’s fair value using an observable market price.
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If, in a subsequent period, the amount of the impairment loss decreases and the decrease can be related objectively to
an event occurring after the impairment was recognised (such as an improvement in the debtor’s credit rating), the
reversal of the previously recognised impairment loss is recognised in the Statement of Comprehensive Income.
Financial Liabilities
Financial liabilities are obligations to pay cash or other financial assets and are recognised when the Group becomes a
party to the contractual provisions of the instruments. Financial liabilities are initially measured at fair value, net of
transactions costs. They are subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method.
Financial liabilities are derecognised when the Group or Company’s contractual obligations expire, are cancelled or
are discharged. The Group’s financial liabilities consist of trade and other payables.
Revenue recognition
IFRS 15 was adopted from 1 July 2018. There were no material changes to the revenue arising from the adoption.
Under IFRS 15, Revenue from Contracts with Customers, five key points to recognise revenue have been assessed:
Step 1: Identify the contract(s) with a customer;
Step 2: Identify the performance obligations in the contracts;
Step 3: Determine the transaction price;
Step 4: Allocate the transaction price to the performance obligations in the contract; and
Step 5: Recognise revenue when (or as) the entity satisfies a performance obligation.
The Group recognises revenue when the amount of revenue can be reliably measured, it is probable that future
economic benefits will flow to the entity, and specific criteria have been met for each of the Group’s activities, as
described below.
The Group bases its estimates on historical results, taking into consideration the type of customer, the type of
transaction and the specifics of each arrangement. Where the Group makes sales relating to a future financial period,
these are deferred and recognised under ‘deferred revenue’ on the Statement of Financial Position.
Share based payments
Employees (including Directors) of the Group receive remuneration in the form of share-based payment transactions,
whereby employees render services in exchange for shares or rights over shares (‘equity-settled transactions’).
The Group has applied the requirements of IFRS 2 Share-based Payments to all grants of equity instruments.
The cost of equity settled transactions with employees is measured by reference to the fair value at the grant date of
the equity instruments granted. The fair value is determined by using the Black-Scholes model.
The cost of equity-settled transactions is recognised in the consolidated income statement, together with a
corresponding increase in retained earnings, over the periods in which the performance conditions are fulfilled, ending
on the date on which the relevant employees become fully entitled to the award (‘vesting date’). At each consolidated
statement of financial position date before vesting the cumulative expense is calculated, representing the extent to
which the vesting period has expired and management’s best estimate of the achievement or otherwise of non-market
conditions and of the number of equity instruments that will ultimately vest. Market conditions are taken into account
in determining the fair value of the options granted, at grant date, and are subsequently not adjusted for. The movement
in cumulative expense since the previous consolidated statement of financial position date is recognised in the
consolidated income statement, with a corresponding entry in equity.
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GROUP ACCOUNTING POLICIES
No expense or increase in equity is recognised for awards that do not ultimately vest. Awards where vesting is
conditional upon a market condition are treated as vesting irrespective of whether or not the market condition is
satisfied, provided that all other performance conditions are satisfied.
Share capital
Ordinary shares are classified as equity. Incremental costs directly attributable to the issue of new shares or options
are charged to the share premium account.
Leased assets
In accordance with IAS 17, all the Group’s leases are determined to be operating leases and the payments made under
them are charged to the consolidated income statement on a straight line basis over the lease term. Lease incentives
are spread over the term of the lease.
Operating leases are leases in which the risks and rewards of ownership are not transferred to the lessee.
Equity balances
a) Called up share capital
Called up share capital represents the aggregate nominal value of ordinary shares in issue.
b) Share premium
The share premium account represents the incremental paid up capital above the nominal value of ordinary shares
issued.
c) Translation Reserve
The translation reserve represents the cumulative translation adjustments on translation of foreign operations.
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1. CRITICAL ACCOUNTING ESTIMATES AND JUDGEMENTS
Estimates and judgements are evaluated on a regular basis and are based on historical experience and other factors,
such as expectations of future events that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances.
1.1 CRITICAL ACCOUNTING ESTIMATES, JUDGEMENTS AND ASSUMPTIONS
The Group makes estimates and assumptions concerning the future. These estimates, by definition, will rarely equal
the related actual results. The estimates and assumptions that have a significant risk of causing a material adjustment
to the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities within the next financial year are discussed below.
(a) Accrued revenue and accrued content costs
Estimation is required by management to determine the value of accrued revenue and accrued content cost liability
which is based on the content delivery to its customers. Due to the timing of confirmation of delivery of content to its
customers from the service providers, management estimation is applied to determine the level of accrued revenue and
accrued content liability to be recognised within the financial statements until confirmation is received. Details of the
amounts can be found in notes 11 and 13 of the financial statements.
(b) Hyper-inflation and devaluation risks
The majority of revenues and costs in the existing business arise in Argentina, a country suffering hyper-inflation and
currency devaluation. Whilst the effects can to some extent be mitigated by incurring costs in the same currency, the
overall impact when reported in Sterling cannot be reduced materially.
2. SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE GROUP'S AUDITOR
During the year ended 30 June 2019 the Group (including its overseas subsidiaries) obtained the following services
from the Group's auditor and network firms:
Fees payable to the Company’s auditor and its associates for the audit of
the parent company and consolidated accounts
Current auditor
Previous auditor
Non-Audit services:
Fees payable to the Company's auditor and its associates for other services:
Tax compliance
3. OPERATING LOSS
Operating loss is stated after charging the following items:
Depreciation
Gain on foreign currency
Year ended
2019
£000's
Year ended
2018
£000's
42
-
-
47
-
42
7
54
Year ended
2019
£000's
Year ended
2018
£000's
3 6
(117) (32)
(26)
(114)
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4. FINANCE INCOME
Interest receivable
5. FINANCE EXPENSE
2019
£000's
2018
£000's
113
255
2019
£000's
2018
£000's
Interest expense
(4)
(2)
6. DIRECTORS’ AND OFFICERS’ REMUNERATION
The Directors are regarded as the key management personnel of Mobile Streams plc. Charges in relation to
remuneration received by key management personnel for services in all capacities during the year ended 30 June 2019
are detailed in the Directors Report.
7. DIRECTORS AND EMPLOYEES
Staff costs including Directors during the year were as follows:
Wages and salaries
Social security costs
2019
£000's
2018
£000's
892
51
943
999
95
1,094
The average number of employees during the year to 30 June 2019 was as follows:
Management
Administration
Year ended
2019
Number
Year ended
2018
Number
8
5
1
13
9
18
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8. EARNINGS PER SHARE
Basic loss per share is calculated by dividing the loss or profit attributable to equity holders of the company by the
weighted average number of ordinary shares in issue during the period. For the year ended 30 June 2019, 4m (2018:
4m) options over ordinary shares have been excluded from the calculations of earnings per share; the options were
non-dilutive in both years as the company was loss-making.
Year ended
2019
Pence per share
Year ended
2018
Pence per share
Basic and Diluted loss per share
(0.368)
(1.007)
Reconciliations of the earnings and weighted average number of shares used in the calculations are set out below.
Loss for the year
2019
2018
£000's
(414)
£000's
(1,015)
For adjusted earnings per share
Loss for the year
£000's
(414)
£000's
(1,015)
Add back: share compensation expense
Add back: depreciation and amortisation
Adjusted loss for the year
3
3
(408)
5
6
(1,004)
Weighted average number of shares
For basic and diluted earnings per share
Adjusted basic and diluted Loss per share
Number of shares
112,588,149
Number of shares
100,752,533
Pence per share
(0.362)
Pence per share
(0.997)
The adjusted EPS figures have been calculated to reflect the underlying profitability of the business by excluding non-
cash charges for depreciation, amortisation, impairments and share compensation charges.
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9. INCOME TAX
The tax (credit)/charge is based on the profit before tax for the year and represents:
Foreign tax on profits of the period
Total current tax
Deferred tax:
2019
2018
£'000
(225)
£'000
3
(225)
3
Origination & reversal of timing differences: (Deferred tax charge/(credit) (Note 17))
74
81
Total Deferred tax
Total Tax benefit
Factors affecting the tax charge for the period
Loss on ordinary activities before tax
Loss multiplied by weighted average tax rate applicable
of corporation tax in the United Kingdom of 19%
Adjustment in respect of prior years - foreign tax
Prior year tax adjustments - deferred tax
Deferred tax not recognized
Tax (credit) / expense
10. DIVIDENDS
No dividends were paid or proposed during the current year or prior year.
11. TRADE AND OTHER RECEIVABLES
Trade receivables
Accrued receivables
Other debtors
74
81
(151)
84
2019
2018
£'000
£'000
(565) (931)
(107)
(177)
(225)
74
107
3
81
177
(151)
84
2019
£000's
2018
£000's
63
57
227
347
203
62
639
904
The carrying value of receivables is considered a reasonable approximation of fair value.
In addition, some of the unimpaired trade receivables are overdue as at the reporting date. The age profile of trade
receivables is as follows:
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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Within terms
Not more than 30 days
Overdue
Not more than 3 months
More than 3 months but not more than 6 months
More than 6 months but not more than 1 year
More than 1 year
Provision for doubtful debts
Provision for doubtful debts reconciliation
Opening provision for doubtful debts
Change in provision during the year
Closing provision for doubtful debts
2019
£000’s
2018
£000’s
58
79
62
8
23
244
(49)
347
143
285
154
400
(157)
904
2019
2018
£000’s
£000’s
157
(108)
49
157
-
157
Trade and other receivables that are not impaired are considered to be collectible within the Group’s payment terms,
negotiated with each customer.
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12. CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS
Cash and cash equivalents include the following components:
Argentinian company´s cash at bank and in hand
Other companies
2019
£000’s
67
48
2018
£000’s
599
440
Cash at bank and in hand
115
1,039
£Nil (2018: (£520k) is held in Government bonds that can be liquidated within 3 months. This is included in the
Argentinian cash balance.
13. TRADE AND OTHER PAYABLES
Trade payables
Other payables
Accruals and deferred income
2019
£000’s
2018
£000’s
271
119
161
551
247
116
1,047
1,410
All amounts are current. The carrying values are considered to be a reasonable approximation of fair value.
14. DEFERRED TAX ASSETS AND LIABILITIES
Balance 30
June 2017
Recognised in
consolidated
income
statement
Balance 30
June 2018
Recognised in
consolidated
income
statement
Translation
Adjustment
Balance 30
June 2019
£000’s
£000’s
£000’s
£000’s
£000’s
£000’s
14
48
-
93
155
(1)
(28)
-
(52)
(48)
13
20
-
41
74
(13)
(20)
(41)
(74)
(0)
(0)
-
0
(0)
-
Deferred tax asset:
- Expenses accrued
- Royalties
- Bonus provisions
- Others
Deferred tax asset
The deferred tax asset credit was reversed due to uncertainty over the timing of future taxable profits. The balance in
the prior year resulted from unpaid intercompany balances in Argentina, which were completely written-off during the
year to 30 June 2019.
15. SHARE CAPITAL
The Company only has one class of share. The total number of shares in issue as at 30 June 2019 is 140,752,533 (30
June 2018: 100,752,533) with a par value of £0.002 per share. All issued shares are fully paid.
The Group’s main source of capital is the parent company’s equity shares. The policy which is met by the Group is to
retain sufficient authorised share capital so as to be able to issue further shares to fund acquisitions, settle share-based
transactions and raise new funds. Share based payments relate to employee share options schemes. The schemes have
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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
restrictions on headroom so as not to dilute the value of issued shares of the Company. The Group has not raised debt
financing in the past and does not expect to do so in the future.
Allotted, called up and fully paid
In issue at 1 July 2018
Issued
In issue at 30 June 2019
Year ended
2019
Year ended
2018
100,752,533 100,752,533
40,000,000
-
140,752,533 100,752,533
The balance in the share premium account represents the proceeds received above the nominal value on the issue of
the Company's equity share capital.
16. SHARE-BASED PAYMENTS
The Group operates three share option incentive plans – an Enterprise Management Incentive Scheme, a Global Share
Option Plan and an ISO Sub Plan - in order to attract and retain key staff. The remuneration committee can grant
options over shares in the Company to employees of the Group. Options are granted with a fixed exercise price equal
to the market price of the shares under option at the date of grant and are equity settled, the contractual life of an option
is 10 years. Exercise of an option is subject to continued employment. Options are valued at date of grant using the
Black-Scholes option pricing model.
Range of exercise
prices
2019
Weighted
average
exercise price
(£)
Number of
Shares (000's)
Weighted average
remaining life
(years):
2018
Weighted average
exercise price (£)
Number of
Shares (000's)
Weighted average
remaining life
(years):
Contractual
£0 - £0.50
0.282
1,014
£0.51 - £1.00
0.640
3,487
Contractual
3.3
2.1
0.282
1,014
3.3
0.640
3,487
2.1
No share options were exercised during the year ended 30 June 2019 (2018: Nil).
The total charge for the year relating to employee share-based payment plans was £3k (2018: £5k), all of which related
to equity-settled share-based payment transactions.
17. SEGMENT REPORTING
As at 30 June 2019, the Group was organised into 4 geographical segments: Europe, North America, Latin American,
and Asia Pacific. The operating segments are organised, managed and reported to the Chief Operating Decision Maker
based on their geographical location. Revenues are from external customers only and generated from three principal
business activities: the sale of mobile content through Multi-National Organisation’s (Mobile Operator Services), the
sale of mobile content over the internet (Mobile Internet Services) and the provision of consulting and technical
services (Other Service Fees).
All operations are continuing and all inter-segment transactions are priced and carried out at arm’s length.
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The segmental results for the year ended 30 June 2019 are as follows:
£000's
Europe
Asia Pacific North America
Mobile Operator Services
Mobile Internet Services
Total Revenue
Cost of sales
Gross profit
Latin
America
-
Consol
Group
-
12
3
-
9
-
423
-
900
-
1,323
3
423
9
900
-
1,335
-
(173)
(3)
(658)
-
(834)
3
250
6
242
-
501
Selling, marketing and administration expenses
1152
409
(1,098)
(1630)
-
(1167)
Trading EBITDA*
1155
659
(1,092)
(1,388)
-
(666)
Depreciation, amortisation and impairment
-
-
-
(3)
(3)
Share based compensation
(5)
-
-
-
-
(5)
Finance income
Finance expense
Loss before tax
Taxation
Loss after tax
-
-
-
113
113
(38)
-
35
(1)
-
(4)
1,112
659
(1,057)
(1,279)
-
(565)
-
-
-
151
-
151
1,112
659
(1,057)
(1,128)
-
(414)
Segmental assets
34
27
18
383
-
462
Segmental liabilities
187
117
3
244
-
551
The segmental results for the year ended 30 June 2018 were as follows:
£000's
Europe
Asia Pacific North America
Mobile Operator Services
Mobile Internet Services
Other Service fees
Total Revenue
Cost of sales
Gross profit
2
-
1
543
31
-
Latin
America
-
2,463
Consol
Group
-
-
34
3,006
5
-
1
-
-
6
7
544
32
2,463
-
3,046
(2)
(305)
(15)
(1,546)
-
(1,868)
5
239
17
917
-
1,178
Selling, marketing and administration expenses
(4,364)
198
(98)
1,913
-
(2,351)
Trading EBITDA*
(4,359)
437
(81)
2,830
-
(1,173)
Depreciation, amortisation and impairment
-
-
-
(6)
(6)
Share based compensation
(5)
-
-
-
-
(5)
Finance income
Finance expense
Loss before tax
Taxation
Loss after tax
-
-
-
255
255
(39)
-
39
(2)
-
(2)
(4,403)
437
(42)
3,077
-
(931)
-
-
-
(84)
-
(84)
(4,403)
437
(42)
2,993
-
(1,015)
Segmental assets
123
273
202
1,426
-
2,024
Segmental liabilities
161
73
302
1,087
-
1,623
* Earnings before interest, tax, depreciation, amortization, impairments of assets and share compensation
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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
The totals presented in the Group’s operating region segments reconcile to the Group's key financial figures as
presented in its financial statements as follows:
Segment revenues
Total segment revenues
Group’s revenues
Segment results
Total segment Loss after tax
Group’s Loss after tax
Segment assets
Total segment assets
Consolidation eliminations
Group’s assets
Segment liabilities
Total segment liabilities
Consolidation eliminations
Group’s liabilities
2019
2018
£000’s
£000’s
1,335
3,046
1,335
3,046
(414)
(1,015)
(414)
(1,015)
462
-
2,024
-
462
2,024
551
-
1,623
-
551
1,623
Revenue in Argentina represents 65% of the total revenue of the Group (2018: 76%); then India 31% (2018: 17.6%),
Mexico 3.1% (2018: 4.6%) and the rest of the companies 0.9%. One main customer in Argentina comprises 65% of
total Group revenue (2018: 76%).
18. CAPITAL COMMITMENTS
The Group has no capital commitments as at 30 June 2019 (30 June 2018: £Nil).
19. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
Key Management
The only related party transactions that occurred during the year were the remuneration of senior management disclosed
in the Remuneration Committee Report.
20. RISK MANAGEMENT OBJECTIVES AND POLICIES
The Group is exposed to currency and liquidity risk, which result from both its operating and investing activities. The
Group's risk management is coordinated in close co-operation with the Board and focuses on actively securing the
Group's short to medium term cash flows by minimising the exposure to financial markets. The most significant
financial risks to which the Group is exposed are described below. Also refer to the accounting policies.
Foreign currency risk
The Group is exposed to transaction foreign exchange risk. The currencies where the Group is most exposed to
volatility are US Dollars, Argentine Peso, Mexican Peso, Indian Rupee and Colombian Peso.
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Currently no hedging instruments are used. The Company will continue to review its currency risk position as the
overall business profile changes.
Foreign currency denominated financial assets and liabilities, which are all short-term in nature and translated into
local currency at the closing rate, are as follows.
2019
000’s
AUS
£
USD
£
ARS
£
Other
£
USD
£
AUS
£
ARS
£
2018
000’s
18
-
366
44
158
5
757
(3)
-
(190)
(171)
(302)
(18)
(498)
15
-
176
(127)
(144)
(13)
259
Other
£
428
(644)
(216)
Nominal amounts
Financial assets
Financial liabilities
Short-term exposure
Percentage movements for the period in the exchange rates for the British Pound to US Dollar, Australian Dollar and
Argentine Peso are below. These percentages have been determined based on the average exchange rates during the
period.
US Dollar
Australian Dollar
Argentine Peso
Liquidity risk
2019
4%
-2%
-31%
2018
-1%
-5%
-43%
The Group seeks to manage financial risk by ensuring sufficient liquidity is available to meet foreseeable needs.
Management prepares cash flow forecasts which are reviewed at Board meetings to ensure liquidity. The Group has
no borrowing arrangements.
As at 30 June 2019, the Group’s financial liabilities were all current and have contractual maturities as follows:
30 June 2019
Trade and other payables
Within 6 months
£000’s
390
6 to 12 months
£000’s
-
The maturity of the Group’s financial liabilities, which were all current at the previous year end, was as follows:
Trade and other payables
Within 6 months
6 to 12 months
£000’s
363
£000’s
-
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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Capital Management Disclosures
Management assesses the Group’s capital requirements in order to maintain an efficient overall financing structure
while avoiding excessive leverage. The Group manages the capital structure and makes adjustments to it in the light
of changes in economic conditions and the risk characteristics of the underlying assets. In order to maintain or adjust
the capital structure, the Group could return capital to shareholders or issue new shares.
The Group considers its capital to comprise the following:
Ordinary Share capital
Share premium
Translation reserve
Retained earnings
21. FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS
2019
£000's
2018
£000's
280 201
12,610 12,550
(4,005)
(3,786)
(8,974)
(8,563)
(89)
402
The Company’s financial instruments comprise primarily cash and various items such as trade debtors and trade
payables which arise directly from operations. The main purpose of these financial instruments is to provide working
capital for the Company’s operations. The Company does not utilise complex financial instruments or hedging
mechanisms.
The tables below set out the Group’s accounting classification of each class of its financial assets and liabilities.
2019
£000’s
Financial Assets at amortised cost
Accrued Receivables
Trade receivables
Cash and Cash equivalents
Total
57
63
115
235
Financial Liabilities at amortised cost
Trade Creditors
Accrued content costs
Other Accrued liabilities
Total
(271)
(91)
(70)
(432)
2018
£000’s
62
203
1,039
1,304
(247)
(553)
(494)
(1,294)
All of the above financial assets’ carrying values are approximate to their fair values, as at 30 June 2019 and 2018.
In the view of management, all of the above financial liabilities’ carrying values approximate to their fair values as at
30 June 2019 and 2018.
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22. ULTIMATE CONTROLLING PARTY
The Directors do not consider there to be an ultimate controlling party due to the composition of the share register.
23. EVENTS AFTER THE REPORTING DATE
Following the year end, the Company raised £0.25m before expenses through a Placing in November 2019 and
extinguished amounts owing of £201k. The Placing was accompanied by the appointment of new advisers and a
strengthening of the Board.
On 30 March 2020 a Firm Placing was announced, to raise £78,750 (before the deduction of fees and expenses) through
the issue of 98,437,500 ordinary shares at 0.08 pence per share (the "Placing"). Each Firm Placing share will be issued
with one warrant exercisable at 0.2 pence per share for a period of two years from the date of admission of these new
shares to AIM, which is expected to be on or around 6 April.
Also on 30 March 2020, a Conditional Placing was announced to raise £145,000 (before the deduction of fees and
expenses) through the issue of 182,812,500 ordinary shares at 0.08 pence per share (the " Conditional Placing"). Each
Conditional Placing share will be issued with one warrant exercisable at 0.2 pence per share for a period of two years
from the date of admission of these new shares to AIM, which is expected to be on or around 1 May.
The Directors have considered the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the business, and at the time of writing revenues
have not been affected. All our staff work from home, and the online nature of the existing business, both in terms of
content delivery and revenue collection, means that we do not envisage any disruption to the business unless a
prolonged economic downturn results in a rise in cancellations. Marketing of the Krunch Data platform is also largely
remote, although in the short term demand could be affected as clients themselves respond to the emerging situation.
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INDEPENDENT AUDITOR’S REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF MOBILE STREAMS PLC
INDEPENDENT AUDITOR’S REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF MOBILE STREAMS PLC
Opinion
We have audited the financial statements of Mobile Streams plc (the ‘parent company’) for the year ended 30 June
2019 which comprise the parent company Statement of Financial Position, the parent company Statement of Changes
in Equity 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 United Kingdom Accounting
Standards, including Financial Reporting Standard 101 Reduced Disclosure Framework (United Kingdom Generally
Accepted Accounting Practice).
In our opinion, the parent company financial statements:
•
•
•
give a true and fair view of the state of the parent company’s affairs as at 30 June 2019;
have been properly prepared in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice;
and
have been prepared in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006.
Basis for opinion
We conducted our audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing (UK) (ISAs (UK)) and applicable law.
Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the Auditor’s responsibilities for the audit of the
financial statements section of our report. We are independent of the parent 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.
Conclusions relating to going concern
We have nothing to report in respect of the following matters in relation to which the ISAs (UK) require us to report
to you where:
•
appropriate; or
the directors’ use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is not
•
the directors have not disclosed in the financial statements any identified material uncertainties that may cast
significant doubt about the parent company’s ability to continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting for a
period of at least twelve months from the date when the financial statements are authorised for issue.
Our application of materiality
The company materiality for the financial statements as a whole was set at £18,000. Loss before tax was used as the
basis for materiality given the nature of the Company. Performance materiality was calculated at 70% (£12,600) of
materiality for the financial statements as a whole as we were appointed as auditors on 14 November 2019 and this is
the first year to be audited by us. We have agreed with those charged with governance that we would report any
individual audit difference in excess of £900 as well as differences below this threshold that, in our view, warranted
reporting on qualitative grounds.
An overview of the scope of our audit
In designing our audit, we determined materiality and assessed the risk of material misstatement in the group financial
statements. In particular, we looked at areas involving significant accounting estimates and judgements by the directors.
These areas were however not considered to constitute Key Audit Matters. 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 misstatements due to fraud.
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INDEPENDENT AUDITOR’S REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF MOBILE STREAMS PLC
Key audit matters
We have determined that there are no key audit matters to communicate in our report.
Other information
The other information comprises the information included in the annual report, other than the financial statements and
our auditor’s report thereon. The directors are responsible for the other information. Our opinion on the parent company
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 parent
company financial statements are prepared is consistent with the parent company financial statements; and
the strategic report and the directors’ report have been prepared in accordance with applicable legal
requirements.
Matters on which we are required to report by exception
In the light of the knowledge and understanding of the 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, the directors are responsible for the preparation of
the parent company 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 parent company financial statements, the directors are responsible for assessing the 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 parent company or to cease operations,
or have no realistic alternative but to do so.
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INDEPENDENT AUDITOR’S REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF MOBILE STREAMS PLC
Auditor’s responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as a whole are free from
material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor’s report that includes our opinion.
Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with
ISAs (UK) will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and
are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic
decisions of users taken on the basis of these financial statements.
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.
Other matter
We have reported separately on the group financial statements of Mobile Streams plc for the year ended 30 June 2020.
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.
Joseph Archer (Senior Statutory Auditor)
For and on behalf of PKF Littlejohn LLP
Statutory Auditor
30 March 2020
15 Westferry Circus
Canary Wharf
London
E14 4HD
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COMPANY STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION
Fixed assets
Investments in subsidiaries
Total fixed assets
Current assets
Trade and other receivables
Cash and cash equivalents
Other assets
Total current assets
Trade and other payables
Current Liabilities
30 June 2019
£000’s
30 June 2018
£000’s
1
-
-
-
-
2
24
10
-
20
147
5
34
172
3
(187)
(1,899)
(187)
(1,899)
(Net Liabilities) / Net assets
(153)
(1,727)
Capital and reserves
Called up share capital
Share premium
Profit and loss account
Shareholders deficit / Shareholders funds
4
5
280
12,610
200
12,550
(13,043)
(14,477)
(153)
(1,727)
The parent Company has taken advantage of Section 408 of the Companies Act 2006 and has not included its own
Statement of Comprehensive Income account in these financial statements. The parent Company’s recognised profit
for the year ended 30 June 2019 was £1,431k.
The notes on pages 46 to 49 form part of these financial statements.
The financial statements were approved by the Board of Directors on 30 March 2020.
E Benasso
Chief Financial Officer
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COMPANY STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY
At 1 July 2017
Issue of shares
Loss for the year
Share based payments - share options
At 30 June 2018
At 1 July 2018
Issue of shares
Share
capital
account
£000
Share
premium
account
£000
Profit
and loss
account
£000
Total
£000
182
12,463
(10,596)
2,140
18
-
-
87
-
-
-
(3,977)
6
105
(3,977)
6
200
12,550
(14,477)
(1,727)
200
12,550
(14,477)
(1,727)
80
60
-
140
Profit for the year
Share based payments - share options
-
-
-
-
1,431
3
1,431
3
At 30 June 2019
280
12,610
(13,043)
(153)
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COMPANY FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Statement of compliance
These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with applicable accounting standards and in accordance
with Financial Reporting Standard 101 – “Reduced Disclosure Framework” (FRS 101) The principal accounting
policies adopted in the preparation of these financial statements are set out below. These policies have all been applied
consistently throughout the year unless otherwise stated.
The financial statements have been prepared on a historical cost basis. The financial statements are presented in Sterling
(£) and have been presented in round thousands (£’000).
In preparing these financial statements the Company has taken advantage of all disclosure exemptions conferred by
FRS 101. Therefore, these financial statements do not include:
1. A statement of cash flows and related notes
2. The requirements of IAS 24 related party disclosures to disclose related party transactions entered in to between
two or more members of the group as they are wholly owned within the group.
3. The effect of future accounting standards not adopted.
4. Certain share based payment disclosures.
5. Disclosures in relation to impairment of assets.
6. Disclosures in respect of financial instruments (other than disclosures required as a result of recording financial
instruments at fair value).
Additionally, the consolidated Group prepares accounts under IFRS which should be read in conjunction with these
statements.
Basis of preparation
The financial statements have been prepared on the historical cost basis. The principal accounting policies are set out
below. The company has applied the exemption under section 408 of the Companies Act 2006 and has not included
the individual profit and loss account statement in the financial statements.
Going concern
In common with the Going Concern disclosures in the Group financial statements, the Company financial statements
have been prepared on a going concern basis, which assumes that the Group and the Company will continue in
operational existence for the foreseeable future, being 12 months from the date of sign-off of these accounts.
The Group and Company use annual budgeting, forecasting and regular performance reviews to assess the longer term
profitability of the Group and make strategic and commercial changes as required ensuring cash resources are
maintained. Although there was a significant fall in revenues and a loss for the year ending 30 June 2019, the Group
actively manages its use of cash, particularly marketing and other expenditure. Post year-end and following the change
in Directors the Group has raised funds through the issue of new equity.
After consideration of the above the Directors consider that the continued adoption of the going concern basis is
appropriate.
INVESTMENTS IN SUBSIDIARIES
Investments in subsidiaries are stated in the Company’s consolidated statement of financial position at cost less
provisions for impairment.
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COMPANY FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
COMPANY PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT
The parent Company has taken advantage of Section 408 of the Companies Act 2006 and has not included its own
profit and loss account in these financial statements. The parent Company’s recognised profit for the year ended 30
June 2019 was £1,413,000.
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NOTES TO COMPANY FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
1. INVESTMENT IN SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
30 June 2019
£000’s
30 June 2018
£000’s
Cost
3,636
3,636
Accumulated impairment
(3,636)
(3,616)
Net Book Value after impairment
-
-
Investments in subsidiaries are reviewed for impairment when events indicate the carrying amount may not be
recoverable and are accounted for in the Company’s financial statements at cost less accumulated impairment losses.
Investments in Subsidiary undertakings comprise:
Subsidiary
Mobile Streams Inc.
Appitalism, Inc.
Mobile Streams de Argentina SRL
Mobile Streams Chile Limitada
Mobile Streams Columbia Limitada.
Mobile Streams of Mexico de CV
The Nickels Group Inc.
Mobile Streams Venezuela SA
Mobile Streams Australia Pty Limited
Mobile Streams (Hong Kong) Limited
Mobile Streams Singapore Limited
Mobile Streams India Private Limited
Proportion held
Directly by
Mobile
Streams plc
By other
Group
companies
Total held
by Group
Country of
incorporation
Status
100%
100%
50%
50%
50%
50%
-
100%
-
100%
-
99.99%
-
-
50%
50%
50%
50%
100%
-
100%
-
100%
-
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
USA
Active
USA
Active
Argentina
Chile
Colombia
Mexico
USA
Active
Closed
Active
Active
Closed
100%
Venezuela
Closed
100%
Australia
Active
100%
Hong Kong
Active
100%
Singapore
Closed
99.99%
India
Active
All the subsidiaries’ issued shares were ordinary shares and their principal activities were the distribution of licensed
mobile phone content.
The registered offices addresses are:
Mobile Streams plc
125 Wood Street
London
EC2V 7AW
Mobile Streams, Inc.
PO Box 471191
Celebration
FL 34747-4679
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NOTES TO COMPANY FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
Mobile Streams Australia PTY LTD
ABN: 11 095 019 748
Level 13, Macquarie House
167 Macquarie St
Sydney NSW 2000
AUSTRALIA
Mobile Streams Hong Kong Limited
B8, 10/F Proficient Industrial Center
6 Wang Kwun Rd
Kowloon Bay, Hong Kong
Mobile Streams Singapore PTE LTD
House 101 - Upper Cross Street #05-35
People´s Park Centre
Singapore 058357
Mobile Streams Argentina SRL
Viamonte 1815 3rd Floor appt G
Ciudad Autonoma de Buenos Aires
Republica Argentina
Mobile Streams India:
2106, Wing A, Bldg/2, Raheja Willows, CHS L,
Birchwood, Akruli Rd, Kandivali East, Maharashtra,
India
Mobile Streams Colombia
AV. CRA 13 No. 69-74 OF. 701
Municipio Bogota D.C..
Colombia
Mobile Streams Mexico
Calle Florencia No. 57, 3° Piso,
Colonia Juarez, Delegacion Cuauhtemoc, Ciudad de Mexico, C.P. 06600.
Mexico
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NOTES TO COMPANY FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
2019
£000’s
2018
£000’s
24
18
-
2
24
20
2019
£000’s
2018
£000’s
129
105
-
1,738
58
56
187
1,899
2. DEBTORS
Trade debtors
Other debtors
We estimate these receivables are fully recoverable during the next year.
3. CREDITORS
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
Trade creditors
Amounts owed to group undertakings
Accruals and deferred income
4. SHARE CAPITAL
For details of share capital refer to note 15 to the Group financial statements.
5. SHARE PREMIUM ACCOUNT
For details of share capital refer to note 15 to the Group financial statements.
6. CAPITAL COMMITMENTS
The Company has no capital commitments at 30 June 2019 (2018: Nil).
7. CONTINGENT LIABILITIES
As at 30 June 2019 there were no contingent liabilities (2018: Nil).
8. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
During the year the Company remunerated the Directors and Officers as disclosed in note 7 in the consolidated financial
statements.
The company is taking advantage of the exemption per IAS 24 which does not require disclosure of transactions entered
into between members of a group when one of the transacting parties is a wholly owned subsidiary.
9. DIRECTORS AND EMPLOYEES
The average number of employees during the year to 30 June 2019 was as follows:
Year ended
2019
Number
Year ended
2018
Number
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NOTES TO COMPANY FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
Management
Administration
2
-
2
2
-
2
50