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2018

Optimising 
performance

Annual Report and  
Accounts 2018

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Through innovative products, 
Trakm8 collects billions of miles 
worth of data annually.

Trakm8 analyses data  
and provides actionable 
insights to customers  
so that they improve 
efficiency and reduce risk.

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Highlights

Financial

Revenue 

Adjusted profit before tax 

£30.1m
12% £26.8m

Increase:

2017:

£2.8m
142% £1.2m

Increase:

2017:

Profit before tax 

Cash generated from operations 

£1.2m
69% £0.7m

Increase:

2017:

£4.7m
608% £0.7m

Increase:

2017:

Adjusted earnings per share 

Basic earnings per share 

8.19p
41% 5.81p

Increase:

2017:

4.40p
02% 4.51p

Decrease:

2017:

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Highlights 
At a Glance 
Executive Chairman’s Statement 
Our Strategy 
Strategy in Action 
Market Overview 
Accelerating Growth 
Driving Value 
Finance Director’s Report 
Key Performance Indicators 
Corporate Social Responsibility 
Risk Management Framework 
Principal Risk and Uncertainties 

Governance Report

Board of Directors 
Board of Directors and Committees 

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Operational

•  Successful exit from non-core Contract 

Electronics Manufacturing (‘CEM’) activities.

•  Achieved planned reduction of annual 
operating costs by £1.5m with savings 
reinvested into sales and marketing – 
particularly in Fleet Management.

•  Core telematics business revenue (‘Solutions 
Revenue’) grew by 26% and Group adjusted 
profit before tax grew by 142%.

•  Recurring service revenue increased by 10%.
•  Solutions Revenue now represents 90% of 

total revenue (FY-2017: 80%).

•  Over 251,000 connected units in operation 

(FY-2017: 190,000).

•  Launch of Trakm8’s Insight software 

platform and RoadHawk 600 4G integrated 
telematics camera.

•  New contract wins with Intelematics, 

Mecalac and Calor Gas UK; and contract 
extensions with Iceland Foods, Marmalade, 
and Direct Line Group.

•  Maintained considerable investment in R&D.
•  Further streamlining of operational activities 
to Coleshill and Prague through the closure 
of Trakm8’s Bodmin and Livingston offices.
•  Board strengthened with the appointment of 

new Finance Director.

Outlook

•  Due to customer inventory build-up in 

Q4-2018 and the terminated CEM activities, 
revenue for the first half of FY-2019 is 
expected to be below the figure reported  
at H1-2018 although the full year result is 
anticipated to be in line with market 
expectations and higher than FY-2018.
•  The new financial year has begun with a 
new contract award from Intelematics 
Australia, a contract extension from FMG 
and a positive growth in connections.

•  Trakm8 has decided to expand its existing 
facilities in Coleshill to meet demand for 
both product and people resources.

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Independent auditors’ report to the 
members of Trakm8 Holdings Plc 
Consolidated Statement of 
Comprehensive Income 
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Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity 
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Consolidated Statement of Financial Position 
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Consolidated Statement of Cash-Flows 
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements  41
Parent Company Statement of 
Financial Position 
Parent Company Statement of  
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At a Glance

Connected business

A pure-play telematics data provider

Trakm8 is a UK-based big data 
Company. As leaders in the fleet 
management, insurance and 
automotive sectors, we enable 
businesses to enhance their 
operations through a wide-range 
of telematics, camera and 
optimisation solutions. Collecting 
data through intellectual property 
(‘IP’)-owned hardware, Trakm8 
fine-tunes algorithms and creates 
solutions that assist private drivers 
and commercial fleets with the 
reduction of risk, fuel consumption 
and insurance premiums, while 
improving productivity, safety  
and compliance.

Fleet and Optimisation

FLEET
A combination of telematics, cameras and 
route optimisation and scheduling software 
empowers businesses to make informed 
decisions about fleet operations – and to 
tackle a diverse range of obstacles.  
Benefits to fleets include the introduction  
of safer driving practices, reductions in  
fuel, obtaining lower insurance premiums, 
having a smaller carbon footprint and 
automating administrative tasks.

OPTIMISATION
Through the development and 
application of pioneering algorithms, 
we are able to improve the operational 
efficiency and productivity of our 
customers. Our optimisation algorithms 
can be administered to a number of 
sectors including transport and logistics, 
energy management, mobility and 
electric vehicles (‘EVs’).

Number of connected units 

73,000

2017: 66,000

 See page 14 for more information

PIONEERING SOLUTIONS
The Group’s product portfolio includes a range 
of telematics devices, from self-install dongles 
to the new 4G integrated telematics camera, 
the RoadHawk 600. We currently have over a 
quarter of a million devices in operation.

 See page 08 for more about the RoadHawk 600

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Insurance and Automotive

INSURANCE
Insurers and brokers use our telematics 
hardware and data to better calculate 
risk among policyholders. Our self-install 
devices monitor high-risk driving styles 
and enable businesses to calculate relative 
premiums based on real-world driving 
data. In addition, telematics devices 
combined with our leading algorithms 
allow insurance companies to speed up 
and better control the first notification of 
loss (‘FNOL’) claims process.

AUTOMOTIVE
Our automotive team works with 
businesses to supply connected vehicle 
technologies to its end users. Automotive 
solutions include the remote identification 
of vehicle and battery faults, breakdown 
assistance apps, and reminders for MOT 
dates, servicing and tax renewals.

Number of connected units 

178,000

2017: 124,000

CLIENTS
The Group has built client relationships 
with large corporates, SMEs, down 
to sole traders either directly or via 
partners who provide intermediary 
marketing support. These relationships 
often enable us to cross-sell solutions 
and facilitate a high rate of contract 
renewals and extensions.

 See pages 14 to 15 for more information

Solutions Revenue

£26.8m

2017: £21.3m

Fleet and Optimisation

Insurance and Automotive

£14.2m

£12.6m

 See pages 50 for more information

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Executive Chairman’s Statement

A year of strong progress

Optimising both our and our customers’ operations

FY-2018 was a year of strong progress for 
Trakm8. During the year we successfully exited 
from all Contract Electronics Manufacturing 
(‘CEM’) and third-party hardware supply to 
focus on our core telematics services without 
distraction and associated overheads. The 
benefits of this increased focus are already 
coming through and provided the necessary 
capacity for the second half growth in device 
demand. This demand came through later 
than originally expected, but fully utilised our 
production capacity in the last two months of 
the year.

The revenues of the core telematics business 
grew by 26% and the Group adjusted profit 
before tax grew by 142%. Connections grew 
by 32% to 251,000. Revenues generated from 
providing data and analytics services 
increased by 10%.

We also started the year with the ambition to 
reduce annual operations costs by £1.5m, 
which by the half year we had fully achieved 
and delivered full year savings of £2m. We 
repurposed that saving into increased sales 
and marketing expenditure with a particular 
focus on Fleet activities. As a result, we have 
seen an increase in new contracts and 
extensions including those from 
ScottishPower, General Traffic, COLAS CZ, 
HW Martin Group, and Strategic Analytics 
Team. We have also secured many contracts 
within the SME and small fleet sector via our 
digital sales strategy. We decided to maintain 
the significant level of R&D spend that we had 
established the previous year. We are 
confident that these two initiatives will drive 
Trakm8’s future growth. The operational cost 
reduction focus has continued with the closure 
of our offices in Bodmin and Livingston, 
consolidating those activities in Coleshill and 
Prague with the additional benefit of close 
cooperation between the teams. We have 
embarked on implementing a new ERP 
system, provided by Epicor, which we expect 
will lead to further efficiency improvements.

The investment in sales and marketing 
expense was rewarded with a wide range of 
contract extensions and new customer 
contract awards both in the UK and 
internationally. The pipeline is strong and the 
Sales and Marketing teams have continued to 
expand. Trakm8 launched its first fully 

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John Watkins
Executive Chairman

The revenues of the core telematics business 
grew by 26% and the Group adjusted profit 
before tax grew by 142%. Connections grew  
by 32% to 251,000. Revenues generated from 
providing data and analytics services  
increased by 10%.

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Products
Product sales are predominantly revenue from 
CEM, along with hardware-only sales to other 
telematics service providers and integrators 
and sales of third-party manufactured camera 
products. We terminated all CEM contracts 
during FY-2018 and as a result, total product 
revenues reduced by 41% to £3.3m (2017: 
£5.5m). Consequently, Product sales 
accounted for just 10% of total revenues down 
from 20% in FY-2017.

Included in FY-2018 is £2m of revenues from 
the terminated CEM activities and therefore 
this will be the last year that we report Product 
sales as a category. The migration to a 
Telematics Service Provider is now complete.

Research and development (‘R&D’)
Trakm8 has maintained the significant level of 
investment in R&D from the previous year. 
Although as a percentage of revenue this is 
reducing, the Board believes that this level of 
investment is necessary to retain a portfolio of 
market-leading technology. Trakm8 continues 
to focus on owning the intellectual property 
(‘IP’) we use in our solutions, and we see this 
as one of our key competitive advantages. 
Telematics systems are complex; but because 
we own all the elements that encompass a 
solution (with the exception of the mobile 
networks) we have the ability to understand 
and resolve problems more easily than our 
competitors.

The R&D investment has concentrated on 
building out the capability of the Insight 
platform to provide best-in-class data analytics 
and customer experience, creating algorithms 
with increasingly accurate driver profiling for 
efficiency and risk, crash detection and video 
feature recognition. All the technologies within 
the Group are now consolidated into a single 
solution. Trakm8 also expects to launch soon 
a range of devices with new and enhanced 
functionality and smaller size to address 
market opportunities not currently served.

As identified in previous years, the requirement 
to do more for less cost remains a key strategy 
as this widens the opportunity to expand the rate 
of growth as the ROI for our customers improves.

Dividend
The Group does not propose to recommend a 
dividend for the year at the forthcoming Annual 
General Meeting. However, the Board will 
continue to review its dividend policy in light of 
future results and investment requirements.

People
The number of people Trakm8 employs has 
reduced slightly during FY-2018 as reductions 
in operational headcount were partially offset by 
increases in our customer service, sales and 
marketing teams. In total our staff numbers 
have reduced by 8% over the year. As a result, 
revenue per employee increased by 22%.

internet-based sales strategy in the UK, under 
the Trakm8 Prime banner, and traction of this 
has been good.

The investment in engineering resources has 
delivered market-leading software and 
hardware solutions. Trakm8’s Insight platform, 
which was launched with Iceland Foods and 
Calor Gas UK, provides superb customer 
experience and data, enabling vehicle 
operators to significantly improve operational 
efficiencies and reduction in risk. Insight is 
available as a mobile app experience as well 
as via web portals. The RoadHawk 600 
integrated telematics and camera product is 
the first in the UK using 4G technology and 
has been implemented by large and small 
enterprises. 3,000 units were deployed in the 
second half of the year. The latest self-fit 
telematics devices, both in 2G and 4G, have 
best-in-class functionality and fit rates; they 
are being deployed in volume across Europe 
and Asia by major customers.

Solutions
Solutions sales are the core of our telematics 
offerings and comprise revenues from 
customers where they pay for service fees in 
addition to the cost of the hardware, 
installation and other bespoke services. 
Revenues increased by 26% to £26.8m 
(FY-2017: £21.3m). Recurring service revenues 
grew by 10% to £10.8m. Solutions revenues 
increased from 80% of the Group’s total 
revenues in 2017 to 90% in FY-2018.

In total, we had in excess of 251,000 
connections (FY-2017: 190,000) at the 
year-end. Our solutions sales cover both the 
fleet management/optimisation and insurance/
automotive market sectors. The total fleet 
management connections increased by 11% 
over the year to 73,000 (FY-2017: 66,000). 
Telematics for insurance/automotive is 
experiencing higher levels of growth. At the 
year-end we had 178,000 insurance/
automotive connections (FY-2017: 124,000), 
which is an increase of 44%.

The key outcomes in the year were the 
contract renewal with Direct Line Group,  
new contract awards with Intelematics Europe 
and Calor Gas UK, along with the contract 
extension with Iceland Foods. A contract  
was also secured with a leading global vehicle 
leasing company to supply devices based  
on our Trakm8connectedcare software  
and hardware.

We have continued to invest in our software 
solutions, algorithms and devices, ensuring 
that Trakm8 retains market-leading solutions 
with the widest and deepest offer in the 
market today.

Post-period end, we have announced a 
contract with Intelematics Australia and a 
contract extension with FMG.

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It has been a demanding year as the Group has 
worked through the very high levels of change. 
We have an exceptional team and I would like to 
thank everyone for their hard work, dedication 
and contribution to the ongoing success of the 
business.

Outlook
Our focus is on organic growth driven by the 
implementation of the strategy outlined above 
and we continue to make solid progress.  
The new financial year has started very much 
as the previous year left off with new contract 
awards and growth in connections. The final 
£2m reduction in revenues related to 
terminated CEM activities will impact FY2019, 
but we are positive that the growth of our 
Telematics Services will more than offset this 
over the full year. The £2m year-on-year 
reduction in discontinued CEM activities is 
mostly a first half reduction.

Due to customer inventory build-up in 
Q4-FY2018 and the terminated CEM activities, 
revenue for the first half of FY-2019 is expected 
to be below the figure reported at H1-2018 
although the full year result is anticipated to be 
in line with market expectations and higher 
than FY-2018.

To ensure that we can meet the demand 
expected over the coming years, both for 
manufactured product and people resources, 
Trakm8 has decided to expand its existing 
manufacturing and distribution facilities in 
Coleshill. During FY-2019, Trakm8 will expect 
to invest over £1.5m to create state-of-the-art 
facilities, to increase capacity to circa 1m 
devices per annum - and do so with high 
levels of automation in assembly and test.

We expect to expand our international 
business in Europe and Asia, whilst continuing 
to grow our domestic business in the UK. 
Overall, we expect that the percentage of 
connections from outside the UK will grow.  
In addition, we will continue to invest in our 
digital sales strategy.

The pipeline of features for the Insight data 
platform and camera products is strong, so we 
expect to maintain our position as a provider 
of market-leading solutions.

The Board is confident that FY-2019 will result 
in further progress and growth as we deliver 
our strategy and is confident of meeting 
market expectations for the year.

John Watkins
Executive Chairman
29 June 2018

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Our Strategy

Providing customers with  
rich and actionable insights

Through investment in our products and people, Trakm8 aims  
to deliver the highest-quality solutions to the global market

Our goal
To provide businesses with 
the information they need to 
optimise and improve their 
operations.

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DELIVERING A CUTTING-EDGE 
SOLUTIONS PORTFOLIO
We plan to continue the current level of 
investment in research and development 
in order to maintain our market-leading 
product portfolio and meet the demands  
of our customers. 

INCREASING OUR  
MARKET SHARE
The Group will continue to expand the 
number of connections in operation, 
with a particular focus on expanding 
outside of the UK.

To ensure we react rapidly to 
market trends, we continually 
invest in our hardware and 
software. This approach makes 
our offering truly unique.

Tim Cowley
Group Strategy Director

Progress in 2018
We focused heavily on integrating our 
existing solutions with the newly launched 
Insight and RoadHawk 600 products.  
The year saw the successful integration  
of our route optimisation and scheduling 
algorithms, driver ID and tachograph 
solutions with new products, making the 
Group’s offering truly unique. We are now 
manufacturing our Connect 300 device 
which offers easier installation and 
improved mobile coverage for end users  
of our insurance and automotive solutions.

Focus for 2019
We will continue developing current 
products and solutions to ensure we meet 
and react to the demands of our customers 
and market trends. This strategy will see 
further investment in algorithms and 
software to increase relevance of 
propositions to market; improved features 
for our Trakm8connectedcare solution; the 
next-generation crash detection algorithms; 
and the continued development of 
Advanced Driver-Assistance Systems 
(‘ADAS’). In order to achieve this, we will 
maintain our current levels of investment in 
R&D, but anticipate that this will reduce 
over time as a percentage of revenues to 
10%. We will also consider the integration 
of new services including fuel management, 
insurance, and vehicle servicing.

 See pages 08 to 09 for more information

Progress in 2018
The total number of units in operation 
increased by 32% in FY-2018. The 
launch of our Insight and RoadHawk 
600 solutions at the end of 2017 
provided the Group with a number of 
significant opportunities throughout the 
year. The Group secured major 
contract wins with Iceland Foods and 
Calor Gas, which contributed to the 
3,000 RoadHawk 600 devices installed 
at year-end. The Group invested 
significantly in Sales and Marketing 
resources during the year, with costs 
increasing by 54%.

Focus for 2019
Increased investment in sales and 
marketing will allow us to maximise 
solution sales via our targeted routes to 
market, including: direct sales, channel 
and via our relaunched digital strategy. 
A modest increase in sales team 
headcount will ensure the Group 
maximizes value from existing client 
partnerships to boost further sales 
opportunities; while ensuring our order 
pipeline from new customers remains 
strong. As we introduce new integrated 
services and further develop our digital 
sales platform, we aim to expand 
geographically in Europe and Asia.

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Trakm8 Insight is a market-
leading software platform that 
processes data from telematics 
devices, connected cameras and 
mobile apps and displays them 
in digestible and user-friendly 
dashboards.

Designed for SMEs and smaller 
fleets, Trakm8 Prime is the only 
UK-based telematics solution 
available to buy entirely online.

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STREAMLINING OUR 
INTERNAL OPERATIONS
The Group will continue to focus on 
improving operational efficiencies and 
its cost as a percentage of revenues.

Progress in 2018
As outlined in 2017, we successfully 
reduced our annual operating costs by 
£1.5m and eliminated the Group’s 
non-core Contract Electronics 
Manufacturing operations in their 
entirety. The closure of Trakm8’s 
Livingston and Bodmin offices and the 
consolidation of the Group’s subsidiary 
companies into reduced trading entities 
also contributed to a further £0.5m 
reduction in operating costs.

Focus in 2019
We will be implementing an Enterprise 
Level ERP system which will continue to 
transform our internal operations and 
processes, in order to provide the 
foundation for our next stage of growth. 
In addition, we will be investing in 
world-leading manufacturing operations 
through new machinery and facilities to 
drive high levels of automation in 
assembly and test.

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Strategy in Action

Seamless integration

Delivering a cutting-edge solutions portfolio

This year saw the official launch of 
two major innovations; our new web 
portal Trakm8 Insight and the 
RoadHawk 600.

Insight enables fleet owners to access 
telematics data, camera footage, and 
optimise the routes and schedules of 
their vehicles – all in one place.

The RoadHawk 600 is Trakm8’s 4G 
telematics camera, which was 
officially launched at the Commercial 
Vehicle Show 2018. The RoadHawk 
600 combines all of the rich data 
collected by our leading telematics 
devices with a cutting-edge in-cab 
camera system.

Insight seamlessly integrates a 
number of technologies to create an 
easy-to-procure, one-stop platform 
for fleet managers and transport 
planners. The amalgamation  
of telematics, optimisation and  
video data in a single-source  
solution is a truly unique offering  
for the fleet sector.

The RoadHawk 600 is a very 
powerful piece of hardware which  
is the culmination of years of 
development from our engineering 
teams to amalgamate two highly 
sought-after products into one 
compact device.

Colin Ferguson
Managing Director of Fleet and Optimisation

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RoadHawk 600 devices 
currently in operation 

3,000 

Insight
Insight is Trakm8’s next generation telematics 
platform built to meet the needs of the global 
Automotive, Insurance, Fleet and Transport 
markets. Fully modular, Insight delivers 
solutions ranging from individual services to 
full telematics programmes.

Insight is capable of processing massive 
quantities of data received from telematics 
units, connected cameras and mobile 
applications.  As well as receiving data from 
Trakm8 developed devices, Insight also 
receives data from third party devices, directly 
from Original Equipment Manufacturers 
(‘OEMs’) or from third-party applications via  
a telematics API.

Data received by Insight is geo-coded before 
being passed through a range of algorithms 
developed by our in-house data science team 
that perform tasks such as optimisation, driver 
risk scoring, detecting road traffic accidents 
and monitoring battery health. Vehicles 
equipped with Trakm8 devices may also benefit 
from the Trakm8connectedcare programme 
which utilises on-board vehicle data to predict 
breakdowns, manage service scheduling, 
monitor fuel usage and monitor the odometer.

Using these algorithms, millions of data points 
are concentrated into simple actionable 
insights that our customers use to improve 
safety and efficiency, optimise resource usage 
and reduce costs. These insights are delivered 
via the Insight web portal though a range of 
built-in dashboards and reports. Each 
dashboard is focused on a specific task and 
their user-friendly design makes finding and 
drilling into data quick and simple. In addition 
to the built-in dashboards and reports, Insight 
allows users to create their own from a range 
of charts and tables that allow access to all the 
metrics contained in the system. Where a fleet 
is equipped with one of our connected 
cameras any event footage is also available to 
view directly from the dashboards. 

RoadHawk 600
The RoadHawk 600 is a market-leading 
device, designed, developed and 
manufactured at Trakm8’s Coleshill 
headquarters. For our customers, the 
combination of a camera and a telematics unit 
reduces procurement costs associated to 
fitting separate devices. The RoadHawk 600’s 
wealth of features position it as one of the 
most pioneering pieces of technology available 
to the fleet industry at present.

High-definition cameras can record footage 
from the driver’s perspective and provide hard 
evidence to defend claims of poor or distracted 
driving. The camera heads can be removed and 
positioned anywhere in the vehicle, providing 
the flexibility customers need to monitor the 
driver, the road or their cargo.

Advanced data compression technology 
means customers can access up to 250 
videos, 125 still images and 10 minutes of live 
streaming each month on our basic data tariff 
so, despite its 4G streaming capabilities, the 
RoadHawk 600’s running costs will be even 
lower than 3G cameras on the market.

As you would expect, the camera automatically 
records video of harsh events, but its real power 
lies in its ability to provide on-event videos or 
stills, and real-time streaming or historic video 
on-demand. Unlike other telematics cameras, 
the RoadHawk 600 does not transmit GPS 
location data alone. It uses the same 
technologies as our most sophisticated 
telematics devices, all accessed from our 
intuitive telematics web portal, including:
•  Driver behaviour monitoring
•  Real-time ETAs
•  Vehicle health alerts
•  Battery status analysis
•  Geofencing
•  Remote tachograph downloads
•  Driver/Tachograph Identification

We are currently developing two ADAS 
algorithms which will be added to the camera 
later this year. One uses the driver-facing lens to 
identify driver fatigue and distraction. The other 
uses the forward-facing lens to report time to 
the vehicle in front and lane departure 
warnings. These features will significantly 
improve the risk profiles for our customers.

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Market Overview

Poised for a period of  
significant growth

Key Market Drivers
•  Competition to improve productivity  

and efficiencies

•  Integration of fleet management systems

•  Increased focus on air quality and emissions

•  Commercial focus on road safety  

and compliance

•  Increasing insurance premiums and vehicle 

maintenance costs

•  Growth of intelligent mobility sector

•  Increase in connected car requirements

Overall Market Picture 
The global telematics market is poised  
for a period of significant growth, with 
approximately 104 million new cars 
predicted to have some form of 
connectivity by 20251. At present, the fleet 
sector uses telematics data to better 
understand the utilisation and efficiency of 
their vehicles, which in turn enables them 
to optimise routes and make financial 
gains2. The fleet management market size 
is expected to grow at a Compound Annual 
Growth Rate (‘CAGR’) of 15.8%3.

A similar growth pattern is reflected in the 
insurance and usage-based telematics 
sector. A recent report estimated that the 
total number of insurance telematics 
policies in force in the European market 
stood at 6.7 million at the end of 2016. 
Growing at a compound annual growth rate 
of 34.8%, the number of active insurance 
telematics policies in Europe is estimated to 
reach 30.0 million by 20214.

Western Europe presents an attractive 
market due to regulatory changes 
intended to improve road safety and 
plans to introduce environmental 
legislation.

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Telematics service providers 
deliver improved vehicle 
efficiency and a reduction in 
high-risk driving behaviours.

Trends

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Integration
Fleet managers are increasingly moving 
towards a consolidated sourcing of fleet 
services in order to operate their fleets in a 
smooth and unified manner5. Trakm8 has 
addressed this requirement following an 
extensive integration project which combines 
telematics, vehicle maintenance requirements, 
scheduling, optimisation and camera 
technologies in the form of the Insight and 
RoadHawk 600 4G telematics camera 
software platform.

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Environment
Following the emissions scandal of 2015,  
the environmental impact of motor vehicles, 
particularly within urban areas, has continued 
to be scrutinised. The implementation of air 
quality policies, increased taxes for businesses 
operating diesel vehicles and uncertainty 
around clean air zones has left the fleet 
industry no option but to begin considering the 
procurement of electric vehicles6. Trakm8’s 
optimisation algorithms can assist fleet 
managers in building a business case for EVs 
by calculating which existing routes and 
vehicles could be viable for electrification. 
Once implemented, our system can then 
calculate the best routes to take in order to 
eliminate ‘range anxiety’; the fear that an 
electric vehicle will run out of power before the 
final destination is reached. For businesses 
that don’t utilise EVs, our telematics solutions 
are able to reduce a business’s carbon 
footprint through smoother driving styles while 
optimisation algorithms work to improve 
vehicle utilisation – both of which also greatly 
reduce risk and fuel expenditure.

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Safety
According to road safety charity, Brake, one  
in six crashes resulting in death or injury on 
major roads are fatigue-related and more 
pertinently, 40% of those involve drivers of 
commercial vehicles, often in the largest 
vehicles on our roads that can cause the most 
harm in a crash7. This statistic underpins a 
clear market opportunity for Trakm8 as the 
Group develops ADAS algorithms to assist 
businesses in overcoming the challenge of 
driver fatigue. Similarly, the latest UK 
government statistics suggest the percentage 
of accidents where speeding was reported is 
at its highest in five years (4.9%)8. Trakm8’s 
driver behaviour monitoring technology helps 
to reduce speeding among commercial vehicle 
drivers and the policyholders of our insurance 
customers alike.

1  EY. The Quest for Telematics 4.0. 2013.
2  Griffiths, H. (2017). STRUCTURE OF THE UK 

AUTOMOTIVE TELEMATICS MARKET With a focus 
on the use of telematics in road safety solutions. IoT 
UK. 1 (1), 2.

3  Marketsandmarkets.com. (2017). Fleet Management 
Market worth 28.66 Billion USD by 2022. Available at: 
https://www.marketsandmarkets.com/PressReleases/
fleet-management-systems.asp.

4  Berg Insight Insurance (2017) Telematics in Europe 
and North America – 3rd Edition https://www.
researchandmarkets.com/research/qfvrdf/
europe_and_north?w=4.

5  PTOLEMUS - www.ptolemus.com - Connected Fleet 

Services Global Study 2018.

6  https://www.fleetnews.co.uk/news/fleet-industry-
news/2018/05/08/diesel-sales-fall-as-drivers-
consider-an-electric-vehicle-for-next-car. 

7  http://www.brake.org.uk/rsw/15-facts-a-resources/

facts/485-driver-tiredness. 

8  Speeding offences and reported accidents involving 

speeding (SPE02) (2016), Gov.UK Available at: 
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-
sets/speeding-offences-and-reported-accidents-
involving-speeding-spe02#table-spe0202.

With more vehicles on the  
road than ever before and air 
quality high on the agenda,  
the demand for safety and 
efficiency initiatives has  
never been greater.

Mark Watkins
Chief Operating Officer

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Accelerating growth  
through technology

We are technology leaders in 
telematics, optimisation and 
fleet management solutions. 
The ongoing improvement of 
our products plays a key role 
in driving Trakm8’s growth.

Hardware
From self-install devices for small fleets and 
rugged devices for plant and machinery to our 
4G integrated telematics camera, we design, 
manufacture and dispatch all telematics 
hardware from our electronics plant in 
Coleshill. We believe that our hardware 
devices are market-leading in performance 
and design, providing us with the best data to 
generate the actionable insights our customers 
need. Close partnerships between these 
departments enable us to quickly address 
problems which may occur. We have built 
longstanding relationships with top global 
suppliers to ensure we procure the highest 
quality materials for the best price.

Integration
The new Insight software solutions and 
RoadHawk 600 are seamlessly integrated  
to comprise telematics, camera, route 
optimisation and fleet scheduling in a 
single-source solution. This enables our 
customers to overcome the time-consuming 
challenge of service procurement and offers  
a cost-effective solution in comparison to 
securing products individually. In addition,  
our solutions are also able to integrate with 
existing third-party solutions, such as 
back-office software.

Through benchmarking and bespoke reporting 
parameters, Trakm8 customer ScottishPower 
achieved a 19% reduction in idling and saw 
speeding events lowered by a quarter.

We collect billions of miles worth of data 
annually. This data is used to continuously 
improve our algorithms and to provide our 
customers with actionable insights to improve 
efficiencies, reduce risk and improve their 
environmental impact.

Privacy and data protection is a key priority for 
the Group and we have invested heavily during 
the year to be ready for the requirements of 
GPDR. We hold a lot of personal data and take 
these obligations very seriously.

We own almost all of the intellectual property 
within our solutions which enables us to 
introduce new products to our portfolio as 
market trends develop. IP ownership also 
allows us to react quickly to the bespoke 
requests of our customers, ensuring a high 
level of client satisfaction and a solutions 
portfolio that remains in line with the demands 
of a rapidly changing market.

The vertical integration from design through 
manufacturing to distribution gives us good 
control of all the processes and reduces our 
time to market with new technologies.

Software
Our recently launched Insight web portal will 
replace our existing telematics software 
platforms; SWIFT, Spot On and Route Monkey 
Optimisation. Insight provides customers with 
modern, modular, and easily-digestible 
information, avoiding data overload. As well as 
our web portal, the Group also designs a 
range of mobile applications in order for 
customers to gain a better understanding of 
their vehicles and drivers while on the move.

We have invested significantly in cutting  
edge algorithms and software which combine 
with core telematics data to provide customers 
feedback on driver behavior and vehicle  
health as well as driver risk profiling and  
crash detection.

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Reduction in  
idling 

19% 

Reduction in  
speeding events 

25% 

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Driving Value

Same data, different solutions

Colin Ferguson
Managing Director, Fleet and Optimisation

2018 was a successful year for the Group’s 
fleet and optimisation business with telematics 
connections growing by 7,000 units – an  
11% increase on the same period in 2017.  
I am pleased to report that revenues have  
also increased by 31%, which includes a  
58% increase in pure Optimisation revenues. 
The launches of our Insight and RoadHawk 600 
products have begun to present the business 
with significant opportunities, as fleets 
increasingly seek integrated technologies. 
Furthermore, our digital sales model has 
enabled us to begin capturing a larger market 
share among small fleets and SMEs.

Fleet and Optimisation revenues 

£14.2m
31% £10.8m

Increase:

2017:

Trakm8’s Fleet and Optimisation Sales team is comprised of a  
Direct, Channel and Digital route to market to ensure a cost-effective 
sales model for the different segments of the market. As we aim to 
increase our market share even further, we have increased the 
headcount in our direct sales team by 22% and significantly 
increased our investment in our online sales model. The 2018 Year 
saw the successful relaunch of our Trakm8 Prime solution which 
allows smaller businesses to purchase telematics and vehicle 
cameras without interaction from a salesperson. As a result, our 
direct sales team has been able to focus on larger commercial 
opportunities. Since year-end, we have also recruited a new head  
of channel sales in order to increase the volume of connections  
sold by our valued partners.

Iceland Foods, originally a 
customer for route 
optimisation and scheduling, 
entered into a contract with 
Trakm8 for the provision of 
driver feedback from our 
new Insight platform and 
RoadHawk 600 camera.

In March, ScottishPower 
selected Trakm8’s 
dashboard cameras 
following a successful first 
year using the Company’s 
telematics solution.

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To maximise efficiency Trakm8 designs all devices 
to generate data in a consistent format, then 
analyses it in market sector-specific ways to meet 
the requirements of each customer.

Sean Morris
Managing Director, Insurance and Automotive

Our market-leading insurance and 
Trakm8connectedcare solutions position 
Trakm8 well among OEMs, insurers and other 
automotive businesses as they increasingly 
seek to benefit from the additional insight 
brought through connected technologies. 
2018 has been a positive year for the team 
with new contract wins from Intelematics  
and a leading global leasing company; 
complemented by contract extensions from 
Direct Line Group and Mecalac.

Insurance and Automotive revenues

v

The Company’s longstanding 
relationship with the AA for 
fleet telematics built the 
foundations for our 
involvement with the AA’s 
latest connected car 
product, Car Genie. 

£12.6m
21% £10.4m

Increase:

2017:

The Insurance and Automotive Business Unit has strengthened 
its team through aligning key personnel from within the 
insurance and automotive markets, each with a wealth of 
expertise within their networks. The Group has a number of 
partnerships across the OEM, plant, insurance, leasing, 
breakdown and warranty industries. The team focuses on 
building new relationships within these sectors and also 
nurturing longstanding partnerships such as those held with the 
AA, Direct Line Group and Kubota in order to derive additional 
value from existing contracts. As a result, the number of 
connections increased by 44% during the year, presenting the 
Group with an increase in revenues of 21%.

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Finance Director’s Report

A year of optimisation  
and consolidation

Revenue
Group revenue increased by 12% to £30.1m 
(2017: £26.8m), with Solutions revenue growth 
of 26% from the core continuing activities of 
the Group offset by a reduction in product 
revenues following the strategic decision to 
exit from CEM activities.

The solutions revenue growth of 26% to 
£26.8m (2017: £21.3m) reflects the continued 
growth in telematics connections across our 
core Fleet, Insurance and Automotive sectors 
and continued growth in sales of Optimisation 
solutions. Recurring revenue generated from 
service and maintenance fees increased by 
10% to £10.8m (2017: £9.8m). Growth in 
recurring revenue will always lag behind 
headline growth in new unit sales given that 
the service and maintenance revenues are 
recognised over the life time of the contract.

Product revenues decreased from £5.5m to 
£3.3m following the planned exit from CEM 
activities. All sub-contract electronic 
manufacturing activities had ceased by the 
year end.

Profit before tax
Profit before tax increased by 69% to £1.2m 
(2017: £0.7m). This significant improvement 
was generated by the strong solutions revenue 
growth being delivered at gross margin 
percentages in line with the prior year resulting 
in a £1.6m increase in gross profit. Additionally 
other income increased by £0.2m. This was 
offset by £1.2m increase of non-recurring 
exceptional costs that are detailed further on 
the next page and £0.3m increase in 
depreciation and amortisation, primarily 
resulting from capitalised development costs, 
reflecting the significant investment 
undertaken by the Group in earlier years. 
Other overheads decreased by £0.1m.

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Jon Furber
Group Finance Director

2018 
£000

2017 
£000

Group Revenue
Solutions Revenue
Recurring Revenue
Profit before tax
Adjusted Profit before tax1
Basic earnings per share (p)
Adjusted earnings per share (p)

30,081
 26,808 
10,826
 1,173 
 2,794 
4.40 
8.19

26,759
 21,256 
9,842
 693 
 1,156 
 4.51 
5.81

1  Before exceptional costs and share-based payments

Change

+12%
+26%
+10%
+69%
+142%
-2%
+41%

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Group revenue

£30.1m

Balance Sheet

2018 
£000

2017 
£000

Non-Current Assets
Net Current Assets
Non-Current Liabilities
Net Assets

21,534
6,848
6,240
22,142

19,759
5,800
5,329
20,230

Net Assets increased by £1.9m to £22.1m 
(2017: £20.2m). This reflects the significant 
improvement in trading performance and 
profitability in the year, with retained profit for 
the year of £1.6m.

Non-current assets increased by £1.7m to 
£21.5m (2017: £19.8m). This is due to the 
continued investment in development in both 
our software and hardware with capitalised 
development costs totaling £3.4m (2017: £3.2m).

Cash Flow

Cash generated by 

operations

Investing activities
Free Cash Flow1
Financing activities
Change in Cash in Year
Net Debt

2018 
£000

2017 
£000

4,735
(3,716)
1,019 
463
1,482
3,300

668 
(4,447)
(3,016)
1,898
(1,881)
3,867 

1  Cash generated from operating activities less cash 
used in investing activities (excluding cashflows 
related to acquisitions)

Cash generated from operating activities 
increased significantly in the year to £4.7m 
(2017: £0.7m), which included R&D tax credit 
cash receipts of £1.6m (2017: £0.1m). The R&D 
tax credit cash receipt reflects the Group’s 
investment in development. Cash generation 
excluding the impact of the R&D tax credit 
cash is still £3.1m (2017: £0.6m).

Free cash flow improved to an inflow of  
£1.0m (2017: outflow £3.0m). This represents  
a 90% conversion of profit before tax to cash. 
As we have stated, our strategy in the next 
couple of years is to maintain our current level 
of investment in development which will 
reduce as a proportion of revenue and profit.  
We anticipate this improved leverage will 
continue to improve the conversion of adjusted 
profit before tax into cash in the medium term. 
If as planned, we make the considerable 
investment in manufacturing capacity and 
quality equipment then this will also impact  
our free cash flow and net debt for 2019.

Net Debt
Net debt decreased by £0.6m to £3.3m  
(2017: £3.9m). Cash balances total £3.5m 
(2017: £2.0m) and total borrowings £6.8m 
(2017: £5.9m) of which £2.9m was our term 
loan with HSBC and £3.4m (2017: £1.7m)  
were amounts drawn under our £5m revolving  
credit facility with HSBC. During the year  
the revolving credit facility was extended by  
2 years and is repayable in December 2020.

Jon Furber
Group Finance Director
29 June 2018

Adjusted Profit before tax
As detailed on the previous page, the 
improved trading performance resulted in 
adjusted profit before tax increasing by 142% 
to £2.8m (2017: £1.2m). 

The improvement in gross profit converted into 
adjusted profit before tax, with administrative 
costs excluding exceptional costs only up 
£0.2m on prior year. During the year, the 
Company has increased its investment in sales 
and marketing by 54% as part of a strategy to 
increase market share. This investment was 
funded by streamlining of activities resulting in 
other overheads (excluding Sales, Marketing 
and Engineering costs) before exceptional costs 
and depreciation and amortisation decreasing 
by 31%.

Exceptional Costs
Exceptional costs total £1.4m (2017: £0.2m) 
relating to three projects undertaken to 
streamline activities and additional costs 
relating to the acquisition of Roadsense 
Technology Limited in the previous financial 
year. The projects to streamline activities were 
to fully integrate the acquisitions made in prior 
years including closing two offices, relocating 
the head office and administrative functions to 
our core site in the West Midlands and costs 
associated with the exit from contract 
electronic manufacturing. This project has 
resulted in operating costs (excluding Sales & 
Marketing costs and Engineering costs) 
decreasing £2m year on year.

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Key Performance Indicators

Achieving our objectives

The Board monitors the following key performance indicators  
to ensure the objectives of the Group are being achieved.

Solutions  
Revenue 

Recurring Service 
Revenue 

Connected Units –
Insurance/Automotive 

Connected Units –
Fleet Management 

£26.8m £10.8m 178,000

73,000

2018

2017 

2016 

£26.8m

£21.3m     

£17.2m

2018

2017 

2016 

£10.8m

£9.8m     

2018

2017 

178,000

124,000

£8.3m     

2016 

92,000

2018

2017 

2016 

73,000

66,000

59,000

Performance in 2018
Total Solutions revenue 
increased by 26% to £26.8m.  
This growth was driven 
across both our fleet & 
optimisation business and 
insurance & automotive 
businesses, helped by our 
market leading technology.

Focus for 2019
Continued increased 
investment in sales and 
marketing through utilising our 
sector specialisms and 
targeted routes to market 
including direct sales, channel 
and digital strategy.

Performance in 2018
Total recurring revenues 
earned during the year 
increased by 10% to £10.8m 
driven by the increased 
number of units in operation. 
Growth in this KPI will always 
lag growth in new unit sales 
as the revenue is recognised 
over the life of the contract.

Focus for 2019
Despite the market trend for 
richer data for lower costs, 
continued growth will be 
achieved by increasing the 
number of devices in 
operation and driving higher 
service fees either from our 
integrated cameras and by 
increasing our data analytics 
services.

Performance in 2018
This refers to the amount of 
telematics devices reporting 
in operation from our 
insurance & automotive 
customers. Connected Units 
in this market increased by 
44%.

Performance in 2018
This refers to the amount of 
telematics devices in 
operation from our fleet 
customers. The total number 
of units from our Fleet 
business increased by 11%.

Focus for 2019
This market is expected to 
continue to grow as 
consumers look to combat 
rising insurance premiums 
and benefit from aftermarket 
connected car solutions.

Focus for 2019
We expect our significant 
investment in sales and 
marketing will be reflected in 
higher growth in fleet 
connections in 2019.

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Adjusted Profit  
Before Tax 

£2.8m

Gross  
Margin 

Cash Generated From 
Operating Activities 

Free  
Cashflow 

49.4%

£4.7m

£1.0m

2018

£2.8m

2017 

£1.2m     

2016 

£3.8m

2018

2017 

2016 

49.4%

2018

£4.7m

2018

£1.0m     

49.4%     

2017

£0.7m     

(£3.0m) 

2017

48.3%

2016 

£4.5m

2016  £2.0m

Performance in 2018
Adjusted Profit before Tax 
(before exceptional costs and 
share-based payments) 
increased by 142% due to 
improved trading 
performance. Savings in 
other overheads funded a 
54% increase in sales and 
marketing.

Focus for 2019
Investment in sales and 
marketing resources is 
expected to drive growth in 
revenues and profits, aligned 
with continued focus on 
operational efficiency.

Performance in 2018
Gross margin remained at 
49.4%. This KPI is very much 
impacted by the ratio of new 
units sold relative to the 
installed base. The strong 
growth in connections held 
back the progress of this KPI 
in the 2018 Year. However 
gross profit increased by  
12% year on year.

Focus for 2019
Strategy is to continue to drive 
growth in our recurring service 
revenues through enhanced 
data diagnostic services and 
optimisation benefits. This is 
expected to lead to increases 
in our gross margins.

Performance in 2018
Our cash generation from 
operating activities improved 
significantly on the prior year 
due to the improved trading 
performance. Cash 
generation excluding the R&D 
tax credit cash receipt of 
£1.6m, was still strong at 
£3.1m.

Focus for 2019
Our cash generation is 
expected to continue to be 
impacted by more customers 
moving to monthly payment 
models (including SaaS).

Performance in 2018
Significant improvement in 
Free cashflow, however 
continued significant 
investment in development 
costs continues to restrict free 
cashflow.

Focus for 2019
We expect our free cashflow 
to improve as our investment 
in R&D falls as a percentage 
of future revenues and profits.  
Free cashflow will be 
impacted in 2019 if, as 
planned, we make the 
significant investment in our 
manufacturing operations.

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Corporate Social Responsibility

Protecting customer data,  
delivering results

Data Protection
UK Data Protection rules underwent their 
biggest change for over two decades on  
25 May as the General Data Protection 
Regulation (‘GDPR’) came into force across 
the EU. GDPR has been implemented in the 
UK via the Data Protection Act 2018.

These new rules are designed to give greater 
protection and rights to individuals over how 
their data is used whilst at the same time 
making companies much more accountable 
for the transparency of their processing and 
for ensuring the security of data.

As a Big Data and Technology Group, Trakm8 
has been proactively tracking developments in 
Privacy and Data Protection legislation for a 
number of years. Before the GDPR was even 
formally approved, we were working hard to 
improve our products, services and internal 
processes to ensure that we are offering our 
customers, employees and other stakeholders 
the highest possible levels of privacy and 
security. Over the past 12 months, we have:
•  designed new processes to manage the 

increased rights of individuals under GDPR;

•  updated our Incident Response/

Management processes; 

•  modified existing features (such as Private 

• 

Mileage) to allow our customers the 
greatest flexibility to configure the system 
to meet their GDPR obligations;
invested in our IT platforms to allow us to 
identify and address potential issues more 
successfully and to better defend against 
malware, viruses or malicious attacks;
•  continued to train all of our staff in Data 
Protection and Information Security and;
reviewed and updated all of our websites 
and Privacy Notices to reflect GDPR 
requirements.

• 

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Health & Safety
•  Continued our good H&S record with no 
significant accidents or incidents being 
recorded and a significant reduction in 
number of minor accidents following a 
programme of staff education and training on 
correct use of personal protective equipment.

•  Key staff to be Institution of Occupational 
Safety and Health (‘IOSH’) and National 
Examination Board in Occupational Safety 
and Health (‘NEBOSH’) trained over the  
next 12 months.

In addition to improving internal processes, 
Trakm8 is committed to providing technology 
which contributes to improving road safety 
and reducing the environmental impact of 
motor vehicles in the UK and beyond. 

Quality
•  Successfully transitioned to ISO9001:2015 

during Q4 of 2017.

•  All manufacturing staff have been or are 

being trained to IPC standards to improve 
both quality levels and productivity.

•  Enhanced electrostatic discharge controls 

put in place within manufacturing, 
assembly and stores.

•  Overhauled our Supplier Monitoring 

strategy to ensure our supply chain is 
performing to our expectations and to 
ensure Trakm8 expectations regarding 
corporate social responsibility are being 
met by our suppliers.

Environmental
•  Successfully transitioned to ISO14001:2015 

during Q4 of 2017.

•  Update training on environmental legislation 
delivered to Compliance team members.
•  Successfully underwent an independent 
audit of our waste management strategy  
by Waste Care (our waste compliance 
partners).

Feedback from our customers indicates we 
have delivered the following benefits:

20% reduction in fuel usage
31% reduction in engine idling
18% reduction in CO2 per mile
Cost of idling down 69%
30% increase in productivity
Up to 20% reduction in accident rates
13% reduction in speeding events
Insurance premium reduction of 10%

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Risk Management Framework

Risk management is key to the 
Group's decision making process

Our risk management process is designed 
to improve the likelihood of delivering our 
business objectives, to protect the interests 
of our key stakeholders, to enhance the 
quality of our decision-making, and to assist 
in the safeguarding of our assets. This 
includes people, finances, property and our 
reputation.

The Board takes overall responsibility for risk 
management, evaluating our exposure to 
individual strategic risks, overseeing our risk 
governance structure and internal control 
framework. Strategic decisions are evaluated 
against our tolerance levels to the risks identified 
and the Board continues to monitor these trends 
in order to implement mitigation activities in line 
with our long-term strategy.

IDENTIFY RISK

QUANTIFY GROSS RISK

IDENTIFY EXISTING MITIGATION

QUANTIFY NET RISK

IDENTIFY ANY FURTHER ACTION

MONITOR AND CONTROL

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Risk Management Process
Risk management is a key element of the Group’s decision-making 
process as there is a risk element in all areas of its activities and these 
risks need to be managed appropriately. Alongside the strong 
governance structure and effective internal controls, the risk 
management process gives the Board assurance that risks are being 
appropriately identified and managed.

The Risk Management Process is set up in the following way:
•  An annual business review to set strategies, objectives and agreed 
initiatives to achieve its goals, taking account of the risk appetite set 
by the Board.

•  Day-to-day operations are supported by a clear schedule of 

authority limits that define processes and procedures for approving 
material decisions. This ensures that projects are approved at the 
appropriate level of management, with the largest and most complex 
projects being approved by the Board.

•  The Group’s Executive Directors also compile their own risk 

assessment, ensuring that a top-down approach is undertaken 
when considering the Group-wide environment.

•  The Group’s Audit and Risk Committee assists the Board in 

assessing and monitoring risk management across the Group.  
The role of the Committee is to ensure the timely identification and 
robust management of inherent and emerging risks. The Committee 
reviews the risk register as it develops, to ensure net risk and 
proposed further actions are together consistent with the risk 
appetite set by the Board.

Approach to Risk Management
Each year the Board carries out a robust assessment of the principal risks 
facing the Group, including those that would threaten our business model, 
future performance, solvency or liquidity. The report overleaf summarises 
these possible risks and how they are being managed or mitigated.

The Executive Chairman and the senior management team take 
responsibility for reviewing the effectiveness of the risk management 
process and the risk register is subjected to detailed review and 
discussion.

This group identifies all the key risks to the business and ensures our 
elimination and mitigation processes are robust and up to date to minimise 
any possible impact. Risk identification is embedded in other processes, 
including product development, contract approvals and other operational 
activities. Trakm8’s corporate strategy is designed to optimise our business 
model and accept risk, with the required controls on an informed basis. 

To create value for our shareholders, we set varying risk tolerances and 
associated criteria. We continue to accept risk and manage our risk 
environment on the following basis: 

Strategic

Medium to low tolerance for risks arising from poor business 
decisions or substandard execution of business objectives.

Operational

Low to near-zero tolerance for risks arising from business 
processes including the technical, quality, and project management 
or organisational risk associated with programmes and products.

Corporate

Low to near-zero tolerance for compliance and reputational risks 
including those related to the law, health, safety and the 
environment.

Financial

Zero tolerance for financial risks including failure to provide 
adequate liquidity to meet our obligations and manage currency, 
interest rate and credit risks.

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Principal Risk and Uncertainties

Risks that could adversely impact 
Group performance

Principal Risk

Potential Impact

Mitigation

Significant operational 
system failure

2

•  Reputational impact
•  Deterioration in customer relations
•  Reduction in revenues, profitability  

and cash generation

•  Our systems are both within the Cloud and within a traditional 

data centre environment.

•  We provide no single point of failure as there is diversity of data 

centres from separate suppliers and replication of data 
between data centres.

•  Daily point-in-time backups are also taken offsite.

Cyber-attack and  
data security

2

•  Reputational Impact
•  Deterioration in customer relations
•  Liability claims

•  We have been re-approved for our ISO 27001 accreditation.
•  Considerable investment both with our internal data and 

customer data in improving processes and security in-line  
with GDPR.

Brexit and a deteriorating 
economic climate

1

2

•  A potential hard Brexit could impact 
cost of goods, further impact the 
exchange rates and provide legislative 
uncertainty. We’ve assessed the 
greatest potential impact to be on our 
supply chain & product approvals

•  Continuous product development and operational efficiency 
improvements to compensate for any potential component 
increases.

Operating in a fast-moving 
technology industry where  
we will always be at risk  
from new products 
being launched

•  Decelerating sales growth and affecting 

•  We heavily invest in research and development to ensure we 

profit

•  Delay in achieving projected revenues
•  OEM fit telematics to all strategy
•  Autonomous cars

are at the forefront of telematics technology.

•  We are device agnostic and will interface into OEMs and 

autonomous vehicles as a central data hub.

1

2

Link to strategic priorities

1

2

3

Delivering a cutting-edge 
solutions portfolio 

Increasing our 
market share

Streamlining our 
internal operations 

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Principal Risk

Potential Impact

Mitigation

Adverse mobile  
network changes

2

•  Reputational impact
•  Deterioration in customer relations
•  Reduction in revenues, profitability  

and cash generation

•  We provide a configuration manager which allows remote 

upgrade of the installed base and this can be used to address 
system-wide issues as long as basic GPRS communications 
exist.

•  We rely on mobile phone suppliers to provide a quality of 

service and investment in suitable reliable infrastructure. The 
same is true for the GPS network and the Internet.

Attracting and maintaining 
high-quality employees

1

2

3

•  Loss of key personnel
•  Potential business disruption
•  Breakdown of communication  

and misalignment

•  We provide interesting work within a growing business and 

maintaining this is key to employee retention.

•  Key tasks and background knowledge of our bespoke systems 
have been spread across a larger pool of individuals to mitigate 
the risk of a key individual leaving the business.

•  We are now a sponsor on the Government’s highly skilled 

migrant programme.

Space Limitation

•  Inability to meet projected future 

•  Capacity expansion and more space under review and in the 

1

2

3

demand

•  Inability to increase workforce
•  Inefficiencies incurred
•  Additional costs incurred

planning stage.

Electronics supply chain 
under constraint

•  Long lead-times
•  Single-source suppliers

•  Work with world-class distributors and manufacturers to 

mitigate the supply chain risk.

2

By order of the Board

Jon Furber
Company Secretary
29 June 2018

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Board of Directors

John Watkins
Executive Chairman
John Watkins has a Master’s Degree in Engineering Science from the 
University of Oxford with considerable M&A and sales experience. 
He has been a Director of several public companies, Managing 
Director of a wide range of private and subsidiaries/divisions of public 
companies and Chairman of two very successful private equity 
companies that exited with significantly better than average IRRs.

Keith Evans
Senior Independent Non-Executive Deputy Chairman
Keith graduated from the University of Cambridge with a degree 
in Economics. Keith is a former partner for over 25 years at 
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP with very extensive experience of 
commercial and financial roles having worked with companies operating 
in the financial services, automotive and information technology sectors.

Bill Duffy
Independent Non-Executive Director
Bill Duffy started working with the Company in April 2014 supporting our 
business and strategy development as a Consultant and joined the Board 
in July 2015. Bill also runs his own consultancy business and is Chairman 
of MotorEasy, a pioneering motoring services platform for UK drivers. 
He was formerly CEO of Andrew Page Limited and CEO of Halfords 
Autocentres Limited. He has extensive strategic and operational capability 
in the automotive sector and successful private equity experience.

Jon Furber
Group Finance Director
Jon joined Trakm8 as Finance Director to the Group in 
September 2017. Jon has previously held senior finance roles 
at technology growth businesses; he was Chief Financial Officer 
at AppSense and at Vistorm/HP Information Security (UK), 
and most recently interim CFO at Intrinsic Technology. Jon is a 
chartered accountant having trained and qualified at KPMG.

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Matt Cowley
Big Data Director
One of the founders of Trakm8 along with his brother  
Tim Cowley, Matt is a highly experienced software Engineering 
Director with over 25 years’ experience within the Telematics 
and Telecommunications industry. Awarded an MSc Software 
Engineering with distinction from University of Oxford in 1998, Matt 
now leads the in-house Big Data team and is passionate about 
algorithms, machine learning, computer vision and data science.

Tim Cowley
Group Strategy Director
Tim Cowley has 30 years’ experience in the Engineering & 
Technology sector. After graduating with a degree in Electronics 
Engineering in 1988 from Brunel University, Tim was awarded a 
prestigious Michael Cobham scholarship, and stayed with the 
Cobham Group for eleven years. Alongside his brother Matt, he 
founded Trakm8 is 2002 and is now responsible for the Group 
Product Strategy and the Advanced Engineering function.

Sean Morris
Managing Director – Insurance and Automotive
Sean Morris has over 30 years’ experience in automotive electrical 
and electronic engineering at various OEMs and Tier 1 suppliers, 
including Continental, BMW, Honda, and Land Rover, and was Chief 
Engineer Electrical & Electronics, of Aston Martin. Sean has also 
run a successful turnkey engineering company providing services to 
OEMs such as JLR, Bentley and McLaren. He is now responsible 
for leading Trakm8’s Insurance and Automotive business unit.

Mark Watkins
Chief Operating Officer
Mark has a Master’s Engineering degree and worked for  
Ford Motor Co in the Group IT team. He has previously held positions 
in IT and Operations having been Head of Manufacturing Operations at 
Continental UK for several years. In 2014 he joined Trakm8 Holdings as 
Managing Director of BOX Telematics following its acquisition and is now 
responsible for all operational and engineering matters for the Group.

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Board of Directors and Committees

The Board of Trakm8 Holdings PLC 
is responsible for the strategic 
direction of the Group’s businesses. 
The Board’s specific roles include 
corporate governance policy and 
direction; as well as strategy 
formation and monitoring the 
achievement of the Group against 
the business plan. The day-to-day 
management of the Group is the 
responsibility of the team of Executive 
Directors and the Executive 
Chairman. The Board meetings of 
Trakm8 Holdings PLC cover matters 
required to be covered by the Boards 
of the Group’s subsidiary entities.

The Board has operated Audit and 
Risk, Remuneration and Nomination 
Committees throughout the period. 
These bodies operate under formally 
delegated duties and responsibilities 
and seek advice from independent 
third parties as the need arises. The 
Committees during the year have 
comprised of the two Non-Executive 
Directors and the Executive Chairman.

John Watkins
Executive Chairman

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Nominations Committee
The Committee met once during the year and 
appointed Keith Evans as Non-Executive 
Deputy Chairman.

Audit and Risk Committee
The Audit and Risk Committee is responsible 
for ensuring that the Group’s financial 
performance is properly monitored, controlled 
and reported. The Finance Director and other 
Directors attend as required.

The Committee and the external auditors have 
safeguards to avoid a potential compromise  
of auditors’ objectivity and independence. 
These include the adoption of a policy that 
segregates the supply of audit and non-audit 
services and requires Committee approval for 
the supply of services such as tax services 
and acquisition-related due diligence.

The key issues considered by the Audit and 
Risk Committee included revenue recognition, 
capitalisation of development costs and 
impairment review of Goodwill.

Remuneration Committee
The Remuneration Committee’s terms of 
reference include making recommendations 
on Directors’ compensation packages to 
ensure that the Group enjoys and retains an 
appropriate level of motivated resources. The 
Committee engages with external consultants 
as and where it is deemed beneficial.

The Group has adopted and operates a share 
dealing code for Directors and employees in 
accordance with the requirements of the 
Combined Code.

Relations with Shareholders
The Board values and attaches the utmost 
importance to the maintenance of good 
relationships with shareholders. The Executive 
Chairman and the Finance Director meet 
investors immediately after publication of the 
annual and interim results, at the Annual 
General Meeting and on an ongoing basis as 
required throughout the year. In addition we 
provided a number of shareholders update 
presentations and the intention is to continue 
this programme during the new financial year.

By order of the Board 

Jon Furber
Company Secretary
29 June 2018

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Chairs of the Board and Committees

PLC BOARD

Audit and Risk
Committee

Nomination
Committee

Remuneration
Committee

For the financial year ended 31 March 2018 the Directors’ attendance at 
Board and Committee meetings has been as follows:

Type
Total Held in Period
John Watkins 
Keith Evans
Matt Cowley
Tim Cowley
Bill Duffy
Jon Furber1
Sean Morris
Mark Watkins
James Hedges2

Board
14
14
12
12
13
13
9
10
13
4

Audit
2
2
2
–
–
2
–
–
–
–

Nomination
1
1
1
–
–
1
–
–
–
–

Remuneration
5
5
5
–
–
5
–
–
–
–

1  Attended 9 out of 9 meetings whilst in office
2  Attended 4 out of 5 meetings whilst in office

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Directors’ Report

The Directors submit their Directors’ Report and the audited financial 
statements of the Group for the year ended 31 March 2018.

Trakm8 Holdings PLC is a public listed Company incorporated and 
domiciled in England (Company Number 05452547) whose shares are 
quoted on AIM, a market operated by the London Stock Exchange plc.

Principal Activities
The principal activities of the Trakm8 Group are the development, 
manufacture, marketing and distribution of vehicle and plant telematics 
equipment and services. Trakm8 Holdings PLC is the holding Company 
for the Trakm8 Group.

Financial Risk Management
The Group manages its key financial risks as follows. Further details can 
be found in Note 27.

Liquidity risk
The Group’s objective is to maintain a balance between continuity and 
flexibility of funding through the use of borrowings and financial assets 
with a range of maturities. It is also the Group’s policy to mitigate the 
risk of borrowings by maintaining cash reserves. The Group currently 
has an unused revolving bank credit facility of £1.6m.

Currency Risk
The Group endeavours to minimise its foreign currency exposure by 
trading in Sterling wherever possible. The two principal foreign 
currencies used are the US Dollar and the Euro and where possible we 
endeavour to match inflows and outflows.

Interest Rate Risk
The Group regularly monitors the risk of increasing interest rate and the 
effect this would have on our total interest charges. Currently our bank 
borrowings are linked to variable interest rates and the Group would 
move to fixed if it was deemed appropriate to minimise the effects of 
further interest rate rises.

Credit Risk
The Group’s credit risk is primarily attributable to its trade receivables 
and the Group attaches considerable importance to the collection and 
management of trade receivables. The Group minimises its credit risk 
through the application of appropriate credit limits.

Results and Dividends
The Group results for the year ended 31 March 2018 are shown in the 
Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income on page 46. The 
Directors do not recommend the payment of a dividend (2017: £nil).

Research and Development
The Group has continued to expand the investment in research and 
development to ensure the future success of the business. During the 
year the Group capitalised development costs of £3.4m and a further 
£1.5m was expensed. Further details about the Group’s approach to 
R&D can be found in the Strategic Report.

Future Developments
Consideration on the future developments and exciting prospects of the 
Group, has been made in the Executive Chairman’s Statement in the 
Strategic Report. The Group expects to expand the fleet management 
and insurance solutions with the integration of our existing solutions with 
the newly launched Insight and RoadHawk 600 products and continued 
investment in algorithms to produce increasingly accurate driver profiling 
for efficiency and risk, crash detection and video feature recognition.

The Group also expects that the enlarged sales and marketing teams 
will continue to generate organic growth in the UK and international 
markets. Further acquisitions will be assessed and if our strict criteria 
are met will be progressed.

Employees
The Group’s employment policies are designed to ensure that they 
meet the statutory, social and market practices where the Group 
operates. The Group regularly provides employees with information 
about the progress of the Group, wider economic factors and also 
matters likely to be of concern to them. The Group recognises the 
importance of its employees and their training and conducts annual 
appraisals with each member of staff.

The Group is committed to employment policies, which follow best 
practices and are based on equal opportunities for all employees 
regardless of sex, race, colour, disability or marital status. The Group 
gives full and fair consideration to applications for employment for 
disabled persons, having regard to their particular aptitudes and 
abilities. If members of staff become disabled the Group will continue 
their employment either in the same or an alternative position, with 
appropriate retraining being given if necessary. 

Directors
The Directors of the Company who were in office during the year and 
up to the date of signing the financial statements were:
•  John Watkins
•  Keith Evans 
•  Matt Cowley
•  Tim Cowley
•  Bill Duffy 
•  Sean Morris
•  Mark Watkins 
•  Jon Furber (appointed 18 September 2017)
•  James Hedges (resigned 18 September 2017)

Directors and Their Interests
At 31 March 2018 the Directors’ interests in the shares of the Company 
are detailed below:

This table is audited

% of issued 
ordinary 
share 
capital 
(35,898,254 
ordinary 
shares) 

% of issued 
ordinary 
share capital 
(35,723,254 
ordinary 
shares)

1p ordinary 
shares at  
1 April  
2017

17.22% 6,177,859
0.43% 153,846
4.86% 1,744,203
5.44% 1,949,945
0.39% 140,000
6.62% 2,250,318
–
0.70% 250,128
–
0.08%

–

17.29%
0.43%
4.88%
5.46%
0.39%
6.30%
–
0.70%
–

1p ordinary 
shares at  
31 March 
2018

6,177,859
153,846
1,744,203
1,949,945
140,000
2,375,318
–
250,128
28,321

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Going Concern
These financial statements are presented on a going concern basis. 
The Group has cash balances of £3,472,000 and undrawn revolving 
credit facilities of £1,600,000 at 31 March 2018 therefore the Directors 
have a reasonable expectation that the Group will have adequate 
financial resources to continue in operation for the foreseeable future.  
A cash flow forecast for the next 12 months prepared by the Directors 
has indicated that the Group will have adequate financial resources to 
continue in operation for the foreseeable future.

John Watkins
Keith Evans
Matt Cowley 
Tim Cowley 
Bill Duffy 
James Hedges
Sean Morris 
Mark Watkins 
Jon Furber

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The Directors had no interest in the share capital of the Company’s subsidiary undertakings at 31 March 2018 or on the date on which these 
financial statements were approved. 

Directors’ Remuneration
The Directors’ remuneration for the year ended 31 March 2018 was:

This table is audited

£’000

John Watkins
Keith Evans
Matt Cowley
Tim Cowley
William Duffy
James Hedges1
Sean Morris
Mark Watkins
Jon Furber2

Total

1  Resigned 18 September 2017
2  Appointed 18 September 2017

Salaries & 
benefits

Fees

Total 
remuneration  
to year ended  
31 March 
2018

Pension 
contribution 

Total aggregate 
emoluments 
to year ended 
31 March 
2018

Total aggregate 
emoluments 
to year ended 
31 March 
2017

 265 
 32 
 99 
 114 
 31 
 181 
 105 
 136 
 84 

 1,047 

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–

265 
32 
99 
114 
31 
181 
105 
136 
84

1,047

–
–
 1
 1
–
 12
 13
 12
 6

 45

 265 
 32 
 100 
 115 
 31 
 193 
 118 
 148 
 90 

 260
 52
 98
 113
 61
 185
 125
 127
–

 1,092 

 1,021

Directors’ Share Options
At 31 March 2018 the following options had been granted to the Company’s Directors and remain current and unexercised:

This table is audited

John Watkins

Keith Evans

Matt Cowley

Tim Cowley

Bill Duffy

James Hedges

Sean Morris 

Mark Watkins 

Jon Furber

Option 
exercise price

Balance as at 
1 April 
2017

Granted 
during year

Exercised  

during year

Expired/ 
forfeited 
during year

Balance as at  
31 March 
2018

£0.445
£1.925
£0.985

£0.985

£0.445
£1.925

£0.445
£1.925

£0.985

£0.445
£1.925
£1.830

£0.875
£1.925

£0.578
£1.925
£0.985

£1.375

250,000
225,000
–

–
–
75,000

–

75,000

125,000
25,000

125,000
50,000

–
–

–
–

–

75,000

125,000
75,000
9,836

175,000
75,000

200,000
75,000
–

–
–
–

–
–

–
–
75,000

–

475,000

–
–
–

–

–
–

–
–

–

–
–
–

–

–
–

–
–

–

(125,000)
–
–

–
(75,000)
(9,836)

–
–

–
–
–

–

–
–

–
–
–

–

250,000
225,000
75,000

Expiry date

21/01/2024
21/09/2025
03/07/2027

75,000

03/07/2027

125,000
25,000

125,000
50,000

21/01/2024
21/09/2025

21/01/2024
21/09/2025

75,000

03/07/2027

–
–
–

175,000
75,000

200,000
75,000
75,000

21/01/2024
21/09/2025
30/09/2018

17/12/2024
21/09/2025

06/04/2024
21/09/2025
03/07/2027

475,000

26/11/2027

All share options were issued at the open market price on the day the options were granted.

The Group provides qualifying third party indemnity provisions for the Directors which was in place throughout the year and has remained in place 
since the year end.

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Directors’ Report continued

The Directors are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the 
Group and Parent Company and hence for taking reasonable steps for 
the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.

The Directors are responsible for keeping adequate accounting records 
that are sufficient to show and explain the Group and Parent 
Company’s transactions and disclose with reasonable accuracy at  
any time the financial position of the Group and Parent Company and 
enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the 
Companies Act 2006 and, as regards the Group financial statements, 
Article 4 of the IAS Regulation.

The Directors are responsible for the maintenance and integrity of  
the Parent Company’s website. Legislation in the United Kingdom 
governing the preparation and dissemination of financial statements 
may differ from legislation in other jurisdictions.

Independent Auditors
A resolution to appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Chartered 
Accountant, as auditor, will be put to the members at the Annual 
General Meeting.

By approval of the Board on 29 June 2018

Jon Furber
Company Secretary

Treasury Shares
At 1 April 2017 and 31 March 2018 the Company held 29,000 of its own 
1p ordinary shares representing 0.08% (2017: 0.09%) of the called up 
share capital. There were no purchases or sales by the Company 
during the year.

Statement as to Disclosure of Information to the Auditors
The Directors who were in office on the date of approval of these 
financial statements have confirmed, as far as they are aware, that there 
is no relevant audit information of which the auditors are unaware. Each 
of the Directors has confirmed that they have taken all the steps that 
they ought to have taken as Directors in order to make themselves 
aware of any relevant audit information and to establish that it has been 
communicated to the auditor.

Statement of Directors’ Responsibilities
The Directors are responsible for preparing the Annual Report and the 
financial statements in accordance with applicable law and regulation.

Company law requires the Directors to prepare financial statements for 
each financial year. Under that law the Directors have prepared the 
Group financial statements in accordance with International Financial 
Reporting Standards (‘IFRSs’) as adopted by the European Union and 
Parent Company financial statements in accordance with United 
Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice (United Kingdom 
Accounting Standards, comprising FRS 101 “Reduced Disclosure 
Framework”, and applicable law). Under Company law the Directors 
must not approve the financial statements unless they are satisfied that 
they give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the Group and 
Parent Company and of the profit or loss of the Group and Parent 
Company for that period. In preparing the financial statements, the 
Directors are required to:
•  select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently;
•  state whether applicable IFRSs as adopted by the European Union 
have been followed for the Group financial statements and United 
Kingdom Accounting Standards, comprising FRS 101, have been 
followed for the Company financial statements, subject to any 
material departures disclosed and explained in the financial 
statements;

•  make judgements and accounting estimates that are reasonable and 

prudent; and

•  prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless 
it is inappropriate to presume that the Group and Parent Company 
will continue in business.

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Independent auditors’ report to the  
members of Trakm8 Holdings Plc

Report on the audit of the financial statements
Opinion
In our opinion:
•  Trakm8 Holdings Plc’s group financial statements and parent company financial statements (the “financial statements”) give a true and fair view 
of the state of the group’s and of the parent company’s affairs as at 31 March 2018 and of the group’s profit and cash flows for the year then 
ended;
the group financial statements have been properly prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRSs) as adopted 
by the European Union;
the parent company financial statements have been properly prepared in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting 
Practice (United Kingdom Accounting Standards, comprising FRS 101 “Reduced Disclosure Framework”, and applicable law); and
the financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006.

• 

• 

• 

We have audited the financial statements, included within the Annual Report and Financial Statements (the “Annual Report”), which comprise: the 
consolidated and parent company statements of financial position as at 31 March 2018; the consolidated statement of comprehensive income, the 
consolidated statement of cash-flows, and the consolidated and parent company statements of changes in equity for the year then ended; and the 
notes to the financial statements, which include a description of the significant accounting policies.

Basis for opinion
We conducted our audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing (UK) (“ISAs (UK)”) and applicable law. Our responsibilities under 
ISAs (UK) are further described in the Auditors’ responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements section of our report. We believe that the 
audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.

Independence
We remained independent of the group in accordance with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the financial statements in the 
UK, which includes the FRC’s Ethical Standard, as applicable to listed entities, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance 
with these requirements..

Our audit approach
Overview

•  Overall group materiality: £301,395 (2017: £271,850), based on 1% of total revenues.
•  Overall parent company materiality: £121,000 (2017: £110,000), based on 1% of total assets (capped at 

Materiality

£121,000 based on allocation of Group materiality to the component).

Audit scope

•  We conducted a full-scope audit over four legal entities, including the parent company.
•  97% of consolidated revenue is covered through the audit of these four legal entities.

Key audit 
matters

•  Revenue recognition in multi-element arrangements.
•  Capitalisation of internally generated intangible assets.
•  Goodwill impairment assessment.

The scope of our audit
As part of designing our audit, we determined materiality and assessed the risks of material misstatement in the financial statements. In particular, 
we looked at where the directors made subjective judgements, for example in respect of significant accounting estimates that involved making 
assumptions and considering future events that are inherently uncertain. 

As in all of our audits we also addressed the risk of management override of internal controls, including evaluating whether there was evidence of 
bias by the directors that represented a risk of material misstatement due to fraud. 

Key audit matters
Key audit matters are those matters that, in the auditors’ professional judgement, were of most significance in the 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) identified by the 
auditors, 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, and any comments we make on the results of our procedures thereon, 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. This is not a complete list of all risks identified by our audit.

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Independent auditors’ report to the  
members of Trakm8 Holdings Plc continued

Key audit matter

How our audit addressed the key audit matter

Risk of error in revenue recognition for multi-element arrangements

The Group enters into contracts where there are more than one 
deliverable to be provided to the customer. These typically include the 
provision of hardware, software and services, or software and services. 
The accounting for these contracts involves a higher degree of 
judgement, including:
•  Determining whether contract contain deliverables which should be 

separated for revenue recognition purposes and the most 
appropriate revenue recognition methodology for each of those 
elements;

•  Determining the allocation of consideration on a fair value basis 

between components of multi-element contracts; and

•  Determining the point at which it is appropriate to recognise 

We have tested the accounting for multi-element contracts and the 
associated revenues recognised in the year. Our procedures have included:
•  Review of a sample of contracts with customers to ensure that 

separate deliverables within contracts have been identified in line 
with contractual terms. Where separate deliverables have been 
identified we have ensured that the revenue recognition 
methodology applied appropriately separates out each deliverable;
•  Testing of the fair values of revenues attributed to different deliverables 
within the contract by reference to appropriate supporting evidence, 
including stand-alone selling prices for different elements of revenue 
or, where these do not exist, similar objective evidence derived from 
contract pricing over a number of years; and

revenues where revenues are recognised in advance of billings. 

•  Review of contractual terms to ensure that where revenues are 

recognised in advance of billings, the Group has an enforceable right 
to receive consideration in the future.

Based on the work performed we found that contracts containing more 
than one deliverable had been appropriately identified, and revenues had 
been separately identified and allocated between different deliverables on 
a reasonable basis. Where revenues had been recognised in advance of 
billings we found that the Group had an enforceable right to receive 
consideration in the future.

We tested a sample of projects against which costs had been 
capitalised during the year to validate that the projects met each of the 
relevant criteria within IAS 38 to support the capitalisation of costs. 

We also tested a sample of costs capitalised during the year to confirm 
that the cost of the asset could be reliably measured and had been 
accurately recorded by agreeing the capitalised costs back to 
appropriate audit evidence, for example timesheet records, invoices or 
similar supporting documentation. 

Based on our work performed we found that management’s 
assessment of projects against the capitalisation criteria within IAS 38 
was reasonable, and that costs capitalised within projects were 
recorded on an appropriate basis.

Capitalisation of internally generated intangible assets

The Group continues to incur material expenditure on development 
activities (including software). This expenditure is capitalised when the 
development project meets the criteria of International Accounting 
Standard 38 ‘Intangible Assets’ (IAS 38). During the year the Group 
capitalised £3.8m of development and software expenditure on 
internally generated intangible assets. 

IAS 38 sets out specific criteria that must be met for an asset to be 
capitalised. These include whether it is probable that the expected 
future economic benefits attributable to the asset will flow to the Group; 
the cost of the asset can be measured reliably; the technical feasibility 
of completing the asset can be demonstrated such that it will be 
available for use or sale; there is an intention to complete the asset and 
use or sell it; the Group has the ability to use or sell the asset; and the 
Group has adequate technical, financial and other resources to 
complete the development and to use or sell the asset.

Management apply judgement in determining whether or not these 
criteria are met and there is therefore a risk that expenditure may be 
incorrectly capitalised.

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Goodwill impairment assessment

The Group has a material goodwill balance which is required to be 
tested for impairment on an annual basis in accordance with 
International Auditing Standard 36 ‘Impairment of Assets’ (IAS 36).  
Total goodwill at year end was £10.4m.

We have performed audit procedures over management’s impairment 
assessment, including testing of the methodology applied and 
assessment of key assumptions including future cash flows, discount 
rates and growth rates.

Goodwill has been tested by reference to its value in use. Valuations of 
this nature are inherently subjective and involve a high degree of 
estimation, for example over future cash flows of the group, discount 
rates applied to those cash flows and terminal growth rates. This gives 
rise to an increased risk of error in the calculation of value in use and 
therefore in the overall impairment assessment.

We have agreed future cash flows to Board approved budgets and 
considered the appropriateness of these budgets by reference to 
historical performance of the Group, historical growth rates and trends 
in sales pipeline. We have also assessed the terminal growth rate 
against long-term GDP growth in the UK for reasonableness, and tested 
the calculation of the discount rate and considered the appropriateness 
of the discount rate by reference to comparable companies.

We have performed sensitivity analysis over key assumptions included 
within the model to assess the impact of a deterioration in any of the 
key assumptions, and considered the reasonableness of Management’s 
conclusions that there is no impairment in the value of goodwill.

Based on our audit procedures performed we found the methodology 
and assumptions used in the calculation of value in use were 
reasonable. We also reviewed the disclosures around the impairment 
assessment performed, and were satisfied with the nature and extent of 
commentary provided.

We determined that there were no key audit matters applicable to the 
parent company to communicate in our report.

How we tailored the audit scope
We tailored the scope of our audit to ensure that we performed enough 
work to be able to give an opinion on the financial statements as a 
whole, taking into account the structure of the group and the parent 
company, the accounting processes and controls, and the industry in 
which they operate.

The Trakm8 Holdings Plc Group (the “Group”) is structured by legal 
entity and the Group financial statements are a consolidation of eight 
individual legal entities.

Of these eight individual legal entities, we performed audits of the 
complete financial information of Trakm8 Holdings Plc (the parent 
company), Box Telematics Limited, Trakm8 Limited and Route Monkey 
Limited. All of the above were considered to be significant components 
of the Group, either due to their contribution to revenues and profits of 
the Group as a whole or, in the case of Trakm8 Holdings Plc, due to 
being the parent entity within the Group holding the external debt on 
behalf of the Group.

The accounting for all components and the Group consolidation is 
performed centrally in the UK, with all audit work being performed by the 
Group audit engagement team. Therefore, there is no requirement to 
utilise separate component auditors.

97% of the Group’s consolidated revenue is accounted for by legal 
entities where we performed audits of their complete financial 
information.

The parent company audit was scoped based on the materiality  
set out above.

Materiality
The scope of our audit was influenced by our application of materiality. 
We set certain quantitative thresholds for materiality. These, together 
with qualitative considerations, helped us to determine the scope of our 
audit and the nature, timing and extent of our audit procedures on the 
individual financial statement line items and disclosures and in evaluating 
the effect of misstatements, both individually and in aggregate on the 
financial statements as a whole. 

Based on our professional judgement, we determined materiality for the 
financial statements as a whole as follows:

Overall materiality

£301,395 (2017: £271,850).

£121,000 (2017: £110,000).

Group financial statements

Parent Company financial statements

How we determined it

1% of total revenues.

1% of total assets (capped at £121,000 based on 
allocation of Group materiality to the component).

Rationale for benchmark applied

Revenue remains the key focus of management 
and the most prominent performance indicator 
when reporting results to the market.

This entity does not trade and has no revenue, 
therefore an appropriate benchmark is considered to 
be 1% of total assets.

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Independent auditors’ report to the  
members of Trakm8 Holdings Plc continued

For each component in the scope of our group audit, we allocated a 
materiality that is less than our overall group materiality. The range of 
materiality allocated across components was between £121,000 and 
£285,000.

We agreed with the Audit Committee that we would report to them 
misstatements identified during our audit above £15,000 (Group audit) 
(2017: £13,500) and £6,000 (Parent company audit) (2017: £5,500) as 
well as misstatements below those amounts that, in our view, warranted 
reporting for qualitative reasons.

Conclusions relating to going concern
We have nothing to report in respect of the following matters in relation 
to which ISAs (UK) require us to report to you when: 
• 

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 and 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.

• 

However, because not all future events or conditions can be predicted, 
this statement is not a guarantee as to the group’s and parent 
company’s ability to continue as a going concern.

Reporting on other information
The other information comprises all of the information in the Annual Report 
other than the financial statements and our auditors’ report thereon.  
The directors are responsible for the other information. Our opinion on the 
financial statements does not cover the other information and, accordingly, 
we do not express an audit opinion or, except to the extent otherwise 
explicitly stated in this report, any form of assurance 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 an apparent material 
inconsistency or material misstatement, we are required to perform 
procedures to conclude whether there is a material misstatement of 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 based on these responsibilities.

With respect to the Strategic Report and Directors’ Report, we also 
considered whether the disclosures required by the UK Companies Act 
2006 have been included. 

Based on the responsibilities described above and our work undertaken 
in the course of the audit, ISAs (UK) require us also to report certain 
opinions and matters as described below.

Strategic Report and Directors’ Report
In our opinion, based on the work undertaken in the course of the audit, 
the information given in the Strategic Report and Directors’ Report for the 
year ended 31 March 2018 is consistent with the financial statements and 
has been prepared in accordance with applicable legal requirements.

In light of the knowledge and understanding of the group and parent 
company and their environment obtained in the course of the audit, we 
did not identify any material misstatements in the Strategic Report and 
Directors’ Report. 

Responsibilities for the financial statements and the audit
Responsibilities of the Directors for the financial statements
As explained more fully in the Statement of Directors’ Responsibilities 
set out on page 32, the directors are responsible for the preparation of 
the financial statements in accordance with the applicable framework 
and for being satisfied that they give a true and fair view. The directors 
are also responsible for such internal control as they determine is 
necessary to enable the preparation of financial statements that are free 
from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.

In preparing the financial statements, the directors are responsible for 
assessing the group’s and 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 group or the parent company or 
to cease operations, or have no realistic alternative but to do so.

Auditors’ 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 auditors’ 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 FRC’s website at: www.frc.org.uk/
auditorsresponsibilities. This description forms part of our auditors’ report.

Use of this report
This report, including the opinions, has been prepared for and only for 
the parent company’s members as a body in accordance with Chapter 
3 of Part 16 of the Companies Act 2006 and for no other purpose. We 
do not, in giving these opinions, accept or assume responsibility for any 
other purpose or to any other person to whom this report is shown or 
into whose hands it may come save where expressly agreed by our 
prior consent in writing.

Other required reporting
Companies Act 2006 exception reporting
Under the Companies Act 2006 we are required to report to you if, in 
our opinion:
•  we have not received all the information and explanations we require 

for our audit; or

•  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

•  certain disclosures of directors’ remuneration specified by law are 

• 

not made; or
the parent company financial statements are not in agreement with 
the accounting records and returns. 

We have no exceptions to report arising from this responsibility.

Matthew Hall (Senior Statutory Auditor)
for and on behalf of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Chartered Accountants and Statutory Auditors
Southampton
1 July 2018

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Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income 
for the Year Ended 31 March 2018

Revenue
Cost of sales

Gross profit
Other income

Administrative expenses excluding exceptional costs
Exceptional administrative costs

Total administrative costs

Operating profit
Finance income
Finance costs

Profit before taxation
Income tax

Profit for the year

Other comprehensive income
Items that may be subsequently reclassified to profit or loss:
Exchange differences on translation of foreign operations

Total other comprehensive income

Total comprehensive income for the year attributable to owners of the Parent

Adjusted profit before tax

Earnings per ordinary share (pence) attributable to owners of the Parent
Basic
Diluted

The results relate to continuing operations.

Year ended 
31 March 
2018
£’000

Year ended 
31 March 
2017
£’000

Note

6

7

9

8

10

11

 30,081
(15,232)

 14,849 
 566 

 26,759
(13,550)

 13,209 
 325 

(12,681)
(1,405)

(12,462)
(214)

(14,086)

(12,676)

 1,329
 33
(189)

 1,173
 398

 1,571

 858
 –
(165)

 693
 777

 1,470

 9

 9

(1)

(1)

 1,580

 1,469

8

 2,794

 1,156

13
13

4.40p
4.33p

4.51p
4.36p

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Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity
for the Year Ended 31 March 2018

Balance as at 1 April 2016

Comprehensive income
Profit for the year
Other comprehensive income
Exchange differences on translation of overseas operations

Total comprehensive income

Transactions with owners
Shares issued
Equity dividend
Share placing fees
IFRS 2 Share-based payments

Transactions with owners

Balance as at 1 April 2017

Share  
capital
£’000

 320 

Share 
premium
£’000

Merger 
reserve
£’000

Translation 
reserve
£’000

Treasury 
reserve
£’000

Retained 
earnings
£’000

Total  

equity
£’000

 9,641 

 1,122

 200

(4)

 5,796 

 17,075 

 –

 –

 –

 37
 –
 –
 –

 37

 –

 –

 –

 2,142
 –
(109)
 –

 2,033

 – 

 – 

 – 

 16
 –
 –
 –

 16 

 – 

(1)

(1)

 –
 –
 –
 –

 –

 – 

 1,470 

 1,470 

 –

 –

 –
 –
 –
 –

 –

 –

(1)

 1,470 

 1,469 

 –
(649)
 –
 249 

(400)

 2,195 
(649)
(109)
 249 

 1,686 

 357

 11,674

 1,138 

 199

(4)

 6,866 

 20,230 

Comprehensive income
Profit for the year
Other comprehensive income
Exchange differences on translation of overseas operations

Total comprehensive income

Transactions with owners
Shares issued
IFRS 2 Share-based payments
Tax recognised directly in equity (Note 11)

Transactions with owners

Balance as at 31 March 2018

 – 

 – 

 –

 2 
 – 
 – 

 2 

 – 

 – 

 –

 76 
 – 
 – 

 76 

 – 

 – 

 –

 – 
 – 
 – 

 – 

 – 

 9

 9

 – 
 – 
 – 

 –

 359 

 11,750 

 1,138 

 208 

 –

 –

 –

 – 
 – 
 – 

 –

(4)

 1,571

 1,571 

 –

 9 

 1,571

 1,580 

 – 
 216 
 38 

 254 

 78 
 216 
 38 

 332 

 8,691 

 22,142 

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Consolidated Statement of Financial Position 
as at 31 March 2018

Assets
Non-current assets
Intangible assets
Property, plant and equipment
Deferred income tax asset
Amounts receivable under finance leases

Current assets
Inventories
Trade and other receivables
Corporation tax receivable
Cash and cash equivalents

Liabilities
Current liabilities
Trade and other payables
Borrowings
Provisions 
Deferred income tax liability 

Current assets less current liabilities
Total assets less current liabilities
Non-current liabilities
Trade and other payables
Borrowings
Provisions 

Net assets

Equity
Share capital 
Share premium
Merger reserve
Translation reserve
Treasury reserve
Retained earnings

Total equity attributable to equity holders of the Parent

As at 
31 March 
2018
£’000

As at 
31 March 
2017
£’000

Note

14
15
18
17

16
17

19
20
21
18

19
20
21

22

 19,460 
 1,756 
 – 
 318 

 17,108 
 1,855 
 297 
 499 

 21,534 

 19,759 

 2,556 
 10,844 
 1,001 
 3,472 

 3,674 
 6,076 
 1,645 
 1,990 

 17,873 

 13,385 

(9,598)
(1,151)
(47)
(229)

(6,471)
(1,052)
(62)
 – 

(11,025)

(7,585)

 6,848 
 28,382 

 5,800 
 25,559 

(581)
(5,621)
(38)

(480)
(4,805)
(44)

 22,142 

 20,230 

 359 
 11,750 
 1,138 
 208 
(4)
 8,691 

 357 
 11,674 
 1,138 
 199 
(4)
 6,866 

 22,142 

 20,230 

The notes on pages 41 to 65 are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements. These financial statements on pages 37 to 65 were 
approved by the Board of Directors and authorised for issue on 3 July 2018 and are signed on its behalf by:

John Watkins  
Director 

Jon Furber
Director

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Consolidated Statement of Cash-Flows
for the Year Ended 31 March 2018

Net cash generated from operating activities 

Cash flows from investing activities
Acquisition of subsidiary undertaking (net of cash acquired)
Purchases of property, plant and equipment
Purchases of software
Proceeds from sale of plant and equipment
Capitalised development costs

Net cash used in investing activities 

Cash flows from financing activities
Issue of new shares
Increase in bank loan
Repayment of bank loans
Repayment of obligations under hire purchase agreements
Interest paid
Dividends paid to owners of the Parent

Net cash generated from financing activities

Net increase/(decrease) in cash and cash equivalents

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year

Cash and cash equivalents at end of year

Year ended 
31 March 
2018
 £’000 

Year ended 
31 March 
2017
 £’000 

 4,735 

 668 

Notes

24

 – 
(91)
(236)
 – 
(3,389)

(763)
(181)
(262)
 – 
(3,241)

(3,716)

(4,447)

 78 
 2,600 
(1,880)
(146)
(189)
 – 

 2,070 
 2,700 
(1,954)
(104)
(165)
(649)

 463 

 1,898 

 1,482 

(1,881)

 1,990 

 3,871 

 3,472 

 1,990 

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1 General Information
Trakm8 Holdings PLC (‘Company’) and its subsidiaries (together the ‘Group’) develop, manufacture, distribute and sell telematics devices 
and services.

Trakm8 Holdings PLC is a public limited company incorporated in the United Kingdom (registration number 05452547). The Company is domiciled 
in the United Kingdom and its registered office address is 4 Roman Park, Roman Way, Coleshill, West Midlands, B46 1HG. The Company’s 
Ordinary shares are traded on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange. The Company is registered in England and is limited by shares.

The Group’s principal activity is the development, manufacture, marketing and distribution of vehicle telematics equipment and services.  
The Company’s principal activity is to act as a holding company for its subsidiaries.

The Consolidated Financial Statements are presented in Sterling and all values are rounded to the nearest thousand (£’000) except where 
otherwise indicated.

2 Authorisation of Financial Statements and Statement of Compliance with IFRS
The Group’s financial statements have been prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (‘IFRS’) and IFRS 
Interpretations Committee (‘IFRS IC’) interpretations as endorsed by the European Union, and with those parts of the Companies Act 2006 
applicable to companies reporting under IFRS. 

3 Basis of Preparation
The accounting policies set out in Note 4 have been applied consistently to all periods presented in these consolidated financial statements made 
up to 31 March 2018.

These financial statements are presented on a going concern basis. The Group has cash balances of £3,472,000 and undrawn revolving credit 
facilities of £1,600,000 at 31 March 2018 therefore the Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Group will have adequate financial 
resources to continue in operation for the foreseeable future. A cash flow forecast for the next 12 months prepared by the Directors has indicated 
that the Group will have adequate financial resources to continue in operation for the foreseeable future.

The preparation of the financial statements in conformity with IFRS requires the use of certain critical accounting estimates and management to 
exercise its judgement in the process of applying the Group’s accounting policies as disclosed within Note 4 and 5.

4 Accounting Policies
Basis of Accounting
The financial statements have been prepared on the going concern basis under the historical cost convention in accordance with the applicable 
accounting standards.

The preparation of the financial statements requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of 
revenues, expenses, assets and liabilities, and the disclosure of contingent liabilities at the date of the financial statements. If in the future such 
estimates and assumptions which are based on management’s best judgement at the date of the financial statements, deviate from the actual 
circumstances, the original estimates and assumptions will be modified as appropriate in the year in which the circumstances change. 

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

The trading results of subsidiaries acquired or disposed of during the year are included in the Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income 
from the effective date of acquisition or up to the effective date of disposal, as appropriate.

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

The purchase method of accounting is used to account for the acquisition of subsidiaries by the Group. The cost of an acquisition is measured as 
the fair value of the assets given, equity instruments issued and liabilities incurred or assumed at the date of exchange. Identifiable assets acquired 
and liabilities and contingent liabilities assumed in a business combination are initially measured at fair value at the acquisition date irrespective of 
the extent of any minority interest. The excess of cost of acquisition over the fair values of the Group’s share of identifiable net assets acquired is 
recognised as goodwill. Any deficiency of the cost of acquisition below the fair value of identifiable net assets acquired (i.e. discount on acquisition) 
is recognised directly in the Statement of Comprehensive Income. All acquisition expenses have been reported within the consolidated Statement 
of Comprehensive Income immediately.

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4 Accounting Policies continued
Any contingent consideration to be transferred by the group is recognised at fair value at the acquisition date. Subsequent changes to the fair value 
of the contingent consideration that is deemed to be an asset or liability is recognised in accordance with IAS 39 either in profit or loss or as a 
change to other comprehensive income.

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

Revenue Recognition
Revenue represents the total of amounts receivable for goods and services provided excluding value added tax. 

The Group enters into sale of multi-element contracts, which contain a combination of different elements which can include hardware, software 
and different services, including telematics services, software maintenance, installation and customisation and configuration contracts. Each 
element of such contracts is attributed a fair value on inception of the contract, based on the estimated fair values attributed to each element of the 
contract. The revenue recognition profile of each of the different elements is discussed further below.

Revenue on the sale of telematics devices and other hardware is recognised on the delivery of the goods to the customer, or where bill and hold 
arrangements exist on acceptance of the goods by the customer. 

Revenue for telematics services, being the provision of data and data analytics to customers, is recognised with reference to the fair value of 
contracts over the period to which it relates. The appropriate portion of service revenue invoiced in advance covering future periods is shown as 
deferred income within current and non-current liabilities.

Revenue for installation services is recognised when the installation is completed.

Revenue from the sale of perpetual software license is recognised when the software is made available for use by the customers. Revenue from the 
development of software and the integration of software with customers existing systems is recognised over the life of the development project by 
reference to percentage of completion. Revenue for engineering services is recognised as the services are provided.

Revenue from software maintenance contracts is based on the estimated fair values attributed to that element of the contract, recognised over the 
support term.

Revenue from SaaS (software as a service) contracts is based on the estimated fair values attributed to that element of the contract, recognised 
over the contract term. 

Revenue from customisation/configuration contracts is based on the estimated fair values attributed to that element of the contract, recognised as 
related services are performed. 

Rental income from operating leases and rental of equipment is recognised on a straight-line basis over the term of the lease or rental period.

Assets sold by the Group where substantially all the risk and rewards of ownership of the assets have been transferred to the customer, of which 
the customer is paying over a number of future periods are classified as finance leases. Revenue is recognised at the present value of the minimum 
lease payments at the inception of the lease. Finance lease income is allocated to accounting periods so as to reflect a constant periodic rate of 
return on the Group’s net investment outstanding in respect of the leases.

Invoicing for all revenue streams is undertaken in accordance with the terms of the agreement with the customer. Where this is different to revenue 
recognition either accrued or deferred income is recognised on the statement of financial position as appropriate.

In cases where customers pay for the goods and services over an agreed period, the fair value of the consideration is determined by discounting all 
future receipts using an imputed rate of interest. The difference between the fair value and the nominal amount of the consideration is recognised 
as investment income over the payment period.

Grant Income
Government grants for revenue expenditure are recognised in the Statement of Comprehensive Income on a systematic basis over the periods in 
which the entity recognises expenses for the related costs for which the grants are intended to compensate. For grants relating to assets the grant 
is deducted from the carrying amount of the asset.

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4 Accounting Policies continued
Operating Leases – Leasee 
Leases where the Group retains substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership are classified as operating leases. The cost of operating leases 
(net of any incentives received from the lessor) is charged to the Statement of Comprehensive Income on a straight-line basis over the periods of 
the leases.

Operating Leases – Lessor
Leases where the lessor retains substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership are classified as operating leases. The lease income from the 
operating leases is charged to the Statement of Comprehensive Income on a straight-line basis over the periods of the leases.

Exceptional Items
Exceptional items are those items that, in the Directors’ view, are required to be separately disclosed by virtue of their size or incidence to enable a 
full understanding of the Group’s financial performance. See Note 8 for further details. 

Taxation
The tax expense represents the sum of the current tax expense and deferred tax expense.

Current tax is based on taxable profits for the year. Taxable profit differs from net profit as reported in the Statement of Comprehensive Income 
because it excludes items of income or expense that are taxable or deductible in other years and it further excludes items that are never taxable or 
deductible. The Group’s liability for current tax is calculated by using tax rates that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the Statement of 
Financial Position date.

Research and Development tax credits (SME R&D tax relief) are shown as part of the current tax charge for the year in the Statement of 
Comprehensive Income. 

Research and Development Expenditure Credit (‘RDEC') in relation to research and development costs not claimed under SME R&D tax relief are 
shown as part of other income in the Statement of Comprehensive Income.

Deferred tax is the tax expected to be payable or recoverable on differences between the carrying amount of assets and liabilities in the financial 
statements and the corresponding tax bases used in the computation of taxable profit, and is accounted for using the Statement of Financial 
Position liability method. 

Deferred tax liabilities are recognised for all taxable temporary differences and deferred tax assets are recognised to the extent that it is probable 
that taxable profits will be available against which deductible temporary differences can be utilised in the foreseeable future. 

Deferred tax on share based payments is recognised in the Statement of Comprehensive Income to the extent that the future tax deduction does 
not exceed the charge in the Statement of Comprehensive Income. Deferred tax for the excess is recognised directly in Statement of Changes 
in Equity.

Deferred tax is calculated at the tax rates that are expected to apply to the period when the asset is realised or the liability is settled, based upon 
tax rates that have been enacted or substantively enacted. 

Share-Based Payments
The Group has applied the requirements of IFRS 2 Share-based payment, the corresponding entry to the expense in the Statement of 
Comprehensive Income is recognised in equity within the Statement of Changes in Equity.

The Group issues equity-settled share-based payments to certain employees. Equity-settled share-based payments are measured at fair value at 
the date of grant. The fair value determined at the grant date of equity-settled share-based payments is expensed on a straight-line basis over the 
vesting period, based on the Group’s estimate of shares that will eventually vest.

The fair value is measured by use of the Black-Scholes option pricing model. The expected life used in the model has been adjusted, based on 
management’s best estimate, for the effect of non-transferability, exercise restrictions, and behavioural considerations. No expense is recognised 
for awards that do not ultimately vest. 

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4 Accounting Policies continued
Goodwill
Goodwill arising on consolidation is recorded as an intangible asset and is the surplus of the fair value of the acquisition over the Group’s interest in 
the fair value of identifiable net assets (including intangible assets) acquired. Goodwill is tested for impairment annually as at 31 March and when 
circumstances indicate that the carrying value may be impaired. Impairment is determined for goodwill by assessing the recoverable amount of 
each CGU (or group of CGUs) to which the goodwill relates. When the recoverable amount of the CGU is less than its carrying amount, an 
impairment loss is recognised. Impairment losses relating to goodwill cannot be reversed in future periods. Any impairment identified as a result of 
the review is charged in the Statement of Comprehensive Income. 

On disposal of a subsidiary, associate or jointly controlled entity, the attributable amount of goodwill is included in the determination of the profit or 
loss on disposal.

Intangible Assets Other Than Goodwill
An intangible asset, which is an identifiable non-monetary asset without physical substance, is recognised to the extent that it is probable that the 
expected future economic benefits attributable to the asset will flow to the Group and that its cost can be measured reliably. Such intangible assets 
are carried at cost less amortisation. Amortisation is charged to ‘Administrative expenses’ in the Statement of Comprehensive Income on a 
straight-line basis over the intangible assets’ useful economic life. The amortisation is based on a straight-line method typically over a period of 
1-10 years depending on the life of the related asset.

Expenditure on research activities is recognised as an expense in the period in which it is incurred. 

Development expenditure is capitalised as an intangible asset only if the following conditions are met:
•  an asset is created that can be identified;
• 
• 
• 
•  sufficient resources are available to meet the development costs to either sell or use as an asset.

it is probable that the asset created will generate future economic benefit; 
the development cost of the asset can be measured reliably;
it meets the Group’s criteria for technical and commercial feasibility; and

Intangible Assets Acquired as Part of a Business Combination
For acquisitions, the Group recognises intangible assets separately from goodwill provided they are separable or arise from contractual or other 
legal rights and their fair value can be measured reliably. Intangible assets are initially recognised at fair value, which is regarded as their cost. 
Intangible assets are subsequently held at cost less accumulated amortisation and impairment losses. Where intangible assets have finite lives, 
their cost is amortised on a straight-line basis over those lives. The nature of intangible assets recognised and their estimated useful lives are 
as follows:

Software
Websites
Intellectual property
Customer relationships

10 – 20% Straight line
33 – 50% Straight line
Straight line
20%
Straight line
33%

The assets’ residual values and useful lives are reviewed at each Statement of Financial Position date and adjusted if appropriate. The carrying 
values of intangible assets are reviewed for impairment when events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying value may not 
be recoverable.

Property, Plant and Equipment
Property, plant and equipment are stated at cost less any subsequent accumulated depreciation or impairment losses. With the exception of 
freehold buildings held at 31 March 2006 (the date of transition to IFRS), cost represents purchase price together with any incidental costs to 
acquisition. As permitted by IFRS 1, the cost of freehold buildings at 31 March 2006 represents deemed cost, being the market value of the 
property for existing use at that date.

Depreciation is provided on all property, plant and equipment, other than freehold land, at rates calculated to write each asset down to its 
estimated residual value over its expected useful life. In summary the depreciation rates used for each category is as follows:

Freehold property
Furniture, fixtures and equipment
Computer equipment
Motor vehicles

2%
Straight line
5% – 10% Straight line
Straight line
20%
Straight line 
25%

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Property, Plant and Equipment Impairment
The assets’ residual values and useful lives are reviewed at each Statement of Financial Position date and adjusted if appropriate. The carrying 
values of property, plant and equipment are reviewed for impairment when events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying value may 
not be recoverable.

Inventories
Inventories are valued at the lower of cost and net realisable value. In general cost is determined on a first in first out basis and includes all direct 
expenditure and production overheads based on a normal level of activity. Net realisable value is the price at which the stocks can be sold in the 
normal course of business after allowing for the costs of realisation and where appropriate for the costs of conversion from its existing state to a 
finished condition. Provision is made for obsolete, slow moving and defective stocks.

Financial Instruments
Financial assets and financial liabilities are recognised in the Group’s Statement of Financial Position when the Group becomes a party to the 
contractual provisions of the instrument.

Trade receivables
Trade receivables are initially recognised at fair value and subsequently measured at their amortised cost using the effective interest method less 
any provision for impairment. A provision for impairment is made where there is objective evidence, (including customers with financial difficulties or 
in default on payments), that amounts will not be recovered in accordance with the original terms of the agreement. A provision for impairment is 
established when the carrying value of the receivable exceeds the present value of the future cash flow discounted using the original effective 
interest rate. The carrying value of the receivable is reduced through the use of an allowance account and any impairment loss is recognised in the 
Statement of Comprehensive Income.

Cash and cash equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents comprise cash on hand and demand deposits, and other short-term highly liquid investments that are readily 
convertible to a known amount of cash and are subject to an insignificant risk of change in value. For the purposes of the Statement of Cash Flows, 
cash and cash equivalents includes bank overdrafts where applicable. 

Financial liabilities and equity
Financial liabilities and equity instruments are classified according to the substance of the contractual arrangements entered into. An equity 
instrument is any contract that evidences a residual interest in the assets of the Group after deducting all of its liabilities. Financial liabilities and 
equity instruments are initially recognised at fair value and subsequently at amortised cost using the effective interest method.

Bank borrowings
Borrowings are initially recognised at fair value, being proceeds received less directly attributable transaction costs incurred. Borrowings are 
subsequently measured at amortised cost with any transaction costs amortised to the Statement of Comprehensive Income over the period of the 
borrowings using the effective interest method.

Trade payables
Trade payables are obligations to pay for goods or services that have been acquired in the ordinary course of business from suppliers.  
Trade payables are initially recognised at fair value and subsequently at amortised cost using the effective interest method.

Finance Leases – Lessee
Assets held under finance leases, which are leases where substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership of the assets have been transferred 
to the Group, are capitalised in the Statement of Financial Position and depreciated over the shorter of the lease term or their useful lives. The asset 
is recorded at the lower of its fair value and the present value of the minimum lease payments at the inception of the lease. The capital elements  
of future obligations under finance leases are included in liabilities in the Statement of Financial Position and analysed between current and  
non-current amounts. The interest elements of future obligations under finance leases are charged to the Statement of Comprehensive Income 
over the periods of the leases and represent a constant proportion of the balance of capital repayments outstanding in accordance with the 
effective interest rate method.

Warranty Claims
Provision is made for product warranty claims when the Group has a present obligation as a result of past events, it is more likely than not that an 
outflow of economic benefits will be required to settle the obligation and the amount can be reliably estimated. No provision is made for discounting 
on the grounds that the impact of discounting is deemed insignificant.

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Equity
Equity comprises the following: 
•  Share capital represents the nominal value of equity shares.
•  Share premium represents the excess over nominal value of the fair value of consideration received for equity shares, net of expenses of the 

share issue. 

•  Merger reserve represents the excess over nominal value of the fair value of consideration received for equity shares issued on reverse 

acquisition of subsidiaries, net of expenses of the share issue prior to the date of transition to IFRS.

•  Translation reserve represents cumulative foreign exchange gains and losses on retranslation of overseas operations.
•  Treasury reserve represents the cost of shares held in Treasury. 
•  Retained earnings represents retained profits and the share-based payment reserve.

Treasury Shares
Where any Group company purchases the Company’s equity share capital (treasury shares), the consideration paid, including any directly 
attributable incremental costs (net of income taxes) is deducted from equity attributable to the company’s equity holders until the shares are 
cancelled or reissued. Where such ordinary shares are subsequently reissued, any consideration received, net of any directly attributable 
incremental transaction costs and the related income tax effects, is included in equity attributable to the company’s equity holders.

Foreign Currencies
Sterling is the presentational currency of the Group. The functional currency of the companies within the Group is sterling except for Trakm8 s.r.o 
(Czechoslovakian crowns) and Trakm8 HK Limited (US Dollars). This is based on the Group’s workforce being based in the UK and that sterling is 
the currency in which management reporting and decision making is based.

Foreign currency monetary assets and liabilities are converted to Sterling at the rates of exchange ruling at the end of the financial year. 
Transactions in foreign currencies are converted to Sterling at the rates of exchange ruling at the transaction date. All of the resulting exchange 
differences are recognised in the Statement of Comprehensive Income as they arise.

For the purpose of presenting consolidated financial statements, the assets and liabilities of the Group’s foreign operations are translated at 
exchange rates prevailing on the Statement of Financial Position date. Income and expense items are translated at the average exchange rates for 
the period. Exchange differences arising are classified as equity and transferred to the Group’s reserves. Such translation differences are 
recognised as income or expense in the period in which the operation is disposed of.

Segmental Reporting
Operating segments are reported in a manner consistent with the internal reporting provided to the chief operating decision-maker. The chief 
operating decision maker, who is responsible for allocating resources and assessing performance of the operating segments, has been identified 
as the Board of Directors.

The Board have assessed that there continues to be just one segment following the continued integration of the Trakm8, DCS, Route Monkey and 
Roadsense businesses. This segment has two separate revenue streams distinguished by whether the revenues arise from solely hardware sales 
(Products) or hardware with ongoing service fees (Solutions).

Changes in Accounting Standards and Disclosures
During the year no new accounting standards became effective which had a significant impact on the Group’s consolidated financial statements.

Outlook for Adoptions of Future Standards (New and Amended)
At the date of authorisation of the consolidated financial information, the following standards and interpretations which have not yet been adopted 
early in these consolidated financial statements were in issue but not yet effective (and in some cases had not yet been adopted by the EU): 

Number

IFRS 2
IFRS 9
IFRS 15
IFRS 16
IFRC 22
Annual Improvements
Annual Improvements

Title 

Amendments to share based payments
Financial instruments 
Revenue from contracts with customers
Leases
Foreign currency transactions and advance consideration
2014-2016 Cycle
2015-2017 Cycle

Effective 

1 January 2018
1 January 2018
1 January 2018
1 January 2019
Not yet endorsed
1 January 2018
Not yet endorsed

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Other than the standards discussed below, none are expected to have a material impact on the Group.

IFRS 15 Revenue from contracts with customers
IFRS 15 was issued in May 2014, and amended in April 2016, and establishes a five-step model to account for revenue arising from contracts with 
customers. Under IFRS 15, revenue is recognised at an amount that reflects the consideration to which an entity expects to be entitled in exchange 
for transferring goods or services to a customer.

The new revenue standard will supersede all current revenue recognition requirements under IFRS. Either a full retrospective application or a 
modified retrospective application is required for annual periods beginning on or after 1 January 2018. The Group plans to adopt the new standard 
on the required effective date using the full retrospective method.

The Group is in the business of developing, manufacturing, marketing and distributing vehicle telematics hardware, services and software. In most 
cases, the hardware, services and software are sold together as a bundled package. In some cases these are sold on their own in separately 
identified contracts with customers.

(a) Sale of goods
For contracts with customers in which the sale of telematics hardware is bundled with services, the Group is generally able to identify the sale of 
goods as a separate performance obligation and can determine a stand-alone price. Adoption of IFRS 15 is not expected to have any impact on 
the Group’s revenue and profit or loss. The Group expects the revenue recognition to occur at a point in time when control of the asset is 
transferred to the customer, generally on delivery of the goods. This is in line with the current revenue recognition policy. Therefore, no change to 
the existing accounting policy is expected upon adopting IFRS15.

(b) Rendering of services
The Group provides different types of services to the customers and has analysed the impact of adopting IFRS 15 on the current revenue 
recognition policy.

In preparing to adopt IFRS 15, the Group is considering the following:

(i) Service contracts
The Group currently sells multi-element contracts which include a combination of hardware and different services; services include ongoing 
support for a specified term, data/connection services recognised over the related term and customisation/configuration recognised as related 
services are performed. The allocation of the consideration and, consequently, the timing of the amount of revenue recognised in relation to the 
services rendered would not be affected, which is recognised ratably over the life of the service contract.

However, for a small number of contracts the Group has identified different performance obligations under IFRS 15 and IAS 18, resulting in a 
different revenue recognition policy from the current policy. Under IFRS 15, customisation/configuration is generally not considered a separate 
performance obligation and as such revenue is to be recognised in line with the service element. These contracts require delivery of non-standard 
functionality which is not a separate performance obligation, whereas under IAS 18 revenue was recognised to match with costs incurred in 
delivering the functionality. 

A detailed review of contracts impacted by IFRS 15 has been undertaken and the provisional impact on the balance sheet as at 31 March 2017 is a 
decrease to working capital of £0.2m and a decrease in reserves of £0.2m. The impact on 2018 revenue is an decrease of approximately £0.7m, 
with an decrease in operating profit of approximately £0.7m.

(ii) Installation
The Group provide installation services that are sold either bundled together with the sale of telematics hardware to a customer or on their own. 
Currently, the Group accounts for the installation as a separate deliverable of bundled sales and allocates consideration between these deliverables 
using the relative stand-alone selling price approach. The Group recognises installation revenue upon installation. Under IFRS 15, allocation will be 
made based on relative stand-alone selling prices. Hence, the allocation of the consideration and, consequently, the timing of the amount of 
revenue recognised in relation to the installation services would not be affected.

(iii) Sale of software 
For contracts with customers including the sale of perpetual software licenses, adoption of IFRS 15 is not expected to have any impact on the 
Group’s revenue and profit or loss as it is assessed as a separate performance obligation. The Group expects the revenue recognition to occur at a 
point in time when the software is made available for use by the customers. This is in line with the current revenue recognition policy. Therefore, no 
change to the existing accounting policy is required upon adopting IFRS15.

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(iv) Software development and integration projects 
The revenue from software development and integration projects sold stand-alone as a clearly defined project is recognised over the life of the 
development by reference to percentage of completion.

Under IFRS 15, the same basis for recognising revenue will be acceptable therefore we do not expect adoption of this standard to cause a 
significant change to the revenue recognition policy.

(c) Presentation and disclosure requirements
The presentation and disclosure requirements in IFRS 15 are more detailed than under current IFRS. The presentation requirements represent a 
significant change from current practice and significantly increases the volume of disclosures required in the Group’s financial statements. Many of 
the disclosure requirements in IFRS 15 are new and the Group has assessed that the impact of some of them will be significant. In particular, the 
Group expects that the notes to the financial statements will be expanded because of the disclosure of significant judgements made: when 
determining the transaction price of those contracts that include variable consideration, how the transaction price has been allocated to the 
performance obligations, and the assumptions made to estimate the stand-alone selling prices of each performance obligation. In addition, as 
required by IFRS 15, the Group will disaggregate revenue recognised from contracts with customers into categories that depict how the nature, 
amount, timing and uncertainty of revenue and cash flows are affected by economic factors. It will also disclose information about the relationship 
between the disclosure of disaggregated revenue and revenue information disclosed for each reportable segment. 

(d) Other adjustments
In addition to the disclosure adjustments described above, on adoption of IFRS 15, other items of the primary financial statements such as deferred 
taxes, will be affected and adjusted as necessary. Furthermore, exchange differences on translation of foreign operations would also be adjusted.

The recognition and measurement requirements in IFRS 15 are also applicable for recognition and measurement of any gains or losses on disposal 
of non-financial assets (such as items of property and equipment and intangible assets), when that disposal is not in the ordinary course of 
business. However, on transition, the effect of these changes is not expected to be material for the Group.

IFRS 16 Leases 
The main change is expected to relate to the recognition on the Group’s balance sheet of assets and liabilities relating to leases which are currently 
being accounted for as operating leases. The Group is yet to assess the full impact of IFRS 16 which becomes effective for accounting periods 
beginning on or after 1 January 2019. 

IFRS 9 Financial Instruments
In July 2014, the IASB issued the final version of IFRS 9 Financial Instruments, which replaces IAS 39 Financial Instruments: Recognition and 
Measurement and all previous versions of IFRS 9. IFRS 9 brings together all three aspects of the accounting for financial instruments project: 
classification and measurement, impairment and hedge accounting. IFRS 9 is effective for annual periods beginning on or after 1 January 2018, 
with early application permitted. Except for hedge accounting, retrospective application is required but providing comparative information is not 
compulsory. For hedge accounting, the requirements are generally applied prospectively, with some limited exceptions.

During 2018, the Group has performed a detailed impact assessment of all three aspects of IFRS 9. This assessment is based on currently 
available information and may be subject to changes arising from further reasonable and supportable information being made available to the 
Group in 2019 when the Group will adopt IFRS 9. 

Overall, the Group expects no significant impact on its statement of financial position and equity. 

a) Classification and measurement
The Group does not expect a significant impact on its balance sheet or equity on applying the classification and measurement requirements of 
IFRS 9. It expects to continue measuring at fair value and subsequently at amortisation cost all financial assets currently held on this basis. 

The Group only has trade receivables as financial assets that are in scope of IFRS9. The trade receivables are held to collect contractual cash flows 
and are expected to give rise to cash flows representing solely payments of principal and interest. The Group analysed the contractual cash flow 
characteristics of those instruments and concluded that they meet the criteria for amortised cost measurement under IFRS 9. Therefore, 
reclassification for these instruments is not required.

(b) Impairment
IFRS 9 requires the Group to record expected credit losses on all of its debt securities, loans and trade receivables, either on a 12-month or lifetime 
basis. The Group will apply the simplified approach and record lifetime expected losses on all trade receivables. Based on management’s 
assessment of expected impairment losses to be recognised at inception the impact is not expected to be material.

(c) Hedge accounting
The Group does not hold contracts with hedge relationships that qualify for hedge accounting under IFRS 9. 

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5 Critical Judgements in Applying the Group’s Accounting Policies
In the process of applying the Group’s accounting policies, which are described in Note 4, management has made the following judgements that 
have a significant effect on the amounts recognised in the financial statements (apart from those involving estimations, which are dealt with below).

Revenue Recognition
Revenue is recognised with reference to the fair value of contracts. 

Management applies judgement on contracts which involve more than one deliverable. Each deliverable is assigned to one or more separate 
element of revenue and the contract consideration is allocated to each element based on its relative fair value. Determining the fair value of each 
element can require complex estimates due to the nature of goods and services provided. A fair value is determined for each element based on 
equivalent sales prices where it is sold on a standalone basis after considering volume discounts when applicable.

The split between initial recognition for products supplied and subsequent recognition for service revenue over the contract period and allocating 
the fair value between these elements is another key judgement made by management in ensuring appropriate revenue recognition.

Management also assesses the state of completion of engineering services, software development and integration projects by reference to work 
done, elements delivered and services provided to the customer.

Goodwill Carrying Value
A full impairment review has been performed on a ‘value in use’ basis, which requires estimation of future net operating cash flows, the time period 
over which they will occur, an appropriate discount rate and an appropriate growth rate. Further details, including a sensitivity analysis are given in 
Note 14 and the accounting policy is set out in Note 4.

Valuation of Intangibles Acquired on Business Combinations
On the acquisition of a business, it is necessary to attribute fair values to any intangible assets acquired, provided they meet the criteria to be 
recognised. The fair values of these assets are arrived at by estimating the cost of acquiring equivalent assets from a third party. The Group takes 
advice from third parties in determining fair values and the estimated useful lives of intangible assets arising on significant acquisitions. Estimates of 
remaining useful lives of assets are also reviewed at least annually and revised if appropriate.

Capitalised Development Costs
At the start of a project, management assesses whether or not the project meets the criteria for capitalisation under the requirements of IAS 38. 
Subsequently, the recoverability of capitalised development costs is dependent on assessments of the future commercial viability of the relevant 
products and processes. Management assess this viability based on market knowledge and demand from customers for improvements to existing 
product, service and software capabilities. 

Key Sources of Estimation Uncertainty
The key assumptions concerning the future and other key estimations at the Statement of Financial Position date, 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.

Recoverability of Trade Receivables
Management are particularly conscious of the financial weakness of some companies and closely monitors its outstanding debtor book in order to 
minimise the risk associated with future bad debts. Active credit control management is undertaken with a credit approval process in place and 
active monitoring of accounts resulting in future supplies being stopped if debts remain overdue. An increasing number of customers taking the 
Group’s services pay by direct debit and this is reducing the Group’s exposure to the non-recoverability of trade receivables in the future. 

Impairment of Goodwill 
The Group determines whether goodwill is impaired at least on an annual basis. This requires an estimation of the value in use of the cash-
generating units to which the goodwill is allocated. Estimating the value in use requires the Group to make an estimate of the expected future cash 
flows from the cash generating unit and also to choose a suitable discount rate in order to calculate the present value of those cash flows.  
Further details are given in Note 14. 

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6 Segmental Analysis
The chief operating decision maker (‘CODM’) is identified as the Board. It continues to define all the Group’s trading under the single Integrated 
Telematics Technology segment and therefore review the results of the group as a whole. Consequently all of the Group’s revenue, expenses, 
results, assets and liabilities are in respect of one Integrated Telematics Technology segment. 

The Board as the CODM review the revenue streams of Integrated Fleet, Optimisation, Insurance and Automotive Solutions (‘Solutions’) and 
Hardware as Discrete Devices (‘Products’) as part of their internal reporting. Products is the sale of Contract Electronic Manufacturing services 
(now ceased) and other third party hardware only supply. Solutions represents the sale of the Group’s full vehicle telematics and optimisation 
services, engineering services, professional services and mapping solutions to customers.

A breakdown of revenues within these streams are as follows:

Solutions
Products

A geographical analysis of revenue by destination is as follows:

United Kingdom
North America 
Norway
Rest of Europe
Rest of World

7 Other Income

Grant income
R&D tax credit 

Year ended 
31 March 
2018
£’000

Year ended 
31 March 
2017
£’000

 26,808 
 3,273 

 21,256 
 5,503 

 30,081 

 26,759 

Year ended 31 March 2018

Year ended 31 March 2017

Solutions
£’000

 26,484 
 56 
 58 
 73 
 137 

Products
£’000

Total
£’000

 3,068 
 – 
 – 
 197 
 8 

 29,552 
 56 
 58 
 270 
 145 

Solutions
£’000

 20,922 
 – 
 71 
 260 
 3 

Products
£’000

 5,405 
 18 
 – 
 14 
 66 

Total
£’000

 26,327 
 18 
 71 
 274 
 69 

 26,808 

 3,273 

 30,081 

 21,256 

 5,503 

 26,759 

Year ended 
31 March 
2018
£’000

Year ended 
31 March 
2017
£’000

531
35

566

 325 
– 

325

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8 Operating Profit
The following items have been included in arriving at operating profit:

Depreciation (see Note 15)
– owned fixed assets
– assets on hire purchase
Amortisation of intangible assets (see Note 14)
Operating lease rentals
– Land and buildings
– Other
Research and development expenditure
(Gain)/Loss on foreign exchange transactions
Staff costs (Note 12)
Loss on disposal of property plant & equipment
Exceptional administrative costs 
Auditors’ remuneration
– Fees payable to the Company’s auditors for the audit of the Parent Company and Consolidated Financial Statements
Fees payable to the Company’s auditors for other services:
– Share-based payments advisory services 
– Tax compliance services
– Tax advisory services

Adjusted profit before tax is monitored by the Board and measured as follows:

Profit before tax
Exceptional administrative costs (note 9)
Share-based payments

Adjusted profit before tax

9 Exceptional Administrative Costs

Acquisition costs
Integration costs
Head Office relocation
Contract manufacturing closure costs

Year ended 
31 March 
2018
£’000

Year ended 
31 March 
2017
£’000

 261 
 60 
 1,484 

 159 
 263 
 1,485 
(59)
 7,936 
 26 
 1,405 

103

 8 
 – 
 – 

 282 
 22 
 1,157 

 129 
 230 
 1,314 
 40 
 7,302 
 – 
 214 

 71

 – 
 10 
 10 

Year ended 
31 March 
2018
£’000

Year ended 
31 March 
2017
£’000

 1,173 
 1,405 
 216 

 2,794 

 693 
 214 
 249 

 1,156 

Year ended 
31 March 
2018
£’000

Year ended 
31 March 
2017
£’000

 256 
 501 
 238 
 410 

 63 
 90 
 – 
 61 

 1,405 

 214 

The acquisition costs incurred in 2018 relate to non-underlying charges under two separate agreements linked to the acquisition in the prior year. 
The costs incurred are directly linked to the acquisition and not as part of the ongoing underlying business. One agreement terminates on  
31 July 2019, and the second agreement on 31 March 2019. The 2017 acquisition costs relate to the actual acquisition itself.

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9 Exceptional Administrative Costs continued
The Company has incurred significant costs relating to a project to streamline and rationalise the operations of the business. This has resulted in 
the following non-underlying, one-off costs:
• 

In the current and prior year, integration costs relate to costs incurred integrating the activities of Route Monkey Limited and DCS Systems 
Limited that were acquired in previous financial years and include costs associated with office closures. This integration project is 
now complete. 

•  Head Office relocation costs are non-underlying costs incurred in moving the Head Office and associated administrative functions from 

• 

Shaftesbury to the West Midlands which was completed by the end of the financial year. 
In the current and prior year, contract manufacturing closure costs relate to residual inventory costs and contract exit costs following cessation 
of manufacturing contracts with third parties. All these contracts have now ceased.

10 Finance Costs

Interest on bank loans
Amortisation of debts issue costs 
Interest on Hire Purchase and similar agreements

Year ended 
31 March 
2018
£’000

Year ended 
31 March 
2017
£’000

 147 
 13 
 29 

 189 

 148 
–
 17 

 165 

11 Income Tax
Tax Charge For the Year 
Our tax charge for the year is shown below. Tax is made up of current and deferred tax. Current tax is the amount payable/(receivable) on the 
taxable income in the year and any adjustments to the tax payable/(receivable) in the previous years. Deferred tax is explained in Note 18.

Current tax

Deferred tax

prior year adjustment
current year credit

sub total

prior year adjustment
current year charge

sub total

Income tax credit

Total

Tax Recognised Directly in Equity
In addition to the amount credited to the income statement, tax movements recognised in equity were as follows:

Deferred tax: 
Share-based payment 

Tax credit in the statement of changes in equity 

Year ended 
31 March 
2018
£’000

Year ended 
31 March 
2017
£’000

 10 
(972)

(962)

(188)
 752 

 564 

(798)
(996)

(1,794)

 601 
 416 

 1,017 

(398)

(777)

Year ended 
31 March 
2018
£’000

Year ended 
31 March 
2017
£’000

(38)

(38)

–

–

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11 Income Tax continued
Factors Affecting the Tax Charge
The tax assessed for the year is lower (2016: lower) than the applicable rate of corporation tax in the UK. The difference is explained below:

Profit before tax

Profit on ordinary activities multiplied by the standard rate of corporation tax in the UK of 19% (2016: 20%)
Effects of:
Expenses not deductible/income not taxable
R&D relief enhanced deduction
Adjustments in respect of prior periods:

Deferred tax
Current tax

Utilisation of tax losses not recognised as a deferred tax asset
Share-based payments
Other movements 

Total tax credit

£’000

 1,173 

 223 

 162 
(559)
(188)
 10 
 – 
– 
(46)

(398)

£’000

 693 

 139 

 124 
(476)
 601 
(798)
(122)
(245)
– 

(777)

R&D Relief Enhanced Deduction
This deduction is available on research and development work done by the Group to develop and enhance its data analytics functionality and 
telematics hardware.

Prior Year Adjustment
The prior year adjustment mainly relates to the R&D tax credits that were finalised during the year.

Finance (No 2) Act 2015 was substantively enacted on 26 October 2015 and reduced the rate of corporation tax in the UK to 19% from 1 April 2017. 
Finance Act 2016 was substantively enacted on 6 September 2016 and reduced the main rate of corporation tax in the UK to 17% with effect 
from 1 April 2020.

12 Employees

Year ended 
31 March 
2018
No. 

Year ended 
31 March 
2017
No. 

 76 
 84 
 59 
 25 

 82 
 78 
 75 
 30 

 244 

 265 

Year ended 
31 March 
2018
£’000

Year ended 
31 March 
2017
£’000

 6,772 
 639 
 216 
 309 

 7,936 

 6,020 
 930 
 249 
 103 

 7,302 

The average monthly number of persons (including Directors) employed by the Group was:
Engineering
Sales & marketing
Production
Administration

Staff costs for the employees and Directors (included under Administrative expenses and Cost of sales):

Wages and Salaries
Social security costs
Share-based payments
Other pension costs

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12 Employees continued
The compensation for key management personnel was as follows (included under Administrative expenses and Cost of sales):

Salaries and other short-term employee benefits
Post-employment benefits
Share-based payments

Year ended 
31 March 
2018
£’000

Year ended 
31 March 
2017
£’000

 1,466 
 51 
 175 

 1,162 
 25 
 111 

 1,692 

 1,298 

The key management personnel are the Directors and four senior managers who became key management personnel during the prior year.

The key management personnel made gains of £62,000 (2017: £nil) on the exercise of share options during the year.

Details of Directors’ fees and salaries, bonuses and pensions (including that of the highest paid Director) have been audited and are given in the 
Directors’ Report on page 31.

13 Earnings Per Ordinary Share
The earnings per ordinary share have been calculated in accordance with IAS 33 using the profit for the year and the weighted average number of 
ordinary shares in issue during the year as follows:

Profit for the year after taxation
Exceptional administrative costs
Share-based payments
Tax effect of adjustments

Adjusted profit for the year after taxation

Number of ordinary shares of 1p each

Basic weighted average number of ordinary shares of 1p each 
Diluted weighted average number of ordinary shares of 1p each

Earnings per share
Diluted earnings per share

Adjust for effects of:
Exceptional costs
Share-based payments

Adjusted earnings per share
Adjusted diluted earnings per share

Year ended 
31 March  

Year ended 
31 March  

2018
£’000

 1,571 
 1,405 
 216 
(267)

 2,925 

2017
£’000

 1,470 
 214 
 249 
(43)

 1,890 

No.

No.

35,898,254

35,723,254

35,740,877
36,297,287

32,594,891
33,708,702

4.40p
4.33p

3.18p
0.61p

8.19p
8.06p

4.51p
4.36p

0.53p
0.77p

5.81p
5.61p

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14 Intangible Assets

Cost
As at 1 April 2016
Additions – Internal developments
Additions – External purchases 
Acquisition of RSL
Reclassified

As at 31 March 2017

Additions – Internal developments 
Additions – External purchases 

As at 31 March 2018

Amortisation
As at 1 April 2016
Charge for year

As at 31 March 2017
Charge for year

As at 31 March 2018

Net book amount

As at 31 March 2018

As at 31 March 2017

As at 1 April 2016

Goodwill
£’000

 9,752 
 – 
 – 
 665 
 – 

 10,417 

 – 
 – 

Intellectual 
property
£’000

Customer 
relationships
£’000

Development 
costs
£’000

Software
£’000

Total
£’000

 1,920 
 – 
 – 
 – 
 – 

 1,920 

 – 
 – 

 – 
 – 
 – 
 100 
 – 

 100 

 – 
 – 

 4,052 
 2,822 
 419 
 – 
(59)

 7,234 

 2,707 
 680 

 1,104 
 263 
 – 
 – 
 59 

 16,828 
 3,085 
 419 
 765 
 – 

 1,426 

 21,097 

 117 
 332 

 2,824 
 1,012 

 10,417 

 1,920 

 100 

 10,621 

 1,875 

 24,933 

 – 
 – 

 – 
 – 

 – 

 1,479 
 192 

 1,671 
 117 

 1,788 

 – 
 22 

 22 
 34 

 56 

 1,221 
 757 

 1,978 
 1,123 

 3,101 

 132 
 186 

 318 
 210 

 2,832 
 1,157 

 3,989 
 1,484 

 528 

 5,473 

 10,417 

 132 

 44 

 7,520 

 1,347 

 19,460 

 10,417 

 249 

 78 

 5,256 

 1,108 

 17,108 

 9,752 

 441 

 – 

 2,831 

 972 

 13,996 

Goodwill arose in relation to the Group’s acquisition of 100% of the share capital of Roadsense Technology Limited (‘Roadsense’), Route Monkey 
Limited ‘(Route Monkey’), Box Telematics Limited (‘Box’) and DCS Systems Limited (‘DCS’).

Since the acquisition Roadsense, Box, Route Monkey and DCS have been incorporated into the Trakm8 business. These businesses have 
therefore been assessed as one cash generating unit for an impairment test on Goodwill.

The impairment review has been performed using a value in use calculation.

The impairment review has been based on the Group’s budgets for 2018/19 which have been reviewed and approved by the Board. Forecasts for 
the subsequent 4 years have been produced based on 7% growth rates in revenue and EBITDA in each year. A net present value has been 
calculated using a pre tax discount rate of 10% which is deemed to be a reasonable rate taking account of the Group’s cost of funds and an extra 
element for risk. A terminal value has been calculated and included in the discounted cash flow forecasts used within the model to fully support the 
goodwill value. A growth rate of 2% was used to determine the terminal value.

In addition a sensitivity analysis has been undertaken by making the following changes:

1. Reduction in annual growth rates to 3% per annum for five years (terminal growth rate of 2%)
2. Increase in the discount rate to 13%

The conclusion of this review is that no reasonable set of assumptions individually or in aggregate would produce an impairment.

Amortisation expenses of £1,484,000 (2017: £1,157,000) have been charged to Administrative expenses in the Consolidated Statement of 
Comprehensive Income. 

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15 Property, Plant and Equipment

Cost
As at 1 April 2016
Additions
Acquisition of RSL
Disposals

As at 31 March 2017
Additions
Exchange differences
Disposals

As at 31 March 2018

Depreciation
As at 1 April 2016
Charge for year
Disposals

As at 31 March 2017
Charge for year
Exchange differences
Disposals

As at 31 March 2018

Net book amount

As at 31 March 2018

As at 31 March 2017

As at 1 April 2016

Freehold 
property
£’000

Furniture, 
fixtures and 
equipment
£’000

Computer 
equipment
£’000

Motor 
vehicles
£’000

 508 
 – 
 – 
 – 

 508 
 – 
 – 
 – 

 1,193 
 307 
 100 
 – 

 1,600 
 78 
 2 
(278)

 508 

 1,402 

 44 
 5 
 – 

 49 
 4 
 – 
 – 

 53 

 305 
 183 
 – 

 488 
 170 
 2 
(262)

 398 

 550 
 180 
 – 
 – 

 730 
 168 
 1 
(218)

 681 

 329 
 117 
 – 

 446 
 147 
(1)
(208)

 384 

 10 
 – 
 – 
(3)

 7 
 – 
 – 
 – 

 7 

 10 
 – 
(3)

 7 
 – 
 – 
 – 

 7 

Total
£’000

 2,261 
 487 
 100 
(3)

 2,845 
 246 
 3 
(496)

 2,598 

 688 
 305 
(3)

 990 
 321 
 1 
(470)

 842 

 455 

 1,004 

 297 

 – 

 1,756 

 459 

 1,112 

 284 

 – 

 1,855 

 464 

 888 

 221 

 – 

 1,573 

Included within freehold property is £285,000 (2017: £285,000) relating to land which is not depreciated. 

The Group’s obligations under finance leases (see Note 20) are secured by the lessors’ title to the leased assets, which have a carrying amount of 
£320,000 (2017: £314,000) included within property, plant and equipment. This consists of furniture, fixtures and equipment £134,000  
(2017: £247,000) and computer equipment £186,000 (2017: £67,000).

Total depreciation expenses of £321,000 (2017: £305,000) have been charged to administrative expenses in the Consolidated Statement of 
Comprehensive Income. 

16 Inventories

Raw materials
Work in progress
Finished goods and goods for resale

As at  
31 March 
2018
£’000

 431 
 566 
 1,559 

As at  
31 March 
2017
£’000

 1,152 
 126 
 2,396 

 2,556 

 3,674 

The cost of inventories recognised as an expense and included in cost of sales amounted to £8,253,000 (2017: £7,303,000). During the year old 
inventory lines totalling £306,000 (2017: £31,590) were written down and charged to cost of sales in the Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive 
Income. Residual inventory costs following cessation of Contract Electronic Manufacturing contracts with third-parties totalling £60,000 (2017: £nil) 
were written down and charged to exceptional administrative costs in the Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income. 

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17 Trade and Other Receivables

Non-current assets

Current assets

Trade receivables
Other receivables
Amounts receivable under finance leases
Prepayments and accrued income

The analysis of trade receivables by currency is as follows:

 – 
 – 
 318 
 – 

 318 

Pound Sterling
Dollar
Euro

As at 
31 March 
2018
£’000

As at 
31 March 
2017
£’000

As at 
31 March 
2018
£’000

 5,730 
 3,023 
 174 
 1,917 

 – 
 – 
 499 
 – 

 499 

 10,844 

As at 
31 March 
2018
£’000

 5,700 
 2 
 28 

 5,730 

As at 
31 March 
2017
£’000

 3,774 
 1,233 
 171 
 898 

 6,076 

As at 
31 March 
2017
£’000

 3,515 
 80 
 179 

 3,774 

An allowance for impairment is made where there is an identified event which based on previous experience, is evidence of a reduction in the 
recoverability of the outstanding amount. The allowance that has been made for estimated irrecoverable trade receivables is £505,000 
(2017: £29,000). In addition a credit note provision of £220,000 (2017: £nil) has been made against revenue for a specific contract. 

As at 31 March 2018 trade receivables of £1,141,000 (2017 £1,420,000) were past due but not impaired. The ageing analysis of these trade 
receivables is as follows:

Up to 3 months past due
3 to 6 months past due

As at 
31 March 
2018
£’000

 975 
 166 

 1,141 

As at 
31 March 
2017
£’000

 1,097 
 323 

 1,420 

The Directors consider that the carrying amount of trade and other receivables approximates to their fair values. The maximum exposure to credit 
risk at the reporting date is the carrying value of each class of receivable mentioned above.

The analysis of amounts receivable under finance leases is as follows:

Within one year
After one and within two years
After two and within five years
After five years

Minimum lease payments

Present value of  
minimum lease payments

2018
£’000

 185 
 184 
 142 
 – 

 511 

2017
£’000

 171 
 499 
 – 
 – 

 670 

2018
£’000

 174 
 179 
 139 
 – 

 492 

2017
£’000

 147 
 503 
 – 
 – 

 650 

The interest rate inherent in the leases is fixed at the contract date for the entire lease term. The average effective interest contract is approximately 
2.45% (2017: 2.45%) per annum.

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18 Deferred tax (liability)/asset
The analysis of deferred tax (liability)/asset is as follows:

Deferred tax (liability)/asset
Deferred tax (liability)/asset to be recovered within 12 months
Deferred tax (liability)/asset to be recovered after more than 12 months

The deferred tax (liability)/asset consists of the following:

Trading losses
Short-term timing differences
Accelerated tax depreciation

As at 
31 March 
2018
£’000

As at 
31 March 
2017
£’000

(122)
(107)

(229)

 158 
 139 

 297 

As at 
31 March 
2018
£’000

 1,013 
 3 
(1,245)

(229)

As at 
31 March 
2017
£’000

 1,240 
(86)
(857)

 297 

Deferred income tax assets are recognised for tax loss carry-forwards to the extent that the realisation of the related tax benefit through future 
taxable profits is probable.

The movement in the deferred tax (liability)/asset during the year is as follows:

At 31 March 2017
Credited/(debited) to the Statement of Comprehensive Income
Credited/(debited) to the Statement of Changes in Equity 

Trading 
losses
£’000

 1,240 
(227)
 – 

At 31 March 2018

 1,013 

(1,245)

Accelerated 
tax 
depreciation
£’000

Short-term 
timing 
differences
£’000

(857)
(388)
 – 

(86)
 51 
 38 

 3 

Total
£’000

 297 
(564)
 38 

(229)

19 Trade and Other Payables 

Trade payables
Social security and other taxes
Other payables
Accruals and deferred income

Non-current liabilities

Current liabilities

As at 
31 March 
2018
£’000

As at 
31 March 
2017
£’000

 – 
 – 
 – 
 581 

 581 

 – 
 – 
 – 
 480 

 480 

As at 
31 March 
2018
£’000

 4,741 
 1,886 
 139 
 2,832 

As at 
31 March 
2017
£’000

 3,996 
 929 
 111 
 1,435 

 9,598 

 6,471 

The Directors consider that the carrying amount of trade payables approximates to their fair value.

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20 Borrowings

Current
Non-Current

As at 31 March 2018

As at 31 March 2017

Bank loan

Arrangement 
fee
£’000

(28)
(49)

(77)

Gross
£’000

 1,004 
 5,307 

 6,311 

Obligations 
under 
finance 
leases
£’000

 175 
 363 

 538 

Net
£’000

 976 
 5,258 

 6,234 

Bank loan

Arrangement 
fee
£’000

(13)
(36)

(49)

Obligations 
under 
 finance 
leases
£’000

 84 
 232 

 316 

Net
£’000

 968 
 4,573 

 5,541 

Total
£’000

 1,052 
 4,805 

 5,857 

Total
£’000

 1,151 
 5,621 

Gross
£’000

 981 
 4,609 

 6,772 

 5,590 

All borrowings are held in Sterling and the Directors consider their carrying amount approximates to their fair values. 

Bank loans comprise the following: 

A £5.0m term loan with HSBC. The loan is secured by a fixed and floating charge on all the assets of the Group. It is repayable by monthly 
instalments until 2021 and bears interest at a floating rate of 1.95% over base rate. As at 31 March 2018 the Group owed £2.9m (2017: £3.9m).

A £5.0m revolving credit facility with HSBC which is repayable in full on 31 December 2020. The loan bears an interest rate of 1.75% over LIBOR on 
the drawn amount and a fee of 0.75% on the undrawn facility. As at 31 March 2018 the Group had drawn down £3.4m of this credit facility 
(2017: £1.7m).

The Group’s obligations under finance leases are secured by the lessors’ title to the leased assets (see Note 15).

21 Provisions

As at 1 April 2016

Arising during the year
Utilised
Released

As at 1 April 2017

Arising during the year
Utilised
Released

At 31 March 2018

Warranty
£’000

152

 44 
(66)
(24)

 106 

 – 
 – 
(41)

 65 

Onerous 
Lease
£’000

 – 

 – 
 – 
 – 

 – 

 20 
 – 
 – 

 20 

Total 
£’000

 152 

 44 
(66)
(24)

 106 

 20 
 – 
(41)

 85 

The warranty provision released during the current year relates to a provision that was held for the Contract Electronic Manufacturing services (now 
ceased), which had historically had higher levels of warranty turns. 

The warranty provision relates to the potential warranty claims that may come to fruition in the near future. 

The onerous lease provision relates to the Livingston site that Route Monkey Limited leased before moving out prior to expiry of the lease 
agreement. The Company will continue paying rentals until 31 September 2018 when the lease expires. 

These provisions are expected to be utilised as follows:

Current
Non-current

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As at 
31 March 
2018
£’000

 47 
 38 

 85 

As at 
31 March 
2017
£’000

 62 
 44 

 106 

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22 Share Capital

Authorised:
Ordinary shares of 1p each
Allotted, issued and fully paid:
Ordinary shares of 1p each

Movement in share capital:

As at 1 April
New shares issued 

As at 31 March

As at 31 March 2018

As at 31 March 2017

No’s 
‘000’s

£’000

No’s
 ‘000’s

£’000

200,000

200,000

200,000

200,000

 35,898 

 359 

 35,723 

 357 

As at 
31 March 
2018
£’000

 357 
 2 

 359 

As at 
31 March 
2017
£’000

 320 
 37 

 357 

The Company currently holds 29,000 ordinary shares in treasury representing 0.08% (2017: 0.08%) of the Company’s issued share capital.  
The number of 1 pence ordinary shares that the Company has in issue less the total number of Treasury shares is 35,869,254.

During the year the following shares were issued:

Date

27/11/17
29/03/18

Description

Exercise of options over ordinary shares by an employee
Exercise of options over ordinary shares by an employee

Shares

No’s  

‘000’s

 50 
 125 

 175 

Share 
Capital
£’000

 1 
 1 

 2 

Premium
£’000

 22 
 54 

 76 

The weighted average price for share options exercised during the year was 67.5p.

23 Share-based Payments
Trakm8 Holdings PLC has issued options (under the Trakm8 2017 Unapproved Share Option Plan) to subscribe for ordinary shares of 1p in the 
Company. The purpose of the Option Scheme is to retain and motivate eligible employees. 

In the prior year, Trakm8 Holding PLC issued options (under the Trakm8 Approved Group Option Scheme) to subscribe for ordinary shares of 1p in 
the Company. 

The exercise price of all share options is the closing market price on the day of grant. A vesting period of 3 years is applicable according to the 
terms of each scheme which specify the options will vest providing employees remain in service for 3 years from the date of grant. The maximum 
term of options granted is 10 years from grant date. All share options are equity settled. 

The fair value of the equity settled share options granted is estimated as at the date of grant using the Black-Scholes option pricing model taking 
into account the terms and conditions upon which the options were granted. No performance conditions were included in the fair value 
calculations. During the year three tranches of options were awarded, tranche V, W and X. The inputs to our Black-Scholes pricing model were: 

Grant date
Weighted average FV (pence)
Weighted average exercise price (pence)
Expected volatility (%)
Expected life of option
Dividend yield (%)
Risk free (%)

Tranch V

Tranch W

Tranch X

4-Jul-17
 51.21 
 98.50 
62.1%
 5.0 
0.0%
0.6%

12-Jul-17 27-Nov-17
 72.47 
 137.50 
62.9%
 5.0 
0.0%
0.7%

 48.60 
 93.50 
62.1%
 5.0 
0.0%
0.6%

The risk free rate of return is the yield on government gilt market price and the volatility has been based on historic share prices.

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23 Share-based Payments continued
Options granted during the year were:

Grant date

04 July 4 2017
12 July 2017
27 November 2017

A reconciliation of option movements over the year to 31 March 2018 is shown below:

Outstanding at beginning of the year
Granted during the period
Forfeited during the period
Exercised during the period

Outstanding at the end of the year

No of shares

 725,000 
 25,000 
 475,000 

Option 
exercise price

Date of expiry

 99p  02/07/2027
 94p  10/07/2027
 138p  25/11/2027

As at 31 March 2018

As at 31 March 2017

Share options
No.

 2,871,226 
 1,225,000 
(389,414)
(175,000)

Weighted 
average 
exercise
price (p)

 130 
 114 
 239 
 45 

Share options
No.

 3,263,022 
 175,000 
(116,796)
(450,000)

 3,531,812 

 117 

 2,871,226 

Weighted 
average 
exercise
price (p)

 112 
 278 
 273 
 15 

 130 

The range of exercise prices of the outstanding options is 17 pence to 333 pence (2017: 17 pence to 333 pence) and the weighted average 
remaining contractual life is 7.6 years (2017: 7.7 years). 

The Group charged £216,000 to the Statement of Comprehensive Income in respect of Share-based Payments for the financial year ended 
31 March 2018 (2017: £249,000). 

Share options exercisable at 31 March 2018 were 1,425,000 (2017: 1,000,000).

24 Cash Generated From Operations

As at 
31 March 
2018
£’000

As at 
31 March 
2017
£’000

 1,173 
 321 
 26 
 156 
 1,484 
 216 

 3,376 
 1,118 
(4,614)
 3,237 
(21)

 3,096 
 33 
 1,606 

 4,735 

 693 
 304 
 – 
 165 
 1,157 
 249 

 2,568 
(1,377)
 499 
(1,105)
(46)

 539 
 – 
 129 

 668 

Profit before tax
Depreciation
Loss on disposal of fixed assets
Net bank and other interest
Amortisation of intangible assets
Share-based payments

Operating cash flows before movement in working capital
Movement in inventories
Movement in trade and other receivables
Movement in trade and other payables
Movement in provisions

Cash generated from operations
Interest received
Income taxes received

Net cash inflow from operating activities

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25 Financial Commitments
At the Statement of Financial Position date, the Group had outstanding commitments for future minimum operating lease payments under 
non-cancellable operating leases, which fall due as follows:

Operating leases

Land and buildings:
Within one year
In the second to fifth years inclusive
Over 5 years

Other:
Within one year
In the second to fifth years inclusive
Over 5 years

As at 
31 March 
2018
£’000

As at 
31 March 
2017
£’000

 147 
 480 
 232 

 859 

 189 
 131 
 – 

 320 

 129 
 454 
 344 

 927 

 202 
 135 
 – 

 337 

Land and buildings under operating leases represents two leases payable by the Group which have expiry dates from 2018 to 2026.

26 Related Party Transactions
A total of 925,000 (2017: 150,000) share options were granted during the year to seven (2017: five) key management personnel.

The Non-Executive Director Bill Duffy was a Director of eConnect Cars Limited (eConnect) until 22 February 2017, a customer of the Group. Sales 
to eConnect in the previous year totalled £8,000. All sales were based on prices and terms that would be available to third parties. At 31 March 
2017 eConnect owed Trakm8 £nil.

27 Financial Instruments
Financial Risk Factors
The Group’s activities expose it to a variety of financial risks: market risk (including currency risk and interest rate risk), credit risk and liquidity risk. 
Where appropriate, the Group seeks to mitigate potential adverse effects on its financial performance.

Liquidity Risk
The Group’s objective is to maintain a balance between continuity and flexibility of funding through the use of borrowings and financial assets with 
a range of maturities. Borrowing facilities are monitored against the Group’s forecast requirements and it is the Group’s policy to mitigate the risk by 
maintaining cash reserves. 

Interest Rate Risk
The Group’s borrowings are linked to LIBOR and the base rate, the following table details the Group’s sensitivity to an increase of 2% and 5% in 
these two rates.

LIBOR
Base rate

LIBOR
Base rate

2%

As at 
31 March 
2018
Profit
£’000

(68)
(57)

As at 
31 March 
2017
Profit
£’000

(34)
(78)

5%

Profit
£’000

(170)
(142)

Profit
£’000

(85)
(194)

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27 Financial Instruments continued
Currency Risk
The Group operates internationally although the majority of its sales are in Sterling. Purchases of components are also made in US Dollars and 
Euros. The Group endeavours to minimise its foreign currency exposure by trading in Sterling wherever possible, or otherwise match inflows and 
outflows in its principal trading currencies.

The following table details the Group’s sensitivity to a 10% and a 20% decrease and increase in the value of Sterling against the US Dollar and the 
Euro and the resulting effect on profit. The sensitivity analysis of the Group’s exposure to foreign currency risk at the year end has been determined 
based upon the assumption that the increase in US Dollar and Euro exchange rates is effective throughout the financial year and all other variables 
remain constant.

US Dollar 
Euro

US Dollar 
Euro

10% decrease

10% increase

Year ended 
31 March 
2018
Profit & 
equity
£’000

Year ended 
31 March 
2017
Profit &  
equity
£’000

Year ended 
31 March 
2018
Profit & 
equity
£’000

Year ended 
31 March 
2017
Profit &  
equity
£’000

(340)
(191)

(300)
(117)

278
156

245
96

20% decrease

20% increase

Profit & 
equity
£’000

(765)
(429)

Profit &
equity
£’000

(674)
(264)

Profit & 
equity
£’000

510
286

Profit &
equity
£’000

449
176

The Group has the following exposure to foreign currency denominated monetary assets and monetary liabilities in the Balance Sheet, translated 
into Sterling at the relevant year-end exchange rates:

Financial assets/liabilities

US Dollar 
Euro

Sterling

Total

Year ended 
31 March 
2018
Monetary 
assets
£’000

Year ended 
31 March 
2018
Monetary 
liabilities
£’000

Year ended 
31 March 
2017
Monetary 
assets
£’000

 2 
 28 

 120 
 696 

 30 
 14,156 

 816 
 12,500 

 107 
 187 

 294 
 7,517 

Year ended 
31 March 
2017
Monetary 
liabilities
£’000

 99 
 441 

 540 
 10,241 

 14,186 

 13,316 

 7,811 

 10,781 

Credit Risk
The Group’s principal financial assets are bank balances, trade and other receivables. The Group’s credit risk is primarily attributable to its trade 
receivables and the Group attaches considerable importance to the collection and management of trade receivables. The Group minimises its 
credit risk through the application of appropriate credit limits to customers based on an assessment of net worth and trading history with the 
Group. Standard credit terms are net 30 days from the date of invoice. Overdue trade receivables are managed through a phased escalation 
culminating in legal action. 

The credit quality of cash balances that are neither past due nor impaired can be ascertained with reference to the banks external credit ratings.  
All remaining financial assets are unrated.

Credit rating (Fitch)

AA-
BBB+
Baa1

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As at 
31 March 
2018
 £’000 

 3,472 
 – 
 – 

As at 
31 March 
2017
£’000

 1,986 
 2 
 2 

 3,472 

 1,990 

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27 Financial Instruments continued
Financial Instruments by Category
Significant accounting policies
Details of the significant accounting policies and methods adopted, including the criteria for recognition, the basis of measurement and the basis 
on which income and expense are recognised, in respect of each class of financial asset, liability and equity instrument are disclosed in Note 4 to 
the financial statements. The Directors do not consider that any of the cash balances are impaired.

Capital risk management
The Group’s objectives when managing capital are to safeguard the Group’s ability to continue as a going concern in order to provide returns for 
shareholders and benefits for other stakeholders and to maintain an optimal capital structure to reduce the cost of capital. In order to maintain or 
adjust the capital structure, the Group may adjust the amount of dividends paid to shareholders, return capital to shareholders, issue new shares 
or sell assets to reduce debt.

The Group’s external borrowings are subject to covenants which are assessed periodically throughout the year. The covenants relate to cash flow 
and leverage requirements. The covenants were reset during the current year and the Company complied with all imposed covenant requirements 
during the period. The Group expects to meet the covenant requirements in the future periods. 

Consistent with others in the industry, the Group monitors capital on the basis of the gearing ratio. This ratio is calculated as total borrowings 
divided by total capital. Total borrowings include ‘current and non-current borrowings’ as shown in the Consolidated Statement of Financial 
Position. Total capital is calculated as “capital and reserves” as shown in the Consolidated Statement of Financial Position plus total borrowings.

The Group’s strategy has been to maintain gearing. This has been successfully achieved through the profits generated and the capital issue in the 
prior year.

Total borrowings (note 20)
Total capital and reserves

Total capital
Gearing ratio

At the year end the Group had total net borrowings of £3,300,000 (2017 : £3,867,000).

Assets as per Statement of Financial Position

Trade and other receivables excluding prepayments
Cash and cash equivalents

Borrowings
Trade and other payables excluding statutory liabilities and deferred revenue

Payable as follows

On demand or within one year 
After one and within two years
After two and within five years
After five years

As at 
31 March 
2018
£’000

 6,772 
 22,142 

As at 
31 March 
2017
£’000

 5,857 
 20,230 

 28,914 
23%

 26,087 
22%

Loans and receivables

As at 
31 March 
2018
£’000

 10,714 
 3,472 

 14,186 

As at 
31 March 
2017
£’000

 5,821 
 1,990 

 7,811 

Financial liabilities at 
amortised cost

As at 
31 March 
2018
£’000

 6,772 
 6,544 

As at 
31 March 
2017
£’000

 5,857 
 4,923 

 13,316 

 10,780 

As at 
31 March 
2018
£’000

 7,695 
 1,272 
 4,349 
 – 

As at 
31 March 
2017
£’000

 5,975 
 1,056 
 3,749 
 – 

 13,316 

 10,780 

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27 Financial Instruments continued
Cash and Cash Equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents comprise solely of cash in hand held by the Group.

28 Business Combinations
Roadsense Technology Limited
In the prior year, the Group purchased 100% of the share capital of Roadsense Technology Limited. The acquisition costs incurred in 2018 of 
£256,000 relate to non-underlying charges under two separate agreements linked to the acquisition in the prior year. The costs incurred are directly 
linked to the acquisition and not as part of the ongoing underlying business. One agreement terminates on 31 July 2019, and the second 
agreement on 31 March 2019. The 2017 acquisition costs relate to the actual acquisition itself.

These costs have been recognised as an exceptional administrative expense in the Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income. 
Exceptional administrative expenses have been analysed in Note 8. 

29 Dividends
The Company is not proposing a final dividend for the year (2017: nil). 

No dividend was paid during the year (2017: 649,000).

30 Operating Leases
The Group rents out equipment under operating leases. Equipment rental income earned during the year was £219,000 (2017: £189,000). At the 
year end the Group had contracted with lessees of the Group for the following future minimum lease payments under non-cancellable 
operating leases.

Within 1 year
After one and within five years

As at 
31 March 
2018
£’000

 175 
 149 

 324 

As at 
31 March 
2017
£’000

 182 
 215 

 397 

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Parent Company Statement of Financial Position
as at 31 March 2018

Assets
Non-current assets
Investments
Deferred tax asset 

Current assets
Trade and other receivables
Cash and cash equivalents

Liabilities
Current liabilities
Trade and other payables
Borrowings

Current assets less current liabilities

Total assets less current liabilities
Non-current liabilities
Borrowings

Net assets

Capital and reserves
Called up share capital 
Share premium account
Merger reserve
Treasury reserve
Retained earnings

Total shareholders’ funds 

As at  
31 March 
2018
£’000

As at  
31 March 
2017
£’000

Note

4

5

6
7

10,880 
34 

12,027 
 – 

10,914 

12,027 

8,692 
67 

8,759 

(234)
(976)

(1,210)

7,549 

6,733 
 – 

6,733 

(155)
(968)

(1,123)

5,610 

18,463 

17,637 

7

(5,258)

(4,573)

13,205 

13,064 

8

359 
11,750 
627 
(4)
473 

357 
11,674 
627 
(4)
410 

13,205 

13,064 

The Parent Company has taken the exemption conferred by s408 Companies Act 2006 not to publish the Statement of Comprehensive Income  
of the Parent Company with these accounts. The loss dealt with for the year in the Parent Company’s financial statements was £153,000  
(2017: profit £696,000).

These financial statements on pages 66 to 72 were approved by the Board of Directors and authorised for issue on 3 July 2018 and are signed on 
their behalf by:

John Watkins  
Director 

Jon Furber 
Director

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Parent Company Statement of Changes in Equity
for the Year Ended 31 March 2018

Balance as at 1 April 2016
Shares issued
Share placing fees
Equity dividend
IFRS 2 charge for the year
Profit for the year

Balance as at 1 April 2017

Shares issued
IFRS 2 charge for the year
Loss for the year

Balance as at 31 March 2018

Called up 
share capital
£’000

 320 
 37 
 – 
 – 
 – 
 – 

Share 
premium 
account
£’000

 9,641 
 2,142 
(109)
 – 
 – 
 – 

 357 

 11,674 

 2 
 – 
 – 

 76 
 – 
 – 

Merger 
reserve
£’000

 612 
 15 
 – 
 – 
 – 
 – 

 627 

 – 
 – 
 – 

 359 

 11,750 

 627 

Treasury 
reserve
£’000

Retained 
earnings
£’000

Total 
shareholders’ 
funds
£’000

(4)
 – 
 – 
 – 
 – 
 – 

(4)

 – 
 – 
 – 

(4)

 114 
 – 
 – 
(649)
 249 
 696 

 10,683 
 2,194 
(109)
(649)
 249 
 696 

 410 

 13,064 

 – 
 216 
(153)

 78 
 216 
(153)

 473 

 13,205 

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1 Accounting Policies
Basis of Preparation
The accounting policies set out below have been applied consistently to all periods presented in these consolidated financial statements made up 
to 31 March 2018.

The financial statements of the Parent Company have been prepared in accordance with United Kingdom Accounting Standards – Financial 
Reporting Standard 101 ‘Reduced Disclosure Framework’ (‘FRS 101’). The financial statements have been prepared on the going concern basis, 
under the historical cost convention and in accordance with the Companies Act 2006 as applicable to companies using FRS 101.

The Company has taken advantage of the legal dispensation contained in Section 408 of the Companies Act 2006 allowing it not to publish a 
separate income statement and related notes. The Company has also taken advantage of the legal dispensation contained in Section 408 of the 
Companies Act 2006 allowing it not to publish a separate statement of other comprehensive income.

The following exemptions from the requirements of IFRS have been applied in the preparation of these financial statements, in accordance with 
FRS 101:
•  Paragraphs 45(b) and 46 to 52 of IFRS 2, ‘Share-based payment’ (details of the number and weighted average exercise prices of share options, 

and how the fair value of goods or services received was determined)
IFRS 7, ‘Financial Instruments: Disclosures’

• 
•  Paragraphs 91 to 99 of IFRS 13, ‘Fair value measurement’ (disclosure of valuation techniques and inputs used for fair value measurement of 

assets and liabilities)

•  Paragraph 38 of ‘International Accounting Standard 1, Presentation of financial statements’ (IAS1) comparative information requirements in 

respect of paragraph 79(a)(iv) of IAS1

•  The following paragraphs of IAS1, ‘Presentation of financial statements’:

−  10(d) (statement of cash flows)
−  16 (statement of compliance with all IFRS)
−  38A (requirement for minimum of two primary statements, including cash flow statements)
−  38B-D (additional comparative information)
−  111 (cash flow statement information)
−  134-136 (capital management disclosures)
IAS 7, ‘Statement of cash flows’

• 
•  Paragraphs 30 and 31 of IAS 8, ‘Accounting policies, changes in accounting estimates and errors’ (requirement for the disclosure of information 

when an entity has not applied a new IFRS that has been issued but is not yet effective)

•  Paragraph 17 and 18A of IAS 24, ‘Related party disclosures (key management compensation)
•  The requirements of IAS 24, ‘Related party disclosures’ to disclose related party transactions entered into between two or more members of 

a group

Investments
Fixed asset investments are stated at cost less impairment against the cost of investments. The carrying values of investments in subsidiaries are 
reviewed for impairment if events or changes in circumstances indicate the carrying value may not be recoverable. Cost includes directly 
attributable acquisition expenses.

Cash and Cash Equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents comprise cash on hand and demand deposits and other short-term highly liquid investments that are readily convertible 
to a known amount of cash and are subject to an insignificant risk of change in value. For the purposes of the Statement of Cash Flows, cash and 
cash equivalents includes bank overdrafts. 

Trade Payables
Trade payables are obligations to pay for goods or services that have been acquired in the ordinary course of business from suppliers. Trade 
payables are initially recognised at fair value and subsequently at amortised cost using the effective interest method.

Bank Borrowings
Borrowings are initially recognised at fair value, being proceeds received less directly attributable transaction costs incurred. Borrowings are 
subsequently measured at amortised cost with any transaction costs amortised to the income statement over the period of the borrowings using 
the effective interest method.

Taxation
The tax expense represents the sum of the current tax expense and deferred tax expense. 

Current tax is based on taxable profits for the year. Taxable profit differs from net profit as reported in the Statement of Comprehensive Income 
because it excludes items of income or expense that are taxable or deductible in other years and it further excludes items that are never taxable or 
deductible. The Group’s liability for current tax is calculated by using tax rates that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the Statement of 
Financial Position date.

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1 Accounting Policies continued
Deferred tax is the tax expected to be payable or recoverable on differences between the carrying amount of assets and liabilities in the financial 
statements and the corresponding tax bases used in the computation of taxable profit, and is accounted for using the Statement of Financial 
Position liability method.

Deferred tax liabilities are recognised for all taxable temporary differences and deferred tax assets are recognised to the extent that it is probable 
that taxable profits will be available against which deductible temporary differences can be utilised in the foreseeable future. 

Deferred tax is calculated at the tax rates that are expected to apply to the period when the asset is realised or the liability is settled, based upon 
tax rates that have been enacted or substantively enacted.  

Equity
Equity comprises the following: 
•  Share capital represents the nominal value of equity shares.
•  Share premium represents the excess over nominal value of the fair value of consideration received for equity shares, net of expenses of the 

share issue. 

•  Merger reserve represents the excess over nominal value of the fair value of consideration received for equity shares issued on reverse 

acquisition of subsidiaries, net of expenses of the share issue prior to the date of transition to IFRS.

•  Treasury reserve represents the cost of shares held in Treasury. 
•  Retained earnings represents retained profits and the share-based payment reserve.

Treasury Shares
Where any Group company purchases the Company’s equity share capital (treasury shares), the consideration paid, including any directly 
attributable incremental costs (net of income taxes) is deducted from equity attributable to the Company’s equity holders until the shares are 
cancelled or reissued. Where such ordinary shares are subsequently reissued, any consideration received, net of any directly attributable 
incremental transaction costs and the related income tax effects, is included in equity attributable to the Company’s equity holders.

Share-based Payments
The Company has applied the requirements of IFRS 2 Share-based payment. 

The grant by the Company of options over its equity instruments to the employees of a subsidiary undertaking in the Group is treated as a capital 
contribution. The fair value of employee services received, measured by reference to the grant date fair value of the equity instrument, is recognised 
over the vesting period as an increase to investment in subsidiary undertakings, with a corresponding credit to equity. At each balance sheet date, 
the Company revises its estimates of the number of options or shares that are expected to vest. The impact of any revision, if any, is recognised as 
a capital contribution with a corresponding adjustment to reserves.

The fair value is measured by use of the Black-Scholes option pricing model. The expected life used in the model has been adjusted, based on 
management’s best estimate, for the effect of non-transferability, exercise restrictions, and behavioural considerations. No expense is recognised 
for awards that do not ultimately vest. 

2 Critical Accounting Judgements and Key Sources of Estimation Uncertainty 
Critical Judgements in Applying the Group’s Accounting Policies
In the process of applying the Group’s accounting policies, which are described in Note 1, management has made the following judgements that 
have a significant effect on the amounts recognised in the financial statements (apart from those involving estimations, which are dealt with below).

Investments Carrying Value
A full impairment review has been performed on a ‘value in use’ basis, which requires estimation of future net operating cash flows, the time period 
over which they will occur, an appropriate discount rate and an appropriate growth rate. 

3 Profit and Loss Account
As permitted by Section 408 of the Companies Act 2006, the Statement of Comprehensive Income of the Company is not presented as part of 
these financial statements.

The loss after tax for the year in the Company is £153,000 (2017: Profit £696,000). Audit fees for the Company for the year were £3,000 
(2017: £3,000).

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4 Investments
Movements in the year comprise the capital contribution in respect of share-based payments and the dissolution of Route Monkey Holdings 
Limited on 1 February 2018 which the Directors believe has not impacted the carrying value of the investments.

The impairment value represents the dividend in specie that Trakm8 Holdings PLC received upon the dissolution of Route Monkey Holdings Limited.

Cost 

As at 1 April 2017
Capital contribution in respect of share-based payments
Impairment of investment in Route Monkey Holdings Limited 

At 31 March 2018

The Directors believe that the carrying value of the investments is supported by their underlying net assets.

Name of subsidiary

Country of incorporation Nature of business

Registered Office

Subsidiaries
£’000

12,027 
216 
(1,363)

10,880 

Class of 
holding

Proportion 
held and 
voting rights

Ordinary

100%

Trakm8 Limited

England and Wales Development, marketing  

Trakm8 s.r.o. 

Czech Republic

and distribution of  
vehicle telematics

Mapping services and 
distribution of  
vehicle telematics

BOX Telematics 
Limited

Route Monkey  
Limited*

Interactive Projects 
Limited

Data Driven  
Telematics Limited

DCS Systems  
Limited

Roadsense  
Technology Limited

England and Wales Manufacture and  

distribution of vehicle 
telematics

Scotland

Route optimisation

England and Wales Dormant

England and Wales Dormant

England and Wales Dormant

England and Wales Marketing and distribution  

of vehicle telematics

4 Roman Park, Roman Way, Coleshill,  
West Midlands, B46 1HG

A7 Office Centre Praha 7 U Pruhonu  
1588/11a 170 00 Czech Republic

Ordinary

100%

4 Roman Park, Roman Way, Coleshill,  
West Midlands, B46 1HG

Ordinary

100%

4 Roman Park, Roman Way, Coleshill,  
West Midlands, B46 1HG

4 Roman Park, Roman Way, Coleshill, 
 West Midlands, B46 1HG

4 Roman Park, Roman Way, Coleshill,  
West Midlands, B46 1HG

4 Roman Park, Roman Way, Coleshill,  
West Midlands, B46 1HG

4 Roman Park, Roman Way, Coleshill,  
West Midlands, B46 1HG

Ordinary

100%

Ordinary

100%

Ordinary

100%

Ordinary

100%

Ordinary

100%

Ordinary

100%

Trakm8 HK Limited

Hong Kong

Marketing and distribution  
of telematics

Prosperity Centre, 25 Chong Yip Street,  
Kwun Tong, Hong Kong

*  Owned directly by Trakm8 Holdings Plc following the transfer from Route Monkey Holdings Plc on 30 March 2017.

The following dormant companies within the Group will take the exemption from preparing and filing financial statements for the year ended 
31 March 2018 (by virtue of s394A and 448A of Companies Act 2006 respectively). As the ultimate Parent Company, Trakm8 Holdings PLC has 
guaranteed the debts and liabilities held within these companies as required under section 394C of the Companies Act 2006.

Company

Interactive Projects Limited
Data Driven Telematics Limited
DCS Systems Limited

Company 
registration 
number

4327499
5785552
9641691

The following companies within the Group will adopt the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills audit exemption for the year ended 
31 March 2018. As the ultimate Parent Company, Trakm8 Holdings PLC has guaranteed the debts and liabilities held within these companies as 
required under section 479A of the Companies Act 2006.

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4 Investments continued

Company

Trakm8 Limited
BOX Telematics Limited
Route Monkey Limited
Roadsense Technology Limited

5 Trade and Other Receivables

Amounts due from subsidiary undertakings
Social security and other taxes
Prepayments and other receivables

Amounts due from subsidiary undertakings is unsecured, interest free and repayable on demand.

6 Trade and Other Payable

Trade creditors
Amounts due to subsidiary undertakings
Accruals and other creditors

Amounts due to subsidiary undertakings is unsecured, interest free and repayable on demand.

Company 
registration 
number

4415597
3947199
SC353016
8300339

As at  
31 March 
2018
£’000

 8,677 
 10 
 5 

As at  
31 March 
2017
£’000

 6,710 
 16 
 7 

 8,692 

 6,733 

As at  
31 March 
2018
£’000

As at  
31 March 
2017
£’000

48 
11 
175 

234 

23 
– 
132 

155 

As at 31 March 2017 
Bank loan

As at 31 March 2018 
Bank loan

Arrangement  

Gross
£’000

 1,004 
 5,307 

 6,311 

fee
£’000

(28)
(49)

(77)

Net
£’000

 976 
 5,258 

Gross
£’000

 981 
 4,609 

 6,234 

 5,590 

6,234

£’000

 976 
 1,000 
 4,258 

 6,234 

Arrangement 
fee
£’000

(13)
(36)

(49)

Net
£’000

 968 
 4,573 

 5,541 

5,541

£’000

 968 
 968 
 3,605 

 5,541 

7 Borrowings

Current
Non-current

Bank loan

The bank loan is repayable as follows:

Within one year
After one and within two years
After two and within five years

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7 Borrowings continued
Bank loans comprise the following: 

A £5.0m term loan with HSBC. The loan is secured by a fixed and floating charge on all the assets of the Group. It is repayable by monthly 
instalments until 2020 and bears interest at a floating rate of 1.95% over base rate. As at 31 March 2018 the Group owed £2.9m (2017: £3.9m).

A £5.0m revolving credit facility with HSBC which is repayable in full on 31 December 2020. The loan bears an interest rate of 1.75% over LIBOR on 
the drawn amount and a fee of 0.75% on the undrawn facility. As at 31 March 2018 the Group had drawn down £3.4m of this credit facility 
(2017: £1.7m).

8 Called up Share Capital and Reserves
Details of share capital and share options are shown in Notes 22 and 23 to the Consolidated Financial Statements above.

Details of the Company’s other reserves are shown in Note 4 to the Consolidated Financial Statements.

9 Guarantee
The borrowings of the Company is guaranteed by the assets of the subsidiary companies: Trakm8 Limited, BOX Telematics Limited, Route Monkey 
Limited and Roadsense Limited.

10 Related Parties
The Company has taken advantage of the exemptions conferred by IAS 24 from the requirement to disclose transactions between wholly owned 
subsidiary undertakings.

A total of 925,000 (2017: 150,000) share options were granted during the year to seven (2017: five) key management employees.

11 Employees and Directors
The Directors of the Company were paid by Trakm8 Ltd or BOX Telematics Ltd for their services to the Group. The Company had no employees 
(2017: nil) during the year (other than the Directors). See Remuneration Report on page 31 for further details.

Details of Group Directors’ fees and salaries, bonuses and pensions (including that of the highest paid Director) have been audited and are given in 
the Directors’ Report on page 31.

12 Dividends
The Company is not proposing a final dividend for the year (2017: nil).

No dividend was paid during the year (2017: 649,000).

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Officers and Advisers
for Trakm8 Holdings PLC 

Principal Bankers 
HSBC Bank plc 
6 Broad Street, 
Worcester, 
WR1 2EJ 

Independent Auditors
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP 
Savannah House,  
3 Ocean Way,
Southampton,
SO14 3TJ

Nominated Adviser and Broker 
Arden Partners 
125 Old Broad Street, 
London, 
EC2N 1AR

Financial Public Relations 
Buchanan Communications 
107 Cheapside, 
London, 
EC2V 6DN

Directors 
Matthew Cowley 
Tim Cowley 
Bill Duffy 
Keith Evans 
Jon Furber
Sean Morris 
John Watkins 
Mark Watkins 

Company Secretary
Jon Furber 

Registered Office 
Trakm8 Holdings PLC
4 Roman Park,  
Roman Way, 
Coleshill, 
West Midlands, 
B46 1HG 

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