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All Things Considered Group PLC

30 September 2022

30 September 2022

All Things Considered Group Plc

("ATC", the "Company" or the "Group")

Interim Results for the half year ended 30 June 2022

All Things Considered Group Plc (AQSE: ATC), the independent music company housing talent management, live booking, livestreaming and talent services, announces its unaudited interim results for the half year ended 30 June 2022 ("H1 2022").

Financial highlights:

   -- Group consolidated revenue increased 19% to GBP6.0m (H1 2021: GBP5.0m) 
 
   -- Gross profit increased to GBP2.6m (H1 2021: loss of GBP0.9m) 
 
   -- Loss after tax of GBP0.18m (H1 2021: loss of GBP2.55m) 
 
   --  Operational cash generated of GBP3.0m (H1 2021: cash absorbed of GBP1.7m) 
 
   -- The Group retains a sufficiently healthy net cash position (after current debt) of GBP3.0 million. The net cash 
      position (after current and long-term debt) as at 30 June 2022 was GBP1.5m (H1 2021: debt of GBP1.8m) as a result 
      of the IPO in December 2021, allowing the Group to further grow the Live and Management businesses and to pursue 
      the Group's acquisition plans 

Operational highlights:

   -- Good progress with both our artists and the recruitment of new artist managers joining the ATC Group 
 
   -- ATC Live has emerged from lockdown in a strong position and expects to deliver over 6,000 shows in 2022 for its 
      clients 
 
   -- New client gains across our substantial artist representation businesses in Management and Live Agency which now 
      manage more than 70 and 400 clients respectively 
 
   -- Established "Company X" in the USA, a new joint venture brand agency with Arrival Artists, servicing our 
      collective client base and third parties 

Post period and current trading:

   -- Announced substantial developments for our livestreaming business Driift, including the acquisition of technology 
      and commerce platform Dreamstage, concurrent with GBP4m additional investment from Deezer into Driift to maintain 
      its market leading position 
 
   -- Established ATC Experience as a new division to capitalise upon the changing commercial and creative models 
      developing globally across the live entertainment sector 
 
   -- Strengthened the management team with the addition of Despina Tsatsas, an experienced theatre producer and 
      creative leader, who will head up ATC Experience 
 
   -- Excluding Driift, we expect the remaining Group businesses in aggregate to show growth in 2022 in line with, or 
      slightly ahead of, expectations 
 
   -- Taking a prudent view for the 2022 financial outlook for, and additional investment in, Driift (as also enlarged 
      by the transaction announced today), the livestreaming division is expected to report a loss this year. As Driift 
      is currently a significant contributor to the Group's consolidated results, the Group now expects to show a small 
      overall loss for the 2022 financial year 

Adam Driscoll, Chief Executive Officer of ATC Group plc, commented : "These results, covering the first six months of the year demonstrate the resilience of our business model and market relevance of our full-service artist offering aligned to a rapidly changing music industry. We are pleased with the overall progress achieved in the first half of the year, both in terms of financial performance and operational developments, with many lead indicators performing as expected."

"As we enter the second half, the pipeline of opportunities is encouraging across the business divisions. Driift continues to cement its leading position within the fast-evolving livestreaming sector and we are delighted to continue to attract investment to scale that business. The opportunity ahead is significant as artists increasingly look to partner with creative agencies aligned to their interest, and we believe we have the right model, focus and platform to achieve significant growth"

This announcement contains inside information for the purposes of article 7 of the Market Abuse Regulation (EU) No 596/2014.

For more information, please contact:

 
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Notes to Editors

ATC Group is a prominent independent music company offering live rights, live agency, production, artist management and investment and a range of other music artist services. ATC Group is the only independently owned company in the industry housing talent management, live booking, livestreaming and talent services within the same group.

The Company has an established, long-standing client base with over 70 artists on its management roster and over 400 acts on the live roster. One of its livestreaming offerings, Driift, has delivered shows with Niall Horan, Andrea Bocelli, Kylie, Johnny Marr, The Smile and others, selling over 600,000 tickets across 190 countries since being established in June 2020.

The Group's six key divisions, grouped under two segments, are:

   --      Artist management and development 
   --      ATC Management - artist management 
   --      ATC Live - live event booking agency for artists 
   --      ATC Services- Promotional, agency services and technology solutions provider 
   --      ATC Experience - creator and distributor of artist-led digital and in-person experiences 
   --      Polyphonic - an artist partnerships venture 
   --      Live streamed events 
   --      Driift - a global livestreaming business, and Flymachine, a livestreaming platform 

The Group is headquartered in London, with offices in Los Angeles, New York and Copenhagen and is led by an experienced management team who have operated across multiple music industry sectors.

For more information see: www.atcgroupplc.com

Chief Executive's Review

Overview

The interim results to 30 June 2022 represent the first six months of trading of the Group since being admitted to the Aquis Growth Market in December 2021. The Board is pleased to deliver a strong first half of double-digit revenue growth and improved profitability, demonstrating that the Group's strategy and positioning within the music industry is robust and delivering in line with our vision.

Strategy

The Group has the advantages of a resilient and diversified business model that captures income and value from multiple verticals within the music industry. This ensures that we can benefit from the overall growth of the market through cycles, including the periods of significant disruption as was demonstrated by our growth through the pandemic,

The Group's model is to provide a fully integrated service empowering creators and artists to build optimum commercial structures to generate increased revenues and profits.

Our substantial artist representation businesses in Management (more than 70 clients) and Live Agency (more than 400 clients), means that we are in business with the real revenue generators in the industry - the artists. Building new and exciting opportunities for artists and developing a more collaborative model enables us to develop new revenue streams which we can benefit from and is a key growth driver. We have been delivering upon that ambition in 2022.

Performance Review

Since we last updated on the Group's progress in our annual report, which was published on 27(th) June, we have continued to be encouraged by many of our lead indicators.

ATC Live

The live music industry continues to make a sustained come back after the challenges of the Covid shutdown. At ATC Live we continue to perform in line with our expectations, notwithstanding the fact that the first two months of the year were challenged by continuing Covid disruptions. Despite having experienced a record number of cancelled or rescheduled dates in the first part of the year, ATC Live has emerged in a strong position and expects to deliver circa 6,000 shows for its clients in 2022. This augurs well for future periods.

ATC Management

In our management businesses we are seeing good progress with both our artists and the recruitment of new managers joining the ATC Group, with overall performance in line with expectations. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds have recently completed a hugely successful tour across multiple territories. The Smile continue to receive plaudits for their shows and have sold out multiple venues across North America during Q4 2022. Amaarae is concluding a substantial new recording deal and Jonny Marr is touring the US with The Killers. We recently took on the management of globally recognised artists The Hives and are building exciting plans with them for 2023 and beyond. We have recently announced that they will be the support act for The Arctic Monkeys on their upcoming stadium tour. In the US, Cuco and Santigold have just released their latest albums to critical and commercial acclaim. Newer developing artists on our roster such as underscores, The Goa Express and Izzi De-Rosa continue to excite business partners and audiences alike.

Our composer roster within management is showing growth and success with clients such as Isobel Waller Bridge, Ben Frost and Brendan Angelides all delivering new projects with a range of global partners including Apple TV and Netflix.

Over the last three months we have been delighted to welcome Dan McEvoy, Ben Rafson, Brandon Sánchez and Jordan Alper as new managers joining the ATC team bringing a selection of exciting clients with substantial prospects.

Livestreaming and Driift

Livestreaming came to the fore during the Covid shutdown when the opportunity to sell concert tickets to an 'at home' audience showed the longer-term growth prospects for this new vertical and established the format in the minds of artists and viewers alike. During 2022 Driift has continued to deliver fantastic shows from the likes of Little Mix, Jack Johnson, Westlife and, in the last few days, 5 Seconds of Summer from the Royal Albert Hall, with approximately 25,000 tickets sold for that show.

Third party market forecasters continue to predict that livestreaming will be a multi-billion dollar segment over the next 3 to 5 years. Driift's market leading position gives it a substantial opportunity to be the beneficiary of that growth and the acquisition of Dreamstage and the increased support from Deezer, as separately announced today, makes that prospect ever more possible. The acquisition of livestreaming platform Dreamstage provides Driift a new array of ticketing and technology tools to create a market leading 'end-to-end' livestreaming business. The acquisition was delivered alongside a new investment of GBP4m from Deezer. These combined transactions have substantially strengthened Driift's position in its sector and are a positive development for the Group given the wider context of the growing livestreaming market in which we remain convinced that we can build substantial value.

The recent investment round was consistent with our current balance sheet valuation of our Driift equity. As we now hold 32.5% of the combined Driift and Dreamstage business, we will report it as an associated undertaking in future, taking our share of its result into our group income statement.

We are taking a prudent view of Driift results for 2022, especially given the increased cost base as we are now reporting a share of the ongoing Dreamstage platform investment. We expect Driift to deliver a loss in 2022 as the business continues to invest in shows and infrastructure to secure its leading position in the market.

Complementary offerings: ATC Experience, ATC Services and Polyphonic

A key part of our strategy, as noted above, is to develop new business opportunities for our own clients and for other leading artists. Having delivered an online experience for Radiohead in partnership with Epic Games in 2021, we are focussed on building new audience experiences and entertainment offerings and creating new revenue streams.

As a result, we have recently established ATC Experience as a new division to capitalise upon the changing commercial and creative models developing globally across the live entertainment sector. This is a new opportunity to drive incremental revenue growth for the Group via co-commission, co-production, investment and partnership strategies. ATC Experience will create and distribute artist-led digital and in-person experiences for global audiences.

The division is headed by Despina Tsatsas, an experienced theatre producer and creative leader, who is a great addition to our management team. Despina was most recently the Executive Director of the Young Vic and prior to that was the Executive Producer at Punchdrunk Global.

In the USA we have further developed our relationship with live agency Arrival Artists by establishing a new joint venture brand agency, Company X, which will service our collective client base and third parties. Led by Mara Frankel, who was previously Senior Creative Director for Brand Partnerships at Atlantic Records, we are confident that this new service offering will be welcomed by our clients and will be a new source of profit contribution to the Group.

Current Trading and FY22 outlook

In aggregate, with the exception of Driift, our Group businesses have performed in line with expectations in the first half of 2022 and we expect that to continue for the full year.

As noted above, in order to cement its market-leading position, the business has invested significantly into Driift in the year to date and following the transactions announced separately today, we will continue to see increased investment in Driift events and in its Dreamstage platform. We feel that our investment to date has been validated by the recent acquisition and new capital injection and expect this to deliver long term value to shareholders. However, Driift will report a loss this year which will be a significant contributor to our Group results and we now expect to show a small overall loss for the financial year. Excluding Driift, we expect the remaining Group businesses in aggregate to show growth in 2022 in line with, or slightly ahead of, expectations.

The Group retains a sufficiently healthy net cash position (after current debt ) of GBP3.0 million and net cash position (after current and long-term debt ) of GBP1.5 million.

Chief Financial Officer's Review

Overview

During the period, despite the presence of COVID related global lockdowns during the first quarter of 2022, the Group's results continued to demonstrate resilience.

Revenue

Across the period, the Group's consolidated revenue posted 19% growth (H1 2022: GBP6.0 m vs H1 2021: GBP5.0m) mainly due to the following:

-- Artist management and development - The Services division has earned significant gross commission from its consulting services of approximately $ 2.2 million (c. GBP1.75 million) while other divisions have benefited from the uptick in live performances and management services activities during the second quarter of 2022.

-- Livestreamed events - Driift generated GBP1.85 million in 2022, a 36% decrease over an exceptional comparative period (2021: GBP3.3 million) due to the one-off revenue stream from 'Glastonbury's Live at Worthy Farm'. In May 2021, Driift delivered GBP1.7 million in gross revenues by livestreaming the event which was not replicated in 2022 which contributed to the decline for H12022. Excluding the revenue generated from Glastonbury in H12021, revenue in this division increased by 12 % (2022: GBP1.85 million vs 2021: GBP1.65million) as Driift continued to tap into the consumer's demand for in-home shows via streaming during this period.

Administrative expenses

Administrative expenses increased by 53% from GBP2.01 million in 2021 to GBP3.07 million in 2022. The increase is due mainly to the additional overheads of the artist management and development businesses/divisions that were acquired in 2021; new hirings in the live and management businesses which have enabled us to grow the artist, writer, producer and composer rosters, and group services which resulted in an increase in salary cost; increase in professional and consultancy fees related to the post IPO compliance work and completed and ongoing business deals; and, travelling expenses due to increased activities in the live and management businesses in 2022

Conversely, Driift's overheads decreased by 11% or GBP0.05k (2022: GBP0.42m vs 2021: GBP0.47 m).

Loss Before Tax and Non-controlling interest (NCI)

The loss before tax and non-controlling interest decreased by 90.2% (H1 2022: loss of GBP0.17 million, H12021: loss of GBP2.55 million). The loss was mainly due to losses incurred in Driift in May 2021 arising from the Glastonbury event which was disrupted by technical issues caused by a third-party supplier that resulted in customer refunds and a reduction in ticket sales.

Excluding the net loss of the Glastonbury event, the net loss before tax and NCI improved by GBP0.41 million in 2022 (H1 2022: GBP0.172 million vs H1 2021: GBP0.213 million) due mainly to the significant commission earned by the Services division and the reversal of losses in the UK management business during the period.

IPO and net cash/(debt)

The Group's net cash position (after current and long-term debt) was GBP1.5 million which is a significant improvement over its net debt position in 2021 of GBP1.82 million. The Group listed on the Apex segment of the Aquis Growth Market in December 2021 and raised a total of GBP4.1m, before costs, which improved its cash position and allowed the Group to further grow the Live and Management businesses by hiring new agents, and managers. It also provides additional working capital to further develop Group businesses and to pursue the Group's acquisition plans.

Financing costs of GBP0.077m (2021: GBP0.045m) was comprised mainly of interest expenses on loans.

 
                                              2022          2021 
 Current 
  - Cash and cash equivalents            8,398,106     1,864,823 
  - Funds held on behalf of clients    (4,905,279)     (600,099) 
  - Short-term borrowings                (334,443)     (780,604) 
  - Right of use liabilities (ST)        (142,041)     (167,090) 
 Net cash/(debt) after current debt      3,016,343       317,030 
                                      ------------  ------------ 
 Long term 
  - Long term borrowings               (1,324,199)   (1,823,019) 
  - Right of use liabilities (LT)        (176,957)     (318,381) 
                                       (1,501,156)   (2,141,400) 
                                      ------------  ------------ 
 
 Net cash/(debt)                         1,515,187   (1,824,370) 
                                      ============  ============ 
 

Earnings per share

Basic and diluted earnings per share for the period was (1.87) pence per share (H1 2021: (38.12) pence per share)

Going Concern

The accounts have been prepared on a going concern basis. The Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Group has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, based on projections for at least twelve months from the date of approval of the interim accounts.

 
Consolidated statement of 
comprehensive 
income 
 
                                                 Unaudited                  Unaudited      Audited 
                                                Six months                 Six months         Year 
                                                     ended                      ended        ended 
                                                   30 June                    30 June  31 December 
                                                      2022                       2021         2021 
                                      Notes            GBP                        GBP          GBP 
 
Revenue                                 2        6,015,313                  5,037,428    9,143,638 
Cost of sales                           2                   (3,413,243)   (5,965,860)  (8,297,894) 
 
 
 
Gross profit/(loss)                                          2,602,070      (928,432)      845,744 
 
Other operating income                  3          352,402                    437,764    1,163,496 
Administrative expenses                 4                   (3,068,380)   (2,007,125)  (5,390,877) 
Provision for amounts owed by                  - 
associates 
and joint ventures                                               -                  -            - 
 
 
 
Operating loss                          2                    (113,908)    (2,498,127)  (3,381,637) 
 
Share of results of associates and 
 joint ventures                         5                     18,908          (5,524)      167,568 
Finance income                                      7                               5        4,852 
Finance costs                                                (77,365)        (45,286)     (96,968) 
Provision against amounts owed by 
 participating interests                                         -              (334)        (333) 
 
 
 
Adjusted loss before tax                              (172,358)           (2,548,932)    (2,689,783) 
IPO and related costs                                      -              - -              (616,735) 
---------------------------------------------  ------------------------  ------------  ------------- 
 
Loss before taxation                                         (172,358)    (2,548,932)  (3,306,518) 
 
Income tax expense                                            (6,627)         (1,152)      (1,256) 
 
 
 
Loss for the period                                          (178,985)    (2,550,084)  (3,307,774) 
 
 
 
Other comprehensive income: 
Currency translation differences                  53,813                        2,790      (5,208) 
Revaluation gain on unlisted investments 53,638 - 139,061 
 
Total comprehensive income for the period                    (71,534)     (2,547,294)  (3,173,921) 
 
 
Loss for the financial period is attributable 
 to: 
- Owners of the parent company                               (100,825)    (1,645,234)  (2,353,468) 
- Non-controlling interests                                  (78,160)       (904,850)    (954,306) 
 
 
 
                                                             (178,985)    (2,550,084)  (3,307,774) 
 
 
Total comprehensive income for the period 
 is attributable to: 
- Owners of the parent company                               6,626        (1,642,444)  (2,219,615) 
- Non-controlling interests                                  (78,160)       (904,850)    (954,306) 
 
 
 
                                                             (71,534)     (2,547,294)  (3,173,921) 
 
 
 
 
 
Earnings per share 
 
 
Basic and diluted (In pence) 6       (1.87)         (38.12)          (34.51) 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Consolidated statement of financial position 
 
                                     Unaudited    Unaudited       Audited 
                                         As at        As at         As at 
                                       30 June      30 June   31 December 
                                          2022         2021          2021 
                                           GBP          GBP           GBP 
ASSETS 
Non-current assets 
Goodwill                             1,135,403      902,187     1,135,403 
Property, plant and equipment          367,268      458,635       398,506 
Investments                            187,336      165,844       244,604 
 
 
 
                                     1,690,007    1,526,666     1,778,513 
 
 
 
Current assets 
Trade receivables and other 
 current 
 assets                              2,569,897    2,744,123     2,558,201 
Cash and cash equivalents            8,398,106    1,864,824     5,532,272 
 
sni 
 
                                    10,968,003    4,608,947     8,090,473 
 
 
 
Total assets                        12,658,010    6,135,613     9,868,986 
 
 
 
EQUITY 
Called up share capital                 95,840       34,358        95,840 
Share premium account                3,983,970    2,917,969     3,983,970 
Merger reserve                       2,883,611            -     2,883,611 
Currency translation reserve            44,063       11,557       (9,750) 
Retained earnings                  (4,933,832)  (5,303,784)   (4,898,864) 
 
 
 
Equity attributable to the 
 shareholders 
 of the parent company               2,073,652  (2,339,900)     2,054,807 
Non-controlling interests              117,667    (982,829)       197,649 
 
 
 
Total equity                         2,191,319  (3,322,729)     2,252,456 
 
 
 
LIABILITIES 
Non-current liabilities 
Borrowings                           1,324,199    1,823,019     1,676,986 
Other creditors                         59,058            -        53,085 
Right of use lease liabilities         176,957      318,381       248,238 
 
 
 
                                     1,560,214    2,141,400     1,978,309 
 
 
 
Current liabilities 
Trade and other payables             8,429,994    6,369,249     5,373,866 
Borrowings                             334,443      780,603       124,068 
Right of use lease liabilities         142,040      167,090       140,287 
 
 
 
                                     8,906,477    7,316,942     5,638,221 
 
 
 
Total liabilities                   10,466,691    9,458,342     7,616,530 
 
 
 
Total equity and liabilities        12,658,010    6,135,613     9,868,986 
 
 
 
 
 
Consolidated statement of changes in shareholders' equity 
 
                     Share      Share     Merger     Currency     Retained  Non-controlling        Total 
                   capital    premium    reserve  translation     earnings        interests 
                              account                 reserve 
                       GBP        GBP        GBP          GBP          GBP              GBP          GBP 
 
Balance at 1 
 January 2022       95,840  3,983,970  2,883,611      (9,750)  (4,898,864)          197,649    2,252,456 
 
 
 
Period ended 30 
June 2022: 
Loss for the 
 period                  -          -          -            -    (100,825)         (78,160)    (178,985) 
Other 
comprehensive 
income: 
Currency 
 translation 
 differences and 
 revaluation 
 reserve 
 movements               -          -          -       53,813       53,638                -      107,451 
 
 
 
Total 
 comprehensive 
 income for the 
 period                  -          -          -       53,813     (47,187)         (78,160)     (71,534) 
Other movements          -          -          -            -       12,219          (1,822)       10,397 
 
 
 
 
Balance at 30 
 June 2022          95,840  3,983,970  2,883,611       44,063  (4,933,832)          117,667    2,191,319 
 
 
 
Balance at 1 
 January 2021       32,649  2,449,703          -        8,767  (3,687,758)           10,395  (1,186,244) 
 
Period ended 30 
June 2021: 
Loss for the 
 period                  -          -          -            -  (1,645,234)        (904,850)  (2,550,084) 
Other 
comprehensive 
income: 
Currency 
 translation 
 differences             -          -          -        2,790            -                -        2,790 
 
 
 
Total 
 comprehensive 
 income for the 
 year                    -          -          -        2,790  (1,645,234)        (904,850)  (2,547,294) 
Issue of share 
 capital             1,709    468,266          -            -            -                -      469,975 
Distributions            -          -          -            -            -         (24,959)     (24,959) 
Acquisition of 
 non-controlling 
 interests               -          -          -            -       29,208         (63,415)     (34,207) 
 
 
 
Balance at 30 
 June 2021          34,358  2,917,969          -       11,557  (5,303,784)        (982,829)  (3,322,729) 
 
 
 
 
 
                      Share        Share     Merger     Currency  Retained            Non-controlling        Total 
                    capital      premium    reserve  translation  earnings                  interests 
                                 account                 reserve 
                        GBP          GBP        GBP          GBP       GBP                        GBP          GBP 
 
Balance at 1 
 January 2021        32,649    2,449,703          -                (4,542)  (3,442,423)        10,395      (954,218) 
 
Year ended 31 
December 2021: 
Loss for the 
 period                   -            -          -                      -  (2,353,468)     (954,306)    (3,307,774) 
Other 
comprehensive 
income: 
Revaluation gain   *    139,061 - 139,061 
on unlisted 
investments 
Currency 
 translation 
 differences              -            -          -      (5,208)         -                          -      (5,208) 
 
 
 
Total 
 comprehensive 
 income for the 
 year                     -            -          -                (5,208)  (2,214,407)     (954,306)    (3,173,921) 
Issue of share 
 capital of 
 previous parent      1,709      399,550             -                   -            -             -        401,259 
Issue of share 
 capital             95,840    3,983,970          -            -         -                          -    4,079,810 
Merger reserve     (34,358)  (2,849,253)  2,883,611            -         -                          -              - 
Acquisition of 
 non-controlling 
 interests 
 and related 
 adjustments              -            -          -            -   757,966                  1,141,560      1,899,526 
 
 
 
Balance at 31 
 December 2021       95,840    3,983,970  2,883,611                (9,750)  (4,898,864)       197,649      2,252,456 
 
 
 
 
 
Consolidated statement of cash flows 
                                                           Unaudited    Unaudited      Audited 
                                                          Six months   Six months         Year 
                                                               ended        ended        ended 
                                                             30 June      30 June  31 December 
                                                                2022         2021         2021 
                                                                 GBP          GBP          GBP 
Cash flows from operating activities 
Loss for the period after tax                              (178,985)  (2,550,084)    (3,307,774) 
 
Adjustments for: 
Taxation charged                                               6,626        1,152        1,256 
Finance costs                                                 77,365       45,286       96,968 
Finance income                                                   (7)          (5)        (4,852) 
Gain on disposal of property, plant 
 and equipment                                                     -            -            - 
Depreciation of property, plant and 
 equipment                                                    65,247       66,597      133,023 
Share of results of associates and joint 
 ventures                                                   (18,908)     (15,146)      (167,568) 
Provision against investment in associates 
 and joint ventures                                                -            -          333 
 
Movements in working capital: 
Increase in trade receivable and other 
 current assets                                               45,988  (1,497,717)      (572,660) 
Increase in trade and other payables                       2,999,364    2,258,245    1,136,345 
 
 
 
Cash (absorbed by)/generated from 
 operations                                                2,996,690  (1,691,672)  (2,684,929) 
 
Interest paid                                               (77,365)     (45,286)       (96,968) 
Tax paid                                                    (57,471)      (1,152)        (1,256) 
 
 
 
Net cash (outflow)/inflow from 
 operating activities                                      2,861,854  (1,738,110)  (2,783,153) 
 
Investing activities 
Net additions to property, plant and 
 equipment                                                  (32,083)     (15,469)       (20,984) 
Investment in unlisted shares                                      -            -       (53,085) 
Purchase of subsidiaries (net of 
 cash acquired)                                                    -      738,307      274,700 
Net amount withdrawn/(injected) 
 in associates and joint ventures                             97,806       24,885            - 
Interest received                                                  7            5        4,852 
 
 
 
Net cash generated from investing 
 activities                                                   65,730      747,728      205,483 
 
Financing activities 
Proceeds from issue of shares                                      -      469,975    4,011,094 
Proceeds from issue of shares in 
 previous parent                                                   -            -      300,025 
Proceeds from borrowings                                           -      500,000      500,000 
Repayment of borrowings                                    (171,733)    (254,156)      (735,800) 
Proceeds from non-controlling interest 
 additional investment ((Driift)                                   -            -      2,000,000 
Payment of lease liabilities                                (69,527)     (39,919)      (136,865) 
Distributions to non-controlling 
 interest                                                         -      (24,959)            - 
 
 
 
Net cash generated from financing 
 activities                                                (241,260)      650,941    5,938,454 
 
 
 
Net (decrease)/increase in cash and 
 cash equivalents                                          2,686,324    (339,441)    3,360,784 
 
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning 
 of period                                                 5,532,272    2,200,821    2,178,505 
Effect of foreign exchange rates                             179,510        3,444      (7,017) 
 
 
 
Cash and cash equivalents at end 
 of period                                                 8,398,106    1,864,824    5,532,272 
 
 
 
 
 
Notes to the interim 
financial statements 
 
1                     Basis of preparation 
                      The results for the six months ended 30 June 2022 and 30 June 
                      2021 are unaudited. This interim report, which has neither been 
                      audited nor reviewed by independent auditors, was approved by 
                      the board of directors on 29 September 2022. 
 
                      The results for the six months ended 30 June 2021 are extracted 
                      from the Growth Prospectus ('Prospectus') dated 14 December 2021 
                      and include the results of ATC Artist Management Inc (previously 
                      Courtyard Production Inc) for the whole of the six months as 
                      it was under common control for that period. As required under 
                      IFRS 3 business combinations, the results for the year ended 
                      31 December 2021, extracted from the annual report and accounts, 
                      include the results of the business from the date of acquisition, 
                      19 February 2021. 
 
                      The consolidated Group financial statements represent the 
                      consolidated 
                      results of All Things Considered Group plc and its subsidiaries, 
                      (together referred to as the "Group"). The consolidated interim 
                      financial information has been prepared in accordance with 
                      International 
                      Financial Reporting Standards, International Accounting Standards 
                      and Interpretations (collectively IFRSs), as adopted by the United 
                      Kingdom. 
 
                      The accounting policies applied by the Group are the same as 
                      those applied by the Group in its financial statements for the 
                      year ended 31 December 2021. The independent auditors' report 
                      was unqualified, did not draw attention to any matters by way 
                      of emphasis, and did not contain a statement under 498(2) or 
                      498(3) of the Companies Act 2006. 
 
 
2                     Segmental analysis 
 
 
                      Unaudited six months 
                      ended 30 June           Artist management  Live streamed 
                      2022                      and development         events      Total 
                                                            GBP            GBP        GBP 
 
                                                      4,168,342 
                                                   4,168,341.73 
 Revenue                                           6,015,313.08      1,846,971  6,015,313 
 Cost of sales                                      (1,491,095)               (1,922,148)  (3,413,243) 
 
 
 
 Gross profit/(loss)                                  2,677,247                  (75,177)    2,602,070 
 
 Other operating 
  income                                                 81,074        271,328    352,402 
 Administrative 
  expenses                                          (2,646,790)                 (421,590)  (3,068,380) 
                      Provision for 
                      amounts owed by 
                      associates 
                      and joint ventures                      -              -                       - 
- 
 
 
 Operating profit/ ( 
  loss)                                                 111,531                 (225,439)    (113,908) 
 
 Share of results of 
  associates and 
  joint ventures                                         18,908                 -               18,908 
 Finance income                                               7              -          7 
 Finance costs                                         (77,234)          (131)                (77,365) 
 
 
 
 Profit/ (loss) 
  before taxation                                        53,212                 (225,570)    (172,358) 
 
 Income tax expense                                     (6,627)              -                 (6,627) 
 
 
 
 Profit/ (loss) for 
  the period                                             46,585                 (225,570)    (178,985) 
 
 
 
 
 
2   Segmental analysis 
 
    Unaudited six months ended 30 June                          Artist 
     2021                                                   management  Live streamed 
                                                       and development         events        Total 
                                                                   GBP            GBP          GBP 
 
 Revenue                                                     1,728,218      3,309,210    5,037,428 
 Cost of sales                                             (1,064,867)    (4,900,993)  (5,965,860) 
 
 
 
 Gross profit/(loss)                                           663,351    (1,591,783)    (928,432) 
 
 Other operating income                                        437,764              -      437,764 
 Administrative expenses                                   (1,535,885)      (471,240)  (2,007,125) 
 Provision for amounts owed by associates 
  and joint ventures                                             (334)              -        (334) 
 
 
 
 Operating loss                                              (435,104)    (2,063,023)  (2,498,127) 
 
 Share of results of associates and joint 
  ventures                                                     (5,524)              -      (5,524) 
 Finance income                                                      5              -            5 
 Finance costs                                                (45,286)              -     (45,286) 
 
 
 
 Loss before taxation                                        (485,909)    (2,063,023)  (2,548,932) 
 
 Income tax expense                                            (1,152)              -      (1,152) 
 
 
 
 Loss for the period                                         (487,061)    (2,063,023)  (2,550,084) 
 
 
 
    Audited year ended 31 December 2021                         Artist 
                                                            management  Live streamed 
                                                       and development         events        Total 
                                                                   GBP            GBP          GBP 
 
 Revenue                                                     4,501,426      4,642,212    9,143,638 
 Cost of sales                                             (2,088,401)    (6,209,493)  (8,297,894) 
 
 
 
 Gross profit/(loss)                                         2,413,025    (1,567,281)      845,744 
 
 Other operating income                                        617,517        545,979    1,163,496 
 Administrative expenses                                   (4,268,933)    (1,121,944)  (5,390,877) 
 
 
 
 Operating loss                                              (516,352)    (2,143,245)  (3,381,636) 
 
 Share of results of associates and joint 
  ventures                                                     167,568              -      167,568 
 Finance income                                                  4,852              -        4,852 
 Finance costs                                                (96,968)              -     (96,968) 
 Provision against amounts owed by participating 
  interests                                                      (333)              -        (333) 
 
 
 
 Loss before taxation                                      (1,163,273)    (2,143,245)  (3,306,518) 
 
 Income tax expense                                            (1,256)              -      (1,256) 
 
 
 
 Loss for the period                                       (1,164,529)    (2,143,245)  (3,307,774) 
 
 
 
 
 
3   Other operating income 
                                                          Unaudited    Unaudited      Audited 
                                                         Six months   Six months         Year 
                                                              ended        ended        ended 
                                                            30 June      30 June  31 December 
                                                               2022         2021         2021 
                                                                GBP          GBP          GBP 
 
 Government grants received                                  77,944      420,482      523,896 
 Film tax relief credit                                     271,328            -      545,979 
 Sundry income                                                3,130       17,282       93,621 
 
 
 
                                                            352,402      437,764    1,163,496 
 
 
 
4   Administrative expenses 
                                                          Unaudited    Unaudited      Audited 
                                                         Six months   Six months         Year 
                                                              ended        ended        ended 
                                                            30 June      30 June  31 December 
                                                               2022         2021         2021 
                                                                GBP          GBP          GBP 
 
 Staff costs                                              1,835,057      903,158    2,364,472 
 Rent, rates and service costs                              193,572      142,428      367,960 
 IPO and related costs                                            -            -      616,735 
 Legal and professional fees                                102,386      216,761      642,641 
 Consultancy fees                                           289,131      317,716      580,895 
 Depreciation of property, plant and 
  equipment                                                  65,247       66,597      133,023 
 Exchange (gain) losses                                    (82,109)        5,191         61,406 
 Profit or loss on sale of tangible 
  assets                                                                       -     (19,694) 
 Travelling and entertainment expenses                      228,666       16,832      120,476 
 Other expenses                                             436,430      338,442      522,963 
 
 
 
                                                          3,068,380    2,007,125    5,390,877 
 
 
 
5   Share of results of associates and joint ventures 
                                                          Unaudited    Unaudited      Audited 
                                                         Six months   Six months         Year 
                                                              ended        ended        ended 
                                                            30 June      30 June  31 December 
                                                               2022         2021         2021 
                                                                GBP          GBP          GBP 
 
 ATC 4 LLP                                                    4,791       29,626      154,439 
 ATC 7 LLP                                                    5,169           31          630 
 ATC 9 LLP                                                    8,948        1,751       28,251 
 One Eskimo LLP                                                   -            -          510 
 Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes LLP                              -     (20,670)            - 
 Your Army LLC                                                    -     (16,262)     (16,262) 
 
 
 
                                                             18,908      (5,524)      167,568 
 
 
 
 
 
 6. 
  Earnings 
  per 
  share 
                                     Unaudited         Unaudited                          Audited 
                                      Six months        Six months                         Year ended 
                                      30 June 2022      30 June                            31 December 
                                                        2021                               2021 
 Basic and diluted earnings/(loss)   (1.87) pence      (38.12)                            (34.51) 
  per share                                             pence                              pence 
 Basic and diluted number of 
  shares in issue                       9,584,020           6,690,314                          9,584,020 
Basic earnings per share is calculated by dividing the profit/loss 
 after tax attributable to the equity holders of All Things Considered 
 group plc by the numbers of shares in issue after the allotment 
 of ordinary shares on 14 December 2021. The same number of shares 
 is used for the corresponding period in order to provide a meaningful 
 comparison. 
                                                      Events after the reporting date 
 7. 
 
                                                      On 29 September 2022, subsidiary undertaking Driift 
                                                      Holdings 
                                                      Limited entered into a transaction whereby it 
                                                      acquired, in a 
                                                      share for share exchange, the shares and business 
                                                      of Dreamstage 
                                                      Inc. and, at the same time, Deezer SA (which was an 
                                                      existing 
                                                      shareholder of Dreamstage) invested GBP4m into the 
                                                      combined business 
                                                      of Driift and Dreamstage to fund its future growth. 
                                                      The transaction 
                                                      results in the Group's undiluted shareholdings in 
                                                      Driift reducing 
                                                      to 32.5% from 52%. As a result, from 30 September 
                                                      2022, Driift 
                                                      will no longer be a subsidiary undertaking but will 
                                                      be accounted 
                                                      for as an associated undertaking. 
 
 

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