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Braveheart Investment Group plc
30 October 2018
The information contained within this announcement is deemed by
the Company to constitute inside information as stipulated under
the Market Abuse Regulations (EU) No. 596/2014 ("MAR"). With the
publication of this announcement via a Regulatory Information
Service, this inside information is now considered to be in the
public domain.
30 October 2018
Braveheart Investment Group plc
("Braveheart" or the "Company")
Interim Results
Braveheart Investment Group plc (AIM: BRH), the fund management
and strategic investor group, today announces its interim results
for the six months ended 30 September 2018.
Key points:
-- Revenue of GBP509,000 in the six months ended 30 September 2018 (2017: GBP397,000);
-- Profit of GBP113,000 in the six months ended 30 September 2018 (2017: GBP191,000);
-- Earnings per share of 0.42p in the six months ended 30 September 2018 (2017: 0.71p);
-- Holding in Paraytec increased to 56.5% of issued share
capital following conversion of Paraytec loan;
-- Acquisition of 7% holding in AIM quoted Remote Monitored
Systems plc following part disposal of holding in Gyrometric;
and
-- Court approval of Capital Reduction allows for the payment of dividends in the future.
For further information:
Braveheart Investment Group plc Tel: 01738 587555
Trevor Brown, Chief Executive
Allenby Capital Limited (Nominated Adviser Tel: 020 3328
and Joint Broker) 5656
David Worlidge / Nicholas Chambers
Peterhouse Corporate Finance Limited (Joint Tel: 020 7469
Broker) 0936
Heena Karani / Lucy Williams
Chief Executive Officer's Statement
We are pleased to report to shareholders the unaudited results
for the six months ended 30 September 2018. Progress has continued
in all Group activities and detailed operational summaries follow
later in this report.
We have continued to review the group structure with the aim of
making reporting more representative of operational realities and
also to allow for the payment of dividends to our shareholders:
Dividends
On 18 October 2018, the Court confirmed the Capital Reduction
which makes it possible for the Company to commence the payment of
dividends and the Order was filed at Companies House on the same
date. A decision on the recommendation of the payment of a dividend
to shareholders will be made following the financial year end on 31
March 2019 and a dividend cannot be paid until the full year
accounts have been audited. At present, it is the Board's intention
to recommend the payment of a final dividend for the current year,
the quantum of which is yet to be determined.
Consolidation
The conversion of our loan to Paraytec and a review of our role
in Kirkstall has resulted in Braveheart having control as defined
by the IFRS accounting standards (IFRS10) and we will be required
to consolidate the results of those companies in our Group accounts
at our financial year end. The change of status from investment to
subsidiary means that each of the company's results will be
included within the consolidation at 31 March 2019 and, in
addition, the valuation previously used for these shareholdings
will be now partly recognised as a goodwill figure in our Balance
Sheet and will therefore be subject to an impairment review. As the
net asset values of both these companies are lower than the
investment value, it may be that the goodwill is written down as a
result of this impairment review which could potentially result in
a significant one-off write-down in the accounts of the group. This
would be treated as an exceptional non-cash change in the accounts.
I think it is important to emphasise that these proposed changes
and the possible change in the value of these investments are
essentially non-cash accounting changes and do not affect the
underlying operational businesses in any material sense.
Financial Review
Revenue was GBP509,000 in the six months ended 30 September 2018
(2017: GBP397,000).
We have undertaken an unaudited interim review of the valuations
of the Group's directly held investments and have concluded that,
at this stage, these valuations should remain largely unchanged.
Therefore, as at 30 September 2018, the fair value of the Group's
investment was GBP2,479,000 (30 September 2017: GBP1,031,000),
which comprises the valuations of the historic investments made by
Braveheart up to 2015 (the "Portfolio") of GBP464,000 (30 September
2017: GBP359,000) and the strategic investments (the three
investments made by Braveheart from 2016, the "Strategic
Investments" together with the new investment in Remote Monitor
Systems plc) of GBP2,015,000 (30 September 2017: GBP672,000).
Our operating costs for the period under review were GBP395,000
(2017: GBP207,000), an increase of GBP188,000 (91 per cent.) on the
prior period. This increase in costs is partially as a result of
the previous period operating costs including the reversal of a
number of historic accruals in the accounts which had proved to not
be required. This accrual reversal had the effect of reducing the
operating costs for the previous period by GBP115,000. For the
period under review there are no reversal of accruals. In addition,
we have accounted for all the anticipated one off legal costs
relating to the share premium reduction in the period under review
and which total GBP44,000. Therefore, if the reversal of accruals
are excluded from the previous period accounts and the legal costs
associated with the capital reduction are excluded from the period
under review then the operating costs for the period under review
would be GBP351,000 and the operating costs for the previous period
would have been GBP322,000. The increase of GBP29,000 in on-going
operating costs are as a result of a small increase in employment
costs of GBP18,000 and additional shareholder communication fees
relating to the general meeting for share premium reduction of
GBP11,000. The slight decrease in cash to GBP1,105,000 reflects a
reduction in trade payables. We report a profit before tax for the
period under review of GBP113,000 (2017: profit of GBP191,000).
This equates to earnings per share of 0.42 pence. We have not made
any disposals from the Portfolio during the period under review and
have maintained the valuations of the Portfolio and the Strategic
Investments at the levels that were reported in our last annual
accounts.
Strategic Investments
We believe that our Strategic Investments continue to be most
likely drivers of growth in shareholder value over the remainder of
the current year and so have concentrated this CEO Statement on
their operations and prospects.
Gyrometric operational update
GyroMetric has developed a patent protected system of hardware
and software to accurately monitor the run-out in rotating shafts.
Warnings generated by this system help prevent expensive and
untimely breakdowns in industry and transport. Its products are
used to measure the performance of rotating shafts in a wide
variety of applications such as marine engines, wind turbines and
industrial machine tools.
The system is now installed on a seven Megawatt wind turbine
nacelle at the ORE Catapult test facility in Blyth and has produced
exceptional results which were widely reported by ORE to its
consortium of industrial partners. The results demonstrated the
exceptional accuracy of GyroMetric's technology in measuring
bearing run out and twist angle at the low rotational speeds
associated with wind turbines.
This information will enable manufacturers and operators to
better predict the performance of these very large and high value
machines, and the results have created strong interest from several
of the global wind turbine manufacturers who now want to install
GyroMetric systems on their own test turbines.
In July, the company presented its technology at the Global
Offshore Wind conference in Manchester, and at the recent Wind
Energy Exhibition in Hamburg, the premier world exhibition in wind
power generation. GyroMetric had its own stand, the theme of which
was moving from analogue to digital for monitoring and safeguarding
wind turbine shafts. A working demonstration test rig was operating
on the stand, connected to a computer and showing real-time results
graphically on screen. Arranged by the British Department for
International Trade, David Orton, GyroMetric CEO, was given a
speaking slot at the exhibition, when he was able to expand on the
theme of digital monitoring and safeguarding of turbine shafts. The
level of enquiries was above expectations and the geographical
spread was global, for example GyroMetric was pleased to welcome
representatives of three of the largest Chinese wind turbine
manufacturers to the stand.
A test programme for one of the major manufacturers of wind
turbines is expected to commence in the next few weeks and serious
enquiries from several others are being pursued.
At the Society of Maritime Industries exhibition SMM in Hamburg,
GyroMetric equipment was exhibited on the stand of the company's
German Marine agent, where the new GyroMetric product for
continuously monitoring the alignment of ships drive shafts, was
introduced. Marine engines are installed on resilient mountings to
reduce vibration. These mountings subside over a period resulting
in misalignment with the propeller shaft. Misalignment causes
damage to the couplings and wasted energy. The new product monitors
shaft alignment automatically and warns when action is required.
This development brings ship operators into the digital age and
helps reduce operating costs. In addition to the new product, the
GyroMetric system for safeguarding ships drives by rapidly
detecting rapid rises in torque received substantial enquiries,
including for the first time, fleet retrofits.
During the period, Braveheart disposed of part of its holding in
GyroMetric to Remote Monitored Systems plc ("RMS") and now retains
an 18% holding. As previously reported, the independent Directors
(which excludes Trevor Brown) ("the Independent Directors") believe
that this transaction will provide greater liquidity over a part of
its investment portfolio and enable GyroMetric to take advantage of
synergies with Geocurve Limited ("Geocurve"), a wholly-owned
subsidiary of RMS, and thereby improve GyroMetric's long term
prospects and ultimately the value of Braveheart's remaining
holding. Braveheart will continue to be closely involved in the
development of the GyroMetric business and continue to have a
representative on the board.
Paraytec operational update
During the period under review Paraytec has been profitable and
cash positive. Revenues have been derived from royalty income
stream from its two main licensees and income from two key grant
funded R&D projects to develop new products.
The first key R&D project is in Paraytec's traditional
market of research instrumentation for the biopharmaceutical
sector. Paraytec is a key member of a consortium including Malvern
Panalytical, GSK, Medimmune, Fujifilm Diosynth Biotechnologies and
others who have developed prototype instruments which will shortly
be evaluated by the drug development partners. These instruments
are aimed at protein-based pharmaceuticals, to detect instabilities
that can cause drug molecules to aggregate resulting in a reduction
of their therapeutic effectiveness and possible unwanted
side-effects for the patient.
The second key R&D project is aimed at developing a new
point of care diagnostic device for cancer detection and
monitoring. Initially this is focussed on bladder cancer, but the
technology could be applicable to the detection of other cancers.
The results for detecting bladder cancer in laboratory samples are
extremely promising and performance trials are now being conducted
at the University of Sheffield. Discussions are ongoing with a
leading UK urology clinic to conduct an initial clinical study to
compare performance against existing methods.
Paraytec continues to seek a financial partner to take the
bladder cancer test to market. As previously reported, Braveheart
converted loan notes previously advanced to Paraytec and now holds,
in aggregate, 56.5 per cent of the issued share capital of
Paraytec, 42.0 per cent on a fully diluted basis.
Kirkstall operational update
Kirkstall sells products for in vitro cell culture and operates
in a worldwide market sector that is projected to grow by 38%
annually (Source: Yole Développement, April 2017).
Kirskstall's distributor, Lonza, have reported that their sales
team have found growing interest in Kirkstall's products in the US
market. The two companies are now working closely to promote the
technology in both USA and Europe and are developing new product
ideas and training many more users.
Kirkstall commenced work on 1 October on a EUR4.7million EU
Grant awarded to a consortium which includes the Universities of
Wageningen (NL) Edinburgh (UK) Dusseldorf (D) and ETH Zurich (CH).
Kirkstall has recently appointed Dr Bhumika Singh as Chief
Scientific Officer and she will lead the Kirkstall contribution to
this project as well as accelerating the development of added value
applications aimed at industrial customers in the pharma, cosmetics
and nutraceuticals sectors.
A key advantage of the Kirkstall Quasi Vivo(R) system is its
ability to support homeostasis in long term cell culture. This is
particularly import for studies of disease and drug therapies to
cure them. Three current research programmes taking advantage of
this technology are: Alzheimer's Disease at Southampton University;
Macular Degeneration at Liverpool University and Breast Cancer at
Westminster University in London.
This year's Advanced Cell & Tissue Culture Conference (ACTC)
which Kirkstall organises for researchers in the rapidly growing
'organ on a chip' market, was an outstanding success with more than
twice the number of delegates of the 2017 event. As a result of
this the Company will run a second ACTC conference in December this
year at Cambridge University, where researchers and industry
specialists come to present their latest developments.
Viking Fund Managers
The fund management business, Viking Fund Managers Limited
("Viking"), has continued to focus upon the management of the
Finance Yorkshire Equity Fund. This fund invested both debt and
equity into businesses in the Yorkshire and Humber region in unit
sizes of GBP50,000 to GBP2 million. The fund has now been fully
invested and so the emphasis is now upon monitoring investments and
achieving their successful realisations. This fund management
contract continues until December 2019.
We continue to be in discussions with a number of parties
concerning the raising of new funds which would be managed by
Viking and the appointment of Viking for the management of existing
funds where the incumbent manager is to be replaced. In particular
we are now close to the launch of a new mezzanine fund, the Viking
Mezzanine Fund, as previously announced on 16 July 2018. We have
completed the discussions and entered the due diligence phase of
the process with the 'large UK financial organisation' which is
intending to provide 40% of the total fund. We expect that this due
diligence phase and formal confirmation will complete before the
end of this calendar year which is slightly later than we had
previously expected and means that the launch of the fund with it
being ready to invest is now anticipated to be during the first
quarter of the 2019 calendar year, the last quarter of the current
financial year. We have also begun informal conversations with a
wide range of other possible investors into the fund to enable the
raising of the remaining 60% of the fund, with the proposal being
very well received. We have targeted a minimum fund size of GBP10
million and remain confident that at least this amount will be
raised. In the meantime, and as a part of the build-up for the
launch of the fund we have been promoting the fund to company
advisors and possible investee companies. The reception that we
have received has to date been excellent.
For some years, we have operated two wholly owned subsidiaries,
Strathtay Ventures and Viking Fund Managers, which are regulated by
the Financial Conduct Authority for fund management activities. As
part of our review of the corporate structure, we are in the
process of transferring all fund management activities to Viking
Fund Managers. Once this is completed, we will close down Strathtay
Ventures, which will help reduce group operating costs.
Outlook
This is a pivotal time for Braveheart. Growing prospects at
Kirkstall, Paraytec and Gyrometric continue to excite the Board,
while the investment portfolio, combined with our substantial cash
continues to provide solid underpinning to our balance sheet, and
developments in our fund management business offer a new source of
fund management revenue in the next financial year.
Trevor E Brown
Chief Executive Officer
Condensed consolidated statement of comprehensive income
for the six months ended 30 September 2018
Six months ended Six months ended
Year ended
30 September 30 September 31 March
2018 2017 2018
(unaudited) (unaudited) (audited)
Note GBP GBP GBP
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Revenue 257,425 388,848 820,062
Change in fair value of investments 4 249,544 8,582 1,152,597
Finance revenue 2,212 51 6,050
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Total income 509,181 397,481 1,978,709
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Employee benefits expense (188,506) (170,562) (322,475)
Other operating costs (198,627) (34,159) (159,681)
Finance costs (8,067) (1,923) (3,897)
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Total costs (395,200) (206,644) (486,053)
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Profit before tax 113,981 190,837 1,492,656
Tax - - -
Profit after tax for the period and total
comprehensive income for the period 113,981 190,837 1,492,656
Profit attributable to:
Equity holders of the parent 113,981 190,837 1,492,662
Non-controlling interest - - (6)
113,981 190,837 1,492,656
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Basic earnings per share Pence Pence Pence
* Basic 0.42 0.71 5.51
* Diluted 0.42 0.69 5.50
Condensed consolidated statement of FINANCIAL POSITION
for the six months ended 30 September 2018
30 September 30 September 31 March
2018 2017 2018
(unaudited) (unaudited) (audited)
Note GBP GBP GBP
-------------------------------------------------- ----- ------------- ------------- ----------
ASSETS
Non-current assets
Goodwill 3 380,000 380,000 380,000
Investments at fair value through profit or loss 4 2,479,959 1,030,711 2,220,213
Other receivables 174,939 150,193 174,939
-------------------------------------------------- ----- ------------- ------------- ----------
3,034,898 1,560,904 2,775,152
-------------------------------------------------- ----- ------------- ------------- ----------
Current assets
Trade and other receivables 130,936 443,852 326,599
Cash and cash equivalents 1,105,135 998,769 1,133,759
-------------------------------------------------- ----- ------------- ------------- ----------
1,236,071 1,442,621 1,460,358
-------------------------------------------------- ----- ------------- ------------- ----------
Total assets 4,270,969 3,003,525 4,235,510
-------------------------------------------------- ----- ------------- ------------- ----------
LIABILITIES
Current liabilities
Trade and other payables (141,321) (225,611) (187,939)
Contingent consideration/liability - - -
Deferred income (15,363) (53,481) (20,688)
(156,684) (279,092) (208,627)
-------------------------------------------------- ----- ------------- ------------- ----------
Non-current liabilities
Borrowings (16,790) (43,369) (43,369)
Other payables - - -
(16,790) (43,369) (43,369)
-------------------------------------------------- ----- ------------- ------------- ----------
Total liabilities (173,474) (322,461) (251,996)
-------------------------------------------------- ----- ------------- ------------- ----------
Net assets 4,097,495 2,681,064 3,983,514
-------------------------------------------------- ----- ------------- ------------- ----------
EQUITY
Called up share capital 5 541,650 541,650 541,650
Share premium 1,567,615 1,567,615 1,567,615
Merger reserve 523,367 523,367 523,367
Retained earnings 1,489,256 72,819 1,375,275
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Equity attributable to owners of the parent 4,121,888 2,705,451 4,007,907
Non-controlling interest (24,393) (24,387) (24,393)
-------------------------------------------------- ----- ------------- ------------- ----------
Total equity 4,097,495 2,681,064 3,983,514
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Condensed consolidated statement of CASHFLOWS
as at 30 September 2018
Six months ended Six months ended
Year ended
30 September 30 September 31 March
2018 2017 2018
(unaudited) (unaudited) (audited)
GBP GBP GBP
------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------- ------------------- -------------
Operating activities
Profit before tax 113,981 190,837 1,492,656
Adjustments to reconcile profit before tax to net cash flows
from operating activities
Share-based payments expense - - 631
Increase in the fair value movements of investments (249,544) (8,582) (1,152,597)
Transfer of accrued dividend/ interest (10,202) - (27,101)
Interest income (2,212) (51) (6,050)
Decrease in trade and other receivables 195,663 72,594 165,101
Decrease in trade and other payables (78,522) (520,991) (591,456)
------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------- ------------------- -------------
Net cash flow from operating activities (30,836) (266,193) (118,816)
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Investing activities
Increase in investments - (160,000) (178,386)
Interest received 2,212 51 6,050
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Net cash flow from investing activities 2,212 (159,949) (172,336)
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Financing activities
Issue of share capital - 4,061 4,061
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Net cash flow from financing activities - 4,061 4,061
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Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents (28,624) (422,081) (287,091)
Cash and cash equivalents at the start of the period 1,133,759 1,420,850 1,420,850
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Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the period 1,105,135 998,769 1,133,759
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Condensed consolidated statement of changes in equity
for the six months ended 30 September 2018
Attributable to owners of the Parent
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Share Share Merger Retained Non-controlling Total
Capital Premium Reserve Earnings Total Interest Equity
GBP GBP GBP GBP GBP GBP GBP
---------------------- --------- ---------- --------- ---------- ---------- ---------------- ----------
At 1 April 2017
(audited) 541,109 1,564,095 523,367 (118,018) 2,510,553 (24,387) 2,486,166
---------------------- --------- ---------- --------- ---------- ---------- ---------------- ----------
Issue of equity
shares 541 3,520 - - 4,061 - 4,061
---------------------- --------- ---------- --------- ---------- ---------- ---------------- ----------
Transactions with
owners 541 3,520 - - 4,061 - 4,061
---------------------- --------- ---------- --------- ---------- ---------- ---------------- ----------
Profit and total
comprehensive
income for the
period - - - 190,837 190,837 - 190,837
At 30 September
2017 (unaudited) 541,650 1,567,615 523,367 72,819 2,705,351 (24,387) 2,681,064
---------------------- --------- ---------- --------- ---------- ---------- ---------------- ----------
Share-based payments - - - 631 631 - 631
---------------------- --------- ---------- --------- ---------- ---------- ---------------- ----------
Transactions with
owners - - - 631 631 - 631
---------------------- --------- ---------- --------- ---------- ---------- ---------------- ----------
Loss and total
comprehensive
income for the
period - - - 1,301,825 1,301,825 (6) 1,301,819
---------------------- --------- ---------- --------- ---------- ---------- ---------------- ----------
At 1 April 2018
(audited) 541,650 1,567,615 523,367 1,375,275 4,007,907 (24,393) 3,983,514
---------------------- --------- ---------- --------- ---------- ---------- ---------------- ----------
Profit and total
comprehensive
income for the
period - - - 113,981 113,981 - 113,981
At 30 September
2018 (unaudited) 541,650 1,567,615 523,367 1,489,256 4,121,888 (24,393) 4,097,495
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1 Basis of preparation
The financial information presented in this half-yearly report
constitutes the condensed consolidated financial statements (the
interim financial statements) of Braveheart Investment Group plc
("Braveheart" or "the Company"), a company incorporated in the
United Kingdom and registered in Scotland, and its subsidiaries
(together, "the Group") for the six months ended 30 September 2018.
The interim financial statements have been prepared in accordance
with IAS 34 Interim Financial Reporting and should be read in
conjunction with the Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended
31 March 2018 which have been prepared in accordance with
International Financial Reporting Standards as adopted for use in
the EU. The financial information in this half-yearly report, which
was approved by the Board and authorised for issue on 29 October
2018 is unaudited.
The interim financial statements do not constitute statutory
accounts for the purpose of sections 434 and 435 of the Companies
Act 2006. The comparative financial information presented herein
for the year ended 31 March 2018 has been extracted from the
Group's Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2018
which have been delivered to the Registrar of Companies. The
Group's independent auditor's report on those accounts was
unqualified, did not include references to any matters to which the
auditors drew attention by way of emphasis without qualifying their
report and did not contain a statement under section 498(2) or
498(3) of the Companies Act 2006.
The preparation of the half-yearly report requires management to
make judgements, estimates and assumptions that affect the policies
and the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, income and
expenses. The estimates and associated assumptions are based on
historical experience and other factors that are believed to be
reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the
basis of making judgements about carrying values of assets and
liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources.
Actual results may differ from these estimates. In preparing this
half-yearly report, the significant judgements made by management
in applying the Group's accounting policies and the key sources of
estimation uncertainty were the same as those applied to the
audited consolidated financial statements for the year ended 31
March 2018.
The interim financial statements have been prepared using the
same accounting policies as those applied by the Group in its
audited consolidated financial statements for the year ended 31
March 2018 and which will form the basis of the 2019 Annual Report.
The interim financial statements have been prepared on the same
basis as the financial statements for year ended 31 March 2018
which is on the assumption that the Company is a going concern.
2 Earnings per share
The basic earnings per share has been calculated by dividing the
profit for the period attributable to equity holders of the parent
by the weighted average number of ordinary shares in issue during
the period.
The calculation of earnings per share is based on the following
profit and number of shares in issue:
Six months ended Six months ended Year ended
30 Sept 2018 30 Sept 2017 31 Mar 2018
(unaudited) (unaudited) (audited)
GBP GBP GBP
-------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------- ----------------- ------------
Profit for the period attributable to equity holders of the
parent 113,981 190,837 1,492,656
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Weighted average number of ordinary shares in issue:
* For basic profit per ordinary share 27,082,565 27,063,332 27,072,997
* Potentially dilutive ordinary shares 75,675 532,813 75,675
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* For diluted profit per ordinary share 27,158,240 27,596,145 27,148,672
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Dilutive earnings per share adjusts for share options granted
where the exercise price is less than the average price of the
ordinary shares during the period. At the end of the current period
there were 75,675 potentially dilutive ordinary shares.
3 Goodwill
Viking Neon Total
GBP GBP GBP
---------------------------------- ------------- -------- --------
At 1 April 2017 (audited) - 380,000 380,000
At 30 September 2017 (unaudited) - 380,000 380,000
At 30 September 2018 (unaudited) - 380,000 380,000
---------------------------------------- -------- -------- --------
The Group assessed the recoverable amount of the above goodwill
with Neon's cash generating units and determined that goodwill was
not impaired.
4 Investments at fair value through profit or loss
Level 1 Level 2 Level 3
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Equity Equity Debt Equity Debt
investments in investments in investments in investments investments in
quoted unquoted unquoted in unquoted unquoted
companies companies companies companies companies Total
GBP GBP GBP GBP GBP GBP
---------------- ---------------- --------------- ---------------- -------------- --------------- ----------
At 1 April 2017
(audited) - - - 762,974 99,155 862,129
Disposals - - - - - -
Additions at
cost - - - 125,000 35,000 160,000
Change in Fair
Value - - - 8,582 - 8,582
---------------- ---------------- --------------- ---------------- -------------- --------------- ----------
At 30 September
2017
(unaudited) - - - 896,556 134,155 1,030,711
---------------- ---------------- --------------- ---------------- -------------- --------------- ----------
Additions at
cost - - - 18,386 - 178,386
Conversion of
loan notes - - - 44,500 (44,500) -
Transfer 27,101 - 27,101
Change in Fair
Value - - - 1,144,015 - 1,144,015
---------------- ---------------- --------------- ---------------- -------------- --------------- ----------
At 1 April 2018
(audited) - - - 2,130,558 89,655 2,220,213
Disposals - - - - - -
Conversion of
loan notes - - - 89,655 (89,655) -
Transfer - - - 10,202 - 10,202
Change in Fair
Value - - - 249,544 - 249,544
---------------- ---------------- --------------- ---------------- -------------- --------------- ----------
At 30 September
2018
(unaudited) - - - 2,479,959 - 2,479,959
---------------- ---------------- --------------- ---------------- -------------- --------------- ----------
The accounting policies in regards to valuations in these
half-yearly results are the same as those applied by the Group in
its audited consolidated financial statements for the year ended 31
March 2018 and which will form the basis of the 2019 Annual Report
and Accounts. Investments are designated as fair value through
profit or loss and are initially recognised at fair value and any
gains or losses arising from subsequent changes in fair value are
presented in profit or loss in the statement of comprehensive
income in the period in which they arise.
The Group classifies its investments using a fair value
hierarchy. Classification within the hierarchy has been determined
on the basis of the lowest level input that is significant to the
fair value measurement of the relevant investment as follows:
-- Level 1 - valued using quoted prices in active markets for identical assets;
-- Level 2 - valued by reference to valuation techniques using
observable inputs other than quoted prices included within Level 1;
and
-- Level 3 - valued by reference to valuation techniques using
inputs that are not based on observable market data.
Investments at fair value through profit or loss (continued)
The fair values of quoted investments are based on bid prices in
an active market at the reporting date. All unquoted investments
have been classified as Level 3 within the fair value hierarchy,
their respective valuations having been calculated using a number
of valuation techniques and assumptions, notwithstanding that the
basis of the valuation methodology used most commonly by the Group
is 'price of most recent investment'. The use of reasonably
possible alternative assumptions has no material effect on the fair
valuation of the related investments. The impact on the fair value
of investments if the discount rate and provision shift by 1% is
GBP24,800 (2017: GBP3,680).
5 Share capital
30 Sept 30 Sept 31 Mar 2018
2018 2017
(unaudited) (unaudited) (audited)
Authorised GBP GBP GBP
33,645,000 ordinary shares of 2 pence
each
(30 September 2017: 33,645,000,
31 March 2018: 33,645,000) 672,900 672,900 672,900
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Allotted, called up and fully paid
27,082,565 ordinary shares of 2 pence
each
(30 September 2017: 27,082,565,
31 March 2018: 27,082,565) 541,650 541,650 541,650
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The Company has one class of ordinary shares. All shares carry
equal voting rights, equal rights to income and distribution of
assets on liquidation or otherwise, and no right to fixed
income.
6 Availability of Interim Results
Shareholder communications
A copy of this report is available on request from the Company's
registered office: 1 George Square, Glasgow, G2 1AL. A copy will
also been posted on the Company's website:
www.braveheartgroup.co.uk.
This information is provided by RNS, the news service of the
London Stock Exchange. RNS is approved by the Financial Conduct
Authority to act as a Primary Information Provider in the United
Kingdom. Terms and conditions relating to the use and distribution
of this information may apply. For further information, please
contact rns@lseg.com or visit www.rns.com.
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