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Invu plc Half Yearly Report (4715M)

18/09/2012 7:00am

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Invu plc

18 September 2012

Invu PLC

Interim Results for the six months ended 31 July 2012

Invu PLC (INVU.L, the 'Group' or the 'Company'), the document management software provider, announces its interim results for the six months period ended 31 July 2012 (H1 2013).

Key Financial Points

   --     Revenue GBP1.28m (H1 2012: GBP1.32m) 
   --     Net profit  GBP0.04m (H1 2012: Net Loss GBP0.22m) 

o Adjusted EBITDA GBP0.11m (H1 2012: breakeven)

   --     Net cash (cash net of borrowings)  GBP0.6m (H1 2012: GBP0.7m) 

Colin Gallick, Chief Executive Officer of Invu, commented:

"Our first interim net profit for a number of years represents another important milestone in the recovery of the business."

 
 Enquiries: 
  Invu Plc               +44 (0) 1604 859893 
 Colin Gallick, CEO 
 Ian Smith, CFO 
 WH Ireland Limited    +44 (0) 117 945 3470 
 Mike Coe 
 

About Invu

Invu [LSE, AIM, Symbol: INVU] develops software that incorporates document management, content management, workflow, automation and collaboration specialising in solutions for the mid-market and smaller businesses. Invu typically gives a return on investment in under six months, allowing companies to

see efficiency savings in terms of both money and time. Invu's Open Search integration allows SharePoint

users to utilise fully the benefits of WSS or MOSS whilst retaining the functions of specialist document and

content management. Invu's solutions enable automated scan, capture and management, processing and

output transformation. Invu also integrates with all major accounting systems including ERP and CRM

systems.

For more information about Invu: www.invu.net

Chief Executive's Statement

Financial Performance

I am pleased to report the achievement of a net profit in what continue to be challenging business conditions.

This is the first interim profit since the half year ended 31 July 2006. This represents a significant milestone in the turnaround of the group which started with the appointment of new management following the first half loss of GBP2.7m in the half year ending 31 July 2009.

The key trading element in the financial turnaround has been the focus on cash generation with a key financial metric for this being adjusted EBITDA (earnings before interest, tax, depreciation, amortisation, share option expenses and exceptional costs).

In the period, we report an adjusted EBITDA of GBP0.11m compared to a breakeven result in H1 2012.

The key non trading element in the financial turnaround has been the reduction in the interest burden which has been achieved following the capital reorganisation approved by shareholders in July 2011.

In the period, we report interest expense of GBP5,000 compared GBP159,000 in H1 2012

Business Performance

During the period the business has continued to be focused on, the design, development and distribution of software that enables customers to manage paper and electronic documents and information, as well as business process workflow, in a simple and effective way.

During the period we have carried out the great majority of our business in the United Kingdom selling our own authored software, which is designed to address the needs of small and medium sized businesses, together with software supplied by third parties which complements our own software offering.

During the period we, in common with many other businesses who are focussed on the UK market, have experienced tough trading conditions which have had an adverse impact on new business sales in the period. This reduction in new business sales has however been partially offset by growth in business to existing customers. As a result the fall in revenues was only from GBP1.32m to GBP1.28m

During the period the accountancy market, has remained our most significant vertical market. We address this market through a white-label agreement with IRIS, the UK's largest private software house. IRIS has become the largest reseller of our software. We continue to make progress in the financial sector with the most significant software revenue in the period coming from our sale to WH Ireland. The remainder of new business in the period has been across a range of business sectors.

During the period a significant portion of our software and related service sales were the result of our direct sales efforts. The majority of our traditional channel partners have tended to be focussed on the sale of hardware devices to small businesses with our software offered as an addition to the hardware sale. We have seen a decline in this business over the last couple of years. We have offset this by directly offering solutions based on document management through our direct sales force. This has resulted in us selling more services and because we tend to engage with more medium sized businesses generating more repeat business.

We have a large customer base and the support revenue from this base is an important part of our revenues. In the period we continued to maintain a high retention rate (by value) of these customers. The retention rate is dependent on the quality of telephone support we (and our resellers deliver) and continuing updates to the software.

In April we made available to all customers our latest software release and this continued the theme of making documents and workflow available anywhere. This release, as well as supporting the latest platforms and using the latest technology (.Net4), included invoice processing functionality applicable to small and medium size business, provided simple records management and enabled portals for the accountancy sector.

The next major software release is scheduled for the third quarter of 2012.

Outlook

We expect that the UK economy will continue to perform weakly in the second half of our financial year to 31 January 2013. As the majority of our business comes from UK customers, we are anticipating that trading conditions will remain challenging and this will impact our ability to close new business. Nevertheless over the full financial year we expect to continue to build on the stable base we have established in the first half.

Colin Gallick

Chief Executive Officer

18 September 2012

Finance Review

The Consolidated Income Statement shows an operating profit of GBP0.034m compared to a loss of GBP0.1m in the first half of last year.

Revenue in the period was down by 2.7% at GBP1.28m compared to GBP1.32m reported in the first half of last year.

Revenue comprises the sale of software and related implementation and installation services, and the sale of annual software support contracts. The Group reported sales of software and related services of GBP0.44m (H1 2012: GBP0.5m). The revenue arising from the sale of support contracts is recognised evenly over the life of the contract and represented GBP0.84m (H1 2012: GBP0.82m) in the period. The key performance metric for the sale of software support contracts is the renewal rate which was 92% compared to 89% last year.

The cost of sales includes the direct costs of the delivery of services which form the majority of revenue. The gross margin percentage improved to 80.7% (H1 2012 78.2%).

Administrative expenses have decreased by 11.4% from GBP1.13m to GBP1.00m as a result of higher capitalisation of development labour costs, lower depreciation and amortisation costs and lower costs for sales commissions and executive bonuses.

Finance costs were significantly lower at GBP0.005m compared to GBP0.159m last year. This has occurred because of the capital reorganisation that took place in July 2011 which saw the conversion of most of the Group's debt to equity.

There is a tax credit of GBP0.007m for the period (H1 2012 credit GBP0.042m) arising from payment of a research and development tax credit repayment claim by HMRC.

The Group Balance Sheet shows total shareholders' equity as a deficit of GBP0.78m (last year end GBP0.84m) funded principally by working capital.

Trade receivables were marginally lower at GBP0.47m (H1 2012 GBP0.49m) with days sales outstanding, measured using the exhaustion method, decreasing from 71 days at 31 January to 63 days at 31 July.

The net cash flow generated by operating activities in the period was GBP0.07m compared to GBP0.18m generated in the first half last year.

Ian Smith

Finance Director

18 September 2012

CONSOLIDATED INTERIM INCOME STATEMENT (Unaudited)

FOR THE SIX MONTHS ENDED 31 JULY 2012

 
                                                             For the six months ended 
                                                        July 31,             July 31, 
 Continuing operations                  Notes               2012                 2011 
                                                         GBP'000              GBP'000 
                                        1                                    Restated 
 
 Revenue                                2                  1,280                1,315 
 
 Cost of sales                                             (247)                (287) 
                                               -----------------  ------------------- 
 
 Gross profit                                              1,033                1,028 
 
 Administration expenses                                   (999)              (1,128) 
 
 Profit/(loss) from operations                                34                (100) 
 
 Finance costs                                               (5)                (159) 
 
 
 Profit/(loss) before income tax        2                     29                (259) 
 
 Income tax credit                                             7                   42 
                                               -----------------  ------------------- 
 
 
 Profit/(loss) for the period           2                     36                (217) 
                                               =================  =================== 
 
 Attributable to: 
 Equity holders of the Company                                36                (217) 
                                               =================  =================== 
 
 
 
 Profit/(loss) per share 
 
 Basic and diluted (pence per share)    3                  0.008              (0.131) 
 
 

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (Unaudited)

FOR THE SIX MONTHS ENDED 31 JULY 2012

 
 For the six months ended 
                                              July 31,   July 31, 
                                                  2012       2011 
                                               GBP'000    GBP'000 
                                                         Restated 
 
 Profit/(loss) for the period                       36      (217) 
 
 Other comprehensive income 
  Exchange differences on translating 
 foreign operations                                  -        (-) 
                                             ---------  --------- 
 
 
 
 
 
 Total comprehensive profit/(loss) for the 
  period, net of tax                                36      (217) 
                                             =========  ========= 
 
 
 Attributable to: 
 
 Equity holders of the Company                      36      (217) 
                                             ---------  --------- 
 
 

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET AT 31 JULY 2012 (Unaudited)

 
                                 July 31,   January 31,   July 31, 
                                     2012          2012       2011 
                                  GBP'000       GBP'000    GBP'000 
 Assets 
 Non-current assets 
 Intangible assets                    148           137        143 
 Property, plant and 
  equipment                            21            24         27 
 Deferred tax asset                     -             -          - 
                                ---------  ------------  --------- 
                                      169           161        170 
                                ---------  ------------  --------- 
 
 Current assets 
 Trade receivables                    469           588        493 
 Other receivables                     60            46         58 
------------------------------  ---------  ------------  --------- 
 Trade and other receivables          529           634        551 
 Cash and cash equivalents            641           641      1,316 
                                ---------  ------------  --------- 
                                    1,170         1,275      1,867 
                                ---------  ------------  --------- 
 Total assets                       1,339         1,436      2,037 
                                =========  ============  ========= 
 
 Liabilities 
 Current liabilities 
 Trade and other payables           2,008         2,151      2,290 
 Borrowings                            25            27        524 
 Current Taxation                      30            30         30 
                                ---------  ------------  --------- 
                                    2,063         2,208      2,844 
                                ---------  ------------  --------- 
 Non-current liabilities 
 Borrowings                            52            63         77 
 Deferred tax liability                 -             -          - 
                                ---------  ------------  --------- 
                                       52            63         77 
 Total liabilities                  2,115         2,271      2,921 
                                ---------  ------------  --------- 
 Total net liabilities              (776)         (835)      (884) 
                                =========  ============  ========= 
 
 Capital and reserves 
  attributable to equity 
  holders of the company 
 
 Share capital                      4,738         4,738      4,685 
 Convertible loan notes               375           375        375 
 Share to be issued                    29            29         29 
 Share premium                        412           412        412 
 Merger reserve                       361           361     29,260 
 Share option reserve                 269           246        244 
 Reverse acquisition 
  reserve                        (20,570)      (20,570)   (20,570) 
 Retained earnings                 13,547        13,511   (15,379) 
 Foreign currency translation 
  reserve                              63            63         60 
                                ---------  ------------  --------- 
 Total deficit                      (776)         (835)      (884) 
                                =========  ============  ========= 
 
 

CONSOLIDATED CASH FLOW STATEMENT (Unaudited)

FOR THE SIX MONTHS ENDED 31 JULY 2012

 
                                                             For the six months 
                                                                          ended 
                                                            July 31,   July 31, 
                                                   Notes        2012       2011 
                                                             GBP'000    GBP'000 
 
 
 Net cash flows from operating activities          4              75        176 
 
 Taxation                                                          7         76 
 
 Investing activities 
 Purchases of property, plant and equipment                      (4)        (7) 
 Expenditure on internally developed intangible                 (60)          - 
  assets 
 
 Net cash used in investing activities                          (64)        (7) 
 
 
 Financing activities 
 Issue of shares                                                   -        625 
 Borrowings                                                     (13)       (18) 
 Interest paid                                                   (5)        (6) 
 
 Net cash (used in)/from financing activities                   (18)        601 
                                                          ----------  --------- 
 
 
 
 Net increase in cash and cash equivalents                         -        846 
 
 
 Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning 
  of the period                                                  641        470 
                                                          ----------  --------- 
 
 Cash and cash equivalents at the end of 
  the period                                                     641      1,316 
                                                          ----------  --------- 
 

ACCOUNTING POLICIES

1. Basis of preparation

The financial information in these interim results is that of the holding company and all of its subsidiaries (the Group). It has been prepared in accordance with the recognition and measurement requirements of International Financial Reporting Standards as adopted for use in the EU (IFRSs). The accounting policies applied by the Group in this financial information are the same as those applied by the Group in its financial statements for the year ended 31 January 2012, and which will form the basis of the 2012/13 financial statements.

There are no new published standards, or interpretations and amendments to published standards, that are not yet effective, that once effective would materially affect the Group.

The comparative financial information presented herein for the year ended 31 January 2012 does not constitute full statutory accounts for that period. The Group's Annual Report for the year ended 31 January 2012 has been delivered to the Registrar of Companies. The Group's Independent Auditors' report on those accounts was unqualified and did not contain a statement under section 498(2) or 498(3) of the Companies Act 2006. The financial information for the half years ended 31 July 2012 and 31 July 2011 have neither been audited nor reviewed pursuant to guidance issued by the Auditing Practices Board.

The Group's profit and loss for the period ended 31 July 2011 has been restated to reclassify GBP72,000 of expenses related to a share issue, which were shown as an exceptional cost on the interim report last year, to opening retained earnings to be consistent with their treatment in the full year accounts to 31 January 2012. The reported loss for the period ended 31 July 2011 decreased from GBP0.289m to GBP0.217m.

2. SEGMENT INFORMATION

The Group's services being, the design, sale and support of computer software for the electronic management of information and documents operate through a common infrastructure and support function. Therefore the Directors believe the activities constitute one operating segment through which it provides services.

The segment results are as follows:

 
                                             For the six months 
                                                          ended 
                                            July 31,   July 31, 
                                                2012       2011 
                                             GBP'000    GBP'000 
 Revenue by service: 
 Sale of software licences and 
  related services                               442        493 
 Sale of software maintenance contracts          838        822 
                                          ----------  --------- 
 Revenue                                       1,280      1,315 
 Gross profit                                  1,033      1,028 
 Profit/(loss) from operations                    34      (100) 
 Profit/(loss) before income tax                  29      (259) 
 Profit/(loss) for the year                       36      (217) 
 
 

Included in revenue above are GBP0.033m (H1 2012: GBP0.039m) related to sales in Europe. All other revenue relates to the UK.

All non-current assets and liabilities are held within the UK.

The Group had one reseller who was responsible for 14% (H1 2012:18%) of the Group's invoiced sales and a second reseller who was responsible for 10% of the Group's invoiced sales. No other reseller was responsible for more than ten percent of the Group's invoiced sales.

3. PROFIT/(LOSS) PER SHARE

 
                                              For the six months 
                                                           ended 
                                          July 31,      July 31, 
                                              2012          2011 
                                           GBP'000       GBP'000 
 
 Profit/(loss) for the period                   36         (217) 
                                      ============  ============ 
 
 
 Basic profit/(loss) per share              0.008p      (0.131)p 
                                      ------------  ------------ 
 
 Diluted profit/(loss) per share            0.008p      (0.177)p 
                                      ------------  ------------ 
 
 
 
 Weighted average number of common 
  share outstanding                    473,752,662   163,472,662 
                                      ------------  ------------ 
 
 Diluted weighted average number of 
  common share outstanding             473,752,662   163,472,662 
                                      ------------  ------------ 
 
 

The weighted average number of common shares outstanding includes ordinary shares of 0.001p and A ordinary shares of 0.001p. The weighted average number of common shares outstanding does not include the deferred shares arising from the share split approved at the AGM on 25(th) June 2012 as these shares have very limited rights and are considered worthless.

The diluted weighted average number of common shares outstanding normally results from share options. The effect of the share options has not been included in the calculation of the diluted earnings per share because the share options are all out of the money.

4. CASH GENERATED FROM OPERATIONS

 
                                        For the six months 
                                                     ended 
                                       July 31,   July 31, 
                                           2012       2011 
                                        GBP'000    GBP'000 
 
 Profit/(loss) for the period                36      (217) 
 
 Adjustments for: 
 Tax                                        (7)       (42) 
 Depreciation                                 7         17 
 Amortisation                                49         72 
 Employee share scheme                       23         11 
 Interest expense                             5        159 
 
 Changes in working capital: 
 Trade and other receivables                105       (15) 
 Trade and other payables                 (143)        191 
                                     ----------  --------- 
 
 Net cash generated from operating 
  activities                                 75        176 
                                     ==========  ========= 
 
 

5. ADJUSTED EBITDA

 
                                   For the six months 
                                                ended 
                                  July 31,   July 31, 
                                      2010       2011 
                                   GBP'000    GBP'000 
 
 Profit/(loss) for the period           36      (217) 
 
 Adjustments for: 
 Interest expense                        5        159 
 Tax                                   (7)       (42) 
 Depreciation                            7         17 
 Amortisation                           49         72 
 Employee share scheme                  23         11 
 
 
                                       113          - 
                                ==========  ========= 
 
 

6. Copies of this interim statement will be available on the Company's website, www.invu.net

This information is provided by RNS

The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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