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ASLR Asimilar Group Plc

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Asimilar Group PLC Interim Results (4646E)

30/06/2023 7:00am

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Asimilar Group PLC

30 June 2023

Certain information contained within this Announcement is deemed by the Company to constitute inside information as stipulated under the UK Market Abuse Regulations ("MAR"). Upon publication of this Announcement, this information is now considered to be in the public domain.

Asimilar Group plc

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

Unaudited Interim Results for the six months ended 31 March 2023

The Board of Asimilar (AQSE: ASLR) announces the Group's unaudited results for the six month period ended 31 March 2023.

-- Loss for the period of GBP1.0 million (H1 2022: loss of GBP10.6 million), mainly driven by the unrealised loss on the value of the Group's holding in Launchmycareer Holdings plc ("LMC") (formerly Veative Holdings Plc) over the period. This reflected a fall in LMC carrying value as assessed by the Board from 2.77p at 30 September 2022 to 2p per share at 31 March 2023

-- Net assets of GBP5.4 million (30 September 2022: GBP6.5 million), in part reflecting the unrealised loss on the LMC investment of GBP0.5 million

   --      Net asset value (NAV) per share of 4.67p (30 September 2022: 5.53p) 
   --      Board focussed on further cost savings 
   --      Cancellation of trading of the Company's shares on AIM effective 26 May 2023 

John Taylor, Chairman, commented: "As outlined in previous updates, the six months in review (and subsequent period) have seen significant headwinds in our sectors of interest.

The Board has continued to focus on reducing its cost base as far as possible to preserve value and also to ensure that the Company's shares can remain admitted to listing on AQSE in the short to medium term. The cancellation of trading on AIM has reduced a significant amount of costs and the Board is also in the process of divesting its subsidiary structure in Jersey and associated expense. The Directors have not taken any fees since December 2022 and they will continue to defer these until the Company has sufficient liquid assets to meet them, having prioritised other commitments.

The Group awaits further news on the progress of LMC in relation to its fundraising efforts and potential re-listing but has taken the step of applying a further impairment to the carrying value of that investment to reflect market uncertainty. It also awaits further updates regarding the progress of All Active Asset Capital ("AAA"). Should either of these lead to liquidity events then it may provide flexibility to the Group in deploying additional capital in new opportunities. Pending any such developments, the Board will continue to assess the orderly realisation of its existing portfolio."

For further details please see below:

 
 Asimilar Group plc 
 John Taylor                       asimilargroupplc@gmail.com 
 
 
 
 Oberon Capital (Aquis Corporate 
  Adviser) 
 Chris Crawford                         Tel + 44 20 3179 5300 
 
 
 
 
 

ASIMILAR GROUP PLC

CHAIRMAN'S STATEMENT

FOR THE SIX MONTHSED 31 MARCH 2023

Introduction

The Group is invested in the technology and software sectors and continues to focus primarily on supporting its current investments.

The specific areas we are invested in are education technology (ed-tech), e-sports, OTT broadcast TV streaming, music streaming, podcasting and cyber security.

Asimilar continues to support and actively work with each of its investee companies to maximise shareholder value and build quality businesses. Our portfolio consists of 3 listed and 7 private companies. We believe that there is significant upside to be delivered and we are closely working with the boards of certain of our investee companies to assist them in realising their potential.

Shares in Asimilar were cancelled from trading on AIM on 26 May 2023 and continue to be admitted to trading on the Access segment of the AQSE Growth Market.

Summary of investment portfolio

The Board has not made any new investments in the period. Our investment portfolio consists of businesses with strong technology and content themes. Each of the businesses are pioneers and innovators in their sectors and are disrupting the space that they are in, which also comes with high risk, especially in times of economic difficulties.

Magic Media Works Ltd ("Magic Media"):

Magic Media is a music entertainment technology business. The company's mission is to bring families together through shared music entertainment experiences, making every home a connected home.

The free ROXi TV App, which was launched in November 2021, offers a full catalogue of 90 million music videos covering all genres and decades, combining all the original music videos with tens of millions of virtual music videos which are exclusive to ROXi. ROXi also offers interactive music games and Karaoke and a Netflix-esque rail-based user interface.

The ROXi experience is available on an increasingly large number of Smart TV platforms, including Sky Q, Fire TV, Google TV, Android TV and Samsung. Other platforms and territories are planned.

The company has global rights agreements with the major labels (Universal Music Group, Sony Music Group, Warner Music Group) and major independents including Merlin Music.

On 19 December 2022 ROXi announced a partnership with Simon Cowell, creator of X-Factor and Britain's Got Talent, to curate exclusive music and video content available on the ROXi App.

In December 2022, ROXi also announced a partnership with Samsung, allowing ROXi to be enjoyed on Samsung TVs.

Asimilar holds 1,646,682 shares which represents 5.05% of the issued share capital of Magic Media. Asimilar also holds GBP1,591,768 in convertible loan notes, 1,262,050 warrants and has options over a further 204,811 ordinary shares in Magic Media. The carrying value of this investment including loan notes and warrants is GBP1,683,595 as at 31 March 2023 (30 September 2022: GBP1,732,509).

Launchmycareer Holdings Plc ("LMC"), formerly Dev Clever Holdings Plc ("Dev Clever"):

Launchmycareer Holdings Plc, together with its wholly owned subsidiary Launchmycareer Limited, is a software and technology group based in Tamworth, United Kingdom, specialising in the use of lightweight integrations of cloud-based gamification and VR technologies to deliver rich customer engagement experiences across both the commercial and education sectors.

On 16 December 2022 LMC announced its intention to delist from the Standard List of the London Stock Exchange and delisted on 18 January 2023. As part of the delisting plans the company also announced a rebranding to Veative Holdings Plc, a restructuring of the board, a fundraise and an intention to re-list as soon as possible.

As at 31 March 2023 no further updates were issued. Filings at Companies House show that the company received funds from the issue of new shares at various prices from 15p to 1p per share. These are believed to be the exercise of warrants by existing shareholders.

On 9 May 2023 there were further board changes and another rebranding from Veative Holdings Plc to Launchmycareer Holdings Plc. The fundraising process continues but no updates have been issued.

Asimilar has an interest in 72.3 million ordinary shares in LMC, representing approximately 8.37% of LMC's issued share capital. Under the circumstances described above, the Asimilar Board has discounted the valuation as at 30 September 2022 by a further 28% from 2.77p to 2p as at 31 March 2023 and has written the holding down to GBP1,446,000 (30 September 2022: GBP1,952,000).

Simplestream Limited ("Simplestream") :

Simplestream is an award winning provider of best in class, next generation TV solutions to some of the biggest players in the broadcast, sports and media industry. Clients include A&E Networks, AMC Networks, Channel 4, Nova TV Sony Traceplay, QVC TV, Box Nation, TVL Norway, PBS UK, Copa 90 and Talk TV, GB News and UK TV amongst others.

Simplestream's cloud-based Media Manager platform provides broadcasters and rights owners with an end-to-end technology services eco-system, with a full range of multi-platform TV and video distribution products including low latency online simulcasts of TV channels, real-time sports highlights clipping, broadcaster catch-up services, social video syndication and subscriber management services.

Simplestream's technology platform also provides multi-channel and multi-territory front-end templated applications for a complete range of connected devices including mobiles, tablets, connected TVs and fast-growing over the top (OTT) platforms such as Amazon Fire TV, Apple TV and Roku. In the UK Simplestream's "Hybrid TV" solution is used by leading broadcasters to power "catchup" services on Freeview, Freesat, YouView and EETV.

Simplestream delivers services across Europe, the US, Africa and the Far East

At 31 March 2023 Asimilar held 9,943 shares in Simplestream, which represents 6.71% on a fully diluted basis and a convertible loan note of GBP21,000. The Asimilar Board believes there has not been a material change in carrying value since the year end. The carrying value of this investment at 31 March 2023 is GBP840,174 (30 September 2022: GBP840,174).

Sparkledun Limited ("Sparkledun")

Sparkledun is a private company which, through its trading subsidiary, Fast to Fibre Limited ("Fast to Fibre"), has rights to exploit a patented process for the extraction of the inner core of telecoms and power cables, allowing the insertion of fibre optic without the need for excavation or other disruptive techniques.

The Fast to Fibre commercial proposition is to reduce the cost of fibre optic deployment particularly in difficult to access areas such as urban and city centres, thereby increasing the pace of adoption in line with government targets around the world to provide ultra-fast internet access.

The company has completed a number of trials in UK, Europe, North America and India and is negotiating initial contracts with leading Telcos.

Asimilar holds 8,307 ordinary shares of GBP1.00 each in the issued share capital of Sparkeldun, representing 4% of the issued share capital. The Asimilar Board believes there has not been a material change in carrying value since the year end. The carrying value of the investment at 31 March 2023 was GBP493,851 (30 September 2022: GBP493,851).

Zeelo Limited ("Zeelo")

Zeelo's ambition is to build the world's leading smart mobility platform for organisations, enabling access to safe and sustainable transportation for everyday journeys. It seeks to use technology and data to provide flexible and cost efficient transportation programmes in public transit deserts. This includes the smart provision and procurement of shared transport for businesses and providing employees with a safer commute to work and in education getting students to schools and colleges safely and competitively. It also gives transport operators access to new business via a digitised service.

After an abortive acquisition offer at $100m the company subsequently completed a fundraise of GBP5m at a valuation of GBP50m.

At 31 March 2023, Asimilar held 1,220,000 in Zeelo, which represents 0.95% of its issued share capital, with a carrying value of GBP439,298 (30 September 2022: GBP439,298) reflecting the valuation as per the last fundraise.

All Active Asset Capital ("AAA"):

Asimilar has a holding in All Active Asset Capital ("AAA") of 24 million shares (representing approximately 0.01% of its issued share capital). On 11 April 2023 AAA announced that it is unable to value its 36% holding in Aaqua BV due to various legal actions involving that company, its principal shareholder Robert Bonnier and Candy Ventures SARL.

AAA also announced that its director Colin McQuade had been appointed to the board of Sentinace NV. AAA owns 25% of Sentiance N.V., a Belgium based AI company, which has shown strong month on month growth. AAA is working with Sentiance to improve its financial strength.

Asimilar's holding in AAA has been valued based solely on its 25% holding in Sentiance.

The investment in AAA is held at GBP240,000 as at 31 March 2023 (30 September 2022 - GBP240,000). The Board has assessed that there is no material change in the value and will review this carrying value at the time of publishing its annual accounts for 2023.

Audioboom Group plc ("Audioboom") :

Audioboom is a global leader in podcasting with more than 130 million downloads each month from 34 million unique listeners around the world. Audioboom is now ranked as the fifth largest podcast publisher by weekly users in the US by Triton Digital.

Audioboom's ad-tech and monetisation platform underpins a scalable content business that provides commercial services for a premium network of 250 top tier podcasts.

For the year to 31 December 2022 Audioboom achieved revenue of US$74.90 million, up 24% on 2021 and adjusted EBITDA of US$ 3.6 million, up 15% from 2021.

As at 31 March 2023 Asimilar held 35,550 (30 September 2022: 85,200) shares in Audioboom. The investment was valued at GBP142,200 (30 September 2022: GBP421,740).

Low 6 Limited ("Low6")

Low6 has developed an app for "pool betting" gameplay designed for Millennials to compete against each other rather than traditionally pitted against 'the House'. Distribution is through multi-channel platform technology. Gameplay is available via 'global network' or 'ring-fenced geo-specific' tenants and/or locations.

Asimilar holds 6,612 shares in Low6, representing 0.27% of the issued share capital. The carrying value of the investment was GBP47,606 at 31 March 2023 (30 September 2022: GBP47,606).

Gfinity plc ("Gfinity")

Gfinity is a world-leading esports solutions provider. It focuses on designing, developing and delivering esports solutions for e-games publishers, rights holders and brands. It has contracts and partnership arrangements with EA Games, Microsoft, FIFA, Formula 1 and Indycar.

The company announced losses of GBP0.8m for the 6 months to 31 December 2022 and launched a restructuring with the aim of achieving recurring savings of GBP0.7m and profitability in the near future.

At 31 March 2023 Asimilar held 8,148,954 shares in Gfinity which represent 0.3% of the issued share capital and carrying value of GBP9,168 (30 September 2022: GBP81,490) .

SeeQuestor Limited ("SeeQuestor"):

SeeQuestor brings together leaders in cyber security and computer vision to deliver an Artificial Intelligence ("AI") tool to comb through some of the estimated 1.5 trillion hours of CCTV footage produced per year, harnessing world leading AI technology and affordable supercomputing to turn terabytes of video into actionable intelligence.

SeeQuestor has two main products available: SeeQuestor 'Post-Event' which allows teams to comb through archives of video footage to find persons of interest or vehicles, helping to solve investigations in a fraction of the time that would otherwise be needed; and SeeQuestor 'iCCTV' which monitors surveillance cameras in real-time. Use cases range from homeland security to smart cities, airports, industrial and mining operations.

The SeeQuestor 'Post-Event' product has been used successfully to solve crimes by 20 police forces in the UK and overseas. SeeQuestor 'iCCTV' is now being deployed at scale to secure sensitive events and sites in several countries.

Due to difficult trading conditions and need for further investment on 24 December 2022 the company accepted an offer from Gorilla Technology Group Inc for the sale of the assets and IP of the company for cash and a conditional payment to the shareholders in January 2024 if certain earn out conditions are achieved by end of December 2023.

If the earn out conditions were to be met then Asimilar and AIL between them could receive around $270,000 of shares in the acquiring company, however the board of Asimilar does not have a high degree of confidence that these earn out conditions will be met.

The holding of SeeQuestor shares totalled 124,586 as at 31 March 2023, representing 9.00% of the issued share capital of SeeQuestor, and the carrying value of the investment was nil (30 September 2022: nil).

As the Company is not currently actively pursuing any new investment opportunities and will consider an orderly realisation of the Company's portfolio, Station 12 Asset Management Limited will cease to act as an Alternative Investment Fund Manager from 1 July 2023.

I would like to thank our shareholders and advisers for continuing to support the Board and our vision.

John Taylor

Chairman

29 June 2023

ASIMILAR GROUP PLC

INTERIM CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

FOR THE SIX MONTHSED 31 MARCH 2023

 
 
                                               Unaudited      Unaudited       Audited 
                                              six months      six months     year ended 
                                                 ended           ended 
                                             31 March 2023     31 March     30 September 
                                                                 2022           2022 
                                     Notes        GBP            GBP            GBP 
 
 
 Revenue                                             7,000          7,000         14,000 
 
 Administrative expenses                         (258,131)      (323,811)      (735,906) 
 Gain on sale of investments                        10,244         99,485        226,976 
 
 Gain from remeasurement 
  of derivative financial 
  liabilities                          7                 -        684,500      1,853,215 
 Unrealised loss on remeasurement 
  to fair value on investments 
  in financial assets                  3         (771,685)   (11,044,357)   (36,630,063) 
                                            --------------  -------------  ------------- 
 LOSS FROM OPERATIONS 
  BEFORE FINANCING ACTIVITIES                  (1,012,572)   (10,577,183)   (35,271,778) 
 Finance income                                         42              -             46 
 Finance cost                                         (38)              -              - 
 
 LOSS BEFORE TAX                               (1,012,568)   (10,577,183)   (35,271,732) 
 
 Tax                                                     -              -              - 
 
 LOSS FOR THE PERIOD                           (1,012,568)   (10,577,183)   (35,271,732) 
 
 TOTAL COMPREHENSIVE 
  EXPENSE 
  FOR THE PERIOD                               (1,012,568)   (10,577,183)   (35,271,732) 
                                            --------------  -------------  ------------- 
 
 

Loss before tax and total comprehensive expense for the period are all attributable to the equity shareholders of the parent.

 
 Loss per share (pence per share) 
 Basic                               (0.80)   (8.69)   (28.85) 
 Diluted                             (0.80)   (8.69)   (28.85) 
 

Income and profit from operations for the current period all derive from continuing operations.

ASIMILAR GROUP PLC

INTERIM CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION

FOR THE SIX MONTHSED 31 MARCH 2023

 
                                              Unaudited       Audited 
                                               31 March     30 September 
                                                 2023           2022 
                                     Notes       GBP            GBP 
 ASSETS 
 
 Non-current assets 
 
 Investments in financial assets 
  held at fair value                   3        4,734,639      5,761,864 
                                                4,734,639      5,761,864 
                                            -------------  ------------- 
 Current assets 
 
 Investments in financial assets 
  held at fair value                   3          814,313        804,541 
 Trade and other receivables           4          106,242        153,750 
 Cash and cash equivalents             5           32,870          7,179 
                                            -------------  ------------- 
                                                  953,425        965,470 
                                            -------------  ------------- 
 
 TOTAL ASSETS                                   5,688,064      6,727,334 
                                            =============  ============= 
 
 EQUITY AND LIABILITIES 
 
 Equity 
 Share capital                         8        5,215,190      5,215,190 
 Share premium account                         18,339,562     18,339,562 
 Merger reserve                                   279,900        279,900 
 Retained earnings                           (18,395,036)   (17,382,468) 
 
 Total equity attributable to 
  equity holders of the parent                  5,439,616      6,452,184 
                                            -------------  ------------- 
 
 Current liabilities 
 Trade and other payables              6          192,448        219,150 
 Derivative financial liabilities      7           56,000         56,000 
 Total liabilities                                248,448        275,150 
                                            -------------  ------------- 
 
 
 TOTAL EQUITY AND LIABILITIES                   5,688,064      6,727,334 
                                            =============  ============= 
 

ASIMILAR GROUP PLC

INTERIM CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY

FOR THE SIX MONTHSED 31 MARCH 2023

 
 
                                      Share 
                          Share      Premium     Merger     Warrant      Retained 
                         capital     Account     Reserve    Reserve      Earnings        Total 
 
                           GBP         GBP                    GBP          GBP            GBP 
 
 Audited as at 
  1 October 2021        5,214,709   17,932,954   279,900    157,813     17,889,264      41,474,640 
 
 Total comprehensive 
  expense for the 
  period                        -       -           -          -       (10,577,182)   (10,577,182) 
 Transactions 
  with owners 
 Share issue                   57     28,609        -          -            -               28,667 
 
 Unaudited as 
  at 31 March 2022      5,214,766   17,961,563   279,900    157,813     7,312,082       30,926,124 
                       ----------  -----------  --------  ----------  -------------  ------------- 
 
 
 Unaudited as 
  at 1 April 2022       5,214,766   17,961,563   279,900     157,813      7,312,082     30,926,124 
 
 Total comprehensive 
  expense for the 
  period                        -            -         -           -   (24,694,550)   (24,694,550) 
 Warrant reserve                -      157,813         -   (157,813)              -              - 
 Transactions 
  with owners 
 Share issue                  424      220,186         -           -              -        220,610 
 
 Audited as at 
  30 September 
  2022                  5,215,190   18,339,562   279,900           -   (17,382,468)      6,452,184 
                       ----------  -----------  --------  ----------  -------------  ------------- 
 
 Audited as at 
  1 October 2022        5,215,190   18,339,562   279,900           -   (17,382,468)      6,452,184 
 
 Total comprehensive 
  expense for the 
  period                        -            -         -           -    (1,012,568)    (1,012,568) 
 
 Unaudited as 
  at 31 March 2023      5,215,190   18,339,562   279,900           -   (18,395,036)      5,439,616 
                       ----------  -----------  --------  ----------  -------------  ------------- 
 
 

All equity is attributable to equity shareholders of the parent.

Share Capital

Represents the par value of shares in issue.

Share premium

Represents amounts subscribed for share capital in excess of its nominal value, net of directly attributable issue costs.

Merger relief reserve

Represents premium on shares issued in connection with the acquisition of Intrinsic Investments Limited, recognised in accordance with S162 of the Companies Act 2006.

Warrant reserve

Warrant reserve represents amount received for placing warrants.

Retained earnings

Represents accumulated losses to date.

ASIMILAR GROUP PLC

INTERIM CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS

FOR THE SIX MONTHSED 31 MARCH 2023

 
                                             Unaudited      Unaudited        Audited 
                                            six months     six months     year ended 
                                                 ended          ended 
                                              31 March       31 March   30 September 
                                                  2023           2022           2022 
                                                   GBP            GBP            GBP 
 
 Operating activities 
 Loss before tax                           (1,012,568)   (10,577,182)   (35,271,732) 
 (Increase)/decrease in trade 
  and other receivables                         47,508       (65,619)       (58,269) 
 Increase/(decrease) in trade 
  and other payables                          (26,702)         11,956         87,515 
 Net finance cost                                  (4)              -           (46) 
 Unrealised loss on remeasurement 
  to fair value                                771,685     10,359,857     34,776,848 
 Gain on sale of investments                  (10,244)       (99,485)      (226,976) 
 
 
 Net cash used in operating activities       (230,325)      (370,473)      (692,660) 
                                          ------------  -------------  ------------- 
 
 Investing activities 
 Payments to acquire investments                     -      (395,316)      (644,230) 
 Proceeds from disposal of financial 
  assets                                       256,012        168,737        714,843 
 Net finance income                                  4              -             46 
 Net cash (used in)/generated 
  from investing activities                    256,016      (226,579)         70,659 
                                          ------------  -------------  ------------- 
 
 Financing activities 
 Net proceeds from issue of shares                   -         28,667         29,090 
 
 
 Net cash received from financing 
  activities                                         -         28,667         29,090 
                                          ------------  -------------  ------------- 
 
 
 Net (decrease) / increase in 
  cash and cash equivalents                     25,691      (568,385)      (592,911) 
 
 Cash and cash equivalents at the 
  start of the period                            7,179        600,090        600,090 
                                          ------------  -------------  ------------- 
 Cash and cash equivalents at the 
  end of the period                             32,870         31,705          7,179 
                                          ============  =============  ============= 
 

ASIMILAR GROUP PLC

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED INTERIM FINANCIAL INFORMATION

FOR THE SIX MONTHSED 31 MARCH 2023

   1          General information 

Shares in the Company are admitted to trading on Aquis. The Company is incorporated and domiciled in England and its registered office is 4 More London Riverside, London, SE1 2AU.

This interim financial information was approved for issue on 29 June 2023.

   2         Accounting policies 
   2.1       Basis of preparation 

The interim financial information comprises the Consolidated Statements of Financial Position at 31 March 2023 and 30 September 2022 and the Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income, Changes in Equity and Cash Flows for the periods ended 31 March 2023, 31 March 2022 and 30 September 2022 and the related notes of Asimilar Group Plc (hereinafter referred to as 'the interim financial information').

In preparing this interim financial information, management has used the accounting policies set out in the Group's annual financial statements as at 30 September 2022 and are in accordance with UK adapted International Financial Reporting Standards.

This interim financial information does not constitute a set of statutory accounts under the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 and is neither audited nor reviewed. The comparative figures for the financial year ended 30 September 2022 are extracted from the Group's 2022 financial statements, which have been reported on by the Group's auditors and delivered to the Registrar of Companies. The report of the auditors was unqualified.

This document (the Interim Statement 2023) will be published on the Group's website. The maintenance and integrity of the Asimilar Group Plc website is the responsibility of the directors. Legislation in the UK governing the preparation and dissemination of accounts may differ from legislation in other jurisdictions.

   2.2        Going concern 

The financial statements have been prepared on the going concern basis, which assumes that the Group will have sufficient funds to continue in operational existence for at least twelve months from the date of approval of the financial statements .

Whilst the Group continues to hold relatively small cash balances, it holds a number of liquid, quoted investments which it is able to realise as required to meet operational costs and other outgoings. The Board's cash flow forecasts for the Group to June 2024, take into account a number of scenarios including due consideration of the cost saving measures (including, but not limited to, those associated with the cancellation of the Company's admission to trading on AIM) and, taking account of reasonably possible adverse changes in the performance of the investment portfolio, indicate that the Group will have sufficient access to cash to continue in operational existence for the next 12 months from the date of approval of the financial statements.

The Company could also seek to realise some of its substantial private investments. However, there is a a risk that such forced disposal could be at a loss.

Considering the above, the Directors are confident the Group remains a going concern and that, should it be required, the Group would be able to raise funds.

Whilst material uncertainties relating to going concern do exist and may cast significant doubt over the Group's ability to continue as a going concern, at the date of approving these accounts, the Directors have concluded that the basis of preparation is appropriate .

   2.3        Investments 

Financial assets and liabilities are fair valued using a hierarchy that reflects the significance of the inputs used in making the fair value assessment. The fair value hierarchy has the following levels:

Level 1: quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets for identical assets or liabilities.

Level 2: inputs other than quoted prices for identical assets or liabilities, either directly (i.e. as prices) or indirectly (i.e. derived from prices).

Level 3: inputs for the assets or liabilities that are not based on observable market data (unobservable inputs) and require valuation techniques which involve judgement and estimation uncertainties.

   3              Investments 
 
                                       Unaudited        Audited 
                                        31 March   30 September 
                                            2023           2022 
                                             GBP            GBP 
 Non-current assets 
 Investments held at 
 fair value through 
 profit and loss ("FVTPL")             4,734,639      5,761,864 
 
 Current assets 
 Investments held at 
  FVTPL                                  814,313        804,541 
 
 Total investments                     5,548,952      6,566,405 
                                    ============  ============= 
 
 Movements:                          Non-current        Current 
 Fair value of investments 
  b/f                                  5,761,864        804,541 
 Purchases in the period                       -              - 
 Disposals in the period                       -      (245,768) 
 Net unrealised loss 
  in fair value                        (523,996)      (247,689) 
 Transfers                             (503,229)        503,229 
 
 Fair value of investments 
  c/f                                  4,734,639        814,313 
                                    ============  ============= 
 
 
 Investments held at FVTPL          Level       Level       Total 
                                        1           3 
                                      GBP         GBP         GBP 
 Audited fair value at 
  30 September 2022               820,867   5,745,538   6,566,405 
 
 Additions                              -           -           - 
 Disposals                      (245,768)           -   (245,768) 
 Fair value adjustment          (247,689)   (523,996)   (771,685) 
 
 Unaudited fair value at 
  31 March 2023                   327,410   5,221,542   5,548,952 
                               ----------  ----------  ---------- 
 
 
 
 
 4 Trade and other receivables     Unaudited     Audited 
                                                    30 
                                   31 March    30 September 
                                      2023         2022 
                                         GBP            GBP 
       Trade receivables               4,200          8,400 
       Prepayments                    73,733         54,390 
       Other receivables              28,309         90,960 
 
                                     106,242        153,750 
 
 
 
 
 
   5    Cash and cash equivalents 
 
 
 For the purpose of the interim cash flow statement, cash and 
  cash equivalents are comprised of the following: 
 
 
                                Unaudited        Audited 
                                 31 March   30 September 
                                     2023           2022 
                                      GBP            GBP 
 
 Cash at bank and in 
 hand                              32,870          7,179 
                              ===========    =========== 
 
 
 6.    Trade and other payables                  Unaudited             Audited 
                                                  31 March        30 September 
                                                      2023                2022 
                                                       GBP          GBP 
 
  Trade payables                                    97,294              41,016 
  Accruals and deferred income                      95,154              81,814 
  Other taxes and social 
   security                                              -              96,320 
                                         -----------------   ----------------- 
                                                   192,448             219,150 
                                                 =========           ========= 
 
 
 7.    Derivative financial liabilities      Unaudited        Audited 
                                              31 March   30 September 
                                                  2023           2022 
                                                   GBP       GBP 
 
  Derivative liabilities                        56,000         56,000 
                                             =========      ========= 
 
 
                                                        Unaudited        Audited 
  8.    Share capital 
                                                    31 March 2023   30 September 
                                                                            2022 
                                                              GBP            GBP 
        Issued and 
         fully paid 
  Ordinary shares of 0.01p each b/f                        12,649         12,168 
  Issue of shares of 4,814,182 of 0.01p 
   each                                                         -            481 
 
 
  Ordinary shares of 0.01p each c/f                        12,649         12,649 
 
 
  Deferred shares (44,132,276 shares 
   of 9.99p each)                                       4,408,815      4,408,815 
  Deferred shares (8,819,181 of 9.00p 
   each)                                                  793,726        793,726 
 
                                                        5,215,190      5,215,190 
                                                   ==============  ============= 
 
 
 
        Dividends paid and 
   9.    proposed 
 
        Equity dividends on ordinary 
         shares: 
        No interim dividend was paid or is proposed for the 
         half year ended 31 March 2023. 
 
 
 
 
  10.   Loss per share 
 

The calculations of loss per share are based on the following results and number of shares.

 
                                        Unaudited      Unaudited        Audited 
                                       six months     six months     year ended 
                                            ended          ended 
                                         31 March       31 March   30 September 
                                             2023           2022           2022 
                                              GBP            GBP            GBP 
 
     Loss for the financial 
      period                          (1,012,568)   (10,577,182)   (35,271,732) 
                                    =============  =============  ============= 
 
     Weighted average number 
     of shares for basic loss 
     per share                        126,498,125    121,732,734    122,244,418 
                                    =============  =============  ============= 
 
 
     Weighted average number 
      of shares for diluted 
      loss per share                  126,498,125    121,732,734    122,244,418 
                                    =============  =============  ============= 
 
 Loss per share (pence 
  per share) - Basic                       (0.80)         (8.69)        (28.85) 
                                    =============  =============  ============= 
 
 Loss per share (pence 
  per share) - Diluted                     (0.80)         (8.69)        (28.85) 
                                    =============  =============  ============= 
 

At 31 March 2023, the number of ordinary shares in issue was 126,498,125.

 
 
        IAS 33 requires presentation of diluted EPS when a company could 
        be called upon to issue shares that would decrease earnings 
        per share or increase the loss per share. For a loss-making 
        Company with outstanding share options, net loss per share would 
        be decreased by the exercise of options. Therefore, per IAS33:36 
        the antidilutive potential ordinary shares are disregarded in 
        the calculation of diluted EPS. 
 
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