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PGH Personal Group Holdings Plc

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Personal Group Holdings PLC Preliminary Results - year ended 31 December 2017 (3631I)

21/03/2018 7:00am

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RNS Number : 3631I

Personal Group Holdings PLC

21 March 2018

 
 
 

PERSONAL GROUP HOLDINGS PLC

("Personal Group", "Company" or "Group")

Preliminary Results

For the year ended 31 December 2017

Personal Group Holdings Plc, a leading provider of employee services in the UK, is pleased to announce its Preliminary Results for the year ended 31 December 2017.

Highlights

Financial

-- Group revenue of GBP45.2m (continuing operations) (2016: GBP53.6m), impacted by delayed roll out of salary sacrifice offering to Royal Mail Group and other key customers

   --     EBITDA* of GBP10.8m (continuing operations) (2016: GBP11.4m) 
   --     Dividend increased by 3.2% to 22.7p 

-- Balance sheet remains strong with total cash of GBP16.2m (2016: GBP12.6m) and no debt (2016: nil)

Operational

   --     Fifth successive year of record new insurance sales 
   --     Positioned PG Let's Connect for growth post the impact of the HMRC Salary Sacrifice review 
   --     77% growth in SaaS revenue to GBP2.7m (2016: GBP1.5m) 
   --     1,400 SMEs with access to Hapi platform through the Sage partnership 

Post period end

   --     Royal Mail Group launched PG Let's Connect offer in March 2018 as expected 

-- In February 2018, PG Let's Connect was appointed to the Crown Commercial Service Framework, the biggest public procurement framework in the UK

   --     Further record new insurance sales for the first 2 months of 2018 

*Adjusted EBITDA is defined as earnings before interest, tax, depreciation, amortisation of intangible assets, goodwill impairment, share-based expense payments, corporate acquisition costs, restructuring costs, write back of contingent consideration and release of tax provision.

A reconciliation from PBT to this adjusted EBITDA can be seen in note 1.

Commenting, Mark Scanlon, Chief Executive of Personal Group, said:

"2017 was a strong year across much of the Group's operations, which is reflected in the EBITDA of GBP10.8m which was marginally ahead of current market expectations. This performance again demonstrates the strength of the underlying business and was despite the transient issue of the HMRC review into Salary Sacrifice, which delayed sales at our PG Let's Connect business into 2018. As we continue in the current financial year, the Company is better placed than ever to realise the significant opportunity presented by the employee services market, which is being driven by increasing competition for staff in a tight labour market and recognition of the commercial value of investing in and retaining staff. This issue is common to organisations big and small, public and private all of which we are now very able to serve."

For more information please contact:

 
Personal Group 
Holdings Plc 
Mark Scanlon / Mike                                                                         +44 (0)1908 605 000 
 Dugdale 
Philip Dennis                                                                                +44 (0)7947 868 206 
 (Investor Relations) 
Cenkos Securities Plc 
Max Hartley / Callum                                                                         +44 (0)20 7397 8900 
 Davidson (Nomad) 
Russell Kerr (Sales) 
Hudson Sandler LLP 
Nick Lyon / Sophie                                                                           +44 (0)20 7796 4133 
Lister / Lucy Wollam                                                                         personalgroup@hudsonsandler. 
                                                                                             com 
 

Notes to Editors:

Personal Group Holdings Plc (AIM: PGH) is a technology enabled employee services business, working with employers to drive productivity though better employee engagement and a more motivated workforce. With over 30 years' experience, the Company provides employee benefits, serving 550 businesses, reaching over 2 million employees across the UK.

Personal Group's offer comprises 8,000 in-house and third party products and services, from c.60 supply lines. In-house services include employee insurance products (hospital, convalescence plans and death benefit) and the provision of home technology via salary sacrifice (iPads, computers, laptops, smart phones and smart TVs). Third party services include retail discounts, e-payslips, employee assistance, wellbeing programmes and salary sacrifice cars and bikes.

The offer is provided via the Company's proprietary technology platform, Hapi. The platform is intuitive and accessible via web, tablet and mobile app, driving better engagement, communication and value recognition. Hapi is flexible and can quickly integrate additional services, such as existing employee services and partner platforms. Hapi is a SaaS product.

Through technology and select acquisitions, the Company has grown its addressable market from 6m to 27m UK employees; including 15.6m SME employees targeted via its partnership with Sage, the UK's largest software company.

Personal Group's innovative approach to using technology to deliver its programmes, combined with its face-to-face method of communicating with employees, makes its offer compelling to blue chip clients across the UK as a way of attracting, retaining and motivating employees.

Personal Group has a strong client base across a range of sectors including passenger transport, healthcare, logistics and food manufacturing. Clients include: Stagecoach, Four Seasons Health Care, Priory Group, Spire Healthcare, Bibby, 2 Sisters Food Group and Young's Seafood.

For further information, please see www.personalgroup.com

Introduction

2017 was a good year for Personal Group with the Company making solid progress on most of its objectives. We achieved a solid EBITDA* performance of GBP10.8m, which marginally exceeded current market expectations. This was despite transient headwinds in our salary sacrifice business and highlights the strength of the underlying business. Our insurance business saw another year of record new sales, with significant growth achieved in our newer SaaS revenue streams.

The Company's performance is also a reflection of the strength in its client base. Personal Group acts for over 600 large employers, many of which are household names, and is seeing customer growth across the SME and public-sector marketplaces. The UK is currently experiencing high levels of employment but lower levels of productivity, demonstrating the importance to employers of attracting and retaining productive workers with the imperative of increasing output per head.

Personal Group is delivering on its strategy of evolving from a benefits provider to an employee services business offering a range of tangible business solutions to employers and their employees. With much of the ground work now complete on developing the Company's broader product range, the focus has increasingly shifted to delivering the Company's offer across existing and new clients.

Operations

Our core insurance business performed well, recording a fifth consecutive year of record new insurance sales. This performance was driven by improved productivity across the sales team and investments made in growing the size of the team. These additions, made predominantly in the second half of the year, served the company well in 2017 and place it in a strong position for the year ahead.

Overall insurance revenue declined marginally by 1.6% to GBP30.7m (2016: GBP31.2m), reflecting the rundown and transfer of revenues from the sale of the Company's PMI business to AXA and the decision to absorb the increase in Insurance Premium Tax during the year.

The focus of the PG Let's Connect salary sacrifice business was to place it in the best possible position to grow post the legacy impact of the HMRC review. While the Finance Bill in April provided clarity, these changes have taken longer than envisaged to work through the external system and impacted revenues which decreased to GBP11.3m (2016: GBP20.1m).

Initiatives undertaken included modernising the product offer, securing the most favourable supplier terms, developing the marketing and migrating the offer and back end systems onto the Hapi platform. This latter initiative will both integrate the businesses and improve efficiencies by providing a simpler customer journey.

As such, PG Let's Connect entered 2018 with a stronger offer and a reduced cost base. With our major customer Royal Mail having launched the offer to its employees after an initial delay, we believe that this will be an important year of growth for the business.

The benefits of the previous investment in building our proprietary technology platform, Hapi, are now being realised. The Company's SaaS offer via Hapi saw significant growth during the year with revenue increasing by 77% to GBP2.6m (2016: GBP1.5m). While still small relative to other parts of the business, we expect to see this trend continuing this year and beyond.

The growth in SaaS revenue was due to an increase in direct sales of the Hapi platform, to both existing and new clients, and the sale of licences to Sage. 2017 also saw the Group secure its first SaaS only customer where the core insurance offer has yet to be taken up.

This growth was driven by increasing recognition among employers of the value of the platform to their business, an expansion of the product offer within the platform and greater platform functionality.

The SME offer has continued to see solid progress, with over 1,400 companies now having access to the Hapi platform. This reflects the extended relationship with Sage in 2017 to a 'land and expand' strategy, where product bundles provided by Sage to its payroll clients included a number of Sage Employee Benefits ("SEB") licences. Ultimately this will also create an opportunity for Personal Group to sell its insurance products direct to Sage's client base.

Sage remains a natural channel partner for Personal Group's SME offer, with access to more than 9 million of the 15.6 million people employed by SMEs in the UK. The emerging focus now is to offer SEB to their wider client base, including their accounting and enterprise division customers, representing nearly their entire customer base, via a standalone product.

Technology

Technology remains at the core of the Company's products and during the period we invested in systems to improve efficiency and enhance the end user experience. In addition to the initiatives alluded to above, these included the development of the e-vouchers offer, as well as the integration of Blaze, an automated marketing tool that is already driving a significant increase in retail spending through the platform.

Security has always been a key focus of the Group and while the technology behind the Hapi platform is inherently secure, it has become an area of growing importance. As such we expanded the team during the year to improve our performance in this crucial area and to prepare for the pending implementation of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

Looking ahead, we are in the process of building the next generation App for the Hapi platform. The updated version is built on the same technology as our existing platform, creating a more seamless experience whilst adding efficiencies and future flexibility.

We are also investing in a system to allow individuals to maintain their insurance cover should they leave their current employment. If successful it will have a material effect on policyholder lapse rates, which in the longer term will support insurance revenue and profits.

Sales, Marketing & Customer Service

During the year the Company added a further 30 corporate clients, an increase of 50% on last year when measured by additional employee count. These wins were mainly across the transport, logistics and care sectors, where the Group already has a strong presence but also included other sectors such as retail and public sector.

The Group made significant inroads into the NHS in 2017, having won Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust as a client. The breadth of the offer was a strong differentiating factor in its decision to work with Personal Group. This work consequently led to several other introductions to NHS Trusts and in early 2018 PG Let's Connect was appointed to the Crown Commercial Service Framework, the biggest public procurement framework in the UK. As such, we are looking to expand further across the NHS and public sector in 2018.

With the greater focus on sales and delivery, we invested in the marketing department during the period, with the aim of further increasing lead generation for the business development team. Furthermore, marketing was also focussed to increase emphasis on sector specialisation; with the aim of nurturing and utilising sector expertise, with an increased understanding of the client's business, system and potential concerns. This approach is working well and we intend to expand it further across the business in 2018.

Quality of service is key to the Company's ability to retain and attract client employees. Our customer service record is excellent, with the number of complaints small enough for the executive team to review each one. Nonetheless, we invested in the Customer Relations Team during the year to improve our performance.

Market

The Board believes that the market for employee services remains strong and offers a real opportunity for growth. It is being driven by several factors, including changes in corporate culture, increasing pressure in the employment market and a growing understanding of the commercial value of investing in and retaining staff.

An employer can make substantial cost savings and efficiencies through a combination of increased staff retention, reduced hiring and training costs and increased productivity through a more engaged and driven workforce.

Tightness in the labour market is being driven by high employment rates, creating more intense competition for staff. This competition, combined with the impact of Britain's forthcoming exit from the European Union, has resulted in a significant drop in net migration over the last year. With added pressures imposed by limited corporate and public service budgets for wage growth, corporates are being driven to compete for staff at a non-wage level.

Financial Performance

Group revenue for the year from continuing operations was GBP45.2m (2016: GBP53.6m), reflecting a solid outcome across much of the Group. The insurance business recorded a further year of record new sales and SaaS revenue was up 77% year on year, while the legacy impact of the changes in Salary Sacrifice rules impacted the top line performance of the PG Let's Connect business.

Group revenue was also impacted by the increase in Insurance Premium Tax ('IPT') from 10% to 12%, in June 2017, and the full year impact of the prior year increase from 9.5% to 10%. We again this year took the decision not to pass the increase on to existing policy holders.

The Group achieved EBITDA marginally ahead of current market expectations at GBP10.8m (2016: GBP11.4m). This result reflects the resilience of the higher margin core insurance business, a strong performance from new SaaS sales and the decrease in revenue from the lower margin PG Let's Connect business.

Profit before tax from continuing operations was GBP9.5m for the year (2016: GBP10.5m).

The Group maintained its progressive dividend policy, paying a total dividend of 22.7p per share over the year (2016: 22.0p), representing a 3.2% increase over the prior year.

The Group's balance sheet remains strong, with cash and deposits of GBP16.2m at the year end (2016: GBP12.6m) and no debt (2016: nil). The Company's underwriting subsidiary, Personal Assurance Plc (PA), had a prudent solvency ratio of 263% (unaudited) (2016: 261%), with a surplus over its Solvency Capital Requirement of GBP7.5m (2016: GBP7.7m).

Outlook

Personal Group has continued to deliver on its strategy and is today in a uniquely strong position. It has a client offer that is unrivalled across the industry and has substantially grown the market it can profitably access. The offer has been developed and the systems to support that have been built. The focus is now on delivering that offer across existing and new potential clients.

The Board is confident that the Company is well placed to realise the long-term benefits of the sizeable and growing market opportunity that is emerging for employee services. The foundations of the business are strong, with the investments made in recent years building a solid platform for growth, while continuing to nurture the core insurance business. The Board believes that the Group is in good shape and we look forward to 2018 with confidence.

 
 Mark Winlow                   Mark Scanlon 
  Non-Executive Chairman    Chief Executive 
 21 March 2018 
 

Consolidated Income Statement

 
                                               2017           2016 
                                            GBP'000        GBP'000 
Continuing Operations 
Gross premiums written                       30,739         31,393 
Outward reinsurance premiums                  (272)          (310) 
Change in unearned premiums                     233            160 
Change in reinsurers' 
 share of unearned premiums                    (21)           (20) 
                                        (_________)    (_________) 
Earned premiums net of 
 reinsurance                                 30,679         31,223 
 
Other insurance related 
 income                                         391            555 
IT salary sacrifice income                   11,292         20,069 
SaaS income                                   2,648          1,499 
Other non-insurance income                      105            122 
Investment property                               1             59 
Investment income                               117             93 
                                        (_________)    (_________) 
Revenue                                      45,233         53,620 
                                        (_________)    (_________) 
 
Claims incurred                             (6,780)        (7,318) 
Insurance operating expenses               (13,529)       (14,002) 
Other insurance related 
 expenses                                     (244)          (712) 
IT salary sacrifice expenses               (11,034)       (18,281) 
SaaS costs                                  (2,459)        (1,908) 
Other non-insurance related 
 expenses                                     (710)          (315) 
Share-based payment expenses                  (192)          (222) 
Charitable donations                          (100)          (100) 
Amortisation of intangible 
 assets                                       (673)          (505) 
                                      (___________)  (___________) 
Expenses                                   (35,721)       (43,363) 
                                      (___________)  (___________) 
 
Operating profit from 
 continuing operations                        9,512         10,257 
Release of provisions                             -            270 
Share of loss of equity-accounted 
 investee net of tax                            (2)            (6) 
                                        (_________)    (_________) 
Profit before tax from 
 continuing operations                        9,510         10,521 
Tax                                         (1,486)        (1,479) 
                                        (_________)    (_________) 
Profit for the year from 
 continuing operations                        8,024          9,042 
Profit/(Loss) from discontinued 
 operation                                      238        (1,758) 
Profit                                        8,262          7,284 
                                        (_________)    (_________) 
 
 
The profit for the year is attributable to 
 equity holders of Personal Group Holdings Plc 
Earnings per share                               Pence    Pence 
Basic                                             26.9     23.9 
Diluted                                           26.4     23.4 
Earnings per share - continuing 
 operations                                      Pence    Pence 
Basic                                             26.1     29.7 
Diluted                                           25.7     29.0 
 
 

Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income

 
                                                                                             2017          2016 
                                                                                          GBP'000       GBP'000 
 Profit for the year                                                                        8,262         7,284 
 
 Items that may be reclassified subsequently to the income statement 
 Available for sale financial assets: 
  Valuation changes taken to equity                                                           106           (6) 
  Reclassification of (gains) and losses on available for sale financial assets on 
   derecognition                                                                             (40)            24 
 Tax on unrealised valuation changes taken to equity                                         (11)           (8) 
                                                                                       (________)    (________) 
 Total comprehensive income for the year                                                    8,317         7,294 
                                                                                      (_________)   (_________) 
 

The total comprehensive income for the year is attributable to equity holders of Personal Group Holdings Plc.

Consolidated Balance Sheet at 31 December 2017

 
                                          2017          2016 
                                       GBP'000       GBP'000 
ASSETS 
Non-current assets 
 Goodwill                               10,575        10,575 
Intangible assets                          986         1,478 
Property, plant and 
 equipment                               4,747         5,096 
Investment property                        130         1,070 
Equity-accounted investee                  638           639 
Deferred tax asset                           -             3 
                                   (_________)   (_________) 
                                        17,076        18,861 
                                 (__) (______)    (________) 
Current assets 
Financial assets                         4,492         6,137 
Trade and other receivables             14,619        20,200 
Reinsurance assets                         180           310 
Inventories                                560           428 
Cash and cash equivalents               12,641         7,206 
                                   (_________)   (_________) 
                                        32,492        34,281 
                                (___) (______)   (_________) 
Total assets                            49,568        53,142 
                                  (__________)  (__________) 
 
 
                                                 2017             2016 
                                 Note         GBP'000          GBP'000 
 
EQUITY 
 
Equity attributable 
 to equity holders 
of Personal Group 
 Holdings Plc 
Share capital                                   1,540            1,540 
Capital redemption 
 reserve                                           24               24 
Amounts recognised 
 directly into equity 
relates to available 
 for sale assets                                   85               30 
Other reserve                                   (310)            (330) 
Profit and loss reserve                        32,417           31,061 
                                          (_________)      (_________) 
Total equity                                   33,756           32,325 
                                          (_________)      (_________) 
LIABILITIES 
 
Non-current liabilities 
Deferred tax liabilities                           21                - 
 
Current liabilities 
Provisions                                      1,905            1,912 
Trade and other payables                       10,698           15,426 
Insurance contract 
 liabilities                                    2,507            3,239 
Current tax liabilities                           681              240 
                                          (_________)      (_________) 
                                               15,791           20,817 
                                          (_________)      (_________) 
                                          (_________)      (_________) 
Total liabilities                              15,812           20,817 
                                          (_________)      (_________) 
                                          (_________)      (_________) 
Total equity and liabilities                   49,568           53,142 
                                          (_________)      (_________) 
 

Consolidated Balance Sheet at 31 December 2017

Equity attributable to equity holders of Personal Group Holdings Plc

 
                                  Share       Capital          Available        Other         Profit         Total 
                                capital    redemption                for      reserve            and        equity 
                                              reserve               sale                        loss 
                                                               financial                     reserve 
                                                                  assets 
                                GBP'000       GBP'000            GBP'000      GBP'000        GBP'000       GBP'000 
 
 Balance as at 1 
  January 2017                    1,540            24                 30        (330)         31,061        32,325 
                             (________)      (______)           (______)     (______)     (________)    (________) 
 Dividends                            -             -                  -            -        (6,979)       (6,979) 
 Employee share-based 
  compensation                        -             -                  -            -            166           166 
 Proceeds of AESOP* 
  share sales                         -             -                  -            -             51            51 
 Cost of AESOP shares 
  sold                                -             -                  -           94           (94)             - 
 Cost of AESOP shares 
  purchased                           -             -                  -         (74)              -          (74) 
                             (________)    (________)         (________)   (________)     (________)    (________) 
 Transactions with 
  owners                              -             -                  -           20        (6,856)       (6,836) 
                             (________)    (________)         (________)   (________)     (________)    (________) 
 
 Profit for the 
  year                                -             -                  -            -          8,262         8,262 
 Deferred tax reserve 
  movement                            -             -                  -            -           (50)          (50) 
 Other comprehensive 
  income 
 Available for sale 
  financial assets: 
  Change in fair 
   value of assets 
   classified as held 
   for sale                           -             -                106            -              -           106 
  Transfer to income 
   statement                          -             -               (40)            -              -          (40) 
  Current tax on 
   unrealised valuation 
   changes taken 
   to equity                          -             -               (11)            -              -          (11) 
                             (________)    (________)         (________)   (________)     (________)    (________) 
 Total comprehensive 
  income for 
  the year                            -             -                 55            -          8,212         8,267 
                             (________)     (_______)         (________)   (________)     (________)    (________) 
 
 Balance as at 31 
  December 2017                   1,540            24                 85        (310)         32,417        33,756 
                             (________)      (______)           (______)   (________)   (__________)   (_________) 
 
 

*All Employee Share Option Plan (AESOP)

Equity attributable to equity holders of Personal Group Holdings Plc

 
                                 Share       Capital         Available        Other         Profit         Total 
                               capital    redemption               for      reserve            and        equity 
                                             reserve              sale                        loss 
                                                             financial                     reserve 
                                                                assets 
                               GBP'000       GBP'000           GBP'000      GBP'000        GBP'000       GBP'000 
 
 Balance as at 1 
  January 2016                   1,518            24                20        (386)         30,687        31,863 
                            (________)      (______)          (______)     (______)     (________)    (________) 
 Dividends                           -             -                 -            -        (6,697)       (6,697) 
 Employee share-based 
  compensation                       -             -                 -            -            213           213 
 Proceeds of AESOP* 
  share sales                        -             -                 -            -            103           103 
 Cost of AESOP shares 
  sold                               -             -                 -           95           (95)             - 
 Cost of AESOP shares 
  purchased                          -             -                 -         (39)              -          (39) 
 Nominal value of 
  LTIP** shares issued              22             -                 -            -           (22)             - 
                            (________)    (________)        (________)   (________)     (________)    (________) 
 Transactions with 
  owners                            22             -                 -           56        (6,498)       (6,420) 
                            (________)    (________)        (________)   (________)     (________)    (________) 
 
 Profit for the 
  year                               -             -                 -            -          7,284         7,284 
 Deferred tax reserve 
  movement                           -             -                 -            -          (412)         (412) 
 Other comprehensive 
  income 
 Available for sale 
  financial assets: 
  Change in fair 
   value of assets 
   classified as held 
   for sale                          -             -               (6)            -              -           (6) 
  Transfer to income 
   statement                         -             -                24            -              -            24 
  Current tax on 
   unrealised valuation 
   changes taken to 
   equity                            -             -               (8)            -              -           (8) 
                            (________)    (________)        (________)   (________)     (________)    (________) 
 Total comprehensive income 
  for the year -                                   -               10             -          6,872         6,882 
                            (________)     (_______)        (________)   (________)     (________)    (________) 
 
 Balance as at 31 
  December 2016                  1,540            24                30        (330)         31,061        32,325 
                            (________)      (______)          (______)   (________)   (__________)   (_________) 
 

*All Employee Share Option Plan (AESOP)

**Long Term Incentive Plan (LTIP)

Company and Consolidated Cash Flow Statement

 
                                                 2017          2016 
                                              GBP'000       GBP'000 
 
 
Net cash from operating activities 
 (see next page)                                9,928         6,395 
                                         (__________)  (__________) 
Investing activities 
Additions to property, plant 
 and equipment                                  (120)         (828) 
Additions to intangible assets                  (182)         (624) 
Proceeds from disposal of property, 
 plant and equipment                               25           231 
Proceeds from disposal of investment 
 property                                         933             - 
Purchase of financial assets                    (195)         (139) 
Proceeds from disposal of 
 financial assets                               1,995         3,177 
Interest received                                  30            53 
Dividends received                                 23            20 
                                         (__________)  (__________) 
Net cash used in investing 
 activities                                     2,509         1,890 
                                         (__________)  (__________) 
Financing activities 
Purchase of own shares by 
 the AESOP                                       (74)          (39) 
Proceeds from disposal of 
 own shares by the AESOP                           51            66 
Dividends paid                                (6,979)       (6,697) 
                                         (__________)  (__________) 
Net cash used in financing 
 activities                                   (7,002)       (6,670) 
                                         (__________)  (__________) 
Net change in cash and cash 
 equivalents                                    5,435         1,615 
Cash and cash equivalents, 
 beginning of year                              7,206         5,591 
Cash and cash equivalents, 
 end of year                                   12,641         7,206 
                                          (_________)  (__________) 
 
 
 
  Company and Consolidated Cash 
  Flow Statement                                         2017                   2016 
                                                      GBP'000                GBP'000 
Operating activities 
Profit after tax                                        8,262                  7,284 
Adjustments for 
 Depreciation                                             437                    448 
 Amortisation of intangible 
  assets                                                  673                    505 
 Loss on disposal of property, 
  plant and equipment                                       7                    61 
 Loss on disposal of investment 
  property                                                  7                      - 
 Realised net investment (profit) 
  / loss                                                (101)                    17 
 Interest received                                       (30)                  (53) 
 Dividends received                                      (23)                  (20) 
 Share of loss of equity-accounted 
  investee, net of tax                                      2                      6 
 Share-based payment expenses                             192                    222 
 Taxation expense recognised 
  in income statement                                   1,543                  1,479 
Changes in working capital 
 Trade and other receivables                            5,711                1,772 
 Trade and other payables                             (5,493)                (4,171) 
 Inventories                                            (132)                   (38) 
Taxes paid                                            (1,127)              (1,117) 
                                                 (__________)           (__________) 
Net cash from operating activities                      9,928                  6,395 
                                                 (__________)           (__________) 
 

Notes to the Financial Statements

   1          Segmental analysis 

The segmental analysis has been amended to better reflect how the business is now managed, in particular all SaaS income, whatever the route to market, is shown as a single segment. The segments used by management to review the operations of the business are disclosed below.

   1)         Core Insurance 

Personal Assurance Plc (PA), a subsidiary within the Group, is a PRA regulated general insurance Company and is authorised to transact accident and sickness insurance. It was established in 1984 and has been underwriting business since 1985. In 1997 Personal Group Holdings Plc (PGH) was created and became the ultimate parent undertaking of the Group.

Personal Assurance (Guernsey) Limited (PAGL), a subsidiary within the Group, is regulated by the Guernsey Financial Services Commission and has been underwriting death benefit policies since March 2015.

This operating segment derives the majority of its revenue from the underwriting by PA and PAGL of insurance policies that have been bought by employees of host companies via bespoke benefit programmes.

   2)         IT Salary Sacrifice 

IT salary sacrifice refers to the trade of PG Let's Connect, a salary sacrifice technology Company purchased in 2014.

   3)         SaaS 

Revenue in this segment relates to the annual subscription income and other related income arising from the licensing of Hapi, the Group's employee benefit platform. This includes sales to both the large corporate and SME sectors.

   4)          Other 

The other operating segment consists exclusively of revenue generated by Berkeley Morgan Group (BMG) and its subsidiary undertakings along with any investment and rental income obtained by the Group.

The discontinued segment is:

Mobile

Mobile refers to the trade of Personal Group Mobile a mobile phone salary sacrifice Company set up from the trade and assets of Shebang Technologies purchased in 2015, which ceased trading in December 2016.

The revenue and net result generated by each of the Group's operating segments are summarised as follows:

 
 
                                               IT Salary                             Continuing    Discontinued 
                             Core Insurance    Sacrifice         SaaS        Other      - Group        - Mobile 
                                    GBP'000      GBP'000      GBP'000      GBP'000      GBP'000         GBP'000 
Operating segments 
 
2017 
Revenue 
Earned premiums 
 net of reinsurance                  30,670            -            9            -       30,679               - 
Other insurance 
 related income                          57            -            -          334          391               - 
Other income                              -       11,292        2,648          105       14,045              63 
Investment property                       -            -            -            1            1               - 
Investment income                         -            -            -          117          117               - 
                                (_________)  (_________)  (_________)  (_________)  (_________)     (_________) 
                                     30,727       11,292        2,657          557       45,233              63 
Total revenue                   (_________)  (_________)  (_________)  (_________)  (_________)     (_________) 
Net result for 
 year before tax                      9,406        (111)          197           18        9,510             295 
PG Mobile - Reorganisation 
 costs                                    -            -            -            -            -           (225) 
PG Let's Connect                                                    -            -                            - 
 - Tax provision                          -            -                                      - 
PG Let's Connect 
 - Amortisation 
 of intangibles                           -          330            -            -          330               - 
Share based payments                      -            -            -          192          192               - 
Depreciation                            392           30            5           10          437               - 
Amortisation (other)                    162           39          142            -          343               - 
EBITDA*                               9,960          288          344          220       10,812              70 
                                (_________)  (_________)  (_________)  (_________)  (_________)     (_________) 
Segment assets                       21,628       10,979        1,384       15,568       49,560               8 
                                (_________)  (_________)  (_________)  (_________)  (_________)     (_________) 
Segment liabilities                   6,379        8,035        1,257          139       15,810               2 
                                (_________)  (_________)  (_________)  (_________)  (_________)     (_________) 
Depreciation and 
 amortisation                           554          399          147           10        1,110               - 
                                (_________)  (_________)  (_________)  (_________)  (_________)     (_________) 
 
 
 
                                               IT Salary                               Continuing    Discontinued 
                             Core Insurance    Sacrifice           SaaS        Other      - Group        - Mobile 
                                    GBP'000      GBP'000        GBP'000      GBP'000      GBP'000         GBP'000 
 
Operating segments 
 
2016 
Revenue 
Earned premiums 
 net of reinsurance                  31,223            -              -            -       31,223               - 
Other insurance 
 related income                        (14)            -              -          569          555               - 
Other income                              -       20,069          1,498          123       21,690           2,024 
Investment property                       -            -              -           59           59               - 
Investment income                         -            -              -           93           93               - 
                                (_________)  (_________)    (_________)  (_________)  (_________)     (_________) 
                                     31,209       20,069          1,498          844       53,620           2,024 
Total revenue                   (_________)  (_________)    (_________)  (_________)  (_________)     (_________) 
Net result for 
 year before tax                      9,415        1,712          (409)        (197)       10,521         (1,758) 
PG Mobile - Reorganisation 
 costs                                    -            -              -            -            -             571 
PG Let's Connect 
 - Tax provision                          -        (270)              -            -        (270)               - 
PG Let's Connect 
 - Amortisation 
 of intangibles                           -          330              -            -          330               - 
Share based payments                      -            -              -          222          222               - 
Depreciation                            388           18              4            9          419              30 
Amortisation (other)                    136           16             22            -          174               - 
EBITDA*                               9,939        1,806          (383)           34       11,396         (1,157) 
                                (_________)  (_________)    (_________)  (_________)  (_________)     (_________) 
Segment assets                       20,431       16,216            590       15,780       53,017             125 
                                (_________)  (_________)    (_________)  (_________)  (_________)     (_________) 
Segment liabilities                   6,753       13,168            625          132       20,678             139 
                                (_________)  (_________)    (_________)  (_________)  (_________)     (_________) 
Depreciation and 
 amortisation                           524          364             26            9          923              30 
                                (_________)  (_________)    (_________)  (_________)  (_________)     (_________) 
 
 

2. Taxation comprises United Kingdom corporation tax of GBP1,569,000 (2016: GBP1,113,000) and a deferred tax credit of GBP26,000 (2016: charge of GBP366,000)

3. The basic and diluted earnings per share are based on profit for the financial year of GBP8,262,000 (2016: GBP7,284,000) and on 30,743,826 basic (2016: 30,442,426) and 31,282,267 diluted (2016: 31,189,872) ordinary shares, the weighted average number of shares in issue during the year.

   4.         The total dividend paid in the year was GBP6,979,000 (2016: GBP6,697,000) 

This preliminary statement has been extracted from the 2017 audited financial statements that will be posted to shareholders in due course. The statutory accounts for each of the two years to 31 December 2016 and 31 December 2015 received audit reports, which were unqualified and did not contain statements under section 498 (2) or (3) of the Companies Act 2006. The 2016 accounts have been filed with the Registrar of Companies but the 2017 accounts are not yet filed.

Alternative Performance Measures

The Group uses an alternative (non-Generally Accepted Accounting Practice (non-GAAP)) financial measures when reviewing performance of the Group, evidenced by executive management bonus performance targets being measured in relation to adjusted EBITDA*. As such, this measure is important and should be considered alongside the IFRS measures.

For adjusted EBITDA*, the adjustments are separately disclosed and are items that are non-underlying to trading activities and which are significant in size. For example, amortisation of acquisition related intangible assets is a non-cash item which fluctuates in line with activity, movement in the PG Let's Connect tax provision is considered to be a non-underlying item, relates to a liability inherited on acquisition of that business and has the potential to fluctuate and be of significant size and share-based payments are a non-cash item which have historically been significant in size, can fluctuate based on judgemental assumptions made about share price and have no impact on total equity.

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