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RNS Number : 4484Q  ActiveOps PLC  18 October 2023

18 October 2023

ActiveOps plc

("ActiveOps" or the "Company")

Trading Update

and Notice of Half Year Results

 

Group continues to deliver solid growth and is trading in line with
expectations

 

ActiveOps plc (AIM: AOM), a leading provider of Decision Intelligence for
service operations, today provides an update on trading for the six months
ended 30 September 2023.  The Board is pleased to report continued growth in
the first half of FY24, with the Group well-placed to achieve both its revenue
and EBITDA expectations for the full year.

 

The Group expects to report overall revenue growth of approximately 6% to
c.£13.1m (H1 2023: £12.3m), and significant EBITDA growth (H1 2023: £0.3m).

 

SaaS revenues in the period were up over 7%, driving a 7% growth in exit
Annual Recurring Revenue (ARR) to c.£23.7m (September 2022: £22.1m),
providing a firm foundation for the full year performance.

 

Through prudent management of the business, the Group remains well capitalised
with cash and cash equivalents as at 30 September 2023 of £9.9m (September
2022: £11.0m), with a further £3.3m received from customers in early October
2023.

 

The Group has successfully executed against its land and expand strategy,
winning new customers, along with good levels of customer expansion sales
across all three products, facilitated by the demonstrable and rapid benefits
the products bring.

 

The Group is seeing customer appetite to take new product continuing to build.
The launch of ControliQ Series 3, with its AI-based features, has been
particularly well received by customers. Our product teams are harnessing the
latest advances in technology to help our customers better organise, see
capacity clearer and ultimately improve performance for their own customers.

 

The first of ActiveOps' 2023 annual customer conferences was held in London on
the 10 October. Here the Company successfully launched its new brand, focused
on the provision of Decision Intelligence for Service Operations. The Group's
products help customers improve their decision making and do more with what
they have. The message, that ActiveOps' products help create more capacity and
enhance productivity to improve customer experience, while reducing costs, is
resonating well across the Group's customer base and target markets. Expected
total attendance across the Company's customer conferences is up 25% vs last
year, reflecting its strong customer relationships and the interest in the
Group's solutions.

 

Notice of Results

 

The Company intends to announce its results for the six months ended 30
September 2023 on 14 November 2023.

 

Richard Jeffery, Chief Executive Officer of ActiveOps plc, commented, "The
ActiveOps team continues to deliver against our clear growth strategy despite
wider macroeconomic uncertainty. High recurring revenues, strong gross
margins, low churn rates and a strong balance sheet give the Group confidence
as it looks ahead to the remainder of the year.

 

"The demonstrable value of our product set is resonating well with our
blue-chip enterprise customer base, which, when coupled with our strong
customer relationships, underpins the success of the Group. With the release
of ControliQ Series 3 and soon to be released Series 4, our product set is
becoming increasingly sophisticated and intelligent. With further enhancements
to our product roadmap on the horizon, each with decision intelligence at
their core, we continue to upgrade the tools our customers have available to
them, protecting our reputation as market leaders in the management process
automation market.

 

"With growth against all of our key KPIs, good levels of renewals, and a
healthy pipeline, we remain on track for a full year in line with Board
expectations."

 

 

For more information, please contact:

 

 ActiveOps                                   Via Alma
 Richard Jeffery, Chief Executive Officer    www.activeops.com (http://www.activeops.com/)
 Ken Smith, Chief Financial Officer           
                                              
 Investec Bank plc                           +44 (0)20 7597 5970
 Corporate Broking & PLC Advisory             
 Patrick Robb / David Anderson                
                                              
 Alma                                        + 44(0) 203 405 0205
 Caroline Forde / Will Ellis Hancock

 

About ActiveOps

 

The Company's offerings provide predictive and prescriptive insight to help
service operations make better decisions - faster.  The Company's AI-powered
SaaS solutions are underpinned by 15+ years of operational data and its AOM
methodology that's proven to drive cross department decision-making.

With Decision Intelligence, ActiveOps' customers deliver MORE - release 20%+
capacity within the first 12 months and boost productivity by 30%+ leading to
MORE business impact. Customer turnaround times are improved substantially,
costs are reduced, SLAs are met, and employees are happier and more engaged.

As at 31 March 2023, The Company has over 170 employees, serving a global
customer base of over 80 enterprise customers from offices in the UK, Ireland,
USA, Australia, India and South Africa. The Group's customers are
predominantly in the banking, insurance, healthcare administration and
business process outsourcing (BPO) sectors, including Nationwide, TD Bank,
Elevance and DXC Technology.

 

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