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20(th) June 2023
Bidstack Group Plc
("Bidstack" or the "Company" or the "Group")
Final Results for the year ended 31 December 2022
Annual Report & Accounts 2022
Bidstack Group Plc (AIM: BIDS), the in-game brand activation platform, is
pleased to announce its final results for the financial year ended 31 December
2022 ("Annual Report").
The 2022 Annual Report & Accounts will be available for download today at
http://www.bidstack.com/financial-reports/annual-report-2022/
(http://www.bidstack.com/financial-reports/annual-report-2022/) and will be
posted to shareholders shortly thereafter.
Financial Performance Highlights
● Revenue up 101% at £5.3m* (FY21:£2.6m)
● Gross profit up 298% at £3.7m (FY21: £0.95m)
● Gross margin improvement to 72%** (FY21: 36%)
● Loss after tax £7.7m (FY21: £6.3m)
● Cash balance at 31 December 2022 up 21% at £8.7m (31 December
2021: £7.1m)
*Unaudited gross billings, including all revenues and Azerion minimum revenue
guarantee invoiced for FY22, were c.£9.3m (FY21: £2.6m), in line with
contractual arrangements previously indicated. However, as a result of the net
accounting treatment of revenues in accordance with IFRS 15, Bidstack's
reported revenues for FY22 are £5.3m.
** Gross margin has risen significantly as a result of the net accounting
treatment of revenues and corresponding costs of sales towards servicing the
Azerion contract in accordance with IFRS 15. Excluding this treatment the
unaudited adjusted gross margin would be closer to 40%.
Operational Performance Highlights
● Successful placing raising proceeds of c.£10.5m in October 2022,
including a significant investment by Irdeto B.V., a world leader in digital
platform cybersecurity, taking a 13.5% stake in the Company;
● Growing global network of premium developers and publishers with
over 250 titles (FY21: 58) across in-game, in-menu and rewarded video. This
includes an addition of two further titles with a AAA game publisher and a
multi-year renewal with Sports Interactive's Football Manager;
● Growing revenue per agency holding group as the number of blue
chip brands rise as intrinsic in-game becomes a key growth initiative;
● Partnership with Unity, a cross platform game engine as a Unity
Verified Solution recommended tool for game developers across all platforms;
● Onboarding of additional resellers with MMP Worldwide (MENA),
AdScholars (India), Totally Awesome (APAC), TNK Factory (South Korea) and
Omega Media (Vietnam);
● Internet Advertising Bureau (IAB)/The Media Rating Council (MRC)
have recognised standards for in-game advertising. Advertisers now have clear
benchmarks on how to measure campaign success; and
● Enterprise customers licensing Bidstack's technology such as
mobile ad-tech company Adways and multi-year deal with metaverse franchise
SimWin Sports.
Post Period End Highlights
● Revenues for H1 2023 expected to be approximately £2.0m (H1 2022
£2.05m) showing Bidstack's strong recovery following re-engagement with
agencies and programmatic platforms after the termination of the Azerion
commercial partnership in December 2022. The prior year comparison included a
minimum revenue guarantee which contrasts with the high quality of commercial
revenue generated through the Company's internal sales team this year;
● Following a comprehensive business review the Company has
implemented a cost efficiency and restructuring programme to reduce average
monthly cash burn by approximately 40% going forward;
● Bidstack filed comprehensive claims against Azerion in Dutch
courts demanding the full amounts owed by Azerion under the agreement of 16
December 2021; and
● The Group is currently negotiating a convertible loan facility
with a strategic investor and expects to be able to make further updates in
due course.
Trading Update
● Launch of programmatic "open marketplace" advertising with live
connections across The Trade Desk, Magnite, Media Math and Xandr;
● A pipeline of brand and performance programmatic platforms
including OpenX, Equative, Stackadapt and Adform to be integrated in the
coming year;
● Roster of resellers with experience in gaming and new media
channels across APAC, MENA, LATAM and EMEA are being onboarded;
● Reinforcing product with attribution and viewability through
integrations with Kochava and solutions with IAS and MOAT;
● Highlights across the gaming network include Ubisoft's marquee
mobile franchise Hungry Shark Evolution and organic growth within publishers
such as Miniclip adding further titles. Publisher retention and feedback
remains strong driven by account management, advertising activity and platform
development; and
● First-ever NFL club to partner with Bidstack Sports and adopt
Bidstack's technology to operate real world and virtual stadiums in
partnership with StatusPRO's NFL Pro Era, a fully licensed virtual reality
game.
● Multiple negotiations progressing across sports leagues, teams and
publishers.
Outlook
The US sales team is now fully integrated providing materially improved
revenue visibility. Bidstack is also increasing the strength of its
relationships with key games publishers and developers through cross-selling
the Group's products. In addition Bidstack's reseller network is expanding and
automated open marketplace revenue is starting to appear.
The Directors believe that Bidstack's strategy positions the Company well for
future growth with its growing global footprint being serviced by additional
resellers and the Company's programmatic open marketplace offering now taking
root. Bidstack is making robust progress with its key commercial partners and
is attracting interest from other significant industry players. As the market
continues to develop, further accretive and multi-year enterprise partnership
opportunities are coming to fruition.
For FY23, the Board currently expects the Group's results to be in line with
market expectations.
James Draper, CEO of Bidstack, said:
"FY22 was a year where Bidstack made the operational shift from early stage to
a scale up business. Bidstack grew its market share in the industry, which can
be measured across indicators such as the growing number of agencies
activating blue chip global advertisers, our new markets, our increased
portfolio of games and the growing size of average campaign budgets.
The US team is now well integrated and hitting the ground running providing
the business with ever improving visibility of growing revenue. There is solid
momentum in relation to the publishers and game developers as we cross-sell
our products and organically grow the portfolio of games.
Current trading reflects our rapid commercial adjustment following the
termination of the sales agency arrangements with Azerion. Following a
thorough debrief of the market intelligence gained through our relationship
with Azerion and, having reignited our agency relationships directly, we are
now beginning to roll-out our new look reseller network and automated open
market revenue is beginning to flow into our network.
As we look ahead to H2 2023, the intrinsic in-game market remains resilient as
major catalysts, such as additional gaming platforms, begin to explore in-game
advertising. We believe this will increase the volume of high-fidelity titles
within our network and drive increased revenues. Larger screens will command a
higher price point from marketers. Publishers are expressing their desire to
utilise our technology for monetisation, content management systems (CMS) and
as a marketing channel. We have rolled out promising proof of concepts in the
sports genre, unifying publishers, licence holders and sports teams.
We have reviewed our cost base and reduced our average monthly cash burn
significantly going forward, to preserve and extend our runway. The alignment
ensures that our resources are being maximised for sustainable and accelerated
revenue generation.
We are obsessed at Bidstack in ensuring our technology is fully utilised by
our clients, the game developers. Generating brand activation revenue,
improving player engagement through one-to-one messaging from
publisher-to-gamer via our CMS, and a toolset that through our sports
offering, can save them money whilst improving the authenticity of the gaming
environment."
-ENDS-
Contacts
Bidstack Group Plc
James Draper, CEO
SPARK Advisory Partners Limited (Nomad)
Mark Brady / Neil Baldwin / James Keeshan
+44 (0) 203 368 3550
Stifel Nicolaus Europe Limited (Broker)
Fred Walsh / Tom Marsh
+44 (0) 20 7710 7600
Extracts from the Annual Report
Chairman's Statement
Introduction
This is my first statement since becoming Chairman of Bidstack in September
2022 and I would like to thank Donald Stewart, the outgoing Chair for all his
hard work during his tenureship since the public listing in August 2018 and I
am pleased that he remains a Non-Executive Director of Bidstack.
Looking back at 2022, it has been a year in which Bidstack has strengthened
its position in many important areas as a leading platform in native in-game
advertising activation technology. It has also been a year, where, coming into
2023, Bidstack has set itself up to become more strategic, more predictable in
terms of earnings and profit and more in control of its commercial operations
through direct sales to its clients and partners thus maximising global growth
opportunities.
The 2022 financial numbers speak for themselves:
· Revenue up +101% to c.£5.3m* (FY21: £2.6m)
· Gross margin at c.72%** (FY21: 36%)
· Cash balance at 31 December 2022 up 21% at £8.7m (31 December
2021: £7.1m)
· Loss after tax £7.7m (31 December 2021: £6.3m)
(*Gross billings including all gross revenues and gross Azerion minimum
revenue guarantee for FY22 were £9.3m (FY21: £2.6m), in line with our
contractual arrangements.)
(** Gross margin arising as a result of the net accounting treatment of
revenues and corresponding costs of sales towards servicing the Azerion
contract in accordance with IFRS15. Excluding this treatment the Board believe
that adjusted gross margin would be closer to 40%)
There are a considerable number of key highlights on which I will comment:
At a time when fundraising was generally very difficult in the industry:
· A successful placing, raising proceeds of £10.5m in October
2022, demonstrating the confidence of our existing investors. This included a
significant first investment by Irdeto B.V., a world leader in video games
protection and anti-piracy technology taking a 13.5% stake.
Making huge strides by:
· Growing the Bidstack global network of leading developers and
publishers with over 250 titles (FY21: 58) across in-game, in-menu and
rewarded video. This includes an addition of 2 further titles with a AAA
global game publisher and a multi-year renewal with Sports Interactive's
Football Manager.
Expanding, commercial activity in North America where a significant portion of
Bidstack's potential business exists by:
· An increased focus on the US market. The commercial team in the
US now comprises ten people.
At the same time, making significant inroads into all UK and European markets
by:
· Educating and growing markets such as the UK, France,
Netherlands, Spain, Germany, Nordics, Portugal and Belgium in advertising
across Bidstack's extensive gaming inventory
Expanding Bidstack's global reach by:
· The onboarding of additional resellers with MMP Worldwide (MENA),
AdScholars (India), Totally Awesome (APAC), TNK Factory (South Korea) and
Omega Media (Vietnam) and;
In the area of advancing technology and standardisation in the industry:
· By forming a partnership with Unity, a cross platform game engine
as a Unity Verified Solution recommended monetisation solution for game
developers across all platforms;
· By catalysing the Internet Advertising Bureau (IAB)/The Media
Rating Council (MRC) to recognise standards for in game advertising.
Advertisers now have clear benchmarks on how to measure campaign success;
· Acceleration of the adoption of Bidstack's SDK by developers and
publishers as breadth of ad-formats in addition to in-game, in-menu now
includes rewarded video, the most transacted ad unit in gaming;
· Early success with enterprise customers licensing Bidstack's
technology such as mobile ad-tech company Adways and metaverse franchise
SimWin; and
· This is the launch of our enterprise platform business and across
2023 we expect to announce multiple partnerships through our "low touch", high
margin solution.
Operational challenges
The road in 2022 has not, however, been without obstacles on the way.
I will comment on the principal one.
The appointment of Azerion in 2021, as a global reseller of Bidstack's
offerings, boosted Bidstack's sales capabilities in Europe but Azerion
materially underperformed against mutual expectations in North America as well
as across the rest of the world. Bidstack took immediate action to mitigate
Azerion's shortfall by appointing its own experienced US sales team.
Azerion failed to remit properly invoiced sums due to Bidstack under the terms
of the contract between the parties, resulting in Bidstack being awarded
attachments (freezing injunctions) against Azerion in December 2022 and then
defending Azerion's petition to have these removed in the Court of Amsterdam
in January 2023. Following the judgement of the Dutch court in January,
Azerion has provided Bidstack with bank guarantees for the amounts due to
Bidstack under its initial claims. Azerion's purported termination of the
contract on 30 December 2022 increased the quantum of Bidstack's claims
materially. Following advice, the Board believes that, unfortunately, a court
hearing on these claims is not likely to occur before Q4 2023.
Whilst this legal action is regrettable, it has meant that Bidstack now has
far greater control over enabling the Company to become more agile globally.
With Bidstack's improving revenue visibility and a growing client list, the
Board is confident in Bidstack's ability to operate independently of any
Azerion relationship.
As previously stated, Bidstack intends to vigorously continue pursuing Azerion
in respect of its claims for unpaid invoices and breaches of contract.
Outlook, highlights for 2023 and beyond
As a Board we are excited by the future of the industry the Company has helped
create, the use-cases for our technology. The management team, led by our
Founder and Chief Executive James Draper, are focused on achieving our
commercial and financial objectives.
Finally, thank you to our loyal and 'cornerstone' institutional and retail
investors and our dedicated employees and partners for your support throughout
2022.
Dr David Reeves
Chairman
Consolidated statement of comprehensive income
for the year ended 31 December 2022
Note Year ended Year ended
31 December 2022 31 December 2021
£ £
Revenue 4 5,267,155 2,623,413
Cost of sales (1,484,512) (1,674,190)
Gross profit 3,782,643 949,223
Administrative expenses 5 (12,545,716) (8,681,927)
Exceptional items 6 - (222,555)
Total administrative expenses (12,545,716) (8,904,482)
Operating loss (8,763,073) (7,955,259)
Finance income 9 749 180
Finance costs 9 (2,998) (3,392)
Loss before taxation (8,765,322) (7,958,471)
Taxation 10 1,079,136 1,661,027
Loss for the year (7,686,186) (6,297,444)
Other comprehensive income
Items that will or may be reclassified to profit or loss:
Exchange gains on translation of foreign operations 113,358 10,589
Tax relating to items that may be reclassified 10 - -
Other comprehensive income for the year, net of tax 113,358 10,589
Total comprehensive loss for the year (7,572,828) (6,286,855)
Loss per share - basic and diluted (pence) 11 (0.62) (1.21)
The notes to the accounts published in the Annual Report form part of the
financial statements.
Consolidated statement of financial position
as at 31 December 2022
Company number 04466195
Note 31 December 31 December
2022 2021
ASSETS £ £
Non-current assets
Intangible assets 12 765,454 248,760
Property, plant and equipment 14 56,623 46,519
Right of use asset 16 3,920 7,280
Total non-current assets 825,997 302,559
Current assets
Trade and other receivables 18 9,319,868 2,752,036
Cash and cash equivalents 19 8,662,039 7,086,906
Total current assets 17,981,907 9,838,942
Total assets 18,807,904 10,141,501
EQUITY AND LIABILITIES
Equity
Share capital 21 10,796,670 8,950,048
Share premium account 21 43,216,919 35,375,326
Share-based payment reserve 21 2,782,896 1,589,965
Merger relief reserve 21 6,508,673 6,508,673
Reverse acquisition reserve 21 (23,320,632) (23,320,632)
Warrant reserve 21 - 71,480
Exchange reserve 21 123,947 10,589
Retained losses 21 (29,491,052) (21,876,346)
Total equity 10,617,421 7,309,103
Non-current liabilities
Lease liability 15 614 4,180
Total non-current liabilities 614 4,180
Current liabilities
Trade and other payables 20 8,186,323 2,824,920
Lease liability 15 3,546 3,298
Total current liabilities 8,189,869 2,828,218
Total equity and liabilities 18,807,904 10,141,501
The notes to the accounts published in the Annual Report form part of the
financial statements.
Consolidated statement of changes in equity
for the year ended 31 December 2022
Share capital Share premium Share-based payment reserve Merger relief reserve Reverse acquisition reserve Warrant reserve Retained losses
Exchange Reserve Total equity
£ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £
Balance as at 1 January 2021 6,234,261 27,984,716 1,282,556 6,508,673 (23,320,632) - 71,480 (15,578,902) 3,182,152
Issue of shares 2,715,787 8,147,363 - - - - - - 10,863,150
Costs of raising equity - (756,753) - - - - - - (756,753)
Share-based payments - - 307,409 - - - - - 307,409
Loss for the year - - - - - - - (6,297,444) (6,297,444)
Total comprehensive loss for the year - - - - - 10,589 - - 10,589
Balance as at 31 December 2021 8,950,048 35,375,326 1,589,965 6,508,673 (23,320,632) 10,589 71,480 (21,876,346) 7,309,103
Issue of shares 1,839,122 8,643,873 - - - - - - 10,482,995
Issue of share options exercised 7,500 22,500 30,000
Costs of raising equity - (824,780) - - - - - - (824,780)
Share-based payments - - 1,192,931 - - - - - 1,192,931
Unexercised lapsed warrants - - - - - - (71,480) 71,480 -
Loss for the year - - - - - - - (7,686,186) (7,686,186)
Total other comprehensive income for the year - - - - - 113,358 - - 113,358
Balance as at 31 December 2022 10,796,670 43,216,919 2,782,896 6,508,673 (23,320,632) 123,947 - (29,491,052) 10,617,421
Warrants issued by the Company in the year ended 31 December 2018 were
classified as equity on initial recognition and shown in the warrant reserve.
As at 31 December 2022 the warrants lapsed unexercised and the amount
previously recognised in the warrant reserve has been reclassified to retained
losses.
The notes to the accounts published in the Annual Report form part of the
financial statements.
Consolidated statement of cash flows
for the year ended 31 December 2022
31 December 2022 31 December 2021
Note £ £
Cash flows from operating activities
Loss before taxation (8,765,322) (7,958,471)
Adjustments for:
Amortisation - Intangibles 12 71,528 31,195
Amortisation - Right of use asset 16 3,360 10,377
Depreciation 14 28,765 24,160
Equity settled share-based payments 5 1,192,931 307,409
Doubtful debts expenses - (2,073)
Interest received 9 (749) (180)
Interest paid 9 2,998 3,392
Bad debts expense 18 1,456,236 -
Exchange differences on translation of foreign operations 113,358 10,589
(5,896,895) (7,573,602)
Changes in working capital
(Increase)/decrease in trade and other receivables 18 (8,199,385) 409,468
Increase in trade and other payables 20 5,361,405 961,182
Cash used in operations (8,734,875) (6,202,952)
Taxation received 1,254,451 892,895
Net cash used in operations (7,480,424) (5,310,057)
Cash flow from investing activities
Investment in intangible assets 12 (588,222) -
Investment in property, plant and equipment 14 (38,869) (42,291)
Net cash flow used in investing activities (627,091) (42,291)
Cash flow from financing activities
Proceeds from issue of share capital 21 10,512,995 10,863,150
Cost of issue 21 (824,780) (756,753)
Interest paid 9 (2,998) (3,392)
Principal paid on finance leases 15 (3,318) (11,045)
Interest received 9 749 180
Net cash generated from financing activities 9,682,648 10,092,140
Increase in cash and cash equivalents in the year 1,575,133 4,739,792
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year 7,086,906 2,347,114
Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the year 8,662,039 7,086,906
The notes to the accounts published in the Annual Report form part of the
financial statements.
Extracts from the notes to the financial statements
2 Summary of significant accounting policies
Basis of preparation
The consolidated financial statements consolidate those of the Company and its
subsidiaries (together the "Group"). The financial statements have been
prepared on a going concern basis in accordance with UK-adopted international
accounting standards and those parts of the Companies Act 2006 applicable to
companies reporting under IFRS.
The effect on the economy may impact the Group in varying ways, which could
lead to a direct bearing on the Group's ability to generate future cash flows
for working capital purposes. The inability to gauge the length of such
disruption further adds to this uncertainty. For these reasons the generation
of sufficient operating cash flows remain a risk. Management is closely
monitoring commercial and technical aspects of the Group's operations to
mitigate risk and believes the Group will have access to sufficient working
capital to continue operations for the foreseeable future.
Consolidation
The consolidated financial statements consolidate the financial statements of
the Company and the results of its subsidiary undertakings Bidstack Limited,
Pubguard Ltd, Bidstack SIA, Bidstack Technologies Ltd, Bidstack Sports Limited
and Bidstack Inc., made up to 31 December 2022.
Subsidiaries are entities over which the Group has control. The Group controls
an entity when the Group is exposed to, or has rights to, variable returns
from its involvement with the entity and has the ability to affect those
returns through its power over the entity. Subsidiaries are fully consolidated
from the date on which control is transferred to the Group. They are
deconsolidated from the date that control ceases.
Although the consolidated financial information has been issued in the name of
Bidstack Group Plc, the legal parent, it represents in substance continuation
of the financial information of the legal subsidiary, Bidstack Ltd.
Going concern
The Board continues to adopt the going concern basis in the preparation of the
financial statements as it is confident of the Group continuing operations
into the foreseeable future, although material uncertainty exists in relation
to the group's ability to raise funds to sustain its operations.
The Board's forecasts for the Group include revenue from existing business,
additional future revenues from anticipated new lines of business, potential
future capital in-flows, continued operating losses, projected cash-burn of
the Group (and taking account of reasonably possible changes in trading
performance and also changes outside of expected trading performance) for a
minimum period of at least twelve months from the date of approval of these
financial statements.
The Group forecasts assume that further equity fundraising will take place in
the next twelve months in order to implement its growth strategy and operate
as a going concern. The Group is currently negotiating a convertible loan
facility with a strategic investor to address its short term cash
requirements. Although the Group has had past success in fundraising and
continues to attract interest from investors, making the Board confident that
such financing options will be available to provide the required capital,
there can be no guarantee that such fundraising will be available and,
accordingly, this constitutes a material uncertainty over going concern.
In addition to the above, the Board has considered various alternative
operating strategies should these be necessary in the light of actual trading
performance not matching the Group's forecasts given current macro-economic
conditions and is satisfied that such revised operating strategies could be
adopted, if and when necessary. Therefore, the Directors consider the going
concern basis of preparation is appropriate.
2 Summary of significant accounting policies (continued)
Going concern (continued)
The Group's business activities, together with the factors likely to affect
its future development, performance and position are set out in the Chairman's
statement on pages 2 to 5.
The financial statements at 31 December 2022 show that the Group generated an
operating loss for the year of £8.8 million (2021: £7.9 million); with cash
used in operating activities of £7.5 million (2021: £6.2 million). Group
balance sheet also showed cash reserves at 31 December 2022 of £8.6 million
(2021: £7.1 million). The Group is dependent on further equity fundraising in
order to operate as a going concern for at least twelve months from the date
of approval of the financial statements.
New and amended standard, and interpretations issued and effective for the
financial year beginning 1 January 2022.
The adoption of the following mentioned amendments, which were all effective
for the period beginning 1 January 2022, have not had a material impact on the
Group's and Company's financial statements:
· Amendments to IAS 16 Property, Plant and Equipment: Proceeds
before Intended Use;
· Annual Improvements to IFRS Standards 2018-2020 (Amendments to
IFRS 1, IFRS 9, IFRS 16 and IAS 41);
· Amendments to IFRS 3 References to Conceptual Framework);
· Amendments to IAS 37 Provisions, Contingent Liabilities and
Contingent Assets
New standards, interpretations and amendments not yet effective
There are a number of standards, amendments to standards, and interpretations
which have been issued by the IASB that are effective in future accounting
periods that the Group has decided not to adopt early.
The following amendments are effective for the period beginning 1 January
2023:
· Amendments to IAS 1 Presentation of Financial Statements:
Classification of Liabilities as Current or Non-current and Amendments to IAS
1: Classification of Liabilities as Current or Non-current - Deferral of
Effective Date - effective 1 January 2023*
· Amendments to IAS 1 Presentation of Financial Statements and IFRS
Practice Statement 2: Disclosure of Accounting Policies - effective 1 January
2023
· Amendments to IAS 8 Accounting policies, Changes in Accounting
Estimates and Errors -Definition of Accounting Estimates - effective 1 January
2023
· Amendments to IAS 12 Income Taxes - Deferred Tax Related to
Assets and Liabilities arising from a Single Transaction - effective 1 January
2023
The following amendments are effective for the period beginning 1 January
2024:
· IFRS 16 Leases (Amendment - Liability in a Sale and Leaseback)
· IAS 1 Presentation of Financial Statements (Amendment -
Classification of Liabilities as Current or Non-current)
· IAS 1 Presentation of Financial Statements (Amendment -
Non-current Liabilities with Covenants)
Bidstack Group Plc is currently assessing the impact of these new accounting
standards and amendments.
2 Summary of significant accounting policies (continued)
Revenue Recognition
Under IFRS 15, revenue is recognised to depict the transfer of promised goods
or services to a customer in an amount that reflects the consideration to
which the Company expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods and
services. The underlying principle is a five-step approach to identify a
contract, determine performance obligations, the consideration and the
allocation thereof, and timing of revenue recognition. IFRS 15 also includes
guidance on the presentation of assets and liabilities arising from contracts
with customers, which depends on the relationship between Company's
performance and the customers' payment.
The Group recognises revenue from the follow activities:
· Revenue from Media contracts; whereby Group's inventory is sold
to advertisers directly or programmatically;
· Revenue from Sponsorship contracts; whereby the Group enter into
a contract with the brand direct or advertising agency to provide a customized
campaign in a chosen video game;
· Revenue from Licensing contracts; whereby the Group enters into a
contract that provides the exclusive licensing agreement of the Pubguard
Technology;
· Revenue from Minimum Guarantee; whereby the Group entered into an
exclusive contract with Azerion as its provider of reseller services in
relation to Bidstack SDK formats.
Revenue from contracts with customers is recognised when or as the Company
satisfies a performance obligation by transferring a promised good or service
to a customer. A good or service is transferred when the customer obtains
control of that good or service.
The Group identified the performance obligations that related to the above
stated revenue activities as follows:
· Revenue from Media contracts; based on agreed impressions that
have been delivered between the campaign start and end date;
· Revenue from Sponsorship contracts; the delivery of a customised
placement of advertising into the agreed game;
· Revenue from Licensing contracts; the point at which the brand
rights were made available, and the point that exclusive licensing access to
the Pubguard technology was provided;
· Revenue from Minimum Guarantee; for the provision of an agreed
amount of in-game advertising inventory over the duration of the contract.
For each performance obligation that is satisfied over time, the Group applies
a single method of measuring progress towards complete satisfaction of the
obligation. The objective is to depict the transfer of control of the goods or
services to the customer. To do this, the Group have adopted an appropriate
output method. For the Group, that is the rights to access and use the brand
assets and the provision of in-game advertising inventory over the period of
the contract.
The Group identifies the transaction price that relate to the above stated
revenue generating activities as follows:
· Revenue from Media contracts; based on the Group's rate card by
CPM multiplied by the agreed number of impressions;
· Revenue from Sponsorship contracts; based on the cost set by the
game developer. The Group implements a cost plus model for sponsorship;
· Revenue from Licensing contracts; determined by the contract over
the duration of the term;
· Revenue from Minimum Guarantee; the minimum guarantee's
transaction price is included within the contract .
2 Summary of significant accounting policies (continued)
Revenue Recognition
The Group have applied a practical expedient which allows an entity to apply
the accounting for a contract with a customer to a portfolio of contracts with
similar characteristics if the entity reasonably expects the effects on the
financial statements of applying IFRS 15. The Group have assessed the
contracts and is comfortable that the effects on the financial statements of
applying IFRS 15 would not differ materially from applying this Standard to
the individual contracts (or performance obligations) within that portfolio.
The Company assesses the contract with the customer to identify the separate
performance obligations which would consist of an 'access rights' and the
'provision of in-game advertising inventory'. The Company transfer of the
in-game advertising inventory sold usually coincides with the delivery of that
inventory and the customer being able to utilise it. The Company principally
satisfies its performance obligations at that point in time and recognises
revenue on delivery.
The Group recognises a contract asset when revenue has been recognised on
satisfying performance obligations but have not yet been billed to the
customer. Contract assets relate to impressions that have been delivered but
not billed to the customers. Contract liabilities are recognised when the
Group has an obligation to transfer goods or services to the customer for
which consideration has been received from the customer. Contract liabilities
relate to advanced payments from customers against a campaign.
Net finance costs
Finance costs comprise interest on bank loans and other interest payable.
Interest on bank loans and other interest is charged to the Statement of
Comprehensive Income over the term of the debt using the effective interest
rate method so that the amount charged is at a constant rate on the carrying
amount.
Finance income comprises interest receivable on loans to related parties.
Interest income is recognised in the Statement of Comprehensive Income as it
accrues using the effective interest method.
Taxation (https://library.cch.co.uk/cch_uk/dglmfs/39&p=#179)
Tax on the profit or loss for the year comprises current and deferred tax. Tax
is recognised in the Statement of Comprehensive Income except to the extent
that it relates to items recognised directly in equity, in which case it is
recognised in equity.
Current tax is recognised as the amount of corporation tax payable in respect
of taxable profit for the current or past reporting periods using tax rates
and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the reporting
date.
Deferred tax is recognised in respect of all timing differences at the
reporting date, except as otherwise indicated.
Deferred tax assets are only recognised to the extent that it is probable that
they will be recovered against the reversal of deferred tax liabilities or
other future taxable profits.
Deferred tax is calculated using the tax rates and laws that have been enacted
or substantively enacted by the reporting date that are expected to apply to
the reversal of the timing difference.
With the exception of changes arising on initial recognition of a business
combination, the tax expense/(income) is presented either in the income
statement, other comprehensive income or equity depending on the transaction
that resulted in the tax expense/(income).
2 Summary of significant accounting policies
(continued)
Taxation (https://library.cch.co.uk/cch_uk/dglmfs/39&p=#179) (continued)
Deferred tax liabilities are presented within provisions for liabilities and
deferred tax assets within debtors. Deferred tax assets and deferred tax
liabilities are offset only if:
- the Group has a legally enforceable right to set off current tax assets
against current tax liabilities, and
- the deferred tax assets and deferred tax liabilities relate to corporation
tax levied by the same taxation authority on either the same taxable entity or
different taxable entities which intend either to settle current tax
liabilities and assets on a net basis, or to realise the assets and settle the
liabilities simultaneously.
- Research and Development Tax Credits are recognised as receivables when an
inflow of economic benefit is certain, until then a contingent asset in
respect of probable Corporation Tax is disclosed.
Valuation of investments
Investment in subsidiary undertakings are accounted for at cost less
impairment. Advances to subsidiaries are initially recorded at fair value
based on a market rate of interest and subsequently at amortised cost. The
difference between funds advanced and fair value is recorded in investments.
Impairment of fixed asset investments
Fixed asset investments are assessed for the presence of impairment
indicators, if any indicators are present then an impairment review is
conducted. An impairment review of Goodwill is conducted annually, any
resulting impairment loss is measured and recognised on a consistent basis.
Leased assets
All leases are accounted for by recognising a right-of-use asset and a lease
liability except for:
- Leases of low value assets; and
- Leases with a duration of 12 months or less.
Lease liabilities are measured at the present value of the contractual
payments due to the lessor over the lease term, with the discount rate
determined by reference to the rate inherent in the lease unless (as is
typically the case) this is not readily determinable, in which case the
incremental borrowing rate on commencement of the lease is used.
On initial recognition, the carrying value of the lease liability also
includes:
- amounts expected to be payable under any residual value
guarantee;
- any penalties payable for terminating the lease, if the term of
the lease has been estimated on the basis of the termination option being
exercised.
Right of use assets are initially measured at the amount of the lease
liability, reduced for any lease incentives received, and increased for:
- lease payments made at or before commencement of the lease;
- initial direct costs incurred; and
2 Summary of significant accounting policies (continued)
- the amount of any provision recognised where the Group is
contractually required to dismantle, remove or restore the leased asset.
Leased assets (continued)
Subsequent to initial measurement, lease liabilities increase as a result of
interest charged at a constant rate on the balance outstanding and are reduced
for lease payments made. Right-of-use assets are amortised on a straight-line
basis over the remaining term of the lease or over the remaining economic life
of the asset if, rarely, this is judged to be shorter than the lease term.
When the Group revises its estimate of the term of any lease (because, for
example, it re-assesses the probability of a lessee extension or termination
option being exercised), it adjusts the carrying amount of the lease liability
to reflect the payments to make over the revised term, which are discounted at
the same discount rate that applied on lease commencement.
An equivalent adjustment is made to the carrying value of the right-of-use
asset, with the revised carrying amount being amortised over the remaining
(revised) lease term.
Goodwill
Goodwill represents the difference between amounts paid on the cost of a
business combination and the fair value of Bidstack Group's share of the
identifiable assets and liabilities of the acquiree at the date of
acquisition. Subsequent to initial recognition, Goodwill is measured at cost
less accumulated impairment losses.
Intangible assets
An intangible asset, which is an identifiable non-monetary asset without
physical substance, is recognised to the extent that it is probable that the
expected future economic benefits attributable to the asset will flow to the
Group and that its cost can be measured reliably, the asset is deemed to be
identifiable when it is separable or when it arises from contractual or other
legal rights.
Amortisation is charged on a straight-line basis and is included in
administrative expenses through the profit or loss. The rates applicable,
which represent the Directors' best estimate of the useful economic life, are:
- Website costs - 5 years
- Trademarks - 10 years
- Brand - 5 years
- Software - 5 years
- Research and Development - 5 years
Property, plant and equipment
Items of property, plant and equipment are initially recognised at cost. As
well as the purchase price, cost includes directly attributable costs.
Depreciation is provided on all items of property, plant and equipment, so as
to write off their carrying value over their expected useful economic lives.
It is provided at the following rates:
- Computer equipment - 33.33% straight line
- Office equipment - 20% straight line
Cash and cash equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents include cash in hand, deposits held at call with
banks and other short-term highly liquid investments that are readily
convertible into known amounts of cash and which are subject to an
insignificant risk of changes in value.
2 Summary of significant accounting policies (continued)
Financial assets (continued)
The Group classifies all of its financial assets as loans and other
receivables. Financial assets do not comprise prepayments. Management
determines the classification of its financial assets at initial recognition.
Loans and receivables are non-derivative financial assets with fixed or
determinable payments. They are initially recognised at fair value and are
subsequently stated at amortised cost using the effective interest method,
less any impairment. Interest income is recognised by applying the effective
interest rate, except for short-term receivables when the recognition of
interest would be immaterial.
The Group's financial assets held at amortised cost comprise trade and other
receivables and cash and cash equivalents in the Statement of Financial
Position.
Financial liabilities
Trade and other payables are recognised initially at fair value and are
subsequently measured at amortised cost,
using the effective interest method.
Share Capital
Ordinary shares are classified as equity. Incremental costs directly
attributable to the issue of new share or options are shown in equity as
deduction net of tax before proceeds.
Share-based payments
Where share options are awarded to employees, the fair value of the options at
the date of grant is charged to the income statement over the vesting period.
Non-market vesting conditions are taken into account by adjusting the number
of equity instruments expected to vest at each balance sheet date so that,
ultimately, the cumulative amount recognised over the vesting period is based
on the number of options that eventually vest. Market vesting conditions are
factored into the fair value of the options granted.
As long as all other vesting conditions are satisfied, a charge is made
irrespective of whether the market vesting conditions are satisfied. The
cumulative expense is not adjusted for failure to achieve a market vesting
condition.
Where the terms and conditions of options are modified before they vest, the
increase in the fair value of the options, measured immediately before and
after the modification, is also charged to the income statement over the
remaining vesting period. Where equity instruments are granted to persons
other than employees, the income statement is charged with fair value of goods
and services received.
Functional and presentation currency
Items included in the financial statements of the Group are presented in
Pounds Sterling (£) which is also the Parent Company's functional currency.
Transactions and balances
Foreign currency transactions are translated into the functional currency
using the exchange rates prevailing at the dates of the transactions or
valuation where items are re-measured. Foreign exchange gains and losses
resulting from the settlement of transactions and from the translation at
year-end exchange rates of monetary assets and liabilities denominated in
foreign currencies are recognised in the Statement of Comprehensive Income
4 Segmental information
During the year ended 31 December 2022 and the year ended 31 December 2021,
the Group operated one business segment, that of the provision of native
in-game advertising across the US and in EMEA.
The revenue has been segmented based on geographical regions US and EMEA, and
by revenue type. This is used by the chief operating decision makers to
perform their role.
31 December 31 December
2022 2021
£ £
Revenue by Geographical Region
US 167,627 863,691
EMEA 5,099,528 1,759,722
5,267,155 2,623,413
The Group's revenue included 1 (2021: 5) customers making up more than 10%
each during the year.
31 December 31 December
2022 2021
£ £
Revenue by Type
Customer 1 4,112,331 642,270
Customer 2 - 377,375
Customer 3 - 361,758
Customer 4 - 289,239
Customer 5 - 267,914
All other customers 1,154,824 684,857
Total revenue 5,267,155 2,623,413
The Group recognises a contract asset when revenue has been recognised on
satisfying performance obligations but have not yet been billed to the
customer. Contract assets relate to impressions that have been delivered but
not billed to the customers. Contract liabilities are recognised when the
Group has an obligation to transfer goods or services to the customer for
which consideration has been received from the customer. Contract liabilities
relate to advanced payments from customers against a campaign. Further details
of the Group's contract assets and liabilities can be found in Note 18 and
Note 20, respectively.
The Group does not ordinarily have returns, refunds or other similar
obligations in respect of their performance obligations as the Group's
obligations are around the delivery of impressions or a hardcoded customised
asset. The Group ensures that the customers are happy to proceed in advance of
going live. Should there be a discrepancy between what the customer sees as
delivered on their 3(rd) party verification system and what the Group has
billed, a credit note is issued.
As at 31 December 2022, the Group did not have any unsatisfied long-term
contracts.
11 Loss per share
Basic and diluted loss per share
The calculation of basic and diluted loss per share is based on the loss
attributable to ordinary shareholders of £7,686,186 (2021: loss of
£6,297,444) and the weighted average number of ordinary shares in issue for
the year of 1,235,295,798 (2021: 519,507,993). The basic and diluted earnings
per share are the same given the loss for the year, making the outstanding
share options and warrants anti-dilutive.
21 Share capital and reserves
Allotted, called up and fully paid Ordinary 0.5p shares Share capital Share Premium
No. £ £
As at 01 January 2022 931,531,573 8,950,048 35,375,326
Issue of placing shares 369,324,411 1,846,622 8,666,373
Cost of raising equity - - (824,780)
As at 31 December 2022 1,300,855,984 10,796,670 43,216,919
All ordinary shares are equally eligible to receive dividends and the
repayment of capital and represent equal votes at meetings of Shareholders.
The following describes the nature and purpose of each reserve within owner's
equity:
Share capital: Amount subscribed for shares at nominal value.
Share premium: Amount subscribed for share capital in excess of nominal value,
less costs of share issue.
Share-based payment reserve: The share-based payment reserve comprises the
cumulative expense representing the extent to which the vesting period of
share options has passed and management's best estimate of the achievement or
otherwise of non-market conditions and the number of equity instruments that
will ultimately vest.
Merger relief reserve: Effect on equity of the consideration shares issued
over their nominal value.
Reverse acquisition reserve: Effect on equity of the reverse acquisition of
Bidstack Limited.
Warrant reserve: The warrant reserve comprises the cumulative expense
representing the extent to which the vesting period of warrants has passed and
management's best estimate of the achievement or otherwise of non-market
conditions and the number of equity instruments that will ultimately vest.
Exchange reserve: The exchange reserve represents foreign exchange differences
in re-translation.
Retained losses: Cumulative realised profits less cumulative realised losses
and distributions made, attributable to the equity Shareholders of the
Company.
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