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RNS Number : 1739U  Cordel Group PLC  22 January 2025

22 January 2025

Cordel Group PLC

("Cordel" or the "Company" or the "Group")

 

Interim Results

 

 

Cordel Group PLC (AIM: CRDL), the Artificial Intelligence platform for
transport corridor analytics, announces unaudited results for the six months
ending 31 December 2024.

 

 

                 Six months to  Six months to  % change  % change

                 31 Dec 2024    31 Dec 2023              (constant currency*)

                 £'000          £'000
 Total revenue   2,277          1,961          16%       18%
 Cost of sales   (685)          (924)          -26%      -25%
 Total expenses  (1,976)        (1,760)        12%       16%
 Other income    225            149            51%       58%
 EBITDA          (159)          (574)          72%       67%

 

*Constant currency reflects the results had the underlying transactional
currencies, (i.e. USD, AUD and GBP) remained constant across the full
financial year.

 

 

Highlights:

 * Total revenue increased by 16% in reported currency and 18% at constant
currency.

 * Cost of sales reduced by 26% (25% constant currency) due to reduced third
party contracted costs and hardware in comparison to the prior period.

 * Total expenses increased by 12% (16% at constant currency) as the Group
executes on its strategy to invest in growth.

 * As at 31 December 2024, cash balance was £1,143,555 compared with £1,022,180
at 30 June 2024. Total assets as at 31 December 2024 were £4,678,685 whilst
net assets were £3,252,150 compared with £4,137,069 and £2,519,545
respectively, as at 30 June 2024.

 * UK achievements during the period included a new customer contract with
Southeastern and Network Rail certification for Overhead Line Equipment.

 * USA achievements included new customer contracts with Genesee & Wyoming
and Amtrak Metro-North.

 * Australia achievements included the expansion and extension of our ARTC
contract and a new customer contract with Aurizon Holdings, Australia's
largest freight operator.

 * Number of clients increased from 8 at 30 June 2024 to 11 by 31 December 2024.

 

 

Ian Buddery, Chairman, Cordel, said: "We made excellent progress on many
fronts in the first half, setting up for a strong second half for both
customer wins and technology development, already evident in the Angel Trains,
Network Rail and Vossloh announcements this month.  Following our capital
raise in October, we launched our Positive Train Control (PTC) project,
recruiting key AI engineers and securing collaboration with major USA rail
operators.  We are encouraged by the response from potential clients and
grateful to the invaluable design input from our advisory board member, Jeff
Songer, who has deep PTC knowledge from his senior management roles at
Canadian Pacific / Kansas City railroad."

 

Enquiries:

 

  Cordel Group PLC                             c/o Cavendish Capital Markets Limited
  Ian Buddery, Chairman

  John Davis, CEO
  Cavendish Capital Markets Limited, Broker    +44 (0)20 3829 5000
  Marc Milmo / Rory Sale (Corporate Finance)

  Sunila de Silva (Corporate Broking)

  Strand Hanson Limited, Nominated Adviser     +44 (0) 20 7409 3494

  Richard Johnson / James Bellman

 

 

About Cordel

Cordel produces specialist hardware and software for capturing, analysing and
reporting on large datasets within the transport sector, employing
sophisticated artificial intelligence algorithms.

 

Further information on the Company is available at: www.cordel.ai
(http://www.cordel.ai/)

 

 

 

 

Cordel Group PLC

Review of operations by the Chief Executive Officer

31 December 2024

 

Cordel Group PLC ("the Group") the Artificial Intelligence platform for
transport corridor analytics offers a patented cloud-based platform for master
data management and business analytics. Together with specialist hardware and
software for capturing, analysing and reporting on large datasets within the
transport sector, employing sophisticated artificial intelligence algorithms.

 

Overview of results

During the half year ended 31 December 2024, the Company secured key
certification, new customers in the USA, UK and Australia and commenced our
most important technology initiative since beginning our Machine Learning
platform 5 years ago.

 

Certifications are the bedrock of the rail industry and we are fortunate to
have a strong partnership with Network Rail, recognised globally as the
engineering standards leader.

 

Our international sales team has widespread engagement and is producing a
steady flow of new customers from ever-deepening industry interest in our
technology.  Importantly, our automated data capture and processing enables
us to scale our output without increasing overhead, as evidenced by the margin
improvement in this first half.

 

The PTC project is underway, key appointments are in place and support from
the industry secured. The technology breakthroughs in 3D object recognition
and increased location resolution for PTC will bring benefits across all our
product sets.

 

In the half we rolled out a new customer support structure, to enable us to
meet the anticipated demand in coming years.  We are immensely proud of our
delivery and support record and ability to react rapidly to incidents
worldwide. Our sensors are installed on trains operating from the deserts of
Saudi Arabia to arctic conditions in North America, with our engineers
ensuring continuous operation.

 

Ongoing operations

The Group operates from offices in London, UK and Newcastle, Australia with
staff in these locations and in the USA. The Company has customers in
Australia, UK, Middle East, Latin America and the USA. As of 31 December 2024,
the Company had cash and receivables totalling £2.94m.

 

Outlook

The Company continues to win new contracts following competitive bid
processes. This results in steady growth of the total mileage of railway track
under long-term data management and, combined with new analytic services
released in 2024 and planned for 2025, gives us confidence in achieving  our
revenue plan for the fiscal year to 30 June 2025.

 

John Davis

Chief Executive Officer

22 January 2025

 

 

 

 

Cordel Group PLC

Review of operations by the Chief Financial Officer

31 December 2024

 

A summary of the Group's results are as follows:

                                                                        Six Months to     Six Months to
                                                                        31 December 2024  31 December 2023  Change
                                                                        £ '000            £ '000
 Revenue from contracts with customers                                  2,277             1,961             16%
 Total Revenue                                                          2,277             1,961             16%

 Hosting fees and other direct costs                                    (685)             (924)             -26%
 Gross Margin                                                           1,592             1,037             54%

 Employee expenses                                                      (1,609)           (1,453)           11%
 Occupancy expenses                                                     (19)              (24)              -21%
 Other operating expenses                                               (348)             (283)             23%
 Total expenses                                                         (1,976)           (1,760)           12%

 Other income                                                           225               149               51%

 EBITDA (earnings before interest expenses, taxation, depreciation and  (159)             (574)             72%
 amortisation adjusted for other one-off items)

 Discontinued operations inventory written off                          -                 (92)              -100%
 Depreciation                                                           (81)              (45)              80%
 Finance costs                                                          (13)              (4)               226%
 Loss before income tax                                                 (253)             (715)             -65%

 

The above summary should be read in conjunction with the accompanying
financial statements and notes.

Revenue

Total revenue for the period increased by 16% to £2.28m, driven by growth in
Australia and the USA.

 

Direct cost of sales

Hosting and other direct costs reduced 26% to £685k from £924k due to lower
third-party and hardware costs in the half year, partially offset by increased
support costs. Gross margin increased to 70% from 53% as a result and is on
track to continue at this level.

 

Operating expenses

Overall operating expenses increased 12% by £216k compared to the
corresponding period. An increase of staff expenses of £156k is the largest
contributor, reflecting new appointments and cost of living salary increases
for existing staff. As at 31 December 2024, Cordel has a headcount of 35
employees in Australia, the UK and USA; the same as the prior period.
Reducing some lower-cost roles offset AI engineering recruitment, however
further expansion is planned in the second half.

 

Other operating costs increased by £66k due to ISO recertification in the
half year and other increases to professional fees, partially offset by a
small reduction in occupancy costs.

 

Other income of £225k includes an estimated R&D tax refund as well as
income received for grant-funded projects.

 

EBITDA was a loss of £159k, an improvement of 72% on the prior period.

 

The loss before tax for the period was £253k, an improvement of 65% compared
to loss of £715k in the corresponding period ended December 2023.

 

Balance sheet, cash and working capital

The Group balance sheet shows cash resources of £1.1m and receivables of
£1.8m as at 31 December 2024. Cash outflow from operating activities was
£702k due to revenue growth coupled with unfavourable working capital
movements, including slower payment from a minority of customers and increased
inventory to prepare for future deliveries. Cash increased by £65k since 30
June 2024 as a result of the proceeds received from the placing in October
2024 offsetting cash used in operating and investing activities.

 

Underlying basis of EBITDA

The Group manages its operations by looking at the underlying EBITDA which
excludes the impact of one-off and non-cash items as this, in the Board's
opinion, provides a more representative measure of the Group's performance. A
reconciliation between the reported loss before tax and EBITDA is included at
note 6 to the financial statements.

 

 

Natasha Dinneen

Chief Financial Officer

22 January 2025

 

 

 

 

Cordel Group PLC

Consolidated statements of profit and loss and other comprehensive income

For the period ended 31 December 2024

                                                                      Unaudited six months      Audited year ended
                                                                      ended 31 December         30 June
                                                                Note  2024         2023         2024
                                                                      £            £            £
 Revenue from contracts with customers                          4     2,276,925    1,960,934    4,439,441
 Total Revenue                                                        2,276,925    1,960,934    4,439,441

 Hosting fees and other direct costs                                  (685,112)    (924,438)    (1,615,732)
 Gross Margin                                                         1,591,813    1,036,496    2,823,709

 Employee expenses                                                    (1,609,404)  (1,452,558)  (3,306,707)
 Occupancy expenses                                                   (18,614)     (24,278)     (51,498)
 Depreciation & Amortisation                                          (80,576)     (44,687)     (123,234)
 Other operational expenses                                           (348,891)    (375,649)    (1,062,109)
 Finance Costs                                                        (12,525)     (3,841)      (14,434)
 Total expenses                                                       (2,070,010)  (1,901,013)  (4,557,981)

 Other income                                                   5     225,292      149,325      538,014
 Interest income                                                      246          99           372

 Loss before income tax expenses                                      (252,659)    (715,093)    (1,195,886)
 Income tax                                                           (613)        -            (103,225)
 Loss after income tax expense for the period                         (253,272)    (715,093)    (1,299,111)

 Other comprehensive income
 Items that may be reclassified subsequently to profit or loss
 Foreign currency translation                                         12,479       (2,687)      (14,037)
 Share option reserve                                                 (5,853)      -            33,617

 Total comprehensive income for the period                            (246,646)    (717,780)    (1,279,531)

 Loss for the period attributable to:
 Owners of Cordel Group PLC                                           (253,272)    (715,093)    (1,299,111)
                                                                      (253,272)    (715,093)    (1,299,111)

 Total comprehensive income for the period is attributable to:
 Owners of Cordel Group PLC                                           (246,646)    (717,780)    (1,279,531)
                                                                      (246,646)    (717,780)    (1,279,531)

 Basic earnings per share (pence)                               14    (0.12)       (0.36)       (0.65)
 Diluted earnings per share (pence)                             14    (0.11)       (0.33)       (0.60)

 

The above consolidated statements of profit or loss and other comprehensive
income should be read in conjunction with the accompanying notes.

 

 

 

 

Cordel Group PLC

Consolidated Balance Sheet as at 31 December 2024

                                                              Unaudited as at             Audited

                                                              31 December                 30 June
                                                        Note  2024          2023          2024
 Assets                                                       £             £             £
 Non-current assets
 Goodwill                                                     1,223,403     1,223,403     1,223,403
 Right of use asset                                           149,056       -             203,640
 Property, plant & equipment                                  196,434       145,849       131,031
 Deferred tax asset                                           -             85,991        -
 Total non-current assets                                     1,568,893     1,455,243     1,558,074

 Current assets
 Trade and other receivables                            7     1,798,487     1,554,216     1,429,053
 Inventory                                                    167,750       157,526       127,762
 Cash and cash equivalents                                    1,143,555     1,191,528     1,022,180
 Total current assets                                         3,109,792     2,903,270     2,578,995

 Total Assets                                                 4,678,685     4,358,513     4,137,069

 Liabilities
 Non-Current liabilities
 Lease Liabilities                                            89,020        -             148,780
 Deferred tax                                                 551           2,031         552
 Total non-current liabilities                                89,571        2,031         149,332

 Current liabilities
 Trade and other payables                               8     732,991       1,052,789     1,045,636
 Unearned Income                                              141,330       29,425        45,911
 Lease Liabilities                                            102,440       -             105,138
 Borrowings                                             9     104,090       -             -
 Employee benefits                                            256,113       192,972       271,507
 Total current liabilities                                    1,336,964     1,275,186     1,468,192

 Net assets/(liabilities)                                     3,252,150     3,081,296     2,519,545

 Equity
 Share Capital                                                2,169,232     1,994,886     1,994,886
 Share premium account                                        11,661,759    10,856,854    10,856,854
 Other reserves                                         10    573,474       2,434,421     566,848
 Accumulated losses                                           (11,152,315)  (12,204,865)  (10,899,043)
 Equity attributable to the owners of Cordel Group PLC        3,252,150     3,081,296     2,519,545

 Total equity                                                 3,252,150     3,081,296     2,519,545

 

The above consolidated balance sheet should be read in conjunction with the
accompanying notes.

 

The interim financial statements of Cordel Group PLC (company number 11098701
(England and Wales)) were approved by the Board of Directors and authorised
for issue on 22 January 2025. They were signed on its behalf by:

 

 

Ian Buddery
 
Jonathan Macleod

Chairman
Director

22 January 2025
                             22 January 2025

 

 

 

 

Cordel Group PLC

Consolidated statements of changes in equity

For the period ended 31 December 2024

 

                                                        Share      Share       Other      Accumulated   Total
 Unaudited six months ended                             Capital    Premium     reserves   Losses        Equity
 31 December 2023                                                  Account*
                                                        £          £           £          £             £
 Balance at 1 July 2023                                 1,994,886  10,856,854  2,437,108  (11,489,772)  3,799,076

 Loss after income tax expense for the period           -          -           -          (715,093)     (715,093)
 Other comprehensive income for the period, net of tax  -          -           (2,687)    -             (2,687)

 Total comprehensive income for the period              1,994,886  10,856,854  2,434,421  (12,204,865)  3,081,296

 Transactions with owners in their capacity as owners:
 Share issue                                            -          -           -          -             -

 Balance at 31 December 2023                            1,994,886  10,856,854  2,434,421  (12,204,865)  3,081,296

                                                        Share      Share       Other      Accumulated   Total
 Unaudited six months ended                             Capital    premium     reserves   Losses        Equity
 31 December 2024                                                  account*
                                                        £          £           £          £             £
 Balance at 1 July 2024                                 1,994,886  10,856,854  566,848    (10,899,043)  2,519,545

 Loss after income tax expense for the period           -          -           -          (253,272)     (253,272)
 Other comprehensive income for the period, net of tax  -          -           6,626      -             6,626

 Total comprehensive income for the period              1,994,886  10,856,854  573,474    (11,152,315)  2,272,899

 Transactions with owners in their capacity as owners:
                                                        174,346    804,905     -          -             979,251

 Share issue

 Balance at 31 December 2024                            2,169,232  11,661,759  573,474    (11,152,315)  3,252,150

 

*The share premium account is used to recognise the difference between the
issued share capital at nominal value and the share capital received, net of
transaction costs.

 

 

 

 

Cordel Group PLC

Consolidated statements of changes in equity (cont'd)

For the period ended 31 December 2024

 

                                                                      Share      Share       Other        Accumulated   Total
 Audited year ended                                                   Capital    premium     reserves     Losses        Equity
 30 June 2024                                                                    account*
                                                                      £          £           £            £             £
 Balance at 1 July 2023                                               1,994,886  10,856,854  2,437,108    (11,489,772)  3,799,076

 Loss after income tax expense for the period                         -          -           -            (1,299,111)   (1,299,111)
 Other comprehensive income for the period, net of tax                -          -           19,580       -             19,580

 Total comprehensive income for the period                            -          -           19,580       (1,299,111)   (1,279,531)

 Transactions with owners in their capacity as owners of the parent:
 Return of capital on wind                                            -          -           (1,889,840)  1,889,840     -

down of Maestrano Pty Ltd

 Balance at 30 June 2024                                              1,994,886  10,856,854  566,848      (10,899,043)  2,519,545

 

The above consolidated statement of changes in equity should be read in
conjunction with the accompanying notes.

 

 

 

 

Cordel Group PLC

Consolidated statements of cash flows

For the period ended 31 December 2024

                                                                     Unaudited six months      Audited year ended
                                                                     ended 31 December         30 June
                                                                     2024         2023         2024
                                                                     £            £            £
 Cash flows from operating activities
 Loss before income tax expense for the period                       (253,272)    (715,093)    (1,195,886)

 Adjustments for:
 Depreciation and amortisation                                       80,576       44,687       123,234
 Loss/(Gain) on disposal of equipment                                125          (1,687)      (1,761)
 Discontinued operations inventory written off                       -            92,437       -
 Unwinding of lease liability incentive                              -            -            (8,777)
 Share option reserve                                                (5,853)      -            33,617
 Foreign exchange differences                                        5,582        2,130        (1,327)
 Interest received                                                   (246)        (99)         (372)
 Interest and other finance costs                                    12,525       3,841        14,434
                                                                     (160,563)    (573,784)    (1,036,838)
 Change in operating assets and liabilities:
 Decrease/(Increase) in inventories                                  (39,988)     (13,746)     16,019
 Decrease/(Increase) in trade and other receivables                  (798,480)    102,717      227,879
 (Decrease)/Increase in trade and other payables                     (312,646)    390,629      383,476
 (Decrease)/Increase in other liabilities                            184,115      (137,739)    (10,016)
                                                                     (1,127,562)  (231,923)    (419,481)

 Interest received                                                   246          99           372
 Interest and other finance costs paid                               (3,852)      (3,841)      (4,571)
 R&D tax credit received                                             429,045      329,025      329,025
 Net cash used in operating activities                               (702,123)    93,360       (94,654)

 Cash flows from investing activities
 Purchase of property, plant and equipment                           (91,395)     (116,665)    (145,172)
 Proceeds from disposal of fixed asset                               -            1,687        8,655

 Net cash used in investing activities                               (91,395)     (114,978)    (136,517)

 Cash flows from financing activities
 Proceeds from issue of shares                                       977,250      -            -
 Interest on lease payments                                          (8,673)      (1,061)      (9,863)
 Lease liability incentive received                                  -            -            52,660
 Cash payments for leases                                            (49,855)     (19,960)     (58,384)
 Transaction costs on issue of shares                                (60,000)     -            -

 Net cash from financing activities                                  858,722      (21,021)     (15,587)

 Net increase/(decrease) in cash and cash equivalents                65,204       (42,639)     (246,758)
 Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the financial period  1,022,180    1,283,463    1,283,463
 Effects of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents       56,171       (49,296)     (14,525)
 Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the financial period        1,143,555    1,191,528    1,022,180

 

The above consolidated statements of cash flows should be read in conjunction
with the accompanying notes.

 

 

 

 

Cordel Group PLC

Notes to the consolidated financial statements

For the period ended 31 December 2024

 

Note 1. General information

 

Cordel Group plc is a public company, registered in England and Wales and
listed on the Alternative Investment Market ('AIM').

 

Its registered office and principal place of business are:

 

Registered office
 
Principal place of business

10 John Street
 
Level 4/745 Hunter Street

London WC1N 2EB
 
Newcastle West NSW 2302

United
Kingdom
Australia

 

A description of the nature of the Group's operations and its principal
activities are included in the directors' report, which is not part of the
financial statements. The financial statements were authorised for issue, in
accordance with a resolution of directors, on 22 January 2025. The directors
have the power to amend and reissue the financial statements.

 

 

Note 2. Significant accounting policies

 

These financial statements for the interim half-year reporting period ended 31
December 2024 have been prepared in accordance with International Accounting
Standards IAS 34 'Interim Financial Reporting'.

 

These interim financial statements do not include all the notes of the type
normally included in annual financial statements. Accordingly, these financial
statements are to be read in conjunction with the annual report for the year
ended 30 June 2024 and any public announcements made by the Company during the
interim reporting period.

 

New or amended Accounting Standards and Interpretations adopted

The Group has adopted all of the new or amended Accounting Standards and
Interpretations issued by the International Accounting Standards Board that
are mandatory for the current reporting period.   Any new or amended
Accounting Standards or Interpretations that are not yet mandatory have not
been early adopted.

 

Going concern

The financial statements have been prepared assuming the Group will continue
as a going concern. Under the going concern assumption, an entity is
ordinarily viewed as continuing in business for the foreseeable future. In
assessing whether the going concern assumption is appropriate, the directors
have considered the Group's existing working capital and are of the opinion
that the Group has adequate resources to undertake its planned program of
activities for the 12 months from the date of approval of these financial
statements.

 

 

Note 3. Operating segments

 

Identification of reportable operating segments

The Group operates in one segment being provision of data integration and
analytic services. This operating segment is based on the internal reports
that are reviewed and used by the Board of Directors (who are identified as
the Chief Operating Decision Makers ('CODM')) in assessing performance and in
determining the allocation of resources.

 

The operating segment information is the same information as provided
throughout the consolidated financial statements and are therefore not
duplicated.

 

 

Note 4. Revenue from contracts with customers

 

 Contract revenue by product  Unaudited six months                  Audited year ended
                              ended 31 December                     30 June
                                        2024               2023     2024
                                       £                  £         £
 Nextcore                     -                        3,145        3,145
 Cordel                       2,276,925                1,957,789    4,436,296
                              2,276,925                1,960,934    4,439,441

 

 Contract revenue by geography  Unaudited six months                  Audited year ended
                                ended 31 December                     30 June
                                          2024               2023     2024
                                         £                  £         £
 EMEA                           811,478                  1,045,959    2,084,132
 APAC                           274,816                  123,812      327,976
 The Americas                   1,190,631                791,163      2,027,333
                                2,276,925                1,960,934    4,439,441

 

 

 Note 5.  Other income          Unaudited six months      Audited year ended
                                ended 31 December          30 June
                                2024         2023         2024
                                £            £            £
 Government grants and rebates  225,292      147,638      519,145
 Other Income                   -            1,687        18,869
                                225,292      149,325      538,014

 

 

 Note 6.  EBITDA reconciliation (earnings before interest expense, taxation,
 depreciation and amortisation)
                                     Unaudited six months      Year ended
                                     ended 31 December         30 June
                                        2024      2023         2024
 EBITDA reconciliation                 £          £            £
 Loss before income tax              (252,659)    (715,093)    (1,195,886)
 Less: Interest revenue              (246)        (99)         (372)
 Add: Interest expense               12,525       3,841        14,434
 Add: Depreciation and amortisation  80,576       44,687       123,234
 Add: Other non-operating costs      125          92,437       111,321
 EBITDA                              (159,679)    (574,227)    (947,269)

 

 The financial statements include both the statutory financial statements
 prepared in accordance with IFRS and the non-GAAP measure of EBITDA. The
 directors believe this additional measure provides insight into the Group's
 operational performance and financial condition excluding unusual and other
 one-off items.

 Note 7.  Current assets - trade and other receivables   Unaudited six months      Audited

                                                                                   Year ended
                                                         ended 31 December         30 June
                                                         2024         2023         2024

                                                         £            £            £
 Trade receivables                                       1,292,566    1,178,328    511,441
 Other receivables                                       195,739      121,702      266,455
 Prepayments                                             161,838      140,186      211,305
 R&D tax offset refundable                               148,344      114,000      439,852
                                                         1,798,487    1,554,216    1,429,053

 

 

 Note 8.  Current liabilities - trade and other payables   Unaudited six months      Audited year ended
                                                           ended 31 December         30 June
                                                           2024         2023         2024
                                                           £            £            £
 Trade payables                                            521,597      460,580      457,861
 Accrued expenses                                          147,995      579,644      454,015
 Other payables                                            63,399       12,565       133,760
                                                           732,991      1,052,789    1,045,636

 

 

 Note 9.  Borrowings

 During the interim period, the Group entered into a new short-term supplier
 financing arrangement carrying interest at 6.99% which matures on 30 August
 2025.

 

 

 Note 10.  Equity - other reserves   Unaudited six months      Audited year ended
                                     ended 31 December         30 June
                                     2024         2023         2024
                                     £            £            £
 Foreign currency reserve            359,912      358,784      347,433
 Share-based payments reserve        213,562      185,797      219,415
 Capital reorganisation reserve      -            1,889,840    -
                                     573,474      2,434,421    566,848

 

 

 Movements in reserves
 Movements in each class of reserve during the current financial period are set
 out below:

 Unaudited six months ended 31 December 2024      Foreign   Share-based  Total
                                                  Currency  payments
                                                  £         £            £
 Balance as at 1 July 2024                        347,433   219,415      566,848
 Foreign currency translation                     12,479    -            12,479
 Share-based payment                              -         (5,853)      (5,853)
 Balance at 31 December 2024                      359,912   213,562      573,474

 

 

Note 11.  Equity - dividends

 

There were no dividends paid, recommended, or declared during the current or
previous financial period.

 

 

Note 12.  Fair value measurement

 

The carrying amounts of trade and other receivables and trade and other
payables are assumed to approximate their fair values due to their short-term
nature.

 

The fair value of financial liabilities is estimated by discounting the
remaining contractual maturities at the current market interest rate that is
available for similar financial liabilities.

 

 

Note 13. Related party transactions

 

Parent entity

The parent entity and ultimate parent entity is Cordel Group PLC. There is no
ultimate controlling party.

 

Transactions with related parties

Ian Buddery was remunerated through his personal service company during the
period.

 

Receivable from and payable to related parties

There were no trade receivables from or trade payables to related parties at
the current and previous reporting date.

 

Loans to/from related parties

There were no loans to or from related parties at the current and previous
reporting date.

 

 

 Note 14.  Earnings per share
                                                                                                    Unaudited six months                                      Audited year
                                                                                                    ended 31 December                                           ended 30 June
                                                                                                  2024                               2023                       2024
                                                                                                £                                   £                         £
 Loss after income tax attributable to the owners of Cordel Group PLC           (253,272)                                (715,093)                       (1,299,111)

                                                                                Number                                   Number                          Number
 Weighted average number of ordinary shares used in calculating basic earnings  216,923,230                              199,488,614                     199,488,614
 per share
 Weighted average number of ordinary shares used in calculating diluted         232,600,174                              215,838,892                     217,155,558
 earnings per share

                                                                                Pence                                    Pence                           Pence
 Basic earnings per share                                                       (0.12)                                   (0.36)                          (0.65)
 Diluted earnings per share                                                     (0.11)                                   (0.33)                          (0.60)

 

 

Note 15.  Events after the reporting period

The Group announced two new contract wins after the balance sheet date with
Network Rail to deliver a package of enhancements to Cordel's ongoing Railway
Gauging Data Solution (RGDS) and with Angel Trains Ltd for track geometry.
On 20 January a Partnership with Vossloh AG was announced.

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