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RNS Number : 6674Y  Tialis Essential IT PLC  09 May 2023

Tialis Essential IT Plc

 

("Tialis" or the "Company")

 

9 May 2023

 

Audited Results for the Year Ended 31 December 2022

 

Tialis, the mid-market network, IT Managed Services provider, announces its
audited results for the year ended 31 December 2022.

 

The Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 December 2022 will
shortly be available on the Company's website at www.idegroup.com.

 

Copies of the Annual Report and Accounts will be posted to shareholders
shortly along with the notice of annual general meeting which will be held at
10.00am on 28 June 2023 at the offices of finnCap, 1 Bartholomew Close, London
EC1A 7BL

 

For more information, contact:

 

 Tialis Essential IT Plc                               Tel: +44 (0)344 874 1000

 Andy Parker, Executive Chairman

 finnCap Limited                                       Tel: +44 (0)20 7220 0500

 Nominated Adviser and Broker

 Corporate finance: Jonny Franklin-Adams/ Abby Kelly

 ECM: Tim Redfern

 

 

Chairman's Statement

 

2022 was an important year in the ongoing rationalisation of our trading
business and at a group level, with the conversion of the MXC debt into
equity.

 

In November 2022 the members at the General Meeting voted to reorganise the
Company's share structure so as enable the Company to issue new ordinary
shares. Immediately following the capital reorganisation, the loan notes
("Loan Notes") held by MXC were converted into equity, reducing the debt level
of the group to a sensible level. Note 27 sets-out in detail the Company's
capital reorganisation.

 

 

Manage

During 2022, Tialis Essential IT Manage Limited's turnover remained consistent
at £14.5 million (2021: £14.5 million).

 

Adjusted EBITDA for Manage, before unallocated group overheads, decreased from
£3.8 million to £2.6 million, this reflects the change in business mix and a
decrease in one-off projects experienced in 2022.

 

For the 2023 financial year, we have a higher level of visibility over
revenues. It is anticipated that the successful transition of some of our
traditional service contracts into our lifecycle facility will see margins
step back up year on year.

 

Employee numbers within the Manage business increased by 15% within the year
due to the company taking on more onsite managed service contracts. The number
of heads in our central function decreased by 12 in the year.

 

Highlights in the year include:

 

·      The sale of IDE Connect in October 2021 enabled the company to
return to profit (before finance costs) in 2022 and allowed us to concentrate
on end user device and on-site support services rather than chase the market
in many different directions.

·      Although revenue for 2022 was flat on 2021, the company is
fundamentally stronger as the income is derived from recurring revenue. 2021
revenue was bolstered by a number of very large, one-off projects.

·      The acquisition of the profitable partner contracts from Allvotec
Limited, a division of Daisy Group, adds circa 50% to our revenues in 2023.

·      In May 22, the company signed a seven figure multi-year contract
with a major nuclear organisation which has doubled the annualised revenue on
that account.

·      Extended relationship with Indian Global outsourcer to mid-2023.

·      Continued to expand our preferred supplier agreement with major
partner and over doubled the revenue from 2021 to 2022.

·      Via our partnership with CloudCoCo two large charities started
large lifecycle contracts across all users within their organisations.

·      Took over the Tech Bar support operation for major German
multinational in multi-year deal.

·      Started two important support relationships with large City
insurance companies, which will both be experiencing significant expansion in
2023.

·      Started year one of a three-year project with UK utility in 2022.

·      Awarded Approved Supplier status with major UK IT service
provider.

·      In December 2022, signed in excess of a million pound a year
contract for a minimum of 3 years with major UK print company which is due to
start in June 2023.

 

Results

Revenue remained steady for the full year at £14.5 million (2021 continuing
operations: £14.5 million), and we have seen gross profit margin fall by 8%,
from 43% to 35%. Resulting gross profit has decreased year-on-year to £5.1
million (2021 continuing operations: £6.3 million).  Adjusted EBITDA
decreased to £2.0 million (2021: Adjusted EBITDA of £3.1 million). The net
loss after tax for the year from continuing operations is £0.6 million (2021:
£2.0 million), after £1.2 million amortisation expense and a £0.9 million
gain on conversion of the secured loan notes (2021 continuing operations:
£3.0 million amortisation and impairment charge).

 

People

The management team has made continued progress in simplifying the structure
of the business and aligning services better to support our clients. The board
would like to recognise and thank its employees who have worked hard to
deliver excellent client service and retain existing key clients. The
headcount in Tialis Essential IT Manage Limited has increased by 15%
reflecting increased activity and trading.

 
Strategy

Our plan is to continue with our organic initiatives that will continue to
demonstrate positive growth. We intend to expand our partner network and are
also looking to expansion into Europe.  After four long years of
restructuring the Group is now considering growth through acquisition and
would consider synergistic targets that would expand and deepen our service
offerings.

 
Financing and dividend

The Company had been exploring several options for the secured loan notes, as
the final stage of its restructuring, to reduce the Company's indebtedness to
allow the Company to grow organically and through acquisition.

 

Prior to the secured loan note conversion on 2 November 2022, the balances
owed to the loan note holders were as summarised below:

 

 Holder                                 Value of loan notes Pre Conversion  Value of loan notes Post Conversion at 31 December 2022
 MXC                                    £15,588,902                         £-
 Richard Griffiths                      £1,854,546                          £1,891,435
 Funds managed by Kestrel Partners LLP  £1,354,963                          £1,382,896
 Other loan note holders                £204,138                            £215,660
 Total secured loan note value          £19,002,549                         £3,489,991

 

The Company did not have adequate cash resources to repay the loan notes and
therefore, after exploring several options, the Board believed that the
capital reorganisation and loan note conversion was the best option available
to the Company. The loan note conversion resulted in MXC materially increasing
their percentage shareholding in the Company, MXC have confirmed to the
Company that it has no current intention in taking the Company private.

 

Note 27 sets out the full details of the capital reorganisation which took
place on 2 November 2022 having been approved by the Members in General
Meeting.

 

The capital reorganisation consisted of the following steps:

1.   the amendment of the Articles to set out the rights and restrictions
attached to the Deferred Shares issued;

2.   the sub-division of each existing Ordinary Share into 2 new shares - a
Redenominated Ordinary Share of 0.01p and a Deferred Share of £2.49p; and

3.   every 100 Redenominated Ordinary Shares of 0.01p each were consolidated
into one New Ordinary Share of 1p each.

 

 

The Board is not proposing to declare a dividend at this time,

 

Current trading and outlook

Trading in the current financial year remains in line with Board expectations,
with current financial performance broadly in line with the same period last
year (excluding Allvotec). As our business grows, we are looking to expand our
partner channel and possible expansion of our business model into Europe.

 

Our outlook for the year is 85% of revenue covered by existing contracts and
end user customers, and together with a buoyant pipeline gives us great
confidence in another positive year of growth for the Group.

 

The key objective for 2023 is to increase the focus and utilisation of our
lifecycle facility which provides much greater efficiencies for our end-user
customers and higher levels of customer satisfaction. Initiatives are underway
with our most significant partner to see an increase in this area. In February
2023, the Group added three new large partners to the portfolio, providing the
group with further opportunities.

 

 

Financial Review

 

The Group reported total revenues from continuing operations for the year to
31 December 2022 of £14.5 million, the same as in 2021 (2021: £14.5 million)
and gross    profit of £5.1 million (2021: £6.3 million). This shows a
reduction in margins year-on-year of 8 percentage points compared to the prior
year due to a shift in revenue streams.

 

The Group uses Adjusted EBITDA which is a non-GAAP measure of performance as
it believes this more accurately reflects the underlying performance of the
business. This is one of the key operational performance measures monitored by
the Board. Adjusted EBITDA is defined as earnings before interest, tax,
depreciation, amortisation, impairment charges, non-underlying items, loss on
disposal of fixed assets and share-based payments.

 

The Adjusted EBITDA for the year to 31 December 2022 was a profit of £2.0
million (2021: profit of £3.1 million).

 

A detailed review of the business is set out in the Chairman's Statement and
this Financial Review. Included in these reviews are comments on the key
performance indicators that are used by the Board on a monthly basis to
monitor and assess the performance of the business. These indicators include
the level of revenue, gross profit and Adjusted EBITDA together with net debt.

 

Manage

 

The revenue for the continuing operations all relates to the Manage Business.
Revenues remained consistent at £14.5 million (2021: £14.5 million). For the
year we have seen lower gross profit margins to 35% (2021: 43%), as a result
of the services mix and operational efficiencies.

 

Adjusted EBITDA attributable to Manage has moved to £2.6 million (2021:
profit of £3.8 million).

 

Non-underlying items

 

Non-underlying items relating to restructuring and reorganisation amount to
£0.4 million in the year (2021: £0.4 million).

 

Finance costs

 

After incurring net finance charges of £2.3 million relating to interest and
arrangement fees for loan notes, leases and bank debt (2021: £2.5 million),
the loss before tax is £1.3 million (2021: loss of £3.0 million).

 

Taxation

 

The utilisation of tax losses and the benefit of the increase in the rate of
corporation tax on the deferred tax asset has resulted in a tax credit for the
year of £0.8 million (2021: £1.2 million).

 

Loss on continuing operations
 

Whilst the underlying trading performance of Manage shows significant positive
EBITDA, group costs, finance costs and impairment charges on the software
licences result in a loss after tax for the year on continuing operations of
£0.6 million (2021: loss on continuing operations £1.8 million), which
equates to a basic loss per share of 0.14 pence (2021: loss per share of pence
0.39).

 
Loss on discontinued operations
 
The loss on discontinued operations of £nil million (2021: loss of £0.2 million) arises on the disposal of the Connect Business on 19 October 2021, and from the operations in the period up to the date of disposal.
 
Statement of Financial Position
 
Non-current assets

 

The Group has property, plant and equipment of £1.1 million (2021: £0.8
million) all of which are subject to depreciation as per the policies set out
in the accompanying financial statements. During the year there were additions
of £0.5 million (2021: £0.03 million additions).

 

In 2020 we invested in software licences at the year-end amounting to £1.8
million. These licences were purchased with a view to a planned expansion of
the group, resale to our clients in our Connect Business and for operational
use in the Connect Business and are payable in three tranches at the end of
2021, 2022 and 2023. The licences were capitalised as intangible assets at the
present value of the payments, which are included within trade payables at 31
December 2021. Due to planned expansion which didn't materialise and the sale
of the Connect Business in 2021, the Group is unable to obtain the full
benefit of the licences in its remaining business. Accordingly, these software
licenses were impaired and written down to £nil in 2021. They can no longer
be utilised by the continuing operations and as such are deemed unlikely to be
sold to the customers of the Connect Business, given its disposal in the prior
year, or sold to third parties.

 

Further, intangible assets of customer contracts and related relationships are
£7.1 million (2021: £8.2 million) and are subject to amortisation as per the
policies set out in the accompanying financial statements.

 

Trade and other receivables

 

Trade and other receivables have decreased to £3.8 million from £4.3
million.

 

Following the disposal of the Connect Business in 2021, working capital
management has improved as the underlying nature of the Managed Business has a
reduced number of customers; all of them are larger corporates with good
credit ratings and regular payment cycles.

 

Trade and other payables

 

Trade and other payables amounted to £4.5 million (2021: £6.0 million),
including trade payables of £2.7 million (2021: £3.8 million) taxation and
social security of £0.8 million (2021: £0.8 million) and accruals of £1.0
million (2021: £1.4 million).

 

Contract liabilities arise from customers being invoiced in advance of
services delivered, in accordance with individual contractual terms, at the
balance sheet date this amounted to £0.05 million (2021: £0.05 million).
Contract liabilities remain materially unchanged year on year.

 

Following the disposal of the Connect Business, the number of suppliers has
been reduced and allows for better supplier management leading to improved
working capital.

 

Cashflow and net debt

 

Net cash generated from operating activities during the year was £1.5 million
(2021 £0.6 million generated). Our Manage business continues to be cash
generative and has developed excellent relationships with key strategic
partners. The Group  invested £0.2 million (2021: £0.03 million) in fixed
assets. There were no new loans in 2022 (2021: £1.0 million net), but
repayment of lease liabilities consumed £0.3 million (2021: £0.4 million) of
cash. The result is that as at 31 December 2022 there were no bank borrowings
or overdraft debt and the cash balance was £0.4 million (2021: £0.3
million).

 
Borrowings

 

On 11 May 2021 £2,397,519 of the unsecured convertible loan notes issued in
August 2018 were converted into 95,900,760 Ordinary shares of 2.5p each, at a
conversion price of 2.5p per share.

 

The Nimoveri Loan Notes issued on 1(st) June 2020 (£100,000) were redeemable
on 31 December 2021. On 13 December 2021 both parties agreed the Nimoveri Loan
Notes would be repaid in four equal monthly instalments commencing 31 January
2022.

 

The Company issued a loan note net of expenses for proceeds of £1.0 million
in November 2022, which if not repaid by 31 March 2022 increases to £1.1875m
and incurs interest of 20.4 % per annum, repayable on 23 December 2025. The
loan note was not repaid by 31 March 2022.

 

On 2 November 2022 the members meeting at the Annual General Meeting, and then
at the General Meeting that followed, voted to convert £15.5 million of loan
notes (including fees and interest) into share capital. Details of the capital
reorganisation and consolidation are set out in Note 27.

 

As at 31 December 2022, the convertible loan notes liability in the balance
sheet was £143,480 (2021: £130,437), and the secured loan notes liability
was £3,489,991 (£2021: £17,027,016).

 

Dividend

 

The Directors do not propose a dividend in respect of the current financial
year (2021: £nil).

 

 
Donations to charities

 

The Directors paid £33 to The Prince's Trust as part of the Company capital
reorganisation as set out in Note 27 (2021: £nil).

 
Update and outlook for 2023

 

Set out within the Chairman's Statement are details of the current trading
performance and outlook. Trading in the first four months of 2023 has been
strong, including very positive further contract wins from our key partner.

 

Going concern
 

The Directors have produced detailed trading and cashflow forecasts. In
reaching their conclusion on the going concern basis of accounting, the
Directors note and rely on the improved trading performance, the positive cash
generation that the business is now experiencing and the current signed order
book. A reverse stress test of the model has been run to determine at what
level of shortfall in revenues the Group would run out of cash. Given the
committed orders already obtained and the visibility of future revenues, the
directors do not consider it likely that revenues could drop to such an extent
that the Group would run out of cash. They have also considered the impact of
any delayed customer payments and have developed plans to mitigate any such
delays to ensure that the Group can continue to settle its liabilities as they
fall due and operate as a going concern. The Directors therefore have an
expectation that the Group and Company have adequate resources available to
them to continue in operational existence for a period of at least 12 months
from the date of approval of these financial statements. Accordingly, the
Group and Company continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing these
consolidated financial statements.

 

Strategic Report
 
Review of the Business

 

A detailed review of the business is set out in the Chairman's Statement and
the Financial Review. The year under review was a positive one for the
business with continuing revenues remaining consistent year-on-year and
Adjusted EBITDA* remaining positive, although the Group reported a post-tax
loss due to finance costs, impairments and restructuring. Future developments
and current trading and prospects are set out in the Chairman's Statement and
the Financial Review. These reports together with the Corporate Governance
Statement are incorporated into this        Strategic Report by
reference and should be read as part of this report. The Group's strategy is
focused on maximising value for stakeholders by increasing revenues and
profits by upselling to our current customer base as well as by bringing new
customers on board.

 

At 31 December 2022, the Board comprised two Directors (2021: two) all of
which were male. At 31 December 2022 the Group had 196 employees including
Directors (2021: 165) of which 164 were male (2021:134) and 36 were female
(2021:31).

 

* Adjusted EBITDA is defined as earnings before interest, tax, depreciation,
amortisation, impairment charges, non-underlying items, loss on disposal of
fixed assets and share-based payments.

 

Principal Risks and Uncertainties

 

Identifying, evaluating, and managing the principal risks and uncertainties
facing the Group is an integral part of the way the Group does business. There
are policies and procedures in place throughout the operations, embedded
within our management structure and as part of our normal operating processes.

 

The Board reviews the principal risks on a bi-annual basis. The risks have
been amended following the sale of the Connect Business with the resultant
Group being greatly simplified. The impact, measures in place and tactics to
mitigate risks are assessed on a regular basis. The risk categories, set out
below, have been identified by the Board as those currently considered to
potentially have the most material impact on the Group's future performance.
In addition to these risks, note 24 contains details of financial risks.

 

Customer concentration

The Group has a significant revenue concentration with a single Partner (84%).
This is mitigated as there are a number of end customers, all with different
agreements and contract end dates.  The Group has traded with the Partner for
over 20 years and has long standing relationships. The Group is also focused
on reducing this concentration and is working on several opportunities to
achieve this.

 

Market and Economic Conditions

Market and economic conditions are recognised as one of the principal risks in
the current trading environment. Risk is mitigated       by the
monitoring of trading conditions and changes in government legislation, the
development of action plans to address specific legislative changes and the
constant search for ways to achieve new efficiencies in the business without
impacting service levels.

 

The Board does not believe the current macro-economic outlook has changed the
Group's prospects given the large proportion of the end-customers being in the
public sector. The Group has also undertaken stress testing of the detailed
trading forecasts and cashflows taking into account inflation and interest
rate increases. The Board does not consider that these will change the outlook
at present. In relation to interest rates increases, the Group's debt is at a
fixed rate.

 

Reliance on Key Personnel and Management

The success of the Group is dependent on the services of key management and
operating personnel. The Directors believe that the Group's future success
will be largely dependent on its ability to retain and attract highly skilled
and qualified personnel and to train and manage its employee base. During the
year, the restructuring programme continued which resulted in more members of
staff being made redundant and other members of staff moving into new roles.
For those who remain there are several employee  benefits and active
communication is encouraged within the business to mitigate the risk of losing
skilled and qualified individuals. Furthermore, there is an apprenticeship
scheme which the Group believes will assist in training and retaining younger
individuals  going forward.

 

Competition

The Group operates in a highly competitive marketplace and while the Directors
believe the Group enjoys certain strengths and advantages in competing for
business, some competitors are much larger with considerable scale. The Group
monitors competitors' activity and constantly reviews its own services and
prices to ensure a competitive position in the market is maintained.

 

Technology

The market for our services is in a state of constant innovation and change.
We devote significant resource to the development of new service lines,
ensuring new technologies can be incorporated and integrated with the Group's
core services. The nature of the Group's services means that they are exposed
to a range of technological risks, such as viruses, hacking and an
ever-changing spectrum of security risk. We maintain constant pro-active
vigilance against such risks and the Group maintains membership of some of the
highest levels of security accreditation as part of the service it offers its
customers.

 

 

s.172(1) Companies Act 2006: Statement of Directors' Duties to Stakeholders

 

Promoting the success of the Company

The Directors are aware of their duty under section 172(1) of the Companies
Act 2006 to act in the way which they consider, in good faith, would be most
likely to promote the success of the Company for the benefit of its members as
a whole and, in doing so, to have regard (amongst other matters) to:

 

·      The likely consequences of any decision in the long term;

·      The interests of the Company's employees;

·      The need to foster the Company's business relationships with
suppliers, customers and others;

·      The impact of the Company's operations on the community and the
environment;

·      The desirability of the Company maintaining a reputation for high
standards of business conduct; and

·      The need to act fairly between members of the Company.

 

The Board recognises that the long-term success of the Company requires
positive interaction with its stakeholders. Positive engagement with
stakeholders will enable our stakeholders to better understand the activities,
needs and challenges of the business and enable the Board to better understand
and address relevant stakeholder views which will assist the Board in its
decision making and to discharge its duties under Section 172 of the Companies
Act 2006.

 

Our Commitment

The Company is committed to operating with an inclusive, transparent, and
respectful culture and places particular emphasis on operating to the highest
ethical and environmental standards.

 

The Directors take personal ownership of the policies and maintenance of the
necessary exacting standards of business conduct throughout the organisation
and for delivering these corporate and social responsibilities.

 

Stakeholder Engagement

 

Recruitment and employee management are undertaken in line with the Company
Employment Policy which has committed to a working environment with equal
opportunities for all, without discrimination and regardless of sex, sexual
orientation, age, race, ethnicity, nationality, religion, or disability.

 

We are committed to being an equal opportunities employer and oppose all forms
of unlawful discrimination. We believe that staff members should be treated on
their merits and that employment-related decisions should be based on
objective job-related criteria such as aptitude and skills. For these reasons,
all staff members, and particularly managers with responsibility for
employment-related decisions, must comply with the practices described below.

 

• recruitment;

• pay and benefits;

• promotion and training;

• disciplinary, performance improvement and redundancy procedures.

 

As part of the induction of all employees and on a recurring annual basis, all
employees have to complete a mandatory set of training courses, one of which
is on equality, diversity and inclusion in both the workplace and local
communities.

 

We conduct a gender pay analysis annually and the report is published on the
Company's website.

 

Tialis seeks to attract and retain staff by acting as a responsible employer.
The health, safety and well-being of employees is important to the Company. On
the sale of Connect, we engaged with the acquirer and supported all the
employees through the transition. All employees had access and were encouraged
to use the Employee Assistance Program with a 24-hour helpline.

 

Furthermore, the Company has committed to continuous development schemes and
will support employees to attain the best for themselves and the Company
through personal assessment, training and mentoring.

 

Externally, Tialis has established long-term partnerships that complement its
in-house expertise and has built a network of specialised partners within the
industry and beyond.

 

The Directors have committed to promoting a company culture that treats
everyone fairly and with respect and this commitment extends to all principal
stakeholders including shareholders, employees, consultants, suppliers,
customers, and the communities where it is active.

 

All Directors are encouraged to act in a way they consider, in good faith, to
be most likely to promote the success of the Company for the benefit of its
shareholders. In doing so, they each have regard to a range of matters when
making decisions for the long-term success of the Company.

 

Health and Safety

 

Tialis Group cares profoundly about the health and safety of our employees,
customers and the communities who could be affected by our activities and aims
to protect them from any foreseeable hazard or danger arising from our
activities. To this end in 2022 the Company completed a series of safety
related studies and reviews, including electrical and gas, quantified risk
assessments and layer of protection analysis using external experts to review
the product risk and the application on our Dartford site. In all instances
the findings of the safety risk assessments have demonstrated that the risk
arising from the Tialis Group's activities is well within acceptable tolerable
risk levels. In 2023 the Company will revisit these assessments to identify
any changes that have been introduced which may represent new or variants of
risk.

 

We have a Health and safety policy and as mentioned above all employees have
to complete a mandatory set of training courses, which include several health
and safety courses, including manual handling, mental health awareness, stress
awareness, bullying and harassment, display screen set-up and a general health
and safety course.

 

During 2022 the Board was particularly mindful of the impact of the ongoing
COVID-19 pandemic when making decisions. This has impacted all areas of
decision making and is not limited to ensuring that its impact on employees,
contractors, suppliers and the communities in which Tialis Group operates is
factored into any decision, but also to ensure that its reputational,
financial and other impact is also considered.

 

The Directors recognise that the key to successful health and safety
management requires an effective policy, organisation, and arrangements which
reflect the commitment of senior management. The executive management team
implement the Company's health and safety policy and ensure that the Company
Health and Safety (HSE) management system and safety standards are all
maintained, monitored, and improved where necessary. During the COVID-19
pandemic and currently, the level of cleaning was improved and a high level of
cleanliness is maintained.

 

The Company's activities at its Dartford site were delivered HSE incident free
in 2022.

 

Environmental Policies

 

The Company's Environmental Policy recognises the importance of our technology
from a global challenge perspective. The Company will regularly evaluate the
environmental impact of its activities, products, and services, taking all
actions necessary to continually improve the Company's and its products'
environmental performance.

 

At present, we are working towards achieving ISO-14001 certification and are
undergoing a third-party gap analysis prior to the certification audit.

 

Tialis Group has a Carbon Reduction Strategy which is published on the company
website. We at Tialis Group are committed to reducing our impact on the
environment in order to help safeguard our planet for future generations. We
have committed to a well-below 2 degrees Celsius trajectory and to maintaining
our scope 1 and scope 2 greenhouse gas emissions at a level 30% lower than in
our base year of 2018. We are also investing in an environmental management
system certified to ISO 14001 to ensure that we can monitor and manage our
activities to meet our targets.

 

In addition to committing to maintaining our scope 1 and 2 emissions at 30%
less than they were in 2018, we will also work to reduce our overall
greenhouse gas emissions (scopes 1, 2 and 3) by 2.5% every year from a 2022
baseline. We have engaged with Science Based Targets (SBTi) to validate our
30% reduction target. SBTi has confirmed that our target of a 30% reduction
from 2018 has been accepted and will be published on their website. They have
undertaken due diligence on the 2018 information we provided and verified its
accuracy. As the work we have done in the last few years has helped us achieve
the 30% target already, we will now ensure that we maintain this lower level.

 

As mentioned above, all employees have to complete a mandatory set of training
courses, which include an environmental awareness course.

 

Strategy
 

The market for IT managed services in the United Kingdom is highly fragmented
and is served by a broad spectrum of businesses from global telecommunication
companies through hardware and software providers, system integrators and a
range of independent managed service providers of varying sizes through to
companies providing individual elements of the IT managed services spectrum.
The market is growing, driven by the continued move towards off-premise
solutions and mobile access to secure services.

 

Despite the continued challenges we met in 2022, the Board believes that the
Group's position between the very large system integrators and the smaller
competitors that may lack delivery structure, reputation, reliability, and
financial strength remains a very compelling one.

 

We have developed a delivery model that provides assurance and certainty for
customers.  This underlying platform is the core strength of the Group and we
will continue to consider augmenting underlying organic growth in the Manage
business in 2022 with acquisitions to leverage this platform should there be a
compelling strategic and financial case.

 

The decision to dispose of Connect allows us to focus on the core business, as
part of this decision-making process which should result in the medium to
longer term the Group returning to sustained profits.  Through our long
standing customer relationships, we have demonstrated a commitment to service
quality for over twenty years.

 

On behalf of the Board

 

 

Andy Parker

Executive Chairman

 

 

 Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income
 for the year ended 31 December 2022
                                                                                     Year ended        Year ended

                                                                                     31 December               31 December
                                                                               Note  2022              2021
                                                                                     £000              £000
 Continuing operations
 Revenue                                                                       3     14,463            14,456
 Cost of sales                                                                 5     (9,408)           (8,185)
 Gross profit                                                                        5,055             6,271

 Other operating income                                                        4     -                 40
 Administrative expenses excluding impairment                                  5     (4,011)           (5,151)
 Impairment charge on intangibles                                              15    -                 (1,833)
 Impairment credit on trade receivables                                              -                  139
 Total administrative expenses                                                       (4,011)           (6,845)

 Adjusted EBITDA*                                                                    1,950             3,099
 Non underlying items                                                          7     (421)             (433)
 Depreciation                                                                  14    (208)             (321)
 Amortisation                                                                  15    (1,169)           (1,169)
 Gain on the conversion of secured loan notes                                        892                -
 Impairment charge on intangibles                                              15    -                  (1,833)
 Impairment credit on trade receivables                                        17    -                  139
 Charges for share-based payments                                              28    -                 (16)
 Operating profit/(loss)                                                             1,044             (534)
 Finance income                                                                9     10                -
 Finance costs                                                                 10    (2,334)           (2,453)

 Loss on ordinary activities before taxation                                         (1,280       )    (2,987)
 Income tax                                                                    12    843               1,204

 Loss for the year from continuing operations                                        (437)             (1,783)

 Derecognition of foreign currency reserve                                           (150)             -
 Loss for the year from discontinued operations                                8     -                 (193)

 Loss for the year and total comprehensive loss attributable to owners of the        (587)             (1,976)
 parent company

 From continuing operations
 Basic and diluted loss per share                                              13    (0.10) p          (0.39) p
 From discontinued operations
 Basic and diluted loss per share                                              13    (0.04)p           (0.04) p

 Total basic and diluted loss per share                                        13    (0.14) p          (0.43) p

 

* Adjusted EBITDA is defined as earnings before interest, tax, depreciation,
amortisation, impairment charge, non-underlying items, loss on disposal of
fixed assets and share-based payments.

 

The notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

 Statements of Financial Position
 As at 31 December 2022
                                                                                                            Note    Group                                   Company
                                                                                                                    2022              2021                  2022              2021
                                                                                                                    £000              £000                  £000              £000

 Non-current
 assets
 Property, plant and equipment                                                                              14      1,076             813                   -                  -
 Intangible assets                                                                                          15      7,062             8,231                  -                 -
 Investments                                                                                                16       -                 -                    18,211            7,877
 Deferred tax asset                                                                                         12      3,108             2,265                 -                 -
 Trade and other receivables                                                                                17      100               313                   9                 16,842
                                                                                                                    11,346            11,622                18,220            24,719
 Current assets
 Trade and other receivables                                                                                17      3,661             3,969                  79               31
 Cash and cash equivalents                                                                                  18      414               349                   3                 2
                                                                                                                    4,075             4,318                 82                33
 Total assets                                                                                                       15,421            15,940                18,302            24,752
 Current liabilities
 Trade and other payables                                                                                   19      4,544             5,318                 778               2,445
 Contract liabilities                                                                                       20      51                49                     -                 -
 Borrowings                                                                                                 22      210               246                   -                  -
 Provisions                                                                                                 21      -                 157                   -                 -
                                                                                                                    4,805             5,770                 778               2,445
 Non-current liabilities
 Trade and other payables                                                                                   19      -                 730                    -                 -
 Borrowings                                                                                                 22      4,255             17,737                3,490             17,027
 Convertible loan notes                                                                                     23      143               131                   143               131
 Provisions                                                                                                 21      245               202                    -                 -
                                                                                                                    4,643             18,800                3,633             17,158
 Total liabilities                                                                                                  9,448             24,570                4,411             19,603
 Net (liabilities)/assets                                                                                           5,973             (8,630)               13,891            5,149
 Equity attributable to equity holders of the parent
 Share capital                                                                                              27      12,586            12,418                12,586            12,418
 Share premium                                                                                                      50,754            35,882                50,754            35,882
 Equity reserve                                                                                                     58                58                    58                58
 Retained earnings                                                                                                  (57,425)          (56,838)              (49,507)          (43,209)
 Foreign currency translation reserve                                                                               -                 (150)                  -                 -
 Total equity                                                                                                       5,973             (8,630)               13,891            5,149

 

The notes are an integral part of these financial statements. The Company made
a loss of £6.3 million in the year ended 31 December 2022 (2021: Loss £3.1
million) and in accordance with s408 of the Companies Act 2006 has not
presented a company statement of comprehensive income. These financial
statements were approved by the Bord of Directors on 5 May 2023 and were
signed on its behalf by:

Ian Smith

Executive Director

 

 

Statements of Changes in Equity
for the year ended 31 December 2022

 

 Group                                                                          Share Capital (a)      Share Premium (b)      Equity reserve (c)      Retained Earnings (d)      Foreign currency translation reserve(e)      Total equity
                                                                                £000                   £000                   £000                    £000                       £000                                         £000

 Balance at 1 January 2021                                                      10,020                 35,439                 967                     (54,878)                   (150)                                        (8,602)
 Loss for the financial year and total comprehensive expense                    -                      -                      -                       (1,976)                    -                                            (1,976)
 Shares issued for redemption of convertible loan notes (note 27)               2,398                  443                    (909)                    -                          -                                           1,932
 Transactions with owners recorded directly in equity
 Share based payments charge                                                    -                      -                      -                       16                         -                                            16
 At 31 December 2021                                                            12,418                 35,882                 58                      (56,838)                   (150)                                        (8,630)
 Balance at 1 January 2022                                                      12,418                 35,882                 58                      (56,838)                   (150)                                        (8,630)
 Loss for the financial year and total comprehensive expense                    -                      -                      -                       (587)                       -                                           (587)
 Shares issued for the conversion of secured loan notes and in lieu of a bonus  168                    14,872                 -                        -                          -                                           15,040
 to an employee (note 27)
 Transactions with owners recorded directly in equity
 Derecognition of foreign exchange reserve                                      -                      -                      -                       -                          150                                          150
 At 31 December 2022                                                            12,586                 50,754                 58                      (57,425)                   -                                            5,973

 

 

 

(a)    Share capital represents the nominal value of equity shares and
deferred shares

(b)    Share premium represents the excess over nominal value of the fair
value of consideration received for equity shares net of expenses of the share
issue

(c)    The equity reserve consists of the equity component of convertible
loan notes that were issued as part of the fundraising in August 2018 less the
equity component of instruments converted or settled

The fair value of the equity component of convertible loan notes issued is the
residual value after deduction of the fair value of the debt component of the
instrument from the face value of the loan note

(d)    Retained earnings represents retained profits and accumulated losses

(e)    On consolidation, the balance sheets of the Group's foreign
subsidiaries are translated into sterling at the rates of exchange ruling at
the balance sheet date. Exchange gains or losses arising from the
consolidation of these foreign subsidiaries are recognised in the foreign
currency translation reserve.

 

 

Statements of Cash Flows
for the year ended 31 December 2022

 

Group

 

                                                                           Note                                                                      2022                       2021
                                                                                                                                                     £000                       £000
 Cash flows from operating activities
 Profit/(loss) from continuing operations:                                                                                                           (1,280)                    (2,987)
 Profit/(loss) from discontinued operations                                                                                                               -                     (193)
 Total loss before tax                                                                                                                                    (1,280)               (3,180)
 Adjustments for:
 Depreciation of property, plant and equipment                             14                                                                        208                        321
 Amortisation of intangible assets                                         15                                                                        1,169                      1,169
 Profit/(loss) on disposal of discontinued operations                      8                                                                         -                          (1,286)
 Impairment charge on goodwill and                                                                                                                        -                     1,833
 intangibles
 15
 Impairment credit on trade                                                                                                                                -                    (139)
 receivables
 17
 Net finance expenses                                                      9,10                                                                      2,324                      2,453
 Share based payments                                                      28                                                                         -                         16
 Gain on conversion of secured loan notes                                                                                                             (892)                     -
 Decrease/(increase) in trade and other receivables                                                                                                  521                        (133)
 Increase/(decrease) in trade and other payables and contract liabilities                                                                            (461)                      (513)
 Increase/(decrease) in provisions                                                                                                                   (114)                      47
 Net cash generated from operating activities                                                                                                                 1,475             588
 Cash flows from investing activities
 Acquisition of property, plant and equipment                                                                                                        (208)                      (28)
 Disposal of subsidiaries (cash disposed and expenses)                                                                                                    -                     (586)
 Net cash used in investing activities                                                                                                                             (208)        (614)
 Cash flows from financing activities
  Interest received                                                                                                                                  10                         -
  Interest paid                                                                                                                                      (268)                      (334)
  Supplier finance repaid                                                                                                                            (558)                      (550)
 New loans and borrowings, net of expenses                                                                                                           -                          1,000
 Nimoveri loan note repaid                                                                                                                           (100)                      -
 Repayment of lease liabilities                                            22                                                                        (286)                      (434)
 Net cash generated from/ (absorbed by) financing activities                                                                                                       (1,202)      (318)

 Net (decrease)/increase in cash and cash equivalents                                                                                                              65                    (
                                                                                                                                                                                         3
                                                                                                                                                                                         4
                                                                                                                                                                                         4
                                                                                                                                                                                         )
 Cash and cash equivalents at 1 January                                                                                                              349                        693
 Cash and cash equivalents at 31 December                                                                                                                          414          349
 Cash and cash equivalents comprise

 

 Cash at bank  18  414          349
                       414      349

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
 
1           Accounting policies
 

Tialis Essential IT PLC (formerly IDE Group Holdings PLC) ("Tialis Group") is
a company incorporated in Scotland, domiciled in the United Kingdom and
limited by shares which are publicly traded on AIM, the market of that name
operated by the London Stock Exchange. The registered office
is 24 Dublin Street, Edinburgh EH1 3PP and the principal place of business is
in the United Kingdom.

 

The principal activity of the Group is the provision of network, cloud and IT
managed services.

 

The principal accounting policies, which have been applied consistently in the
preparation of these consolidated and parent company financial statements
throughout the year and all by subsidiary companies are set out below.

 

1.1    Basis of preparation

 

The consolidated and parent company financial statements of Tialis Group have
been prepared on the going concern basis and in accordance with UK-adopted
International Accounting Standards. The consolidated financial statements have
been prepared under the historical cost convention. The Company has elected to
take the exemption under section 408 of the Companies Act 2006 to not present
the parent Company's Income Statement.

 

The accounting framework requires the use of certain critical accounting
estimates. It also requires management to exercise its judgement in the
process of applying the Group's accounting policies. The areas involving a
higher degree of judgement or complexity, or areas where assumptions and
estimates are significant to the consolidated financial statements are
disclosed in note 1.25 in the accounting policies. The financial statements
are prepared in GBP (being the functional currency of the Group) and rounded
to the nearest £1,000.

 

Going concern

 

The Directors have produced detailed trading and cashflow forecasts. In
reaching their conclusion on the going concern basis of accounting, the
Directors note and rely on the improved trading performance, the positive cash
generation that the business is now experiencing and the current signed order
book. A reverse stress test of the model has been run to determine at what
level of shortfall in revenues the Group would run out of cash. Given the
committed orders already obtained and the visibility of future revenues, the
directors do not consider it likely that revenues could drop to such an extent
that the Group would run out of cash. They have also considered the impact of
any delayed customer payments and have developed plans to mitigate any such
delays to ensure that the group can continue to settle its liabilities as they
fall due and operate as a going concern.  The directors therefore have an
expectation that the Group and Company have adequate resources available to
them to continue in operational existence for a period of at least 12 months
from the date of approval of these financial statements.  Accordingly, the
Group and Company continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing these
consolidated financial statements.

 

1.2    Basis of consolidation

 

Subsidiaries are all entities (including structured 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.

 

The Group applies the acquisition method to account for business combinations.
The consideration transferred for the acquisition of a subsidiary is the total
of the fair values of the assets transferred, the liabilities incurred to the
former owners of the acquiree and the equity interests issued by the Group.
The consideration transferred includes the fair value of any asset or
liability resulting from a contingent consideration arrangement. Identifiable
assets acquired, liabilities and contingent liabilities assumed in a business
combination are measured initially at their fair values at the acquisition
date. The Group recognises any non-controlling interest in the acquiree on an
acquisition-by-acquisition basis, either at fair value or at the
non-controlling interest's proportionate share of the recognised amounts of
the acquiree's identifiable net assets.

 

Acquisition related costs are expensed as incurred.

 

Intercompany transactions, balances and unrealised gains on transactions
between Group companies are eliminated on consolidation. Accounting policies
of subsidiaries have been changed where necessary to ensure consistency with
policies adopted by the Group.

 

1.3    Investments

 

Investments in subsidiaries are held at cost less accumulated impairment
losses. A formal assessment of the recoverability of the investment values is
undertaken on an annual basis by the Directors. Where indicators of impairment
are identified, fixed asset investments are impaired accordingly.

 

1.4    Intangible assets

 

Goodwill
 

Goodwill is initially measured as the excess of the aggregate of the
consideration transferred and the fair value of any non- controlling interest
over the fair value of the net identifiable assets acquired and liabilities
assumed. If this consideration is lower than the fair value of the net assets
of the subsidiary acquired, the difference is recognised in the income
statement as a bargain purchase.

 

Following initial recognition, goodwill is measured at cost less any
accumulated impairment losses.

 

For the purposes of impairment testing, goodwill acquired in a business
combination is allocated to a cash generating unit.

 

Goodwill impairment reviews are undertaken annually or more frequently if
events or changes in circumstances indicate a potential impairment. Any
impairment is recognised immediately as an expense and is not subsequently
reversed.

 

Other intangible assets arising from business combinations

 

Intangible assets that meet the criteria to be separately recognised as part
of a business combination are carried at cost (which is equal to their fair
value at the date of acquisition) less accumulated amortisation and impairment
losses. An intangible asset acquired as part of a business combination is
recognised outside of goodwill if the asset is separable or arises from
contractual or other legal rights and its fair value can be measured reliably.
Intangible assets acquired in this manner include trademarks and customer
contracts. They are amortised over their estimated useful lives on a
straight-line basis as follows:

 

·      Customer contracts and related
relationships                         13 years

·
Trademarks
5 years

 

Impairment and amortisation charges are included within the administrative
expenses line in the income statement.

 

Technology development

 

Expenditure on internally developed technology is capitalised if it can be
demonstrated that:

 

- it is technically feasible to develop the technology for it to be used or
sold

- adequate resources are available to complete the development

- there is an intention to complete and for the Group to use or sell the
technology

- use or sale of the asset will generate future economic benefits, and

- expenditure on the project can be measured reliably.

 

Capitalised development costs are amortised over the periods the Group expects
to benefit from using or selling the assets developed. The amortisation
expense is included within the administrative expenses line in the income
statement. Development expenditure not satisfying the above criteria and
expenditure on the research phase of internal projects are recognised in the
consolidated income statement as incurred.

 

Software and licensing

 

Separately acquired software and licenses are shown at historical cost less
accumulated amortisation and impairment losses.

They are amortised over their estimated useful lives on a straight-line basis
as follows:

 

·      Software and
licensing
8 years

 

1.5    Property, plant and equipment

 

Property, plant and equipment are stated at cost less accumulated depreciation
and any impairment in value. The cost includes the original price of the asset
and the cost attributable to bringing the asset to its current working
condition for its intended use.

 

Depreciation, down to residual value, is calculated on a straight-line basis
over the estimated useful life of the asset, which is reviewed on an annual
basis, as follows:

 

·      Leasehold
property
Over remaining lease term

·      Network
infrastructure
3 - 10 years

·      Equipment, fixtures and
fittings
3 - 5 years

 

An item of property, plant and equipment is de-recognised upon disposal or
when no future economic benefits are expected to arise from the continued use
of the asset. Any gain or loss arising on derecognition of the asset
(calculated as the difference between the net disposal proceeds and the
carrying amount of the item) is included in the income statement in the year
the item is de-recognised.

 

Right-of-use assets

 

A right-of-use asset is recognised at the commencement date of a lease. The
right-of-use asset is measured at cost, which comprises the initial amount of
the lease liability, adjusted for, as applicable, any lease payments made at
or before the commencement date net of any lease incentives received, any
initial direct costs incurred, and, except where included in the cost of
inventories, an estimate of costs expected to be incurred for dismantling and
removing the underlying asset, and restoring the site or asset.

 

Right-of-use assets are depreciated on a straight-line basis over the
unexpired period of the lease or the estimated useful life of the asset,
whichever is the shorter. Where the Group expects to obtain ownership of the
leased asset at the end of the lease term, the depreciation is over its
estimated useful life. Right-of use assets are subject to impairment or
adjusted for any remeasurement of lease liabilities.

 

1.6    Impairment of assets

 

Goodwill is not subject to amortisation and is reviewed for impairment
annually or more frequently if events or changes in circumstances indicate the
carrying value may be impaired. As at the acquisition date, any goodwill
acquired is allocated to each of the cash generating units expected to benefit
from the business combination's synergies. Impairment is determined by
assessing the recoverable amount of each cash generating unit to which the
goodwill relates. When the recoverable amount of the cash generating unit is
less than the carrying amount, including goodwill, an impairment loss is
recognised.

 

Other intangible assets and property, plant and equipment are subject to
amortisation and depreciation and are reviewed for impairment whenever events
or changes in circumstances indicate the carrying values may not be
recoverable. If any such indication exists and where the carrying value
exceeds the estimated recoverable amount, the assets or cash generating units
are written down to their recoverable amount.

 

The recoverable amount of intangible assets and property, plant and equipment
is the greater of the fair value less costs to sell and value in use. In
assessing value in use, the estimated future cash flows are discounted to
their present values using a pre-tax discount rate that reflects current
market assessments of the time value of money and the risks specific to the
asset. For an asset that does not generate largely independent cash inflows,
the recoverable amount is determined by the cash generating unit to which the
asset belongs. Fair value less costs to sell is, where known, based on actual
sales price net of costs incurred in completing the disposal. Non-financial
assets, other than goodwill, that were impaired in previous periods are
reviewed annually to assess whether the impairment is still relevant.

 

1.7    Share capital

 

Ordinary shares are classified as equity. Incremental costs directly
attributable to the issue of new shares or options are shown in equity as a
deduction from proceeds.

 

1.8    Leases

 

A lease liability is recognised at the commencement date of a lease. The lease
liability is initially recognised at the present value of the lease payments
to be made over the term of the lease, discounted using the interest rate
implicit in the lease or, if that rate cannot be readily determined, the
Group's incremental borrowing rate. Lease payments comprise of fixed payments
less any lease incentives receivable, variable lease payments that depend on
an index or a rate, amounts expected to be paid under residual value
guarantees, exercise price of a purchase option when the exercise of the
option is reasonably certain to occur, and any anticipated termination
penalties. The variable lease payments that do not depend on an index or a
rate are expensed in the period in which they are incurred.

 

Lease liabilities are measured at amortised cost using the effective interest
method. The carrying amounts are remeasured if there is a change in the
following: future lease payments arising from a change in an index or a rate
used; residual guarantee; lease term; certainty of a purchase option and
termination penalties. When a lease liability is remeasured, an adjustment is
made to the corresponding right-of use asset, or to profit or loss if the
carrying amount of the right-of-use asset is fully written down.

 

1.9    Provisions

 

Provisions are recognised when the Company has a present obligation (legal or
constructive) as a result of a past event where it is probable that an outflow
of resources embodying economic benefits will be required to settle the
obligation and a reliable estimate can be made of the amount of the
obligation. If the effect of the time value of money is material, provisions
are determined by discounting the expected future cash flows at a risk-free
rate that reflects current market assessments of the time value of money and,
where appropriate, the risks specific to the liability.

 

1.10  Current and deferred income tax

 

Current tax assets and liabilities are measured at the amount expected to be
recovered from or paid to the taxation authorities, based on tax rates and
laws that are enacted or substantively enacted by the balance sheet date.

 

Deferred income tax is provided for on all temporary differences at the
balance sheet date between the tax bases of assets and liabilities and their
carrying amounts for financial reporting purposes, with the following
exceptions:

 

·      where the temporary difference arises from the initial
recognition of goodwill or an asset or liability in a transaction that is not
a business combination that at the time of the transaction neither affects
accounting nor taxable profit or loss;

 

·      in respect of taxable temporary differences associated with
investments in subsidiaries, where the timing of the reversal of the temporary
differences can be controlled and it is probable that the temporary
differences will not reverse in the foreseeable future; and

 

·      deferred income tax assets are recognised only to the extent that
it is probable that taxable profits will be available against which deductible
temporary differences carried forward tax credits or tax losses can be
utilised.

 

1.11    Trade and other receivables

 

Trade receivables, which principally represent amounts due from customers, are
recognised at amortised cost as they meet the IFRS 9 classification test of
being held to collect, and the cash flow characteristics represent solely
payments of principal and interest.

 

The Group has applied the Simplified Approach applying a provision matrix
based on number of days past due to measure lifetime expected credit losses
and after taking into account customers with different credit risk profiles
and current and forecast trading conditions.

 

Trade receivables are written-off when there is no reasonable expectation of
recovery, such as a debtor failing to engage in a repayment plan with the
company. The Group's trade and other receivables are non-interest bearing.

 

1.12    Cash and cash equivalents

 

Cash and cash equivalents in the balance sheet comprise cash at bank and in
hand and short-term deposits with an original maturity of three months or
less.

 

For the purposes of the consolidated cash flow statement, cash and cash
equivalents consist of cash and cash equivalents as defined above.

 

1.13     Foreign currencies

 

The presentational currency of the Group is Pound Sterling (£) and the Group
conducts the majority of its business in Sterling. Transactions in foreign
currencies are initially recorded in the presentational currency by applying
the rate of exchange ruling at the date of the transaction. Monetary assets
and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are retranslated at the
presentational currency rate of exchange ruling at the balance sheet date. All
differences are taken to the income statement.

 

1.14     Accrual for employee benefits, including holiday pay

 

Provision is made for employee benefits, including holiday pay, to the extent
of the liability as if all employees of the Group had left the business at its
reporting date.

 

1.15     Financial assets and liabilities

 

The Group's financial assets and liabilities mainly comprise cash, borrowings,
trade and other receivables and trade and other payables. These are accounted
for in accordance with the relevant accounting policy note.

 

Trade and other payables are not interest bearing and are stated at their
amortised cost.

 

1.16    Convertible loan notes

 

The component parts of convertible loans issued by the Company are classified
separately as financial liabilities and equity in accordance with the
substance of the contractual arrangements and the definitions of a financial
liability and an equity instrument. At the date of issue, the fair value of
the liability portion of convertible loan notes is determined using a market
interest rate for a comparable loan note with no conversion option. This
amount is recorded as a liability on an amortised cost basis using the
effective interest method until the loan notes are redeemed or converted
either during or at the end of the term of the convertible loan notes. The
remainder of the carrying amount of the loan notes is allocated to the
conversion option and shown within equity and is not subsequently remeasured.
When the conversion option remains unexercised at the maturity date of the
convertible note, the balance recognised in equity will be transferred to
retained earnings. No gain or loss is recognised in the income statement upon
conversion or expiration of the conversion options.

 

1.17    Interest-bearing loans and borrowings

 

All loans and borrowings are initially recognised at fair value less directly
attributable transaction costs. After initial recognition, interest-bearing
loans and borrowings are subsequently measured at amortised cost using the
effective interest method. Gains and losses arising on the repurchase,
settlement or otherwise cancellation of liabilities are recognised in the
finance cost line in the income statement.

 

1.18    Finance costs

 

Loans are carried at fair value on initial recognition, net of unamortised
issue costs of debt. These costs are amortised over the loan term.

 

All other borrowing costs are recognised in the income statement on an
accruals basis, using the effective rate method.

 

1.19    Revenue

 

Revenue is measured at the fair value of the consideration received or
receivable for the sale of goods and services in the ordinary course of the
Group's activities. Revenue is shown net of Valued Added Tax, returns, rebates
and discounts and after the elimination of sales within the Group.

 

The Group recognises revenue when the amount of revenue can be reliably
measured, it is probable that future economic benefits

will flow to the entity and when specific criteria have been met for each of
the Group's activities as described below.

 

Recurring revenue

The largest portion of the Group's revenues relates to a number of network,
cloud and IT managed services, which the Group offers to its customers. All of
the revenue in this category is contracted and includes a full range of
support, maintenance, subscription and service agreements. Revenue for these
types of services is recognised as the services are provided on the basis that
the customer simultaneously receives and consumes the benefits provided by the
Group's performance of the services over the contract term. In terms of
performance obligations, the customer can benefit from each service on its own
and the Group's promise to transfer the service to the customer is separately
identifiable from other promises in the contract. The transaction price for
each service is allocated to each performance obligation. The costs incurred
for these revenue streams typically match the revenue pattern. A contract
liability is recognised when billing occurs ahead of revenue recognition. A
contract asset is recognised when the revenue recognition criteria were met
but in accordance with the underlying contract, the sales invoice has not been
issued yet.

 

Project revenue

These project services include mainly installation and consultancy services.
Performance obligations are met once the hours or days have been worked.
Revenue is therefore recognised over time based on the hours or days worked at
the agreed price per hour or day. The costs incurred for this revenue stream
generally match the revenue pattern, as a significant portion of consultancy
costs relate to staff costs, which are recognised as incurred. Consultancy
services are generally provided on a time and material basis.

 

1.20    Government Grants

 

Grants from the government are recognised at their fair value where there is a
reasonable assurance that the grant will be received and the Group will comply
with all attached conditions.

 

1.21    Non-underlying items

 

It is the policy of the Group to identify certain costs, which are material
either because of their size or nature, separately on the face of the Income
Statement in order that the underlying profitability of the business can be
clearly understood. These costs are identified as non-underlying items, and
comprise;

 

a)     Professional fees incurred in sourcing and completing acquisitions
and disposals including legal expenses

b)     Professional fees incurred in restructuring and refinancing
acquisitions

c)     Integration costs which are incurred by the Group when integrating
one trading business into another, including rebranding of acquired businesses

d)     Redundancy costs, including employment related costs of staff made
redundant up to the date of their leaving as a consequence of integration

e)     Property costs such as lease termination penalties and vacant
property provisions and third-party advisor fees

 

1.22    Discontinued operations

 

Cash flows and operations that relate to a major component of the business
that has been disposed of or is classified as held for sale or distribution
are shown separately from continuing operations.

 

1.23    Segmental reporting

 

The Chief Operating Decision Maker has been identified as the Executive Board.
The Chief Operating Decision Maker reviews the Group's internal reporting in
order to assess performance and allocate resources. For management reporting
purposes and operationally, the continuing operations of the Group consist of
Tialis IT Essential Manage Limited for this year and the prior year.

 

1.24      Standards and interpretations not yet applied by the Group

 

For the purposes of the preparation of these consolidated financial
statements, the Group has applied all standards and interpretations that are
effective for accounting periods beginning on or after 1 January 2022. There
was no significant impact of new standards and interpretations adopted in the
year, which include:

 

·           Interest Rate Benchmark Reform - Phase 2 (Amendments to
IFRS 9, IAS 39, IFRS 7, IFRS 4 and -FRS 16) - effective 1 Jan 2022

No new standards, amendments or interpretations to existing standards that
have been published and that are mandatory for the Group's accounting periods
beginning on or after 1 January 2022, or later periods, have been adopted
early. The new standards and interpretations are not expected to have any
significant impact on the financial statements when applied.

 

1.25   Critical accounting estimates and judgements

 

Estimates

 

The Group makes estimates and assumptions concerning the future, which by
definition will seldom result in actual results that match the accounting
estimate. The estimates and assumptions that have a significant risk of
causing a material adjustment to the carrying amount of assets and liabilities
within the next financial year are discussed below:

 

 Recoverability of deferred tax asset -This includes estimates of the level
of future profitability, and a judgement as to the likelihood of the group
undergoing a restructure of its finances which would result in significant
finance cost savings.

 

A change in the estimate of future profits would result in an equivalent
change to the deferred tax asset recognised of 25% of the change in profits.
There are no reasonably plausible scenarios which would result in the future
profitability not being sufficient to enable full recovery of the tax losses
in the assessment period.

 

Impairment of intercompany balances - The directors use estimates in assessing
the level of impairment of intercompany balances at each period end, including
the likely methods of recovery of the balances and future profitability of the
underlying trade which would enable repayments to be made.

 

Judgements

 

In the process of applying the Group's accounting policies, management makes
various judgements which can significantly affect the amounts recognised in
the financial statements. Critical judgements are considered to be:

 

Classification of non-underlying items - the Directors have exercised
judgement when classifying certain costs arising during integration and
strategic reorganisation projects. The Directors believe that these costs are
all related to the types of costs described in 1.21 above and are
appropriately classified.

 

Recoverability of deferred tax asset - the Directors have exercised judgement
on the recoverability of tax losses attributable to future trading profits
generated by the Group, and in doing so this has given rise to a deferred tax
asset, details of which are shown in note 12 to the financial statements. The
judgement involves assessing the extent to which trading losses can be offset
against future profits.

 

Impairment of software licences - As set out in note 15, the directors
performed an impairment review in respect of software licences in 2021, which
had a carrying amount at the previous balance sheet date of £1.8m. The
impairment review was triggered both because the licences were not yet in use,
and because of an indicator of impairment due to planned expansion which
didn't materialise, and the sale of the Connect business, which meant the
licences had no addressable market. Following the review the licences were
fully impaired. The directors' judgement is that it is very unlikely that the
benefit of trying to earn revenues for the licences would exceed the cost of
funding the activities that would be required.

 

 

2       Segment reporting

 

With the sale of the Connect and Nimoveri Businesses in 2021 the Group has
only one operating segment, the Manage Business.

 

3       Revenue

 

Disaggregation of revenue from contracts with customers is as follows:

 

 Year ended 31 December 2022                     Managed   Projects  Total
                                                 services
 Geographical regions                             £000     £000       £000
 United Kingdom                                  10,770    3,632     14,402
 Europe                                          61        -         61
 Total                                           10,831    3,632     14,463

 Timing of revenue recognition
  Goods transferred at a point in time           84        -         84
 Services transferred over time                  10,747    3,632     14,379
 Total                                           10,831    3,632     14,463

 

The revenue from the largest customer was £11.7m (2021: £6.8 million) or 84%
of total revenue (2021: 63%). No other customers account for more than 10% of
revenue.

 

 

 Year ended 31 December 2021                     Managed   Projects  Total
                                                 Services
 Geographical regions                             £000     £000       £000
 United Kingdom                                  10,704    3,716     14,420
 Europe                                          13        23        36
 Total                                           10,717    3,739     14,456

 Timing of revenue recognition
  Goods transferred at a point in time           48        -         48
 Services transferred over time                  10,669    3,739     14,408
 Total                                           10,717    3,739     14,456

 

Contract balances

                                                                    2022   2021
                                                                    £000   £000
 Receivables included within trade and other receivables            2,499  2,677
 Contract assets                                                    664    837
                                                                    3,163  3,514
 Contract liabilities                                               (51)   (49)
 Total                                                              3,112  3,465

 

Contract assets predominantly relate to fulfilled obligations in respect of
projects and managed services which are billed monthly and in arrears. At the
point where completed work is invoiced, the contract asset is derecognised,
and a corresponding receivable recognised. Contract liabilities relate to
consideration received from customers in advance of work being completed.

 

 

The Group's standard payment terms are 30 days from the date of invoice.
Refunds are only due in the exceptional circumstances where the Group does not
meet the performance obligations set out in a contract. The majority of
revenue for services is invoiced monthly, sometimes quarterly, in advance, and
goods are invoiced on delivery.

 

Unsatisfied performance obligations

 

All contracts for the provision of services are for periods of one year or
less or are billed based on resources utilised. As permitted under IFRS 15,
the transaction price allocated to these unsatisfied contracts is not
disclosed.

 

 

4           Other operating income
 

Other operating income comprises government grants receivable.

 

5           Expenses by nature

 

 

                                                  2022       2021
                                                  £000       £000
 Direct staff costs                               6,048      4,902
 Third party cost of sales                        3,360      3,283
 Employee costs within administrative expenses    2,027      2,133
 Amortisation of intangible assets                1,169      1,169
 Depreciation                                     208        321
 Impairment charge on intangible assets           -          1,833
 Share-based payments                             -          16
 Non-underlying items                             421        433
 Impairment credit on trade receivables           -          (139)
 Gain on the conversion of secured loan notes     (892)      -
 Other administrative costs                       1,078      1,079
 Total cost of sales and administrative expenses  13,419     15,030

 

 

 

6    Auditor's remuneration

 

                                                                     2022     2021
                                                                     £000     £000
 Audit of these financial statements                                 28       59
 Amounts receivable by auditors and their associates in respect of:
 Audit of financial statements of subsidiaries of the Company        45       59
 Additional fees charged in respect of prior year's audit            14       33
 Total                                                               87       151

 

 

7      Non-underlying costs

 

In accordance with the Group's policy in respect of non-underlying costs, the
following charges were incurred for the year in relation to continuing
operations:

                                         2022     2021
                                         £000     £000
 Restructuring and reorganisation costs  421             433
                                         421             433

 

Restructuring and reorganisation costs in the year ended 31 December 2022 and
the year ended 31 December 2021 relate to costs incurred on the restructure of
the Group, predominantly redundancy costs, of which £29k are staff related as
disclosed in note 11 (2021: £0.3 million) and £0.25m for cost relating to
the loan note conversion.

 

8      Discontinued operations

 

On 19 October 2021, the Group completed the sale of 100% of the issued share
capital of IDE Group Connect Limited, Nimoveri Holdings Limited, and Nimoveri
Limited, to CloudCoCo Group PLC for a consideration of £250,000 to enable
management to focus on growth of the Manage business. Immediately prior to the
sale, Tialis Essential IT PLC (formerly IDE Group Holdings PLC) wrote-off the
inter-company loan of £15,235,000 owed to Tialis Essential IT PLC (formerly
IDE Group Holdings PLC) and its subsidiaries.

 

 Financial performance                                                        Period ended
 Discontinued Operations                                                      31 December
                                                                              2021
                                                                              £000
 Revenue                                                                      10,542
 Cost of sales                                                                (9,708)
 Gross profit                                                                 834
 Other operating income                                                        95
 Administrative expenses                                                      (2,486)
 Operating loss                                                               (1,557)
 Finance costs                                                                (16)

 Loss for the year from discontinued operations                               (1,573)
 Tax                                                                          -
 Gain on sale of subsidiaries                                                 1,380
 Profit/(loss) for the financial period from discontinued operations          (193)

 

 

 Carrying amounts of assets and liabilities disposed
                                                      £000
 Cash and cash equivalents                            490
 Trade and other receivables                          557
 Other current assets                                 1,228
 Deferred tax asset                                   592
 Property, plant and equipment                        17
 Goodwill                                             196
 Total assets                                         3,080

 Trade and other payables                             (4,304)
 Total liabilities                                    (4,304)

 Net Liabilities disposed                             (1,224)

 

 Details of the sale of the subsidiaries
                                                                                               £000
 Cash consideration receivable                                                                 250

 Carrying amount of net liabilities sold                                                       1,224
 Less disposal costs incurred                                                                  (94)
 Gain on sale                                                                                  1,380

                                                                                   Period ended
 Cashflow statement                                                                19 October
                                                                                   2021
                                                                                   £'000
 Net cash generated from/ (used in) operating activities                           211
 Net cash used in investing activities                                             (27)
 Net cash used in financing activities                                             (139)
 Net cash generated from/ (used in) the subsidiaries sold                          45

 

9      Finance Income

 

 Continuing Operations  2022        2021

                        £000        £000
 Interest received      10          -
                        10          -

 

10    Finance costs

 

 Continuing Operations                                  2022        2021

                                                        £000        £000
 Interest expense on lease liabilities                  98          84
 Unwind of discount on trade payables                   170         242
 Interest expense in respect of convertible loan notes  12          80
 Interest expense in respect of loan notes              2,054       2,039
 Other interest                                         -           8
                                                        2,334       2,453

 

11     Employee benefits expense

 

Staff costs for the year for the Group, including Directors, relating to
continuing operations amounted to:

 

                        2022      2021

                        £000      £000
 Wages and salaries     6,750     6,065
 Social security costs  739       552
 Other pension costs    586       418
 Restructuring costs    -         267
                        8,075     7,302

 

At 31 December 2022, the Group employed 191 staff, including Directors (2021:
166).

 

The average monthly number of persons employed by the Group during the year,
including Directors, analysed by category, and relating to continuing
operations, was as follows:

 

 Number of employees
                                  2022    2021
 Operations                       168     131
 Sales and Marketing              6       7
 Administration                   15      26
 Directors                        2       2
 Total average monthly headcount  191     166

 

The Company employed an average of 2 employees during 2022 (2021: 2), which
were the Non-Executive Chairman Andy Parker and the Executive Director Ian
Smith. Their remuneration is as shown below. No social security costs were
payable.

 

For Directors who held office during the year, emoluments for the year ended
31 December 2022 for the Group were as follows:

 

                   Salary/fees                   Salary/fees
                   2022                          2021
                   £                             £
 Executive
 Ian Smith1                 221,000              221,000
 David Templeman            -                    72,885
 Non-Executive
 Andy Parker                53,333               40,000
 Sebastian White2            -                   2,500
 Total             274,333                       336,385

 

 

1. Directors' emoluments to Ian Smith were paid to MXC Advisory Limited, a
subsidiary of MXC Capital Limited

2. Directors' emoluments to Sebastian White were paid to Kestrel Partners LLP

 

Social security costs in respect of Directors' emoluments were £6,354 (2021:
£16,799). Pension contributions were made to a defined contribution scheme in
respect of one participating Director in 2022 of £nil (2021: £1,500).

 

None of the Directors made any gains on the exercise of share options in 2022
or 2021.

 

12    Taxation
                      2022     2021
                      £000     £000
 Current tax
 Current year         -        -
 Current tax          -        -
 Deferred tax credit  (843)    (1,204)
 Total tax credit     (843)    (1,204)

 

(a)         Tax on loss on ordinary activities

 

 Reconciliation of the total income tax credit:
                                                                            2022       2021
                                                                            £000       £000
 Profit/(loss) before taxation from continuing operations                   (1,280)    (2,987)

 Tax using the United Kingdom corporation tax rate of 19% (2021: 19%)       (243)      (568)
 Non-deductible expenses/(income)                                           (117)          95

 Amortisation and impairment of goodwill and intangibles - non qualifying   -          -
 assets
 Tax losses utilised - not previously recognised                            (279)      (188)
 Adjustment for rate change                                                 (202)      (543)
 Prior year adjustment                                                      (2)        -
 Total tax credit                                                           (843)      (1,204)

 

(b)         Deferred tax (asset)/liability

                             2022        2021
                             £000        £000

 At 1 January                (2,265)     (1,653)
 On discontinued operations  -            592
 Credit to income statement  (843)       (1,204)
 At 31 December              (3,108)     (2,265)

 

                                                     (Asset)   Liability                   Net (asset)/

                                                                                           liability
                                                     £000      £000                        £000

 At 1 January 2021                                   (3,439)   1,786                       (1,653)
 Disposal of discontinued operations                 592       -                           592
 Credit to income statement
 Timing differences in respect of tangible assets    (47)      -                           (47)
 Timing differences in respect of intangible assets  -         272                         272
 Short term timing differences                       (2)       -                           (2)
 Recognition of losses                               (1,427)   -                           (1,427)

                                                     (1,476)   272                         (1,204)

 At 31 December 2021                                 (4,323)   2,058                       (2,265)

 Credit to income statement                          -         -                           -
 Timing differences in respect of tangible assets    140       -                           140
 Timing differences in respect of intangible assets  -         (292)                       (292)
 Short term timing differences                       4         -                           4
 Recognition of losses                                 (695)                -              (695)
                                                     (551)     (292)                       (843)

 At 31 December 2022                                 (4,874)   1,766                       (3,108)

Deferred tax liabilities arose in respect of the amortisation of intangible
assets recognised on acquisitions as follows:

                                 2022      2021

                                 £000      £000
 Fixed asset timing differences  1,766     2,058
 At 31 December                  1,766     2,058

 

Deferred tax assets arose in respect of trade losses and fixed asset and other
differences, details as follows:

                                                2022      2021

                                                £000      £000
 Tax losses recognised                          4,454     3,758
 Other temporary differences                    5         9
 Depreciation in advance of capital allowances  415       556
 At 31 December                                 4,874     4,323

 

 

 

Deferred tax assets are recognised for tax losses carried forward of £15.8
million (2021: £15.0 million) to the extent that the realisation of the
related tax benefit through future taxable profits is probable. In assessing
recoverability, management considers that the appropriate period over which
profits can be assessed with a reasonable degree of certainty, and therefore
used to offset the losses, is the period to 31 December 2029. The future
taxable profits are assumed to include the impact of the planned conversion of
borrowings to equity.

 

The evidence supporting the recognition of the deferred tax asset for losses
is the partial use of losses in the year.

 

The Group had unrecognised trading losses carried forward at 31 December 2022
of £3.1 million (2021: £3.1 million). The Company has no deferred tax assets
or deferred tax liabilities as at 31 December 2022 or 31 December 2021.

 

The Finance Bill 2022, which was substantively enacted on 24 May 2022,
included the announcement that the corporation tax rate for years starting
from April 2023 would increase to 25% on profits over £250,000 and that the
rate for small profits under £50,000 will remain at 19% and there will be a
tapered rate for businesses with profits under £250,000 so that they pay less
than the main rate. Deferred tax balances have been re-measured at the
reporting date taking into account the new rate of tax.

 

13           Earnings per share

 

Basic earnings per share has been calculated using the loss after tax for the
year for continuing operations of £0.4 million (2021: Loss £1.8 million), a
loss after tax for the year for discontinued operations of £0.2 million (2021
loss: £0.2 million) and a weighted average number of ordinary shares of
418,575,630 (2021: 461,185,527). The weighted average number of ordinary
shares for the purpose of calculating the basic and diluted measures is the
same. This is because the outstanding warrants details of which are given in
note 28, would have the effect of reducing the loss from continuing operations
per ordinary share and therefore would be anti-dilutive under the terms of IAS
33.

 

Continuing operations

 

                                           2022                          2021
 Basic and diluted loss per share (pence)  (0.10) p    (0.39) p

 

Discontinued operations

 

 Basic and diluted loss per share (pence)  (0.04)p                   (0.04) p
 Total basic and diluted loss per share    (0.14 )p                  (0.43) p

 

 

14           Property, plant and equipment Group
 
 Group                       Leasehold property      Network infrastructure      Equipment, fixtures, and fittings      Total
                             £000                    £000                        £000                                   £000
 Cost

 At 1 January 2022           1,549                   3,029                       337                                    4,915
 Additions                    272                    103                         116                                    491
 Disposals                    -                      (2,970)                     (337)                                  (3,307)
 At 31 December 2022         1,821                   162                         116                                    2,099

 Accumulated depreciation

 At 1 January 2022           784                     2,990                       328                                    4,102
 Charge for the year         170                     28                          10                                     208
 Disposals                    -                      (2,959)                     (328)                                  (3,287)
 At 31 December 2022         954                     59                          10                                     1,023

 Net carrying amount
 31 December 2022            867                     103                         106                                    1,076
 31 December 2021            765                     39                          9                                      813

 Group                                            Leasehold property      Network infrastructure      Equipment, fixtures, and fittings      Total
                                                  £000                    £000                        £000                                   £000
 Cost

 At 1 January 2021                                2,181                   14,637                      3,726                                  20,544
 Disposal of discontinued operations              (632)                   (7,179)                     (2,279)                                (10,090)
 Acquisitions                                      -                       -                          28                                     28
 Disposals                                         -                      (4,429)                     (1,138)                                (5,567)

 At 31 December 2021                              1,549                   3,029                       337                                           4,915

 Accumulated depreciation

 At 1 January 2021                                1,144                   14,558                      3,634                                  19,336
 Disposal of discontinued operations              (632)                   (7,172)                     (2,269)                                (10,073)
 Charge for the year - continuing operations      191                     33                           97                                    321
 Charge for the year - discontinued operations    -                       -                           4                                      4
 Impairment - discontinued operations             81                      -                           -                                      81
 Disposals                                        -                       (4,429)                      (1,138)                               (5,567)
 At 31 December 2021                              784                     2,990                       328                                    4,102

 Net carrying amount
 31 December 2021                                 765                     39                          9                                      813
 31 December 2020                                 1,037                   79                          92                                     1,208

 

 

Right of use assets

 

The carrying amounts of property, plant and equipment include right of use
assets as detailed below:

 

                                               Leasehold      Network Infrastructure      Equipment, Fixtures & Fittings          Total
 Cost                                          £000           £000                        £000                                    £0000

 At 1 January 2021                             2,054          85                          307                                     2,446
 Disposal - discontinued operations            (505)          (85)                        (29)                                    (619)
 At 31 December 2021                           1,549          -                           278                                     1,827
 Additions - continuing operations             272            -                           11                                      283
 Disposal - continuing operations              -              -                           (278)                                   (278)
 At 31 December 2022                           1,821          -                           11                                      1,832

 Accumulated depreciation

 At 1 January 2021                             1,017          85                          261                                     1,363
 Charge for the year- continuing operations    191            -                           33                                      224
 Charge for the year- discontinued operations  -              -                           4                                       4
 Impairment - discontinued operations          70             -                           -                                       70
 Disposal - discontinued operations            (494)          (85)                        (26)                                    (605)
 At 31 December 2021                           784            -                           272                                     1,056
 Charge for the year - continuing operations   170            -                           8                                       178
 Disposal - continuing operations              -              -                           (278)                                   (278)
 At 31 December 2022                           954            -                           2                                       956

 Net carrying amount
 31 December 2022                              867            -                           9                                       876
 31 December 2021                              765            -                           6                                       771

 

 

Additions to the right-of-use assets during the year were £0.3 million (2021:
£nil).

 

The depreciation charge for the year of £0.2 million (2021: £0.2 million)
relates to continuing operations and has been charged to administrative
expenses.

 

 

 

15          Intangible assets Group
                                                     Goodwill                Trademarks                            Customer contracts and related relationships             Technology development                            Software and Licensing                Total
                                                     £000                    £000                                  £000                                                     £000                                              £000                                  £000
 Cost:
 At 1 January 2021                                    32,452                           1,707                                     29,076                                                        935                                          1,833                      66,003
 Disposal - discontinued operation                   (16,854)                                -                                           (13,880)                                                 -                                   -                                  (30,734)
 At 31 December 2021                                  15,598                           1,707                                     15,196                                                        935                                    1,833                            35,269
 Additions                                                    -                              -                                           -                                                        -                                         -                                  -
 At 31 December 2022                                  15,598                           1,707                                     15,196                                                        935                                    1,833                            35,269
 Impairment and amortisation:
 At 1 January 2021                                    32,256                           1,707                                     19,676                                                        935                                          -                          54,574
 Amortisation for the year - continuing operations*           -                          -                                         1,169                                                         -                                          -                            1,169
 Impairment charge - continuing operations                    -                           -                                        -                                                             -                                          1,833                        1,833
 Disposal - discontinued operations                  (16,658)                               -                                      (13,880)                                                       -                                         -                            (30,538)
 At 31 December 2021                                  15,598                           1,707                                     6,965                                                         935                                          1,833                      27,038
 Amortisation for the year - continuing operations*           -                              -                                    1,169                                                           -                                         -                           1,169
 At 31 December 2022                                  15,598                           1,707                                     8,134                                                         935                                    1,833                            28,207
 Net carrying amount:
 At 31 December 2022                                          -                              -                                     7,062                                                          -                                         -                            7,062
 At 31 December 2021                                 -                                       -                                     8,231                                                          -                                   -                                8,231

 

 

*£1.2 million of the amortisation charge is included in the loss for the year
from continued operations in the Income Statement within administrative
expenses.

 

The remaining unamortised life of the intangible assets at 31 December 2022 is
as follows:

·      Tialis IT Essential Manage customer contracts and related
relationships - 6 years, net carrying value £7.1 million.

 

Impairment of licences

 

In 2020 Tialis Group invested in software licences at the year-end amounting
to £1.8 million. These licences were purchased with a view to a planned
expansion of the group, resale to our clients in our Connect Business and for
operational use in the Connect Business. Because the planned expansion didn't
materialise and with the sale of the Connect Business in 2021, the directors
believe that the Group would be unable to obtain the full benefit of the
licences in its remaining business (see also note 1.25). The directors
consider that the investment required to be able to sell the licences to third
parties would exceed any potential benefit. Accordingly, these software
licenses have been impaired and written down to £nil in 2021.

 

Company

 

The company had no intangible assets at 1 January 2021, 31 December 2021 or 31
December 2022.

 

16      Investments Company

 

                                                   2022       2021

                                                   £000       £000
 At 1 January 2021                                 7,877      7,877
 Additions                                         20,211     -
 Impairment of investment in subsidiary companies  (9,877)    -

 At 31 December                                    18,211     7,877

 

The Company has the following investments in subsidiaries:

 

                                            Country of     Class of     Ownership
                                            Incorporation  shares held  2022       2021
 Held directly by Tialis Essential IT PLC
 IDE Group Limited                          England1       Ordinary     100%       100%
 Connexions4London Limited(3)               Scotland2      Ordinary     100%       100%
 Selection Services Investments Limited(3)  Scotland2      Ordinary     100%       100%
 Selection Services Limited(3)              England1       Ordinary     100%       100%
 Tialis Essential IT Financing Limited      England1       Ordinary     100%       100%

 

 

 

 Held indirectly by Tialis Essential IT PLC
 Tialis Essential IT Manage Limited          England1  Ordinary  100%  100%
 IDE Group Protect Limited(3)                England1  Ordinary  100%  100%
 IDE Group Subholdings Limited               England1  Ordinary  100%  100%
 IDE Group Voice Limited                     England1  Ordinary  100%  100%
 Holdfast Systems Limited(3)                 England1  Ordinary  100%  100%

 

1              Registered office is located at Unit 2, Quadrant
Court, Crossways Business Park, Greenhithe, Dartford, England, DA9 9AY.

2              Registered office is located at 24 Dublin Street,
Edinburgh EH1 3PP.

3              In solvent liquidation at the year-end 31 December
2022.

 

At 31 December, the only trading subsidiary of the Company was Tialis
Essential IT Manage Limited (31 December 2021: Tialis Essential IT Manage
Limited (formerly, IDE Group Manage Limited).

 

As part of the group restructuring in November 2022, the investment in Tialis
Essential IT Financing Limited was transferred from IDE Group Limited to
Tialis Essential IT PLC for £20.2m.

 

Tialis Essential IT Manage Limited's activity consists of IT Managed services.

 

All of the remaining subsidiaries are non-trading.

 

IDE Group Subholdings Limited, IDE Group Voice Limited, Tialis Essential IT
Financing Limited, and IDE Group Limited, are exempt from the requirements of
the Companies Act relating to the audit of individual accounts by virtue of
Section 479A and the parent company has guaranteed all their liabilities at
the reporting date.

 

17          Trade and other receivables
                                                     Group                   Company
 Current                                             2022          2021      2022         2021

                                                     £000          £000      £000         £000
 Trade receivables                                   2,499         2,677     -            -
 Less provision for impairment of trade receivables        -       -         -            -
 Trade receivables - net                                           2,677                  -

                                                     2,499                   -
 Contract assets                                     664           837       -            -
 Prepayments and other receivables                      498        455       2            -
 Taxation and social security                        -             -              77      31
                                                                   3,969                  31

                                                     3,661                   79

 

 

                                                             Group                       Company
 Non-current                                                 2022    2021

                                                             £000    £000                2022     2021

                                                                                         £000     £000
 Other receivables                                           100           313           -        -
 Amounts due from subsidiary undertakings                    -       -                   9        65,575
 Provision against amounts due from subsidiary undertakings  -       -                   -        (48,733)
                                                                            313                   16,842

                                                             100                         9

 

In accordance with IFRS 9, the Group reviews the amount of credit loss
associated with its trade receivables, and contract assets.

 

Customer credit risk is managed according to strict credit control policies.
The majority of the Group's revenues are derived from national or
multi-national organisations with no prior history of default with the Group.
There is low incidence of default in the top 50 customers. In respect of these
customers credit risk is deemed lower on customers that contribute higher
revenue due to an increased dependency on the group's services for business
continuity, and because they are larger more secure businesses.

 

The Group has applied the Simplified Approach applying a provision matrix
based on categorisation of the customer based on total revenue received by the
group per annum to measure lifetime expected credit losses and after taking
into account customers with different credit risk profiles and current and
forecast trading conditions and the days past due. The historical loss rates
will be adjusted to reflect current and forward-looking information on
macroeconomic factors affecting the ability of customers to settle the
receivables.

 

At period end, customers were categorised into three categories based on spend
in the last 12 months:

 

 1.  Top 10
 2.  Top 50
 3.  Other

 

 

Impairment was calculated based on the category the customer falls in to:

 

 Category  Impairment Rate     Carrying amount     Ccr   credit loss allowance

                                                   (net of VAT)
           2022      2021      2022      2021                  2022        2021
           %         %         £000      £000                  £000        £000
 Top 10    0         0         2,499     2,677                 -           -
 Top 50    2         2         -         -                     -           -
 Other     5         5            -      -                     -           -
 Specific  100       100       -         -                     -           -
                               2,499     2,677                 -           -

 

The group is exposed to credit concentration risk with its largest customer
comprising 82% (2021: 74%) of outstanding trade  receivables.

 

Specific provisions are also made based on known issues or changes in the
lifetime expected credit loss. As at 31 December 2022, trade receivables of
£nil (2021: £nil) were impaired and fully provided for.

 

Movements on the Group provision for impairment of trade receivables are as
follows:

                                                                  Group
                                                                  2022   2021
                                                                  £000   £000
 At 1 January                                                     -      519
 Increase in impairment provision                                 -      -
 Provision relating to discontinued operations                    -      (317)
 Write offs                                                       -      (63)
 Released during the year                                         -      (139)
 At 31 December                                                          -

                                                  -               -

 

The creation and release of a provision for impaired receivables has been in
the main included in "administrative expenses" in the Income Statement, with
an amount being set against contract assets, £nil (2021: £nil). The other
asset classes within the Group's trade and other receivables do not contain
impaired assets.

 

Amounts due from subsidiary undertakings

The Company has funded the trading activities of its principal subsidiaries by
way of inter-company loans. The amounts advanced do not have any specific
terms relating to their repayment, are unsecured and are interest free. As all
loans to subsidiaries are to be treated as due on demand, they fall within the
scope of IFRS 9.

 

In accordance with IFRS 9, the Company is required to make an assessment of
expected credit losses. Having considered the quantum and probability of
credit losses expected to arise, management concluded that no additional
impairment charge was required for expected credit loss. There is no movement
in the provision.

 

The calculation of the allowance for lifetime expected credit losses requires
a significant degree of estimation and judgement, in particular in determining
the probability weighted likely outcome for each scenario considered to
determine the expected credit loss in each scenario. Should the assumptions in
the business plan vary, this could have a significant impact on the carrying
value of the intercompany loans in following periods.

 

The recoverability is sensitive to the probability of the achievement of
future cash flows; however, given the trading projections and the level of
provisions, there is currently no reasonably plausible scenario in which the
provision would alter materially. A breakdown of the balances is set out in
note 29.

 

18.  Cash and cash equivalents
                            Group             Company
                            2022   2021       2022     2021
                            £000   £000       £000     £000
 Cash and cash equivalents  414    349        3        2

 

The table below shows the balance with the major counterparty in respect of
cash and cash equivalents.

 

                Group             Company
                2022   2021       2022     2021
 Credit rating  £000   £000       £000     £000
 A              414    349        3        2

 

19.  Trade and other payables
                                         Group                 Company
                                         2022        2021      2022                 2021
                                         £000        £000      £000                 £000
 Non-Current
 Trade and other payables                -           730       -                    -
                                                     730                            -

                                         -                     -
 Current
 Trade payables                          2,719       3,079     536                  949
 Amounts due to subsidiary undertakings  -           -         175                  1,203
  Other payables                                                                            42

                                         -            100      -
 Taxation and social security              846       752       -                    -
 Accruals                                979         1,387              67                  251
                                                     5,318                              2,445

                                         4,544                 778

 

Amounts due to subsidiary undertakings are unsecured, interest free and are
repayable on demand.

 

20.  Contract liabilities

 

 

                                                     Group                                 Company
                                                     2022                         2021     2022     2021
                                                     £000                         £000     £000     £000
 Contract liabilities recognisable within 12 months  51                           49       -        -
 Contract liabilities recognisable after 12 months   -                            -        -        -
 Total contract liabilities                                       51              49       -        -

 

Income is deferred to the Statement of Financial Position when invoicing of
revenue to customers occurs ahead of revenue recognition in the Income
Statement.

 

21.  Provisions
 
Property provision

 

Dilapidation provisions are built up over the associated lease based on
estimates of costs of work required to fulfil the Group's contractual
obligation under the lease agreements to return the property to the same
condition as at the commencement of the lease. The provision  is not expected
to be utilised until 2026.

 

Other provisions

 

Other provisions primarily relate to committed costs under various onerous
supplier contracts across hosting, connectivity, hardware and software
services, for example costs in relation to empty racks within data centres
which have to be paid for regardless of whether populated or not and costs in
relation to excess software licences which are not used. The onerous contract
provisions all resolved in the current financial year.

 

 

 

 Group                                                                                                                                Property provision    Other provision

                                                                                                                                                                                    Total
                                                                                                                                      £000                  £000                    £000
 Balance at 1 January 2022                                                                                                            202                   157                     359
 Increase in year                                                                                                                     43                    -                       43
 Utilised                                                                                                                             -                     (157)                   (157)
 Balance at 31 December 2022                                                                                                                                                        245

                                                                                                                                      245                   -

                                                                                                                                                            2022                     2021
                                                                                                                                                            £000                    £000
 Non-current                                                                                                                                                          245           202
 Current                                                                                                                                                    -                       157
                                                                                                                                                                                    359

                                                                                                                                                            245
 Company                                                                                                                                                    Other Provision

                                                                                                                                                                                    Total
                                                                                                                                                            £000                    £000
 Balance at 1 January 2022                                                                                                                                  -                       50

 Released in the year                                                                                                                                       -                       (50)
 Balance at 31 December 2022                                                                                                                                                        -

                                                                                                                                                            -

 Non-current

                                                                                                                                                            -                       -
 Current                                                                                                                                                    -                       -
                                                                                                                                                                                    -

                                                                                                                                                            -

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

22.  Borrowings

 

                    Group                         Company
                    2022      2021                2022     2021
                    £000      £000                £000     £000
 Non-current
 Lease liabilities  765       710                 -        -
 Loan Note 2025         -           1,061         -        1,061
 Loan Notes         3,490     15,966              3,490    15,966
                              17,737                       17,027

                    4,255                         3,490

 

 

                      Group                          Company
                      2022           2021            2022     2021
                      £000           £000            £000     £000
 Current
 Nimoveri Loan Notes  -                   100        -        -
 Lease liabilities    210            146             -        -
                                     246                      -

                           210                       -

 

 

The carrying value is not materially different to the fair value of these
liabilities.

 

In January 2019 the Company issued £5.3 million of secured loan notes with a
six-year term and a 12% coupon which is compounded, rolled up and payable at
the end of the term ("Loan Notes"). In February and March 2019, a further
£4.7 million in total of secured Loan Notes were issued. The Loan Notes carry
an arrangement fee of 2.5 per cent., payable at the end of the term, and an
exit fee of 2.5 per cent, also payable at the end of the term. The security
comprises a debenture over all the assets of the Group.

 

In December 2019 the Company issued an additional £1.5 million of Loan Notes
(with the same terms as those issued in the first quarter of the year).

 

The Loan Notes are held at amortised cost using the effective interest rate
method. The effective interest rate for the Loan Notes has been calculated to
be 18%.

 

On 1 June 2021 the Group completed the acquisition of Nimoveri Holdings
Limited for £100,000 paid in cash on completion and the issue of £100,000 0%
loan notes by  IDE Group Limited, a Group company (the "Nimoveri Loan
Notes"). The Nimoveri Loan Notes are secured over the assets of Nimoveri
Holdings Limited and redeemable on 31 December 2021. On 13 December 2021 both
parties agreed the Nimoveri Loan Notes would be repaid in four equal monthly
instalments commencing 31 January 2022. The Nimoveri Loan Notes were fully
repaid during the financial year ended 31 December 2022.

 

The Company issued a further loan note ("Loan Note 2025") net of expenses for
proceeds of £1m on 1 December 2021. The terms of the loan were that the rate
of interest is 1.5% per month if repaid by 31 January 2022, 2.5% per month if
repaid by 28 February 2022 and 3% per month if repaid by 31 March 2022. If not
repaid by 31 March 2022 the amount due at that date including fees (£1.1875m)
is then subject to interest at 20.4% per annum compound. The maturity date is
23 December 2025. The Loan Note 2025 was included in the 2 November 2022
conversion.

 

On 2 November 2022 the members meeting at the Annual General Meeting, and then
at the General Meeting that followed, voted to convert £15.9 million of loan
notes (including fees and interest) into share capital. Details of the capital
reorganisation and consolidation are set out in Note 2.

 

 Lease liabilities

 The present value of lease liabilities is as follows:

 31 December 2022
 Group                                                   Gross contractual amounts payable    Interest

                                                                                                            Carrying amount
                                                         2022                                 2022          2022
                                                         £000                                 £000          £000
 Less than one year                                      288                                  78            210
 Between one and five years                              894                                  129           765
                                                                                              207

                                                         1,182                                              975

 31 December 2021
 Group                                                   Gross contractual

                                                         amounts                                            Carrying
                                                         payable                              Interest      amount
                                                         2021                                 2021          2021
                                                         £000                                 £000          £000
 Less than one year                                      214                                  68            146
 Between one and five years                              829                                  150           679
 Greater than five years                                 32                                   1             31
                                                                                              219

                                                         1,075                                              856

 

The Company has no lease liabilities at 31 December 2022 (31 December 2021:
nil)

 

Reconciliation of borrowings:

 

 Group                                 Non-current  Lease liabilities       Current Lease liabilities      Non-current Borrowings                          Convertible Loan Notes                     Supplier Finance      Current Borrowings      Total Borrowings
                                       £000                                 £000                           £000                                            £000                                       £000                  £000                    £000
 Balance at 1 January 2022             710                                  146                                              17,027                                          131                      1,649                 100                     19,763
 Non-cash changes
 Transfer from current to non-current  55                                   (55)                           -                                               -                                          -                     -                       -
 New finance leases                                                         405                            -                                               -                                          -                     -                       405
 Loan note interest                    -                                    -                                                 2,054                                            12                     -                     -                       2,066
 Interest                              -                                    -                              -                                               -                                          170                   -                       170
 Lease interest                        -                                    98                             -                                               -                                          -                     -                       98
 Conversion                            -                                    -                              (15,591)                                        -                                          -                     -                       (15,591)
 Cash flows
 Lease interest paid                   -                                    (98)                           -                                               -                                          -                     -                       (98)
 Repayment                             -                                    -                              -                                               -                                          (558)                 -                       (558)
 Interest paid                         -                                    -                              -                                               -                                          (170)                 -                       (170)
 Nimoveri loan note repaid             -                                    -                              -                                               -                                          -                     (100)                   (100)
 Repayment of lease liabilities        -                                    (286)                          -                                               -                                          -                     -                       (286)
 Balance at 31 December 2022

                                       765                                  210                            3,490                                           143                                        1,091                 -                       5,699

 

The total cash outflow for leases in the year including interest was £384,000
(2021: £518,000).

 

 Company                            Lease liabilities       Current Borrowings    Non-current Borrowings      Total Borrowings
                                   £000                     £000                  £000                        £000
 Balance at 1 January 2022         -                        -                     17,027                      17,027
 Non-cash changes
 Loan note interest                -                        -                     2,054                       2,054
 Conversion of secured loan notes  -                        -                     (15,591)                    (15,591)

 Balance at 31 December 2022

                                   -                        -                     3,490                       3,490

 

23             Convertible loan notes

 

Group and Company

 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            £000
 Balance at 1 January                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       131
 2022
 Interest unwound                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           12
 Balance at 31 December 2022                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                143

 

On 21 August 2018, as part of a wider fundraising, the Company issued £2.55
million of unsecured loan notes, which have a term of 5 years and a zero per
cent coupon ("CLNs"). The CLNs can be converted into new ordinary shares in
the capital of Tialis Essential IT plc at a price of 2.5 pence per share.
Conversion is at the option of the holder at any time during the 5-year term.
At the end of the term, if the holder has not chosen to convert the CLNs, the
CLNs will be settled with a cash repayment. At issue, the CLNs have a fair
value of £2.54 million, split into an equity component (£0.96 million) and a
debt component (£1.58 million).

 

On 7 June 2021 £2,397,519 of the unsecured convertible loan notes issued in
August 2018 were converted into 95,900,760 Ordinary shares of 2.5p each, at a
conversion price of 2.5p per share.

 

 

24             Financial instruments by category

 

The objectives of the Group's treasury activities are to manage financial
risk, secure cost-effective funding where necessary and minimise adverse
effects of fluctuations in the financial markets on the value of the Group's
financial assets and liabilities, on reported profitability and on cash flows
of the Group.

 

The Group's principal financial instruments for fundraising are convertible
loan notes and loan notes. The Group has various other financial instruments
such as cash, trade receivables and trade payables that arise directly from
its operations.

 

Group
                                                 2022     2021
 Assets                                          £000     £000
 Amortised cost:
 Trade receivables net of credit loss provision  2,499    2,677
 Contract assets                                 664      837
 Other receivables                               498      455
 Cash and cash equivalents                       414      349
 Total                                           4,075    4,318

 

Company
                                           2022     2021
 Assets                                    £000     £000
 Amortised cost:
 Amounts due from subsidiary undertakings  9        16,842
 Cash and cash equivalents                 3        2
 Total                                     12       16,844

 

The carrying amount of these assets is equivalent to their fair value. At 31
December 2022, trade receivables are reported net of the expected credit loss
provision of £nil (2021: £nil million), amounts due from subsidiary
undertakings are reported net  of the expected credit loss provision of £nil
(2021: £48.7 million)

 

Group

 

                                2022     2021
 Liabilities at amortised cost  £000     £000
 Trade payables                 2,719    3,809
 Accruals and other payables    979      1,486
 Lease liabilities              975      856
 Loan, net of expenses          -        1,061
 Convertible loan notes         143      131
 Loan Notes                     3,490    16,066
 Total                          8,306    23,409

 

Company
                              2022     2021
 Liabilities                  £000     £000
 Trade payables               536      948
 Accruals and other payables  67       293
 Intercompany payables        175      1,203
 Loan, net of expenses        -        1,061
 Convertible loan notes       143      131
 Loan Notes                   3,490    15,966
 Total                        4,411    19,602

 

The carrying amount of these liabilities is equivalent to their fair value.

 

 

The Group has not entered into any derivative financial instruments in the
current or preceding period.

 

25             Financial risk management

 

The Group's activities are exposed to a variety of financial risks: market
risk (including cash flow interest rate risk and price risk), credit risk and
liquidity risk. The Group's overall risk management programme focuses on the
unpredictability of financial markets and seeks to minimise potential adverse
effects on the Group's financial performance.

 

Risk management is carried out centrally under policies approved by the Board
of Directors. Management identifies, evaluates and seeks to mitigate financial
risks. The Board of Directors provides principles for overall risk management
as well as policies covering specific areas, such as foreign exchange risk,
interest rate risk, credit risk, use of derivative financial instruments and
non-derivative financial instruments, and investments of excess liquidity.

 

Cash flow interest risk

The Group pays interest on its borrowings.

 

The Group has no borrowings at variable rates which would expose the Group to
cash flow interest rate risk. Borrowings issued at fixed rates expose the
Group to fair value interest rate risk. The Group does not enter into
derivatives.

 

Price risk

The Group is not exposed to significant commodity or security price risk.

 

Credit risk

Credit risk is managed at a subsidiary level. Credit risk arises from cash and
cash equivalents as well as credit exposures to customers, including
outstanding receivables. Individual risk limits are set based on internal and
external ratings and reviewed by management. The utilisation of credit limits
is regularly monitored with appropriate action taken by management in the
event of the breach of a credit limit. The Group has applied the simplified
approach applying a provision matrix based on number of days past due to
measure lifetime expected credit losses and after taking into account
customers with different credit risk profiles and current and forecast trading
conditions. The Group has recognised a provision in respect of trade
receivables of £nil  (2021: £nil)

 

Liquidity risk

Management reviews cash forecasts of trading companies of the Group in
accordance with practice and limits set by the Group. The Group's liquidity
management policy involves projecting cash flows and considering the level of
liquid assets necessary to meet these.

 

The parent company's operations expose it to the following risks:

 

Interest rate risk

The Company pays interest on its loan note borrowings. These are at fixed
rates and therefore there is no exposure to cash flow interest rate risk.
Borrowings issued at fixed rates expose the Company to fair value interest
rate risk. The Company does not enter into derivatives.

 

Credit risk

The Company is exposed to credit risk mainly in respect of inter-company
receivables. Details of the approach to credit loss provisions in respect of
intercompany receivables is set out in note 17 and note 30.

 

The tables below analyse the Group and the Company's financial liabilities
into relevant maturity groupings based on the remaining period at the balance
sheet date to the contractual maturity date. These amounts disclosed in the
table are the contracted undiscounted cash flows. Balances within 12 months
equal their carrying balances as the impact of discounting is not significant.

 

 Group

                           Within 1 year      1-2 years       More than 2 years    Total
 At 31 December 2022       £000               £000            £000                 £000
 Trade and other payables  4,544              -               -                    4,544
 Lease liabilities         210                728             37                   975
 Convertible loan notes    -                  -               143                  143
 Loan Notes                -                  -               3,490                3,490
                           4,754                                                   9,152

                                              728             3,670

 

 Group
                           Within 1 year    1-2 years      More than 2 years    Total
 At 31 December 2021       £000             £000           £000                 £000
 Trade and other payables  6,379            730            -                    7,109
 Lease liabilities         214              415            446                  1,075
 Loan Note 2025            -                -              1,061                1,061
 Convertible loan notes    -                -              152                  152
 Loan Notes                100              -              16,517               16,617
                           6,693            1,145                               26,014

                                                           18,176

 

 Company
                           Within 1 year    1-2 years      More than 2 years    Total
 At 31 December 2022       £000             £000           £000                 £000
 Trade and other payables  536              -              -                    536
 Intercompany payables     175              -              -                    175
 Convertible loan notes    -                -              143                  143
 Loan Notes                -                -              3,490                3,490
                           711              -              3,633                4,344

 

 Company
                           Within 1 year    1-2 years      More than 2 years    Total
 At 31 December 2021       £000             £000           £000                 £000
 Trade and other payables  2,414            -              -                    2,414
 Intercompany payables     1,203            -              -                    1,203
 Convertible loan notes    -                -              131                  131
 Loan Notes                -                -              17,578               17,578
                           3,617            -              17,709               21,326

 

 

26             Capital risk management

 

The Group's objectives when managing capital are to safeguard the Group's
future growth and its ability to continue as a going concern in order to
provide returns for shareholders and to maintain an optimal capital structure
to reduce the cost of capital. The Group operates in the network and cloud
hosting sector, which, from time-to-time requires substantial fixed asset
investments, but the Group is financed predominately by equity.

 

In order to maintain or adjust the capital structure, the Group has previously
both issued new shares, bank debt and bank facilities, and both unsecured and
secured loan notes. The Group monitors capital on the basis of the ratio of
net debt to Adjusted EBITDA. As at 31 December 2022 the ratio was 2.3. Net
debt as at 31 December 2022 is calculated as total bank borrowings, as at 31
December 2022 nil, and loan notes (including 'current and non-current
borrowings' as shown in the consolidated balance sheet) ,plus loans, less cash
and cash equivalents. Adjusted EBITDA is defined as earnings before interest,
tax, depreciation, amortisation, impairment charge, non-underlying items,
(loss)/gain on disposal of fixed assets and share-based payments.

 

The loan note instrument under which the Secured Loan Notes were issued does
not contain any covenants, however, the Group continues to carefully monitor
its capital position. The Group adopts a risk-averse position with respect to
borrowings and maintains significant headroom to ensure that any unexpected
situations do not create financial stress.

 

The Group has not proposed a dividend for the current or prior year.

 

 
27             Called up share capital - Group and Company

 

 Shares issued and fully paid                                                                                                         2022                                               2021
                                                                                                                                      £000                                               £000
 496,702,792 ordinary shares at 2.5p                                                                                                                  -                                                         12,418
 21,829,449 ordinary shares at 1p                                                                                                                     218                                                       -
 496,702,800 deferred shares at 2.49p                                                                                                                 12,368                                                    -
 Shares issued and fully paid                                                                                                                      12,586                                             12,418

 Shares issued and fully paid                                                                                                         2022                                               2021
                                                                                                                                      £000                                               £000
 Beginning of the year                                                                                                                             12,418                                             10,020
 Issued during 2021 on redemption of £2,397,519 of convertible loan notes                                                                             -                                                         2,398
 Issued during the year on conversion of secured loan notes (see below)                                                                               167                                                       -
 Issued during the year in lieu of 2021 staff bonus (see below)                                                                                       1                                                         -
 Shares issued and fully paid                                                                                                                      12,586                                             12,418

 Share capital allotted, called up and fully paid                               2022                                                                       2022                                                        2021
                                                                                No. Ordinary Shares                                                        No. Deferred Shares                                         No. Ordinary Shares
 Beginning of the year 496,702,792 shares at 2.5p                               496,702,792                                                                 -                                                          400,802,032
 Issued during 2021 of 95,900,760 shares at 2.5p on redemption of convertible    -                                                                          -                                                          95,900,760
 loan notes
 Issue to the Company Secretary of 8 new shares at 2.5p                         8                                                                           -                                                           -
 Sub-division of 496,702,780 shares into a redenominated 0.01p share and a       -                                                                         496,702,800                                                  -
 deferred share 2.49p
 Consolidation of 496,702,800 redenominated 0.01p share to 4,967,028 shares at  (491,735,772)                                                               -                                                           -
 1p
 Issue of 16,758,421 shares at 1p on conversion of secured loan notes           16,758,421                                                                  -                                                           -
 Issue of 104,000 shares at 1p in lieu of 2021 staff bonus (first tranche of    104,000                                                                     -                                                           -
 three tranches)
 End of the year                                                                21,829,449                                                                 496,702,800                                                 496,702,792

 

The par value of the shares new Ordinary shares is 1p and the Deferred shares
is 2.49p (2021: old Ordinary shares 2.5p).

 

The holders of ordinary shares are entitled to receive dividends as declared
from time to time and are entitled to one vote per share at meetings of the
Company.

 

The holders of Deferred shares are not entitled to receive dividends, nor are
they entitled to vote. The holders of Deferred shares are entitled to £1 for
the entire class on winding up. The Company at anytime may, at its option,
redeem all the Deferred shares for £1. The Directors' consider the Deferred
shares of no economic value.

 

On 11 May 2021 95,900,760 new ordinary shares of 2.5p each were issued
following the receipt of conversion notices from Kestrel Opportunities and
Kestrel Partners LLP for the conversion of 78,638,640 and 17,262,120 new
ordinary shares of 2.5p respectively.

 

On 2 November 2022 the Members at the Annual General Meeting followed by the
General Meeting passed several resolutions as set out in the Directors'
Report. The capital reorganisation consisted of the following steps:

 

1.     The amendment of the Articles of Association to set out the rights
and restrictions attaching to the new Deferred shares;

2.     the sub-division of each existing Ordinary share into 2 new shares
- a redenominated Ordinary share of 0.01p and a Deferred share of £2.49p
each; and

3.     every 100 redenominated Ordinary share of 0.01p be consolidated
into a new Ordinary share of 1p each.

 

Shareholders with fewer than 100 existing Ordinary shares as at 2 November
2022 ceased to be a shareholder.

 

The 8 existing shares issued to the Company Secretary and fractional
entitlements to a new Ordinary share, where any holding was not precisely
divisible by 100, no fractional share certificates were issued. The Board
decided in the best interest of the Company was to aggregate the fractional
shares and sell them in the market. The £33 proceeds of the sale was donated
to the Prince's Trust, a charity registered with the charities commission with
Charity number 1079675 and which was selected by the Board in accordance with
article 15 of the Company's Articles of Association.

 

 

On 2 November 2022 £20,995,862 secured loan notes (including interest and
fees), held by MXC at a rate equivalent to 70 pence in the pound, were
converted into 16,476,574 new Ordinary shares of 1p at an assumed share price
of £0.892 per new ordinary share. Another 3 secure loan note holders
converted their 1,578 secure loan notes to new Ordinary 1p shares on the same
terms as the MXC conversion receiving. Fees relating to the capital
reorganisation were £250,000.

 

On 24 November 2022 104,000 new Ordinary 1p shares were allotted to a member
of staff in lieu of one-third of his 2021 bonus.

 

As at 31 December 2022 the Company has a total number of shares in issue of
518,532,249 with a total nominal value of £12,586,194. The Company has
21,829,449 new Ordinary shares of 1p and 496,702,800 Deferred shares of 2.49p

 

 

28             Share-based payment

 

The share-based payment charge comprises:

                                                           2022     2021
                                                           £000     £000
 Equity-settled share-based charges arising from warrants  -        16
 Total charge                                              -        16

 

 

                                  MXC warrants
                                  Number
 Warrants as at 1 January 2022    20,040,101
 Lapsed during the year           (20,040,10)
 Warrants as at 31 December 2022  -

 

The following table illustrates the number and weighted average exercise
prices (WAEP) of, and movements in warrants during the year:

 

                         2022            2022                          2021            2021
                         Number          WAEP                          Number          WAEP
 Opening balance         20,040,101      £0.17                         20,040,101      £0.17
 Lapsed during the year  (20,040,101)    £0.17                         (20,040,101)    -
 Closing balance         -                            -                -               -

 

 

 

There were no warrants exercisable at 31 December 2022 (2021: 20,040,101). All
warrants expired during the year.

 

The amount charged to the income statement in respect of the share-based
payments was £nil (2021: £16,000).

 

On 24 November 2022 104,000 new Ordinary 1p shares were allotted to a member
of staff in lieu of one-third of his 2021 bonus. As these new shares were
issued at market value no additional accounting was required under IFRS 2.

 

 

29      Pensions

 

The Group operates a defined contribution pension schemes for eligible
employees. The charge for the year ended 31 December 2022 relating to
continuing operations is £0.7 million (continuing operations 2021: £0.4
million). An amount of £0.06 million is included in creditors being
outstanding contributions at 31 December 2022 (2021: £0.06 million).

 
30      Related parties

 

Key management comprise of the Directors, Chief Financial Officer, the Group
Managing Director, and the Group Director. Directors' emoluments are disclosed
in note 11.

 

Key management personnel
 Total remuneration for key management personnel         2022     2021
                                                         £000     £000
 Compensation                                            622      1,187
 Social security                                         19       134
 Pension contributions to money purchase pension scheme  73       30
 Total                                                   889      1,351

 

 Number of key management personnel accruing benefits under defined  3    3
 contributions

 

 

Ian Smith, Executive Director at 31 December 2022, held 0.54% (2021: 0%)
through his Self-Invested Pension Plan. Mr Smith is also Chief Executive
Officer and a substantial shareholder of MXC Capital Limited (MXC). MXC owned
83.4% (2021: 34.8%) of the issued share capital of the Company at 31 December
2022. Together, Mr Smith and MXC owned 83.9% (2021: 34.8%) of the issued share
capital of the Company at 31 December 2022.

 

During the year, the Group and Company paid MXC Capital Markets LLP, a
subsidiary of MXC, for corporate finance advice and other services amounting
to £30,000 (2021: £29,000). The balance owed to MXC Capital Markets LLP as
at 31 December 2022 was £33,000 (2021: £91,800).

 

In addition, the Group paid MXC Advisory Limited, a subsidiary of MXC, fees of
£221,000 (2021: £200,083) in respect of the services of Ian Smith as
Executive Director. The balance owed to MXC Advisory Limited as at 31 December
2022 was £265,200 (2021: £612,123).

 

The Group also paid MXC Guernsey Limited, a subsidiary of MXC Capital Limited
in the past in respect of underwriting of loan notes and guarantee fee of the
finance leases with Lombard. The balance owed to MXC Guernsey as at 31
December 2022 was £nil (2021: £29,560).

 

During the year, Kestrel Partners LLP invoiced the Company £nil (2021:
£2,500) in respect of the services of Sebastian White as Non-Executive
Director. The balance owed to Kestrel Partners LLP as at 31 December 2022 was
£nil (2021: £nil).

 

The Company had the following balances with its subsidiary companies:

                                        2022     2021
 Receivables                            £000     £000
 IDE Group Limited                      -        53,664
 Tialis Essential IT Manage Limited     -        11,846
 IDE Group Voice Limited                -        3
 IDE Group Protect Limited              9        9
 Tialis Essential IT Financing Limited  -        52
 IDE Group Subholdings Limited          -        1
 Total                                  9        65,575

 

 

                                     2022     2021
 Payables                            £000     £000
 Cupid.com inc                       -        1,033
 Castle Digital services inc         -        61
 Tialis Essential IT Manage Limited  66       -
 Selection Services Limited          61       61

 Hooya Digital Limited               42       42

 Connexions4London Limited           5        5

 Aggregated Telecom Limited          1        1
 Total                               175

                                              1,203

 

 
31      Contingent liabilities

 

There is a contingent liability in respect of tax owed of £499,404 (2021:
£819,047) by a former owner, when the business was privately owned relating
to a tax scheme from 2006.We expect this to be settled by the individual in
instalments in 2023. The Board is confident there will be no recourse to the
Group as the Group would only have a liability if the individual is unable to
pay, which management considers highly unlikely.

 

32      Other commitments

 

None.

 

33         Post balance sheet event

 

On 1 February 2023, Tialis Essential IT Manage Limited, the trading subsidiary
of Tialis Essential IT PLC, acquired the profitable partner contracts from
Allvotec Limited, a division of Daisy Group, for an initial consideration of
£2.037 million. The acquisition will bring three new channel partners to
Tialis, supporting the diversification of Tialis' partner base and will build
on the existing relationship that Tialis has with its largest channel partner.

 

The initial acquisition of £2.037 million was satisfied through the issue of
2,289,295 ordinary shares of 1p each in the Company. An estimated £0.1
million of deferred consideration will be paid in shares, subject to certain
performance conditions being met by February 2025, also at an effective price
of 89.2 pence per ordinary share.

 

 

34    Group reorganisation

 

During the year ended 31 December 2022, there was an internal reorganisation
of the group structure impacting many non-trading subsidiaries of the Company.
Several of the Company's non-trading subsidiaries were put into liquidation on
a solvent liquidation basis and since all subsidiaries are under common
control of the Company, all the trade and assets were transferred to the
Company or one of its subsidiaries under the predecessor values method of
accounting. All subsidiaries were wholly owned either directly or indirectly
by the Company.

 

 

35         Ultimate controlling party

 

Following the Secure Loan Note exchange on 2(nd) November 2022 MXC Capital
Limited, a company incorporated and domiciled in Guernsey, became the ultimate
controlling party with 83.4% of the voting shares. There is no ultimate
controlling party of MXC Capital Limited.

 

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