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Fiinu PLC
17 August 2023
 

 

 

17 August 2023

 

This announcement contains inside information as stipulated under the UK version of the Market Abuse Regulation (EU) No. 596/2014 which is part of English Law by virtue of the European (Withdrawal) Act 2018, as amended. On publication of this announcement, this information is considered to be in the public domain.

 

FIINU PLC

("Fiinu" or the "Company" or the "Group")

Interim results for the six months ended 30 June 2023

 

 

Fiinu, a fintech group, creator of the Plugin Overdraft®, announces its unaudited half-year results for the six months ended 30 June 2023.

 

Business Highlights

 

·    The Company continues to source the additional funding required for it to re-apply to the regulators to re-start its banking licence application

·    April 2023: Successful completion of the technology build of the Plugin Overdraft®

·    July 2023: Cost reductions initiated within subsidiaries Fiinu 2 Limited and Fiinu Holdings Limited, including providing notice to reduce staffing levels and re-negotiation or termination of agreements with suppliers

·    March 2023: Raised £0.5m of new ordinary share capital by immediate subscription to new and existing shareholders

·    April 2023: Raised £0.75m of new ordinary share capital by exercising the right to convert the drawn down loans with Dewscope Limited into equity

·    April 2023: Application to withdraw its banking licence with aim to re-apply after a short period of two to three months once full funding commitment is secured

 

Financial Highlights

·    Cash at period end £4.3 million

·    Accounting loss for the period £4.2 million

 

Chris Sweeney, Fiinu's Chief Executive said:

"Given the business was operationally ready, following the successful completion of the technology build of the Plugin Overdraft®, it is therefore with deep regret that we have had to scale back operations in Fiinu 2 Limited and Fiinu Holdings Limited.  The current general capital, and market specific conditions, are increasingly challenging for a business at Fiinu's current stage of development.

 

"I would like to take the opportunity to thank our shareholders for their support and colleagues for the considerable efforts in developing the technology and the infrastructure to be in a position to launch the product into the market.

 

"We continue in our efforts to seek the required investment to re-apply for the banking licence, whilst also considering other options for the business, which may include a change of strategy or sale of the Group's technology assets."

 

 

Key Financials

 

Highlighted below are the key unaudited financial highlights for the six months to 30 June 2023, compared to the six months to 30 June 2022 and the audited year ending 31 December 2022.

 

 

Unaudited
half year to
30 Jun 2023

£

Unaudited
half year to
30 Jun 2022

£

Audited
year to
31 Dec 2022

£

Revenue

-

-

-

Gross profit

-

-

-

Administrative expenses

(4,395,412)

(983,206)

(8,218,903)

Investment revenues

27,851


11,596

Net finance cost / income

(47,924)

69,111

(9,970)

Loss before taxation

(4,415,486)

(914,095)

(8,217,277)

Income tax income

253,462

-

377,879

Loss and total comprehensive income (continuing operations)

(4,162,024)

(914,095)

(7,839,398)

Gain on disposal of investments

-

612,377

-

Impairment of goodwill and intangible assets

-

(219,595)

-

Profit from discontinued operations

-

425,699

-

Total Loss and total comprehensive income

(4,162,024)

(95,614)

(7,839,398)

 

 

 

 

Earnings per share

 

 

 

Basic

(1.75)

(0.26)

(3.31)

Diluted

(1.75)

(0.26)

(3.31)

 

 

 

Enquiries:

 


Fiinu plc

Chris Sweeney, Chief Executive Officer

www.fiinu.com

 

via Brazil London (press office for Fiinu)

SPARK Advisory Partners Limited (Nomad)

Mark Brady / Adam Dawes

 

Tel: +44 (0) 203 368 3550

SP Angel Corporate Finance LLP (Joint Broker)

Matthew Johnson / Charlie Bouverat (Corporate Finance)

Abigail Wayne / Rob Rees (Corporate Broking)

 

Tel: +44 (0) 207 470 0470

Panmure Gordon (UK) Limited (Joint Broker)

Stephen Jones / Atholl Tweedie (Corporate Finance)

Hugh Rich (Corporate Broking)

 

Tel: +44 (0)207 886 2500

Brazil London (press office for Fiinu)

Joshua Van Raalte / Christine Webb / Jamie Lester

Tel: +44 (0) 207 785 7383

 

About Fiinu

 

Fiinu, founded in 2017, is a fintech group, that developed the Plugin Overdraft® which is an unbundled overdraft solution that allows customers to have an overdraft without changing their existing bank. The underlying bank Independent Overdraft® technology platform is bank agnostic, that therefore enables it to serve all other banks' customers. Open Banking allows Fiinu's Plugin Overdraft® to attach ("plugin") to the customer's existing primary bank account, no matter which bank they may use. Fiinu's vision is built around Open Banking, and it believes that it increases competition and innovation in UK banking.

 

For more information, please visit www.fiinu.com

 

 

 

Consolidated statement of comprehensive income 

 

 

Unaudited
half year to
30 Jun 2023

£

Unaudited
half year to
30 Jun 2022

£

Audited
year to
31 Dec 2022

£

Revenue

-

-

-

Gross profit

-

-

-

Administrative expenses

(4,395,412)

(983,206)

(8,218,903)

Investment revenues

27,851


11,596

Net finance income / cost

(47,924)

69,111

(9,970)

Loss before taxation

(4,415,486)

(914,095)

(8,217,277)

Income tax income

253,462

-

377,879

Loss and total comprehensive income (continuing operations)

(4,162,024)

(914,095)

(7,839,398)

Gain on disposal of investments

-

612,377

-

Impairment of goodwill and intangible assets

-

(219,595)

-

Profit from discontinued operations

-

425,699

-

Total Loss and total comprehensive income

(4,162,024)

(95,614)

(7,839,398)

 

 

 

 

Earnings per share

 

 

 

Basic

(1.75)

(0.26)

(3.31)

Diluted

(1.75)

(0.26)

(3.31)

 

 

 

Consolidated statement of financial position

 

 

 

 

 

Notes

30 June 2023

(unaudited)

£

30 June 2022

(unaudited)

£

31 Dec 2022

(audited)

£

ASSETS





Non-current assets





Intangible assets


878,639

-

878,639

Property, plant and equipment


209,949

-

276,524

 

 

1,088,588

-

1,155,163



 



Current assets





Trade and other receivables


429,147

388,456

660,078

Current tax recoverable


606,341

-

352,879

Cash and cash equivalents


4,284,783

3,577,276

7,045,161

 

 

5,320,361

3,965,732

8,058,118

 





Total assets


6,408,949

3,965,732

9,213,281

 





LIABILITIES





Non-Current liabilities





Lease liabilities


23,707

-

93,425

 

 

23,707

-

93,425

 





Current liabilities





Trade and other payables


1,846,203

1,330,817

1,693,603

Lease liabilities


137,381

-

133,331

 

 

1,983,584

1,330,817

1,826,934

 





Total liabilities


2,007,291

1,330,817

1,920,359






Capital and Reserves





Called up share capital


27,474,724

3,758,184

26,513,186

Share premium


9,482,775

5,189,313

9,194,313

Share based payment reserve


-

40,218

-

Merger reserve


(21,120,782)

-

(21,120,782)

Retained losses


(11,435,059)

(6,352,800)

(7,283,795)

Total Equity


4,401,658

2,634,915

7,292,922

 


 



Total equity and liabilities


6,408,949

3,965,732

9,213,281

 

 

 

Consolidated statement of cash flows 

 

 


 

 

Notes

 

6 months ended

30 June 2022

(unaudited)

£

6 months ended

30 June 2022

(unaudited)*

£

12 months

ended

31 Dec 2021

(audited)*

£

Cash flows from operating activities






Cash absorbed by operations



(4,177,353)

(315,938)

(4,497,027)

Interest Paid



-


-

Income taxes refunded



-


120,150

Net cash outflow from operating activities



(4,177,353)

(315,938)

(4,376,877)







Investing activities






Purchase of intangible assets



-


(849,076)

Purchase of property, plant and equipment



(8,618)

(4,391)

(50,457)

Investment loan



-

(800,000)

-

Interest received



27,851

259

11,596

Net cash generated from investing activities

 

 

19,233

(804,132)

(887,937)







Financing activities






Proceeds from issue of shares



1,250,000

3,000,000

8,010,000

Net of cash acquired on reverse takeover



 

-


 

3,577,275

Costs of share issue



-

(197,229)

-

Proceeds from borrowings



250,000

(833)

500,000

Payment of lease liabilities



(65,668)

(55,504)

(47,533)

Interest paid



(47,924)

(1,848)

(5,137)

Net cash generated from financing activities

 

 

1,386,408

2,744,586

12,034,605







Net increase/(decrease) in cash and cash

equivalents



(2,771,713)

1,624,516

6,769,791

Cash at beginning of period



7,045,161

464,232

                      275,370

Cash at end of period



4,273,448

2,088,748

7,045,161

 

* Statement of cashflows has been reformatted in line with audited accounts for 12 months ended 31 Dec 2021

 

 

 

Consolidated statement of changes in equity

Attributable to equity shareholders of the company

 

 

Called up share capital

 

£

Share premium

 

 

£

Revaluation / Merger reserve

 

£

Retained earnings

 

 

£

Total

 

 

 

£

Balance at 31 December 2022

 

26,513,186

 

9,194,313

 

(21,120,782)

 

(7,293,795)

 

7,292,922

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Period ended 30 June 2023

 

 

 

 

 

Loss and total comprehensive income for the year

 

 

-

 

 

-

 

 

-

 

 

(4,141,265)

 

 

(4,141,265)

Transactions with owners in their capacity as owners:

 

 

 

 

 

Issue of share capital

961,722

288,462

-

-

1,250,000

Balance at 30 June 2023

 

27,474,724

 

9,482,775

 

(21,120,782)

 

(11,435,059)

 

4,401,658

 

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

Financial information contained in this document does not constitute statutory accounts within the meaning of section 434 of the Companies Act 2006 ("the Act"). The statutory accounts for the year ended 31 December 2022 have been filed with the Registrar of Companies. The report of the auditors confirmed that the financial statements:

 

·    give a true and fair view of the state of the Group's and of the Parent Company's affairs as at 31 December 2022 and of the Group's loss for the period then ended;

·    have been properly prepared in accordance with UK-adopted international accounting standards and, as regards the parent company financial statements, as applied in accordance with the provisions of the Companies Act 2006; and

·    have been prepared in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006.

 

The auditors conducted the audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing (UK) (ISAs (UK)) and applicable law. Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the "Auditor's responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements" section of our report. We are independent of the Group and the Parent Company in accordance with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the financial statements in the UK, including the Financial Reporting Council's ('FRC') Ethical Standard as applied to listed entities and public interest entities and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.

 

The auditors drew the attention to the financial statements, which indicates that when assessing the Group and Parent Company's ability to continue as a going concern, the directors have concluded that a material uncertainty exists in relation to the Company's ability to raise the capital required to support its subsidiaries, ('Fiinu 2 Limited's'), year one of operations post approval from the Prudential Regulatory Authority ('PRA') and the Financial Conduct Authority ('FCA') to operate as a bank without restrictions, following the re-submission of the Bank's banking application.

 

The financial information for the six months ended 30 June 2023 and 30 June 2022 are unaudited.

 

This announcement was approved by the Board on 16 August 2023.

 

1.    Reporting entity

 

Fiinu Plc (the "Company" or, the "Group") is a public company limited by shares incorporated in England and Wales. The registered office is Meadows Business Park, Blackwater, Camberley, GU17 9AB. The consolidated financial statements of the Company as at 30 June 2023 and for the six months ended 30 June 2022 comprise the Company and its subsidiaries (together referred to as the "Group").

 

Fiinu, founded in 2017, is a fintech group, that developed the Plugin Overdraft® which is an unbundled overdraft solution that allows customers to have an overdraft without changing their existing bank. The underlying bank Independent Overdraft® technology platform is bank agnostic, that therefore enables it to serve all other banks' customers. Open Banking allows Fiinu's Plugin Overdraft® to attach ("plugin") to the customer's existing primary bank account, no matter which bank they may use. Fiinu's vision is built around Open Banking, and it believes that it increases competition and innovation in UK banking.

 

2.    Basis of preparation

 

The consolidated financial information has been prepared in accordance with UK adopted international accounting standards. The consolidated financial statements are presented in pounds sterling, the functional currency of the Company and presentation currency of the Group.

 

The interim financial information is made up to 30 June 2023. Where necessary, adjustments are made to the financial information of subsidiaries to bring the accounting policies used into line with those used by other members of the Group.

 

All intra-Group transactions, balances and unrealised gains on transactions between Group companies are eliminated on consolidation. Unrealised losses are also eliminated unless the transaction provides evidence of an impairment of the asset transferred.

 

Subsidiaries are consolidated in the Group's financial statements from the date that control commences until the date that control ceases.

 

Acquisitions are accounted for using the acquisition method. the cost of an acquisition is measured at fair value at the date of exchange of the consideration. Identifiable assets and liabilities of the acquired business are recognised at their fair value at the date of acquisition. To the extent that the cost of an acquisition exceeds the fair value of the net assets acquired the difference is recorded as goodwill. Where the fair value of the net assets acquired exceeds the cost of an acquisition the difference is recorded in profit and loss.

 

The Group has chosen not to adopt IAS 34 "Interim Financial Statements" in preparing the interim financial information.

 

3.    Significant accounting policies

 

The accounting policies set out in detail in note 2 of the Group's consolidated financial statements to 31 December 2022 have been applied consistently to these unaudited financial statements to 30 June 2023There are no new standards or amendments to standards which are material to the accounts for the half year ended 30 June 2023.

 

4.    Events in the six months ended 30 June 2023

 

Business Highlights

 

·    The Company continues to source the additional funding required for it to re-apply to the regulators to re-start its banking licence application

·    April 2023: Successful completion of the technology build of the Plugin Overdraft®

·    July 2023: Cost reductions initiated within subsidiaries Fiinu 2 Limited and Fiinu Holdings Limited, including providing notice to reduce staffing levels and re-negotiation or termination of agreements with suppliers

·    March 2023: Raised £0.5m of new ordinary share capital by immediate subscription to new and existing shareholders

·    April 2023: Raised £0.75m of new ordinary share capital by exercising the right to convert the drawn down loans with Dewscope Limited into equity

·    April 2023: Application to withdraw its banking licence with aim to re-apply after a short period of two to three months once full funding commitment is secured

·    Other options are also being considered by the Board, which may include a change of strategy and/or a sale of the Group's technology assets should the additional funding commitment it requires not be forthcoming

 

5.    Share capital

 

Allotted, issued and fully paid:


Number of shares

Nominal value


 

£

Ordinary shares with nominal value of £0.10 per share as at:



31 December 2022

265,397,660

26,538,766

Issued in the half year



30 June 2023

275,241,062

27,524,106

 

There are no restrictions on the transfer of shares in Fiinu Plc. All shares carry equal voting rights.

 

 

FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS

This document contains certain forward-looking statements which reflect the knowledge and information available to the Company during the preparation and up to the publication of this document. By their very nature, these statements depend upon circumstances and relate to events that may occur in the future thereby involving a degree of uncertainty. Although the Group believes that the expectations reflected in these statements are reasonable, it can give no assurance that these expectations will prove to have been correct. Given that these statements involve risks and uncertainties, actual results may differ materially from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements.

 

The Group undertakes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements whether because of new information, future events or otherwise.

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