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Verditek PLC
29 September 2023
 

Verditek plc

 

("Verditek" or the "Company" or the "Group")

 

Interim Report and Financial Statements for the six months to 30 June 2023

 

Verditek plc, (AIM:VDTK) the international green technology company that develops, manufactures and sells lightweight solar panels, is pleased to announce its interim results for the six months to 30 June 2023.

 

This announcement contains inside information for the purposes of Article 7 of the UK version of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 which is part of UK law by virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018, as amended ("MAR"). Upon the publication of this announcement via a Regulatory Information Service, this inside information is now considered to be in the public domain.

 

Enquiries:

 

Verditek plc           

RH Lord David Willetts FRS (Non-Executive Chairman)

Rob Richards (Chief Executive Officer)

 


Tel: +44 (0)20 7129 7903
enquiries@verditek.com

WH Ireland Limited (NOMAD and Broker)

Chris Hardie

Hugh Morgan

Andrew de Andrade


Tel: +44 (0)20 7220 1666

 

      

 

                                                            

Verditek plc 

("Verditek" or the "Company" or the "Group")

Company Registration No. 10114644

 

 

Interim Report and Financial Statements

For the six month period to 30 June 2023

 

 



 

CEO Statement

 

Overview

 

Verditek has seen a growth in orders in connection with our integrated panel roofing collaborations in the six-months to 30 June 2023. Around 120 projects have been delivered in the period, a combination of commercial and trial projects. Verditek has continued to work with strategic partners to develop innovative integrated solar solutions.

 

Strategy

 

The Group's focus during 2023 continues to be on refining the Group's solar offering and working to build and convert the sales pipeline.

 

The Group's solar strategy is to manufacture high quality panels with a focus on B2B sales through engaging distributors and sales representatives in different regions. The Group also aims to partner with solutions providers, who develop and bring to market innovative solutions with integrated solar panels.

 

In light of the climate emergency, the world needs to evolve from its dependency on hydrocarbon-based energy sources to cleaner, more environmentally friendly energy; this need has been further accentuated by the ongoing war which has had an impact on energy prices across the board. We believe that the Verditek Solar product is extremely well positioned to become a market leader in the ultra-lightweight, flexible solar market. The Company's product has numerous potential applications that are not available to the traditional, heavy and fragile solar panel technology. We believe major new market opportunities for our lightweight product will open up in areas such as military, transportation, cellular telecoms masts, new build homes (as part of an integrated roof tile system), and warehousing (where roofing structures are less rigid). Here the advantages of a highly durable, efficient ultralightweight solar solution can now be embraced.

 

Operations

 

In May 2023, the Group's manufacturing operations were relocated from Lainate to Tolmezzo in Udine, Italy. This move was made to lower the cost base and take advantage of more flexible working arrangements. From Tolmezzo a core staff, together with a further flexible contract labour team, manufacture Verditek's flexible lightweight solar panels using the latest components sourced from around the world. The Tolmezzo facility is more automated and allows a higher quality product while simultaneously reducing costs.

 

Sales and Marketing

 

The Group has various routes to market, including commission-only sales agents, employed sales consultants, distributors and solutions partners.

 

The Group has highly promising partnerships with roofing providers. Verditek has signed a long-term supply agreement in the period with Lindab Profil AB, a Scandinavian supplier of roof systems, and they have placed multiple orders for installations in a number of countries.

 

Verditek is also collaborating with Metrotile, who are incorporating the Verditek solar panel into their roof tile products. Both these opportunities enhance the potential for commercial growth in the lucrative roofing sector. Verditek continue to work with two other large roofing companies elsewhere in the world as we develop a similar offering for their respective markets.

 

As a result of these collaborations, the value of order intake in the first half of 2023 is approx. £395,000 versus £232,000 in the first half of 2022. The majority of the order intake is expected to be recognized as revenue in the second half of 2023.

 

 

 

 

 

Other Opportunities

 

We are in discussions to license our manufacturing technology to a larger scale, automated plant. In the period Verditek has agreed a Memorandum of Understanding ("MOU") with Net Zero Valley, an Italian fully owned investment holding of SerendipEquity Group, to set up a framework for a 50:50 joint venture agreement to invest in a 1GW ultra-lightweight solar panel manufacturing plant in Southern Italy.

 

Finance

 

For the six-month period to 30 June 2023, the Group generated revenues of £254,958 (H1 2022: £178,502 and recorded a loss after tax of £970,989 (H1 2022: £636,798). The 2023 result includes one-off costs of £142,556 relating to the relocation of the Group's manufacturing operations to the new facility.

 

On 3 May 2023, the Company raised £500,000 before expenses by issue of secured convertible loan notes. The Company used the proceeds to repay outstanding Crowd for Angels bonds and to provide additional working capital. Cash balances as at 30 June 2023 were £135,357 (H1 2022: £1,492,380).

 

On 1 September 2023 June 2022, the Company announced a capital raise of an additional £500,000 before expenses by way of a subscription for ordinary shares to provide additional working capital.

 

Overhead spend remains tightly controlled to conserve cash as the conversion time for prospects to become customers has taken longer than expected.

 

Outlook and conclusion

 

Despite recent challenges, we continue to see positive opportunities develop for Verditek and believe the significant investment into the development of our flexible, lightweight solar panels will bring about meaningful financial reward.

 

I would like to thank all members of the Verditek team, advisers and shareholders for their ongoing support.

 

Rob Richards

Chief Executive Officer

29 September 2023

 

 



 

Condensed Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income

For the six months ended 30 June 2023

 



H1 2023

H1 2022

FY 2022

 


Unaudited

Unaudited

Audited

 

Note

£

£

£

Continuing operations   

 


 

 

Revenue 

3

254,958

178,502

417,457

Direct costs


(319,233)

(256,953)

(670,547)

Gross loss


(64,275)

(78,451)

(253,090)

Administrative expenses 


(881,218)

(666,030)

(1,661,935)

Operating loss   

 

(945,493)

(744,481)

(1,915,025)

Other income

5

-

144,551

91,933

Finance Income

 

2,895

587

2,084

Finance costs 


(28,390)

(37,455)

(73,604)

Loss before tax   

 

(970,989)

(636,798)

(1,894,612)

Income Tax 


-

-

21,901

Loss for the period   


(970,989)

(636,798)

(1,872,711)

 





Loss for the period attributable to: -

 




Owners of the Company  


(970,989)

(636,798)

(1,872,711)

Non-controlling interest  

 

-

-

-



(970,989)

(636,798)

(1,872,711)

 





Other comprehensive income  

 




Items that will or may be reclassified to profit or loss: 





Translation of foreign operations  


(20,454)

23,949

41,417

Total comprehensive loss for the period from continuing operations

 

(991,443)

(612,849)

(1,831,294)

  

 




Total comprehensive loss for the period attributable to: -  

 




Owners of the Company 


(991,443)

(612,849)

(1,831,294)

Non-controlling interest 


-

-

-



(991,443)

(612,849)

(1,831,294)

 





Loss per share    

 




Basic and diluted (£)

6

(0.002)

(0.002)

(0.005)

 

 

 

                                                                                                                                

Illustrative note to reflect impact of one-off costs from factory move:

 


H1 result excluding one-off costs

 

H1 one-off relocation costs

 

H1 total including relocation costs for IFRS

 

Direct costs

4

(279,152)

(40,081)

 (319,233)

Gross loss


(24,194)

(40,081)

(64,275)

Administrative expenses 

 4

(778,744)

(102,475)

(881,219)

Operating loss   

 

(802,938)

(142,556)

(945,493)

                                                                                                            


Condensed Consolidated Statement of Financial Position

As at 30 June 2023

 

  

  

 

As at 30 June 2023

 

As at 30 June 2022

 

 As at 31 December 2022


Note

Unaudited

Unaudited

Audited

 


£

£

£

Assets

 




Non-current assets

 




Other receivables

7

556,783

773,556

556,783

Property, plant and equipment


114,400

274,591

195,470

Right of use assets


-

119,320

48,902

Non-current assets


671,183

1,167,467

801,155

 





Current assets

 




Inventories


696,452

638,021

534,959

Trade and other receivables


183,437

403,533

95,533

Cash and cash equivalents 


135,357

1,492,380

842,632

Current assets


1,015,246

2,533,934

1,473,124

TOTAL ASSETS


1,686,429

3,701,401

2,274,279

 





Equity and liabilities

 




Non-current liabilities

 




Loans and borrowings

8

500,000

93,304

-

Lease liabilities


-

64,071

-

Non-current liabilities


500,000

157,375

-

 


 

 


Current liabilities





Trade and other payables


483,191

469,864

289,995

Loans and borrowings

8

-

200,252

310,306

Lease liabilities


-

73,749

29,682

Current liabilities

 

483,191

743,865

629,983

TOTAL LIABILITIES


983,191

901,240

629,983






Share capital

9

177,417

177,417

177,417

Share premium account

9

12,205,726

12,205,726

12,205,726

Share based payment reserve


383,191

270,227

332,806

Accumulated losses 


(11,942,000)

(9,735,098)

(10,971,011)

Currency translation reserve 


(14,209)

(11,223)

6,245

Non-controlling interests

 

(106,887)

(106,887)

(106,887)

Total shareholders' equity

 

703,238

2,800,161

1,644,296

TOTAL EQUITY AND LIABILITIES

 

1,686,429

3,701,401

2,274,279

 

 



 

Condensed Statement of Changes in Equity    

As at 30 June 2023

 

 

 


Issued share capital

Share Premium

Share based payment reserve

Accumulated losses

Currency translation reserve

Non-controlling interest

Total

 

 £

 £

£

 £

 £

 £

 £

As at 1 January 2022

136,883

10,761,055

213,134

(9,098,300)

(35,172)

(106,887)

1,870,713

Loss for the period

-

-

-

(636,798)

-

-

(636,798)

Translation of subsidiary

-

-

-

-

23,949

-

23,949

Total comprehensive loss for the period

-

(636,798)

23,949

Issue of shares net of expenses

40,534

-

-

Share based payment

-

-

57,093

-

-

-

57,093

Shareholders' equity at 30 June 2022

177,417

12,205,726

270,227

(9,735,098)

(11,223)

(106,887)

2,800,162









Loss for the period

-

(1,235,913)

-

Translation of subsidiary

-

-

-

-

17,468

-

17,468

Total comprehensive profit/(loss) for the period

-

-

-

(1,235,913)

17,468

-

(1,218,445)

Share based payment

-

-

62,579

-

-

-

62,579

Shareholders' equity at 31 December 2022

177,417

12,205,726

332,806

(10,971,011)

6,245

(106,887)

1,644,296









Loss for the period

-

(970,989)

-

Translation of subsidiary

-

-

-

-

(20,454)

-

(20,454)

Total comprehensive loss for the period

-

-

-

(970,989)

(20,454)

-

(991,443)

Share based payment

-

-

50,385

-

-

-

50,385

Shareholders' equity at 30 June 2023

177,417

12,205,726

383,191

(11,942,0001)

(14,209)

(106,887)

703,238

 


 

 





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

Condensed Statement of Cash Flows

For the 6 months ended 30 June 2023

 


Note

 





H1 2023

H1 2022

FY 2022

 


Unaudited

Unaudited

Audited

Operating activities

 

£

£

£

Loss before tax from continuing operations


(970,989)

(636,798)

(1,894,612)

Adjustment for:





Depreciation


104,722

59,792

195,555

Finance costs


28,390

37,455

73,604

Financial income


(2,895)

(587)

(2,084)

Fair value changes through P&L - ICSI


-

(26,923)

125,486

Loss on disposal of assets


40,519

501

501

Share based payment expenses


50,384

57,093

119,672

Remeasurement of assets


-

-

(78,323)


 

(749,869)

(509,467)

(1,460,201)

Working capital adjustments

 

 

 


(Increase) / decrease in inventory


(161,493)

19,130

122,192

(Increase) / decrease in trade and other receivables

 

(85,130)

(9,098)

211,395

Increase / (decrease) in trade and other payables

 

153,454

(1,019)

(97,847)

Cash used in operations

 

(843,038)

(500,454)

(1,224,461)

 Taxation


-

-

145,142

Net cash outflow from operating activities

 

(843,038)

(500,454)

(1,079,319)

 

 

 

 

 

Investing activities

 

 



Sale of investment

 

-

307,731

307,731

Purchase of fixed assets

 

-

(4,290)

(19,540)

Net cash outflow from investing activities

 

-

303,441

288,191


 

 

 

 

Financing activities

 

 



Proceeds from issue of ordinary share capital, net of transaction costs

 

-

1,485,205

1,485,205

Convertible loan notes issued


500,000

-

-

Interest paid on loans


(11,885)

(11,011)

(22,210)

Finance income


2,895

587

2,084

Repayments of corporate green bonds


(328,140)

-

-

Payment of lease liabilities

 

(30,096)

(35,372)

(70,936)

Net cash inflow from financing activities

 

132,774

1,439,409

1,394,143


 




Net (decrease)/increase in cash and cash equivalents

 

(710,264)

1,242,396

603,015

Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the period


842,632

237,613

237,613

 

 

132,368

1,480,009

840,628






Exchange gains on cash and cash equivalents


2,989

12,371

2,004






Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the period

 

135,357

1,492,380

842,632






 

 






 

Notes to the Condensed Financial Statements

 

1.     General Information

 

The Interim Financial Statements are for the six months ended 30 June 2023 and are presented in British Pounds (£), which is the functional currency of the parent company.

 

Verditek plc ("Verditek" or the "Company" or the "Group") is a public limited company incorporated, registered and domiciled in England Wales (registration number 10114644), whose shares are quoted on the Alternative Investment Market on the London Stock Exchange. Its registered office is located at Holborn Gate, 330 High Holborn, London, WC1V 7QH.

 

Verditek is the holding company of a group of companies engaged in the clean technology sector.

 

The Interim Financial Statements have been approved for issue by the Board of Directors on 29 September 2023.

 

2.     Basis of Preparation of Half-year Report

 

The financial information presented in this condensed consolidated interim report for the half-year has been prepared in accordance with the recognition and measurement requirements of UK adopted International Accounting Standards ("UK IAS"). The principal accounting policies adopted in the preparation of the financial information in this Interim Report are unchanged from those used in the Company's financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2022.

 

They have been prepared in accordance with IAS 34 'Interim Financial Reporting'. They do not include all of the information required in annual financial statements in accordance with UK IAS and should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2022.

 

The financial information for the year ended 31 December 2022 presented in this Interim Report does not constitute the Company's statutory accounts for that period but has been derived from them.  The Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 December 2022 were audited and have been filed with the Registrar of Companies.  The Independent Auditors' Report on the Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 December 2022 was unqualified and did not contain statements under s498(2) or (3) of the Companies Act 2006, but did contain a material uncertainty in relation to going concern. The financial information for the periods ended 30 June 2022 and 30 June 2023 is unaudited.

 

A copy of the audited consolidated financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2022 is available on the Company's website.

 

New Standards adopted as at 1 January 2023

 

Accounting pronouncements which have become effective from 1 January 2023 are:

 

 • IFRS 17 Insurance Contracts - the Group do not have any contracts that meet the definition of insurance contracts as set out in IFRS 17

• Deferred Tax related to Assets and Liabilities arising from a Single Transaction (Amendments to IAS 12)

• Definition of Accounting Estimates (Amendments to IAS 8)

• Disclosure of Accounting Policies (Amendments to IAS 1 and Practice Statement 2)

 

These accounting pronouncements do not have a significant impact on the Group's financial results or position and no changes to existing accounting policies were required as a result of adopting any amendments

 

 

 



 

Going concern

 

The interim financial information has been prepared under the going concern basis as the Directors are satisfied that sufficient funds are or will become available to the Group to meet its on-going working capital requirements for at least the next 12 months. The Group's assessment takes account of current cash resources, expected costs and expected revenues. The Group has a pipeline of commercial opportunities and promising partnerships, and is focussed on converting these into sales in the next year. On 1 September 2023 the Company announced a raise of an additional £0.5m by way of a subscription for ordinary shares. In the event that trading does not grow as envisaged, sufficient cost reductions are not made, or if there are unforeseen costs, then it is possible that the Company may need to seek additional funding in the next 12 months. Management has successfully raised money in the past, but there is no guarantee that adequate funds will be available when needed in the future. As there can be no guarantee that any required future funding can be raised in the necessary timeframe, a material uncertainty exists that may cast significant doubt on the Company's future ability to continue as a going concern.

 

After considering the forecasts and the risks, the Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Group has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. For these reasons, they continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting.

 

Dividends

 

        The Directors do not propose an interim dividend.

 

Material changes in accounting estimates or judgments

 

The preparation of unaudited interim financial information requires management to make judgements, estimates and assumptions that affect the application of accounting policies and the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, income and expenses for the current and its corresponding financial period under review. Actual results may differ from these estimates.

 

In preparing the unaudited interim financial information, the significant judgements made by the management in applying the Group's accounting policies and the sources of estimates uncertainty were consistent with those applied to the audited financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2022.

 

3.     Segmental Information

 

The chief operating decision-maker is considered to be the Board of Directors of Verditek. The chief operating decision-maker allocates resources and assesses performance of the business and other activities at the operating segment level.

 

The chief operating decision maker has determined that in the period ended 30 June 2023, Verditek had one operating segment, the development and commercialisation of clean technologies. 

 

Revenue and segmental information

 

 

6 months ended 30 June 23

6 months ended 30 June 22

For the year ended 31 December 22

 

Unaudited

Unaudited

Audited

 

£

£

£

Sale of Goods

254,958

178,502

417,457

Total

254,958

178,502

417,457

The Group had two customers that exceeded 10% of revenue in H1 2023 (H1 2022: 2 customers exceeded 10%)

 



 

Geographical Segments

 

Apart from holding company activities in the UK, the Group had operations in Italy, in the period.  An analysis of revenue, operating loss and non-current assets by geographical market is given below:

 

 

6 months ended 30 June 23

6 months ended 30 June 22

For the year ended 31 December 22

 

Unaudited

Unaudited

Audited

 

£

£

£

Revenue




UK

-

-

18,661

Rest of Europe

254,958

178,502

398,796

 

254,958

178,502

417,457

Operating loss

 

 


UK

(646,338)

(449,376)

(1,095,726)

Rest of Europe

(299,155)

(295,105)

(819,299)

 

(945,493)

(744,481)

(1,915,025)

Non-current assets

 

 


UK

568,880

773,555

571,010

Rest of Europe

102,303

393,912

230,145

 

671,183

1,167,467

801,155

 

4.    Relocation costs

 

During the interim period the Milan factory was closed, and the operations moved to another premises in Tolmezzo, Italy. As a result costs were incurred totalling £40,081 within direct costs relating to staff and transport and £102,475 within administrative expenses relating to logistics, legal fees, loss on disposal of machinery and disposal costs. These are considered non-recurring costs.

 

5.    Other income


6 months ended 30 June 23

6 months ended 30 June 22

For the year ended 31 December 22


Unaudited

Unaudited

Audited


£

£

£

 




Unwind of discount on ICSI receivable

-

26,922

(125,486)

Grant income

-

117,629

217,419

Total other income

-

144,551

91,933

 

In prior period, grant income of £117,629 was recognised in association with an Innovate UK grant awarded in 2021, in respect of a project to design solar solutions for homes, schools and farms in Zimbabwe.

During the prior period there was also an unwind of discount on the receivable recognised upon disposal of the Group's investment Industrial Climate Solutions Inc (ICSI) in February 2022, £26,922.



 

6.     Loss Per Share 

 

The calculation of loss per share is based on the following loss and number of shares:

 

 

6 months ended 30 June 23

6 months ended 30 June 22

For the year ended 31 December 22

 

Unaudited

Unaudited

Audited


£

£

£

Loss for the period from continuing operations (£) 

(970,989)

(636,798)

(1,872,711)

Weighted average number of shares:  Basic 

443,538,306

342,764,826

393,565,703

Loss per share (£) 

(0.002)

(0.002)

(0.005)

 

Basic loss per share is calculated by dividing the loss for the period from continuing operations of the Group by the weighted average number of ordinary shares in issue during the period. Due to the loss in the periods and there are no potentially dilutive ordinary shares, meaning the basic and diluted loss per share were the same.

7.     Non-current receivables

 


6 months ended 30 June 23

6 months ended 30 June 22

For the year ended 31 December 22


Unaudited

Unaudited

Audited


£

£

£

 




Opening earn-out from ICSI investment sale

556,783

682,268

682,268

FX gain

-

64,365

29,339

Discount unwind

-

26,923

73,437

Fair Value adjustment

-

-

(228,261)

Total non-current receivables

556,783

773,556

556,783

 

On 1 February 2022 the Company completed a sale of its stake in the ICSI business. An initial payment of £307,731 was received upon completion. Further payments are expected over a 5 year earn-out period. The payments are linked to achievement of various milestones in development of carbon capture technology, but have been estimated based on management's assessment of the likelihood of success, and discounted to present values. The valuation methodology at 30 June 2023 is consistent with the fair valuation methodology used at 31 December 2022 in measurement of the ICSI investment. During the prior period there was an unwind of discount of the earn-out receivable of £26,923 and an increase in valuation of £64,332 as a result of foreign exchange movements. During the current period it has been decided to retain the existing valuation.



 

8.    Loans and Borrowings

 


6 months ended 30 June 23

6 months ended 30 June 22

For the year ended 31 December 22


Unaudited

Unaudited

Audited


£

£

£

 




Current




Convertible bonds issued to related party

-

25,000

25,000

Convertible bonds

-

175,252

285,306

Total current loans and borrowings

-

200,252

310,306

 

 

 

 

Non-current

 

 

 

Convertible loan notes

500,000

-

-

Convertible bonds issued to related party

-

-

-

Convertible bonds

-

93,304

-

Total Non-current loans and borrowings

500,000

93,304

-

 

 

 

 

Total loans and borrowing

500,000

293,556

310,306

 

During the year, on 9 May 2023, the Group raised £500,000 in secured convertible loan notes and shortly thereafter repaid the convertible green bonds. The convertible loan notes carry a coupon of 7% per annum which is payable on the redemption date or earlier if converted. The convertible loan notes are redeemable 2 years from the date of issue and are convertible at the option of the noteholder into ordinary shares at the lower of 1.0625 pence per share, or the subscription price per ordinary share of any fundraising over £250,000 in the 6 months from the issue of the loan notes. As a result of the equity raise on 1 September 2023, the conversion price for the secured convertible loan notes has been adjusted to 0.45 pence per share.

 

9.   Share capital and reserves


Number of shares

Share capital

Share premium


 

£

£

At 30 June 2022

443,538,306

177,417

12,205,726

Issue of ordinary shares June 2022

-

-

-

At 31 December 2022

443,538,306

177,417

12,205,726

Issue of ordinary shares June 2023

-

-

-

At 30 June 2023

443,538,306

177,417

12,205,726

 

There have been no new options granted or exercised in the period and options over 500,000 shares lapsed.  The number of shares outstanding on which options have been granted at 30 June 2023 is 19,500,000.

 

10. Events after the reporting date

 

On 1 September 2023 the Group raised £500,000 of funds by way of a subscription for 111,111,111 ordinary shares at 0.45 pence per share.

 

11. Copies of the interim report

 

Copies of this interim report will be made available on the Company's website at www.verditek.plc.uk and from the Company's registered office, Holborn Gate, 330 High Holborn, London, WC1V 7QH.

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