RNS Number : 0885O
Alpha Growth PLC
29 September 2023
 

 

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Alpha Growth plc

 

Unaudited interim report for period ended

 

30 June 2023

 


 

Chairman's Statement

PERIOD ENDED 30 JUNE 2023

 

I am pleased to announce our unaudited interim financial results for the period to 30 June 2023.

The key highlights during the period were as follows:

·    53% increase in revenues compared to equivalent period;

·    Net assets more than doubled compared to net assets as at June 2022;

·    Continuing progress on integrating the insurance businesses with opportunities identified to enhance profitability;

·    Bought out the minority interests in Northstar Group (Bermuda) Limited whilst further aligning the interests of Dan Gray with the Group through a share-to-share exchange; and

·    Released share-based payment reserves following the expiry of over 25 million options attributable to former directors and employees.

The relatively small drop in losses reflects the transition and integration costs associated with Alpha International Life Assurance Company that are now largely resolved. 

We expect our cash flow to improve, and we continue to believe that we will not require a placing of shares, unless it is for strategic acquisition and growth purposes. 

We continue to advance our buy and build strategy to ensure continued and substantive ongoing growth of the business. We continue to be presented with and review potential acquisitions that are both complementary and supplementary to its existing businesses which will further enhance free cash flow and move us close to executing the 2B plan. To this end, the appointment of Jason Sutherland as a full-time executive has greatly enhanced our ability to identify and undertake due diligence on potential targets.

Our strategy continues to insulate us from a lot of the volatility in capital markets although we appreciate that our share price performance continues to disappoint. The Directors firmly believe that the value creation strategy will feed through to the share price as the Company looks to continue to deliver on their stated goals.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank the shareholders for their continued support as we build Alpha Growth into a significant organisation within its sector.

Gobind Sahney

Chairman

29 September 2023

 

 

 

 

For more information, please visit www.algwplc.com or contact the following:

Alpha Growth plc

+44 (0) 20 3959 8600

Gobind Sahney, Executive Chairman

info@algwplc.com

 

Allenby Capital Limited

+44 (0) 20 3328 5656

Amrit Nahal (Sales and Corporate Broking)


Nick Athanas / Piers Shimwell (Corporate Finance)


 

UK Investor Relations - Mark Treharne

ir@algwplc.com



 

RESULTS FOR THE PERIOD

INTERIM PERIOD ENDED 30 June 2023

 

The results of the Group have been addressed above in the Chairman's statement.

Responsibility Statement

We confirm that to the best of our knowledge:

(a)           the condensed set of financial statements has been prepared in accordance with IAS 34 'Interim Financial Reporting';

(b)           the interim management report includes a fair review of the information required by DTR 4.2.7R (indication of important events during the first six months and description of principal risks and uncertainties for the remaining six months of the year; and

(c)           the interim management report includes a fair review of the information required by DTR 4.2.8R (disclosure of related parties' transactions and changes therein).

 

CAUTIONARY STATEMENT

This Interim Management Report (IMR) has been prepared solely to provide additional information to shareholders to assess the Company's strategies and the potential for those strategies to succeed. The IMR should not be relied on by any other party or for any other purpose.

Going Concern

The Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Group has adequate resources to continue in operation or existence for the foreseeable future thus we continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing these interim financial statements. As detailed in the Chairman's statement the on-going expected timing of transactions that the Company plans to be involved in and generate fees from, continue as planned and therefore should benefit the Group in the longer term.   

PRINCIPAL RISKS AND UNCERTAINTIES

The principal risks and uncertainties affecting the business activities of the Group remain those detailed in the Prospectus dated 15 December 2021, a copy of which is available on the Company website at www.algwplc.com. The Board considers that these remain a current reflection of the risks and uncertainties facing the business for the remaining four months of the financial year.

 

Gobind Sahney

Director

29 September 2023



 

Alpha Growth plc

 

CONSOLIDATED Statement of comprehensive income

INTERIM period ENDED 30 june 2023

 



(Unaudited)

(Unaudited)

(Audited)



Six months

Six months

12 months



Ended

Ended

Ended



30.6.2023

30.6.2022

31.12.2022


Notes

 £

£

£

Continuing operations


 



Revenue from Owned Insurance Companies


2,222,909

1,463,768

3,424,875

Revenue from Contracts with Clients


275,801

169,677

346,787



 



Total revenue

 

2,498,710

1,633,445

3,771,662






Net movement on DAC/AVIF


(29,620)

33,447

(16,729)

Interest expense and investment costs


(4,673)

(7,189)

(27,838)

Bargain purchase


-

-

4,106,000

Expenses in managing owned insurance companies


(1,240,409)

(1,285,367)

(2,336,898)

Operating expenses


(1,547,596)

(828,971)

(2,403,021)



 



Profit/(loss) before taxation

 

(323,588)

(454,635)

3,093,176

Taxation


31,156

-

85,402








 



Profit/(loss) for the period

 

(292,432)

(454,635)

3,178,578






Other comprehensive income


 



Items that may be reclassified subsequently to profit or loss:





Exchange differences on foreign operations


(76,650)

-

192,270








 



Total comprehensive income

 

(369,082)

(454,635)

3,370,848






Attributable to:





Owners of the Company


(358,502)

(454,635)

3,178,359

Non-controlling Interests


(10,580)

-

192,489



(369,082)

(454,635)

3,370,848






Earnings / (loss) per share from continuing

 




operations attributable to the equity owners

 









Basic earnings / (loss) per share (pence)

3

(0.1p)

(0.1p)

0.7p






Fully diluted earnings / (loss) per share (pence)

3

(0.1p)

(0.1p)

0.4p



 

 


 

 

 

 



 

Alpha Growth plc

 

CONSOLIDATED Statement of Financial Position

AS AT 30 june 2023

 



(Unaudited)

(Unaudited)

(Audited)



As at

As at

As at



30.6.2023

30.6.2022

31.12.2022


Note

£

£

£






Assets

 




Intangible fixed asset


960,285

845,694

939,955

Right of use assets


173,096

258,574

183,672

Annuity contracts


7,091,321

-

7,063,374

Total assets in insurance business


435,310,844

214,843,900

454,303,995

Trade and other receivables


722,173

347,705

453,266

Cash and cash equivalents


113,281

44,479

218,530






Total assets


444,371,000

216,340,352

463,162,792



 








Equity and liabilities

 




Equity attributable to shareholders

 




Share capital

4

467,775

431,887

431,887

Share premium

4

6,248,962

5,388,152

5,388,152

Option reserve


669,948

480,674

815,474

Share based payment reserve


-

113,390

113,390

Foreign exchange reserve


124,857

201,473

182,748

Retained deficit


(787,166)

(3,902,468)

(505,314)

Total equity attributable to shareholders


6,724,376

2,713,108

6,426,337

Non-controlling interests


-

84,517

282,098






Total equity


2,797,625

6,708,435






Liabilities

 




Lease liabilities

 

202,513

271,239

238,483

Total liabilities in insurance business


429,900,054

213,091,992

447,956,125

Structured settlements


7,091,242

 

7,063,374

Trade and other payables


451,269

179,496

1,196,375

Income tax payable


1,546

-

-






Total liabilities


213,542,727

456,454,357






Total equity and liabilities


444,371,000

216,340,352

463,162,792



 



 

 

Company number: 09734404


Alpha Growth plc

 

CONSOLIDATED Statement of Changes in Equity

INTERIM period ENDED 30 june 2023

 


Share

 

Share

 

Option

 

Share-based

 

Foreign

 

Retained

 

Total

 

Non-

 

Total

 

Capital

 

 Premium

 

Reserve

 

Payment

 

Exchange

 

Deficit

 

Attributable to

 

Controlling

 









Reserve

 

Reserve

 



Shareholders

 

Interests

 



£


£


£


£


£


£


£


£


£

AS AT 31 DECEMBER 2021

431,887

 

5,404,313

 

480,674

 

113,390

 

-

 

(3,500,925)

 

2,929,339

 

89,609

 

3,018,948

 


















Loss for the period











(449,543)


(449,543)


(5,092)


(454,635)

Foreign exchange gain on conversion of subsidiary

-


-


-


-


201,473


-


201,473


-


201,473

Total comprehensive income for the period

-


-


-


-


201,473


(449,543)


(248,070)


(5,092)


(253,162)

Share issue costs

-


(16,161)


-


-


-


-


(16,161)


-


(16,161)



















AS AT 30 JUNE 2022

431,887

 

5,388,152

 

480,674

 

113,390

 

201,473

 

(3,950,468)

 

2,665,108

 

84,517

 

2,749,625

 













-




-

Profit for the period

-


-


-


-


-


3,445,154


3,445,154


188,059


3,633,213

Foreign exchange loss on conversion of subsidiary

-


-


-


-


(18,725)


-


(18,725)


9,522


(9,203)

Total comprehensive income for the period

-


-


-


-


(18,725)


3,445,154


3,426,429


197,581


3,624,010

Employee share options issued

-


-


334,800


-


-


-


334,800


-


334,800



















AS AT 31 DECEMBER 2022

431,887

 

5,388,152

 

815,474

 

113,390

 

182,748

 

(505,314)

 

6,426,337

 

282,098

 

6,708,435

 


















Loss for the period

-


-


-


-


-


(281,852)


(281,852)


(10,580)


(292,432)

Foreign exchange loss on conversion of subsidiary

-


-


-


-


(57,891)


-


(57,891)


(18,759)


(76,650)

Total comprehensive income for the period

-


-


-


-


(57,891)


(281,852)


(339,743)


(29,339)


(369,082)

Shares issued

35,888


860,810


-


-


-


-


896,698


-


896,698

Employee share options expired

-


-


(145,526)


-


-


-


(145,526)


-


(145,526)

Exercise of warrrants

-


-


-


(113,390)


-


-


(113,390)


-


(113,390)

Acquisition of non-controlling interests

-


-


-


-


-


-


-


(252,759)


(252,759)



















AS AT 30 JUNE 2023

467,775

 

6,248,962

 

669,948

 

-

 

124,857

 

(787,166)

 

6,724,376

 

-

 

6,724,376

 

 


 

Alpha Growth plc

 

CONSOLIDATED Statement of Cash Flows

INTERIM PERIOD ENDED 30 june 2023

 


(Unaudited)

(Unaudited)

(Audited)


6 months

6 months

12 months


Ended

 Ended

Ended


30.6.2023

30.6.2022

31.12.2022


£

£

£


 



OPERATING ACTIVITIES

 



Loss for the period before interest and taxation

(318,915)

(447,446)

3,121,014

Adjusted for:




Services settled by way of payment in shares/options

(258,916)

-

334,800

Amortisation of intangible assets and right of use assets

39,150

22,670

116,699

Goodwill on the acquisition of non-controlling interests

(48,004)

-

-

Income tax paid

(2,208)

-

-





Operating cash outflows before movements in working capital:

(588,894)

(424,776)

3,572,513





(Increase)/decrease in trade and other receivables

(268,907)

(74,141)

(179,702)

Increase in non-tax net assets in insurance company

905,495

251,316

(4,460,717)

Increase/(decrease) in trade and other payables

(435,760)

117,777

726,657






 



Net cash used in operating activities

(388,066)

(129,824)

(341,249)


 



INVESTING ACTIVITIES

 



Acquisition of intangible asset

-

-

(113,387)

Acquisition of subsidiary (net of cash acquired)

-

-

193,493

Acquisition of non-controlling interest

(282,098)

-

-






 



Net cash inflow/(outflow) from investing activities

(282,098)

-

80,106





FINANCING ACTIVITIES

 



Repayment of leasing liabilities

(31,783)

2,130

(30,626)

Interest on leasing liabilities and loans

-

(7,189)

(19,063)

Loan finance

(300,000)

-

350,000

Net proceeds from issuance of shares net of issue costs

896,698

(16,161)

(16,161)






 



Net cash (outflow)/inflow from financing activities

564,915

(21,220)

284,150





Net (decrease)/increase in cash and cash equivalents

(105,249)

(151,044)

23,007

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period

218,530

195,523

195,523






 



Cash and cash equivalents at end of period

113,281

44,479

218,530

 



 

Alpha Growth plc

 

Notes to the Financial Statements

interim results to 30 june 2023

 

1.   Organisation and Trading Activities

The company is incorporated and domiciled in England and Wales as a public limited company and operates from its registered office 35 Berkeley Square, Mayfair London, United Kingdom W1J 5BF

The principal activity of the Group is the provision of advice and consultancy services to institutional investors and existing and prospective holders of Senior Life Settlements through the management of its funds and the ownership of life insurance companies.

 

2.   Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

The principal accounting policies adopted and applied in the preparation of these interim Group Financial statements are set out below.

These have been consistently applied to all the periods presented unless otherwise stated:

Basis of accounting

These interim financial statements of Alpha Growth plc (the "Group") have been prepared in accordance with UK adopted international accounting standards ("UK-adopted IAS") applied in accordance with the provisions of the Companies Act 2006.

The interim financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention on the basis of the accounting policies as set out in the Group's audited annual financial statements and are presented in GBP £ the presentational and functional currency of the Group. The Group has applied IAS 34 in the preparation of these interim financial statements.

This announcement was approved and authorised by the Board of directors on 28 September 2023. Copies of this interim report will be made available on the Company's website at www.algwplc.com.

These condensed interim financial statements for the six months ended 30 June 2023 are unaudited and do not constitute fully prepared statutory accounts. The comparative figures for the 12 month period ended 31 December 2022 are extracted from the 2022 audited financial statements. The independent auditor's report on the 2022 financial statements was not qualified.

Going concern

Any consideration of the foreseeable future involves making a judgement, at a particular point in time, about future events which are inherently uncertain.

The Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Group has sufficient cash and liquid reserves in order to meet any future obligations and thus to continue operating for the foreseeable future. For this reason, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the Financial Statements.



 

3.   EARNINGS per Share

The basic earnings per share is based on the loss for the period divided by the weighted average number of shares in issue during the year. The weighted average number of ordinary shares for the Company the period ended 30 June 2023 assumes that all shares have been included in the computation based on the weighted average number of days since issue. Since the Group has made a loss in the current and each of the prior periods, the warrants in issue are not dilutive. 


30.6.2023

30.6.2022

31.12.2022


£

£

£





Profit/(loss) for the period from continuing operations:

(292,432)

(454,635)

3,178,578





Weighted average number of ordinary shares in issue for basic earnings

447,084,823

431,887,388

431,887,388

Fully diluted average number of shares in issue

447,084,823

431,887,388

777,100,388





Basic earnings / (loss) per share

(0.1p)

(0.1p)

0.7p

Fully diluted earnings / (loss) per share

(0.1p)

(0.1p)

0.4p

 

4.   Share capital AND SHARE PREMIUM


Ordinary shares of £0.001 each

 Share capital

Share premium

 

Number

£

£

 




At 1 January 2022

431,887,388

431,887

5,404,313

 




Costs related to listing of shares issued 15 March 2021

-

-

(16,161)





At 31 December 2022

431,887,388

431,887

5,388,152


 



Warrant exercise

18,750,000

18,750

469,640

Share issue

17,137,680

17,138

421,780

Costs of issue

-

-

(30,610)





At 30 June 2023

467,775,068

467,775

6,248,962

 

 

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