
Results for the year ended
Overview
· Revenue of
· Adjusted gross margin1 declined by 8.1pp to 44.9% (2024: 53.0%). Statutory gross margin down 14.1pp.
· Adjusted EBITDA loss1 was
· Cash balance as at
·
· Strategic Review launched on
· Change in Board with former CEO,
Continuing operations |
2025 £m |
2024 £m |
Statutory measures: |
|
|
Revenue |
4.2 |
7.8 |
Gross profit |
1.3 |
3.5 |
Gross margin |
31.0% |
45.1% |
Operating loss |
(4.7) |
(3.0) |
Loss before tax |
(4.7) |
(2.9) |
Loss per share (pence) |
(2.81) |
(1.86) |
Alternative measures1: |
|
|
Adjusted gross profit |
1.9 |
4.1 |
Adjusted gross margin |
44.9% |
53.0% |
Adjusted EBITDA loss |
(3.8) |
(2.5) |
Adjusted loss before tax |
(4.4) |
(3.0) |
Adjusted loss per share (pence) |
(2.61) |
(1.90) |
1Alternative performance measures ('APMs') are used consistently throughout this announcement and are referred to as 'adjusted'. These are defined in full and reconciled to the reported statutory measures in the Appendix.
2Smaller individual orders with values of less than
Commenting,
"The significant reduction in revenue in the past financial year was a great disappointment. Although the sales pipeline contained numerous larger opportunities these were not brought to a successful conclusion in the period, a situation that we have addressed by making significant changes to our sales organisation and approach.
"FY26 has started well and revenue at this point is well ahead of last year. Sales activity is also high although conversion of sales leads to revenue has slowed over the summer months. The increased focus on border security globally is being reflected in our pipeline, including renewed dialogue with
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Chairman's statement
The past year proved to be a difficult one for
The weak performance inevitably put pressure on our cash resources and, as an interim measure, we undertook a small fundraise in November followed by a Strategic Review in January, which involved a thorough consideration of all options available to us, ranging from a sale of the entire business to raising new capital from Shareholders. This concluded in
Our Retail Distribution market, which tends to be characterised by smaller Core orders, proved to be the most resilient with all regions growing strongly, and this momentum has continued into FY26.
Towards the end of the year, we launched our 81 Series product, which is a further significant step forwards in terms of performance, usability for the operator and aesthetic appearance. Feedback has been universally positive, and we are confident that our new product will lead to increased sales. Also, related to our product offering, it has been apparent for some time that certain of our markets are sensitive to pricing and that a more attractively priced option for our units would be well received. To this end, we have a major project underway in the current year to reduce the build cost of the 81 Series, which will enable us to offer more competitive pricing in the future on our entry level model.
Our previous Chief Executive,
Our staff have been unflinchingly supportive during a very unsettling period. I am immensely grateful to them for continuing to carry out their roles to the highest standards while our public position was challenging. Their faith in
Outlook
FY26 started well and revenue at this point is ahead of last year. Sales activity is also high although conversion of sales leads to revenue has slowed over the summer months. The increased focus on border security globally is being reflected in our pipeline, including renewed dialogue with
Chairman
Chief Executive's review
Strategic update
Strategic Review
As announced on
- a full sale of the Group;
- the sale of one or both of the Company's trading subsidiaries;
- the sale of all trading operations and assets;
- a potential merger or combination with similar businesses; and
- continuing as a standalone entity with financial backing from existing and/or new Shareholders.
Each option was carefully analysed in the context of market conditions, operational performance, and stakeholder interests. Based upon a number of factors, the Board concluded that the standalone option was the best one available to the Group, and undertook a capital raise to provide the Group with the funding required to enable it to proceed on an independent basis. The Group exited the Strategic Review and subsequently completed a placing of
Overview
It was a challenging year with a lack of expected Material orders that were anticipated to land in the second half of the year.
Overall, revenue was
Despite the challenging year, there was positive news with strong growth in Retail Distribution, where sales were up by 52%, which continued to strengthen our market‑leading international position as a developer, manufacturer and supplier of unique walk-through security technology. Sales during the year from repeat customers within Retail Distribution amounted to 58%. Conversely, there was poor performance from the remaining markets with several Material opportunities not converting during the year. These remain as opportunities for the current financial year. Customs revenue was down from
The order pipeline is now being forecast and managed with two lenses. Firstly, smaller individual orders with values of less than
Strategy for profitable revenue growth
There are three key areas we are focused on to drive profitable revenue growth: Market, Technology, and Product pricing and cost.
- Market
Our strategy continues to be focused on four markets. These markets are Retail Distribution, Customs, Entrance and Aviation, where we will focus our marketing, sales and lead generation efforts.
Within Retail Distribution in the
While we have derived significant revenue over the past seven years (54%) from Customs, being highly referenceable, we are not well known outside of the 11 Customs agencies in which we are already present. Our focus in this market is on detection of drugs and cash.
We see prisons as a new market opportunity for us within the Entrance market. Our unique capability in prisons is the mobility of the equipment for 'pop-up' screening, which is highly effective in a prison environment.
Within the Entrance market we continue to mainly deploy across government buildings and for events. Within Aviation we are currently focused on the policy changes driving interest in Aviation Worker Screening in the
The Thruvision brand and technology is not well known enough in the international security market. We will continue to target increased brand awareness and recognition, and drive improved lead generation.
We will further nurture and support our Value-Added Reseller ('VAR') network and now have relationships with 11, covering much of
- Technology
Our product roadmap is designed to maintain our significant performance advantage over different competitors through our continued investment in improving our patented, AI-enhanced Terahertz ('THz') imaging technology. We made very good progress in the year with a major new release, the 81 Series, featuring a significant step change in look and feel, and continuing to enhance our AI-based software functionality. Feedback from customers to date on the new-look equipment has been very positive. This work also lays the foundations for further similarly important new software and AI-based capability in the next 12 to 18 months. The 81 Series has been launched with a new entry-level 4-channel option, which is competitively priced.
- Product pricing and cost
We are currently undertaking a significant project over the next 12 months called Box Clever, which commenced in
The pricing of the 81 Series includes lower priced entry level 4-channel equipment as well as a more competitively priced 8-channel product. Our highest specification 16-channel unit continues to be robustly priced for the customer who wants the highest performance outcome.
Looking forward, our objective is to profitably increase our sales in a number of growing and established market sectors, as well as reduce the cost of production, thereby to scale the business to reach sustained profitability. We face very little direct competition at present in our areas of focus, as a result of our key differentiators of mobility, being passive, compact and the ability to screen at distance. The closest competition is from active, short-wave and immobile archways.
Business review
Markets
We see growth opportunities across all of our market sectors.
Retail Distribution
Revenue grew by 52% to
All of our key Retail Distribution regions showed good growth with revenue in the
During the year, customers purchased our equipment to prevent and deter a broad range of item theft, ranging from luxury apparel to electronics. In addition, we have been able to support additional RoI through the design of more effective screening processes leading to guarding savings, as well as screening employees inbound to facilities to prevent weapons and drugs entering.
Our model in this market is characterised by a larger number of smaller orders as customers typically buy on a site-by-site basis. Evidence shows that once a new customer buys
Looking forward, we expect to continue to grow our established customer base through a focus on existing Key Global Accounts, which are characterised by being global logistics companies, across the
Customs
Revenue declined by
Well-publicised US Federal budget issues in FY24 led, in-part, to our largest customer,
Aviation
In Aviation, we focus on the US market given our long-standing relationship with the
Security screening in the aviation industry is a regulated activity and, to date,
In order to further strengthen our market position, during 2024 we completed operational testing and evaluation of our WalkTHRU solution at
This testing demonstrates that
Entrance Security
In 2025, the Group saw sales in this market of
In all cases,
Product R&D and Intellectual Property ('IP')
Our technology allows security guards to see items hidden in clothing, which means that intrusive physical searches, or 'pat‑downs', are no longer necessary. Based on our patented THz sensor and image processing software, our systems can detect, quickly and reliably, all types of material (non-metallic as well as metallic).
Our product strategy aims continuously to improve throughput rates, detection performance and ease of use, and expanding our WalkTHRU capability.
Our R&D and product roadmap, therefore, has three objectives. We have made good progress in the last year against each of these:
- focus on utilising latest developments in AI to deliver additional new functionality and to add this as optional software licences to help improve product profitability;
- provide clear value-add upgrade paths for existing customers to take advantage of latest developments; and
- improve the physical design of our product range to improve in-field useability and aesthetics.
In
The Group currently holds patents in five families, and our patent strategy is designed to cover the IP value, which is based on our modular, satellite-grade engineering THz sensor platform, the unique combination of this sensor with purpose-designed optics and scanning mirror, and our purpose-developed image processing software. We manage our patent portfolio to secure our competitive position across our key markets.
Manufacturing and support
The launch of the 81 Series product has resulted in significant benefits from a manufacturing perspective around productivity and serviceability. The speed of build has been improved by approximately 20%, which results in an improvement in capacity and a potential reduction to lead times. In addition, the modularity designed into the 81 Series allows us to increase the level of in-field support without requiring a unit to be shipped back to the production site. This has the benefit that it improves our response time for a repair, better utilisation of the support team, reduces down-time for the customer as well as reducing the investment required in hot-swap units. We anticipate in the next 18 months to be able to carry out all repairs/replacements in the field.
We expect to see reductions in build cost realised in FY27 because of the Box Clever cost reduction project underway during FY26. Further savings may be made in the future through improvements in product design and economies of scale, as well as exploring the potential to outsource as revenues grow. In the year, we did not experience any component supply shortages compared to previous years or significant raw materials inflation.
There has been a deliberate shift towards online live demonstrations and paid proofs of concept away from in-field unpaid live demonstrations. This has resulted in a more effective use of support team time, an increased capability to deliver demonstrations quicker and a reduced requirement for a larger fleet of demonstration equipment. On several occasions, the paid proof of concept has resulted in the customer purchasing and keeping the same demonstration equipment, resulting in a rapid sale process.
People
Average full-time equivalent headcount reduced to 39 from 43 staff in the previous year. This reduction reflects a net reduction of two within the sales team, together with the departure of the previous Chief Executive and a net reduction of one in engineering. Significant changes to sales management occurred at the start of FY26.
Financial review
Highlights
Revenue for the year to
Adjusted gross margin reduced by 8.1pp to 44.9% (2024: 53.0%) mainly due to product and pricing mix. Statutory gross margin was down 14.1pp to 31.0% (2024: 45.1%) reflecting lower absorption of production overheads as volumes decreased. The operating loss in the period was
Cash as at
Revenue
Revenue is split between our two principal activities below.
|
2025 |
2024 |
|
£'000 |
£'000 |
|
|
|
Product |
3,622 |
7,394 |
Support and Development |
541 |
420 |
|
4,163 |
7,814 |
The principal growth driver for the business is product sales. Support revenue includes extended warranty and other post-sale support revenue, as well as customer-funded development contracts. We expect warranty and other support revenue to grow in the future, with customer-funded development contracts not a key driver for future growth.
Revenue is split by market sector and geographical region below.
|
|
2025 |
|
Revenue by market sector |
|
£'000 |
£'000 |
|
|
|
|
Retail Distribution |
|
2,919 |
1,924 |
Customs |
|
339 |
3,148 |
Aviation |
|
100 |
23 |
Entrance Security |
|
805 |
2,719 |
|
|
4,163 |
7,814 |
|
|
2025 |
|
Revenue by geographical region |
|
£'000 |
£'000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,460 |
2,436 |
|
|
1,228 |
1,998 |
|
|
12 |
845 |
|
|
463 |
2,535 |
|
|
4,163 |
7,814 |
Gross profit
Adjusted gross profit, defined as gross profit excluding production overheads, is used to enable a like-for-like comparison of the contribution from sales after variable costs only. Adjusted gross margin is used as a key performance indicator ('KPI') to understand the impact of input cost pressures, product mix and sales price changes. Production overheads are excluded since the significant movements in revenue volumes impact labour and overhead absorption rates in each year. Production overheads are monitored on an absolute basis. As a result, adjusted gross profit is the APM used to represent this metric, see Appendix for calculation and further information.
Adjusted gross margin reduced in the second half of the year reflecting discounting of previous product lines and adverse market mix. This contributed to the 8.1pp decrease in adjusted gross margin for the full year, with statutory gross margin down by 14.1pp including a 6.0pp negative impact from manufacturing as there was lower production throughput together with pay cost inflation, offset by reduced manufacturing overheads.
Adjusted gross profit and statutory gross profit are shown below.
|
|
2025 |
|
|
|
£'000 |
£'000
|
|
|
|
|
Revenue |
|
4,163 |
7,814 |
Adjusted gross profit |
|
1,871 |
4,141 |
Adjusted gross margin |
|
44.9% |
53.0% |
Statutory gross profit |
|
1,289 |
3,522 |
Statutory gross margin |
|
31.0% |
45.1% |
Administrative expenses
Administrative expenses are analysed as follows:
|
|
2025 |
2024 |
|
|
£'000 |
£'000 |
Sales, marketing and support |
|
1,854 |
2,454 |
Engineering (including R&D) |
|
1,101 |
1,067 |
Management |
|
898 |
949 |
Plc costs |
|
772 |
884 |
Property and administration |
|
494 |
580 |
Bonus |
|
- |
89 |
Foreign exchange losses |
|
42 |
80 |
Overheads |
|
5,161 |
6,103 |
Depreciation and amortisation |
|
524 |
465 |
Share-based payments charge/(credit) |
|
140 |
(50) |
Exceptional items |
|
180 |
- |
Administrative expenses |
|
6,005 |
6,518 |
Administrative expenses decreased by 8% (
Sales, marketing and support expenditure was lower by
Exceptional items included one-off costs incurred relating to the Strategic Review such as legal and advisory costs incurred as well as Executive Chairman costs relating to that exercise.
Loss after tax and loss per share
Statutory loss after tax increased by
The loss per share and adjusted loss per share were
Cash flow
Cash and cash equivalents decreased during the year by
The principal movements in net working capital were as follows.
- An increase in inventories resulting in a
- Trade and other receivables resulted in a
- An increase in trade and other payables resulted in an inflow of
Capital expenditure during the year of
Financing, treasury and going concern
Cash and cash equivalents as at
In order to manage fluctuations in working capital, the Group agreed a continuation of the previous
On
The Group has prepared and reviewed cash flow forecasts for the period to, and including,
These forecasts are reliant upon the conversion of the sales pipeline in volume and value in the next 12 months significantly ahead of that achieved in the previous financial year. While the Board has confidence that this is achievable based upon the current breadth and depth of the pipeline, the nature of our sales cycle is that orders may take longer than expected to materialise, given geo-political, political and economic uncertainties across several of our geographies and markets globally. In this downside scenario, the business would potentially require funding in excess of currently available facilities over the forthcoming 12-month period and, therefore, there is the existence of a material uncertainty that may cast significant doubt on the Company's ability to continue as a going concern.
The Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Group has adequate resources to continue operating for a period of at least 12 months from the approval of these financial statements, despite the uncertainty described above. For this reason, they have adopted the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.
Currency
The Group has both translational and transactional currency exposures. Translational exposures arise on the consolidation of the US overseas subsidiary results into GBP. The largest translational exposures during the year were to the US Dollar. Translational exposures are not hedged.
Transactional exposures arise where the currency of sale or purchase invoices differs from the functional currency in which each company prepares its local financial statements. The transactional exposures include situations where foreign currency-denominated trade receivables, trade payables and cash balances are held. Transactional foreign exchange losses of
The table below shows the average and closing key exchange rates for the US Dollar compared to GBP.
|
2025 |
2024 |
Average exchange rate for the year |
1.276 |
1.257 |
Exchange rate at the year-end |
1.295 |
1.262 |
Other
A programme of share purchases by the
Dividends
The Board is not proposing to pay a dividend (2024: none).
Events after the balance sheet date
In order to manage fluctuations in working capital, the Group agreed a continuation of the overdraft facility with HSBC at
On
Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer
Consolidated income statement
for the year ended
|
|
Notes |
Year ended |
Year ended |
|
|
|
|
|
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Revenue |
2 |
4,163 |
7,814 |
||
Cost of sales |
|
(2,874) |
(4,292) |
||
Gross profit |
|
1,289 |
3,522 |
||
Administrative expenses |
|
(6,005) |
(6,518) |
||
Operating loss |
3 |
(4,716) |
(2,996) |
||
Finance income |
|
79 |
109 |
||
Financing costs |
|
(60) |
(62) |
||
Loss before tax |
|
(4,697) |
(2,949) |
||
Taxation credit |
|
93 |
103 |
||
Loss for the year |
|
(4,604) |
(2,846) |
||
|
|
|
|
||
Loss per share |
|
|
|
||
Loss per share - basic and diluted |
4 |
(2.81p) |
(1.86p) |
||
|
|
||||
|
All operations are on a continuing basis.
Consolidated statement of comprehensive income
for the year ended
|
Year ended £'000 |
Year ended £'000 |
|
|
|
Loss for the year attributable to owners of the parent |
(4,604) |
(2,846) |
|
|
|
Other comprehensive loss - items that may be subsequently reclassified to profit or loss: |
|
|
Exchange differences on retranslation of foreign operations |
18 |
(16) |
Total other comprehensive gains and losses |
18 |
(16) |
Total comprehensive loss attributable to owners of the parent |
(4,586) |
(2,862) |
Consolidated statement of financial position
at
|
£'000 |
£'000 |
Non-current assets |
|
|
Property, plant and equipment |
1,190 |
1,375 |
Intangible assets |
145 |
124 |
|
1,335 |
1,499 |
Current assets |
|
|
Inventories |
5,177 |
3,655 |
Trade and other receivables |
1,486 |
2,229 |
Current tax recoverable |
84 |
99 |
Cash and cash equivalents |
374 |
4,119 |
|
7,121 |
10,102 |
Total assets |
8,456 |
11,601 |
|
|
|
Current liabilities |
|
|
Trade and other payables |
(2,023) |
(1,926) |
Lease liabilities |
(215) |
(151) |
Provisions |
(20) |
(52) |
|
(2,258) |
(2,129) |
Net current assets |
4,863 |
7,973 |
|
|
|
Non-current liabilities |
|
|
Trade and other payables |
(203) |
(109) |
Lease liabilities |
(329) |
(492) |
Provisions |
(110) |
(110) |
|
(642) |
(711) |
|
|
|
Total liabilities |
(2,900) |
(2,840) |
Net assets |
5,556 |
8,761 |
|
|
|
Equity |
|
|
Share capital |
1,736 |
1,611 |
Share premium |
4,497 |
3,282 |
Capital redemption reserve |
163 |
163 |
Translation reserve |
13 |
(5) |
Retained earnings |
(853) |
3,710 |
Total equity attributable to owners of the Company |
5,556 |
8,761 |
Consolidated statement of changes in equity
for the year ended 31 March 2025
|
Share |
Share |
Capital redemption reserve |
Translation reserve |
Retained |
Total |
At 1 April 2023 |
1,472 |
325 |
163 |
11 |
6,845 |
8,816 |
Shares issued |
139 |
2,957 |
- |
- |
- |
3,096 |
Share-based payment credit |
- |
- |
- |
- |
(50) |
(50) |
Purchase of own shares |
- |
- |
- |
- |
(239) |
(239) |
Transactions with Shareholders |
139 |
2,957 |
- |
- |
(289) |
2,807 |
Loss for the year |
- |
- |
- |
- |
(2,846) |
(2,846) |
Other comprehensive loss |
- |
- |
- |
(16) |
- |
(16) |
Total comprehensive loss |
- |
- |
- |
(16) |
(2,846) |
(2,862) |
At 31 March 2024 |
1,611 |
3,282 |
163 |
(5) |
3,710 |
8,761 |
Shares issued |
125 |
1,215 |
- |
- |
- |
1,340 |
Share-based payment charge |
- |
- |
- |
- |
140 |
140 |
Purchase of own shares |
- |
- |
- |
- |
(99) |
(99) |
Transactions with Shareholders |
125 |
1,215 |
- |
- |
41 |
1,381 |
Loss for the year |
- |
- |
- |
- |
(4,604) |
(4,604) |
Other comprehensive loss |
- |
- |
- |
18 |
- |
18 |
Total comprehensive loss |
- |
- |
- |
18 |
(4,604) |
(4,586) |
At 31 March 2025 |
1,736 |
4,497 |
163 |
13 |
(853) |
5,556 |
Consolidated statement of cash flows
for the year ended 31 March 2025
|
|
Year ended 31 March 2025 £'000 |
Year ended 31 March 2024 £'000 |
Operating activities |
|
|
|
Loss after tax |
|
(4,604) |
(2,846) |
Adjustments for: |
|
|
|
Taxation credit |
|
(93) |
(103) |
Finance income |
|
(79) |
(109) |
Finance costs |
|
60 |
62 |
Depreciation of property, plant and equipment |
|
550 |
500 |
Amortisation of intangible assets |
|
31 |
26 |
Share-based payment charge/(credit) |
|
140 |
(50) |
Operating cash outflow before changes in working capital and provisions |
|
(3,995) |
(2,520) |
Decrease in trade and other receivables |
|
724 |
2,132 |
Increase in inventories |
|
(1,355) |
(16) |
Increase/(decrease) in trade and other payables |
|
194 |
(745) |
Decrease in provisions |
|
(32) |
(55) |
Cash utilised in operations |
|
(4,464) |
(1,204) |
Net income taxes received |
|
108 |
378 |
Net cash outflow from operating activities |
|
(4,356) |
(826) |
|
|
|
|
Investing activities |
|
|
|
Purchase of property, plant and equipment |
|
(496) |
(581) |
Purchase of intangible assets |
|
(52) |
(41) |
Interest received |
|
98 |
90 |
Net cash outflow from investing activities |
|
(450) |
(532) |
|
|
|
|
Financing activities |
|
|
|
Proceeds from issue of shares |
|
1,375 |
3,243 |
Share issue costs |
|
(35) |
(147) |
Purchase of own shares |
|
(99) |
(239) |
Payments on principal portion of lease liabilities |
|
(126) |
(143) |
Financing charge |
|
(12) |
(12) |
Interest paid on lease liabilities |
|
(48) |
(50) |
Net cash inflow from financing activities |
|
1,055 |
2,652 |
|
|
|
|
Net (decrease)/increase in cash and cash equivalents |
|
(3,751) |
1,294 |
Cash and cash equivalents at 1 April |
|
4,119 |
2,810 |
Effect of foreign exchange rate changes |
|
6 |
15 |
Cash and cash equivalents at 31 March |
|
374 |
4,119 |
Notes to the financial information
1. Accounting policies
1.1 Basis of preparation
The financial information of the Group set out above does not constitute statutory accounts for the purposes of Section 435 of the Companies Act 2006. The financial information for the year ended 31 March 2025 has been extracted from the Group's audited financial statements which were approved by the Board of Directors on 18 September 2025.
The financial statements of
These financial statements are presented in Pounds Sterling ('GBP') and are rounded to the nearest thousand (£'000), except where otherwise stated.
The financial statements were authorised for issue by the Board of Directors on 18 September 2025 and the statement of financial position was signed on the Board's behalf by
The Company is a public limited company incorporated and domiciled in
The consolidated financial statements have been prepared on a historical cost basis.
1.2 Accounting policies
The key accounting policies which apply in preparing the financial statements for the year are set out below. These policies have been consistently applied to all periods presented in these consolidated financial statements.
The USD/GBP exchange rates used in the consolidated financial statements is as follows:
|
2025 |
2024 |
Average exchange rate for the year |
1.276 |
1.257 |
Exchange rate at the year end |
1.295 |
1.262 |
1.3 Basis of measurement
Going concern
The Group's loss before tax from continuing operations for the year was £4.7 million (2024: £2.9 million). As at 31 March 2025, the Group had net current assets of £4.9 million (31 March 2024: £8.0 million), of which cash and cash equivalents of £0.4 million (31 March 2024: £4.1 million).
The Board has taken the cash flow forecast for the period to 30 September 2026, reviewed the key assumptions underpinning the projection, and considered a range of downside scenarios to assess whether the business has adequate financial resources to continue operational existence and to meet liabilities as they fall due for a period of not less than 12 months from the approval of the financial statements.
In completing the above analysis the Board has reviewed the following:
· The current pipeline of potential sales opportunities, differentiating between existing customers and new customers, smaller sales and large, multi-unit sales. Potential scenarios included a general downgrading of smaller units sales volumes and the removal of larger sales for which confidence of securing an order was not already high based on customer interaction to date.
· Market, political and recessionary economic trends that may adversely impact the prospects of revenue realisation from a broad range of customers in all geographical areas of operation.
· The potential for supply chain issues to result in higher purchasing costs and reduced margins, or an inability to fulfil all orders received due to raw materials shortages.
· The availability of manufacturing facilities and the impact of unforeseen outages.
· An expectation of retaining a similar level of overheads cost base compared to the prior year.
· General inflationary pressures that may have similar impacts on revenues and costs to those described above.
These forecasts are reliant upon the conversion of the sales pipeline in volume and value in the next 12 months significantly ahead of that achieved in the previous financial year. Whilst the Board has confidence that this is achievable based upon the current breadth and depth of the pipeline, the nature of our sales cycle is that orders may take longer than expected to materialise, given geo-political, political and economic uncertainties across several of our geographies and markets globally. In this downside scenario, the business would potentially require funding in excess of currently available facilities over the forthcoming 12-month period, and therefore there is the existence of a material uncertainty that may cast significant doubt on the Company's ability to continue as a going concern.
The Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Group has adequate resources to continue operating for a period of at least 12 months from the approval of these financial statements, despite the uncertainty described above. For this reason, they have adopted the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.
2. Segmental information
The business is run as one segment although we sell our products into a number of sectors as disclosed in the Finance review. The employees of the business work across both our geographical and market sectors, with the assets of the business being utilised across these sectors as well, and it is not possible to directly apportion these costs between these sectors.
As such, the Directors do not split the business into segments in order to internally analyse the business performance. The Directors believe that allocating administrative expenses by department provides a suitable level of business insight. The overhead department cost centres comprise:
· |
Engineering (including R&D); |
· |
Sales, marketing and support; |
· |
Property and administration; |
· |
Management; and |
· |
Plc costs. |
with the split of costs as shown within the Financial Review.
2. Segmental information (continued)
Revenue is split between our two principal activities below:
|
2025 |
2024 |
|
£'000 |
£'000 |
|
|
|
Product |
3,622 |
7,394 |
Support and Development |
541 |
420 |
|
4,163 |
7,814 |
The Group's revenue by market sector and geographical region is detailed below:
Revenue by market sector |
2025 |
2024 |
Retail Distribution |
2,919 |
1,924 |
Customs |
339 |
3,148 |
Aviation |
100 |
23 |
Entrance Security |
805 |
2,719 |
|
4,163 |
7,814 |
Revenue by geographical region |
2025 |
2024 |
|
1,604 |
1,349 |
Rest of |
856 |
1,087 |
|
1,228 |
1,998 |
|
12 |
845 |
|
463 |
2,535 |
|
4,163 |
7,814 |
The Group's revenue by point of recognition is detailed below:
|
2025 |
2024 |
Revenue recognised at point in time |
3,990 |
7,727 |
Revenue recognised over time - extended warranty and support revenue |
173 |
87 |
|
4,163 |
7,814 |
Analysis of revenue by customer
There have been two individually material customers (each comprising over 10% of total revenue) in the year (2024: two customers). These customers represented £659k (16%) and £642k (15%) of revenue for the year (2024: £1,885k (24%) and £938k (12%)).
2. Segmental information (continued)
Other segment information
The Group's non-current assets by geography are detailed below:
|
2025 |
2024 |
|
1,094 |
1,176 |
|
213 |
323 |
|
28 |
- |
|
1,335 |
1,499 |
3. Operating loss
The operating loss is stated after charging/(crediting):
|
2025 |
2024 |
Cost of inventories recognised as an expense |
2,479 |
3,894 |
Research and development expense |
518 |
636 |
Share based payment charge/(credit) |
140 |
(50) |
Depreciation of property, plant and equipment |
550 |
500 |
Expenses relating to short-term and low-value leases |
1 |
1 |
Amortisation of intangible assets |
31 |
26 |
Exchange losses |
42 |
80 |
4. Loss per share
|
2025 |
2024 |
Loss after tax (£'000) |
(4,604) |
(2,846) |
|
|
|
Weighted average number of shares outstanding (total in issue) |
165,366,227 |
153,197,717 |
Less: weighted average number of shares owned by Employee Benefit Trust |
(1,513,762) |
(522,781) |
Weighted average number of shares used to calculate basic and diluted loss per share |
163,852,465 |
152,674,936 |
|
|
|
Basic and diluted loss per share (pence) |
(2.81p) |
(1.86p) |
The inclusion of 4,785,175 potential Ordinary Shares arising from LTIPs and EMI Options would be anti-dilutive. Basic and diluted loss per share has, therefore, been calculated using the same weighted number of shares for each financial year.
5. Post-balance sheet events
In order to manage fluctuations in working capital, the Group agreed a continuation of the overdraft facility with HSBC at £0.4 million from 31 May 2025 until 31 August 2025, reducing to £0.1 million until 31 May 2026.
In addition, on 28 July 2025, the Group announced that it had completed a gross capital raise of £2.75 million via the issue of 275,000,000 shares at 1 penny.
APPENDIX - ALTERNATIVE PERFORMANCE MEASURES ('APMs')
The APMs are consistent with how the businesses' performance is planned and reported within the internal management reporting to the Board. Some of these measures are used for the purpose of setting remuneration targets.
The key APMs that the Group uses include adjusted measures for the income statement together with adjusted cash flow measures. Explanations of how they are calculated and how they are reconciled to an IFRS statutory measure are set out below.
Adjusted measures
The Group's policy is to exclude items that are considered to be significant in nature and/or quantum, where the item is volatile in nature and cannot be directly linked to underlying trading, and where treatment as an adjusted item provides stakeholders with additional useful information to better assess the period-on-period trading performance of the Group. They reflect how the business is measured and managed on a day-to-day basis.
The Group excludes certain items, which management have defined as:
- Share-based payments charge or credit
- Impairments of intangible assets
Gross profit, excluding production overheads, is used to enable a like-for-like comparison of underlying sales profitability and provide supplementary information. This adjusted measure is termed Adjusted gross profit. The use of Adjusted gross profit margin provides the Board and management with a measure of direct product profitability (pricing, direct costs of sale and directly allocable costs including inventory provisions), without the impact that sales volumes can have on the absorption of the more fixed production overheads. It provides a useful measure of sales and procurement effectiveness as a subset of topline profitability analysis and may help investors understand and evaluate performance in the same way as the Board and management. The metric is helpful to show current trends in the Group's operations and is useful for like-for-like comparisons of product profitability between years.
These non-GAAP measures should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for the comparable GAAP (IFRS) measure and may not be comparable with other companies. All APMs relate to the current year results and the comparative year.
Based on the above policy, the adjusted performance measures are derived from the statutory figures as follows
a) Adjusted gross profit
|
|
2025 |
2024 |
|
|
£'000 |
£'000 |
Gross profit |
|
1,289 |
3,522 |
Add back: |
|
|
|
Production overheads |
|
582 |
619 |
Adjusted gross profit |
|
1,871 |
4,141 |
b) Adjusted EBITDA
|
|
2025 |
2024 |
|
|
£'000 |
£'000 |
Statutory operating loss |
|
(4,716) |
(2,996) |
Add back: |
|
|
|
Depreciation and amortisation |
|
581 |
526 |
Exceptional items |
|
180 |
- |
Share-based payment charge/(credit) |
|
140 |
(50) |
Adjusted EBITDA loss |
|
(3,815) |
(2,520) |
c) Adjusted loss before tax
|
|
2025 |
2024 |
|
|
£'000 |
£'000 |
Statutory loss before tax |
|
(4,697) |
(2,949) |
Add back: |
|
|
|
Exceptional items |
|
180 |
- |
Share-based payment charge/(credit) |
|
140 |
(50) |
Adjusted loss before tax |
|
(4,377) |
(2,999) |
d) Adjusted loss per share
|
|
2025 |
2024 |
|
|
£'000 |
£'000 |
Statutory loss after tax |
|
(4,604) |
(2,846) |
Add back: |
|
|
|
Exceptional items |
|
180 |
- |
Share-based payment charge/(credit) |
|
140 |
(50) |
Adjusted loss after tax |
|
(4,284) |
(2,896) |
|
|
|
|
Weighted average number of shares |
|
163,852,465 |
152,674,936 |
|
|
|
|
Statutory loss per share (pence) |
|
(2.81) |
(1.86) |
Adjusted loss per share (pence) |
|
(2.61) |
(1.90) |
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