Feedback plc
Half Year Results to 30 November 2023
Feedback plc (AIM: FDBK, "Feedback"
or the "Company"), the clinical infrastructure specialists,
announces its audited results for the six months to 30 November
2023 (the "Period").
Operational Highlights
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Continued focus on high margin
growth opportunities and demonstration of technical improvements,
time, and efficiency savings provided by its products
· Continued development of Bleepa version 1.6 ahead of imminent
release to underpin sales prospects
· Granted import license for Bleepa as a registered medical
device in India
· Appointment of in-country Managing Director in India, to
support business development and enable the conversion of
opportunities for Bleepa in the country
· Engaged with a growing pipeline of both domestic and
international opportunities
Financial Highlights
· Revenue was £437k (H1 2023: £576k), 24% lower primarily due to
the timing of revenue recognition of the QVH/Sussex ICS pilot
contract during the previous period and legacy product contracts
reaching end of term in the Period; Bleepa-CareLocker contributed
77%
· Sales(1) were £411k (H1 2023: £612k)
; Bleepa-CareLocker contributed 73%
· EBITDA
loss(2) increased to £1,675k (H1 2023: £1,226k)
reflecting lower revenue and higher operating costs, primarily
staff costs and maintenance of the Bleepa-CareLocker
platform
· Cash
as at 30 November 2023 was £5,372k (30 November 2022: £9,228k, 31
May 2023: £7,318k)
Post period Highlights
· £300k
NHS England ("NHSE) central funding award for Bleepa pilots in two
Community Diagnostics Centres ("CDC") - secured as a result of
participation in the All-Party Parliamentary Group ("APPG")
Report
· Second paid contract extension with Queen Victoria Hospital ("QVH") / Sussex
Integrated Care System ("Sussex ICS"), worth £225k - to run until
30 June 2024 until formal procurement is
progressed
· Agreement to pilot Bleepa-CareLocker with Medical Imaging
Partnership ("MIP") to deliver multiple clinical pathways to its
customers in the UK private healthcare sector
· APPG
report on future of CDCs used Bleepa case study to highlight the
need for the integration of patient data and digital tools within
CDCs, with the recommendation of commitment to further digital
investment
Analyst Presentation: 09:30 today
A remote briefing for analysts will
be held at 9.30 a.m. today. Analysts interested in attending
should contact Walbrook PR
on feedbackplc@walbrookpr.com or 020 7933
8780.
Investor Presentation: 16:00 today
Management will be providing a
presentation and hosting an investor Q&A session on the
Company's results and future prospects at 16:00 today. Investors
can sign up for free and register to meet FDBK via the following
link:
https://www.investormeetcompany.com/feedback-plc/register-investor
Questions can be submitted pre-event
and at any time during
the live presentation via the Investor Meet Company
Platform.
Dr
Tom Oakley, CEO of Feedback, said: "We are delighted with the
increased traction for our core products as customer recognition,
new contracts, and positive impact data all point towards the same
conclusion; that Bleepa is both ideally suited and uniquely
positioned to connect medical professionals safely and securely,
and there is a compelling case that could see it become a third
pillar of build for the expanding NHS CDC
programme.
"As the UK, in particular, combats continuing winter pressures
and a growing backlog of patients, there is an increasing focus on
digital infrastructure and digitally enabled tools as a means to
streamline working practices and introduce time cost savings; which
Bleepa has proven it can provide at the Northern Care Alliance.
There is also a prevailing direction of travel, both in the UK and
Internationally, that should see stricter data governance
regulations imposed on the industry, which, the Board believes,
will directly benefit Feedback, underpin demand for its products,
and further differentiate it from competitors.
"The near-term outlook is promising. The implementation of the
DPDP Act 23 in India and the ruling of the UK ICO against NHS
Lanarkshire demonstrate that regulation and compliance are making a
resurgence post COVID in both of our core markets. This, combined
with the compelling evidence of clinical improvement that Bleepa
delivers for its customers, has drawn increasing attention to
Feedback and our products, culminating in our inclusion in the APPG
for Diagnostics Report on CDCs and the award of central NHS funding
to expand our pilot programme. The Board expects continued focus
and investment in the CDC programme and cross-provider pathways in
H2 and the upcoming financial year as the NHS continues its efforts
to address the growing care backlog. We believe that Bleepa is
optimally positioned to capture this opportunity and deliver
meaningful system impact and commercial opportunities as a
result."
Note (1): "Sales" is non-IFRS metric representing the total
customer contract value invoiced in a period. The figure does not
take account of accrued or deferred income adjustments that are
required to comply with accounting standards for revenue
recognition across the life of a customer contract (typically 12
months, although pilot contracts may vary).
Note (2): " EBITDA loss" is a non-IFRS metric being earnings
before interest, tax, depreciation and
amortisation.
Enquiries:
Feedback plc
Tom Oakley, CEO
Anesh Patel, CFO
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Panmure Gordon (UK) Limited (NOMAD and
Broker)
Emma Earl/Freddy Crossley (Corporate
Finance)
Rupert Dearden (Corporate
Broking)
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+44 (0)20 7886 2500
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Walbrook PR Ltd;
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Tel: 020 7933 8780 or
feedbackplc@walbrookpr.com
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Nick Rome/Joe Walker
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About Feedback
Feedback plc helps clinical teams to
make better decisions faster for patients. We design products that
enhance clinician access to patient data and to their colleagues.
Our unique approach centres around individual patient episodes,
into which we pull relevant clinical data from hospital systems and
around which we build remote clinical teams for collaboration. As a
result, we produce a digital infrastructure that makes patient data
available to clinicians in multiple settings, in a format that
enables them to meaningfully interact with it, providing
flexibility to clinicians and free movement of patients between
provider settings - clinicians can practice from anywhere and
patients can attend any care provider for
treatment.
Our products Bleepa and CareLocker
work together to deliver unparalleled value to our customers.
Bleepa is our application layer and sits on top of CareLocker as
our data layer. Bleepa is a clinician facing platform that displays
clinical results from a patient's CareLocker at a certified and
regulated quality, that is suitable for clinical use and enables
dialogue on a patient-by-patient basis with colleagues through a
secure, auditable chat interface that links back to the patient
medical record. The CareLocker data storage model is built around
the patient. Our vision is one where relevant clinical data is
always available to the patient as well as to any care setting that
they may attend - a federated data architecture with the patient as
the tenant.
The Company has a number of growth
opportunities domestically and internationally across a range of
markets including the NHS and private healthcare providers and its
highly scalable Software as a Service ("SaaS")-based model is
expected to provide increasing levels of revenue visibility as the
Company grows its customer base.
Feedback plc
Chairman and Chief Executive's
Statement
The first half of this year saw the
focus of senior NHS decision makers drawn away from digital
priorities to tackle a rolling programme of staff strikes and the
operational pressures arising from the growing elective care
backlog. This has been further complicated by a funding shortfall
that has seen many Integrated Care Systems ("ICSs") having to
implement a 30% real term cost saving in-year, resulting in many
digital funding pots being repurposed to meet other operational
priorities including staff salaries; over £800m of digital funds
alone were redirected to cover the impact of strike action
resulting in the collapse of 132 Trust's EPR programmes. This,
combined with yet another cabinet reshuffle, has created one of the
most challenging trading environments in recent history of UK
healthcare.
Despite this, the Company has
continued to make positive headway and successfully secured much
sought after central funding to expand the pilot programme around
CDC pathways, providing further evidence that Feedback continues to
offer unparalleled value into a priority area for the NHS. The
strong base of evidence that we were able to generate from the
Northern Care Alliance ("NCA") and at QVH/Sussex ICS in the prior
period has stood us in good stead and made a compelling case for
further investment in digital infrastructure as part of the CDC
programme, which was presented to senior leaders of the NHS as well
as to parliament - at the APPG for Diagnostics. As a result of
Feedback's participation at the APPG's inquiry into CDCs, the
Company was able to secure £300k of funding to undertake a pilot at
Amersham CDC and at a regional level across Buckingham, Oxfordshire
and Berkshire ("BOB") ICS. The APPG published its report, which
includes a case study on Feedback, at the end of January 2024. This
can be found here:
CDCs unveiled: challenges and triumphs | The Royal College of
Radiologists (rcr.ac.uk).
The APPG report also discusses the
difficulties around staffing and recruitment and how digitisation
helps alleviate issues, enabling hospitals to do more with less.
Feedback has delivered impressive cost and time savings at
QVH/Sussex ICS without the need for additional clinical staff -
providing a great case study for the wider market, which is
becoming increasingly focused on investment in digital - yet to
receive parity to commitments to investment in buildings, equipment
and staffing.
Growing Momentum
The Company is pleased to report
that during the Period it has seen growing momentum behind its core
products, with Bleepa-CareLocker illustrating a steadily more
compelling operational and cost benefit potential, when adopted in
a care pathway setting.
Feedback has continued to establish
a substantive and authoritative case that its technology represents
a core infrastructure and potential key foundation for the NHS's
plans to address waiting list pressures and reduce growing care
backlogs across the UK. The relationships that the Company has
fostered with key stakeholders are now beginning to bear fruit
across the board - with increasing recognition and discussion of
the need for digitisation.
With over 174 CDCs now approved and
under construction, Feedback has a growing market to sell into. At
a target contract value of £400k - £600k/annum per CDC on average,
this creates a sizeable opportunity for the Company. Having worked
on a pilot with QVH/Sussex ICS for over two years, the Company is
now awaiting the results of the current procurement process which
will soon complete. The rest of the NHS will be closely following
the outcome of the QVH/Sussex ICS procurement process, and
management is optimistic that success here would lead to more rapid
contract conversion at other sites.
Growing Regulatory
Backing
The recent Information Commissioners
Office ("ICO") ruling against NHS Lanarkshire for the clinical use
of WhatsApp and 500 associated patient data breaches has also seen
a resurgence in the interest from Trusts around Bleepa as a
WhatsApp replacement tool. This was the original value proposition
for Bleepa when the product first came to market, but the Company
pivoted into the cross-provider CDC space when Covid saw the broad
acceptance of WhatsApp as part of the pandemic response. This
renewed focus by regulators on the data risks associated with
WhatsApp and other unregulated platforms is welcomed by the Company
and is likely to result in direct commercial opportunities. Indian
regulation is also following suit with Q1 CY2024 seeing the
implementation of the DPDP Act 23, a GDPR equivalent legislation
that will see data privacy and security enshrined in law and
enforced by financial penalties. The Company believes that this
will lead to opportunities with NHS hospital customers, an
estimated total addressable market opportunity of £28m, who will be
affected by the new legislation and that are keen to avoid the
financial penalties for non-conformance.
Feedback continues to invest
strategically in both its products and its team. During the Period
work was completed on Bleepa v1.6. Key
additional features now developed include a dashboard view of
patient pathways to assist with pathway coordination and
administration, giving customers the ability to track their
patients' progress across care settings; improvements to message
directionalising within chat, and the ability to generate urgent
messages to highlight key clinical insights.
The sales team was expanded during
the Period, both to improve conversion of current opportunities and
to generate new leads focusing on the NHS
organisations where there is the greatest demand and
opportunity. Rohit Singh was appointed, as
in-country MD for the India subsidiary in order to lead the market
opportunity in the country. Rohit joined us from the UKIBC, which
facilitates the introduction of UK companies into the Indian
market.
The Company is aligned with the
three key priorities of its core customer, the NHS; waitlist
reduction, staff efficiencies, and cost savings. Feedback has
strong evidence of these benefits and has presented them to senior
stakeholders, leading to the award of central funding. Although the
market is challenging at present, the Company could not be better
aligned to the customer need, and the Board is confident in the
growth opportunity based on the signs we are seeing; that these
three areas will remain a priority for the system and that the
funding which does exist in the system is now being aligned to
these priority areas.
Key milestones in the upcoming
period will be the outcome of the QVH/Sussex ICS procurement which
is anticipated to lead to further business within the southeast
region if converted, successful delivery of the current pilots
utilising central funds disbursed by NHSE with a view that this
will unlock both contracts and further potential pilots in new
areas in the coming NHS financial year (April 2024 onwards), and
the conversion of a deep and growing sales pipeline of both local
and regional opportunities.
The Company is also developing
opportunities in other market segments; domestically, Feedback is
embarking on a pilot of Bleepa-CareLocker in the private sector
post-period, translating NHS pathway work and the associated
efficiencies into this area. In India, the changing legislative
landscape presents real opportunity for a premium UK product with a
proven record of delivering GDPR compliance in its domestic market.
The recognition of Bleepa through awards such as the Gold medal
from the IHW Council demonstrates increasing awareness of the brand
and capabilities within this market and is a real platform to
propel Bleepa forward.
The Board remains optimistic about
the opportunity and looks forward to creating value for
shareholders whilst helping address some of the most critical
pressures facing healthcare today.
Business Strategy
Focus on Commercialisation and High
Margin Growth Opportunities
Bleepa-CareLocker now contributes
the majority of total revenues (77%) with growing commercialisation
opportunities and routes to market matching the scalability of its
product suite. This includes Bleepa, CareLocker and Feedback
Connect (previously BleepaBox) - which are providing increased
exposure to the community diagnostic programme in the UK and India
respectively. Redirecting internal resource away from legacy products
towards high margin growth opportunities is essential to delivering
greater value for shareholders and underpins the Company's strategy
to move into larger addressable market opportunities.
The Company's strategy is to pursue
opportunities for cross-provider care delivery where higher
contract values and operational margins are expected within a less
competitive environment. This will predominantly be in the CDC
space in the UK, which has an estimated total addressable market of
£96m, in addition to the significant opportunity in remote care
settings in India. The Company will continue to target its core
products at traditional NHS opportunities with individual NHS
trusts around clinical communication and replacement of legacy
communication methods such as pagers and fax machines, especially
in light of the recent ICO ruling against NHS Lanarkshire which is
generating renewed attention from target customers.
The decision-making process and
associated sales cycle is currently particularly long within the
NHS, due to several factors described above and, as such, the
Company is also targeting parallel market segments for its
technology that require minimal additional product development and
where there is a mirror value proposition that can be sold into,
such as India and the UK private sector. Post period, we entered
into a pilot agreement for the Bleepa-CareLocker solution in the UK
private sector with MIP. This pilot agreement enables translation
of the NHS pathway model into the private sector and, when
successful, it will make a compelling reason for other private
providers to similarly adopt the technology.
Proven
Results
The most recent data from the
QVH/Sussex ICS pilot, now covering 16 months of delivery to
December 2023, has demonstrated a 63% reduction in wait time
compared to the national 18-week RTT target. Management is
encouraged that this remains broadly consistent with the 69% metric
based on earlier datasets. The most recent data continues to show a
significant reduction in outpatient appointment requirement, of
88%. In combination these figures means that Bleepa-CareLocker
could reduce the backlog whilst freeing up staff capacity and we
estimate it could save in the order of £295 per patient episode
though a reduction in outpatient appointments; addressing all three
core NHS priorities.
An independent review carried out by
Unity Insights has highlighted numerous benefits of the Company's
clinical communications platform Bleepa within the NCA.
The report highlighted a dramatic
reduction in clinical response times with a reduction of 74% in
average referral times across three clinical specialties when
compared to previous paper-based referral systems. It estimates
that the cost savings could be as much as £819,000 for the Trust
over the next five years and, if adopted across the entire Greater
Manchester ICB footprint, has the potential to free up a further
£7.7 million in the same period. 76% of staff interviewed
identified meaningful time savings, 80% saw improvements in staff
communication, and 88% found Bleepa easy to use.
The study, commissioned by Feedback
and conducted by Unity Insights, examined Bleepa referral data from
July 2021 to April 2023, collected at Royal Oldham Hospital and
Fairfield General Hospital in Bury - run by the Northern Care
Alliance NHS Foundation Trust.
The full report can be found on the
Company's website at: Bleepa
independent evaluation report - Bleepa
Legislation set to Drive
Compliance
The Board believes that Bleepa
remains the only communication platform that is certified as a
medical device for image display in the UK, retaining its unique
position in the market. The recent ruling by the ICO against NHS
Lanarkshire's use of WhatsApp for clinical comms has shone a light
back onto the regulatory landscape in the UK and the obligations of
Trusts in protecting patient data and ensuring that their staff are
using appropriate digital platforms. This, combined with the
pressing needs in the system which Bleepa uniquely addresses,
creates a strong driver for engagement with customer organisations.
This position will only be strengthened if further action is taken
by the ICO including the potential issue of fines and custodial
penalties.
In India the adoption of the DPDP
Act 23 should have a similar impact to the adoption of GDPR in the
UK. It has similar principals with potentially very significant
fines on organisations and individuals who do not comply.
Management believes that this legislation may drive an opportunity
for large and mid-tier hospitals who are of a size to be of
interest to the regulatory authorities and whom we shall be
targeting with our sales and marketing campaigns in
India.
Strengthening CDC
Proposition
Following the £450k pilot
contract for the Sussex ICS with QVH, the Company was
awarded a nine-month, fixed-term contract extension for the
Bleepa-CareLocker CDC solution. The Company has
now been awarded an additional paid extension at the request
of QVH/Sussex ICS following the abandonment of its previous
procurement process and subsequent extension as QVH/Sussex ICS
undertake a new tender exercise (as per the announcement dated 04
April 2023).
This additional paid extension at
the same rate, is worth £225k for a further six-months to 30 June
2024. Further to previous announcements, QCH/Sussex ICS launched a
replacement procurement process in November 2023 which is expected
to complete by March 2024. Feedback is participating in this
replacement procurement process and
management hopes to hear the outcome in the coming
months.
QVH/Sussex ICS is one of the UK's
exemplar CDC sites and the first to deliver end-to-end
symptom-based pathways through the CDC programme. As previously
announced, the deployment of Feedback's product suite at QVH/Sussex
ICS is intended to be used as a blueprint model for future CDC
digital infrastructure models across the UK and was presented to
MPs and senior NHS officials at the APPG for diagnostics in June
2023, culminating in Bleepa-CareLocker's inclusion in the final
report in January 2024, which recommended further investment in
digital infrastructure to support the CDC programme.
Participation with the APPG enabled
the Company to engage with NHSE national leaders who subsequently
awarded £300k of central funding to allow two further sites to
implement a pilot of the Bleepa technology with the aim of
assessing whether the QVH/Sussex ICS impact data could be
replicated in other areas of the system. If the Company is able to
demonstrate consistent, or enhanced results at these sites the
board believes that it will create a compelling argument for
additional funding and wider support for adoption of
Bleepa-CareLocker within the system.
Broadening the Company's
reach
Post-period, the Company announced
an agreement with MIP to pilot Bleepa-CareLocker, to deliver
multiple clinical pathways to its customers in the UK private
healthcare sector. The Bleepa-CareLocker
platform will host a number of different diagnostic-led clinical
pathways, starting initially with a novel direct access prostate
screening service, pioneered by MIP, with further pathways across
cardiac and Women's Health services to be onboarded later in the
year. The fact that this is a direct translation of the NHS pathway
work into the UK private healthcare sector highlights the important
role that the private sector can play in supporting the NHS
recovery and those patients affected by long waiting lists. It is
an opportunity for the Company to demonstrate a value proposition
to the UK Private Healthcare Market and when successful is
anticipated to open up further opportunities with private hospitals
and health insurance providers. The Company is already engaged in a
number of conversations with other providers in this space and will
hope to convert further opportunities well in advance of the
culmination of the MIP pilot, based off initial success
data.
Global Opportunities
The team is extremely excited by
global opportunities - with inroads in India highlighting the
scalability of the Company's solutions. Importantly, management
believes that increased regulatory demands both in the UK and India
will further underpin demand. There is increasing focus on
technologies to secure the transfer and display of images and
videos, and the landscape is very much moving in Feedback's favour
- with digital infrastructure and digitally enabled tools seen as
key solutions to significant administrative burdens.
During the Period the Company
secured an import licence to sell Bleepa as a medical device in
India through its local subsidiary, which was shortly followed by
the appointment of Rohit Singh as in-country MD. Rohit's
considerable market experience and the newly granted import licence
has enabled the Company to rapidly build a growing pipeline of
opportunity. Early signs of growing market awareness are already
coming through, such as the award of a Gold medal by the IHW
Council for the best Digital Solution in Rural Healthcare , in
recognition of the current pilot in TB screening in
Odisha.
Financial Review
Revenue for the Period decreased 24%
to £437k (H1 2023: £576k). This is primarily due
to the prior period being positively impacted by the QVH/Sussex ICS
pilot contract, which was signed in September 2022 but covered the
12-month period from 31 March 2022, and the planned ongoing decline
in legacy product revenues as these legacy contracts reach the end
of term.
Sales, a non IFRS measure
representing the total customer contract value invoiced in the
period, decreased 33% to £411k (H1 2023: £612k), driving the
decrease in reported revenue. Bleepa-CareLocker contributed 73% and
Image Engineering license fees contributed 20%. Sales include £300k
from the two pilots mentioned above, with Amersham CDC and a pan
regional pilot across BOB ICS. Sales are recognised as revenue
monthly across the life of a customer contract (typically 12
months, although pilot contracts vary), with any amount not
recognised as revenue in the current financial year remaining on
the balance sheet as contract liabilities and recognised as revenue
in the forthcoming financial year.
Operating expenses increased 17% to
£2,536k (H1 2023: £2,161k) primarily due to higher staff costs
arising from headcount expansion and cost-of-living wage increases,
a portion, £64k (H1 2023: nil), of
outsourced software development costs being recognised as
maintenance (operating) expense rather than capital given the
ongoing maturity of Bleepa, increased contractor/consultancy costs
for business development activities and higher amortisation charges
(non-cash). Operating loss increased to £2,135k (H1 2023: £1,622k).
EBITDA loss, excluding depreciation and amortisation charges of
£460k (H1 2023: £396k), increased 37% to £1,675k (H1 2023:
£1,226k).
The Group capitalised a further
£654k (H1 2023: £601k) in outsourced software development costs
related to product enhancements and new features including a
dashboard view of patient pathways to assist with pathway
coordination and administration, giving customers the ability to
track their patients' progress across care settings.
The Group's cash position as at 30
November 2023 was £5,372k (30 November 2022: £9,228k, 31 May 2023:
£10,306k).
Outlook
We believe there is growing
opportunity for Feedback's products both domestically and
internationally. Although the trading conditions of the UK
healthcare sector are currently extremely challenging, Bleepa is
well positioned, supported by strong evidence and is now truly on
the national radar. The Company has successfully leveraged national
funding at a time when most digital funds are being redirected to
meet other system pressures and has gained the attention of
parliament and senior NHSE leaders through its involvement with the
APPG's inquiry into CDCs. Feedback is poised to capitalise on this
momentum and work has already started on engaging the pilot sites
to get the solution live and underway. Successful deployment of
these pilots is critical to the next phase of NHS engagement and
the Company is confident that it will be able to deliver meaningful
impact through its technologies at these sites.
However, the NHS is not the only
growth opportunity, and in recognition of the difficult trading
environment it is prudent to explore other options in parallel. The
closest and most obvious is the UK private healthcare sector, which
is currently delivering an increasing range of services, in many
cases without robust IT in place to transfer patient data securely
between NHS and private provider, often resulting in duplication of
investigations and therefore cost to the system. Insurers are
seeing increasing claims against policies and therefore need to
innovate rapidly in order to deliver claims more cost effectively.
These drivers are creating a compelling need for Bleepa which both
addresses safe transfer of data but also more efficient models of
care that are both faster for patients and more cost effective,
with the added advantage that it releases clinician time that can
be used to carry out more billable services. Post period, the
Company was delighted to enter into a pilot agreement for its
technology with the innovative private provider MIP with the hope
that it will enable the team to demonstrate considerable value
within the sector and stimulate a number of commercial
opportunities with providers in this space.
The Company is similarly looking to
international opportunities. Having successfully attained its
import licence for Bleepa and appointed a very competent in-country
MD the Company believes that it is set up to commercialise Bleepa
within India. Momentum is already building, fuelled in part by the
launch of the DPDP Act 23 and as evidenced by the Award recognition
from the eminent IHW Council. We have also learnt from the
deployment in India and recognised the barrier that medical device
conformance can represent in different territories. To face this in
all international markets would hinder the growth opportunity and
the Company has therefore sought to incorporate a third-party
viewer into Bleepa with existing regulatory credentials for key
markets including the USA, Middle East and Europe.
The post-period awards of a second
paid contract extension with QVH/Sussex ICS worth £225k to run
until 30 June 2024 until formal procurement is progressed, and
£300k in NHSE central funding for two Bleepa CDC pilots, set the
Company up for a stronger H2.
The Board is confident in its
position and market opportunity and believes in the valuable work
that the Company is undertaking to deliver impactful solutions to
health systems, clinicians and, most importantly patients. The
Board wishes to thank shareholders for their ongoing support of
this mission.
Dr Tom Oakley
Chief Executive Officer
Professor Rory
Shaw
Non-Executive Chairman
Feedback plc
Consolidated Statement of
Comprehensive Income
For the six months ending 30
November 2023
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Note
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6
months
ending
30 November
2023
(Unaudited)
£'000
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6
months
ending
30 November
2022
(Unaudited)
£'000
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12 months
ending
31 May
2023
(Audited)
£'000
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Revenue
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437
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576
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1,025
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Cost of sales
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(36)
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(37)
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(84)
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|
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Gross profit
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401
|
539
|
941
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Other operating expenses
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(2,536)
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(2,161)
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(4,363)
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|
|
|
|
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Operating loss
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(2,135)
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(1,622)
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(3,422)
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Net finance income
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47
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12
|
48
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|
|
|
|
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Loss before taxation
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(2,088)
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(1,610)
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(3,374)
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Tax credit
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|
152
|
242
|
456
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|
|
|
|
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Loss after tax attributable to the equity shareholders of the
Company
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(1,936)
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(1,368)
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(2,918)
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|
|
|
|
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Translation difference on overseas
operation
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(1)
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-
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(2)
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Total comprehensive expense for the year
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(1,937)
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(1,368)
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(2,920)
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Loss per share (pence)
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|
|
|
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Basic and diluted
|
2
|
(14.52)
|
(10.26)
|
(21.88)
|
Feedback plc
Consolidated Statement of Changes in
Equity
As at 30 November 2023
|
Share
Capital
|
Share
Premium
|
Capital
Reserve
|
Retained
Earnings
|
Translation
Reserve
|
Share option
Reserve
|
Total
|
|
£'000
|
£'000
|
£'000
|
£'000
|
£'000
|
£'000
|
£'000
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
At 31 May 2023
|
6,667
|
15,350
|
300
|
(11,767)
|
(212)
|
531
|
10,869
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Loss for the year and Total
comprehensive loss for the year
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(1,936)
|
(1)
|
-
|
(1,937)
|
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
New shares issued
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
Costs of new shares
issued
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
Share-based payments
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
37
|
37
|
Total transactions with
owners
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
37
|
37
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
At
30 November 2023
|
6,667
|
15,350
|
300
|
(13,703)
|
(213)
|
568
|
8,969
|
As at 30 November 2022 (prior
period):
|
Share
Capital
|
Share
Premium
|
Capital
Reserve
|
Retained
Earnings
|
Translation Reserve
|
Share
option Reserve
|
Total
|
|
£'000
|
£'000
|
£'000
|
£'000
|
£'000
|
£'000
|
£'000
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
At 31 May 2022
|
6,667
|
15,351
|
300
|
(8,849)
|
(210)
|
450
|
13,709
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total comprehensive loss for the
year
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(1,368)
|
-
|
-
|
(1,368)
|
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
New shares issued
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
Costs of new shares
issued
|
-
|
(0)
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(0)
|
Share-based payments
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
29
|
29
|
Total transactions with
owners
|
-
|
(0)
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
29
|
29
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
At 30 November 2022
|
6,667
|
15,351
|
300
|
(10,217)
|
(210)
|
479
|
12,370
|
Feedback plc
Consolidated Statement of Financial
Position
As at 30 November 2023
|
|
30 November
2023
(Unaudited)
|
30 November
2022
(Unaudited)
|
31
May
2023
(Audited)
|
|
Note
|
£'000
|
£'000
|
£'000
|
Assets
|
|
|
|
|
Non-current assets
|
|
|
|
|
Property, plant and
equipment
|
|
14
|
16
|
15
|
Intangible assets
|
3
|
3,911
|
3,499
|
3,711
|
|
|
3,925
|
3,515
|
3,726
|
|
|
|
|
|
Current assets
|
|
|
|
|
Trade and other
receivables
|
|
435
|
39
|
225
|
Corporation tax
receivable
|
|
151
|
242
|
456
|
Cash and cash equivalents
|
|
5,372
|
9,228
|
7,318
|
|
|
5,958
|
9,509
|
7,999
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total assets
|
|
9,883
|
13,024
|
11,725
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Equity
|
|
|
|
|
Capital and reserves attributable to the Company's equity
shareholders
|
|
|
|
|
Called up share capital
|
|
6,667
|
6,667
|
6,667
|
Share premium account
|
|
15,350
|
15,351
|
15,350
|
Capital reserve
|
|
300
|
300
|
300
|
Translation reserve
|
|
(213)
|
(210)
|
(212)
|
Share option expense
reserve
|
|
568
|
479
|
531
|
Retained earnings
|
|
(13,703)
|
(10,217)
|
(11,767)
|
Total equity
|
|
8,969
|
12,370
|
10,869
|
|
|
|
|
|
Liabilities
|
|
|
|
|
Current liabilities
|
|
|
|
|
Trade and other payables
|
|
914
|
654
|
855
|
|
|
914
|
654
|
855
|
|
|
|
|
|
Non-current liabilities
|
|
|
|
|
Contract liabilities
|
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total liabilities
|
|
914
|
654
|
855
|
|
|
|
|
-
|
Total equity and liabilities
|
|
9,883
|
13,024
|
11,724
|
Feedback plc
Consolidated Statement of Cash
Flow
For the six months ending 30
November 2023
|
6 months
ending
30 November
2023
(Unaudited)
£'000
|
6 months
ending
30 November
2022
(Unaudited)
£'000
|
12 months
ending
31 May
2023
(Audited)
£'000
|
|
|
|
|
Cash flows from operating activities
|
|
|
|
Loss before tax
|
(2,088)
|
(1,610)
|
(3,374)
|
Adjustments for:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net finance income
|
(47)
|
(12)
|
(48)
|
Depreciation and
amortisation
|
460
|
396
|
809
|
impairment of intangible
assets
|
-
|
-
|
7
|
Share based payment
expense
|
37
|
29
|
81
|
Decrease/(increase) in trade
receivables
|
(229)
|
196
|
95
|
Decrease/(increase) in other
receivables
|
20
|
73
|
(12)
|
Increase / (decrease) in trade
payables
|
124
|
1
|
(104)
|
Increase / (decrease) in other
payables
|
(65)
|
59
|
365
|
Corporation tax received
|
456
|
392
|
393
|
Translation difference on overseas
operation
|
(1)
|
0
|
(2)
|
Total adjustments
|
755
|
1,134
|
1,584
|
|
|
|
|
Net cash used in operating
activities
|
(1,333)
|
(476)
|
(1,790)
|
|
|
|
|
Cash flows from investing activities
|
|
|
|
Purchase of tangible fixed
assets
|
(6)
|
(13)
|
(19)
|
Purchase of intangible
assets
|
(654)
|
(601)
|
(1,226)
|
Net finance income
received
|
47
|
12
|
48
|
|
|
|
|
Net cash used in investing
activities
|
(613)
|
(602)
|
(1,197)
|
|
|
|
|
Cash flows from financing activities
|
|
|
|
Net proceeds of share
issue
|
(0)
|
(0)
|
(1)
|
|
|
|
|
Net cash generated from financing
activities
|
(0)
|
(0)
|
(1)
|
|
|
|
|
Net increase/(decrease) in cash and
cash equivalents
|
(1,946)
|
(1,078)
|
(2,988)
|
Cash and cash equivalents at
beginning of period
|
7,318
|
10,306
|
10,306
|
|
|
|
|
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period
|
5,372
|
9,228
|
7,318
|
Notes to the Unaudited Interim
results for the six months to 30 November 2023
1. Basis of
preparation
The consolidated financial
statements of Feedback Plc have been prepared in accordance with UK
adopted international accounting standards. The accounting policies
applied are consistent with those applied in the most recent
consolidated annual report and accounts for the year ended 31 May
2023.
The information set out in this
interim report for the six months ended 30 November 2023 does not
constitute full statutory accounts under Section 434 of the
Companies Act 2006 and was not subject to a formal review by the
auditors. The financial information in respect of the year ended 31
May 2023 has been extracted from the statutory accounts which have
been delivered to the Registrar of Companies.
There are no material events to
report after the end of the reporting period.
This interim report was approved by
the directors on 20 February 2023.
2. Loss per
share
Basic loss per share is calculated
by reference to the loss on ordinary activities after taxation and
on the weighted average number of shares in issue.
|
6
months
ending
30 November
2023
(Unaudited)
£'000
|
6
months
ending
30 November
2022
(Unaudited)
£'000
|
12
months
ending
31 May
2023
(Audited)
£'000
|
|
|
|
|
Net
loss attributable to ordinary equity holders
|
(1,936)
|
(1,368)
|
(2,918)
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted average number of ordinary
shares for basic earnings per share
|
13,334,659
|
13,334,659
|
13,334,659
|
Effect of dilution:
|
|
|
|
Share Options
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
Warrants
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
Weighted average number of ordinary shares adjusted for the
effect of dilution
|
13,334,659
|
13,334,659
|
13,334,659
|
|
|
|
|
Loss per share (pence)
|
|
|
|
Basic
|
(14.52)
|
(10.26)
|
(21.88)
|
Diluted
|
(14.52)
|
(10.26)
|
(21.88)
|
3. Intangible
assets
|
Software
development
|
Customer
relationships
|
Intellectual
Property
|
Goodwill
|
Total
|
|
£'000
|
£'000
|
£'000
|
£'000
|
£'000
|
Cost
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
At 31 May 2022
|
4,405
|
100
|
198
|
271
|
4,974
|
Additions
|
601
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
601
|
At 30 Nov 2022
|
5,006
|
100
|
198
|
271
|
5,574
|
Additions
|
625
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
625
|
At 31 May 2023
|
5,631
|
100
|
198
|
271
|
6,200
|
Additions
|
654
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
654
|
At 30 Nov 2023
|
6,285
|
100
|
198
|
271
|
6,854
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Amortisation
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
At 31 May 2022
|
1,171
|
100
|
143
|
271
|
1,685
|
Charge for the year
|
382
|
-
|
8
|
-
|
390
|
At 30 Nov 2022
|
1,553
|
100
|
151
|
271
|
2,075
|
Charge for the year
|
399
|
-
|
14
|
-
|
413
|
At 31 May 2023
|
1,952
|
100
|
165
|
271
|
2,489
|
Charge for year
|
449
|
-
|
5
|
-
|
454
|
At 30 Nov 2023
|
2,401
|
100
|
170
|
271
|
2,943
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
Book Value
|
|
|
|
|
|
At 30 Nov 2023
|
3,884
|
-
|
27
|
-
|
3,911
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
At 31 May 2023
|
3,679
|
-
|
32
|
-
|
3,711
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
At 30 Nov 2022
|
3,453
|
-
|
46
|
-
|
3,499
|
4. Segmental
reporting
The Directors have determined that
the operating segments based on the management reports which are
used to make strategic decisions are medical imaging and head
office. The trading activities of the Company solely relate to
Medical Imaging and the Head Office covers the costs of running the
parent company, Feedback Plc.
|
|
|
Six
months ending 30 November 2023
|
Medical
Imaging
|
Head Office
|
Total
|
|
|
£'000
|
£'000
|
£'000
|
Revenue
|
|
|
|
|
External
|
|
437
|
-
|
437
|
Expenditure
|
|
|
|
-
|
Total (excluding depreciation and
amortisation)
|
(1,510)
|
(555)
|
(2,065)
|
Depreciation and
amortisation
|
(460)
|
-
|
(460)
|
Loss before tax
|
|
(1,533)
|
(555)
|
(2,088)
|
Tax
credit
|
|
152
|
-
|
152
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance sheet
|
|
|
|
|
Total assets
|
|
4,773
|
5,110
|
9,883
|
Total liabilities
|
|
(858)
|
(56)
|
(914)
|
|
|
3,915
|
5,054
|
8,969
|
|
|
|
|
|
Capital expenditure (all
located in the UK)
|
(660)
|
-
|
(660)
|
|
|
|
|
|
The revenues from external customers
in the six months ending 30 November 2023 are comprised of the
following products Bleepa-CareLocker: £334k, Image Engineering
license fees: £82k and legacy products (Cadran PACS and Texrad):
£21k.
|
Six months ending 30 November 2022
(prior period)
|
Medical
Imaging
|
Head Office
|
Total
|
|
|
£'000
|
£'000
|
£'000
|
Revenue
|
|
|
|
|
External
|
|
576
|
-
|
576
|
Expenditure
|
|
|
|
|
Total (excluding depreciation and
amortisation)
|
|
(1,257)
|
(533)
|
(1,790)
|
Depreciation and
amortisation
|
|
(396)
|
-
|
(396)
|
Loss before tax
|
|
(1,077)
|
(533)
|
(1,610)
|
Tax
credit
|
|
242
|
-
|
242
|
|
Balance sheet
|
Total assets
|
|
4,407
|
8,617
|
13,024
|
Total liabilities
|
|
(651)
|
(3)
|
(654)
|
|
|
3,756
|
8,614
|
12,370
|
|
|
|
|
|
Capital expenditure (all
located in the UK)
|
|
(614)
|
-
|
(614)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
Reported segments' assets are reconciled to total assets as
follows:
|
External revenue
by
|
Non-current assets
by
|
Total liabilities
by
|
|
location of
customer
|
location of
assets
|
location of
assets
|
|
6
months
ending
30 November
2023
(Unaudited)
|
6
months
ending
30
November
2022
(Unaudited)
|
6
months
ending
30 November
2023
(Unaudited)
|
6
months
ending
30
November
2022
(Unaudited)
|
6
months
ending
30 November
2023
(Unaudited)
|
6
months
ending
30
November
2022
(Unaudited)
|
|
£'000
|
£'000
|
£'000
|
£'000
|
£'000
|
£'000
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
United Kingdom
|
355
|
525
|
3,925
|
3,515
|
914
|
654
|
Europe
|
-
|
2
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
Rest of world
|
82
|
49
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
Total
|
437
|
576
|
3,925
|
3,515
|
914
|
654
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
5. Availability of this
report
A copy of this announcement is
available from the Company's website, being https://fbkmed.com/feedback-plc/announcements/.
To receive a hard copy of the
interim report, please contact Walbrook Ltd on 020 7933 8780 or feedbackplc@walbrookpr.com.