2016 Audited Preliminary Results

13 December 2016

 

Pressure Technologies plc

("Pressure Technologies" or the "Group")

 

2016 Audited Preliminary Results

 

Pressure Technologies (AIM: PRES), the specialist engineering group, announces its preliminary results for the year ended  1 October 2016.

John Hayward CEO, Pressure Technologies said:

"The year has seen both the rebuilding of our Alternative Energy Division, following its restructuring in 2015, and the completion of the restructuring of our Manufacturing Divisions. The Group is far more resilient, with Manufacturing Divisions now structured to be profitable in the current market and an Alternative Energy Division on the brink of a breakthrough to sustainable revenues and profits.

"Significant progress in diversification has been made in the Cylinders Division and we continue to seek out new products and markets for the EP and PMC Divisions. The acquisition of Martract Ltd in December 2016 will assist with this process."

Financial

·     Revenue of £35.8 million (2015*: £53.8 million )

·     Adjusted operating loss** £(0.4) million (2015*: £3.8 million profit)

·     Adjusted operating profit** in the Manufacturing Divisions £2.2 million (2015: £6.7 million)

·     Adjusted operating loss** in Alternatively Energy slightly ahead of market expectation at £(1.1) million with H1 £0.9 million and H2 £0.2 million (2015: £(1.1) million)

·     Annualised savings of £5.4 million achieved from restructuring over the last two years

·     Net debt reduced to £6.6 million (2015: £7.1 million)

·     Adjusted loss per share (2.6)p (2015 restated: earning per share of 18.1p)

·     Profit after tax £0.6 million (2015: £1.2 million)

·     Final dividend nil (2015: 5.6p)

* represented to show results of the Engineered Products US operation as discontinued

** before acquisition costs, amortisation and exceptional charges and credits

 

Operational

·     Revenues from oil and gas reduced to 43% (2015: 57%)

·     Manufacturing Divisions gross margins held up at 31% (2015: 32.2%)

·     Manufacturing Divisions aligned to be profitable at volumes seen in the second half

·     Al-Met won largest ever order of $1.2 million

·     Post year end strategic acquisition of Martract Limited

·     Alternative Energy has £14.2 million of upgrader orders carried over for delivery in 2017

For further information, please contact:

Pressure Technologies plc John Hayward, Chief Executive Jo Allen, Group Finance Director Keeley Clarke, Investor Relations		Tel: 0114 257 3622 www.pressuretechnologies.com
Cantor Fitzgerald Europe (Nominated Adviser and Broker) Philip Davies / Will Goode		Tel: 020 7894 8337
Tavistock Simon Hudson		Tel: 020 7920 3150

 

COMPANY DESCRIPTION

 

Company description - www.pressuretechnologies.com

 

With its head office in Sheffield, Pressure Technologies was founded on its leading market position as a designer and manufacturer of high-pressure systems serving the global energy, defence and industrial gases markets. Today it continues to serve those markets from a broader engineering base with specialist precision engineering businesses and has a worldwide presence in Alternative Energy as a global leader in biogas upgrading. On this foundation, the company is building a highly profitable group of companies through a combination of organic initiatives and acquisitions.

 

Pressure Technologies has four divisions, Precision Machined Components, Engineered Products, Cylinders and Alternative Energy, serving four markets: oil and gas, defence, industrial gases and alternative energy.

 

Precision Machined Components

·      Al-Met, Mid Glamorgan, acquired in 2010 www.almet.co.uk

·      Roota Engineering, Rotherham, acquired in March 2014 www.roota.co.uk

·      Quadscot, Glasgow, acquired in October 2014 www.quadscot.co.uk

·      Martract Limited, Barton-on-Humber, acquired in December 2016 www.martract.co.uk

 

Engineered Products

·      Hydratron, Manchester, acquired in 2010 www.hydratron.com

 

Cylinders

·      Chesterfield Special Cylinders, Sheffield, IPO cornerstone in 2007 www.chesterfieldcylinders.com

·      Kelley GTM Manufacturing, Amarillo, USA - 40% stake acquired by the Group in December 2013 www.kelleygtm.com

 

Alternative Energy

·      Chesterfield BioGas, Sheffield, founded in 2008. Renamed Greenlane Biogas UK on 5 June 2015.

Greenlane, Vancouver, Canada and Auckland, New Zealand, acquired in October 2014 www.greenlanebiogas.com

 

 

 

Chairman's Statement

The last 12 months have been incredibly busy for the Group, as we realigned our manufacturing businesses to remain profitable at the current volumes from the oil and gas sector, whilst working to build the order book for Alternative Energy.  For the first time in the Group's history, less than half, 43%, of our revenues came from the oil and gas sector, with alternative energy and defence making significant contributions of 32% and 18% respectively.

The underlying qualities of our manufacturing divisions and the swift management action taken at the beginning of the downturn in the oil and gas market are evidenced by the results from these divisions, which overall remained both profitable and cash generative.

Post year-end we added another business to the Precision Machined Components Division (PMC), Martract Limited, which is a strong strategic fit, strengthens our existing market position and gives significant opportunity to penetrate new markets.

There continues to be substantial potential for the Alternative Energy Division.  That said, it had a somewhat frustrating year, suffering from contract award delays and some legacy costs which adversely impacted revenues and profits.  However, as a result of much hard work, it is encouraging to report that we ended the year with an upgrader order book value of £14.2 million, which is £11.5 million higher than the same point last year.

The speed and degree of change across the Group would not have been possible without the dedication and commitment of our employees at all levels.  As a specialist engineering Group we rely on the skills of our employees to maintain our reputation for quality and integrity. On behalf of the Board, I would like to take this opportunity to thank them all for their continued hard work and support.

Results

Following the closure of Engineered Product's US manufacturing facility in September, the results for the year only show the continuing operations and the prior year comparison has been represented. On this basis, revenues for the Group fell by over 33% to £35.8 million (2015: £53.8 million) as our manufacturing businesses continued to face declining sales volume from the oil and gas market. Anticipated volume from our Alternative Energy Division, which is unaffected by the oil and gas market, did not materialise in the period due to delays to certain projects and delayed contract awards. The impact on adjusted operating profit was a loss of £0.4 million (2015: £3.8 million profit).

Net asset value was £34.8 million (2015: £36.3 million) and operating cash generation was £4.4 million (2015: £7.9 million) after reorganisation costs. At the year-end, net debt was £6.6 million (2015: £7.1 million). Given the reduction in revenues and that the final deferred consideration for Roota of £2.5 million was paid out of cash, along with other non-operating cash inflows of £0.4 million, this result is pleasing and reflects the underlying disciplines in place. 

Restructuring and redundancy costs in the period were £0.7 million (2015: £0.7 million) giving total annualised savings of £3.8 million, bringing the total annualised savings since October 14 to £ £5.4 million.

Given the Board's outlook for oil and gas for 2017 and with the enlarged Alternative Energy Division still to deliver a profit, the Board has taken the decision that a final dividend will not be paid this year and as no interim dividend was paid there is no dividend payment for the year (2015: 8.4p).

 

Outlook

The Group will continue its growth strategy, combining acquisitions and organic growth. Our Manufacturing Divisions are firmly focused on expanding revenues outside the oil and gas sector and the medium-term aim is to have a better balance of business within these Divisions, as well as realising the potential of the Alternative Energy Division, which has different market drivers to the rest of the Group.

In the oil and gas market, global oil demand is forecast to marginally increase by 1.5% in 2017 to 96.89 million barrels per day (mbpd) driven by demand from non-OECD Asia.  Before OPEC's recently announced output reductions, global oil production was projected to remain essentially steady at 95.69mbpd in 2017.  However, any projection is fraught with uncertainty. The cuts may only have a small impact on global oil production growth, since compliance by some states has historically proven to be highly unreliable.  The recent increase in drilling activity seen in USA shale oil fields, spurred on by a relatively stable oil price of around $50 barrel, may well give rise to increasing output, thereby pinning prices at today's levels.  Rex Tillerson, CEO at Exxon Mobile, recently commented that production from USA shale regions will keep oil prices subdued in the medium term.

The Board's views concur with those of Tillerson and our Manufacturing Divisions are structured to continue making profits in the current market environment, with a focus to diversify outside of oil and gas markets.

The Cylinders Division has long-term defence market orders and the prospect of further growth in this sector from future UK, Australian and US submarine build programmes. Short-term growth will be derived from the expansion of the division's service offerings, particularly our unique Integrity Management service, which brings laboratory level inspection direct to site.

The Precision Machined Components and Engineered Products Divisions will continue to take opportunities to expand customer and geographic focus within the oil and gas market, but will also expand into other market sectors going forward. The acquisition of Martract Limited, will assist with this process given that 60% of its business is from a range of industries outside of oil and gas.

In the near-term, Alternative Energy remains an exciting area of growth for the Group.  The global market for biogas upgrading is growing at a combined annual rate of nearly 30%, driven predominantly by Government regulations and greenhouse gas emission targets. Greenlane is a well-known established global brand and as one of the only companies to offer three of the main upgrading technologies, we are well positioned to realise our potential over the medium-term. With a strong order book for 2017 and a considerable pipeline of follow-on projects the Board expects the potential within this division to be realised.

The Board remain confident in the medium to long-term prospects for the Group.

Alan Wilson

Chairman

13 December 2016

 

BUSINESS REVIEW

The year has seen both the rebuilding of our Alternative Energy Division, following its restructuring in 2015, and the completion of the restructuring of our Manufacturing Divisions. The Group is far more resilient, with Manufacturing Divisions now aligned to be profitable in the current market and an Alternative Energy Division on the brink of a breakthrough to sustainable revenues and profits.

Whilst oil and gas remained the major market for the Group's products, accounting for 43% of Group revenues in the year, this was a marked reduction from 2015 where 57% of revenues were to this market. The five-year picture shows:

	2016	2015	2014	2013	2012
Oil and gas market revenue %	43%	57%	72%	79%	77%
Revenue £m	15.5	30.8	36.7	25.4	21.9

 

Expansion of the Alternative Energy Division and further diversification in our Manufacturing Divisions will see this trend continue in 2017.

The key points for the year are:

Manufacturing Divisions

The Group's manufacturing Divisions have made significant additional cost reductions in the year, the full benefits of which will be realised in 2017. Headcount has been reduced by a further 77 employees, making an overall decrease of 44% since October 2014. Whilst cuts have been significant, key skills have been retained, so there will not be any adverse impact on quality and service. The Divisions are structured to be profitable in the current oil market climate and will continue to diversify their customer base and end markets.

Precision Machined Components Division ("PMC")

	2016	2015	2014	2013	2012
Revenue £m	10.7	18.8	13.0	6.4	4.8
Adjusted operating profits £m	1.4	4.5	3.0	1.0	0.1

 

This Division comprises Al-Met, Roota Engineering and Quadscot Precision Engineers. Al-Met produces wear resistant components in a range of high-alloy steels and tungsten carbides for use in high-pressure choke and flow control valves, designed to regulate flow volumes in extremely demanding applications in the subsea and surface oil and gas industries. Roota and Quadscot make a wide range of components for oil and gas pressure systems and downhole tools, with Roota generally focusing on larger, longer products and Quadscot on smaller product in a range of high-alloy materials.

PMC's revenues are almost wholly derived from the oil and gas market, so have been impacted by reductions in customer spending. However, Al-Met's world-class lead-times and Roota's niche capability for machining complex geometrical shapes in unforgiving materials have given both increased market share and developed new customers in the falling market.  Quadscot has experienced more difficult trading conditions, due to its reliance on making components for subsea oil exploration and production, plus a larger pool of competitors chasing volume at low prices. However, in-sourcing component manufacture from Chesterfield Special Cylinders and Hydratron has given Quadscot some cushion against the downturn. The Division is profitable at current order levels.

 

Headcount reduction has continued in PMC, as we aligned costs with current order levels.  Since its October 2014 peak, headcount has been reduced by 49% (2015: 22%). At the same time, technical capability has been strengthened through recruitment, which is yielding improvements in processes and, when volumes recover, will give rise to significant productivity gains as the division has significant latent capacity.

 

Customer ordering patterns remain unpredictable, but do not appear to be subject to further deterioration. Al-Met took a $1.2 million order, its largest ever, for an oil and gas project in the Middle-East for delivery in 2017, but this was exceptional in an otherwise subdued market. This order was previously reported as a water industry project but it became apparent during order fulfilment that it was for the oil industry.

 

The oil and gas market will remain very important to the division, which has market leading capabilities to manufacture highly complex components to exacting tolerances in demanding materials. These capabilities are important to the market irrespective of activity levels. However, the division continues to seek out opportunities for diversification away from the oil and gas market. In the longer-term work done to obtain "Fit for Nuclear" accreditation should translate into incremental revenues and the division continues to seek entry points into the defence, aerospace and automotive markets.

 

The purchase of Martract Ltd in December 2016, as well as being immediately earnings enhancing, brings several benefits, such as expanding relationships with existing customers, reducing order delivery lead-times through vertical integration within the Division and giving access to non-oil and gas markets.

 

Capital expenditure was £0.3 million, principally on equipment to improve productivity with the major spend in the year centred on Roota. No major capital expenditure is required in 2017, unless new customer demand requires investment to extend the current product range.

Engineered Products Division ("EP")

	2016	2015	2014	2013	2012
Revenue £m	4.1	6.7	8.1	7.3	6.9
Adjusted operating (loss)/profit £m	(0.3)	0.1	1.6	1.1	1.1

 

The EP Division manufactures a range of Hydratron branded air-operated high-pressure hydraulic pumps, gas boosters, power packs, hydraulic control panels and test rigs, mainly for use in the oil and gas sector.  The Division's products are typically capital equipment purchases, so sales have been severely impacted by the downturn in the oil and gas sector where budgets have seen major cutbacks.

At the start of the year, the Division comprised Hydratron Ltd, based in Altrincham in the UK, plus a satellite facility, Hydratron Inc, based in Houston Texas. During 2016, it became apparent that this US manufacturing facility was too small to achieve meaningful market penetration, so a distributor was appointed in September to handle sales. Key operational staff and inventories were transferred to the distributor and international sales and design staff relocated back to the UK. This has the double advantage of eliminating fixed costs, whilst unlocking much larger market opportunities in the Americas.

The UK operation has been radically restructured. Since October 2014, headcount has been reduced by 64%, the majority of which was in the year under review (2015: 28%). The whole business is in the process of implementing a lean operating system to reduce lead times and costs. Breakeven sales levels have been reduced in the year from over £700,000 per month to under £400,000. Delivery lead times for standard pumps and power packs have been reduced from over two months to under two weeks and in some cases next day delivery. A review of core competencies has resulted in external sourcing of clamping systems for test benches which significantly reduces costs whilst at the same time expands the product range.

Revenues have been constrained by its limited geographical reach. Strong distribution channels exist in the UK, USA, Arabian Gulf, Australia and Singapore, but this leaves a significant number of regions to be targeted.  Consequently, the business is focused on expanding sales channels and new distribution agreements have recently been concluded for South and West Africa and Italy. Other regions will be included in due course.

Cylinder Division

	2016	2015	2014	2013	2012
Revenue £m	9.5	14.3	21.4	17.3	16.3
Adjusted operating profits £m	1.1	2.1	3.8	3.6	2.3

 

Chesterfield Special Cylinders ("CSC"), supplies a range of high-pressure cylinder systems into the defence, oil and gas and industrial gases markets. The principal reduction in revenues in the year was due to a further £4 million fall in sales into the oil and gas market. Over the last two years, revenues from this sector have reduced by £15 million, as the market for Air Pressure Vessels ("APVs") used in motion compensation systems has to all intent and purpose disappeared. Major recovery in this market depends on orders being placed for new drillships and semi-submersible drilling rigs, which is highly unlikely as long as current market conditions continue. The remainder of the decline in the year was due to reduced defence sales, partially offset by growth in service projects.

The fall in defence sales was a result of phasing on submarine projects, rather than any softening in the market and the defence orderbook and pipeline remains healthy. CSC remains the established leader in sales to NATO and NATO-friendly nations outside the USA.

After 18 months of operation, our sales team in the USA continues to make good progress in entering the US defence and commercial markets. Entry into a new market typically takes three to five years and progress is in line with management expectations. Inspectors from the US Department of Transportation conducted a certification audit at CSC in the summer and we now have all the required approvals to sell into the US transportable gases market.

Sales of services increased by 28% year-on-year, with the start of a new cycle of trailer reconditioning and a further increase in the Integrity Management service. Revenues from Integrity Management increased by 14% to just over £1.0 million, primarily due to increased activity in the defence sector. Services now account for 25% of sales and approximately 28% of the Divisional gross margin (2015: 13% and 17% respectively).

Headcount reduction in CSC has been less marked than in PMC and EP, as significant overhead is required to support the defence and services revenue streams. The business operates in highly specialised markets with few people worldwide having relevant skills and experience. That said, the division has reduced headcount by 15% over the period since October 2014 (2015: 6%) and significant work has been carried out to improve productivity and eliminate waste.

The year's capital expenditure of £0.4 million was spread across a range of productivity, process and health and safety projects. Capital expenditure for 2017 is anticipated to be similar to 2016.

Alternative Energy Division

The Division is a designer and supplier of equipment used to upgrade biogas produced by the anaerobic digestion of organic waste to high-quality methane, which is suitable either for injection into the gas grid, or used as vehicle fuel. The upgrader market is driven by environmental subsidy rather than oil and gas prices, giving a welcome source of sales diversification for the Group. Unlike our three manufacturing Divisions, AE subcontracts manufacturing to a number of specialists that are located close to installation sites. This avoids the fixed costs of maintaining manufacturing facilities and gives the flexibility to move production to suit customer needs.

 

	2016	2015	2014	2013	2012
Revenue £m	11.3	14.0	8.4	1.1	0.2
Adjusted operating result £m	(1.1)	(1.1)	1.1	(0.5)	(0.5)

 

The Division was transformed by the purchase of the business and certain assets of its technology provider, Greenlane, in October 2014 and now trades under that name. This has given the Division a worldwide platform for selling biogas upgrading technology, trading out of the UK, Canada and New Zealand. In 2012, the Division accounted for 1% of Group revenues, in 2016 it accounted for 32% of Group revenues (2015: 26%).

Following major restructuring of the Division in 2015, the past year has focused on rebuilding the order book and it is pleasing to note upgrader contracts worth £20.8 million were secured.  However, due to customer enforced delays, the full financial benefit of these contracts will not be realised until 2017. As a result of this, plus additional costs on legacy contracts, the Division was loss making for the year. 

Development activity was spread across projects for water wash technology, pressure swing adsorption ("PSA") and membrane technologies making the division the only "technology agnostic" provider of upgrader equipment in the market. Consequently, Greenlane can offer its customers the most appropriate solution for each project. Developments in water-wash technology have been at both ends of the processing size range. At the high-volume end, the new Kauri water wash upgrader is capable of processing up to 5,000 cubic meters of biogas per hour and is the largest system on the market. At the low-volume end of the market, the Kanuka Gen 2.0 is a low-cost value engineered upgrader designed for entry level projects, with volumes of up to 300 cubic metres of biogas per hour. Greenlane has orders for both models for delivery in 2017. Two PSA systems are currently being installed in North America and several membrane systems have been quoted.

Over £14 million of upgrader orders were carried over for delivery in 2017, destined for the North American, UK and European markets. The pipeline of potential contracts with a medium to high probability of securing orders in the first-half of the year is in excess of £13 million. The division's business model is to focus on markets where subsidies and incentives are certain. Market activity continues to grow in the USA, Canada, Brazil, the UK, the Netherlands and France and we are concentrating our efforts in these areas and Italy where the market activity is just beginning.

The operational businesses in the Division have a target of covering 100% of their fixed costs through maintenance contracts. In 2016, the UK and Europe achieved 30% coverage and the North American business 7%. The lower coverage in North America is a combination of lack of development of the market and customer's preferring to maintain their own equipment.

Capital expenditure for the year was less than £0.1 million, whilst £0.2 million will be invested this year, primarily in new business systems.

People

Continuing weakness in the oil and gas market resulted in a second wave of redundancies in the manufacturing divisions. These redundancies have been backed up by investment in equipment and working practices to ensure that the flexibility and ability to expand as market conditions improve have not been lost. As ever, we have been careful to ensure that we have retained our core skills.

Our apprentice and graduate training schemes have continued. I am pleased to report that one of our CSC apprentices won apprentice of the year at the Made in Sheffield Awards, another former apprentice was awarded a 1^st class honours degree in engineering and the finance director of the PMC Division has been awarded an MBA with distinction, all sponsored by the Group.

There will be a focus in 2017 on succession planning and management training. The Group has a cadre of young talent that will form part of the next generation of senior management. It is crucial to the Group's long-term success that we nurture and develop these people, as well as developing the skills of our existing senior management teams.

Summary and outlook

This was another busy year for the Group as the restructuring and rebuilding begun in 2015 in all important respects was completed, resulting in a much better balanced mix of revenues from the oil and gas, defence and alternative energy markets.

The oil and gas market will remain an important revenue and profit generator for the Group. However, we also expect to make further progress in diversifying our manufacturing divisions to reduce the dominance that the oil and gas market has in Group results. Significant progress in diversification has been made in the Cylinders Division and we continue to seek out new products and markets for the EP and PMC Divisions. The acquisition of Martract Ltd in December 2016 will assist with this process.

The value of firm contracts for 2017 in Alternative Energy is very encouraging. The prospective new orders pipeline beyond this remains strong across the UK, Europe and North America and we expect the division to be a major profit generator for the Group in 2017 and beyond.

The Board remains confident in the medium to long-term prospects for the Group and believes that when the oil and gas market returns it will present considerable opportunities.  In the meantime, we have taken and will continue to take the action necessary to ensure the resilience of our businesses whilst continuing to invest in the future of the Group and implement strategic objectives to broaden our customer, technology and industrial base.

John Hayward

Chief Executive

13 December 2016

 

 

FINANCIAL REVIEW

Overview

I am pleased to present the results in what has been an incredibly busy year of change and consolidation for the Group.

The financial results show a clear difference emerging between the Manufacturing Divisions, which are higher margin, book and ship with short working capital cycle and Alternative Energy, which is lower margin long term contracting with much higher individual value projects characterised by a variable working capital profile.

Much work has been done over the year to maintain cash generation and this achievement has enabled continued investment in capital assets during the year and a strategic acquisition post year-end.

Manufacturing

Overall the Manufacturing Divisions continued to perform in line with the latest market expectations and there have been some positive developments in the year.

In September the closure of the Engineered Products US manufacturing facility was completed as part of the Group restructuring and this is presented as a discontinued operation under IFRS5 "Non-current Assets Held for Sale and Discontinued Operations" and the 2015 results have been represented accordingly.  This operation had been loss making for the last two years and it had become clear that it was not of a sufficient scale to penetrate the US market effectively and should be closed.  Further details of this are given in Note 8 to the financial statements.

Revenue in the continuing operations has been significantly impacted by the lower oil and gas market volumes and fell to £24.4 million (2015: £39.8 million).  This is particularly marked in the PMC Division, which experienced a 43% reduction from the prior year.

Gross Profit Margin held up at  31% (2015: 32.2%).  The first half of the year was stronger than the second half, which was impacted by competitive pricing pressures in PMC and the mix of work in CSC.  The success of the restructuring of the Engineered Products Division is evidenced by the 4.2ppt improvement in year-on -year gross margin.  

Operating profit in the Manufacturing Divisions (before acquisition costs, amortisation and exceptional charges) reduced to £2.2 million (2015: £6.7 million).  The return on sales (RoS) was adversely impacted by the significant sales volume reduction, decrease in gross margin and comparatively higher fixed cost in the first half whilst the restructuring was ongoing.  This is now largely complete and the divisions have been scaled down to be profitable at the low volumes experienced in the second half.  The impact of this is a 4ppt improvement in RoS in the second half.

Cash generation is, and remains, strong in the Manufacturing Divisions with an operating cash inflow of £5.2 million (before exceptional redundancy costs) demonstrating the underlying stability and strength in this part of the Group.

Alternative Energy

As noted in the August trading update statement delays both in timing of award and the commencement on a number of contracts, particularly in the USA, have had a significant impact on the expected results for the year as a whole.  The Operating Loss (before acquisition costs, amortisation and exceptional charges) was £1.1 million, slightly ahead of the latest market expectation for the year (2015: Loss £1.1 million). 

In addition to the slippage of sales, we also encountered some unanticipated, additional legacy costs (£0.4 million) and margin erosion on a first of type project in North America.  As a result gross margin fell to 17.4% for the full year (2015: 20.8%).  Profitability improved over the year with the first half loss of £0.9 million reducing to £0.2 m in the second half, as the phasing of work and momentum in order award and commencement picked up.

The Group continued to invest in technology in the Alternative Energy Division and R&D costs of £0.2 million have been expensed in the year (2015: £0.7 million).

The remaining provision for deferred consideration of £3.3 million (net of foreign currency losses on revaluation) was released in the first half.  The delays in the timing of orders and operating loss means the relevant businesses are no longer expected to hit the future trigger points for the earn-out payments which are fixed with the financial year.  Given this is a non-trading item it has been presented as an exceptional item, in accordance with Group's accounting policies.

As the Alternative Energy Division grows the short-term challenge is managing the working capital requirement. Individual projects are planned to be at least working capital neutral throughout, however, given the size of the contracts and associated invoicing milestones the cash flows can be variable and disconnected from the profit recognition.  The Division was cash generative in the year generating £0.9 million operating cash inflow, despite the losses, as a result of the phasing of the contracts in the second half (2015: operating cash inflow £0.2 million).

Central costs

Unallocated central costs (before acquisition costs, amortisation on acquired businesses and exceptional charges and credits) were £1.5 million (2015: £1.8 million).  This reduction reflects the Group wide focus on cost reduction and combining of roles as part of the group wide restructuring.

Foreign Exchange

The Group has a number of major exposures to movements in foreign exchange rates related to both transactional trading and translation of overseas investments. 

In the year under review, the principal exposures which arose from trading activities, were to movements in the value of the Euro and the US Dollar relative to Sterling.  As the Group companies both buy and sell in overseas currencies, particularly the Euro and the US Dollar, there is a degree of natural hedge already in place.  In the Alternative Energy division the currency exposure is actively managed at the outset of a project and appropriate forward contracts taken out to cover the majority of the exposure.  As at 1 October 2016 there were no forward contracts in place (2015: £26k).

In 2016 a net gain of £0.7 million (2015: £0.2 million) has been recognised in adjusted operating profit in respect of realised and unrealised transactions in Euro, US Dollar, Canadian Dollar and New Zealand Dollar.  A loss of £0.5 million (2015: £0.4 million gain) has been recorded below adjusted operating profit in respect of the retranslation of the deferred consideration liability denominated in New Zealand Dollars.

At the present time no cover is held against the value of overseas investments or intercompany loans with overseas entities as these are expected to be held for the long term and over the next year dividend flows are not expected to be significant.

 

Taxation

The tax credit for the year was £1.0 million (2015: £0.1 million).  The loss before tax, effect of the change in tax rates in the year and adjustments in respect of prior years have all contributed to the significant credit in the current year.

The applicable current tax rate for the year is 20% (2015: 20.5%).  The reduction in rate of tax and the utilisation of losses have resulted in a lower effective tax rate than the current rate of tax.

Corporation tax refunded in the year totalled £0.5 million (2015: tax paid £1.8 million), all of which relates to the UK.

Funding and cash flow

Net debt reduced to £6.6 million (2015: £7.1 million) as the strong cash generation in the Manufacturing Divisions combined with the Alternative Energy Division to generate net operating cash inflow of £5.1 million, before restructuring costs of £0.7 million (2015: net cash inflow £7.9 million). Net debt would have been in line with market expectation had a number of significant expected receipts in the AE Division been received before the balance sheet date.  Operating cash generation in second half was stronger (£2.7 million vs £2.4 million in the first half) before exceptional redundancy costs due to the profitability of the Manufacturing Divisions.

Cash conversion (cash inflow from operating activities divided by adjusted operating profit) in the Manufacturing Divisions was a ratio of 2.4:1.  The losses in AE and overall Group operating loss (before acquisition costs, amortisation and exceptional charges) mean a group cash conversion ratio is not calculated this year (2015: 2.41:1).

Non-trading cash flows reflect the continued investment in the business through capital expenditure of £0.9m and payment of the final Roota acquisition deferred consideration of £2.5 million, along with the final 2015 dividend payment £0.8 million.

The Group complied with all financial covenants on the banking facilities during the year.

Post balance sheet events

On 7 December 2016 the Group acquired the entire issued share capital of UK based Martract Limited.  The maximum total consideration for the Acquisition was £4.3 million on a cash free, debt free basis, comprising an initial cash consideration of £3.7 million plus cash balances ("Initial Consideration") and a conditional deferred payment of up to £0.6 million ("Additional Consideration"). The Additional consideration payable in respect of the 12 month period following the Acquisition (the "Earn-out Period") is dependent on the future EBITDA performance of Martract. The Initial Consideration will be met from the Group's existing bank facilities and cash. 

Joanna Allen

Finance Director

13 December 2016

 

CONSOLIDATION STATEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

For the 52 week period ended 1 October 2016

	Notes	52 weeks ended 1 October 2016	53 weeks ended 3 October 2015
		£'000	£'000
Revenue	1	35,753	53,816
Cost of sales		(26,211)	(38,056)
Gross profit		9,542	15,760
Administration expenses		(9,923)	(11,942)
Operating (loss)/profit before acquisition costs, amortisation and exceptional charges and credits	1	(381)	3,818
Separately disclosed items of administrative expenses:
Amortisation and acquisition related exceptional items	3	1,123	(291)
Other exceptional charges and credits	4	(798)	(425)
Operating (loss)/profit		(56)	3,102
Finance income		32	15
Finance costs		(335)	(457)
Exceptional costs in relation to the option on and loan to KGTM	5	-	(1,408)
Share of losses of associate	12	-	(151)
(Loss)/profit before taxation	2	(359)	1,101
Taxation	7	1,002	121
Profit for the period from continuing operations		643	1,222
Discontinued operations
Loss for the year from discontinued operations	6	(1,331)	(523)
(Loss)/profit for the period attributable to owners of the parent		(688)	699
Other comprehensive income   Items that may be reclassified subsequently to profit or loss: Currency translation differences on translation of foreign operations		(426)	(10)
Total comprehensive income for the period attributable to the owners of the parent		(1,114)	689
Basic earnings per share
From continuing operation	8	4.4p	8.5p
From discontinued operations	8	(9.2)p	(3.6)p
From (loss)/profit for the period		(4.8)p	4.9p
Diluted earnings per share
From continuing operations	8	4.4p	8.4p
From discontinued operations	8	(9.2)p	(3.6)p
From (loss)/profit for the period		(4.8)p	4.8p

 

 

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET

As at 1 October 2016

 

	Notes	1 October	3 October
		2016	2015
		£'000	£'000
Non-current assets
Goodwill	10	15,020	15,020
Intangible assets	11	11,329	13,451
Property, plant and equipment		13,765	14,348
Deferred tax asset	17	544	270
Investment in associates	12	-	-
		40,658	43,089
Current assets
Inventories		5,210	7,414
Trade and other receivables	13	11,279	13,539
Cash and cash equivalents Derivative financial instruments		6,073 -	3,459 26
Current tax asset		-	82
		22,562	24,520
Total assets		63,220	67,609
Current liabilities
Trade and other payables	14	(12,069)	(13,025)
Borrowings	15	(242)	(337)
Current tax liabilities		(258)	-
		(12,569)	(13,362)
Non-current liabilities
Other payables	14	(1,398)	(5,078)
Borrowings	15	(12,411)	(10,236)
Deferred tax liabilities	17	(2,027)	(2,592)
		(15,836)	(17,906)
Total liabilities		(28,405)	(31,268)
Net assets		34,815	36,341
Equity
Share capital		724	721
Share premium account		21,620	21,539
Translation reserve		(401)	25
Retained earnings		12,872	14,056
Total equity		34,815	36,341

 

 

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY

For the 52 week period ended 1 October 2016

 

	Notes	Share capital	Share premium account		Translation reserve	Profit and loss account	Total equity
		£'000	£'000		£'000	£'000	£'000
Balance at 27 September 2014		718	21,463		35	14,313	36,529
Dividends		-	-		-	(1,209)	(1,209)
Share based payments		-	-		-	253	253
Shares issued		3	76		-	-	79
Transactions with owners		3	76		-	(956)	(877)
Profit for the period		-	-		-	699	699
Other comprehensive income: Exchange differences on translating foreign operations		-	-		(10)	-	(10)
Total comprehensive income		-	-		(10)	699	689
Balance at 3 October 2015		721	21,539		25	14,056	36,341
Dividends		-	-		-	(810)	(810)
Share based payments		-	-		-	314	314
Shares issued		3	81		-	-	84
Transactions with owners		3	81		-	(496)	(412)
Loss for the period		-	-		-	(688)	(688)
Other comprehensive income: Exchange differences on translating foreign operations		-	-		(426)	-	(426)
Total comprehensive income		-	-		(426)	(688)	(1,114)
Balance at 1 October 2016		724	21,620		(401)	12,872	34,815

 

 

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS

For the 52 week period ended 1 October 2016

 

	Notes	52 weeks ended 1 October 2016	53 weeks ended 3 October 2015
		£'000	£'000
Operating activities
Cash flows from operating activities	18	4,405	7,925
Finance costs paid		(228)	(220)
Income tax refund / (paid)		504	(1,770)
Net cash inflow from operating activities		4,681	5,935
Investing activities
Proceeds from sale of fixed assets		84	181
Purchase of property, plant and equipment		(883)	(6,250)
Cash outflow on purchase of subsidiaries net of cash acquired		-	(9,648)
Cash outflow on payment of deferred consideration		(2,500)	(2,000)
Net cash used in investing activities		(3,299)	(17,717)
Financing activities
New borrowings		2,300	10,000
Repayment of borrowings		(342)	(185)
Dividends paid		(810)	(1,209)
Shares issued		84	79
Receipt of government grants		-	200
Net cash from financing activities		1,232	8,885
Net increase / (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents		2,614	(2,897)
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period		3,459	6,356
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period		6,073	3,459

 

 

NOTES

Accounting policies

Basis of preparation

The financial information set out in this preliminary announcement does not constitute statutory accounts as defined by section 434 of the Companies Act 2006.  It has been prepared in accordance with the recognition and measurement principles of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) adopted for use in the European Union, including IFRIC interpretations issued by the International Accounting Standards Board, and in accordance with the AIM rules and is not therefore in full compliance with IFRS.  The principal accounting policies of the Group have remained unchanged from those set out in the Group's 2015 annual report.  The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention, except for derivative financial instruments which are carried at fair value.

 

The financial information for the period ended 1 October 2016 was approved by the Board on 12 December 2016 and has been extracted from the Group's financial statements upon which the auditor's opinion is unmodified and does not include a statement under section 498(2) or (3) of the Companies Act 2006.

 

The statutory accounts for the period ended 1 October 2016 will be posted to shareholders at least 21 days before the Annual General Meeting and made available on our website www.pressuretechnologies.com. In due course, they will be delivered to the Registrar of Companies. The statutory accounts for the period ended 3 October 2015 have been delivered to the Registrar of Companies.

 

Going concern

The consolidated financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis.

 

Management has produced forecasts for all business units which have been reviewed and approved by the Directors. These demonstrate the Group is forecast to generate profits and cash in 2016/2017 and beyond and that the Group has sufficient cash reserves and bank facilities to enable the Group to meet its obligations as they fall due for a period of at least 12 months from when these financial statements have been signed. Management have modelled the financial covenants in the forecasts and no breach is expected.  

 

As such, the Directors are satisfied that the Company and Group have adequate resources to continue to operate for the foreseeable future. For this reason they continue to adopt the going concern basis for preparing the financial statements.

1. Segmental analysis

The financial information by segment detailed below is frequently reviewed by the Chief Executive who has been identified as the Chief Operating Decision Maker (CODM). The manufacturing and Alternative Energy divisions are distinct due to the nature of the underlying businesses and as such are grouped on that basis.

 

For the 52 week period ended 1 October 2016

	Cylinders	Precision Machined Components	Engineered Products	Manufacturing sub total	Alternative Energy	Central costs	Total
	£'000	£'000	£'000	£'000	£'000	£'000	£'000
Revenue
- total	9,538	11,319	4,163	25,020	11,335	-	36,355
- revenue from other segments	-	(576)	(23)	(599)	(3)	-	(602)
Revenue from external customers	9,538	10,743	4,140	24,421	11,332	-	35,753
Gross Profit	3,226	3,350	994	7,570	1,972	-	9,542
Operating profit / (loss) before acquisition costs, amortisation on acquired businesses and exceptional charges and credits	1,053	1,398	(291)	2,160	(1,060)	(1,481)	(381)
Acquisition related exceptional items and amortisation (charges) / credits*	-	(1,462)	-	(1,462)	(703)	3,288	1,123
Other exceptional charges	(84)	(359)	(333)	(776)	(22)	-	(798)
Operating profit / (loss)	969	(423)	(624)	(78)	(1,785)	1,807	(56)
Exceptional costs in relation to the option on and loan to KGTM	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Share of losses of associate	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Net finance (costs) / income	-	(11)	-	(11)	29	(321)	(303)
Profit / (loss) before tax	969	(434)	(624)	(89)	(1,756)	1,486	(359)
Segmental net assets **	7,132	22,153	2,868	32,153	13,876	(11,214)	34,815
Other segment information:
Capital expenditure	419	268	140	827	92	42	961
Depreciation	330	822	128	1,280	95	102	1,477
Amortisation	-	1,462	-	1,462	703	1	2,166

 

*Includes fees associated with making acquisitions.

 

** Segmental net assets comprise the net assets of each division adjusted to reflect the elimination of the cost of investment in subsidiaries and the provision of financing loans provided by Pressure Technologies plc.

 

For the 53 week period ended 3 October 2015

	Cylinders	Precision Machined Components		Engineered Products		Manufacturing sub total		Alternative Energy	Central costs		Total
	£'000	£'000		£'000		£'000		£'000	£'000		£'000
Revenue
- total	14,343	18,815		6,687		39,845		13,971	-		53,816
- revenue from other segments	-	-		-		-		-	-		-
Revenue from external customers	14,343	18,815		6,687		39,845		13,971	-		53,816
Gross Profit	5,289	6,250		1,311		12,850		2,910	-		15,760
Operating profit / (loss) before acquisition costs, amortisation on acquired businesses and exceptional charges and credits	2,111	4,512		122		6,745		(1,142)	(1,785)		3,818
Acquisition related exceptional items and amortisation (charges) / credits*	-	(1,425)		(135)		(1,560)		(720)	1,989		(291)
Other exceptional charges	297	-		(263)		34		(309)	(150)		(425)
Operating profit / (loss)	2,408	3,087		(276)		5,219		(2,171)	54		3,102
Exceptional costs in relation to the option on and loan to KGTM	-	-		-		-		-	(1,408)		(1,408)
Share of losses of associate	(151)	-		-		(151)		-	-		(151)
Net finance (costs) / income	-	(30)		2		(28)		3	(417)		(442)
Profit / (loss) before tax	2,257	3,057		(274)		5,040		(2,168)	(1,771)		1,101
Segmental net assets **	7,452	23,671		4,594		35,717		11,321	(10,697)		36,341
Other segment information:
Capital expenditure	1,254	1,058		110		2,422		123	3,757		6,302
Depreciation	318	770		104		1,192		93	85		1,370
Amortisation	-	1,425		135		1,560		720	-		2,280

 

There has been no significant trading between the segments in the period.

 

*Includes fees associated with making acquisitions.

 

** Segmental net assets comprise the net assets of each division adjusted to reflect the elimination of the cost of investment in subsidiaries and the provision of financing loans provided by Pressure Technologies plc.

 

The following table provides an analysis of the Group's revenue by geographical destination.

 

Revenue	2016	2015
	£'000	£'000
United Kingdom	17,235	29,211
Europe	7,817	8,929
Rest of the World	10,701	15,676
	35,753	53,816

The Group's largest customer contributed 7% to the Group's revenue (2015: 12%) and is reported within the Precision Machined Components segment. No customers contributed more than 10% in the period to 1 October 2016 (2015: 1).

 

The following table provides an analysis of the Group's revenue by market.

 

Revenue	2016	2015
	£'000	£'000
Oil and gas	15,527	30,822
Defence Industrial gases	6,469 2,372	7,471 1,502
Alternative energy	11,385	14,021
	35,753	53,816

 

The above table is provided for the benefit of shareholders.  It is not provided to the PT board or the CODM on a regular monthly basis and consequently does not form part of the divisional segmental analysis.

 

The following table provides an analysis of the carrying amount of non-current assets and additions to property, plant and equipment.

 

		2016				2015
		United Kingdom	Rest of the World	Total		United Kingdom	Rest of the World	Total
		£'000	£'000	£'000		£'000	£'000	£'000
Non-current assets		40,295	77	40,372		42,954	135	43,089
Additions to property, plant and equipment		859	102	961		6,191	111	6,302

 

 

2. Profit before taxation

Profit before taxation is stated after charging / (crediting):

 

	2016	2015
	£'000	£'000
Depreciation of property, plant and equipment - owned assets	1,387	1,271
Depreciation of property, plant and equipment - assets under finance lease and hire purchase agreements	90	99
Loss / (Profit) on disposal of fixed assets	9	(10)
Amortisation of intangible assets acquired on business combinations	2,166	2,280
Amortisation of grants receivable	(99)	(104)
Staff costs (see note 10)	12,911	16,366
Cost of inventories recognised as an expense	20,538	27,615
Operating lease rentals:
- Land and buildings	323	638
- Machinery and equipment	90	94
R&D costs	200	700
Foreign currency gain	(711)	(215)
Share based payments	314	253

 

3. Amortisation and acquisition related exceptional items

		2016	2015
		£'000	£'000
Amortisation of intangible assets		(2,166)	(2,280)
Acquisition costs		-	(177)
Deferred consideration write back		3,766	1,749
Foreign currency (loss) / gain on revaluation of deferred consideration liability		(477)	417
		1,123	(291)

 

The deferred consideration write back relates to the deferred consideration arising from the acquisition of the Greenlane Group of Companies. The payment of this consideration is contingent on the future results of the acquired entities. The Directors have reviewed forecasts in relation to Greenlane and consider that it is unlikely that the consideration will be paid, and as such it has been released. Given the magnitude of the release and the fact that it is non-trading, the Directors consider it appropriate to disclose this as an exceptional item.

 

The revaluation of deferred consideration liability relates to the exchange differences calculated on the deferred consideration arising from the acquisition of The Greenlane Group, which was denominated in New Zealand Dollars, before it was written back. Given the large balance and therefore the effect on the results of the Group, the Directors consider it appropriate to disclose this foreign exchange movement as an exceptional item.

 

4. Other exceptional (charges) / credits

	2016	2015
	£'000	£'000
Reorganisation and redundancy	(732)	(747)
Costs in relation to HSE investigation	(66)	-
Release of rent provision	-	322
	(798)	(425)

 

The reorganisation costs relate to costs of restructuring across the Group. They are recognised in accordance with IAS 19.

 

Costs in relation to the HSE investigation are costs borne by the Group as a direct result of the accident at Chesterfield Special Cylinders which are not recoverable through insurance. Given the non-trading nature of these costs, the Directors consider it appropriate to disclose this as an exceptional item. Further details on the HSE investigation can be seen in note 19.

 

The release of the rent provision related to a provision made in relation to IAS 17 with regards to the lease held by Chesterfield Special Cylinders at the Meadowhall site. Following the purchase of the site by the Group in January 2015, this provision was no longer required and was consequently released. Given its non-recurring nature it was disclosed as an exceptional item.

5. Exceptional costs - KGTM write off

	2016	2015
	£'000	£'000
Exceptional provisions in relation to the option on and loans to KGTM	-	1,408

 

The exceptional costs in the prior year in relation to the options on and loans to KGTM relate to provisions made by the Board against the balance of the loans receivable from KGTM, an associated company. Due to the uncertainty of repayment, the entire balance of the loan outstanding was provided for.

 

6. Results of discontinued operation

	2016	2015
	£'000	£'000
Revenue	1,267	1,754
Expenses	(1,865)	(2,277)
Operating Profit pre-exceptional costs	(598)	(523)
Exceptional costs:
Reorganisation and redundancy	(278)	-
Impairment of assets on closure	(455)	-
Loss before taxation	(1,331)	(523)
Taxation	-	-
Profit for the year	(1,331)	(523)

 

Due to the oil and gas market conditions that continued into the second half of the accounting period, as part of the groups restructuring, the US operation of the engineered products division was closed during the year. The manufacturing facilities were wound down and fully closed in early September.

	2016	2015
	£'000	£'000
Cash flows from discontinued operations
Net cash used in operating activities	(679)	(150)
Net cash used from investing activities	27	(40)
Net cash used from financing activities	783	135
Net cash flows for the year	131	(55)

 

 

7. Taxation

	2016	2015
	£'000	£'000
Current tax
Current tax (credit)/expense	-	269
Over provision in respect of prior years	(163)	(79)
	(163)	190
Deferred tax
Origination and reversal of temporary differences	(839)	(307)
Over provision in respect of prior years	-	(4)
	(839)	(311)
Total taxation credit	(1,002)	(121)

 

Corporation tax is calculated at 20% (2015: 20.5%) of the estimated assessable profit for the period. Deferred tax is calculated at the rate expected to be substantively enacted when the temporary differences unwind (2015: 20%).

 

The charge for the period can be reconciled to the profit per the consolidated statement of comprehensive income as follows:

 

	2016 £'000	2015 £'000
Profit before taxation	(359)	1,101
Theoretical tax at UK corporation tax rate 20% (2015: 20.5%)	(72)	226
Effect of (credits) / charges:
- non-deductible expenses and other timing differences	131	(46)
- disallowable release of deferred consideration	(658)	(369)
- other disallowable acquisition costs	-	126
- Research and development allowance	(54)	(23)
- adjustments in respect of prior years	(160)	(83)
- effect of unrealised overseas	126	46
- change in taxation rates	(315)	2
Total taxation credit	(1,002)	(121)

 

8. Earnings per ordinary share

Basic and diluted earnings per share have been calculated based on the net profit or loss attributable to ordinary shareholders and the weighted average number of ordinary shares in issue during the period.

 

The calculation of the basic earnings per share is based on the earnings attributable to ordinary shareholders divided by the weighted average number of shares in issue during the period. The adjusted earnings per share is also calculated based on the basic weighted average number of shares.

 

The calculation of diluted earnings per share is based on the basic earnings per share, adjusted to allow for the issue of shares on the assumed conversion of all dilutive options.

 

For the 52 week period ended 1 October 2016

	Continuing £'000	Discontinued £'000	Total £'000
Profit after tax	643	(1,331)	(688)
			No.
Weighted average number of shares - basic			14,449,195
Dilutive effect of share options			1,983
Weighted average number of shares - diluted			14,451,178
Basic earnings per share	4.4p	(9.2)p	(4.8)p
Diluted earnings per share	4.4p	(9.2)p	(4.8)p

 

The Group adjusted earnings per share is calculated as follows:

Profit after tax	643	(1.331)	(688)
Amortisation and acquisition related exceptional items	(1,123)	-	(1,123)
Other exceptional charges and credits	798	278	1,076
Impairment of assets on closure	-	455	455
Theoretical tax effect of above adjustments	(688)	(56)	(744)
Adjusted earnings	(370)	(654)	(1,024)
Adjusted earnings per share	(2.6)p	(4.5)p	(7.1)p

 

For the 53 week period ended 3 October 2015

	Continuing £'000	Discontinued £'000	Total £'000
Profit after tax	1,222	(523)	699
			No.
Weighted average number of shares - basic			14,378,392
Dilutive effect of share options			144,690
Weighted average number of shares - diluted			14,523,082
Basic earnings per share	8.5p	(3.6)p	4.9p
Diluted earnings per share	8.4p	(3.6)p	4.8p

 

The Group adjusted earnings per share is calculated as follows:

 

Profit after tax	1,222	(523)	699
Amortisation and acquisition related exceptional items	291	-	291
Other exceptional charges and credits	425	-	425
Exceptional costs in relation to the option on and loan to KGTM	1,408	-	1,408
Theoretical tax effect of above adjustments	(739)	-	(739)
Adjusted earnings	2,607	(523)	2,084
Adjusted earnings per share	18.1p	(3.6)p	14.5p

 

9. Dividends

The following dividend payments have been made on the ordinary 5p shares in issue:

		Rate	Date	Shares in issue	2016	2015
					£'000	£'000
Final 2013/14		5.6p	17 March 2015	14,377,130	-	805
Interim 2014/15		2.8p	7 August 2015	14,414,930	-	404
Final 2014/15		5.6p	18 March 2016	14,471,481	810	-
					810	1,209

 

No dividends have been declared or proposed in respect of the year ended 1 October 2016.

10. Goodwill

	Total £'000
Cost and gross carrying amount
At 27 September 2014	7,081
Acquired through business combinations	7,939
At 3 October 2015	15,020
Acquired through business combinations	-
At 1 October 2016	15,020

 

	Date of acquisition	Original cost £'000
Precision Machined components
Al-Met Limited	February 2010	272
Roota Engineering Limited	March 2014	5,117
The Quadscot Group	October 2014	3,079
Engineered products
Hydratron Limited	October 2010	1,692
Alternative Energy
The Greenlane Group	October 2014	4,860
		15,020

 

Goodwill arising on consolidation represents the excess of the fair value of the consideration given over the fair value of the identifiable net assets acquired. The Group has Goodwill in relation to 5 acquisitions: Al Met Limited, The Hydratron Group, Roota Engineering Limited, The Quadscot Group and The Greenlane Group.

 

11. Intangible assets

		Licence and distribution agreement	Software Licenses		Technology	Non contractual customer relationships	Total
Cost		£'000	£'000		£'000	£'000	£'000
At 27 September 2014		1,200	-		-	7,440	8,640
Acquired through business combination		-	-		5,316	4,262	9,578
Disposed of in the period		(1,200)	-		-	-	(1,200)
At 3 October 2015		-	-		5,316	11,702	17,018
Additions		-	44		-	-	44
Acquired through business combination		-	-		-	-	-
Disposed of in the period		-	-		-	-	-
At 1 October 2016		-	44		5,316	11,702	17,062
Amortisation
At 27 September 2014		393	-		-	1,287	1,680
Charge for the period		-	-		720	1,560	2,280
Disposed of in the period		(393)	-		-	-	(393)
At 3 October 2015		-	-		720	2,847	3,567
Charge for the period		-	1		703	1,462	2,166
Disposed of in the period		-	-		-	-	-
At 1 October 2016		-	1		1,423	4,309	5,733
Net book value
At 1 October 2016		-	43		3,893	7,393	11,329
At 3 October 2015		-	-		4,596	8,855	13,451
Remaining useful economic life at 1 October 2016	-			3 years	6 years	5 years

 

There are no internally generated fixed assets

12. Investments in associates

	£'000
At 27 September 2014	123
Investments made in the year	-
Share of profits / ( losses)	(123)
As at 3 October 2015	-
Investments made in the year	-
Share of profits / ( losses)	-
As at 1 October 2016	-

 

Note that the share of losses of associates as set out in the Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income in the prior year were set first against the investment and then against the value of other receivables from KGTM, as shown below. The remaining value of these receivables was provided against as set out in note 5.

 

	2016	2015
	£'000	£'000
Amount of losses set against investment	-	123
Amount of losses set against other receivables from KGTM	-	28
	-	151

 

The group's share of the results of its principal associates and its aggregated assets (including goodwill) and liabilities, are as follows:

	Country of incorporation	Assets	Liabilities	Revenues	Loss	Interest held
		£'000	£'000	£'000	£'000	%
At 3 October 2015
Kelley GTM, LLC.	USA	578	(5,273)	793	(741)	40
At 1 October 2016
Kelley GTM, LLC.	USA	473	(6,202)	918	(195)	40

 

KGTM has a year-end date of 31 December. The period for which the results of KGTM have been shown in the table above is from 4 October 2015 to 1 October 2016. The group's share of the results of KGTM are not included in the group's financial statements as the investment and loans made to KGTM are fully written down and there is no legal or constructive obligation to recognise any further losses and no further payments have been made on behalf of the associate.

 

The total losses recognised against the investment and other receivables from KGTM for the period were £Nil (2015: £151,000) leaving unrecognised losses of £195,000 (2015:£590,000).

13. Trade and other receivables

	2016	2015
	£'000	£'000
Current
Trade receivables	7,536	11,015
Amounts due from customers for construction contract work	1,827	756
Other receivables	602	545
Prepayments and accrued income	1,314	1,223
	11,279	13,539

 

The average credit period taken on the sale of goods and services was 47 days (2015: 79 days) in respect of the Group. One debtor individually accounted for over 10% of trade receivables and represented 26% of the total balance. In 2015, two debtors accounted for over 10% of trade receivables and both individually represented 10% of the total balance.

 

Ageing of past due but not impaired receivables:

	2016	2015
	£'000	£'000
Days past due:
0 - 30 days	1,310	1,221
31 - 60 days	242	539
61 - 90 days	220	129
91 - 120 days	65	77
121+ days	389	885
Total	2,226	2,851

 

14. Trade and other payables

	2016	2015
	£'000	£'000
Amounts due within 12 months
Trade payables	6,903	3,447
Progress billings on construction contracts in excess of work completed	931	2,131
Other tax and social security	301	903
Accruals, deferred income and other payables	3,934	4,044
Deferred consideration	-	2,500
Total due within 12 months	12,069	13,025
Amounts due after 12 months
Deferred consideration	-	3,531
Accruals, deferred income and other payables	1,398	1,547
Total due after 12 months	1,398	5,078

 

Deferred income due after 12 months includes grant income received and customer prepayments for contracts in delivery in a number of years. There are no unfulfilled conditions or other contingencies attached to these grants.

 

15. Borrowings

	2016 £'000	2015 £'000
Non-current
Bank borrowings	12,300	10,000
Finance lease liabilities	111	236
	12,411	10,236
Current
Finance lease liabilities	242	337
	242	337
Total borrowings	12,653	10,573

 

Bank borrowings mature in 2018 and bear average coupons of 2% above LIBOR annually.

Total borrowings include secured liabilities of £12.3 million. Bank borrowings are secured on the property, plant and equipment of the group. Obligations under finance leases are secured on the plant & machinery assets to which they relate.

 

The carrying amounts of the group's borrowings are all denominated in GBP.

 

The maturity profile of long-term loans is as follows:

	2016	2015
	£'000	£'000
Due within one year
Finance lease liabilities	242	337
Due within two to five years
Bank borrowings	12,300	10,000
Finance lease liabilities	111	236

 

The group has the following undrawn borrowing facilities:

 

	2016	2015
	£'000	£'000
Expiring beyond one year	2,700	5,000

 

The facility also includes an accordion feature option allowing for an additional facility for £10m subject to certain conditions set out in the agreement.

 

16. Construction contracts

Construction contracts are accounted for in accordance with IAS 11, 'Construction Contracts' and IAS18, 'Revenue'. The position on individual contracts is held as 'Amounts due from customers for contract work' within trade and other receivables or as 'Progress billings on construction contracts in excess of work completed' within trade and other payables as applicable.

 

	2016 £'000	2015 £'000
Costs incurred and profit recognised to date	16,083	14,488
Less: Progress billings	(15,187)	(15,863)
Net balance sheet position for ongoing contracts	896	(1,375)

 

17. Deferred tax

The following are the major deferred tax assets / (liabilities) recognised by the Group and movements thereon during the current and prior reporting period.

	Accelerated tax depreciation	Intangible assets	Short term temporary differences	Share option costs	Operating lease incentives	Unused Losses	Total
	£'000	£'000	£'000	£'000	£'000	£'000	£'000
At 27 September 2014	(657)	(1,231)	32	49	65	-	(1,742)
(Charge) / Credit  to income	(62)	313	79	46	(65)	-	311
Acquired through business combinations	(39)	(852)	-	-	-	-	(891)
At 3 October 2015	(758)	(1,770)	111	95	-	-	(2,322)
(Charge) / Credit  to income	40	514	(16)	(29)	-	330	839
At 1 October 2016	(718)	(1,256)	95	66	-	330	(1,483)

 

The net deferred tax balance has been analysed as follows in the consolidated balance sheet:

 

	2016	2015
	£'000	£'000
Non-current asset Deferred tax asset	544	270
Non-current liabilities Deferred tax liabilities	(2,027)	(2,592)
	(1,483)	(2,322)

 

18. Consolidated cash flow statement

	2016	2015
	£'000	£'000
(Loss) / Profit after tax	(688)	699
Adjustments for:
Finance costs - net	303	442
Depreciation of property, plant and equipment	1,477	1,370
Amortisation of intangible assets	2,166	2,280
Share option costs	314	253
Income tax credit	(1,002)	(121)
Loss on derivative financial instruments	26	17
Loss / (profit) on disposal of property, plant and equipment	8	(10)
Exceptional charges associated with Kelley GTM	-	1,408
Exceptional IFRS rent adjustment release	-	(322)
Exceptional deferred consideration released and revaluation	(3,289)	(2,166)
Exceptional impairment of assets	464	-
Loss on investment in associate	-	151
Changes in working capital:
Decrease in inventories	1,749	1,693
Decrease in trade and other receivables	1,948	5,964
Increase / (decrease) in trade and other payables	929	(3,733)
Cash flows from operating activities	4,405	7,925

 

19. Contingent liabilities

Following the fatal accident at Chesterfield Special Cylinders ("CSC") in June 2015, whilst the police have confirmed no charges for manslaughter will be brought, the HSE investigation remains ongoing. On 1st February 2016 the Sentencing Council's new "Health and Safety Offences, Corporate Manslaughter and Food Safety and Hygiene Offences Definitive Guideline" (2016) came into force.

The guidelines set a range of fines dependent on the levels of harm and culpability. These levels are assessed by the Judge when sentencing and not at the time of charges being brought. We continue to cooperate fully with the HSE and we have engaged an independent expert to investigate the root cause of the accident. Until this investigation is complete neither CSC's legal adviser nor the HSE are in a position to assess what charges may be brought. As a result of this and the nature of the sentencing guidelines it is not possible to determine with any degree of certainty what, if any, financial penalties may be levied on CSC or any other group company as a result of this investigation. At such time as the quantum and likelihood of any penalty is able to be reliably determined further disclosure or provision will be made in accordance with IAS37 "Provisions, Contingent Liabilities and Contingent Assets"

 

20. Related party transactions

During the prior year, Pressure Technologies purchased 5 GTMs from Kelley GTM, LLC, in which the Group owns a 40% stake. These GTMs were purchased at a cost of £391,000 with the intention of entering them into a lease fleet of GTMs in operation, in which they remain at the period end. The GTMs owned by the Pressure Technologies Group are disclosed within property, plant and equipment at their carrying value. The transaction was completed on an arm's length basis.

The Group also has loans outstanding from Kelley GTM, LLC of $3,500,000. The Directors consider that the recoverability of these loans is not certain and therefore have made full provision against the full value of the loans in the prior year.

21. Events after the reporting period

The Group entered into a key transaction after the reporting date of 1 October 2016.

 

On 7 December 2016, the Pressure Technologies plc purchased the entire issued share capital of Martract Limited. The maximum total consideration for the Acquisition is £4.3 million on a cash free, debt free basis, comprising an initial cash consideration of £3.7 million plus cash balances and a conditional deferred payment of up to £0.6 million. The additional consideration payable in respect of the 12 month period following the Acquisition is dependent on the future EBITDA performance of Martract.

 

Due to the proximity of the above business combination to the reporting date, the initial accounting for these transactions has still to be completed, and consequently details of the amounts of assets and liabilities acquired and fair value of contingent consideration are not disclosed within this preliminary announcement.

22. Notice of annual general meeting

The annual General Meeting of the Company will be held at Chesterfield Special Cylinders, Meadowhall Rd, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S9 1BT on Tuesday 14^th February at 11am.