SEEEN
plc
("SEEEN", the "Group" or the "Company")
Audited results for the year
ended 31 December 2023
Update on 1H
2024
Notice of
AGM
SEEEN plc, the media and
technology platform that delivers AI-led Key Video Moments to drive
increased views and revenues across all video content, is pleased
to present its audited results for the year ended 31 December 2023
and an update on 1H 2024. In addition, the
Company gives notice of its annual general meeting
("AGM").
The Company's annual report and
accounts for the year ended 31 December 2023 (the "Accounts") are
now available from the Company's website https://seeen.com/
and will be sent to shareholders today.
Following the publication of the Accounts this morning, the
temporary suspension of the Company's securities from trading on
AIM is expected to be lifted at 07.30 a.m. today, 5 July
2024.
Overview
2023:
· Technology sales more than doubled in 2023, following release
of CreatorSuite 2.0 during
3Q 2023, reflecting our customers' increased need to capitalise on
shorter viewer attention spans by driving engagement and
sales
· Gross margins improved approximately 50% to 23.4%, reflecting
increased mix of technology-led sales
· CSP
(SEEEN's YouTube Creator Service Partner business) is profitable,
including new strategic clients attracted to our CSP because of our
new ShortsCut
technology
1H 2024:
· Continued sales momentum, accelerating during 2Q 2024 with
more than $600,000 of annualized new revenues won since the start
of 2Q
· First sales into the education and training market vertical
using video moment reminders for American Leak Detection service
technicians as a key reference customer for marketing to the
services sector
· Strong pipeline of more than $5 million in potential
annualised revenue through direct sales opportunities with
additional opportunities through reseller channels
· Completed fundraising of £763,000 principally to fund
continued sales momentum and further develop IP in the training
market
Full Year 2023
highlights:
●
Product Sales. At year end, the Group
has:
o 5
strategic customers (large publishers)
o 28 vertical market customers (sports, retail, services,
financial publishing)
o 10 e-commerce led customers
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Revenues
o Recurring technology revenues of approximately $0.23 million
more than doubled in the year (2022: $0.08 million)
o Total Group revenues of $2.1 million (2022: $3.3 million),
reflecting: (i) final elimination of unprofitable revenue from CSP
channel partners with no technology upselling potential; (ii) loss
of all CSP advertising revenue in Russia since the start of the
Ukrainian conflict
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Profitability
o Adjusted EBITDA* loss of ($0.6) million, in line with current
market expectations, reduced from ($0.8) million in 2022 despite
Group investment in additional sales staff
▪ Non-core goodwill and intangible impairment of $2.6 million,
reflecting the move away from commercialisation of JetStream's
standalone offerings
o Improved gross margin of 23.4% (2022: 15.5%), reflecting
increasing mix of technology sales and higher margin CSP channel
partners
* Adjusted EBITDA is defined as Earnings before Depreciation
and Amortisation, adding back Share Based Payments and goodwill and
intangible asset Impairment
1H 2024
Update:
●
Continued progress with selling the Group's
technology products across different verticals with announced
transactions for London Broncos and A7FL to supply video-led
website and commerce
●
Since the start of 2Q, the Group has added more
than $600,000 in annualised revenue across various business
lines
o Return to growth of CSP with more than $450,000 in annualised
revenue added from customers that are using SEEEN's technology,
especially ShortsCut, to
increase their social video revenue streams
o Additional $150,000 of annualised technology sales,
including:
▪ First training-based Key Video Moments sale to American Leak
Detection
▪ Upsells to existing CSP customers for our
technology
▪ Video-led website developments
▪ Ongoing vertical customer sales
●
Completed fundraising of £763,000 of new ordinary
shares (plus conditional subscription for a convertible loan note
for £325,000 and the issue of warrants to raise up to an additional
£880,000) in June 2024 principally to fund continued sales momentum
and further develop IP in the training market
Notice of
AGM: Copies of the Annual Report and Notice of Annual General
Meeting are today being posted to shareholders and will shortly be
made available on the Company's website at seeen.com. The Company's AGM will be held at the
offices of SEEEN plc, Hones Yard, 1 Waverley Lane, Farnham, Surrey
GU9 8BB at 10.00 a.m. on 30 July 2024.
Adrian Hargrave, CEO of SEEEN, commented:
"We continued to add momentum behind our
technology products and sales during 2023 and the first half of
2024 and returned the CSP business to profitability and growth.
After our team's hard work, we are grateful to our investors for
their ongoing support, including in our recent
fundraise.
We continue to add highly
referenceable customers with strong case studies, which have
resulted in our customers benefitting from increased sales and
advertising revenues, as well as faster training times. Video is
becoming increasingly important for all companies to communicate
with all stakeholders who have shorter attention spans: customers,
viewers, employees and suppliers. With our AI-led Key Video
Moments, we remain strongly positioned to deliver value for our
growing customer base by exploiting these shorter attention
spans.
Building on the momentum across
our business lines and the ever increasing move in the market
towards exploiting shorter attention spans, our team looks forward
to the remainder of 2024 and beyond and updating shareholders on
continued progress with customer wins and reseller opportunities,
as we execute against our significant pipeline."
The information communicated within this announcement is
deemed to constitute inside information as stipulated under the
Market Abuse Regulations (EU) No. 596/ 2014 (which forms part of
Domestic UK law pursuant to the European Union (Withdrawal) Act
2018). Upon the publication of this announcement, this inside
information is now considered to be in the public
domain.
Enquiries:
SEEEN plc
Adrian Hargrave, CEO
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Dowgate Capital Limited - Joint Broker
Stephen Norcross
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Tel: +44
(0)20 3903 7721
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Capital Plus Partners Limited - Joint
Broker
Jonathan Critchley / Jon
Levinson
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(0)20 3821 6167
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Allenby Capital (Nominated Adviser & Joint
Broker)
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Tel: +44
(0)20 3328 5656
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Alex Brearley/George Payne
(Corporate Finance)
Tony Quirke/Amrit Nahal (Sales and
Corporate Broking)
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Focus IR (Investor Relations)
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Tel: +44
(0)7866 384 707
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Paul Cornelius / Kat
Perez
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seeen@focusir.com
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Chairman's Statement
One year ago in these pages, we
noted our team's "relentless execution, on-going enthusiasm for
seizing the customer opportunity and focus on fundamentals despite
difficult market conditions." We are pleased to update
our shareholders on how during 2023 and 1H 2024 our team has
delivered on what they stated they would do in last year's
report. As a result, the Company has made significant
positive strides in its ability to grow and to sustain long-term
shareholder value.
Needless to say, there have been
marketplace challenges over the last year for early-stage companies
around the world. Our team's determination, enthusiasm and
focus has enabled it to rise to the challenge. In going to
battle for our shareholders, the team has advanced an exciting and
proprietary video moments-based set of products and refined our
unique selling proposition (USP) using clear return on investment
data to attract more customers.
In our CEO's statement,
Adrian discusses the team's delivery of results in more
detail. As a prelude, let me outline three key
deliverables for our shareholders: (i) attracting financial
resources to succeed; (ii) growing both our technology
product business with more new customers and our CSP business in
more profitable ways by bundling new technology offerings for
content creators and (iii) positioning our Company to partner with
much bigger companies looking to resell our video moment products
to meet new holes in their portfolios of offerings given
accelerating global market demand for AI-based video
moments.
First, in June 2024, the Company
completed its second round of funding in eighteen months. In
doing so, it communicated to new investors its sustainability and
path to cash flow positive. Continually proving
financeability is an essential part of the journey for any
early-stage company.
Second, the team has leveraged our
proprietary technology products in adding more customers to
approach cash flow positive during 2024. We have doubled high
gross margin product sales in the last twelve months.
Further, with respect to our CSP business, we have successfully
transitioned from previous management's approach of aggregating
unprofitable revenue as a service provider to gain market share to
now increasing gross margin by 30% since 2021 and adding new
sources of profitable revenue by bundling our ShortsCut technology
product for our CSP content creators.
Third, we see two market trends -
Continuous Customer Engagement and Real-time Skills Reinforcement
- that encourage us to partner with large companies to fill
their need for an AI video moments product to upsell fresh
offerings to their customers.
With respect to the former, as
companies around the world become increasingly oriented towards
data science, large Customer Relationship Management (CRM) software
providers and their customers seek to leverage captured end-user
data for on-going marketing engagement with end-users through
short-form video. With respect to the latter, educational
technology companies are trying to provide companies with ways to
upgrade employee skills in real time by using short form video for
cognitive reminders of techniques or compliance steps. In
both circumstances, SEEEN holds a proprietary solution for market
demand with AI-video moments.
Now that the latest funding is
complete, we are training our sights not only on crossing-over to
cash flow positive but also seeking reseller opportunities to
accelerate beyond cash flow positive. We look forward to our
team's delivery for the coming year.
Dr. Patrick DeSouza
Chairman
CEO's Statement
Overview
During 2023 and 1H 2024, we
continued to execute against our plan from our December 2022
fundraising. We made prudent decisions, balancing changing market
conditions against our strategic goal of returning the Company to
strong fundamentals, integrating our new management team and making
additions to our board. Our business plan for 2023 and 2024
was to first navigate the market in order to get to cash flow
positive while still spending resources on a sales team for our
technology products. Despite a tough market for all
early-stage companies because of macroeconomic headwinds, we
successfully made progress towards that end. We have
integrated a new team, our CSP business is cash flow breakeven with
profitable new sales. Our technology business has increased
sales. We have narrowed the distance to cash flow
positive. As a result, we are grateful for continued investor
confidence (both new and old investors) as evidenced by our
fundraising announced in May 2024 in supporting us to take the next
steps on the journey to drive real shareholder value as a
technology company.
Key deliverables, which are
addressed in more detail below and in the Strategic Report, against
this plan included:
(i) an
acceleration in customer acquisition, driven by our new sales
infrastructure;
(ii) the
release of new technology products, most notably CreatorSuite 2.0, which drives
increased monetisation from video through contextual video commerce
and enabling advertising, which have also contributed to an
acceleration in sales from our technology products;
(iii) margin
expansion across the whole Group, and the CSP in particular, as we
have leveraged our technology to drive a higher margin and more
sustainable customer base; and
(iv) cross selling
into existing customers leveraging our customer success
function.
The above has enabled us to
increase our gross margin to 23.4%, up by 50% from 2022 (2022:
15.5%), resulting in a consistent gross profit at approximately
$0.5 million (2022: $0.5 million). This reflects the increasing
shift to high margin technology-enabled sales with such sales more
than doubled, whilst reducing the amount of our legacy low margin
CSP business, which reduced overall revenues to $2.1 million (2022:
$3.3 million). This in turn resulted in a reduced Adjusted EBITDA
loss of $0.6 million (2022: loss of $0.8 million). After taking
into account amortisation of intangible assets, including
intangibles generated at the time of the Company's acquisition of
its subsidiaries, and goodwill and intangible impairment of $2.6
million to reflect the estimated value in use of these assets, the
Group's operating loss reduced by 51% to $5.2m (2022: loss of
$10.7m).
This momentum has continued since
the end of the year with our announced deals in the sports vertical
with London Broncos and A7FL, as well as initial work with American
Leak Detection, a related party of the Group, in using our Key
Video Moments for training and a return to growth of our CSP driven
by our technology-enabled services. As noted above, we are grateful
to our old and new shareholders for supporting us through our May
fundraising to enable us to continue investing in our growth
plan.
In the same way as we have done
since the 2022 fundraising, we will continue to prudently balance
market conditions against our growth plan, against our first
strategic goal of cross-over to cash flow positive - the hallmark
of sustainable growth. With board and management working together,
we have reinforced good governance processes with frequent scenario
testing. As explained more fully in the Going Concern section
of the Director's Report, both board and management work together
in a formal way to review market conditions and changing sales
scenarios (both upside and downside), all with the objective of
first attaining the strategic goal of cash flow positive - a
direction that we have delivered on in 2023 and 1H 2024. It
is anticipated that our May fundraise will enable us to continue
driving new customer acquisition and build out our IP for our
training products. We hope to accelerate past cash flow positive in
due course and seek to reinvest for strong, sustainable growth, but
we will remain prudent as always with the management of all
investments to ensure that step one is cash flow positive before
thoughts of "acceleration."
We remain excited about the market
opportunity available to the Group, which remains significant as
the world consumes more short form, actionable video for both
recreation and education. As a result of these shifts, brands and
platforms are looking at how best to monetise these views. The
traditional method of advertising remains at the forefront in many
industries, but for e-commerce, education and brands, this is often
not possible or advisable and the move to video commerce and
skills-based video training is strengthening, with both of these
industries expected to show CAGRs (Compound Annual Growth Rate) of
more than 15% over the next five years.
Now that we have developed a suite
of products that we are commercialising, our operational focus in
the near term is on execution at a sales level, which includes our
customer success function that will enable us to increase our
average customer value. We will opportunistically look to develop
further IP, as well as strategic partnerships and potentially
acquisitions in key verticals where we can acquire a large and
profitable customer base where we can sell our technology. As we
execute against our plan, we are on track to achieve cash flow
breakeven and build a valuable company within this exciting
marketplace.
Executing Against the
Plan
Execution Team Upgrades
A key feature of 2023 was the
hiring of personnel to drive sales and customer success for the
Group. As the Group typically charges both a flat Software as a
Service ("SaaS") style fee and a performance fee to most of its
customers, both functions are extremely important in executing the
Group's business plan. We hired sales people in both the US and the
UK with a core focus on selling our CreatorSuite 2.0 services and the
success of these hires can be seen in the customer momentum we have
delivered throughout the year. Equally, our customer success team
has been vital in securing both performance fees and upsales to our
existing customers. Furthermore, our offering is so valued by some
existing customers that they have also acted as "sales agents" and
delivered customer referrals for us, part of which is driven by the
results from our customer success team. We will continually assess
whether we should add to these teams to accelerate our market
capture.
Technology-Enabled Customer Wins - Video Commerce and
Continuous Customer Engagement
As discussed above, we added to
our sales team during 2023. Their success can be evidenced by the
customer momentum we generated during the year. We have more than
doubled our technology sales in the year to approximately
$230,000.
One key customer win during the
year was the addition of a significant financial publisher in the
US, delivering CreatorSuite
2.0 to them and creating a bespoke website and interactive
video platform for their flagship annual conference. This case
study has helped us increase our pipeline of events companies and
US publishers against which we expect to generate significant
momentum in the rest of 2024 and into 2025.
Early in the year, we added our
first FAST (Free Advertising Supported Television) channel as a
customer for our CSP, based on our ability to create Key Video
Moments and publish these either as YouTube Shorts or by re-mixing
these Key Video Moments into new content for that customer. During
the year, we delivered significant growth for this channel, as well
as upselling technology-based services to them. The success of this
relationship was further evidenced by the addition of a second FAST
Channel in 4Q 2023, which was a direct introduction from our
existing client. The quality of the work that we have delivered,
together with customer references positions us very well in this
sector.
In addition to this, we have
continued to win new customers in all of our key vertical markets,
including sports, ecommerce and services with several case studies
that demonstrate that we (i) drive increased sales conversions on
pages with shoppable video, (ii) increase clickthrough rates to
approximately 10% and (iii) reduce the cost of customer acquisition
in pay per click campaigns. In addition, during 2024, we have
entered into further contracts in these markets, such as the
announced partnerships with London Broncos and A7FL, as well as our
first contracts within the non-profit sector and for a university.
These customers are drawn to our technology offering because of the
ability to drive video commerce and continuous customer engagement,
as they use videos to build up and monetise their subscribers by
offering them short highlights from matches that they can snack "on
the go". The video commerce market is increasingly established with
the large social video platforms offering a solution, however we
believe that SEEEN's CreatorSuite
2.0 is a much more flexible and bespoke solution for driving
direct online sales in a market that is estimated to grow by a CAGR
of 32% to a total size of $2.8 trillion by 2028. [1]
We currently have a pipeline of
more than 100 opportunities totalling more than $5 million in
potential annualised revenues and with our larger, embedded sales
team, together with case studies and a strong customer success
function, we will seek to continue to execute aggressively against
this pipeline of both upsells and sales to new
customers.
CSP business
During 2023, the Group's CSP
business' revenues fell 44%, but this reflected the combination of
the final loss of all revenues from views generated in Russia, as
well as lower margin channels that the Group decided not to renew
its relationships with. The gross margin for this business
therefore rose by approximately 10%, maintaining the profitability
of the CSP, even before upselling our technology products to
channels within the CSP. As discussed above, we added two flagship
customers to our CSP, both of which are FAST channels, which have
provided strong case studies for further growth.
During 2024, the CSP has returned
to growth, as evidenced by more than $400,000 of annualised
revenues being won since 1 April 2024. This has been driven by both
our case studies and our new product, ShortsCut, which we use to index video
back catalogues and create vertical short form video or e-mixed
"new" content which drives increased views, subscribers and above
all revenue for our channel partners. We believe that this
technology differentiator will allow us to continue expanding the
margins for our CSP business.
A final strategic element that we
have executed well has been the ability to cross sell our
technology products and services into our CSP. Since I became CEO
in mid-2022, this has been a key focus, moving the Group away from
small, low margin, one-off customers to genuine partners who want
to use our technology for more of their video publishing and
monetisation requirements.
Training and Real Time Skills Reinforcement
A new offering that we have
developed during 2024, leveraging our relationship with American
Leak Detection ("ALD"), which is a related party of the Group, is
aimed at the training and skills market. Through American Leak
Detection, we have developed Key Video Moments for training that
technicians can call up on their iPads whilst in the field for
quick reminders of what equipment they need and how to use such
equipment or complete a complex task. This increases the number of
jobs that ALD technicians can complete each day, generating a
strong ROI for ALD and happier customers as their problems are
fixed first time. We have been integrating this solution directly
into ALD's Salesforce Learning Management System and plan to
complete this integration with part of the proceeds from our recent
fundraising. This will provide us with the opportunity to sell our
Key Video Moments solutions to all other firms that use the
Salesforce Learning Management System.
Our training offering also
encompasses webinars and digital marketing training. We have also
implemented this at ALD, where we have run webinars with their
digital marketing team and made these available after the event to
franchisees as Key Video Moments with easily downloaded associated
documents and examples. We have seen success here with both
corporate owned stores and franchisees purchasing access to our Key
Video Moments library to drive better local Search Engine
Optimisation results.
ALD provides us with a case study
from which we can sell to other franchise and services businesses
in need of re-skilling and training at scale across organisations.
This is already a large market and is estimated to grow to $900
billion by 2028 at a CAGR of 14%.[2]
Summary
As we head into the second half of
2024 and look to 2025, we continue to be grateful for the support
of all our shareholders. Our focus remains on executing against our
plan to deliver more customers, revenues and profits to drive to
cash flow breakeven during 2024. We have a solid platform to
achieve this with referenceable customers, reseller opportunities
and strong results from our key offerings. Leveraging these and the
tailwinds from fast growing end markets, we are well positioned to
deliver for all of our shareholders.
Adrian Hargrave
Chief Executive Officer
Strategic Report
Business Review and Key Performance
Indicators
This Strategic Report outlines the
business indicators to help the Board evaluate both the Group's
current performance and the progress being made by the Group in
applying its technology assets to its own and third-party media
assets to create a leading video technology platform
business.
Group's Business
SEEEN is organized into two
businesses: (i) video moments AI technology and (ii) a YouTube
Creator Service Provider ("CSP") (formerly called Multichannel
Network ("MCN")) that provides technology-led social video
optimisation services. The two businesses have complementary assets
and provide synergies as the CSP has video creators and audiences
from which the Group may design and test video moments technology
products. The synergistic nature of these business lines
means that the Board and management consider the Group and its
progress as one business as opposed to separate reporting
entities.
Technology Business
The Group owns various intangible
assets - patents, trade secrets, licenses and product designs -
that underlie a suite of AI proprietary products focused on the
production of Key Video Moments (ie short segments of videos, which
are most likely to lead to an impulse response from viewers) that
enable consumers to access and analyse the most relevant features
of videos for themselves.
Through our primary technology
product, CreatorSuite 2.0,
our core offering is to provide our customers with such Key Video
Moments and to make these shoppable and interactive to drive
product sales and customer engagement. This is increasingly
essential for video asset owners, because we provide the ability to
make more money directly from video, allowing customers to take
advantage of both advertising and video e-commerce. In an
environment where advertising revenues are under pressure,
companies need to both understand and justify their content
creation spending and are increasingly focused on making more money
from their existing back catalogues.
Our customers see strong results
from their implementations of CreatorSuite 2.0, delivering a return
on investment through 7-15% clickthrough rates from videos, which
directly drives increased sales and increased engagement and data,
such as newsletter sign ups. In addition, with the new advertising
functionality built in, our customers can also make more money
through both increased video views driven by our Search Engine
Optimisation for videos, as well as running both adverts and our
proprietary interactive features.
Another of our technology
products, ShortsCut, uses
our AI tools to benefit our CSP customers to identify Key Video
Moments for use as YouTube Shorts, Instagram Reels and TikToks. As
each of these platforms continue to grow in importance, preparing
new, original short form content by leveraging existing video
collections is the fastest and cheapest way for these publishers to
generate the regular diet of such videos required to be successful
on these platforms.
The Group has several KPIs against
which it manages the business. A full list is given below. In
relation to technology, the Group monitors the following
KPI:
i. KPI: number
of product releases and substantial upgrades released by the Group
during the year, which the Group can sell to its current and
prospective customer base.
In unlocking shareholder value,
the Group measures not only new product releases, but also progress
in terms of customers for the Group's technology. The Group
has three approaches to developing its sales pipeline each captured
with a KPI.
i. KPI: number
of customers acquired with basic licenses in a monthly recurring
income structure. The Group's strategy is to penetrate
certain vertical markets such as financial publishing, sports and
retail. These verticals may be characterized as having relatively
shorter sales cycles with similar repeatable
customers.
ii. KPI: number
of strategic customers acquired around which the Group can provide
technology but also upsell managed services.
iii. KPI: number of
customers that deploy the Group's technology for e-commerce
applications as opposed to publishing video moments.
Creator Service Provider
Services
The Group's CSP provides services
to creators on YouTube through standalone service agreements and by
aggregating channels and publishing such content on
YouTube. Publishing partners, whether the CSP's creator
channels or third party businesses, rely on the Group's know-how to
create a content strategy that increases views and therefore
digital ad revenue and brand awareness on YouTube. YouTube receives
such digital ad revenue producing gross revenues. After YouTube
deducts its commission, the Company receives net revenue from
YouTube. The economics of the multichannel network creates various
KPIs which help the Board to monitor the business plan of its
Managed Video Optimisation Services. These KPIs measure critical
attributes: (i) number of creator channels producing monetizable
content; (ii) number of views/audience attracted to such content;
(iii) digital ad yield from such content and accompanying audience
expressed as Revenue Per Thousand. From these KPIs and the
margins retained from creator channel partners, the Company creates
its forecasts on net revenues and profit before taxes.
Synergies from the Technology and
Media Businesses
As noted above, additional
shareholder value is extracted from the synergies that the
technology business and the CSP's Managed Video Optimisation
Services business create for customers by working
together.
First, the Group monitors the CSP
data as a standalone business unit. Second, the Group also
analyses the use of its technology features to attract an audience
and content creators for the Company to test and subsequently
productize its video moments technology. Examples of this included
the launch in 2020 of the new, micro-moment led GTChannel website
(www.gtchannel.com),
the launch of Dialog-To-Clip, which was
integrated into CreatorSuite and, most recently
ShortsCut, a search tool
based on visuals, activities, speech and various other classifiers
which accelerates the process of finding and publishing sub-60
second videos for content creators from their own back catalogue,
allowing them to publish "new" content without the traditional
costs of production.
Non-Core / One-Time Costs
(Gains)
The only non-core items for 2023
relate to the approximately $2.6 million impairment of goodwill and
intangible assets discussed below and in Note 10 to the
Accounts.
Capital
The Board is mindful that it needs
to apply its finances prudently to position the Group to succeed
through building both a leading technology stack and sales and
marketing function. At 31 December 2023, the Group had a cash
position of $1.1m.
Amortisation of intangible assets
and goodwill impairment
The Group continues to amortise
its intangible assets as per its policies set out in the notes to
the accounts. During the year, the Group amortised $1.9 million
relating to a combination of both intangible assets from the
acquisitions of subsidiaries, as well as products developed since
the Group's admission to AIM.
After analysing the sales growth
and projected cost of capital associated with investment in these
projects, the carrying value is less than the value in use and
hence the goodwill from the time of the acquisition has been
impaired by $2.1 million and the intangible assets relating to such
assets has been impaired by $0.5 million.
KPIs
As identified in the Group's
previous annual report, the Board considered certain KPIs for the
Group. As the Group evolves, it is expected that the KPIs for the
business will evolve also and the Company expects to update these
at the time of its interim report. KPIs were identified in the last
annual report and the Board has started looking at additional KPIs
against which it monitors the Group's progress. These KPIs are as
follows:
(i)
Technology Product Releases - During 2023,
the Group delivered a significant release with CreatorSuite 2.0 and also developed
ShortsCut, initially for
internal use within the CSP. The new functionality within
CreatorSuite 2.0 included
fully bespoke interactive in-video Calls To Action and End Cards,
as well as advertising functionality. Since the initial release,
there has been some limited additional work in relation to
CreatorSuite 2.0,
including the development of a reels gallery and a moving CTAs
within the video.
(ii) Vertical
Market Customers - At year end 2023, the Group had signed contracts
in vertical markets with 28 customers
(iii) Strategic
Customers - At year end 2023, the Group had signed contracts with
five strategic customers to provide Managed Video Optimisation
Services
(iv) E-Commerce
Customers - At year end 2023, the Group had ten e-commerce led
customers
(v) Corporate
Development - During 2023, building on the Group's first strategic
partnership with Kinetiq to focus on media monitoring to help
brands, the Group entered into its first re-seller agreement within
the investor relations sector
(vi) CSP Creator
Channels - At year-end 2023, the Group had approximately 900
monetized channels. This is slightly lower than the number of
channels at year end 2022, albeit the Group has continued to focus
on adding higher profit generating channels with strategic
upselling opportunities whilst allowing low margin channels to
leave the CSP
(vii) CSP Audience - At
year-end 2023, the CSP had approximately 4.4 billion views, down 56
per cent (2022: 10.0 billion), although this was offset by a much
higher watch time per view of 19% which drives higher revenues per
view
(viii) Adjusted EBITDA - EBITDA
adjusted for share-based payments and non-core costs was a loss of
$0.6 million, in line with current market expectations for 2023
(2022: loss of $0.8 million)
(ix) Non-Core Costs
- During the year to 31 December 2023, there were net non-core
costs of $2.7 million, reflecting $2.1 million of impairment of
goodwill and $0.5 million of impairment of intangible assets
reflecting the estimated value in use of the Group's intangible
assets (2022: $7.6 million), discussed above, and a small
impairment for aged receivables
(x) Net Cash - At
the end of 2023, the Group had $1.1 million in both gross and net
cash
Technology Development
|
2021
|
2022
|
2023
|
Creator
Suite
|
CreatorSuite 1.0
|
Dialog-To-Clip integration
Moments
based Playlists
|
V2.0
released, including advertising integration
and interactive shoppable in-video CTAs
|
JetStream
|
JetStream
|
Sound
and audio indexing
Logo
recognition
|
Activity
based searches
Integrating ChatGPT
|
CSP
technology
|
Dialog-To-Clip
|
|
ShortsCut
Clipping Tool produced and used by CSP for
customer upsells
|
|
|
|
|
Cumulative Technology Customer Numbers
|
2021
|
2022
|
2023
|
|
|
|
|
Strategic
|
1
|
3
|
5
|
Vertical
|
4
|
14
|
28
|
eCommerce-led
|
2
|
4
|
10
|
Principal Risks and Uncertainties
The Group's objectives, policies
and processes for measuring and managing risk are described in note
17. The principal risks and uncertainties to which the Group is
exposed include:
Technological advances
within the industry
The technology industry as a whole
evolves rapidly with new entrants and ideas continuously changing
the market. There is a risk that competitors react to opportunities
faster, rendering the Group's technology uncompetitive which could
have a material adverse impact on the prospects of the Group. The
Group has a technology which already has commercial traction, for
which it completed a fundraising in December 2022. In addition to
investing in sales, part of the fundraising is being used to
develop CreatorSuite 2.0,
which addresses additional functionalities that customers are
requesting as the marketplace evolves. The Group released
CreatorSuite 2.0 in 3Q
2023, which includes more flexible in-video ecommerce options and
advertising to accelerate sales in key target markets. If the
development of such products is not possible or delayed to
unforeseen implementation concerns, then the Group's future revenue
and profitability is likely to be impacted against internal
projections/
Customer
Risk
The Group is selling its products
to customers, who have implemented CreatorSuite and JetStream related products. The
Company is subject to such customers continuing to use the Group's
products and also its ability to win new customers as projected
using these initial customers as reference customers. The Board is
particularly aware of this risk should the economy undergo a
recession and therefore customers reduce their expenditure on new
products.
YouTube / Google
changes
The Group's revenues have
predominantly been sourced from YouTube advertising revenue. Should
YouTube alter its terms of business for creators and CSPs, this
could have a significant impact on the operations of the Group's
CSP business.
Advertising Revenue
Risk
The Group has historically been
dependent on revenue from its YouTube CSP to generate profitability
and changes to the market conditions or regulations and the terms
of advertising on YouTube could affect the Group's ability to
generate revenues and profits. This has been felt most recently by
the impact of the Russia-Ukraine war, following which all views
from Russia have been demonetized, which represented approximately
25% of the Group's CSP revenue in 2021, as well as lower
advertising levels more generally.
Data Protection and General
Data Protection Regulation ("GDPR")
Data protection, driven in Europe
by GDPR, is becoming increasingly relevant in the handling of
consumer data. Any failures to follow relevant data protection
rules could result in significant monetary penalties.
Money-laundering and
Anti-Corruption Regulations
As the Group has to make payments
to its network of creators, it is responsible for ensuring that all
payments made to creators comply with all money-laundering,
anticorruption and sanctions regulations of the jurisdictions in
which it operates. Historically, the Group has outsourced payments
or made them through recognised payment wallet providers, however
as the Group may be required to make direct transfers to creators,
the Group monitors the increased risks associated with these direct
payments.
Foreign exchange
risk
The Group has employees and
contractors based overseas who are paid in foreign currencies and
may enter into contracts priced in foreign currencies. It is
therefore exposed to adverse exchange rate movements which could
cause its costs to increase (relative to its reporting currency)
resulting in reduced profitability for the Group.
Credit
Risk
The Group's credit risk is
primarily attributable to its cash and cash equivalents and trade
receivables. The credit risk on other classes of financial assets
is considered insignificant.
Liquidity
Risk
The Group manages its liquidity
risk primarily through the monitoring of forecasts and actual cash
flows.
Organisational
Risk
As a small Group, there is a
reliance on key staff; the loss of any of these staff may be
detrimental to the Group.
Market and Geopolitical
Volatility
The Group monitors general market
conditions for their impact on sales cycles and capital markets. In
the current economic environment, rapidly changing inflation
indicators and interest rates affect corporate spending on
technology and on advertising on YouTube and other social channels.
Despite the volatile capital markets conditions, the Group
completed a fundraising in June 2024.
Corporate Governance Statement s172 of the Companies
Act
Each director must act in a way
that, in good faith, would most likely promote the success of the
Group for the benefit of its stakeholders. A discussion of
s172 is presented in the Statement on Corporate Governance.
The Strategic Report incorporates actions taken by the Group to
ensure compliance with s172.
By order of the Board
Adrian Hargrave
Chief Executive
Officer
Directors' Report
The Directors present their report
on the affairs of SEEEN plc (the "Company") and its subsidiaries,
referred to as the Group, together with the audited Financial
Statements and Independent Auditors' report for the year ended 31
December 2023.
Principal Activities
The Group is a global media and technology platform whose mission is to
leverage its AI and machine learning technology to more efficiently
momentize video and to license such capabilities to brands,
creators and publishers to enable discovery, sharing and
e-commerce.
Results
The financial performance for the
year for each of the Group and the Company, including the Group's
Statement of Comprehensive Income and each of the Group's and the
Company's financial position at the end of the year, is shown in
the Financial Statements.
Future Developments
The Company has chosen in
accordance with section 414C(11) of the Companies Act 2006 to
include the disclosure of likely future developments in each of the
Chairman's Report and the CEO's Report beginning.
Going Concern
The Directors have prepared a
business plan and cash flow forecast for the period 1 July 2024 to
31 December 2025 ("Forecast Period"). The business plan
starts with several disclosed updates in finance and
operations. First, in May 2024 the Company announced a
successful fund raise amounting to $0.7 million before expenses
which added to existing cash. Second, as of 30 June 2024, the CSP
business is operating at cash flow breakeven. Third, as of 30 June
2024, our technology business has recognised revenue of $0.35
million in the prior 12 months and as at 30 June 2024 is running at
annualised recurring revenue of $0.4 million, before any one-off
projects and performance fees. Fourth, the Company has
narrowed its annualised losses on an operating basis (excluding
amortisation) to less than $0.5 million. The Forecast contains
certain growth assumptions about CSP and technology sales
and the operating margins following such sales, as well as
prudently managing overhead expenses including R&D.
These assumptions have been tested with various operating and
market scenarios covering the range of outcomes.
The Board has reviewed these
scenarios and the forecasts and various uncertainties that could
arise given market conditions. The board has identified and number
of mitigating actions that could be considered if the assumptions
noted above are not achieved, including further cost saving
measures and obtaining new financing which it has previously
been able to do, but which would eventually give rise to a material
uncertainty that may cast significant doubt over the ability of the
Group to continue as a going concern if the mitigating actions are
not implemented.
Notwithstanding the material
uncertainties and the mitigating actions identified, the Directors
have concluded that it is appropriate for the consolidated
financial statements to be prepared on the going concern basis and
do not reflect any adjustments that would be necessary if this
basis were inappropriate.
Dividends
The Directors do not recommend the
payment of a dividend (2022: nil).
Share
Price
On 31 December 2023, the closing
market price of SEEEN plc ordinary shares was 6.13 pence. The
highest and lowest prices of these shares during the year to 31
December 2023 were 6.35 pence and 2.65 pence
respectively.
Capital Structure
Details of the authorised and
issued share capital are shown in Note 16. No person has any
special rights of control over the Company's share capital and all
issued shares are fully paid.
Treasury Operations & Financial
Instruments
The Group operates a centralised
treasury function which is responsible for managing liquidity,
interest and foreign currency risks associated with the Group's
activities.
The Group's principal financial
instrument is cash, the main purpose of which is to fund the
Group's operations.
The Group has various other
financial assets and liabilities such as trade receivables and
trade payables naturally arising through its operations.
The Group's exposure and approach
to capital and financial risk, and approach to managing these is
set out in note 17 to the consolidated financial
statements.
Subsequent Events
Since 31 December 2023, the
following Board change has taken place; Akiko Mikumo ceased to be a
director of the Company on 1 February 2024.
On 30 May 2024, the Group
announced a fundraise through the issue of new ordinary shares at 3
pence each to raise up to £763,000 with associated warrants issued
(to raise up to £800,000) to incoming investors to acquire further
new ordinary shares at a price of 4.5 pence per new ordinary share.
These shares were admitted on 4 June and 19 June 2024. In addition
the Group entered into a conditional subscription agreement with
Gresham House Asset Management Limited (a related party by virtue
of its shareholding) to issue convertible loan notes with a face
value of £325,000 at a conversion price of 3 pence per share and
with an interest rate of 12 per cent. per annum, as well as other
standard customary provisions.
Directors
The Directors who served the
Company during the year and up to the date of this report were as
follows:
Executive Directors
Adrian Hargrave
Non-Executive Directors
Patrick DeSouza
David Anton
Mark Williams (appointed 18 May
2023)
Akiko Mikumo (resigned 1 February
2024)
Charles Burdick (resigned 3 April
2023)
Directors' Indemnity
The Company's Articles of
Association provide, subject to the provisions of UK legislation,
an indemnity for Directors and officers of the Company in respect
of liabilities they may incur in the discharge of their duties or
in the exercise of their powers, including any liabilities relating
to the defence of any proceedings brought against them which relate
to anything done or omitted, or alleged to have been done or
omitted, by them as officers or employees of the Company.
Appropriate directors' and officers' liability insurance cover is
in place in respect of all the Directors.
Directors' Conflicts of Interest
In the event that a Director
becomes aware that they, or their connected parties, have an
interest in an existing or proposed transaction involving the
Group, they will notify the Board in writing or at the next Board
meeting.
Political Donations
The Group did not make any
political donations during the year to 31 December 2023 (2022:
£Nil).
Directors' emoluments
12
months to 31 December 2023
|
Salary, Fees & Bonus in
Cash
|
Benefits*
|
Total
|
$
|
$
|
$
|
Executive Directors
|
|
|
|
A Hargrave
|
161,629
|
8,321
|
169,950
|
Non-Executive Directors
|
|
|
|
P DeSouza
|
30,000
|
-
|
30,000
|
A Mikumo
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
D Anton
|
30,000
|
-
|
30,000
|
M Williams
|
34,812
|
-
|
34,812
|
|
241,441
|
8,321
|
249,762
|
* The directors did not receive
any other emoluments, compensation or cash or non-cash benefits
other than that disclosed above. The Company contributed $2,235 to
Adrian Hargrave's pension and did not make any contributions to a
pension scheme in relation to the other directors in the 12 months
to 31 December 2023.
12
months to 31 December 2022
|
Salary, Fees & Bonus in
Cash
|
Benefits
|
Total
|
$
|
$
|
$
|
Executive Directors
|
|
|
|
T Carter*
|
31,250
|
5,437
|
36,687
|
A Hargrave
|
135,551
|
18,484
|
154,035
|
Non-Executive Directors
|
|
|
|
P DeSouza
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
A Mikumo
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
D Anton
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
C Burdick**
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
166,801
|
23,921
|
190,722
|
* Todd Carter was subsequently
employed for a further three months following his resignation as a
director, the compensation for which is not outlined in
here.
** Upon his appointment to the
Board on 27 May 2022, Charles Burdick agreed to waive his Board
fees for the 2022 financial year and in exchange was granted an
option to acquire 200,000 ordinary shares in the Company at an
exercise price of 30 pence (vesting 1/3rd on the first anniversary,
1/3rd on the second anniversary and 1/3rd on the third anniversary,
all vestings subject to him remaining a Director of the
Company)
No directors received any pension
contributions from the Group during the course of the
year.
Directors' interests
The Directors who held office at
31 December 2023 and subsequent to year end had the following
direct interest in the ordinary shares of the Company at 31
December 2023 and at the date of this report:
|
Number of shares at 31
December 2023
|
% held at 31 December
2023
|
Number of shares at 29 June
2024
|
% held at 29 June
2024
|
P DeSouza
|
5,426,165
|
5.8%
|
7,426,165
|
6.3%
|
A Hargrave
|
1,142,414
|
1.2%
|
1,985,747
|
1.7%
|
D Anton
|
0
|
0.0%
|
1,333,333
|
1.1%
|
M Williams
|
0
|
0.0%
|
333,333
|
0.3%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
In addition to the above, the
following directors have options over the following
shares
Name
|
Options
|
Exercise Price
|
Exercise Period
|
Adrian Hargrave
|
273,749
|
45p
|
31/09/2020 - 31/09/2029
|
Adrian Hargrave
|
50,000
|
60p
|
04/03/2022 - 04/03/2031
|
Adrian Hargrave
|
250,000
|
65p
|
04/03/2022 - 04/03/2031
|
Patrick DeSouza
|
600,000
|
60p
|
04/03/2022 - 04/03/2031
|
David Anton
|
152,083
|
45p
|
31/09/2020 - 31/09/2029
|
David Anton
|
200,000
|
60p
|
04/03/2022 - 04/03/2031
|
Substantial
Shareholders
As well as the Directors'
interests reported above, the following interests of 3.0% and above
as at the date of this report were as follows:
|
Number of
shares
|
% held
|
Gresham House Asset Management
Limited
|
27,800,169
|
23.4%
|
Water Intelligence plc
|
5,938,366
|
5.0%
|
Scott Schlichter
|
5,870,406
|
4.9%
|
181 Fund
|
10,557,442
|
8.9%
|
Dowgate Capital Limited
|
9,811,633
|
8.3%
|
Employees
The Group has established
employment policies which are compliant with current legislation
and codes of practice. The Group is an equal opportunities
employer.
Independent Auditors
Crowe U.K. LLP has expressed their
willingness to continue in office. In accordance with section 489
of the Companies Act 2006, resolutions for their re-appointment and
to authorise the Directors to determine the Independent Auditors'
remuneration will be proposed at the forthcoming Annual General
Meeting.
Statement of disclosure to the Independent
Auditor
Each of the persons who are
directors at the time when this Directors' report is approved has
confirmed that:
·
so far as that director is aware, there is no
relevant audit information of which the Company and the Group's
auditor is unaware; and
·
that director has taken all the steps that ought
to have been taken as a director in order to be aware of any
relevant audit information and to establish that the Company and
the Group's auditor is aware of that information.
By order of the Board
Adrian Hargrave
Chief Executive
Officer
Corporate Governance
As a Board, we believe that
practicing good Corporate Governance is essential for building a
successful and sustainable business in the long-term interests of
all stakeholders. SEEEN's shares are listed on AIM, a market
operated by the London Stock Exchange.
SEEEN has adopted the QCA
Corporate Governance Code. The Company has adopted a share dealing
code for the Board and employees of the Company which is in
conformity with the requirements of Rule 21 of the AIM Rules for
Companies. The Company takes steps to ensure compliance by the
Board and applicable employees with the terms of such
code.
The following pages outline the
structures, processes and procedures by which the Board ensures
that high standards of corporate governance are maintained
throughout the Group.
Further details can be found on
our website at seeen.com.
Takeovers and Mergers
The Company is subject to The City
Code on Takeovers and Mergers.
Board
The Board, chaired by Dr. Patrick
DeSouza, comprises one executive and three non-executive directors
and it oversees and implements the Company's corporate governance
programme. As Chairman, Dr. DeSouza is responsible for the
Company's approach to corporate governance and the application of
the principles of the QCA Code. David Anton and Mark Williams are
the Company's independent directors. The Board is supported by
three committees: Audit, Remuneration and Nominations. The Audit
and Remuneration Committees are the principal committees for
Corporate Governance.
Each Board member commits
sufficient time to fulfill their duties and obligations to the
Board and the Company. They are required to attend at least 4 Board
meetings annually and join Board calls that take place between
formal meetings and offer availability for consultation when
needed.
Board papers are sent out to all
directors in advance of each Board meeting including management
accounts and accompanying reports from those
responsible.
Meetings held during the year to
31 December 2023 and the attendance of directors is summarised
below.
|
Board meetings
|
Audit committee
|
Remuneration committee
|
|
Possible (attended)
|
Possible (attended)
|
Possible (attended)
|
Adrian Hargrave
|
5/5
|
|
|
Patrick DeSouza
|
5/5
|
2/2
|
1/1
|
David Anton
|
5/5
|
2/2
|
1/1
|
Mark Williams
|
3/3
|
2/2
|
|
Akiko Mikumo
|
5/5
|
|
1/1
|
Board Committees
The Board has established an Audit
Committee, Remuneration Committee and Nominations Committee with
delegated duties and responsibilities.
(a) Audit Committee
The Audit Committee has the
primary responsibility for monitoring the quality of internal
control, ensuring that the financial performance of the Company is
properly measured and reported on and for reviewing reports from
the Company's auditors. The Audit Committee will meet at least
twice a year at appropriate times in the reporting and audit cycle
and otherwise when required. The Audit Committee will also meet
with the Company's auditors at least once a year.
The Audit Committee is chaired by
Patrick DeSouza and comprises of himself, David Anton and Mark
Williams.
(b) Remuneration
Committee
The Remuneration Committee is
responsible for the review and recommendation of the scale and
structure of remuneration for executive directors and other
designated senior management, taking into account all factors which
it deems necessary. The Remuneration Committee considers all
aspects of the executive directors' remuneration including
pensions, benefits and share option awards. No director will be
involved in any decision as to his or her own remuneration. The
Remuneration Committee will meet at least twice a year and
otherwise when required. In exercising this role, the Directors
shall have regard to the recommendations put forward in the QCA
Corporate Governance Code and, where appropriate, the QCA
Remuneration Committee Guide and associated guidance.
The Remuneration Committee is
chaired by David Anton and comprises himself, Patrick DeSouza and
Mark Williams.
(c) Nominations and Strategy
Committee
Given the size of the Group, it is
considered appropriate that all members of the Board sit on the
Nominations and Strategy Committees. As such, whenever matters
arise that would be appropriate for such committees, these will be
considered at Board meetings.
Board Experience
All
members of the board bring complementary skill sets to the Board.
The board believes that its blend of relevant experience, skills
and personal qualities and capabilities is sufficient to enable it
to successfully execute its strategy. In addition, the Board
receives regular updates from, amongst others, its nominated
adviser, legal counsel and company secretary in relation to key
rule changes and corporate governance requirements, as well as
regular liaison with audit firms both in the UK and the US in
respect of key disclosure and accounting requirements for the
group, especially as accounting standards evolve. In addition, each
new director appointment is required to receive AIM rule training
from the Company's nominated adviser at the time of their
appointment.
Patrick J. DeSouza, Chairman
Term of office: Appointed 30 September 2019.
Since 2010 Dr. DeSouza has been
the Executive Chairman of Water Intelligence plc, a rapidly growing
AIM quoted business focusing on technology transformation of the
water industry. He has 25 years of operating and financial advisory
leadership experience with both public and private companies in
media and technology and asset management industries. Over the last
15 years, Dr. DeSouza has also invested in and incubated technology
companies centered at Yale University. Dr. DeSouza has served
at the White House on the National Security Council. He is a
graduate of Columbia College, Yale Law School and Stanford Graduate
School. He is a member of the Council on Foreign
Relations.
David Anton, Independent Non-Executive
Director
Term of office: Appointed 30 September 2019.
David is Chief Executive Officer
of Anton & Partners, a leading advertising, branding, and
marketing communication company with a 20-year track record of
creating impact for some of the world's most notable brands in
fashion, lifestyle, financial and automotive sectors. David
is a serial entrepreneur and has founded various successful
companies. He is an investor in and advisor to Village Roadshow
Productions, leading movie production company. David has advised,
co-founded and invested in multiple companies such as Tori Burch,
Roqu Media International, Village Roadshow and Spotify among
others.
Mark Williams, Independent Non-Executive
Director
Term of office: Appointed 18 May 2023.
Mark brings particular expertise
in working with technology companies in shaping and executing their
Go-To-Market and Commercial strategy. His experience builds on the
Company's fundraising in December 2022 to invest in its sales
acceleration across all customer types. Mark started his executive
sales career at Lucent Technologies and subsequently moved to
Adobe. More recently, he has held a variety of interim and advisory
sales and commercial roles at Aurora Commerce, LucidCX, eCommera,
Acuity Risk Management and Countercept. Since 2006, Mark has been a
director of Sales Strategies Limited, which is a consultancy that
provides advisory and delivery of business growth solutions for
early-stage technology companies. Mark holds a diploma in company
direction from the Institute of Directors and has prior AIM company
experience as an interim non-board Commercial Director of
Imaginatik plc.
Adrian Hargrave, Chief Executive Officer
Term of office: Appointed 4 March 2021 (CEO since 11 July
2022).
Adrian became CEO in July 2022,
having been the Group's CFO since admission to AIM. Prior to
becoming CEO, Adrian had already led sales to the Group's largest
customers. Prior to joining SEEEN, Adrian was a Corporate
Development Director at Water Intelligence plc. Adrian started his
career in investment banking and stockbroking, having worked at
Citigroup, Deloitte, Cenkos and finnCap. He is a graduate of
Cambridge University.
The Directors have access to the
Company Secretary, NOMAD, lawyers and auditors as and when required
and are able to obtain advice from other external bodies when
necessary.
Board Performance and Effectiveness
The performance and effectiveness
of the Board, its committees and individual Directors is reviewed
by the Chairman and the Board on an ongoing basis. Training is
available should a Director request it, or if the Chairman feels it
is necessary. The performance of the Board is measured by the
Chairman with reference to the Company's achievement of its
strategic goals.
Risk Management
The Directors recognise their
responsibility for the Group's system of internal control and have
established systems to ensure that an appropriate and reasonable
level of oversight and control is provided. The Group's systems of
internal control are designed to help the Group meet its business
objectives by appropriately managing, rather than eliminating, the
risks to those objectives. The controls can only provide
reasonable, not absolute, assurance against material misstatement
or loss.
The risk register for the Group
identifies key risks in the areas of corporate strategy, financial,
clients, staff, environmental and the investment community. The
Audit Committee is provided with a copy of the register. The
register is reviewed periodically and is updated as and when
necessary.
Within the scope of the annual
audit, specific financial risks are also evaluated in detail,
including in relation to foreign currency, interest rates, debt
covenants, taxation and liquidity.
The annual budget is reviewed and
approved by the Board. Financial results, with comparisons to
budget and latest forecasts are reported on a monthly basis to the
Board together with a report on operational achievements,
objectives and issues encountered. Significant variances from plan
are discussed at Board meetings and actions set in place to address
them.
Approval levels for authorisation
of expenditure are at set levels throughout the management
structure with any expenditure in excess of pre-defined levels
requiring approval from the Non-Executive Chairman, and the Chief
Executive Officer.
Measures continue to be taken to
review and embed internal controls and risk management procedures
into the business processes of the organisation and to deal with
areas of improvement which come to the management's and the Board's
attention. We expect the internal controls for the business to
change as the business expands both geographically and in terms of
product development.
The Company's auditors are
encouraged to raise comments on internal control in their
management letter following their audit, and the points raised and
actions arising are monitored by the Audit Committee.
Corporate Culture
The Group aims to operate
ethically and be socially responsible in its actions. Importantly,
the Board recognises that the Group's employees are its most
important asset.
The Group is committed to
achieving equal opportunities and to complying with relevant
anti-discrimination legislation. It is established Group policy to
offer employees and job applicants the opportunity to benefit from
fair employment, without regard to their sex, sexual orientation,
marital status, race, religion or belief, age or disability.
Employees are encouraged to train and develop their
careers.
The Group has continued its policy
of informing all employees of matters of concern to them as
employees, both in their immediate work situation and in the wider
context of the Group's well-being.
In addition, all directors and
senior employees are required to abide by the Group's share dealing
code, which was updated at the time of admission to AIM.
Audit Committee Annual Review
The role of the Audit Committee is
to monitor the quality of internal controls and check that the
financial performance of the Group is properly assessed and
reported on. It receives and reviews both internal reports and
those from the external auditors relating to the interim and annual
accounts and the accounting and internal control systems in use
throughout the Group. The members of the Audit Committee for these
meetings were Patrick DeSouza, David Anton and Mark
Williams.
The CEO is invited to attend parts
of meetings. The external auditors attend meetings to discuss the
conclusions of their work and meet with the members of the
Committee. The Committee is able to call for information from
management and consults with the external auditors directly as
required.
The objectivity and independence of
the external auditors is safeguarded by reviewing the auditors'
formal declarations, monitoring relationships between key audit
staff and the Company and tracking the level of non-audit fees
payable to the auditors.
The Audit Committee met twice in
2023 to review the annual accounts and the interim accounts. The
Committee will review with the independent auditor its judgements
as to the acceptability of the Company's accounting
principles.
In addition, the Committee monitors
the auditor firm's independence from Company management and the
Company.
Remuneration Committee Annual Review
The Remuneration Committee met once
in 2023. The Committee currently comprises all of the Non-Executive
Directors, with Patrick DeSouza as Chairman. The Remuneration
Committee is responsible for reviewing the performance of Executive
Directors and determining the remuneration and basis of service
agreement. The Remuneration Committee also determines the payment
of any bonuses to Executive Directors and the grant of options. No
Director plays a part in any discussion regarding his or her own
remuneration.
Relations with Shareholders
The Company is available to hold
meetings with its shareholders to discuss objectives and to keep
them updated on the Company's strategy, Board membership and
management.
The board also welcome
shareholders' enquiries, which may be sent via the Company's
website seeen.com.
Corporate Governance Statement s172 of the Companies
Act
Each director must act in a way
that, in good faith, would most likely promote the success of the
Group for the benefit of its stakeholders. The board of
directors consider, both individually and together, that they have
acted in the way they consider, in good faith, would be most likely
to promote the success of the company for the benefit of its
members as a whole (having regard to the stakeholders and matters
indicated in S172) in the decisions taken during the year ended 31
December 2023. Following is an overview of how the Board performed
its duties during 2023.
Shareholders
The Chairman, Chief Executive
Officer, members of the Board and senior executives on the
management team have regular contact with major shareholders.
The Board receives regular updates on the views of shareholders
which are taken into account when the Board makes its
decisions. In particular, the Company met with its largest
shareholders to report on progress at the time of publication of
its annual audited results and its interim unaudited results. The
Company received feedback during that process, as well as
subsequent meetings and calls alongside trading updates issued by
the Group.
Employees
The Group encourages an
environment of openness and debate and welcomes all feedback from
within.
The Board communicates with senior
management and employees. The Group also operates regular internal
Company-wide meetings via video conference calls, which staff can
access as required and is a source of both discussion and sharing
information relevant to employees. Details of the Group's
performance are shared with all employees at appropriate times
using these methods.
The Group expects a high standard
from its staff and provides training to achieve this. Where
possible, as new roles in the organisation arise, the Group aims to
promote from within.
Customers and Partners
The Group has a different set of
customers and partners for its various products and services.
YouTube is the Group's primary customer for its CSP, as it receives
videos from the Group and its channel partners against which it
generates advertising revenue. In addition, the Group has direct
customer relationships for both technology products and its Managed
Video Optimisation Services where customers pay a monthly fee to
the Group, which is often structured as a fixed component and a
variable fee for performance. All customers and channel partners
are treated with professionalism and the Group aims to work with
all such stakeholders in developing its product roadmap
further.
Community
The Group is aware that the
dissemination of video carries with it social responsibility to the
broader community. Board and management are committed to the
highest levels of professionalism in the aggregation and
dissemination of video content and to ensure compliance with
relevant data protection and compliance regulations.
Statement of Directors' Responsibilities
Directors' Responsibilities
The Directors are responsible for
preparing the Annual Report and the Financial Statements in
accordance with the Companies Act 2006 and for being satisfied that
the Financial Statements give a true and fair view. The Directors
are also responsible for preparing the Financial Statements in
accordance with UK adopted International Accounting
Standards.
Company law requires the Directors
to prepare Financial Statements for each financial period which
give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the Company
and the Group and of the profit or loss of the Company and the
Group for that period. In preparing those Financial Statements, the
Directors are required to:
·
select suitable accounting policies and then
apply them consistently;
·
make judgements and estimates that are reasonable
and prudent;
·
state whether applicable accounting standards
have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed
and explained in the Financial Statements; and
·
prepare the Financial Statements on the going
concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the
Company and the Group will continue in business.
The Directors confirm that they
have complied with the above requirements in preparing the
Financial Statements. The Directors are responsible for keeping
adequate accounting records that are sufficient to show and explain
the Company's transactions, disclose with reasonable accuracy at
any time the financial position of the Company and the Group, and
to enable them to ensure that the Financial Statements comply with
the Companies Act 2006.
They are also responsible for
safeguarding the assets of the Company and hence for taking
reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and
other irregularities.
Website publication
The Directors are responsible for
ensuring the Annual Report and Financial Statements are made
available on a website. Financial Statements are published on the
Group's website (seeen.com)
in accordance with legislation in the United Kingdom governing the
preparation and dissemination of Financial Statements, which may
vary from legislation in other jurisdictions. The maintenance and
integrity of the Group's website is the responsibility of the
Directors - the work carried out by the auditors does not involve
the consideration of these matters and, accordingly, and the
auditors accept no responsibly for any changes that may have
occurred in the accounts since they were initially presented on the
website. The Directors' responsibility also extends to the ongoing
integrity of the Financial Statements contained therein.
Independent Auditors' report to the members of SEEEN
plc
Opinion
We have audited the financial
statements of SEEEN plc (the "Parent Company") and its subsidiaries
(the "Group") for the period ended 31 December 2023, which
comprise:
· the
Group statement of comprehensive income for the year ended 31
December 2023;
· the
Group and parent company statements of financial position as at 31
December 2023;
· the
Group and parent company statements of changes in equity for the
year then ended;
· the
Group and parent company statements of cash flows for the year then
ended; and
· the
notes to the financial statements, including a summary of material
accounting policies.
The financial reporting framework
that has been applied in the preparation of the financial
statements is applicable law and accordance with UK adopted international accounting
standards.
In our opinion:
· the
financial statements give a true and fair view of the state of the
Group's and of the Parent Company's affairs as at 31 December 2023
and of the Group's loss for the year then ended;
· the
group and parent company financial statements have been properly
prepared in accordance with UK adopted international accounting
standards; and
· the
financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the
requirements of the Companies Act 2006.
Basis for opinion
We conducted our audit in
accordance with International Standards on Auditing (UK) (ISAs
(UK)) and applicable law. Our responsibilities under those
standards are further described in the Auditor's responsibilities
for the audit of the financial statements section of our report. We
are independent of the Group in accordance with the ethical
requirements that are relevant to our audit of the financial
statements in the UK, including the FRC's Ethical Standard as
applied to listed entities, and we have fulfilled our other ethical
responsibilities in accordance with these requirements. We believe
that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and
appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.
Material uncertainty related to going
concern
We draw attention to Note 2 in the
accounting policies, concerning the Group's ability to continue as
a going concern. The matters explained in Note 2 indicate that if
assumptions included in the forecast are not met including growth
in revenue the Group may need to raise further finance to fund its
working capital needs, the quantum and timing of additional
financing is uncertain. These events or conditions along with the
matters set forth in Note 2 indicate the existence of a material
uncertainty which may cast significant doubt over the Group's
ability to continue as a going concern. Our opinion is not modified
in respect of this matter.
Our evaluation of the Directors
assessment of the group and parent company's ability to continue to
adopt the going concern basis of accounting included:
· Reviewing Directors cash flow projections for the Group and
parent company for a period of more than 12 months from the date of
approval of the financial statements.
· Checking the numerical accuracy of management's financial
projections.
· Challenging management on the assumptions underlying those
projections and sensitised them to reduce anticipated net cash
inflows from future trading activities.
· Considering potential downside scenarios and the resultant
impact on available funds.
· Obtained the latest financial results post year end 31
December 2023 to review how the group and parent company are
trending toward achieving the forecast.
· Performed sensitivity analysis on key inputs of the forecast
by calculating the impact of various scenarios, (being: 1. Revenue
and cost base in line with post year end activity to date; 2.
Growth assumptions brought in line with impairment model), and
considering the impact on the group and parent company's ability to
continue as a going concern in the event of not meeting the
forecast.
· Assessing the completeness and accuracy of the matters
described in the going concern disclosure within the significant
accounting policies as set out in Note 2.
· Obtained details of post year end fundraising and agreeing
supporting documentation and cash received;
Our responsibilities and the
responsibilities of the directors with respect to going concern are
described in the relevant sections of this report.
Overview of our audit approach
Materiality
In planning and performing our
audit we applied the concept of materiality. An item is considered
material if it could reasonably be expected to change the economic
decisions of a user of the financial statements. We used the
concept of materiality to both focus our testing and to evaluate
the impact of misstatements identified.
Based on our professional
judgement, we determined overall materiality for the Group
financial statements as a whole to be $135,000 (2022: $150,000),
based on 5% of loss before tax per draft figures obtained from
pre-year end management accounts. We reviewed this during the
course of the audit to reconfirm that the level was set at an
appropriate amount. As the Group is a trading group, we determined
that the use of a trading-based metric was the most appropriate to
use for determining materiality.
Materiality for the parent Company
financial statements as a whole was set at $45,000 (2022: $96,00)
based on 5% of loss before tax per draft
figures from pre-year end management accounts.
We use a different level of
materiality ('performance
materiality') to determine the extent of
our testing for the audit of the financial
statements. Performance materiality
is set based on the audit materiality as adjusted for the
judgements made as to the entity risk and our evaluation of the
specific risk of each audit area having regard to the internal
control environment. Performance
materiality was set at 70% of materiality for the financial
statements as a whole, which equates to $94,500 (2022: $105,000)
for the Group and $31,500 (2022: $62,700) for the parent company.
We applied this percentage in our determination of performance
materiality because we did not identify any factors indicating an
elevated level of risk.
Where considered appropriate
performance materiality may be reduced to a lower level, such as,
for related party transactions and directors'
remuneration.
We agreed with the Directors to
report all identified errors in excess of $6,750 (2022: $7,500).
Errors below that threshold would also be reported to them if, in
our opinion as auditor, disclosure was required on qualitative
grounds.
Overview of the scope of our audit
SEEEN Plc is located in London,
United Kingdom. Our audit was conducted
remotely. The operations of its subsidiaries, Tagasuris Inc., GT
Channel Inc., and EAI Inc. are in the United States. We conducted
specific audit procedures in relation to these entities which were
undertaken by a local audit team.
The primary audit team interacted
regularly with the local team across all stages of the audit,
reviewed working papers and were responsible for the planning,
scope and direction of the audit process. This, together with the
additional procedures performed at Group level, gave us sufficient
and appropriate evidence for our opinion on the Group financial
statements.
All group companies were within
the scope of audit testing.
Key Audit Matters
Key audit matters are those
matters that, in our professional judgement, were of most
significance in our audit of the financial statements of the
current period and include the most significant assessed risks of
material misstatement (whether or not due to fraud) that we
identified. These matters included those which had the greatest
effect on: the overall audit strategy, the allocation of resources
in the audit; and directing the efforts of the engagement team.
These matters were addressed in the context of our audit of the
financial statements as a whole, and in forming our opinion
thereon, and we do not provide a separate opinion on these
matters.
We set out below, together with
the material uncertainty related to going concern included above,
those matters we considered to be key audit matters.
This is not a complete list of all
risks identified by our audit.
Key audit
matter
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How the scope of our audit
addressed the key audit matter
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Carrying value of goodwill and other intangible assets (see
note 10)
The carrying value of goodwill and
other intangible assets at 31 December 2023 totalled $2.4million
(2022: $6.0 million) being goodwill of $nil (2022: $2.1million) and
other intangibles of $2.4 million (2022: $3.0
million).
The Group's intangible assets
comprise of goodwill arising on acquisition of subsidiaries,
customer relationships and technology developments.
When assessing the carrying value
of goodwill and intangible assets, management makes judgements
regarding the strategy, future trading and profitability and the
assumptions underlying these. We considered the risk that goodwill
and/or other intangible assets were impaired.
The key judgements are in relation
to revenue growth and customer acquisitions. Changes in these
factors could result in an impairment to the carrying value of the
goodwill and intangible assets.
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We evaluated, in comparison to the
requirements set out in IAS 36, management's assessment (using
discounted cash flow models) as to whether the impairment of
goodwill and/or other intangible assets was
underprovided.
We obtained management's
discounted cash flow models supporting the intangible asset
carrying amount. We challenged the key assumptions into the model,
including the forecast revenue and gross margin, discount rates and
growth rates. We compared cash flow forecasts used in the
impairment review to historical performance, and challenged where
forecasts indicated performance that deviated significantly from
historical performance, in the absence of significant changes in
the business or market environment.
Discount rates and terminal growth
rates were benchmarked to externally derived data and our knowledge
of sector performance, to evaluate the reasonableness of these
assumptions. Sensitivity analysis was performed on the key
assumptions such as growth, customer acquisitions, margin and
discount rates to identify those assumptions to which the goodwill
or intangible asset valuation was highly sensitive.
Following our challenge the
carrying value of goodwill and other intangible assets was subject
to an impairment during the year of $2.6 million in total, being a
$2.1million impairment to goodwill and an impairment of $0.5
million to other intangible assets, (2022: $7.7million impairment
to goodwill).
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Carrying value of investments and intercompany receivables -
Parent Company (see note 11 and 12)
The carrying value of investments
in subsidiaries in the parent company financial statements at 31
December 2023 was $2.4 million (2022: $5.0 million), as well as an
intercompany balance of $nil (2022: $2.7m million), after an
impairment in the current year of $2.6m (2022: $7.7 million). The
valuation of these investments and the recovery of the intercompany
balance are almost entirely dependent on the successful execution
of the business plan.
A failure to execute the business
plan would likely result in a further impairment to the carrying
value of the investments in and loans to
subsidiaries.
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For investments in subsidiaries we
assessed the Group's cash flow forecasts and compared the Group's
assumptions to externally derived data in relation to key inputs
such as projected economic growth and discount rates.
To challenge the reasonableness of
the assumptions we also assessed the historical accuracy of the
Group's forecasting. We performed scenario-specific models
including changes to the discount rate, long-term growth rates and
forecast cash flows.
We found that the resulting
estimate of the recoverable amount of investments indicated
impairment.
In relation to intercompany
balances we assessed the recoverability of such balances in
accordance with IFRS 9.
We found that the intercompany
balances required provision under IFRS 9.
Following our challenge and in
line with the procedures noted above on the discounted cashflow
model an impairment of $2.6m was recognised.
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Our audit procedures in relation
to these matters were designed in the context of our audit opinion
as a whole. They were not designed to enable us to express an
opinion on these matters individually and we express no such
opinion.
Other information
The directors are responsible for
the other information. The other information comprises the
information included in the annual report, other than the financial
statements and our auditor's report thereon. Our opinion on the
financial statements does not cover the other information and,
except to the extent otherwise explicitly stated in our report, we
do not express any form of assurance conclusion thereon.
In connection with our audit of
the financial statements, our responsibility is to read the other
information and, in doing so, consider whether the other
information is materially inconsistent with the financial
statements or our knowledge obtained in the audit or otherwise
appears to be materially misstated. If we identify such material
inconsistencies or apparent material misstatements, we are required
to determine whether there is a material misstatement in the
financial statements or a material misstatement of the other
information. If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude
that there is a material misstatement of this other information, we
are required to report that fact.
We have nothing to report in this
regard.
Opinion on other matter prescribed by the Companies Act
2006
In our opinion based on the work
undertaken in the course of our audit
· the
information given in the strategic report and the directors' report
for the financial year for which the financial statements are
prepared is consistent with the financial statements;
and
· the
strategic report and the directors' report have been prepared in
accordance with applicable legal requirements.
Matters on which we are required to report by
exception
In light of the knowledge and
understanding of the group and the parent company and their
environment obtained in the course of the audit, we have not
identified material misstatements in the strategic report or the
directors' report.
We have nothing to report in
respect of the following matters where the Companies Act 2006
requires us to report to you if, in our opinion:
· adequate accounting records have not been kept by the parent
company, or returns adequate for our audit have not been received
from branches not visited by us; or
· the
parent company financial statements are not in agreement with the
accounting records and returns; or
· certain disclosures of directors' remuneration specified by
law are not made; or
· we
have not received all the information and explanations we require
for our audit.
Responsibilities of the directors for the financial
statements
As explained more fully in the
directors' responsibilities statement, the directors are
responsible for the preparation of the financial statements and for
being satisfied that they give a true and fair view, and for such
internal control as the directors determine is necessary to enable
the preparation of financial statements that are free from material
misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.
In preparing the financial
statements, the directors are responsible for assessing the group's
and parent company's ability to continue as a going concern,
disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and
using the going concern basis of accounting unless the directors
either intend to liquidate the group or the parent company or to
cease operations, or have no realistic alternative but to do
so.
Auditor's responsibilities for the audit of the financial
statements
Our objectives are to obtain
reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as a
whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or
error, and to issue an auditor's report that includes our opinion.
Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a
guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with ISAs (UK) will
always detect a material misstatement when it exists.
Misstatements can arise from fraud
or error and are considered material if, individually or in the
aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the
economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these financial
statements.
Irregularities, including fraud,
are instances of non-compliance with laws and regulations. We
design procedures in line with our responsibilities, outlined
above, to detect material misstatements in respect of
irregularities, including fraud. The extent to which our procedures
are capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud is
detailed below:
We obtained an understanding of
the legal and regulatory frameworks that are applicable to the
Group and the procedures in place for ensuring compliance. Based on
our understanding of the Group and industry, discussions with
management and the Board of Directors we identified financial
reporting standards and Companies Act 2006 as having a direct
effect on the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements.
Our work included direct enquiry of management, reviewing Board and
relevant committee minutes and inspection of
correspondence.
As part of our audit planning
process we assessed the different areas of the financial
statements, including disclosures, for the risk of material
misstatement. This included considering the risk of fraud where
direct enquiries were made of management and those charged with
governance concerning both whether they had any knowledge of actual
or suspected fraud and their assessment of the susceptibility of
fraud. We considered the risk was greater in areas involving
significant management estimate or judgement. Based on this
assessment we designed audit procedures to focus on key areas of
estimate or judgement, this included specific testing of journal
transactions, both at the year end and throughout the
year.
Other laws and regulations where
non-compliance may have a material effect on the Group's operations
are Data Protection and GDPR.
Our audit procedures
included:
- enquiry
of management about the Group's policies, procedures and related
controls regarding compliance with laws and regulations and if
there are any known instances of non-compliance, fraud or
misappropriation;
-
examining supporting documents for all material balances,
transactions and disclosures;
- review
of minutes of meetings of the Board of Directors;
- enquiry
of management about litigations and claims;
-
evaluation of the selection and application of accounting policies
related to subjective measurements and complex transactions, in
particular those items included in the Key Audit
Matters;
-
analytical procedures to identify any unusual or unexpected
relationships;
- testing
the appropriateness of journal entries recorded in the general
ledger and other adjustments made in the preparation of the
financial statements; and
- review
of accounting estimates for biases.
Owing to the inherent limitations
of an audit, there is an unavoidable risk that some material
misstatements of the financial statements may not be detected, even
though the audit is properly planned and performed in accordance
with the ISAs (UK). We are not responsible for preventing
non-compliance and cannot be expected to detect non-compliance with
all laws and regulations.
The potential effects of
inherent limitations are particularly
significant in the case of misstatement resulting from fraud
because fraud may involve sophisticated and carefully organized
schemes designed to conceal it, including deliberate failure to
record transactions, collusion or intentional misrepresentations
being made to us.
A further description of our
responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements is
located on the Financial Reporting Council's website at:
www.frc.org.uk/auditorsresponsibilities. This description forms
part of our auditor's report.
Use of our report
This report is made solely to the
company's members, as a body, in accordance with Chapter 3 of Part
16 of the Companies Act 2006. Our audit work has been undertaken so
that we might state to the company's members those matters we are
required to state to them in an auditor's report and for no other
purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept
or assume responsibility to anyone other than the company and the
company's members as a body, for our audit work, for this report,
or for the opinions we have formed.
John Charlton (Senior Statutory
Auditor)
for and on behalf of
Crowe U.K. LLP
Statutory Auditor
London
Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive
Income
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Year
ended
31 December
2023
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Year
ended
31 December
2022
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Notes
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$
|
|
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$
|
|
|
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Audited
|
|
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Audited
|
Revenue
|
|
|
2,051,384
|
|
|
3,253,055
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Cost of sales
|
|
|
(1,571,054)
|
|
|
(2,749,415)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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Gross profit
|
|
|
480,330
|
|
|
503,640
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Administrative expenses
|
|
|
|
|
|
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- Share-based payments
|
|
6
|
(109,924)
|
|
|
(108,825)
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- Amortisation and impairment of
intangibles
|
|
10
|
(2,416,146)
|
|
|
(2,061,137)
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- Impairment of
goodwill
|
|
10
|
(2,090,132)
|
|
|
(7,672,026)
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- Other administrative
costs
|
|
4
|
(1,139,896)
|
|
|
(1,356,636)
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Total administrative
expenses
|
|
|
(5,756,098)
|
|
|
(11,198,624)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operating Loss
|
|
|
(5,275,768)
|
|
|
(10,694,984)
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Finance income
|
|
7
|
5,728
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Loss before tax
|
|
|
(5,270,040)
|
|
|
(10,694,984)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Taxation
|
|
8
|
129,584
|
|
|
423,308
|
Loss after tax
|
|
|
(5,140,456)
|
|
|
(10,271,676)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other Comprehensive Income
Items that will not be
reclassified to profit and loss
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Exchange differences arising on
translation of foreign operations
|
|
|
15,544
|
|
|
(162,164)
|
Total comprehensive loss for the year
|
|
|
(5,124,912)
|
|
|
(10,433,840)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Loss per share attributable to equity holders of
Parent
|
|
|
Cents
|
|
|
Cents
|
Basic
|
|
9
|
(5.51)
|
|
|
(20.48)
|
Diluted
|
|
9
|
(5.51)
|
|
|
(20.48)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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The results reflected above relate
to continuing activities.
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Consolidated Statement of Financial
Position
|
|
|
|
|
|
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31 December
2023
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31 December
2022
|
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Notes
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$
|
|
$
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ASSETS
|
|
|
|
|
Non-current assets
|
|
|
|
|
Goodwill and indefinite life
intangible assets
|
10
|
-
|
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2,090,132
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Other intangible assets
|
10
|
2,357,931
|
|
3,924,317
|
Trade and other
receivables
|
|
1,800
|
|
1,800
|
|
|
2,359,731
|
|
6,016,249
|
Current assets
|
|
|
|
|
Trade and other
receivables
|
12
|
947,132
|
|
2,905,576
|
Cash and cash
equivalents
|
13
|
1,060,864
|
|
1,236,664
|
|
|
2,007,996
|
|
4,142,240
|
TOTAL ASSETS
|
|
4,367,727
|
|
10,158,489
|
|
|
|
|
|
EQUITY AND LIABILITIES
|
|
|
|
|
Equity attributable to holders of the
parent
|
|
|
|
|
Share capital
|
16
|
7,454,052
|
|
7,454,052
|
Share premium
|
16
|
10,180,736
|
|
10,180,736
|
Merger relief reserve
|
|
8,989,501
|
|
8,989,501
|
Share based payment
reserve
|
|
1,343,517
|
|
1,233,593
|
Foreign exchange
reserve
|
|
19,235
|
|
3,691
|
Retained earnings
|
|
(24,737,000)
|
|
(19,596,545)
|
Total Shareholders' Equity
|
|
3,250,041
|
|
8,265,028
|
|
|
|
|
|
Non-current liabilities
|
|
|
|
|
Deferred tax liability
|
15
|
17,408
|
|
146,992
|
|
|
17,408
|
|
146,992
|
|
|
|
|
|
Current liabilities
|
|
|
|
|
Trade and other
payables
|
14
|
1,100,278
|
|
1,746,469
|
|
|
1,100,278
|
|
1,746,469
|
TOTAL EQUITY AND LIABILITIES
|
|
4,367,727
|
|
10,158,489
|
|
|
|
|
|
The financial statements of SEEEN
plc, company number 10621059, were approved by the board of
Directors and authorised for issue on the 4 July 2024. They were
signed on its behalf by:
Adrian Hargrave
Chief Executive
Officer
Company Statement of Financial Position
|
Notes
|
31
December
2023
|
31
December
2022
|
|
|
$
|
$
|
ASSETS
|
|
|
|
Non-current assets
|
|
|
|
Investment in
Subsidiaries
|
11
|
2,373,722
|
4,981,583
|
|
|
2,373,722
|
4,981,583
|
Current assets
|
|
|
|
Trade and other
receivables
|
12
|
188,030
|
4,803,999
|
Cash and cash
equivalents
|
13
|
898,468
|
853,317
|
|
|
1,086,498
|
5,657,316
|
TOTAL ASSETS
|
|
3,460,220
|
10,638,899
|
|
|
|
|
EQUITY AND LIABILITIES
|
|
|
|
Equity attributable to holders of the
parent
|
|
|
|
Share capital
|
16
|
7,454,052
|
7,454,051
|
Share premium
|
16
|
10,180,736
|
10,180,736
|
Merger reserve
|
|
8,989,501
|
8,989,501
|
Share based payment
reserve
|
|
1,343,517
|
1,233,593
|
Foreign exchange
reserve
|
|
19,235
|
(333,591)
|
Retained earnings
|
|
(24,700,692
|
(17,583,998)
|
Total Shareholders' Equity
|
|
3,286,349
|
9,940,292
|
|
|
|
|
Current liabilities
|
|
|
|
Trade and other
payables
|
14
|
173,871
|
698,607
|
|
|
173,871
|
698,607
|
TOTAL EQUITY AND LIABILITIES
|
|
3,460,220
|
10,638,899
|
The loss for the financial year in
the financial statements of the parent Company was $7,116,695 and
$8,386,104 for the 12 months ended 31 December 2023 and 2022,
respectively.
The financial statements of SEEEN
plc, company number 10621059, were approved by the board of
Directors and authorized for issue on the 4 July 2024. They were
signed on its behalf by:
Adrian Hargrave
Chief Executive
Officer
Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows
|
Year ended 31 December
2023
$
|
Year ended 31
December
2022
$
|
Cash flows from operating activities
|
|
|
Loss before tax
|
(5,270,039)
|
(10,694,984)
|
Adjustments for
non-cash/non-operating items:
|
|
|
Amortisation and impairment of
intangible assets
|
2,416,146
|
2,061,137
|
Impairment of goodwill
|
2,090,132
|
7,672,026
|
Share based payments
|
109,924
|
108,825
|
Interest income
|
(5,728)
|
-
|
Operating cash flows before movements in working
capital
|
(659,565)
|
(852,996)
|
|
|
|
Increase in trade and other
receivables
|
(134,005)
|
(3,635)
|
(Decrease)/increase in trade and
other payables
|
(646,191)
|
435,441
|
|
(780,196)
|
431,806
|
Cash used by operations
|
(1,439,761)
|
(421,190)
|
Income taxes paid
|
-
|
-
|
Net cash used by operating activities
|
(1,439,761)
|
(421,190)
|
Cash flows from investing activities
|
|
|
Purchase of intangible
assets
|
(849,760)
|
(730,437)
|
Net cash used in investing activities
|
(849,760)
|
(730,437)
|
Cash flows from financing activities
|
|
|
Proceeds from issue of
shares
|
2,092,449
|
463,314
|
Interest income/(paid)
|
|
|
Net cash generated from financing
activities
|
2,092,449
|
463,614
|
|
|
|
Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents
|
(197,072)
|
(688,013)
|
|
|
|
Effect of exchange rates on cash
|
21,272
|
(161,572)
|
Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of
year
|
1,236,664
|
2,086,249
|
Cash and cash equivalents at end of year
|
1,060,864
|
1,236,664
|
Company Statement of Cash Flows
|
Year ended 31 December
2023
$
|
Year ended 31 December
2022
$
|
Cash flows from operating activities
|
|
|
Loss before tax
|
(7,116,693)
|
(8,386,104)
|
Adjustments for
non-cash/non-operating items:
|
|
|
Share based payment
expense
|
109,924
|
108,825
|
Change in carrying value of
investment in subsidiaries
|
2,607,863
|
7,672,026
|
Provision against intercompany
receivable
|
3,774,592
|
-
|
Operating cash flows before movements in working
capital
|
(624,314)
|
(605,253)
|
|
|
|
Decrease (Increase) in trade and
other receivables
|
(1,251,074)
|
-
|
(Decrease) Increase in trade and
other payables
|
(524,736)
|
493,908
|
Cash used by operations
|
(2,400,124)
|
(111,345)
|
Income taxes
|
-
|
-
|
Net cash used by operating activities
|
(2,400,124)
|
(111,345)
|
|
|
|
Cash flows from investing activities
|
-
|
-
|
Loans to subsidiaries
|
-
|
(461,583)
|
Net cash used in investing activities
|
-
|
(461,583)
|
|
|
|
Cash flows from financing activities
|
|
|
Proceeds from issue of
shares
|
2,092,449
|
463,314
|
Net
cash/generated from financing activities
|
2,092,449
|
463,614
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(Decrease)/Increase in cash and cash
equivalents
|
(307,675)
|
(109,315)
|
Effect of exchange rates on cash
|
352,826
|
(338,773)
|
Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of
period
|
853,317
|
1,301,405
|
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period
|
898,468
|
853,317
|
There have been no changes in
liabilities arising from financing activities.
Notes to the Financial Statements
1
General
information
The Group is a global media and
technology platform whose mission is to leverage its AI and machine
learning technology to more efficiently momentize video and to
license such capabilities to brands, creators and publishers to
enable discovery, sharing and e-commerce. The Company is a public
limited company domiciled in the United Kingdom and incorporated
under registered number 10621059 in England and Wales. The
Company's registered office is 27-28 Eastcastle Street, London W1W
8DH.
The Company is listed on AIM, a
market operated by the London Stock Exchange. These Financial
Statements were authorised for issue by the Board of Directors on 4
July 2024.
2
Material accounting policies
Basis of preparation
These Financial Statements of the
Group and Company are prepared on a going concern basis, under the
historical cost convention except for certain financial instruments
which are carried at fair value as specified within the individual
accounting policies.
These financial statements
consolidate those of the Company and its subsidiaries (together
referred to as the "Group"). The Parent Company financial
statements present information about the Company as a separate
entity.
Both the Company and consolidated
financial statements have been prepared and approved by the
Directors in accordance with UK adopted International Accounting
Standards ("Adopted IFRSs"). On publishing the Company financial
statements here together with the consolidated financial
statements, the Company is taking advantage of the exemption in
s408 of the Companies Act 2006 not to present its individual income
statement and statement of comprehensive income and related
notes.
The accounting policies set out
below have been applied consistently to all periods presented in
these financial statements.
The Financial Statements are
presented in US Dollars ($), rounded to the nearest
dollar.
Going concern
The Directors have prepared a
business plan and cash flow forecast for the period 1 July 2024 to
31 December 2025 ("Forecast Period"). The business plan
starts with several disclosed updates in finance and
operations. First, in May 2024 the Company announced a
successful fund raise amounting to $0.7 million before expenses
which added to existing cash. Second, as of 30 June 2024, the CSP
business is operating at cash flow breakeven. Third, as of 30 June
2024, our technology business has recognised revenue of $0.35
million in the prior 12 months and as at 30 June 2024 is running at
annualised recurring revenue of $0.4 million, before any one-off
projects and performance fees. Fourth, the Company has
narrowed its annualised losses on an operating basis (excluding
amortisation) to less than $0.5 million. The Forecast contains
certain growth assumptions about CSP and technology sales
and the operating margins following such sales, as well as
prudently managing overhead expenses including R&D.
These assumptions have been tested with various operating and
market scenarios covering the range of outcomes.
The Board has reviewed these
scenarios and the forecasts and various uncertainties that could
arise given market conditions. The board has identified and number
of mitigating actions that could be considered if the assumptions
noted above are not achieved, including further cost saving
measures and obtaining new financing which it has previously
been able to do, but which would eventually give rise to a material
uncertainty that may cast significant doubt over the ability of the
Group to continue as a going concern if the mitigating actions are
not implemented.
Notwithstanding the material
uncertainties and the mitigating actions identified, the Directors
have concluded that it is appropriate for the consolidated
financial statements to be prepared on the going concern basis and
do not reflect any adjustments that would be necessary if this
basis were inappropriate.
Basis of consolidation
The accompanying consolidated
financial statements of SEEEN plc include its wholly owned
subsidiaries: GT Channel, Inc., Tagasauris Inc., and SEEEN,
Inc.
The Consolidated Statement of
Comprehensive Income includes the results of all subsidiary
undertakings for the period from the date on which control passes.
Control is achieved where the Company (or one of its subsidiary
undertakings) obtains the power to govern the financial and
operating policies of an investee entity so as to derive benefits
from its activities.
The purchase method of accounting
is used to account for the acquisition of subsidiaries by the
Company. The cost of an acquisition is measured as the fair value
of the assets given, equity instruments issued, and liabilities
incurred or assumed at the date of exchange. Identifiable assets
acquired and liabilities and contingent liabilities assumed in a
business combination are measured initially at their fair values at
the acquisition date, irrespective of the extent of any
non-controlling interest. The excess of the cost of acquisition
over the fair value of the Company's share of the identifiable net
assets acquired is recorded as goodwill. If the cost of acquisition
is less than the fair value of the net assets of the subsidiary
acquired, the difference is recognized directly in the income
statement.
All Inter-company transactions and
balances and unrealized gains or losses on transactions between
Group companies are eliminated in full.
Revenue recognition
Under IFRS 15, revenue is
recognized when a customer obtains control of a good or a service
and thus has the ability to direct the use of and obtain the
benefits from the good or service.
CSP
SEEEN owns 100% of GT Channel, Inc,
which operates a Creator Service Provider ("CSP") (formerly
multichannel network ("MCN")). The CSP aggregates content
supplied by creators. The CSP then provides such content to
YouTube, who is the customer. YouTube then directs the use of
such content to gain the benefit of digital ad revenue from
brands. YouTube takes forty-five per cent. of the gross
amount of digital ad revenue and then pays the CSP. The Group
recognises the payment received from YouTube as revenue, being the
net amount after the deduction of forty-five per cent. of the gross
advertising revenue. YouTube provides the CSP with daily reports on
its receipt of revenue from brands against the CSP's content.
Revenue to the CSP is recognized upon receipt of such reports from
YouTube.
The CSP pays the creators who have
supplied videos to the CSP and these payments are recognized as
Cost of Sales in the Group's statement of comprehensive
income.
Technology
Income
The Group derives revenue from
licensing software as a service and bespoke development
work.
For software as a service, under
IFRS 15 three distinct performance obligations have been identified
for these contracts.
• Hosted software
licenses;
• performance based
results;and
• maintenance and
support.
Revenue from the provision of the
hosted software licence is recognised evenly over the period in
which the licence is hosted by the Group. This policy reflects the
continuous transfer of the service to the customer throughout the
contracted licence period. For renewals of hosted licences, the
revenue is recognised over the period of the contract.
Revenue related to the success of
the Group's software products in driving specific customer targets,
such as sales of products or clickthroughs onto landing pages, is
recognised monthly utilizing the Group's analytics tools to measure
the performance of the Group's technology. Customers are invoiced
monthly in relation to these performance based results.
Revenue related to ongoing support
and periodic updates is recognised evenly over the licence period
as the Group is unable to predict at inception of the licence when
the support and updates will be required to be provided to the
customer.
For bespoke development work,
revenue is recognised on completion of the work in those contracts
where it is considered that control of the work does not pass until
all development work has been completed. Bespoke development work
does not create an asset with an alternative use to the Group and,
in those contracts where the Group does have an enforceable
contractual right to payment for performance completed to date,
revenue is recognised over time.
Property, plant and equipment
All property, plant and equipment
is stated at cost less accumulated depreciation.
Depreciation is computed using the
straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the assets
as follows:
Equipment and
displays:
5 to 7 years
Motor vehicles:
5 years
Leasehold
improvements:
7 years or lease term, whichever is shorter
The asset's residual values and
economic lives are reviewed, and adjusted if appropriate, at each
reporting date. An asset's carrying amount is written down
immediately to its recoverable amount if the asset's carrying
amount is greater than its estimated recoverable amount. Assets
that are no longer of economic use to the business are
retired.
Gains and losses on disposals are
determined by comparing the proceeds with the carrying amount and
are recognised within other (losses) or gains in the income
statement.
Goodwill
Goodwill represents the excess of
the fair value of the consideration over the fair values of the
identifiable net assets acquired.
Goodwill arising on acquisitions is
not subject to amortisation but is subject to annual impairment
testing. Any impairment is recognised immediately in the
Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income and not subsequently
reversed.
Other intangible assets
Intangible assets are recorded as
separately identifiable assets and amortised at historical cost
less any accumulated amortisation. These assets are amortised over
their definite useful economic lives on the straight-line
method.
Amortisation is computed using the
straight-line method over the definite estimated useful lives of
the assets as follows:
Customer
lists
4
Any amortisation is included within
total administrative expenses in the statement of comprehensive
income.
Intangible assets with indefinite
useful lives are not amortised, but are tested for impairment
annually, either individually or at the cash-generating unit level.
The assessment of indefinite life is reviewed annually to determine
whether the indefinite life continues to be supportable. If not,
the change in useful life from indefinite to finite is made on a
prospective basis.
The asset's residual values and
economic lives are reviewed, and adjusted if appropriate, at each
reporting date. An asset's carrying amount is written down
immediately to its recoverable amount if the asset's carrying
amount is greater than its estimated recoverable amount.
Gains and losses on disposals are
determined by comparing the proceeds with the carrying amount and
are recognised within other (losses) or gains in the Statement of
Comprehensive Income.
Research and development
Research expenditure is recognised
as an expense when incurred. Costs incurred on development projects
(relating to the design and testing of new or improved products)
are recognised as intangible assets when the following criteria are
fulfilled.
·
It is technically feasible to complete the
intangible asset so that it will be available for use or
resale;
·
Management intends to complete the intangible
asset and use or sell it;
·
There is an ability to use or sell the
intangible;
·
It can be demonstrated how the intangible asset
will generate possible future economic benefits;
·
Adequate technical, financial and other resource
to complete the development and to use or sell the intangible asset
are available; and
·
The expenditure attributable to the intangible
asset during its development can be reliably measured.
Other development expenditures that
do not meet these criteria are recognised as an expense in the
period incurred. Development costs previously recognised as an
expense are not recognised as an asset in a subsequent period.
Capitalised development costs are recorded as intangible assets and
are amortised from the point at which they are ready for use on a
straight-line basis over the asset's estimated useful
life.
Segment reporting
The Board consider the Company to
be one cash generating unit for the purposes of management
reporting. During the year to 31 December 2023, the majority of
revenue for the Group was generated from its CSP operation. As the
Group's revenue mix evolves, the Directors expect to split out
revenue by type in the Accounts.
Impairment reviews
Assets that are subject to
amortisation and depreciation are reviewed for impairment when
events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying
amount may not be fully recoverable. Assets that are not subject to
amortisation and depreciation are reviewed on an annual basis at
each year end (including goodwill) and, if there is any indication
that an asset may be impaired, its recoverable amount is estimated.
The recoverable amount is the higher of its net selling price and
its value in use. Any impairment loss arising from the review is
charged to the Statement of Comprehensive Income whenever the
carrying amount of the asset exceeds its recoverable
amount.
Share based payments
The Group has made share-based
payments to certain Directors, employees and advisers by way of
issue of share options. The fair value of these payments is
calculated either using the Black Scholes option pricing model or
by reference to the fair value of any fees or remuneration settled
by way of granting of options. The expense is amortisation on a
straight-line basis over the period from the date of award to the
first date of exercise, based on the best estimate of the number of
shares that will eventually vest.
Taxation
Income tax expense represents the
sum of the current tax and deferred tax charge for the
year.
Current tax
The tax currently payable is based
on taxable profit for the year. Taxable profit differs from profit
as reported in the Statement of Comprehensive Income because it
excludes items of income or expense that are taxable or deductible
in other periods and it further excludes items that are never
taxable or deductible. The Group's and Company's liability for
current tax is calculated using tax rates that have been enacted or
substantively enacted by the year end.
Deferred tax
Deferred income taxes are provided
in full, using the liability method, for all temporary differences
arising between the tax bases of assets and liabilities and their
carrying amounts in the Financial Statements. Deferred income taxes
are determined using tax rates that have been enacted or
substantially enacted and are expected to apply when the related
deferred income tax asset is amortisation or the related deferred
income tax liability is settled.
The principal temporary differences
arise from depreciation or amortisation charged on assets and tax
losses carried forward. Deferred tax assets relating to the carry
forward of unused tax losses and are recognised to the extent that
it is probable that future taxable profit will be available against
which the unused tax losses can be utilised. The carrying amount of
deferred tax assets is reviewed at each reporting date and reduced
to the extent that it is probable that sufficient taxable profits
will be available to allow all or part of the asset to be
recovered.
Cash and cash equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents comprise
cash in hand, deposits held at call with banks, and other short
term highly liquid investments with original maturities of three
months or less.
Foreign currencies
(i) Functional and presentational
currency
Items included in the Financial
Statements are measured using the currency of the primary economic
environment in which each entity operates ("the functional
currency") which is considered by the Directors to be Pounds
Sterling (£) for the Parent Company and US Dollars ($) for SEEEN,
Inc, GTChannel, Inc and Tagasauris, Inc. The Financial Statements
have been presented in US Dollars which represents the dominant
economic environment in which the Group operates.
The effective exchange rate at 31
December 2023 was £1 = US$1.2747 (31 December 2022 was £1 =
US$1.2098). The average exchange rate for the year to 31 December
2023 was £1 = US$1.2433 (2022 was £1 = US$1.2322).
(ii) Transactions and
balances
Foreign currency transactions are
translated into the functional currency using the exchange rates
prevailing at the dates of the transactions. Foreign exchange gains
and losses resulting from the settlement of such transactions and
from the translation at year end exchange rates of monetary assets
and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are recognised in
the statement of comprehensive income.
(iii)
Group
Companies
The results and financial position
of all the Group entities that have a functional currency different
from the presentational currency are translated into the
presentational currency as follows:
(a)
assets and liabilities for each statement of
financial position presented are translated at closing rate at the
date of the statement;
(b)
the income and expenses are translated at average
exchange rates for period where there is no significant fluctuation
in rates, otherwise a more precise rate at a transaction date is
used; and
(c)
all resulting exchange differences are recognised
in other comprehensive income and accumulated in the foreign
exchange reserve.
Financial instruments
Financial assets and financial
liabilities are recognised in the Group's statement of financial
position when the Group becomes a party to the contractual
provisions of the instrument.
Loans and receivables
Trade receivables, loans, and other
receivables held with the objective to collect the contractual cash
flows are classified as subsequently measured at amortised cost.
These are initially measured at fair value
plus transaction costs. At each period end, there is an assessment
of the expected credit loss in accordance with IFRS 9; with any
increase or reduction in the credit loss provision charged or
released to other selling and administrative expenses in the
statement of comprehensive income.
Impairment of financial assets
The Group recognises an allowance
for expected credit losses ("ECLs") for all debt instruments not
held at fair value through profit or loss. ECLs are based on the
difference between the contractual cash flows due in accordance
with the contract and all the cash flows that the Group expects to
receive, discounted at an approximation of the original effective
interest rate.
The Group also recognises lifetime
ECLs for trade receivables. The ECLs on these financial assets are
estimated using a provision matrix based on the Group's historical
credit loss experience, adjusted for factors that are specific to
the debtors, general economic conditions and an assessment of both
the current as well as the forecast conditions at the reporting
date, including time value of money where appropriate.
For all other financial
instruments, the Group recognises lifetime ECL when there has been
a significant increase in credit risk since initial recognition.
However, if the credit risk on the financial instrument has not
increased significantly since initial recognition, the Group
measures the loss allowance for that financial instrument at an
amount equal to 12‑month ECL.
Financial liabilities
Financial liabilities, including
borrowings, are initially measured at fair value, net of
transaction costs and are subsequently measured at amortised cost
using the effective interest method.
Equity instruments
An equity instrument is any
instrument with a residual interest in the assets of the Company
after deducting all of its liabilities. Equity instruments
(ordinary shares) are recorded at the proceeds received, net of
direct issue costs.
Derecognition of financial liabilities
The Group derecognises financial
liabilities when, and only when, the Group's obligations are
discharged, cancelled or they expire.
Critical accounting estimates and judgements
The preparation of Financial
Statements in conformity with International Financial Reporting
Standards requires the use of judgements together with accounting
estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of
assets and liabilities and the reported amounts of income and
expenses during the reporting period. Although these judgements and
estimates are based on management's best knowledge of current
events and actions, the resulting accounting treatment estimates
will, by definition, seldom equal the related actual
results.
The following are the critical
judgements and estimations that the Directors have made in the
process of applying the Company's accounting policies and that have
the most significant effect on the amounts recognised in the
financial statements.
Impairment of goodwill and other intangible
assets
Impairment of the valuation of the
goodwill relating to the acquisition of subsidiaries is considered
annually for indicators of impairment to ensure that the asset is
not overstated within the financial statements. The annual
impairment assessment in respect of goodwill and other intangible
assets requires estimates of the value in use (or fair value less
costs to sell) of subsidiaries to which goodwill has been
allocated. Given the nature of the business, estimating the future
cash flows and appropriate discount factor, in order to determine
the net present value of those cash flows is an area of estimation
uncertainty. The carrying amount at the end of the period for
goodwill was $0, based on the assumptions made by the Directors as
provided in note 10 to the financial statements.
Impairment of investment in subsidiaries
Impairment of the valuation of the
investment in subsidiaries relating to the acquisition of
subsidiaries and subsequent funding of such subsidiaries is
considered annually for indicators of impairment to ensure that the
asset is not overstated within the financial statements. The annual
impairment assessment in respect of such investment requires
estimates of the value in use (or fair value less costs to sell) of
subsidiaries to which investment has been allocated. Given the
nature of the business, estimating the future cash flows and
appropriate discount factor, in order to determine the net present
value of those cash flows is an area of estimation uncertainty. The
carrying value of these investments at the end of the period was
$2.4 million. Further details on the assumptions made by the
Directors in these estimations are provided in note 11 to the
financial statements.
Amortisation of intangible assets
The periods of amortisation adopted
to write down capitalised intangible assets requires judgements to
be made in respect of estimating the useful lives of the intangible
assets to determine an appropriate
amortisation rate. Technology and
website development costs are being amortised on a straight-line
basis over the period during which the economic benefits are
expected to be received, which has been estimated at 4
years.
3
Segmental reporting
Management currently identifies one
operating segment in the company under IFRS 8:
|
|
Year ended
|
Year ended
|
|
|
31
December
|
31
December
|
|
|
2023
|
2022
|
|
|
$
|
$
|
CSP Revenue
|
|
1,811,747
|
3,164,705
|
Technology Revenue
|
|
239,637
|
88,350
|
Total Revenue
|
|
2,051,384
|
3,253,055
|
Revenue is attributed to the
following geographical locations:
|
|
Year ended
|
Year ended
|
|
|
31
December
|
31
December
|
|
|
2023
|
2022
|
|
|
$
|
$
|
USA
|
|
1,940,462
|
3,190,967
|
ROW
|
|
110,922
|
62,088
|
|
|
2,051,384
|
3,253,055
|
4
Expenses by nature
The Group's operating profit has
been arrived at after charging:
|
|
Year ended
|
Year ended
|
|
|
31
December
|
31
December
|
|
|
2023
|
2022
|
|
|
$
|
$
|
Employee costs
|
|
335,420
|
369,255
|
Severance costs
|
|
-
|
91,333
|
Consulting services
|
|
84,566
|
84,713
|
Agency fees
|
|
24,401
|
58,011
|
Rent
|
|
4,126
|
-
|
Professional fees
|
|
152,878
|
202,974
|
Listing fees
|
|
16,020
|
17,012
|
Other
|
|
522,484
|
533,338
|
Subtotal
|
|
(1,139,895)
|
(1,356,636)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year ended
|
Year ended
|
|
|
31
December
|
31
December
|
|
|
2023
|
2022
|
|
|
$
|
$
|
|
Auditors remuneration
|
|
|
|
Fees payable to the Group's
auditor for audit of Parent Company and Consolidated Financial
Statements
|
49,000
|
48,059
|
|
Fees payable to the Group's
auditor for non-audit services
|
-
|
-
|
|
The Group auditors are not the
auditors of the US subsidiary companies. The fees paid to the
auditor of the US subsidiary companies were $45,000 (2022: $45,000)
for the audit of these companies with no payments for other
services.
5 Employees and Executive
Directors
The Executive Directors are
considered to be the key management of the business.
|
Year ended 31 December
2023
$
|
Year ended 31 December
2022
$
|
|
|
|
Staff costs for all employees,
including Executive Directors consist of:
|
|
|
Wages and Salaries
|
335,420
|
606,130
|
Share Based Payments
Expense
|
109,924
|
108,825
|
|
445,344
|
714,955
|
Information regarding Directors
emoluments are as follows:
|
Year ended 31 December
2023
|
Year ended 31 December
2022
|
|
$
|
$
|
Short-Term employee benefits
|
|
|
Directors' fees, salaries and
benefits
|
241,441
|
211,130
|
Social Security Costs
|
8,321
|
24,497
|
|
249,762
|
235,627
|
The highest paid Executive
Director received emoluments of $169,950 (2022:
$154,035).
The average number of employees
(including Directors) in the Group during the year was:
|
Year ended
|
Year ended
|
|
31
December
|
31
December
|
|
2023
|
2022
|
Directors (executive and
non-executive)
|
5
|
4
|
Management
|
2
|
1
|
Other
|
8
|
3
|
|
14
|
8
|
Note: The Group also uses two full
time consultants on its proprietary technology products and other
third party contractors whose workload is varied each month for
software engineering and product development. These costs are
represented in Consulting Services in Note 3 above.
6 Share
options
The Company grants share options
at its discretion to Directors, management and advisors. These are
accounted for as equity settled options. Should the options remain
unexercised after a period of ten years from the date of grant the
options will expire unless an extension is agreed to by the Board.
Options are exercisable at a price equal to an exercise price
determined by the Board.
Details for the share options and
warrants granted, exercised, lapsed and outstanding at the year-end
are as follows:
|
Number of share options
2023
|
Weighted average exercise
price (GBp)
2023
|
Outstanding at beginning of
year
|
8,596,887
|
51.7
|
Granted during the year
|
-
|
-
|
Forfeited/lapsed during the
year
|
(133,333)
|
30.0
|
Exercised during the
year
|
-
|
-
|
Outstanding at end of the
year
|
8,463,554
|
52.1
|
Exercisable at end of the
year
|
4,996,887
|
45.0
|
During 2022 the Company granted
options to Charles Burdick upon appointment to the Board. 133,333
of these lapsed when Charles Burdick left the group.
Fair value of share
options
The Black Scholes calculations for
the options held during 2023 resulted in an annual charge of
$109,924 (2022, $108,825) which has been expensed in
2023.
The weighted average remaining
contractual life of the share options as at 31 December 2023 was
6.36 years.
Options arrangements that exist
over the Company's shares at year end are detailed
below:
Grant
|
31 December
2023
|
31 December
2022
|
Date of
Grant
|
Exercise
price
|
Exercise
period
From
To
|
AIM Admission Grant
Options
|
4,996,887
|
4,996,887
|
30/9/2019
|
45p
|
30/9/2020
|
30/9/2029
|
2021 Director Fee
Options
|
1,450,000
|
1,450,000
|
4/3/2021
|
60p
|
4/3/2024
|
4/3/2031
|
2021 Incentive Options
|
1,300,000
|
1,300,000
|
4/3/2021
|
65p
|
4/3/2024
|
4/3/2031
|
2021 Incentive Options
|
650,000
|
650,000
|
13/5/2021
|
65p
|
13/5/2024
|
13/5/2031
|
2022 Director Options
|
66,667
|
200,000
|
27/5/2022
|
30p
|
27/5/2025
|
27/5/2032
|
Total
|
8,463,554
|
8,596,887
|
|
|
|
|
All share options are equity
settled on exercise.
7
Finance income
|
|
Year ended
31 December
2023
$
|
Year ended
31 December
2022
$
|
Interest income
|
|
5,728
|
-
|
Interest income on loan provided to
shareholders in Tagasauris, Inc to buy shares in Tagasauris, Inc
prior to its acquisition by SEEEN plc.
8
Taxation
The major components of income tax
expense for the periods ending 31 December 2023 and December 2022
are as follows:
|
Year ended
|
Year ended
|
|
31
December
|
31
December
|
|
2023
|
2022
|
Group
|
$
|
$
|
Current tax:
|
-
|
-
|
Current tax (benefit) on profits
in the year
|
-
|
-
|
Prior year over
provision
|
-
|
-
|
Total Tax charge (benefit)
|
0
|
-
|
Deferred tax current
year
|
(129,584)
|
(423,308)
|
Deferred
|
-
|
-
|
Total Tax charge (benefit)
|
(129,584)
|
(423,308)
|
|
|
|
The tax on the Company's loss
before tax differs from the theoretical amount that would arise
using the weighted average tax rate applicable to profits and
losses as follows:
|
Year ended
|
Year ended
|
|
31
December
|
31
December
|
|
2023
|
2022
|
|
$
|
$
|
Total loss on ordinary activities
before tax
|
(5,254,855)
|
(10,694,984)
|
Loss on ordinary activities at the
standard rate of corporation tax in the US of 21% (2022:
21%)
|
(1,103,520)
|
(2,245,947)
|
Non-deductible expenses
|
571,090
|
1,630,970
|
State taxes net of federal
benefit
|
(163,700)
|
(199,154)
|
Other tax adjustments, reliefs and
transfers
|
6,307
|
(4,697)
|
Adjustment in respect of prior
year
|
(430)
|
(64,631)
|
Deferred tax not recognised /
valuation allowance
|
560,669
|
460,151
|
Changes in rates
|
-
|
-
|
Total Tax charge
|
(129,584)
|
(423,308)
|
|
|
|
At the balance sheet date, the
Group had unused tax losses (as reported on the Group's tax
returns) of $16,830,145 available for offset against future
profits. $2,685,722 represents unrecognized deferred tax assets
thereon. The deferred tax asset has not been recognized due to
uncertainty over timing of utilization.
9
Earnings per share
The loss per share has been
calculated using the profit for the year and the weighted average
number of ordinary shares outstanding during the year, as
follows:
|
Year ended
31 December
2023
|
Year ended
31 December
2022
|
Loss for the year attributable to
equity holders of the Parent ($)
|
(5,140,455)
|
(10,271,676)
|
Weighted average number of
ordinary shares
|
93,345,815
|
50,131,428
|
Diluted weighted average number of
ordinary shares
|
93,345,815
|
50,131,428
|
Loss per share (cents)
|
(5.51)
|
(20.48)
|
Diluted loss per share (cents)
|
(5.51)
|
(20.48)
|
10
Intangible assets
Group
|
Goodwill Arising on
Consolidation
|
Other Intangible
Assets
|
Development
Costs
|
Totals
|
$
|
$
|
$
|
$
|
Net Book Value
|
|
|
|
|
At 31 December 2021
|
9,762,158
|
2,082,934
|
3,172,083
|
15,017,175
|
Additions
|
-
|
-
|
730,437
|
730,437
|
Amortisation/impairment
|
(7,672,026)
|
(1,190,249)
|
(870,888)
|
(9,733,163)
|
At 31 December 2022
|
2,090,132
|
892,685
|
3,031,632
|
6,014,449
|
Additions
|
-
|
-
|
849,760
|
849,760
|
Amortisation/impairment
|
(2,090,132)
|
(892,685)
|
(1,523,461)
|
(4,506,278)
|
At 31 December 2023
|
-
|
-
|
2,357,931
|
2,357,931
|
The cost of other intangible
assets comprises customer lists and technology development acquired
at the date of acquisition. The other intangible assets are being
amortised over a period of 4 years. Amortisation is charged to
administrative costs in the Statement of Comprehensive
Income.
Goodwill and Impairment
The carrying value of goodwill in
respect of each acquisition was as follows:
|
31 December
2023
|
31 December
2022
|
GTChannel, Inc
|
-
|
700,322
|
Tagasauris, Inc
|
-
|
827,994
|
Entertainment AI, Inc
|
-
|
561,816
|
Total
|
-
|
2,090,132
|
The Group tests goodwill annually
for impairment, or more frequently if there are indications that
goodwill might be impaired. In order to perform this test,
management is required to compare the carrying value of the
relevant cash generating unit ("CGU") including the goodwill with
its recoverable amount. The recoverable amount of the CGU is
determined from a value in use calculation. Management has assessed
that there is one CGU encompassing all of the Group's subsidiaries.
This is based on the Group's business plan as stated in its
admission document, as well as considering how the Group is managed
and directed. The subsidiary entities offer a combination of
cross-supplied technology and services that will enable the Group
to create a Multi Platform Network. This synergistically leverages
the Group's technology, current customer base and wider business
plan and strategic partners. These features are each supplied by
the different acquisitions made in the period and as such, the
Directors consider provisionally that it is most appropriate that
the CGU consist of all three subsidiaries.
The Group is selling products to
customers based on its proprietary technology for the publishing,
sports, retail and services market segments. During 3Q 2023, the
Group released its new product CreatorSuite 2.0, as well as further
development of ShortsCut,
an internal tool which is expected to be a driver of growth within
the CSP business. The Board has considered these new releases as
drivers of growth, together with continued momentum of customer
acquisition. Despite these drivers of growth, using the following
key assumptions in this impairment review: (i) a perpetuity growth
rate from 2028 of 2%, (ii) a discount rate of 20.0%, (iii) a 2.5%
annual increase in costs and (iii) customer acquisition remaining
consistent with levels since the beginning of 2024 with three new
technology customers per month, one strategic customer every four
months and minimal growth in the CSP through to the end of 2028
with no increase, the carrying value is
less than the value in use and hence the goodwill from the time of
the acquisition should be fully impaired. In addition, the Group
has also impaired the value of intangible assets, reflecting
the estimated value in use of the Group's
intangible assets . Should the key assumptions be varied to include no further
client growth, this would result in a full impairment of the
Group's intangible assets.
11
Investment in subsidiary undertakings
Company
|
Cost of investment
$
|
Loan to group
undertaking
$
|
Total
$
|
Cost
|
|
|
|
At 31 December 2022
|
12,984,835
|
4,743,896
|
17,728,731
|
At 31 December 2023
|
12,984,835
|
4,743,896
|
17,728,731
|
|
|
|
|
Impairment
|
|
|
|
At 31 December 2022
|
(12,747,148)
|
-
|
(12,747,148)
|
At 31 December 2023
|
(12,984,835)
|
(2,370,176)
|
(15,355,011)
|
|
|
|
|
Carrying amount
|
|
|
|
At 31 December 2022
|
237,687
|
4,743,896
|
4,981,583
|
At 31 December 2023
|
-
|
2,373,720
|
2,373,720
|
The Directors annually assess the
carrying value of the investment in the subsidiaries and in their
opinion an impairment provision of $2,607,863 is required to
reflect the value in use derived from the Group's impairment
assessment.
The subsidiary undertakings during
the year were as follows:
|
Registered office address
|
Country of
incorporation
|
Interest held
%
|
GTChannel, Inc.
|
199 Whitney Avenue, New Haven, Connecticut 06511 U.S.
|
US
|
100%
|
Tagasauris, Inc.
|
199 Whitney Avenue, New Haven,
Connecticut 06511 U.S.
|
US
|
100%
|
Entertainment AI, Inc.
|
199 Whitney Avenue, New Haven,
Connecticut 06511 U.S.
|
US
|
100%
|
All subsidiaries are owned directly
by the Parent Company.
12
Trade and other receivables
|
|
Group
|
Company
|
|
|
31 December
2023
$
|
31 December
2022
$
|
31 December
2023
$
|
31 December
2022
$
|
|
Trade and other
receivables
|
|
947,132
|
2,905,576
|
188,030
|
2,092,449
|
|
Intercompany
receivables
|
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
2,711,550
|
|
In determining the recoverability
of accounts receivable, the Company considers any changes in the
credit quality of the accounts receivable from the date credit was
initially granted up to the reporting date. The accounts receivable
that are neither past due nor impaired relate to customers that the
Company has assessed to be creditworthy based on the credit
evaluation process performed by management which considers both
customers' overall credit profile and its payment history with the
Company. Any loss allowance is determined in accordance with IFRS
9.
As at 31 December 2022, the amount
receivable on the issue of shares from the December 2022
fundraising was $2,092,449, which was all received in 2023. There
were no such amounts receivable as at 31 December
2023.
13
Cash and cash equivalents
|
Group
|
Company
|
|
Year ended
31 December
2023
$
|
Year ended
31 December
2022
$
|
Year ended
31 December
2023
$
|
Year ended
31 December
2022
$
|
Cash at bank and in
hand
|
1,060,864
|
1,236,664
|
898,468
|
853,317
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
14
Trade and other payables
|
Group
|
Company
|
|
Year Ended 31 December
2023
$
|
Year Ended 31 December
2022
$
|
Year Ended 31 December
2023
$
|
Year Ended 31 December
2022
$
|
Trade payables
|
550,856
|
1,058,385
|
60,512
|
510,456
|
Accruals and other
payables
|
549,422
|
688,084
|
113,359
|
188,151
|
|
1,100,278
|
1,746,469
|
173,871
|
698,607
|
Trade payables and accruals
principally comprise amounts outstanding for trade purchases and
ongoing costs and are payable within 3 months.
15
Deferred Tax
|
Total
$
|
Balance as at 1 January
2023
|
(146,992)
|
Deferred tax charge for the
year
|
129,584
|
Balance At 31 December 2023
|
(17,408)
|
The deferred tax provision
comprises:
|
31 December
2023
$
|
31 December
2022
$
|
Deferred tax liability arising
from acquisition of intangible assets
|
-
|
142,917
|
Deferred tax liability relating to other timing
differences
|
17,408
|
4,075
|
Total
|
17,408
|
146,992
|
At the balance sheet date, the
Group had unused tax losses (as reported on the Group's tax
returns) of $16,830,145 available for offset against future
profits. $2,685,722 represents unrecognized deferred tax assets
thereon. The deferred tax asset has not been recognized due to
uncertainty over timing of utilization.
16 Share
capital
The issued share capital in the
year consisted of ordinary shares of 0.1 pence each and deferred
shares of 11.9 pence each and was as follows:
Group & Company
|
Number of
Shares
|
Nominal Value of Shares
$
|
|
Ordinary
|
Deferred
|
Ordinary
|
Deferred
|
Total
|
At 31 December 2022
|
93,345,815
|
49,957,876
|
114,992
|
7,339,059
|
7,454,051
|
Issue of Shares
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
At 31 December 2023
|
93,345,815
|
49,957,876
|
114,993
|
7,339,059
|
7,454,052
|
.
Group & Company
|
Share capital
$
|
Share premium
$
|
At 31 December 2022
|
7,454,052
|
10,180,736
|
At 31 December 2023
|
7,454,052
|
10,180,736
|
17
Financial instruments
Financial instruments
As at the dates presented, the
Group has classified its financial instruments as
follows:
At 31 December 2023
|
Loans and Receivables at
Amortized Cost
$
|
Other Financial Liabilities
at Amortized Cost
$
|
Fair Value through Profit or
Loss
$
|
Total
$
|
Financial Assets
|
|
|
|
|
Cash
|
1,060,864
|
-
|
-
|
1,060,864
|
Trade and Other
Receivables
|
947,132
|
-
|
-
|
947,132
|
|
|
|
|
|
Financial Liabilities
|
|
|
|
|
Trade and Other
Payables
|
-
|
1,100,278
|
-
|
1,100,278
|
|
|
|
|
|
At 31 December 2022
|
Loans and Receivables at
Amortized Cost
$
|
Other Financial Liabilities
at Amortized Cost
$
|
Fair Value through Profit or
Loss
$
|
Total
$
|
Financial Assets
|
|
|
|
|
Cash
|
1,236,664
|
-
|
-
|
1,236,664
|
Trade and Other
Receivables
|
2,724,615
|
-
|
-
|
2,724,615
|
|
|
|
|
|
Financial Liabilities
|
|
|
|
|
Trade and Other
Payables
|
-
|
1,417,943
|
-
|
1,417,943
|
|
|
|
|
|
Credit risk management
The Company is exposed to credit
risk associated with its accounts receivable. Credit risk is
minimized substantially by ensuring the credit worthiness of the
entities with which it carries on business. Most of the Group's
revenues are derived from its CSP business. The key counterparty
for this business is YouTube. The performance obligations arise at
the time that CSP videos generate advertising or other income on
YouTube. YouTube makes a monthly payment to the Group,
approximately 20 days in arrears. In the periods to 31
December 2023 and 31 December 2022, the Company did not experience
any significant instance of non-payment from its customers and
expects this to continue to be the case, thus a provision has not
been made for potentially uncollectable amounts.
The Company's accounts receivable
aging as follows:
|
31 December
2023
|
31 December 2022
|
Current
|
947,132
|
2,724,615
|
31-60 days
|
-
|
-
|
61-90 days
|
-
|
-
|
>90 days
|
-
|
-
|
|
947,132
|
2,724,615
|
Allowance for doubtful
accounts
|
-
|
-
|
Total
|
947,132
|
2,724,615
|
Interest rate risk management
Interest rate risk is the risk
that the fair value or future cash flows of a financial instrument
will fluctuate because of changes in market rates. The Company's
exposure to interest rate risk is based on short-term fixed
interest rates. At 31 December 2023, the Company's exposure
to interest rate risk was determined to be nominal.
Capital risk management
In managing its capital, the
Group's primary objective is to maintain a sufficient funding base
to enable working capital, research and development commitments and
strategic investment needs to be met and therefore to safeguard the
Group's ability to continue as a going concern in order to provide
returns to shareholders and benefits to other stakeholders. In
making decisions to adjust its capital structure to achieve these
aims, including through new share issues, the Group considers not
only its short-term position but also its long term operational and
strategic objectives.
The capital structure of the Group
currently consists of equity comprising issued capital, reserves
and retained earnings. The Group is not subject to any externally
imposed capital requirements. The Group monitors this expenditure
and is on track to spend the required funds by such
date.
Foreign currency risk management
Foreign exchange transaction risk
arises when individual Group operations enter into transactions
denominated in a currency other than the dominant economic currency
of the Group. The principal risk arises from the Group's holding
company and payments made in relation to the holding company's
activities in the United Kingdom.
The carrying amount of the Group's
foreign currency denominated monetary assets and monetary
liabilities were:
|
Group
|
Company
|
|
Year ended
31 December
2023
$
|
Year ended
31 December
2022
$
|
Year ended
31 December
2023
$
|
Year ended
31 December
2022
$
|
Assets
|
|
|
|
|
Sterling
|
951,623
|
848,305
|
951,623
|
848,305
|
Liabilities
|
|
|
|
|
Sterling
|
60,512
|
369,809
|
60,512
|
369,809
|
As shown above, at 31 December
2023 the Group had Sterling denominated monetary net assets of
$891,111 (2022: $478,496). If Sterling weakens by 10% against the
US dollar, this would decrease net assets by $89,111 (2022:
$47,850) with a corresponding impact on reported losses. Changes in
exchange rate movements resulted in a loss from exchange
differences on a translation of foreign exchange of $14,665 in the
year to 31 December 2023 (year to 31 December 2022: loss of
$663,130), resulting primarily from the holding of cash in
sterling.
Liquidity risk management
Ultimate responsibility for
liquidity management rests with management. The Group's policy is
to ensure that it will have sufficient cash to allow it to meet its
liabilities when they become due and so cash holdings may be high
during certain periods throughout the period. The Group currently
has no bank borrowing or overdraft facilities. All liabilities are
current and expected to be settled within 3 months.
The Group's policy in respect of
cash and cash equivalents is to limit its exposure by reducing cash
holding in the operating units and investing amounts that are not
immediately required in funds that have low risk and are placed
with a reputable bank.
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Contingent liabilities
The Directors are not aware of any
material contingent liabilities.
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Related party transactions
During the year, the Group
performed digital marketing services for American Leak Detection, a
subsidiary of Water Intelligence plc, which is a related party of
the Group as SEEEN plc's Chairman, Dr Patrick DeSouza is Executive
Chairman and a significant shareholder in Water Intelligence plc,
totalling $36,114 during 2023 pursuant to related party
arrangements in place since the Group's admission to
AIM.
The Directors are not aware of any
other related party transactions.
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Subsequent events
Since 31 December 2023, Akiko
Mikumo ceased to be a director and resigned on 1 February
2024.
On 30 May 2024, the Group
announced a fundraise through the issue of new ordinary shares at 3
pence each to raise up to £763,000 with associated warrants issued
(to raise up to £885,000) to incoming investors to acquire further
new ordinary shares at a price of 4.5 pence per new ordinary share.
These shares were admitted on 4 June and 19 June 2024. In addition
the Group entered into a conditional subscription agreement with
Gresham House Asset Management Limited (a related party by virtue
of its shareholding) to issue convertible loan notes with a face
value of £325,000 at a conversion price of 3 pence per share and
with an interest rate of 12 per cent. per annum, as well as other
standard customary provisions.
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Control
The Company is under the control of
its shareholders and not any one party. The shareholdings of the
directors and entities in which they are related are as outlined
within the Director's Report.