26 March
2024
ChallengerX
plc
(“ChallengerX”, “CX" or the
"Company")
Interim report for the six months ended 31 December
2023
ChallengerX (AQUIS: CXS),
the trading company with principal activity of employing both
traditional and non-traditional marketing strategies to rapidly
“professionalise” amateur and semi-professional sports clubs around
the world, announces its unaudited financial results for the six
months ended 31 December
2023.
This announcement contains
inside information for the purposes of the UK Market Abuse
Regulation and the Directors of the Company are responsible for the
release of this announcement.
For further information,
please contact:
Enquiries:
ChallengerX plc |
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John May,
Chairman |
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jmay@city-westminster.com |
Stuart Adam,
CFO |
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sjadam@city-westminster.com |
First Sentinel Corporate Finance
Ltd
AQSE Corporate
Adviser
Brian Stockbridge
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+44 (0)20 3855
5551
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Chairman Statement
Introduction
ChallengerX plc (the
“Company” or “ChallengerX”) is an investment company quoted on the
Aquis Stock Exchange (“AQSE”) Growth Market. The Company was
incorporated on 7 June 2021 and its
shares were admitted to trading on 23
December 2021.
Activities during the period
The Company continued to
advance its development of a platform for the promotion and
marketing of sports clubs in both a traditional and non-traditional
way to rapidly “professionalise” amateur and semi-professional
sports clubs around the world. In August the Company announced that
it entered into an exclusive licence agreement with Flash Corp
Technologies Ltd (“Flash Corp”) by which the Company has acquired a
renewable 13-month license over the rights of FlashBet Wheel App’s
design and technology in UK and Europe (Note
4).
During the period the
Company received loan funding of £100,000. The Company transferred
£90,000 by way of 20 million shares from Treasury to the lender as
partial repayment of the loan, leaving a balance of 13,226,343
shares in Treasury as of 31 December
2023. Following the period end, in January 2024 the Company allocated a further
11,680,001 Treasury shares to satisfy outstanding creditors,
leaving 1,546,342 shares in Treasury as at the date of this
report.
Outlook
The development of the
marketing platform and furtherance of the FlashBet Wheel App will
require more expenditure. Additional funds will be sought for this.
However, ChallengerX’s newly developed unique user conversion
platform combined with the interest in the Flashbet patented
accumulator bet product indicates 2 clear tiers of potential
revenue from both B2B and B2C consumers which the Company hopes to
achieve in the near term.
John
May
Chairman
Unaudited Statement of Comprehensive
Income
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Unaudited
6 months ended31 December
2023
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Unaudited
6 months ended
31 December 2022
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Audited
year ended 30 June
2023
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£’000 |
£’000 |
£’000 |
Revenue |
- |
4 |
- |
Administrative expenses |
(211) |
(244) |
(392) |
Operating loss |
(211) |
(240) |
(392) |
Loss before tax |
(211) |
(240) |
(392) |
Taxation |
- |
- |
- |
Loss for the
period |
(211) |
(240) |
(392) |
Total comprehensive loss |
(211) |
(240) |
(392) |
(Loss) per share (pence) from continuing
operations attributable to owners
of the Company – Basic & Diluted |
(0.049) |
(0.08) |
(0.13) |
Statement of Financial
Position
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Unaudited
6 months ended
31 December
2023
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Unaudited
6 months ended
31 December
2022
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Audited
year
ended30 June
2023
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£’000 |
£’000 |
£’000 |
Assets |
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Non current
assets |
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Intangible assets – software
licence |
440 |
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- |
Current assets |
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Trade and other receivables |
26 |
8 |
15 |
Cash and cash equivalents |
3 |
92 |
48 |
Total current assets |
29 |
100 |
63 |
Total assets |
469 |
100 |
63 |
Current liabilities |
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Trade and other payables |
185 |
58 |
96 |
Total current liabilities |
185 |
58 |
96 |
Net assets/(liabilities) |
284 |
42 |
(33) |
Capital and reserves |
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Share capital:
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41013 |
288- |
343- |
Total share
capital |
423 |
288 |
343 |
Share premium |
1,700 |
1,230 |
1,252 |
Retained earnings |
(1,839) |
(1,476) |
(1,628) |
Total equity |
284 |
42 |
(33) |
Statement of Changes in Equity
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Share
capital |
Share
premium |
Retained
earnings |
Total |
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£’000 |
£’000 |
£’000 |
£’000 |
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Balance at 30 June
2022 |
288 |
1,230 |
(1,236) |
282 |
Loss for period |
- |
- |
(240) |
(240) |
Total comprehensive
income |
- |
- |
(240 |
(240) |
Balance at 31 December
2022 |
288 |
1,230 |
(1,476) |
42 |
Loss for the
period |
- |
- |
(392) |
(392) |
Total comprehensive
income |
- |
- |
(392) |
(392) |
Issue of shares (net of
costs) |
55 |
22 |
- |
77 |
Balance at 30 June
2023 |
343 |
1,252 |
(1,628) |
(33) |
Loss for the
period |
- |
- |
(211) |
(211) |
Total comprehensive
income |
- |
- |
(211) |
(211) |
Issue of shares |
80 |
448 |
- |
528 |
Balance at 31 December
2023 |
423 |
1,700 |
(1,839) |
284 |
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Statement of Cash Flows
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Unaudited
6 months
ended 31
December 2023
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Unaudited
6 months
ended 31
December 2022
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Audited
year
ended 30
June 2023
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£’000 |
£’000 |
£’000 |
Cash from operating activities |
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Loss before tax |
(211) |
(240) |
(392) |
Adjustments for: |
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(Increase) in trade and other receivables |
(11) |
(2) |
(8) |
(Decrease)/Increase in trade and other
payables |
(11) |
(51) |
(14) |
Net cash used in operating activities |
(233) |
(293) |
(414) |
Cash flows from financing
activities |
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Proceeds from issue of shares (net of issue
costs) |
- |
- |
82 |
Adjustment to share issue
cost |
- |
- |
(5) |
Adjustment to share
premium |
88 |
- |
- |
Loans received |
100 |
- |
- |
Net cash from financing activities |
188 |
- |
77 |
Net cash flow for the period |
(45) |
(293) |
(337) |
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of
period |
48 |
385 |
385 |
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period |
3 |
92 |
48 |
Net change in cash and cash equivalents |
(45) |
(293) |
(337) |
Cash and cash equivalents comprise: |
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Cash at bank and in hand |
3 |
92 |
48 |
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3 |
92 |
48 |
Notes to the financial statements
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General information
ChallengerX plc is a
public limited company limited by shares and was first incorporated
in England on 7 June 2021 with company number 13440398. Its
registered office is 16 Great Queen Street, London, WC2B 5DG.
The Company’s shares are traded on the Aquis Stock Exchange Growth Market under symbol CXS and ISIN number
GB00BMD0WG01.
The information for periods ended
31 December 2023 and 31 December 2022 are
unaudited.
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Basis of Preparation
The condensed interim
financial statements of ChallengerX plc have been prepared in
compliance with United Kingdom Accounting Standards, including
Financial Reporting Standard 102, “The Financial Reporting Standard
applicable in the United Kingdom
and the Republic of Ireland” (“FRS 102”) and the Companies Act
2006. The condensed interim financial statements contained in this
document do not constitute statutory accounts. In the opinion of
the directors, the condensed interim financial statements for this
period fairly present the financial position, result of operations
and cash flows for this period. The Board of Directors approved
this Interim Financial Report on 26 March
2024.
These interim financial
statements are prepared on a going concern basis, under the
historical cost convention, as modified by the recognition of
listed investments at fair value.
The financial statements
are presented in Pounds Sterling, which is the Company’s
presentation and functional currency.
The preparation of the
financial statements requires the use of certain critical
accounting estimates. It also requires management to exercise its
judgment in the process of applying the Company’s accounting
policies. The areas involving a higher degree of judgment and
complexity, or areas where assumptions and estimates are
significant to the financial statements are disclosed in Note
3.
The financial statements
have been prepared on the historical cost basis and are presented
in £’000 unless otherwise
stated.
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Going Concern
As at 31 December 2023, the Company had cash of £2,508.
The Company has limited operating cash flow and is dependent
on the performance of its trading activities or raising further
capital and its cash balances for its working capital requirements.
As at the date of this report, the Company had approximately £8,600
cash at bank.
With its investment from
Flash Corp, and together with Flash Corp’s support, the Company
believes it will secure the funding required to secure its
objectives. However, the success of securing funding has been
identified as a material uncertainty which may cast doubt over the
going concern assessment. Whilst acknowledging this uncertainty,
based upon the expectation of completing a successful fundraising
in the near future, and the continued support of its investors, the
Directors consider it appropriate to continue to prepare the
financial statements on a going concern
basis.
4. Intangible
assets
In August 2023 the
Company entered into an exclusive licence agreement with Flash Corp
Technologies Ltd (“Flash Corp”) by which the Company has acquired a
renewable 13-month license over the rights of FlashBet Wheel App’s
design and technology in UK and Europe, for a consideration of £440,000
satisfied by the issue of 80,000,000 new ordinary shares of £0.001
each at market price of 0.55p. Under the terms of the licence
agreement, ChallengerX has the right to continually extend the
license on a year-by-year basis for a royalty fee calculated as an
amount equal to 10% of ChallengerX’s yearly revenue. In addition,
at any time during or at the end of the licence term, ChallengerX
will have the right to acquire the exclusive rights to the
intellectual property relating to FlashBet Wheel App Technology in
perpetuity for a consideration to be satisfied by the issue of
900,000,000 shares.
The development of the marketing platform
and furtherance of the FlashBet Wheel App will require more
expenditure. Additional funds will be sought for this. However,
ChallengerX’s newly developed unique user conversion platform
combined with the interest in the Flashbet patented accumulator bet
product indicates 2 clear tiers of potential revenue from both B2B
and B2C consumers which the Company hopes to achieve in the near
term.
5. Earnings per share
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Unaudited
6 months
ended 31
December 2023
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Unaudited
6 months
ended 31
December 2022
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Audited
year
ended 30
June2023
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£’000 |
£’000 |
£’000 |
Earnings |
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Loss for the period
ended |
(211) |
(240) |
(392) |
Number of shares |
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Weighted average number of shares for the purposes
of basic and diluted earnings per share |
423,140,556 |
287,585,000 |
308,132,945 |
Earnings per share (pence) |
(0.049) |
(0.08) |
(0.13) |