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(Amendment) (EU Exit) regulations (SI 2019/310).
23 August 2024
MOH Nippon
Plc
(formerly Bowen Fintech
Plc)
(the
"Company")
Final Results and Publication
of Annual Report
MOH Nippon Plc (LSE: MOH)(formerly
Bowen Fintech Plc), a crowdfunding services provider for real
estate investment in Japan,
announces its final results and the publication of
its annual report for the year ended 30 April
2024.
Highlights
·
Signed a conditional term sheet to acquire, via
reverse takeover, a Japan-based
crowdfunding services platform, Minnadeooyasan-Hanbai Co., Ltd
("MOH")
·
Post year end, on 19 August 2024, completed the
acquisition of 97.41% of MOH in consideration for new ordinary
shares in the Company
·
On admission of the enlarged issued share capital,
the Company had a market valuation of £42.3 million
·
MOH is an established and profitable crowdfunding
services platform in Japan and solution provider for local
investors seeking returns from investment into real
estate
o Successfully solicited investments
from almost 40,000 individual investors in Japan and raised capital
of approximately JPY 277 billion (c. £1.45 billion) through
crowdfunding
o As
at 31 May 2024, MOH's unaudited net assets were JPY 4.8 billion
(c. £25.2
million)
·
The Directors intend to adopt a strategy to
develop the existing operations of MOH, increasing its client base
and developing its cold-chain logistics business
Aamir Quraishi, Non-Executive Chairman of MOH,
said: "As a special purpose
acquisition company, we were delighted to succeed during the year
in identifying, in MOH, an excellent target for acquisition and to
enter an agreement where the offer price represented a 25% premium
to our prevailing share price. With the acquisition having
completed post year end, we are excited to embark on this new phase
and we are now working to execute the Company's growth strategy,
leveraging the Board's considerable experience and networks to
develop the existing business and explore significant opportunities
in cold-chain logistics. We are also particularly proud to have
become the first company with its business and operations
in Japan to list equity on the Main Market of the London
Stock Exchange in over 20 years. This is a very exciting time and
we look forward to updating the market on our progress in due
course."
Publication of Annual Report
The Company has, today, published
its annual report for the year ended 30 April
2024, which
will be available for download and inspection from
the Company's website at https://mohnippon.com/ and
from the FCA's National Storage
Mechanism at www.fca.org.uk/markets/primary-markets/regulatory-disclosures/national-storage-mechanism.
The financial information set out
below does not constitute the Company's statutory financial
statements for the period ended 30 April 2024, but is derived from
the statutory accounts for that period.
The announcement has been prepared
on the basis of the accounting policies as stated in the financial
statements for the year ended 30 April 2024. The information
included in this announcement is based on the Company's financial
statements which are prepared in accordance with International
Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS).
Enquiries
MOH
Nippon Plc
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|
Aamir Quraishi, Non-Executive
Chairman
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c/o +44 (0)20 4582 3500
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Cairn Financial Advisers LLP
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Emily Staples
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+44 (0)20 7213 0897
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Jo Turner
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+44 (0)20 7213 0885
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Gracechurch Group
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Harry Chathli, Claire
Norbury
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+44 (0)20 4582 3500
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REVIEW OF BUSINESS STRATEGY AND BUSINESS
MODEL
MOH Nippon Plc (formerly Bowen
Fintech Plc) was incorporated in England and Wales as a public
limited company with limited liability under the Companies Act with
registered number 13349097.
The Company was set up to pursue
opportunities to acquire businesses in the technology innovations
market with a main focus on companies which own products or
applications that are relevant to the financial services sector,
although it would also evaluate opportunities with applications
relevant to other industry sectors.
Since incorporation, the Company has
not traded and has not entered into any significant transactions or
financial commitments, save as set out in these financial
statements. The Directors were looking to acquire a company with
attractive revenue growth and a clear pathway to high quality
earnings, and efforts to identify a prospective target business
were not limited to a particular geographic region.
The Ordinary Shares of the Company
were admitted by the FCA to a Standard Listing on the Official List
in accordance with Chapter 14 of the Listing Rules and to trading
on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange on 31 October 2022.
On admission, the Company was authorised to issue one class of
Ordinary Shares.
For the year under review, the
Company's financial objectives under its key performance indicators
were to improve its balance sheet, commence the process to secure
an acquisition and obtain additional funding if
required.
Despite suitable acquisition targets
not always being readily available and with the capital markets
facing challenging times, the Company was pleased to confirm that
it had identified a suitable business during the period and, on 22
December 2023, announced that it had signed a conditional term
sheet to acquire a 93.49% interest in a Japan-based crowdfunding
services platform, Minnadeooyasan-Hanbai Co., Ltd ("MOH"), to be
settled through the issue of new Ordinary Shares ("Consideration
Shares") in the Company.
The Company is pleased to announce
that on 30 July 2024, it signed a conditional sale and purchase
agreement to acquire 97.41% of MOH subject to necessary resolutions
being passed at the general meeting by shareholders and to
re-admission of the Company's shares to trading on the Main Market
of the London Stock Exchange. The prospectus, having been approved
by the FCA, was published on 31 July 2024.
On 16 August 2024, all resolutions
were passed at the Company's general meeting approving the
acquisition of MOH and on the following working day, 19 August
2024, the Company's shares were re-admitted to trading. The Company
was able to acquire 97.41% of MOH for 229,779,093 Consideration
Shares. On 14 August 2024, the Company changed its name to MOH
Nippon Plc and trades under the ticker 'MOH'.
MOH is an established and profitable
crowdfunding services platform in Japan and solution provider for
local investors seeking returns from investment into real estate.
The head office is located in Tokyo and MOH is regulated under the
Real Estate Specified Joint Venture Act ("FTK Act") in Japan.
During the period from 2007 to 2023, MOH successfully solicited
investments from almost 40,000 individual investors in Japan and
raised capital of approximately JPY 277 billion (c. £1.45 billion)
through crowdfunding.
For the year ended 31 March 2023
(audited), MOH reported an operating profit of JPY 731 million (c.
£3.8 million) on revenues of JPY 5.6 billion (c. £29.3 million).
For the unaudited six-month period to 30 September 2023, MOH
reported an operating profit of JPY 2.2 billion (c. £11.3 million)
on revenues of JPY 4.9 billion (c. £25.9 million). Unaudited net
assets as at 30 September 2023 were JPY 5.0 billion (c. £26.2
million).
The Company acquired the shares in
MOH from Kyosei Bank Co., Ltd ("KBC"), a privately owned company in
Japan, as a result of which KBC became the 80.69% shareholder of
the Company.
To date, MOH has provided services
solely to a group of companies owned by KBC. This arrangement has
provided MOH with a proprietary pipeline of projects for
crowdfunding opportunities, commercialisation and
development.
In addition to traditional real
estate asset classes such as residential and commercial, MOH has
previously crowdfunded for the revitalisation of traditional
agricultural-type farms, the refurbishment of state-of-the-art
medical facilities and the revival of traditional cultural parks.
MOH has also more recently started to invest directly (through land
purchase and development activities) into technology-driven
commercial projects, such as cold-chain logistics
facilities.
The acquisition constituted a
reverse takeover under the
Listing Rules.
Following completion of the
acquisition, the Directors intend to adopt a strategy to continue
to grow and develop the existing operations of MOH, increasing its
client base and developing its cold-chain logistics business
internationally using the Board's network, with a view to
generating value for its shareholders. This strategy may involve
additional complementary acquisitions of other businesses in the
same or related sectors alongside organic growth.
Principal risks and uncertainties
The Enlarged Group's business
activities expose it to a variety of risks, being foreign
investment and exchange risks, finance risks and strategic risks.
To help address the above risks, the Company has retained the
services of consultants and third-party advisors who are, together
with the Directors, working to develop appropriate actions, such as
hedging policies, to manage and mitigate these risks where
possible.
KPIs will be established by the
Company's new board and reported on in future
periods.
Foreign investment and exchange risks
The Company's functional and
presentational currency in these financial statements is GBP pounds
sterling. As a result, the Company's financial statements will
carry the Company's assets in pounds sterling. Following the
reverse takeover of MOH, the functional and presentational currency
of future financial statements will be the Japanese Yen. Other
potential risks associated with the Enlarged Group following the
reverse takeover include regulatory and license risks, particularly
associated with the FTK Act which governs MOH's activities in
Japan.
Further detail on risks is provided
in Note 15 to the financial statements.
STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION
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As at
30 April
2024
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As at
30 April
2023
|
|
Note
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£
|
£
|
ASSETS
|
|
|
|
Current assets
|
|
|
|
Cash and cash equivalents
|
6
|
1,497,177
|
1,730,544
|
Prepayments and other
receivables
|
7
|
24,656
|
9,167
|
Total assets
|
|
1,521,833
|
1,739,711
|
|
|
|
|
LIABILITIES
|
|
|
|
Current Liabilities
|
|
|
|
Trade and other payables
|
8
|
(58,289)
|
(62,769)
|
Total Liabilities
|
|
(58,289)
|
(62,769)
|
|
|
|
|
Net
assets
|
|
1,463,544
|
1,676,942
|
|
|
|
|
EQUITY
|
|
|
|
Equity attributable to owners
|
|
|
|
Ordinary Share capital
|
10
|
550,000
|
550,000
|
Share premium
|
11
|
1,352,043
|
1,352,043
|
Warrant reserve
|
13
|
88,050
|
88,050
|
Retained losses
|
|
(526,549)
|
(313,151)
|
Total equity
|
|
1,463,544
|
1,676,942
|
The financial statements were
approved and authorised for issue by the board on 22 August 2024
and were signed on its behalf by:
Aamir Ali Quraishi - Non-Executive
Chairman
The accompanying notes form an
integral part of these financial statements.
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY
|
Ordinary share
capital
|
Share
premium
|
Warrant
Reserve
|
Retained
losses
|
Total
equity
|
|
£
|
£
|
£
|
£
|
£
|
As
at 1 May 2022
|
50,000
|
-
|
-
|
(64,976)
|
(14,976)
|
Comprehensive loss for the period
|
|
|
|
|
|
Loss for the period
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(248,175)
|
(248,175)
|
Total comprehensive loss for the period
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(248,175)
|
(248,175)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Transactions with owners
|
|
|
|
|
|
Issue of ordinary shares
|
500,000
|
1,500,000
|
-
|
-
|
2,000,000
|
Cost of share issue
|
-
|
(147,957)
|
-
|
-
|
(147,957)
|
Share-based payments
|
-
|
-
|
88,050
|
-
|
88,050
|
Total transactions with
shareholders
|
500,000
|
1,352,043
|
88,050
|
-
|
1,940,093
|
As
at 30 April 2023
|
550,000
|
1,352,043
|
88,050
|
(313,151)
|
1,676,942
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Comprehensive loss for the period
|
|
|
|
|
|
Loss for the period
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(213,398)
|
(213,398)
|
Total comprehensive loss for the period
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(213,398)
|
(213,398)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
As
at 30 April 2024
|
550,000
|
1,352,043
|
88,050
|
(526,549)
|
1,463,544
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The accompanying notes form an
integral part of these financial statements.
STATEMENT OF CASHFLOWS
|
Year ended 30 April
2024
|
Year ended 30 April
2023
|
|
£
|
£
|
Cash flows from operating activities
|
|
|
Loss before income tax
|
(213,398)
|
(248,175)
|
Adjustments for:
|
|
|
Share-based payment
charge
|
-
|
88,050
|
Increase in prepayments other
receivables
|
(15,489)
|
(9,167)
|
(Decrease)/increase in trade and
other payables
|
(4,480)
|
53,769
|
Net
cash outflows from operating activities
|
(233,367)
|
(115,523)
|
|
|
|
Cash flows from financing activities
|
|
|
Cash received from issue of Ordinary
Shares
|
-
|
2,000,000
|
Issue costs settled during the
period
|
-
|
(147,957)
|
Repayment of Director's
loan
|
-
|
(15,439)
|
Net
cash inflows from financing activities
|
-
|
1,836,604
|
|
|
|
Net
(decrease)/increase in cash and cash equivalents
|
(233,367)
|
1,721,081
|
Opening balance of cash and cash
equivalents
|
1,730,544
|
9,463
|
Closing balance of cash and cash equivalents
|
1,497,177
|
1,730,544
|
The accompanying notes form an
integral part of these financial statements.
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS
1 Corporate information
The Company was incorporated on 21
April 2021 in England and Wales as a public company, limited by
shares and with Registered Number 13349097 under the Companies Act
2006. The Company's registered office address is located at 71-75
Shelton Street, Covent Garden, London, United Kingdom, WC2H
9JQ.
The Financial Statements as at and
for the year ended 30 April 2024 are available at
www.mohnippon.com
2
Accounting policies
Basis of Preparation
The audited annual Financial
Statements of the Company have been prepared on a historical cost
basis, as modified by the revaluation of financial instruments
measured at fair value through profit or loss, or otherwise
required under IAS.
The Financial Statements have been
prepared in accordance with UK-adopted international accounting
standards ("IAS") and the requirements of the Companies Act
2006.
During the period under review, the
Company was not engaged in any activities other than those which
are required in connection with the selection, structuring and
completion of an acquisition in a target business.
The Financial Statements are
presented in Sterling ("£"), which is the Company's functional and
presentational currency, rounded to the nearest pound except where
specified.
The Company had no operations and
therefore no segmental information is presented.
The following accounting policies
have been applied consistently in dealing with items which are
considered material in relation to the Company's Financial
Statements.
Going concern basis of preparation
The Company's Financial Statements
have been prepared on a going concern basis, which assumes that the
Company will continue in operational existence for the foreseeable
future.
In undertaking this assessment, the
Directors reviewed working capital forecasts for a minimum of 12
months from the date of the approval of these Financial Statements.
The Company has based the going concern on the assumption that the
existing cash, including the amounts available after the
acquisition and re-admission are sufficient to meet the working
capital requirements of the Company for the foreseeable future as
the Company. The Company raised gross proceeds of £2 million
from equity fundraising on 31 October 2022. At 30 April 2024 the
Company had a cash balance of £1.5 million, and a cash balance of
£1.15 million at the date of these financial statements.
As a result, the Directors believe
that the going concern assumption is appropriate. Any potential
future cash requirement will be funded using through the issue of
new equity or debt.
Standards and interpretations issued but not yet
applied
Certain new accounting standards and
interpretations have been published that are not mandatory and have
not yet been adopted by the Company.
Effective for annual reporting
periods commencing on or after 1 January 2024:
·
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IFRS 16 Leases (Amendment -
Liability in a Sale and Leaseback)
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·
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IAS 1 Presentation of Financial
Statements (Amendment - Non-current Liabilities with
Covenants)
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·
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Supplier finance arrangements -
Amendments to IAS 7 and IAS 7
|
In June 2023, the International
Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) issued its first two
standards which are effective for annual reporting periods
commencing on or after 1 January 2024:
·
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IAS S1: General requirements for
disclosure of sustainability-related financial
information
|
·
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IAS S2: Climate-related
disclosures
|
The following new standards and
amendments are effective for annual reporting periods commencing on
or after 1st January 2025:
·
|
Amendments to IAS 21 to clarify the
accounting when there is a lack of exchangeability
|
The following new standards and
amendments are effective for annual reporting periods commencing on
or after 1st January 2027:
·
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IFRS 18 Presentation and disclosure
in financial statements
|
·
|
IFRS 19 Subsidiaries without Public
Accountability: Disclosures
|
The Company will continue to assess
any impact on the Company from the adoption of these amendments. It
is not anticipated that any of these will have a material impact on
the Company's Financial Statements.
Financial assets
Financial assets and financial
liabilities are recognised when the Company becomes a party to the
contractual provisions of a financial instrument. Financial assets
and financial liabilities are initially measured at fair value.
Transaction costs that are directly attributable to the acquisition
or issue of financial assets and financial liabilities (other than
financial assets and financial liabilities at fair value through
profit or loss) are added to or deducted from the fair value of the
financial assets or financial liabilities, as appropriate, on
initial recognition. Transaction costs directly attributable to the
acquisition of financial assets or financial liabilities at fair
value through profit or loss are recognised immediately in profit
or loss.
Financial assets and financial
liabilities are offset if there is a legally enforceable right to
offset the recognised amounts and interests and it is intended to
settle on a net basis. Cash comprises cash in hand and on demand
deposits. Cash equivalents are short-term, highly liquid
investments that are readily convertible to known amounts of cash
and that are subject to an insignificant risk of changes in value
with maturities of three months or less.
Financial liabilities
The Company's financial liabilities
include borrowings, trade and other payables. The Company does not
at the end of the reporting period have any financial
liabilities measured at fair value through profit or loss,
therefore all financial liabilities are initially measured at fair
value, net of transaction costs, and are subsequently measured at
amortised cost. The Company recognises an equity instrument on any
contract that evidences a residual interest in the assets of the
Company.
Income tax
Income tax for the year comprises
current tax and movements in deferred tax assets and liabilities.
Current tax and movements in deferred tax assets and liabilities
are recognised in profit or loss except to the extent that they
relate to items recognised in other comprehensive income or
directly in equity, in which case the relevant amounts of tax are
recognised in other comprehensive income or directly in equity,
respectively.
Current tax is the expected tax
payable on the taxable income for the year, using tax rates enacted
or substantively enacted at the end of the reporting period, and
any adjustment to tax payable in respect of previous
years.
Deferred tax assets and liabilities
arise from deductible and taxable temporary differences
respectively, being the differences between the carrying amounts of
assets and liabilities for financial reporting purposes and their
tax bases. Deferred tax assets also arise from unused tax losses
and unused tax credits.
Current tax balances and deferred
tax balances, and movements therein, are presented separately from
each other and are not offset. Current tax assets are offset
against current tax liabilities, and deferred tax assets against
deferred tax liabilities, if the Company has the legally
enforceable right to offset current tax assets against current tax
liabilities and the following additional conditions are
met:
·
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in the case of current tax assets
and liabilities, the Company either to settle on a net basis, or to
realise the asset and settle the liability simultaneously;
or
|
·
|
in the case of deferred tax assets
and liabilities, if they relate to income taxes levied by the same
taxation authority on either:
|
·
|
the same taxable entity;
or
|
·
|
different taxable entities which, in
each future period in which significant amounts of deferred tax
liabilities or assets are expected to be settled or recovered
intend to realise the current tax assets and settle the current tax
liabilities on a net basis or realise and settle
simultaneously.
|
Earnings per Ordinary Share
The Company presents basic and
diluted earnings per share data for its Ordinary Shares. Basic
earnings per Ordinary Share is calculated by dividing the profit or
loss attributable to shareholders by the weighted average number of
Ordinary Shares outstanding during the period. Diluted earnings per
Ordinary Share is calculated by adjusting the earnings and number
of Ordinary Shares for the effects of dilutive potential Ordinary
Shares.
Warrant reserve
The warrant reserve represents the
cumulative charge to the statement of comprehensive income, from
the fair valuation of share warrants issued to the holders of
warrants.
Share capital and reserves
Ordinary Shares are classified as
equity. Equity represents the residual interest in the assets of
the Company after deducting all of its liabilities. On 31 October
2022 the Company had issued shares with a nominal value of £0.01 at
a price of £0.04 and the excess of share price above the nominal
value is reported as Share Premium.
Equity
Equity is classified according to
the substance of the contractual arrangements entered into. An
equity instrument is any contract that evidences a residual
interest in the assets of the Company after deducting all of its
liabilities. Equity is recorded at the amount of proceeds received,
net of issue costs.
Share issue costs
Share issue costs have been incurred
in relation to the issue of the Ordinary Shares and warrants. Share
issue costs are apportioned to shares and warrants in proportion of
gross proceeds of the issue. As there were no proceeds from the
issue of warrants, all share issue costs were allocated against
Share Premium Reserve.
Share-based payments (equity settled)
The grant of the warrants is
recognised as equity-settled share-based payments under IFRS 2.
Services received in exchange for the grant of any share-based
payments are measured by reference to the fair value of the
instruments at the grant date using the Black Scholes Option
pricing model. Share-based payments are recognised as an expense in
the Statement of Comprehensive Income.
Critical accounting estimates and judgements
In preparing the Company Financial
Statements, the Directors are required to make judgements on how to
apply the Company's accounting policies and make estimates about
the future.
The scope for critical judgements or
estimates relevant to the year under review has been limited to the
below:
Transaction
costs
The Company has incurred legal and
professional fees towards services relating to the acquisition of
MOH and re-admission of the enlarged share capital of the Company
to the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange.
The Company has estimated the transaction costs to
be accrued and applied judgement in determining that the costs
accrued to the year-end relate to the acquisition of MOH and
expensed them.
Warrants
During the prior year, the Company
issued share warrants to founders and brokers. Judgement was
exercised in determining the treatment of the share warrants under
IFRS 2 as equity-settled share-based payments.
IFRS 2 requires an expense to be
recognised at the grant date fair value, with a corresponding
increase in equity over the vesting period. The Company determined
that the grant date and the vesting date of the shares was
immediate on issue and therefore the fair value of the shares as at
that date was recognised in full in the Statement of Comprehensive
Income as a share-based payment charge, in the prior year. The
balance shown in the warrant reserve represents management's
estimate of the value of the warrants to be exercised as at the
reporting date. See note 13 and 20 for further disclosures relating
to these warrants.
3 Operating loss
Operating loss is stated after
charging:
|
For year
ended
30 April
2024
|
For year
ended
30 April
2023
|
|
£
|
£
|
Directors' fees
|
56,000
|
24,000
|
Personnel and consultant
costs
|
-
|
4,614
|
Legal Costs
|
-
|
3,038
|
Professional and other
costs
|
100,541
|
42,511
|
Listing expenses
|
11,202
|
16,552
|
Provision for other
receivables
|
(36,410)
|
36,410
|
Share-based payment
charge
|
-
|
88,050
|
Auditor's remuneration - audit
services
|
25,000
|
25,000
|
Auditor's remuneration - other
services
|
-
|
8,000
|
Other business expenses
|
6,327
|
6,353
|
There were no staff costs as no
staff were employed by the Company during the year ended 30 April
2024 (2023: none).
4
Reverse acquisition costs
|
For year
ended
30 April
2024
|
For year
ended
30 April
2023
|
|
£
|
£
|
Legal costs
|
15,000
|
-
|
Professional fees
|
30,000
|
-
|
Other costs
|
5,738
|
-
|
|
50,738
|
-
|
5
Directors' remuneration
|
For year
ended
30 April
2024
|
For year
ended
30 April
2023
|
|
£
|
£
|
Directors' fees
|
56,000
|
24,000
|
Share-based payments
|
-
|
48,000
|
|
56,000
|
72,000
|
The Directors are regarded as the key
management personnel. Further details on Directors' remuneration
are included in the Directors' remuneration report.
6
Cash and cash equivalents
|
30 April
2024
|
30 April
2023
|
|
£
|
£
|
|
|
|
Cash and cash equivalents
|
1,497,177
|
1,730,544
|
7
Prepayments and other receivables
|
30 April
2024
|
30 April
2023
|
|
£
|
£
|
Prepayments
|
9,600
|
9,167
|
VAT receivable
|
9,610
|
-
|
Other receivables
|
5,446
|
-
|
|
24,656
|
9,167
|
8
Trade and other payables
|
30 April
2024
|
30 April
2023
|
|
£
|
£
|
Trade payables
|
1,387
|
1,455
|
Commissions due on
fundraising
|
3,000
|
21,000
|
Accruals
|
53,902
|
40,314
|
|
58,289
|
62,769
|
9
Taxation
a)
Income
tax in the statement of comprehensive income:
No provision has been made for
Corporation Tax as the Company did not earn any profit subject to
tax for the year ended 30 April 2024 (2023: £Nil). There is no
liability in the statement of financial position.
b)
Reconciliation between tax expense and accounting loss at the
applicable tax rates:
|
Year to 30 April
2024
|
Year to 30 April
2023
|
|
£
|
£
|
|
|
|
Loss before taxation
|
(213,397)
|
(248,175)
|
|
|
|
Notional tax on loss before taxation
at 19% (2023:19%)
|
(40,545)
|
(47,153)
|
Tax effect of non-deductible
expenses
|
8,549
|
23,732
|
Tax effect of deferred tax credit
not recognised on unutilised tax losses and share based
payments
|
31,996
|
23,421
|
Tax charge for the year
|
-
|
-
|
The Company has tax losses carried forward of
approximately £315,000 (2023: £146,711) against which the Company
has not recognised a deferred tax asset.
10 Share
capital
|
|
30
April 2024
|
30 April 2023
|
|
No. of shares
|
£
|
No. of
shares
|
£
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ordinary Shares, nominal value of
£0.01
|
55,000,000
|
550,000
|
55,000,000
|
550,000
|
|
55,000,000
|
550,000
|
55,000,000
|
550,000
|
Ordinary
shares
No new shares were issued during the
year.
During the prior period, the Company
completed the placing of 50,000,000 shares of the Company at a
price of £0.04 per share.
In October 2022 55,000,000 of the
Company's Ordinary Shares were admitted to trading on the London
Stock Exchange's Main Market for Listed Securities ("LSE"), which
included 5,000,000 Ordinary Shares issued on incorporation, all of
which have been fully paid up.
11 Share
Premium
|
No. of shares
|
£
|
|
|
|
1 May 2022
|
|
|
Ordinary Shares, nominal value of
£0.01
|
5,000,000
|
-
|
Movement in the year 2022-23
|
|
|
Issue of Ordinary Shares, premium of
£0.03
|
50,000,000
|
1,500,000
|
Share issue costs capitalised in the
prior year
|
-
|
(147,957)
|
30
April 2023
|
55,000,000
|
1,352,043
|
30
April 2024
|
55,000,000
|
1,352,043
|
There was no movement in share
premium during the year.
12 Loss per
Share
The calculation of basic and diluted
earnings per share has been based on the following loss
attributable to shareholders and weighted-average number of
Ordinary Shares outstanding at the year end.
Basic and Diluted
|
30 April
2024£
|
30 April
2023
£
|
|
|
|
Loss for the period
|
(198,397)
|
(248,175)
|
|
|
|
Weighted average number of
shares
|
55,000,000
|
29,931,507
|
|
|
|
Loss per share
|
(0.004)
|
(0.008)
|
For the year ended April 2024, the
weighted average number of Ordinary Shares for the purpose of
calculating the basic and diluted loss per share is determined by
reference to the 55,000,000 Ordinary Shares outstanding at 1 May
2023.
On 31 October 2022, the Company
issued 8,575,000 share warrants with future dilutive potential, but
these have not been included in the computation of diluted loss per
share as the warrants are deemed anti-dilutive making the diluted
loss per share equal to the basic loss per share.
13 Share-based payments
charge and warrant reserve
In the prior year, the Company
granted 8,000,000 warrants to founders and 575,000 warrants to its
broker.
The fair value of the warrants was
calculated using the Black Scholes pricing model and was determined
to be £0.014 for warrants exercisable at £0.04 per share and £0.006
for warrants exercisable at £0.08 per share.
The total number of warrants expected
to be exercised at £0.04 per share was 4,575,000, the total fair
value of which at £0.014 per share is £64,050, which was expensed
in full during the period. This includes £8,050 of charges that
relate to the broker warrants.
The total number of warrants expected
to be exercised at £0.08 per share was 4,000,000, the total fair
value of which at £0.006 per share is £24,000, which was expensed
in full during the period.
Total share-based payment charge
expensed in the prior year was £88,050 which constitutes the share
warrant reserve included in equity.
After the year end, the Company
entered into deeds of termination with the holders of warrants to
cancel all of the warrants. In the case of 575,000 Broker Warrants
held by Optiva, this was undertaken in return for an aggregate
payment of £34,500 paid to Optiva upon the publication of the
prospectus on 30 July 2024 and in the case of all other warrants,
at re-admission for nil consideration. At the date of this
report, the Company has no warrants outstanding.
14 Financial
instruments
The Company's financial instruments
comprise the trade and other payables, and the Director's loan
which was repaid during the year. The Company's accounting policy
and method adopted, including the criteria for recognition, is set
out in Note 2 "Accounting policies" to the Company Financial
Information. The Company does not use its financial instruments for
speculative purposes.
15 Financial risk
management
The Company uses basic financial
instruments only, which arise directly from operations.
Financial risk factors
For the reporting period, the
Company was actively seeking investments in its stated role as
special purpose acquisition company and had only one asset, being
its cash of £1,497,177. As such, its only financial risk relates to
the financial condition and credit worthiness of the bank. The
Directors have concluded that they represent as minimal a financial
risk as is practicable.
There is a liquidity risk relating
to other payables and accruals, which are due within a year.
The Company monitors its risk of a shortage of
funds using a Cashflow forecasting tool which considers the
maturity of both its financial liabilities and financial assets and
projected cashflows from any other activities.
The maturity profile of the
Company's financial liabilities at the end of year, based on the
contractual undiscounted cash flows, is as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Within 1 year or on
demand
|
More than
1 year but less than 2
years
|
More than
2 years but less than 5
years
|
More than 5
years
|
Total contractual
undiscounted cash flows
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
As
at 30 April 2024
|
£
|
£
|
£
|
£
|
£
|
Trade and other payables
|
58,289
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
58,289
|
As
at 30 April 2023
|
|
|
|
|
|
Trade and other payables
|
66,769
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
66,769
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The management of risk is a
fundamental concern of the Company's management. This note
summarises the key risks to the Company and the policies and
procedures put in place by management to manage it.
a) Market
risk
Market risk arises from the
Company's use of interest-bearing financial instruments. It is the
risk that the fair value or future cash flows of a financial
instrument will fluctuate because of changes in interest rates
(interest rate risk) or foreign exchange rates (foreign exchange
risk).
b) Interest rate
risk
Interest rate risk arises from
increases in market interest rates and could potentially arise from
the use of bank overdrafts. The Company had no exposure to interest
rate risk at 30 April 2024.
c) Foreign exchange
risk
Foreign exchange risk arises from
adverse movements in currency exchange rates. The Company, which
had during the year to 30 April 2024 its functional currency as
Pound Sterling, was exposed to minimal levels of foreign exchange
risk during the period as it did not generate any revenue and there
was no material cost in any other currency.
Fair values
The Directors have assessed that the
fair value of the accruals and cash approximates their carrying
amount.
16 Capital management
policy
The Directors' objectives when
managing the Company's capital are to safeguard the Company's
ability to continue as a going concern in order to provide returns
for the Company's shareholders and benefits for other stakeholders
and to maintain an optimal capital structure to reduce the cost of
capital. The capital structure of the Company consists of
£1,497,177 of cash and 55,000,000 issued Ordinary Shares to the
value of £550,000.
17 Related party
transactions
The Company's key management
personnel are its directors. During the year ended 30 April 2024,
total remuneration payable to Directors was £56,000 (2023:
£72,000). Please refer to the Directors' Remuneration Report for
further analysis.
During the year the Company incurred
commissions of £nil (2023: £36,000) to a shareholder for placing
services, which is being paid in instalments. At the year end the
Company owed the shareholder £3,000 (2023: £21,000) in respect of
this commission.
18 Ultimate controlling
party
As at 30 April 2024, the Company
does not have one identifiable controlling party.
See note 20 'Events subsequent to the reporting period' for
changes to the controlling party since the year
end.
19 Contingencies and
commitments
As at 30 April 2024, the Company
does not have any contingencies or commitments. As at the date of
this report, the Company has commitments of £108,000 towards
professional and regulatory fees, conditional upon listing and
£65,000 towards legal and regulatory fees.
20 Events subsequent to
the reporting period
a. Reverse
acquisition of Minnadeooyasan-Hanbai Co., Ltd
On 19 August 2024 the Company's
shares were re-admitted to trading on the Main Market of the London
Stock Exchange following approval of the transaction by
shareholders at the general meeting on 16 August 2024, thus
completing its acquisition of MOH, acquiring a 97.41% interest via
a share-for-share exchange. Bowen Fintech plc was renamed MOH
Nippon Plc on 14 August 2024.
b.
Cancellation of Share warrants
As at the year end, the Company had
a total of 8,575,000 warrants in issue. After the year end, the Company entered into deeds of
termination with the holders of warrants to cancel all of the
warrants. In the case of 575,000 Broker Warrants held by Optiva,
this was undertake in return for an aggregate payment of £34,500
to Optiva upon the publication of the prospectus on 30 July
2024 and in the case of all other warrants, at re-admission for nil
consideration. At the date of this report,
the Company does not have any warrants outstanding.
c.
Changes to the ultimate controlling party
At the reporting date, Mr Kenichi
Yanase, through his wholly owned company KBC is the largest
shareholder of the Company. Mr Kenichi Yanase, through KBC, will
control the exercise of voting rights in respect of approximately
80.69 per cent. of the issued share capital of the
Company.
d. Appointment of additional
Directors to the board.
The following Directors joined the
board at re-admission on 19 August 2024, following completion of
the acquisition of MOH:
·
|
Hoken Yanase - Chief Executive
Officer
|
·
|
Hiromitsu Sakai - Chief Operating
Officer
|
·
|
Frankie Leung - Chief Financial
Officer
|
·
|
Nigel Andrew Collins - Non-Executive
Director
|
·
|
Kazuo Ichimura - Non-Executive
Director
|