RE: £400k v £44bln spending2 Dec 2024 10:33
The company has strong support
Financial position
The Group continues to be in a net liability position and is still reliant on my continuing financial support.
My letter of support dated 26 November 2023 was renewed on 20 November 2024 to provide the Group with financial support until 31 December 2025. Loans due to me, other than those covered by the CULS (as defined below) agreement, are unsecured and accrue interest at an annual rate of Bank of England base rate plus 2.15%. These include the further loans provided by me to the Group to provide QM Systems with the time needed to land the substantial new orders it was anticipating, which unfortunately failed to materialise.
The Group's £1.0 million convertible unsecured loan stock issued to me (the "CULS") was renewed on 30 June 2022 and extended on identical terms, such that the CULS are now repayable on 13 August 2026. Further details of the CULS were most recently announced by the Group on 26 September 2024.
In addition to the loans I have provided to the Company in previous years, I have deferred a certain proportion of fees and the interest due on loans I have provided until the Company is in a suitably strong position to make the full payments. During the Financial Year, the deferred element of fees and interest amounted to £252,000 and the aggregate amount of deferred fees and interest outstanding to me as at the end of the Financial Year amounted to approximately £2.0 million in total, all of which has been recognised as a liability in the Company's accounts.