RE: Significant Net Revenue Increase7 Aug 2018 23:35
Hi cminhinnett, apologies I didn’t see the reply to my original post. I’ve tried to explain my point below;
The original H1 2017 figures included significant low margin revenue, from the RNS datesd 31/07/17, gross revenue was £10.5m, from which ‘commissions’ of £4.5m were then deducted, leaving net revenue of £6m.
In the restated accounts there is no comissions figure for H1 2018, so it is my assumption that this cost was directly associated with the low margin product that was cancelled. So, yes they are presented on a comparable basis, but the H1 2017 numbers include at least £4.5m of now discontinued low margin revenue.
Had this low margin revenue been retained, we would have reported total revenue including commission share of at least £13.9m for H1 2018, and revenue of £9.4m; an increase of £3.4m/57% on H1 2017.
The problem is that none of this is explicitly stated in the H1 2018update, if the following sentence had included the amount of revenue involved, investors would have had much more clarity;
‘The decline is due to the Company terminating a low margin advertising revenue product in the first quarter of 2017.’
In summary, I believe BBSN is performing significantly better than the comparative numbers show. The H2 figures should truly show this, as the low margin product will not interfere.
The cynic in me thinks that the IFRS 15 rule change provided the perfect opportunity to disguise net revenue performance and buy more time to cement the turnaround - time will tell!
All in my opinion, DYOR