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GRC International Group PLC
05 September 2023
05 September 2023
GRC International Group Plc
("GRC" or the "Group")
Final results for the year ended 31 March 2023
FY23 revenue growth and positive EBITDA
Trading remains robust and in-line with expectations for FY24
GRC International Group PLC (AIM: GRC), an integrated cyber security and privacy solutions business, announces its audited year end results for 12 months to 31 March 2023 (FY23).
Financial highlights
· Revenue up 6% to £14.7m (FY22: £13.9m).
· International revenue up 3% to £3.1m (FY22: £3.0m).
· SaaS revenue up 11% - the Group's highest gross margin generating division.
· ARR (Annualised Recurring Revenue) at period end up 31% to £10.9m (FY22: 8.3m).
· Recurring and contracted revenue up 30% to £10.7m (FY22: £8.2m).
· 73% (FY22: 59%) of revenue generated from recurring and contracted revenue contracts.
· Gross margin of 61% (FY22: 59%) - continued improvement reflects operational gearing from subscription services and internal efficiencies from automation projects.
· Adjusted EBITDA1 of £0.3m (FY22: £1.0m).
· Loss before tax of £1.6m (FY22: £1.0m.) Investment in capital expenditure to fuel future growth of £1.6m (FY22: £1.3m).
· Cash balances at period end of £0.1m (FY22: £2.1m). Borrowings (excluding lease obligations) of £1.3m (FY22 £1.1m).
Operational highlights
· Increased the value of SaaS subscriptions customers - at period end we had over 3,000 SaaS customers with an average value of £1.2k, a 5% year-on-year increase.
· Increased the number of delegates attending training courses across the year, with Q4 showing a 17% increase in delegate numbers on Q4 FY22.
· In our training business, significantly expanded the course portfolio, deployed digital badging for successful delegates, and added additional accreditations.
· Started delivering completely revamped ISO/IEC 27001 product portfolio to support client transitions from ISO/IEC 27001:2013 to ISO/IEC 27001:2022.
· Increased investment in overhead led to an increase in Group NPS (net promoter score) to 48 (FY22: 37). Scores over 50 indicate customer service rating of 'Excellent'.
· Acquired initial customers for accredited SWIFT consultancy and CREST-accredited Cyber Incident Response services.
1 EBITDA is defined within the Financial Review of this announcement.
Alan Calder, Chief Executive Officer, said:
"Following the 2019 collapse in the GDPR market, we set ourselves four medium term objectives: to re-build revenue growth around an offering that combined cyber security and privacy, to recover our gross margins to in excess of 60%, to make contracted and recurring revenue more than 70% of our total revenue and, through automation and process improvement, control overheads so that we would consistently generate positive EBITDA.