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Final Results for the year ended 31 March 2025
Final Results for the year ended 31 March 2025.
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n\n08 July 2025\nCelebrus Technologies plc\n \nFinal Results for the year ended 31 March 2025\n \nCelebrus Technologies plc (AIM: CLBS, \"the Group\", \"Celebrus\"), the data solutions provider, announces its final results for the year ended 31 March 2025. \n \nFinancial Highlights \n· The Group results are presented in US Dollars for the first time.\n· From 1 April 2025, the Group is introducing a number of changes to its commercial contractual arrangements with customers which will impact accounting for contracts including the definition of cost of sales, the segmentation of revenue type and the move to straight line revenue recognition of future license revenues.\n· Annual recurring revenue* (ARR) up 13.9% to $18.8 million (31 March 2024 restated: $16.5 million), as calculated under the new definition.\n· Total Revenue of $38.7 million (FY24: $40.9 million), with Software Revenue (excluding third-party hardware) of $30.3 million (FY24: $27.7 million), an increase of 9.4%.\n· Gross profit margin of 61.9% (FY24: 52.9%) due to a lower proportion of lower margin third party hardware revenue. Software revenue gross margin of 75.0% (FY24: 72.8%).\n· Adjusted profit before tax** of $8.7 million (FY24: $7.6 million), and statutory profit before tax of $7.3 million (FY24: $7.0 million)\n· Adjusted diluted EPS of 18.24 cents (FY24: 13.39 cents) and diluted basic EPS of 15.78 cents (FY24: 12.27 cents)\n· Proposed final dividend of 2.32p (FY24: 2.23p), making a total dividend for the year of 3.27p (FY24: 3.15p), an increase of 3.8%.\n· Year-end cash position of $31.5 million (FY24: $38.5 million), with the lower balance resulting from the unwinding of debtor and creditor positions related to third party hardware.\n \nOperational Highlights\n· Key new customer wins including a global airline and a major fintech business, and strong upsells into existing customers including a financial services customer in the US, another airline, and a financial institution in APAC.\n· Alignment of the business to focus on three inputs to our pipeline: marketing generated leads, partner sourced and influenced leads, and sale...