Investor Presentation
Half Year Results
For the 6 months ended 30.04.22
H1 FY22 Highlights
- Increasingly strong new business pipeline, particularly North America
- Recovery in core contracted business
- Investment in resource and people through period to support new customer growth and technology development
- Implementation of operational technology and improved production rates to drive efficiencies in H2 and beyond
- Roll out of new "Digital Manufacturing Cell" to underpin margin realisation
- Initial wins in non-aerospace business - validate business model transfer
- Robust cash and liquidity
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Financial Summary
- Revenue increase of +32% at £5.9m
(H1 FY21: £4.4m) as sales recover and customer demand stabilises - Gross margin 23.5% (H1 FY21: 25.1%) some contractual margin squeeze and shorter term labour inefficiencies held to support recovery
- Loss before tax improvement +£0.4m to £0.7m (H1 FY21: loss £1.1m) and +£0.4m EBITDA loss improvement to £0.2m (H1 FY21: loss £0.6m), supported by sales improvement and lower Administrative overheads
- Cash at Bank £2.0m (H1 2021: £3.5m) and £2.5m undrawn IDF headroom, movement driven by working capital investment to support sales recovery. Partly due to timing on customer receivables, with position higher at £2.7m at 24 June
- Outlook - currently in line with expectations
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Market Outlook
Air Travel Recovering
- Air travel impacted by Covid-19 but now recovering, albeit slower in Asia due to Omicron restrictions
- Single aisle (A320/B737) will recover faster than twin aisle travel (A350/
B787) - Knock on effect on airline fleet renewal and aircraft build rates, particularly with high oil price
- Composite heavy platforms mainly twin aisle, but sustainability means all new platforms will be composite
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Market Outlook - Aircraft Deliveries
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YTD figures as at 29.06.22. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Competition_between_Airbus_and_Boeing
- Single aisle production down ~25% and also impacted by B737Max issue from 2019
- Twin aisle (composite focussed) production down ~50%
- Recovery continuing through 2023 and 2024
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