RNS Number : 1260U
  Clinical Computing PLC
  11 May 2008
   


                             CLINICAL COMPUTING PLC

                            2007 PRELIMINARY RESULTS





Clinical Computing Plc ("Clinical Computing", the "Company" or the "Group"), the

international developer of clinical information systems for the healthcare

market, announces its preliminary results for the year ended 31 December 2007.

During 2007 the Group traded through three operating subsidiaries: Clinical

Computing UK, Ltd. in the United Kingdom and Europe, Clinical Computing, Inc. in

the United States and Clinical Computing Pty Limited in Australia.





On 22 February 2008 Datanet Research Limited (a wholly owned dormant subsidiary

of Clinical Computing Plc) acquired the business and certain assets and

liabilities of Program Management Group Plc ("PMG").  The acquisition included

approximately 50 customer contracts and PMG's project management and resource

planning software.  On the 28th February 2008 Datanet Research Limited changed

its name to Hydra Management Limited.







Financial Overview



·   Revenue increased 5.2% to £1,875,083 (2006: £1,781,658)



·   Operating costs consistent with prior year £2,717,112 (2006:

    £2,725,385)



·   Loss from operations reduced by 10.8% to £842,029 (2006: £943,727)



·   Loss per share of 2.0p (2006: loss 2.6p)



Business Review





·   Transferred listing from Official List to AIM



·   Fundraising completed on AIM in November 2007 raising £1,810,000 to

    advance development of Clinical Vision Web



·   Secured reseller agreement with Gambro opening Canadian market



·   Clinical Vision Web being tested by customers with view to go-live

    later this year



Subsequent Events





·   Acquisition of resource management software company completed



·   Further fundraising in February 2008 of £545,000 to strengthen 
balance

    sheet





Commenting on Outlook, Howard Kitchner, Chairman of Clinical Computing, said:





"The Group is at the early stages of an exciting partnership with a global

medical technology company and together with our recent acquisition and expected

release of our web based Clinical Vision solution entering the market in 2009 we

hope to report decreasing operating losses in 2008 with a move to profitability

in 2009."





Contacts:

Clinical Computing plc                                    http://www.ccl.com

Joe Marlovits, Chief Executive                            020 8747 8744



Dowgate Capital Advisers Limited                          020 7492 4777

James Caithie / Simon Sacerdoti







Chairman's and Chief Executive's Report





Business overview



We are pleased to report that the Company has had a number of significant

accomplishments since the interim report was published in September 2007.

Since then the Company has:



 · Completed the process of moving its listing from the Official List to AIM



  · Equity placing - raising £1,810,000 (before costs)



  · Signed a reseller agreement with Gambro (a global medical technology

    company)



  · After the year end the Company completed the acquisition of the 
business

    and certain assets and liabilities of the Programme Management Group Plc 
("

    PMG") and raised a further £545,000 of equity (before costs) to 
strengthen

    the Group's balance sheet



Since listing on AIM in September 2007, the Company has completed two rounds of

financing raising £2,355,000 (before costs) and successfully completed an

acquisition of a UK based resource management software business based in Leeds.

The trade and certain assets and liabilities were of PMG were acquired, and the

business is now trading as Hydra Management Limited.



The PMG acquisition was undertaken by the Company to strengthen its UK revenue

opportunities. This acquisition adds a product portfolio which brings

approximately £400,000 of annual software maintenance revenues from

approximately 50 customers who are primarily UK based. The customer base using

the Hydra Management products are split between the governmental and corporate

sectors and there is opportunity to grow this customer base. £16,000 cash

consideration was paid upon completion of the acquisition with a further

deferred payment due based upon operating performance of the acquired entity.

The Company can settle the deferred obligation, which is based on a formula, at

its option over a period of seven years.  In conjunction with this acquisition

the Company placed a further 17,440,000 shares at 3.25p raising £545,000 (before

costs) to support current sales efforts and to improve the Group's balance sheet

strength.



A previous fundraising was completed in November 2007, whereby the Company

placed 60,333,333 shares at 3p, raising £1,810,000 (before costs) to provide

working capital for the business primarily to support investment in staff to

accelerate development of Clinical Vision Web.



The Group has signed an exclusive reseller agreement covering the Canadian

kidney disease market with Gambro a global medical technology company.  Under

the terms of this agreement, Gambro's Canadian sales team is now marketing

Clinical Vision to its customer base.  This agreement follows on from work that

has been ongoing with Gambro's Australian subsidiary.  The first Canadian

contract has been agreed and others are anticipated through 2008 and 2009.



Results



Trading performance is showing improving results with the Group reporting

increased revenues on a similar cost base when compared to the prior year.

Revenues for the year ending 2007 increased 5.2% to £1,875,083 (2006:

£1,781,658) and operating costs were practically unchanged at £2,717,112 (2006:

£2,725,385).  Loss from operations reduced by 10.8% to £842,029 (2006:

£943,727).  The loss for the year was 844,836 or a loss per share of 2.0p

(2006: loss £843,404 or 2.6p per share).



Strategy



The Group's strategy of developing software products for the management of

chronic disease is still its primary focus and we anticipate developing other

sales channels similar to the Gambro partnership to achieve growth in the

general chronic disease market.



In general the board believes that the healthcare and resource management

portfolios are both somewhat recession proof portfolios which should not be

significantly impacted by short term reductions in general corporate spending.



While both of our chosen markets present certain challenges, they are global in

nature and we are exploring partnership opportunities which will over time

position the Company's solutions beyond its current geographic boundaries.    We

believe that expansion into new geographic markets will come via strategic

partners.  We are now working with Gambro in Australia, Canada and New Zealand

and this relationship has the potential to sell the Clinical Vision product to

many other countries over time.  To date the majority of revenues of the Group

have been generated from direct sales channels.



With respect to the Company's technical strategy, the directors continue to

believe that healthcare applications delivered directly via the internet is a

global healthcare trend which will continue.  The Company continued its

development of the Clinical Vision Web product during the year and is now

working with customers to test this product outside of our development

environment.



Products and product development



During 2007 we continued to invest in product expansion and had a number of

research and development projects underway, including the development of

Clinical Vision Graft Vision an application for the UK market, which was

released in April 2007 and the continued development of the Clinical Vision Web

product.



The product development team is now focusing on an integration project for the

Web solution, which will support the Company's move into the wider Chronic

Kidney Disease as well as other chronic diseases.



Outlook



The Group is at the early stages of an exciting partnership with a global

medical technology company and together with our recent acquisition and expected

release of our web based Clinical Vision solution entering the market in 2009 we

hope to report decreasing operating losses in 2008 with a move to profitability

in 2009.





H Kitchner                    J Marlovits

Chairman                      Chief Executive

12 May 2008







Finance Review



Results for the year



The Group derived its revenue from approximately 85 healthcare organisations who

are licensing one of the following products: PROTON, di-PROTON, RENLStar and

CLINICAL VISION.  Each of these products provides an electronic healthcare

application to manage Chronic Kidney Disease, with an emphasis on End Stage

Renal Disease.



Total revenues for the year ending 2007 increased 5.2% to £1,875,083 (2006:

£1,781,658).  The majority of the Group's revenues continue to come from the US

market - 63.1% in 2007 (2006: 59.7%) and on like for like exchange rates

comparing revenues for 2007 and 2006 revenues increased 9.8%.



Maintenance revenue for the period was £1,110,675, or 59.2% of total revenues

(2006: £1,209,563 or 67.9%).



The Group's total operating costs for the year were practically unchanged at

£2,717,112 (2006: £2,725,385).



Operations generated a loss of £842,029 (2006: loss £943,727).  The loss for the

year after tax was £844,836 or 2.0p per share (2006: loss £843,404 or 2.6p per

share).



Cash flow and debt



During the year cash spent to support operations was £768,868 (2006: £984,024).



In November the Company completed an equity fundraising, placing 60,333,333 1p

ordinary shares at 3p raising £1,810,000 (before expenses).



Following this fundraising the Company reduced the majority of its then

outstanding debt with Brown Shipley and is reporting cash outflow of £647,473

for debt reduction during the year.  Outstanding debt at the end of the year is

£221,680 (2006: £869,153).



At 31 December 2007 the Company had two debt facilities available which in total

provide approximately £1,100,000 of working capital facilities with £221,680

borrowed against these facilities.   The larger of the two facilities

(£1,000,000) is provided by Brown Shipley on normal commercial terms, and is

backed by personal guarantees of the chairman and two shareholders.  A further

£100,000 facility ($200,000) is provided by Fifth Third Bank in the US and is

secured by the assets of the Company.



Capital structure and finance



The Group's consolidated equity position at 31 December 2007 was a deficit of

£271,186 (2006: deficit £1,230,615).  The positive change to the equity position

was improved following the Company's share placing noted above which raised

£1,810,000 of capital, before expenses.  Offsetting this fundraising was the

loss for the year of £844,836.



Following approval at the Company's August 2007 EGM, the nominal value of the

Company's ordinary shares was changed from 5p to 1p.  This change was undertaken

at a time when the Company shares were trading below its nominal value and

limited its ability to raise further equity.   The effect of this change

sub-divided each then issued 5p share (33,110,361 5p shares) into one share of

1p ordinary and one deferred share of 4p.  The 4p deferred shares do not trade,

have no value, no right to receive a dividend, no voting rights and are not

transferable (other than to the Company).  No share certificates have been

issued in respect of the deferred shares.



Also at the August 2007 EGM the company increased its authorised ordinary share

capital to 167,558,556 1p ordinary shares by subdividing the authorised but

unissued 5p ordinary shares into five 1p ordinary shares and authorising

70,000,000 additional new ordinary 1p shares.



In February 2008, in conjunction with the acquisition of the PMG business, the

Company issued a further 17,440,000 shares at 3.25p raising an additional

£545,000 (before expenses) of capital for the Group.



The Company's current issued shares and total voting capital consists of

110,883,694 1p ordinary shares.



Software development



During the year under review the development team primarily focused its efforts

on three major projects:  completing the UK transplant application, further

development and quality assurance testing of the Clinical Vision Web product and

a product update to the Clinical Vision 4 product suite. In April 2007 the Group

completed development of the UK transplant application and this product has now

been released to two customers. £62,435 of cost was capitalised as an intangible

asset for this product and an amortisation charge to the income statement of

£10,406 was made during the year (2006: nil).



The Clinical Vision Web project reached an appropriate stage whereby costs of

this project are now being capitalised as an intangible asset.  This project is

still under development and has not yet been released to any customers and at

year end £146,076 has been recorded as an intangible asset.



Additionally, during the year the development team completed a product update

for Clinical Vision all costs with respect to this update were charged to the

income statement.



Foreign currency risk



The company's US trading subsidiary trades in its local currency, the US dollar,

and no hedging activity between sterling and the US dollar is undertaken.  This

subsidiary generated 63.1% of the Group's total revenue (£1,063,614) and 32.5%

of its operating costs (£883,080) in US dollars.  During the year this

subsidiary was cash generating.



Additionally, the company has a subsidiary in Australia.  Receipts and payments

are in the local currency and no hedging activity is undertaken.  During the

year this subsidiary was cash generating.



The charge to the income statement for foreign currency transactions was £483

(2006: £24,474)



Taxation



The Company and all subsidiaries have sufficient tax losses such that no income

tax expense has been recognised during the year.  However, for the year under

review, the Group through its UK trading subsidiary filed a research and

development ("R&D") tax credit claim with respect to activities undertaken in

2006 on various components of the Clinical Vision product.  An election was

made, under the terms of the current United Kingdom R&D tax credit regime, for a

percentage of the R&D expenditure to be settled in cash.  A tax credit in the

amount of £68,517 has been reported and received in 2007.  A similar R&D claim

was made for activities undertaken in 2005 and settled in cash during 2006 for

£121,234.







S Gandhi







Finance Director

12 May 2008









Consolidated Income Statement

For the year ended 31 December 2007







                                                            Notes               
Unaudited           Audited

                                                                                     
2007              2006

                                                                                        
£                 £                 

Continuing Operations



Revenue                                                         2               
1,875,083         1,781,658



Cost of sales                                                                   
(741,453)         (711,663)

                                                                               
__________        __________

Gross profit                                                                    
1,133,630         1,069,995



Distribution costs                                                              
(245,496)         (371,830)

Administrative expenses

    Research and development                                                    
(890,434)         (965,120)

    Other                                                                       (839,729)         (676,772)

    Total administrative expenses                                             
(1,730,163)       (1,641,892)

                                                                               
__________        __________



Loss from operations                                                            
(842,029)         (943,727)





Finance income                                                                      
6,220             2,565

Finance expense                                                                  
(77,544)          (23,476)

                                                                               
__________        __________

Loss before tax                                                                 
(913,353)         (964,638)



Income tax credit                                                                  
68,517           121,234

                                                                               
__________        __________

Loss for the  year attributable to equity holders of the

company

                                                                                
(844,836)         (843,404)

                                                                               
__________        __________



Basic and diluted loss per share                                5                  
(2.0p)            (2.6p)

                                                                               
__________        __________











Consolidated Statement of Recognised Income and Expense

For the year ended 31 December 2007



                                                                                 
Unaudited          Audited

                                                                                      
2007             2006

                                                                                         
£                £                 



Loss for the year                                                                
(844,836)        (843,404)

Exchange difference on translation of

foreign operations                                                                  
11,063           69,243

                                                                                
__________       __________

Total recognised income and expense

for the year                                                                     
(833,773)        (774,161)

                                                                                
__________       __________





Consolidated Balance Sheet

As at 31 December 2007









                                                            Notes                
Unaudited          Audited

                                                                                      
2007             2006

                                                                                         
£                £                 



Non-current assets

Intangible assets                                                                  
198,105           29,360

Property, plant and equipment                                                      
137,871          146,141

                                                                                
__________       __________

                                                                                   
335,976          175,501

                                                                                
__________       __________



Current assets

Trade and other receivables                                                        
361,253          353,001

Cash and cash equivalents                                                          
164,365           14,418

                                                                                
__________       __________

                                                                                   
525,618          367,419

                                                                                
__________       __________



Total assets                                                                       
861,594          542,920

                                                                                
__________       __________





Current liabilities

Trade and other payables                                                         
(911,100)        (904,382)

Bank loans                                                                       
(221,680)        (869,153)

                                                                                
__________       __________

                                                                               
(1,132,780)      (1,773,535)

                                                                                
__________       __________

Net liabilities                                                                  
(271,186)      (1,230,615)

                                                                                 
_________        _________



Equity

Share capital                                                        4           
2,258,851        1,655,518

Share premium account                                                4           
7,326,133        6,149,063

Share option reserve                                                 4              
71,375           58,576

Translation reserve                                                  4             
158,843          147,780

Retained earnings                                                    4        
(10,086,388)      (9,241,552)

                                                                                
__________       __________



Shareholders' funds - deficit                                                    
(271,186)      (1,230,615)

                                                                                 
_________        _________







Consolidated Cash Flow Statement

For the year ended 31 December 2007













                                                                 Notes           
Unaudited          Audited

                                                                                      
2007             2006

                                                                                         
£                £                





Net cash from operating activities                              6                
(768,868)        (984,024)

                                                                                
__________       __________

Investing activities

Interest received                                                                    
6,220            2,565

Expenditure on product development                                               
(179,151)         (29,360)

Purchases of property, plant and equipment                                        
(40,643)        (113,972)

                                                                                
__________       __________

Net cash used in investing activities                                            
(213,574)        (140,767)

                                                                                
__________       __________



Financing activities

Proceeds from equity issue                                                       
1,810,000          102,375

Costs of equity issue                                                             
(29,597)                -

(Decrease) increase in bank loan                                                 
(647,473)          869,153

                                                                                
__________       __________

Net cash from financing activities                                               
1,132,930          971,528

                                                                                
__________       __________





Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents                               
150,488        (153,263)



Cash and cash equivalents at beginning

of year                                                                             
14,418          173,010



Effect of foreign exchange rate changes                                              
(541)          (5,329)

                                                                                
__________       __________

Cash and cash equivalents at end of year                                           
164,365           14,418

                                                                                
__________       __________





Notes



1.   Basis of preparation



     The unaudited preliminary announcement has been prepared under the 

     historical cost convention, on a going concern basis and consistent with 

     applicable International Financial Reporting Standards and IFRIC 

     interpretations ("IFRS") as adopted by the EU.



     The preliminary announcement has been prepared on the basis of the same 

     accounting policies as published in the statutory accounts for the year 

     ended 31 December 2006.



     The financial information set out in this preliminary announcement was 

     approved by the board on 12 May 2008 and does not constitute statutory 

     financial statements as defined by section 240 of the Companies Act 1985.  

     The statutory accounts for the year ended 31 December 2007 have not yet

     been delivered to the Registrar of Companies and no audit report has yet 

     been given on the statutory financials statements.



     Statutory accounts for the year ended 31 December 2006 have been delivered 

     to the Registrar of Companies.  The audit report on these statutory 

     accounts was unqualified and did not contain a statement either under 

     section 237(2) or 237 (3) of the Companies Act.



     The Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 December 2007 will be 

     posted to shareholders in due course and will be available on the Company's 

     website simultaneously with posting.











2.   Revenue

                                                                              
Unaudited       Audited

An analysis of the Group's revenue is as follows:                                  
Year          Year

                                                                                  
ended         ended

                                                                                   
2007          2006

                                                                                      
£             £               



Software licenses                                                               
613,263       425,914

Maintenance                                                                   
1,110,675     1,209,563

Services and other revenue                                                      
151,145       146,181

                                                                             
__________    __________

Revenue                                                                       
1,875,083     1,781,658

                                                                             
__________    __________











3.   Business and geographical segments



For management and legal purposes, the Group consists of three operating

companies and the parent company.  These companies are the basis on which the

Group reports its primary segment information.  The business operations provide

software, maintenance and services to the healthcare sector and there is no

significant difference between risk and return on the software and services

offered.  Therefore there is only one business segment reported across

geographic segments. The geographic segmental information presented below

excludes any intra-group revenue or expense.







Segmental information is presented below.





                                           US             UK   Australia      
Unallocated            Total

                                            £              £           £                
£                £                                                        



2007 - Unaudited

Revenue

Total Revenue                       1,182,404        641,351      51,328                
-        1,875,083

                                   __________     __________     _______       
__________       __________

Segment  result

Operating  profit (loss)              299,324      (824,335)      44,523  
(361,541)              (842,029)

                                   __________     __________    ________       
__________       __________

Finance income                                                                                       
6,220

Finance expense                                                                                   
(77,544)

                                                                                                
__________

Loss before tax                                                                                  
(913,353)

Income tax credit                                                                                   
68,517

                                                                                                
__________

Loss for the year attributable

to equity holders of the

company                                                                                          
(844,836)

                                                                                                
__________

Balance sheet

Segment assets                        172,791        464,450      40,545          
183,808          861,594

                                                                                                 
_________

Segment liabilities                 (413,132)      (397,555)     (3,355)         
(97,058)        (911,100)

Current borrowings                                                              
(221,680)        (221,680)

                                                                                                
__________

Total liabilities                                                                              
(1,132,780)

Other information

Capital Expenditure                    22,178        197,616           -                
-          219,794

Depreciation                           21,879         34,176           -            
2,854           58,909

Amortisation                                -         10,406           -                
-           10,406







                                           US             UK   Australia      
Unallocated            Total

                                            £              £           £                
£                £                                                           



2006 - Audited

Revenue

Total Revenue                       1,063,614        578,495     139,549                
-        1,781,658

                                   __________     __________    ________       
__________       __________

Segment result

Operating loss                       (36,406)      (788,082)     103,605   
(222,844)             (943,727)

                                   __________     __________    ________       
__________       __________

Finance income                                                                                       
2,565

Finance expense                                                                                   
(23,476)

                                                                                                
__________

Loss before tax                                                                                  
(964,638)

Income tax credit                                                                                  
121,234

                                                                                                
__________

Loss for the year attributable

to equity holders of the

company                                                                                          
(843,404)

                                                                                                
__________

Balance sheet

Segment assets                         75,869        370,665      40,666           
55,721          542,920

                                                                                                
__________

Segment liabilities                 (413,564)      (421,813)       (528)         
(68,477)        (904,382)

Current borrowings                                                              
(869,153)        (869,153)

                                                                                                
__________

Total liabilities                                                                              
(1,773,535)

Other information

Capital Expenditure                    11,176        132,156           -                
-          143,332

Depreciation                           27,066         13,343          36            
3,595           44,040

Amortisation                                -              -           -                
-                -











4. Reconciliation of movements in equity - Unaudited



                                                 Share premium       
Share

                                         Share         account      option  
Translation       Retained        Total

                                       Capital                     reserve      
reserve       earnings

                                             £               £           £            
£              £            £



At 1 January 2006                    1,576,768       6,125,438      37,655       
78,537    (8,398,148)    (579,750)



Share options                                -               -      20,921            
-              -       20,921

Exchange difference on

translation of foreign

operations                                   -               -           -       
69,243              -       69,243

Issue of equity shares                  78,750          23,625           -            
-              -      102,375

Loss for the year                            -               -           -            
-      (843,404)    (843,404)

                                    __________      __________   _________   
__________     __________   __________

At 31 December  2006                 1,655,518       6,149,063      58,576      
147,780    (9,241,552)  (1,230,615)



Share options                                -               -      12,799            
-              -       12,799

Exchange difference on

translation of foreign

operations                                   -               -           -       
11,063              -       11,063

Issue of equity shares                 603,333       1,206,667           -            
-              -    1,810,000

Expenses from issue of                       -        (29,597)           -            
-              -     (29,597)

equity

Loss for the year                            -               -           -            
-      (844,836)    (844,836)

                                    __________      __________   _________   
__________     __________   __________

At 31 December 2007                  2,258,851       7,326,133      71,375      
158,843   (10,086,388)    (271,186)

                                    __________      __________   _________   
__________     __________   __________









5.   Loss per share



The calculation of the basic and diluted earnings per share is based on the

following data:





                                                                                           
Unaudited         Audited

                                                                                                
2007            2006

                                                                                                   
£               £               

Earnings



Earnings for the purposes of basic and diluted earnings per share                          
(844,836)       (843,404)

                                                                                          
__________      __________



Number of shares

                                                                                              
Number          Number

Weighted average number of ordinary shares for the purposes of basic and diluted

earnings per share

                                                                                          
42,729,082      32,411,320

                                                                                          
__________      __________





The calculations of basic and diluted losses per share are the same because the

effect of including share options would be anti-dilutive and are excluded from

the calculation per IAS 33.











6.   Notes to the cash flow statement

                                                                                         
Unaudited        Audited

                                                                                              
2007           2006

                                                                                                 
£              £              

Loss from operations                                                                     
(842,029)      (943,727)

Adjustments for:

Depreciation of property, plant and equipment                                               
58,909         44,040

Amortisation of intangible assets                                                           
10,406              -

Share option charges                                                                        
12,799         20,921

                                                                                        
__________     __________

Operating cash flows before movements in working capital                                 
(759,915)      (878,766)

(Increase) decrease  in receivables                                                       
(10,783)          1,208

Increase (decrease) in payables                                                             
10,857      (204,224)

                                                                                        
__________     __________

Cash used by operations                                                                  
(759,841)    (1,081,781)

Interest paid                                                                             
(77,544)       (23,476)

Tax credit received                                                                         
68,517        121,234

                                                                                        
__________     __________

Net cash from operating activities                                                      
(768,868)       (984,024)

                                                                                        
__________     __________

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