cash equivalents                              14,830        1,152         3,860 
Cash and cash equivalents 
 at beginning of period                         9,931        6,384         6,384 
Exchange adjustments                            (357)          506         (313) 
----------------------------------  ----  -----------  -----------  ------------ 
Cash and cash equivalents 
 at period end                      8          24,404        8,042         9,931 
----------------------------------  ----  -----------  -----------  ------------ 
 

Notes to the financial statements

1. General information

KBC Advanced Technologies plc (the "Company") is a company domiciled in England. The Group's financial statements for the six months ended 30 June 2014 comprise the Company and its subsidiaries (together referred to as the "Group").

2. Accounting policies

Basis of preparation

The Group prepares its Group financial statements in accordance with IFRS as adopted by the European Union, and the statements have been prepared using the accounting policies set out in the Group's 2013 financial statements except as described below.

For the purposes of this document the term IFRS includes International Accounting Standards and International Financial Reporting Interpretations ("IFRIC").

This Half Year Report will be sent to shareholders and published on the Investor Relations section of the corporate website at www.kbcat.com. Further copies of this Half Year Report may be obtained from the Company Secretary, KBC Advanced Technologies plc, 42-50 Hersham Road, Walton on Thames, Surrey, KT12 1RZ.

The financial information contained in this document does not constitute financial statements as defined in Section 435 of the Companies Act 2006.

The comparatives for the full year ended 31 December 2013 are not the Group's full financial statements for that year. A copy of the financial statements for that year has been delivered to the Registrar of Companies. The Auditors' report on those financial statements was unqualified, did not include references to any matters to which the auditors drew attention by way of emphasis without qualifying their report and did not contain a statement under Sections 498(2)-(3) of the Companies Act 2006.

In addition, the International Accounting Standards Board ("IASB") has issued a number of IFRS and IFRIC amendments or interpretations since the last Annual Report was published. It is not expected that any of these will have a material impact on the Group.

3. Segment information

With regard to the balance sheet, those elements of the balance sheet where regional reporting is prepared have been disclosed. Those elements are trade receivables and provisions, amounts recoverable on contracts and deferred revenue.

At the balance sheet date 32% (December 2013: 7%) of total trade receivables were concentrated with one (December 2013: one) of the Group's customers. The balance was spread over 154 (December 2013: 172) customers, four of whom (December 2013: none) comprised more than 5% of the total.

 
Six months ended        Consulting  Technology  Unallocated    Total 
 30 June 2014               GBP000      GBP000       GBP000   GBP000 
----------------------  ----------  ----------  -----------  ------- 
Revenue from external 
 customers                  26,012       8,373            -   34,385 
----------------------  ----------  ----------  -----------  ------- 
Operating profit             1,454       1,781            -    3,235 
Finance revenue                  -           -           46       46 
Finance cost                     -           -        (393)    (393) 
----------------------  ----------  ----------  -----------  ------- 
Profit/(loss) before 
 tax                         1,454       1,781        (347)    2,888 
Tax expense                      -           -      (1,128)  (1,128) 
----------------------  ----------  ----------  -----------  ------- 
Profit/(loss) for 
 the period                  1,454       1,781      (1,475)    1,760 
----------------------  ----------  ----------  -----------  ------- 
 
 
As at 30 June 2014    Consulting  Technology  Unallocated    Total 
                          GBP000      GBP000       GBP000   GBP000 
--------------------  ----------  ----------  -----------  ------- 
Trade receivables          8,006       3,592           13   11,611 
Provisions                 (626)       (247)         (13)    (886) 
--------------------  ----------  ----------  -----------  ------- 
Net carrying amount        7,380       3,345            -   10,725 
Amounts recoverable 
 on contracts              7,843       9,492            -   17,335 
--------------------  ----------  ----------  -----------  ------- 
Deferred revenue             519       4,880            -    5,399 
--------------------  ----------  ----------  -----------  ------- 
 
 
Six months ended          Consulting  Technology  Unallocated    Total 
 30 June 2013                 GBP000      GBP000       GBP000   GBP000 
------------------------  ----------  ----------  -----------  ------- 
Revenue from external 
 customers                    22,159       9,569            -   31,728 
------------------------  ----------  ----------  -----------  ------- 
Operating (loss)/profit         (11)       3,195            -    3,184 
Finance revenue                    -           -           58       58 
Finance cost                       -           -        (293)    (293) 
------------------------  ----------  ----------  -----------  ------- 
(Loss)/profit before 
 tax                            (11)       3,195        (235)    2,949 
Tax expense                        -           -         (66)     (66) 
------------------------  ----------  ----------  -----------  ------- 
(Loss)/profit for 
 the period                     (11)       3,195        (301)    2,883 
------------------------  ----------  ----------  -----------  ------- 
 
As at 30 June 2013        Consulting  Technology  Unallocated    Total 
                              GBP000      GBP000       GBP000   GBP000 
------------------------  ----------  ----------  -----------  ------- 
Trade receivables              5,500       5,071          125   10,696 
Provisions                   (1,238)       (822)            -  (2,060) 
------------------------  ----------  ----------  -----------  ------- 
Net carrying amount            4,262       4,249          125    8,636 
Amounts recoverable 
 on contracts                  5,665       7,391            -   13,056 
------------------------  ----------  ----------  -----------  ------- 
Deferred revenue               2,935       5,321            -    8,256 
------------------------  ----------  ----------  -----------  ------- 
 

3. Segment information (continued)

 
                               Revenue from external     Non-current assets 
                                           customers 
                               6 months     6 months    6 months   6 months 
                                  ended        ended       ended      ended 
                                30 June      30 June     30 June    30 June 
                                   2014         2013        2014       2013 
                                 GBP000       GBP000      GBP000     GBP000 
--------------------------  -----------  -----------  ----------  --------- 
 Ecuador                         10,239        7,395           6          - 
 United States of America         3,972        2,909       5,340      7,728 
 Thailand                         2,091          810           -          - 
 Canada                           1,942        2,829          17         17 
 Mexico                           1,936        2,519           -          - 
 United Kingdom                     947          702      15,808     16,882 
 Japan                              876        3,814          12         10 
 Other                           12,382       10,750         254        285 
--------------------------  -----------  -----------  ----------  --------- 
                                 34,385       31,728      21,437     24,922 
--------------------------  -----------  -----------  ----------  --------- 
 

Revenues above are based on the location of the customer and non-current assets on the location of the Group's assets. The countries listed represent those where the total revenue or assets are greater than 5% of the Group total on an annualised basis.

The following customers account for more than 10% of the Group's revenues:

 
                           Revenue            Percentage 
               6 months   6 months   6 months   6 months 
                  ended      ended      ended      ended 
                30 June    30 June    30 June    30 June 
                   2014       2013       2014       2013 
                 GBP000     GBP000 
 Customer 1      10,239      7,395        30%        23% 
------------  ---------  ---------  ---------  --------- 
 

The revenue generated from the major customers above is derived from both Consulting and Technology.

The adjusted profit before tax (note 7) also forms part of the internal reporting.

4. Tax

Tax is charged at 39% for the six months ended 30 June 2014 (30 June 2013: 50% and 31 December 2013: 42%) representing the best estimate of the average annual effective tax rate expected to apply for the full year, when applied to the pre-tax income in the six month period.

5. Dividends

A final dividend for the year to 31 December 2013 of 1.0p per share was paid to shareholders on 12 August 2014.

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