Arqit Quantum Inc.
Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
as of and for the period ended 31 March 2024
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Condensed Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income (unaudited) | 3 | |
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Condensed Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity (unaudited) | 5 | |
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Arqit Quantum Inc.
Condensed Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income
For the period ended 31 March 2024
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Continuing operations |
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Revenue |
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Administrative expenses |
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Finance costs |
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Finance income |
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Loss before tax |
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Loss from continuing operations |
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Discontinued operation |
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Loss from discontinued operation, net of tax |
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Loss for the period |
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Other comprehensive loss: |
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Total comprehensive loss for the period attributable to equity holders |
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Total comprehensive loss for the year attributable to equity holders arises from: |
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Total comprehensive loss for the year attributable to equity holders |
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Basic earnings per share |
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Comparative information has been re-presented due to a discontinued operation. See Note 4.
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Arqit Quantum Inc.
Condensed Consolidated Statement of Financial Position
As at 31 March 2024
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Intangible assets |
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Total non-current assets |
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Current assets |
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Trade and other receivables |
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Assets classified as held for sale |
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Total current assets |
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Total assets |
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LIABILITIES |
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Trade and other payables |
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Liabilities classified as held for sale |
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Total current liabilities |
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Non-current liabilities |
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Trade and other payables |
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Lease liabilities |
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Warrants liability |
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Total non-current liabilities |
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Total liabilities |
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Net assets |
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EQUITY |
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Share capital |
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Share premium |
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Other reserves |
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Foreign currency translation reserve |
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Retained earnings |
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Total Equity |
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Arqit Quantum Inc.
Condensed Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity
For the period ended 31 March 2024
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Balance at 1 October 2022 | | | | | | ( | | |||||||
Loss for the period | — | — | — | — | — | ( | ( | |||||||
Other comprehensive income | — | — | — | ( | — | — | ( | |||||||
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Transactions with owners in their capacity as owners: |
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Balance at 31 March 2024 attributable to owners of the Group | | | | ( | | ( | |
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Arqit Quantum Inc.
Condensed Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows
For the period ended 31 March 2024
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Cash flows from operating activities |
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Capital expenditure on property, plant and equipment |
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Capital expenditure on intangibles |
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Net cash used in investing activities |
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Cash flows from financing activities |
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Shares issued on exercise of warrants |
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Proceeds from issue of shares, net of issue costs |
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Payments of lease liabilities |
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Payments of interest portion of lease liabilities |
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Proceeds from government grants |
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Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents |
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Arqit Quantum Inc.
Condensed Consolidated Notes to the Financial Statements
For the period ended 31 March 2024
1. | General information and significant accounting policies |
General information
Arqit Quantum Inc. (the “Company”) is a Cayman Islands exempted limited liability company with registered number 374857. The address of its registered office and its principal place of trading is c/o Maples Corporate Services Limited, PO Box 309, Ugland House, Grand Cayman, KY1-1104, Cayman Islands.
These condensed consolidated financial statements comprise the Company and its subsidiaries (together referred to as the “Group”).
The principal activity of the Group is provision of cybersecurity services.
Basis of preparation
These unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial statements have been prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRS”) as issued by the IASB, including IAS 34 ‘Interim Financial Reporting’. They do not include all of the information required in annual financial statements and should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements for the year ended September 30, 2023. The report of the auditors on those financial statements was unqualified. The comparative balance sheet figures for the year ended September 30, 2023, were derived from the audited consolidated financial statements.
The unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been presented in United States Dollars “USD” which is also the Group’s functional currency. All values are rounded to the nearest units (USD '000), except when otherwise indicated.
Information on the accounting policies applied can be found in the Group’s latest annual audited financial statements. The unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial statements are prepared on the historical cost basis, other than investor warrants held at fair value through profit or loss.
Going Concern
The directors have adopted the going concern basis in preparing these condensed consolidated financial statements. In assessing whether the going concern assumption is appropriate, the Directors have taken into account all relevant available information about the current and future position of the Group. As part of their assessment, the Directors have also taken into account the ability to raise additional funding whilst maintaining sufficient cash resources to meet all commitments. The Group has prepared detailed forecasts considering the impact of the current economic and political climate and uncertainties and strong cost control measures are in place. The forecasts show that the Group will be able to grow according to its plans and that it can continue to operate for the foreseeable period. Based on the above, the Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Group will have adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, such that they will be able to realize their assets and discharge their liabilities in the normal course of business for a period of at least 12 months from the date of signing these consolidated condensed financial statements, and beyond. Therefore, the financial statements are prepared on the going concern basis.
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Arqit Quantum Inc.
Condensed Consolidated Notes to the Financial Statements
For the period ended 31 March 2024
1. | General information and significant accounting policies (continued) |
Use of judgments and estimates
The preparation of the unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial statements in conformity with IFRS requires the use of certain critical accounting estimates. It also requires management to exercise its judgement in the process of applying the Group’s accounting policies. Actual results may differ from these estimates.
The significant judgments made by management in applying the Group’s accounting policies and the key sources of estimation uncertainty were the same as those described in the last annual financial statements.
Measurement of fair values
A number of the Group’s accounting policies require the measurement of fair values, for both financial and non-financial assets and liabilities.
The Group has an established control framework with respect to the measurement of fair values. This includes a senior finance team that has overall responsibility for overseeing all significant fair value measurements, including Level 3 fair values, and reports directly to the chief financial officer.
The senior finance team regularly reviews significant unobservable inputs and valuation adjustments. If third party information, such as broker quotes or pricing services, is used to measure fair values, then the senior finance team assesses the evidence obtained from the third parties to support the conclusion that these valuations meet the requirements of the Accounting Standards, including the level in the fair value hierarchy in which the valuations should be classified.
Significant valuation issues are reported to the Group audit committee.
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Arqit Quantum Inc.
Condensed Consolidated Notes to the Financial Statements
For the period ended 31 March 2024
1. | General information and significant accounting policies (continued) |
Use of judgments and estimates (continued)
Measurement of fair values (continued)
When measuring the fair value of an asset or liability, the Group uses observable market data as far as possible. Fair values are categorized into different levels in a fair value hierarchy based on the inputs used in the valuation techniques as follows:
● | Level 1: quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets for identical assets or liabilities; |
● | Level 2: inputs other than quoted prices included in Level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly (i.e. as prices) or indirectly (i.e. derived from prices); and |
● | Level 3: inputs for the asset or liability that are not based on observable market data (unobservable inputs). |
If the inputs used to measure the fair value of an asset or a liability are categorized in different levels of the fair value hierarchy, then the fair value measurement is categorized in its entirety in the same level of the fair value hierarchy as the lowest level input that is significant to the entire measurement.
The Group recognizes transfers between levels of the fair value hierarchy at the end of the reporting period during which the change has occurred.
New and amended standards adopted by the Group
There have been no new or amended standards adopted by the Group for the first time during the interim period.
Operating segments
The Group operates within
2. | Revenue |
The Group’s operations and main revenue streams are those described in the last annual financial statements. The Group’s revenue is derived from contracts with customers.
Disaggregation of revenue
In the following table, revenue is disaggregated by primary geographical market and service line.
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Quantum Cloud – provision of services |
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Arqit Quantum Inc.
Condensed Consolidated Notes to the Financial Statements
For the period ended 31 March 2024
2. | Revenue (continued) |
Contract balances
The following table provides information about receivables, contract assets and contract liabilities with customers.
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Receivables, which are included in trade and other receivables |
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The contract assets primarily relate to the Group’s rights to consideration for work completed but not billed at the reporting date on services provided. The contracts are transferred to receivables when the rights become unconditional. This usually occurs when the Group issues an invoice to the customer. The contract liabilities primarily relate to the advance consideration received from customers for services where revenue is recognized over time.
The full amount of $
The amount of revenue recognized in the six months ended 31 March 2024 from performance obligations satisfied (or partially satisfied) in previous periods is $
3. | Expenses by Nature |
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Arqit Quantum Inc.
Condensed Consolidated Notes to the Financial Statements
For the period ended 31 March 2024
4. | Discontinued operations and assets held for sale |
In May 2023, Arqit announced that it was selling its satellite division consisting of satellite assets under construction, patents, customer contracts and an engineering team. Following that announcement, the satellite division was reported as discontinued operations and classified as a disposal group held for sale in the 2023 annual financial statements.
During the six months ended March 31, 2024, Arqit was unsuccessful in its efforts to identify a buyer for the satellite division and/or related IP, and as a result determined that its satellite assets were
The impact on the statement of comprehensive income is as below:
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Administrative expenses |
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Loss from discontinued operation, net of tax |
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The net cash flows associated with the discontinued operations are as follow:
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Net cash (used)/generated in/from operating activities |
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There is no impact from the discontinued operation on the financial position of the Group at 31 March 2024.
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Arqit Quantum Inc.
Condensed Consolidated Notes to the Financial Statements
For the period ended 31 March 2024
5. | Intangible fixed assets |
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Foreign exchange on translation |
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Charge |
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Amortisation on intangible assets is calculated under the straight-line method over their estimated useful lives of between
An impairment test was performed for the period ended March 31, 2024, which considered the value of existing contracts and forecasted revenues.
6. | Trade and other receivables |
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The carrying amount of financial assets recorded at amortised costs in the financial statements approximate their fair value.
The maximum exposure to credit risk at the reporting date is the carrying value of each class of receivable mentioned above.
7. | Trade and other payables |
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Arqit Quantum Inc.
Condensed Consolidated Notes to the Financial Statements
For the period ended 31 March 2024
Trade payables and accruals relate to amounts payable at the balance sheet date for services received during the period. The Group has financial risk management policies in place to ensure that all payables are paid within the credit timeframe. The carrying amount of financial liabilities recorded at amortised costs in the financial statements approximate their fair value.
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Arqit Quantum Inc.
Condensed Consolidated Notes to the Financial Statements
For the period ended 31 March 2024
8. | Share capital |
As of March 31, 2024, the total number of ordinary shares of the Company outstanding is
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9. | Reserves |
Share premium
Includes the difference in price between the par value of shares, and the total price the Group received for those shares, net of expenses.
Foreign currency translation reserve
Includes other comprehensive income relating to the translation of subsidiaries into the presentational currency of the group.
Share based payment reserve
Cumulative charges in respect of share options issued.
Retained earnings
Includes cumulative profit and loss and all other net gains and losses and transactions with owners (e.g. dividends) not recognized elsewhere.
Other reserves
Other reserve includes the IFRS 2 deemed acquisition cost and other reserves assumed as part of the reverse acquisition.
10. | Post balance sheet events |
D2BW Limited, an existing shareholder beneficially owned by Arqit’s Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, David Williams, and Founder and Chief Technology Officer, David Bestwick purchased
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