• Trading in the current financial year has been in line with management's expectations

• Key contracts signed in FY 2022 include the Energy Networks Association, Ordnance Survey, Rural Payments Agency and Google

• The pipeline of sales opportunities and committed revenue in all regions is significantly stronger than a year ago

Commenting on the results, 1Spatial CEO, Claire Milverton, said: "We entered FY21 in a considerably improved financial and strategic position, following the successful conclusion of the three-year turnaround plan and were set for a year of growth. While the emergence of the Coronavirus in early 2020 re-shaped the year for us, we are proud of how our teams responded and of the results delivered, achieving growth in all our key financial metrics, winning new customers in all of our regions and bringing new offerings to market.

“We sit right at the heart of changes across multiple sectors. Whether that be in helping governments and energy providers prepare to meet the green agenda, supporting the investment in infrastructure upgrades as the world’s economies prepare for post-Covid recovery, or implementing new digital transformation strategies. The positive market environment is translating into a growing sales pipeline of opportunities across new and existing customers, both direct and through our partners.

“While the Board remains aware of the need to manage potential risks arising from the Covid-19 pandemic, the strength of trading in the first two months of the year, increase in committed revenue and depth of the sales pipeline and positive market landscape provide the Board with confidence in a successful year of growth ahead and exciting long-term future for 1Spatial.”

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About 1Spatial plc

Unlocking the Value of Location Data

1Spatial plc is a global leader in providing Location Master Data Management (LMDM) software, solutions and business applications, primarily to the Government, Utilities and Transport sectors via the 1Spatial platform. Our solutions ensure data governance, facilitating the efficient, effective and sustainable operation of customers around the world. Our global clients include national mapping and land management agencies, utility companies, transportation organisations, government and defence departments.

Today, when using and sharing trusted data provides significant opportunities for businesses and governments to deliver against important sustainability and Net Zero goals, our vision is clear - to make the world safer, smarter and more sustainable by unlocking the value in data, enabling better decisions and greater insights.

The 1Spatial platform is a comprehensive set of data and system agnostic LMDM software components which helps ensure master data is compliant, current, complete, consistent, and coordinated – and that customers can be confident it will remain that way as it evolves. It allows them to master their data on any device, anywhere, anytime and can be deployed as SaaS in the cloud, on-premise, or as a hybrid of both.

Our domain expertise and data agnostic approach allows us to be an integral and important part of the Geospatial Ecosystem, supporting the wider digital economy. We partner with major technology consultancies and GIS providers such as ESRI and bring together our people, innovative solutions, industry knowledge and experience from our extensive customer base to deliver world class solutions.

1Spatial plc is AIM-listed, headquartered in Cambridge, UK, with operations in the UK, Ireland, USA, France, Belgium, Tunisia, and Australia.

Chairman’s report

Despite the temporary hiatus caused by the pandemic in some parts of the Group, this year has seen us achieve good progress on both our financial goals and strategic development. The two main contributors to our robust trading results were the resilience of the industry markets we target, being Government, Utilities and Transport, and the quality of our people, who swiftly adapted to home working and remote delivery of projects, while continuing to innovate.

Despite a Covid-19 related dip in new business generation in the first half, the second half of the year showed a strong performance, with a number of significant contract wins and new clients added in all geographies. It was rewarding to see the smart partnership programme starting to bear fruit, with joint wins with Ordnance Survey, Esri, and Michael Baker and smaller vendors, in a host of clients.

We continue to transition our core technology, products and services to meet the growing demand for SaaS- based repeatable solutions that will give us much higher levels of growth and recurring revenue. At the same time we are investing hard in developing an increasingly valuable portfolio of location based data applications to really capitalise on the increasing demand we are seeing for useable, accurate Industry applications that can dramatically improve the economics and business models of our clients.

As with many industries, the pandemic has driven an acceleration of digital transformation initiatives across our customer base. These, coupled with government initiatives such as increased infrastructure investment and the launch of sustainability programmes, are driving a substantial heightening of awareness and comprehension of the value of location-based data across the globe, providing an increasingly supportive market backdrop for our offerings.

Financials

As in the prior year, our key financial objectives in FY21 were to grow recurring revenues, ensure improved profitability at adjusted* EBITDA level and improved operating cash generation. While Covid-19 slowed the rate of new customer wins through the middle part of the year, particularly in our French operations, the results for the year ended 31 January 2021 reflect the ongoing improvement in these metrics. We have delivered a robust financial performance, growing revenues and adjusted EBITDA profit levels, whilst achieving the important milestone of generating positive free cash flow**.