Business
The Group provides a number of services and products that broadly fit into three divisions (i) Training, (ii) Consultancy; and (iii) Publishing and Distribution.
Training Division
The Group sells classroom-based training courses related to data protection, cyber security, ISO 27001 certification and related topics. The courses range from one to five days in length and are held at hired premises. Most delegates attending courses are doing so as part of their employment and at their employer’s expense. The Group also provides courses at customers’ premises for organisations who require training for a number of their employees. The courses are aimed at a various different areas of IT governance and at different skill levels. In relation to ISO 27001 for example courses range from an introduction to ISO/IEC 27001 through to becoming a lead implementer or lead auditor.
Prior to 1 April 2017 courses were predominantly held in the UK although there were a number of overseas delegates on UK courses and other courses were held via a live webinar to a domestic and international audience. Since 1 April 2017 the Group has held courses in Eire, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Italy and the USA.
In addition to “in person” based training, the Group also provides online training, e-learning courses, and examinations that are required to obtain certification.
Consultancy Division
The Consultancy Division was established as a result of requests from delegates at training courses for practical assistance in designing and implementing data protection and cyber security policies and procedures for their businesses. The range of consultancy services and products supplied by the Group has grown over the years to meet the demands of clients. The consultancy services provided by the Group include (i) GRC Consultancy; and (ii) Technical Services.
The Consultancy Division provides on-site and remote support helping organisations to design and implement data protection and cyber security policies and procedures, including preparation for and ongoing compliance with GDPR and achieving and maintaining ISO 27001 certification.
Technical Services provides a range of services and products including:
penetration testing, where the Group carries out an authorised simulated attack on a customer’s IT systems to test the effectiveness of the systems and procedures and to identify any weaknesses; and
PCI DSS assessments, the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard applies to all organisations worldwide that transmit, process or store payment card data. The PCI DSS requires such organisations to have their data protection and cyber security systems tested regularly.
Cyber Essentials certification and consultancy, where the Group provides an accredited certification service through an online portal that helps organisations of all sizes become certified to the UK government’s Cyber Essentials scheme.
The Group attracts most of its consultancy customers as a result of online searches carried out by the customer or via training courses, recommendation or a relationship that developed over a period of time.
Publishing and Distribution Division
The Group sells books, documentation templates and software via its websites, both those it publishes or writes itself and those supplied by third parties.
Most of the books sold by the Group relate to how businesses should manage their IT risk exposures or standards published by various bodies. The Group at present publishes 145 books and pocket guides. The Group commissions authors to write books on subjects where on the basis of feedback from clients or knowledge of the markets in which the Group operates they believe there will be demand. The Group also sells titles published by third parties including; IEC , the British Standards Institution; the Stationary Office]; John Wiley; ISACA; Van Haren and Rothstein.
In addition, the Group creates and sells 37 documentation templates that are used by customers to assist them to document their IT systems and procedures.
The Group also creates and sells software solutions through its subsidiary, Vigilant Software Ltd, which also forms part of the Publishing and Distribution Division. One of the Vigilant software tools, VsRisk, provides a program for identifying and recording management decisions relating to the information security risk levels within an organisation’. The Group has also developed two more recently launched software offerings: a compliance management tool and a data flow mapping tool.
The majority of the Publishing and Distribution Division’s sales are online and require limited human intervention. The Group generates sales through the use of key words and a limited amount of “pay per click” advertising through online search engines.

admission to AIM 5 March 2018

Nice move up today, low volume.

So far going in the right direction.

£2 next stop.

Trading Update
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GRC International Group PLC
25 April 2018

25 April 2018

GRC International Group plc

("GRC International", the "Company" or the "Group")

Trading Update

GRC International Group plc (AIM:GRC), the one-stop shop for cyber security and data compliance products and services (including GDPR), is pleased to announce that trading performance for the year ended 31 March 2018 was ahead of the Board's expectations and significantly ahead of prior year.
Total billings1 for the financial year ended 31 March 2018 exceeded £16.2 million (2017: £7.3 million) representing a 122 per cent. organic increase on prior year. Revenue is anticipated to show a similar level of growth at more than £15 million.

There were more than 538,000 website visits in March 2018 compared to 349,000 in January 2018. The Directors believe that there is a strong correlation between website visit numbers and billings and consequently expects a strong start to the current financial year.

The Board remain confident of further growth in the current financial year.

Actually hit £2 today, a fraction below now.

Another good rise today.

15.5% today rise as well.

Another good rise today.

Could break 300p, only a month ago at 200p.

300p reached.

A large buyer present.

Final results for the year ended 31 March 2018
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GRC International Group PLC
18 September 2018

18 September 2018

This announcement contains inside information for the purposes of Article 7 of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014.

GRC International Group plc

Final results for the year ended 31 March 2018


GRC International Group plc ("GRC International" or the "Group"), a leading supplier of IT governance, risk management and compliance products and services, is pleased to report its unaudited results for the 12 months ended 31 March 2018 ("FY18"). This constitutes the Group's first annual results as a public company, following admission of the Group to trading on AIM on 5 March 2018.


Financial Highlights
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Group revenues increased 131% to £15.7m (FY17: £6.8m)
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Underlying EBITDA1 increased 55% to £1.7m (FY17: £1.1m)
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Exceptional items during the period totalled £714,000 (FY17: £nil)
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Earnings per share (EPS) was 0.4p (FY17: 1.27p)
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Cash at period end of £5.6m (FY17: £0.4m)

Operational highlights
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International revenues grew strongly over the year (up 131% YoY) and represent 19% of the Group's total revenues
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Strong order growth saw the number of full time employees at the Group grow from 93 to 262
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Operations commenced in Ireland and Northern Europe (and in the US since the year end)

Successful IPO on the London Stock Exchange
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Admission to AIM effective 5 March 2018
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Raised £5.04m for the Company (before costs). All costs were paid out of working capital

Outlook and current trading
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Strong momentum in the business since IPO with further significant progress expected over the course of FY19

1 Underlying EBITDA is defined in the Financial Review contained within this announcement.


Commenting on the results, Alan Calder, Chief Executive Officer, said:

"FY18 was a transformational year for GRC International, as we grew significantly our revenues, profits, client base, number of staff and services offered, culminating in our admission to trading on AIM in March of this year.

"The IT governance, risk and compliance market is growing fast and becoming global. Our admission to AIM has given us the platform to grow our business rapidly, utilising our skills of agility and innovation.

"We have observed a solid performance in the new financial year, in part due to benefits realised from the implementation deadline of the EU's GDPR regulation on 25th May 2018. Operations are now established in Ireland, the US and Northern Europe, and we expect to see an interesting pipeline of possible acquisition targets develop.

It is against this backdrop that we expect to deliver further significant progress in the new financial year to 31 March 2019".


Analyst presentation

GRC International is holding a presentation to analysts at 09:00 today at the offices of Citigate Dewe Rogerson, 3 London Wall Building, London Wall, EC2M 5SY. Analysts wishing to attend should contact grcinternational@citigatedewerogerson.com to register.

The full year results and presentation slides can be found on GRC's website at
https://www.grci.group/

Blimey , well done dream .