Half-year Report - 30 June 2021
International Personal Finance plc
Consolidated Half-year Financial Report for the period ended 30 June 2021
Management Board Report
Principal activity
International Personal Finance plc specialises in providing unsecured consumer credit to 1.7 million customers across 11 markets. We operate the world's largest home credit business and a fintech operator, IPF Digital.
Financial and operational highlights
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Significantly improved financial performance and dividend restored | |||||
| o | Group profit before tax of £43.3 million and all divisions profitable (H1 2020: Loss of £53.3m) | |||||
| o | Proposed interim dividend of 2.2 pence per share (H1 2020: Nil) | |||||
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Robust trading performance | |||||
| o | Very good progress made in rebuilding the business and serving our customers safely | |||||
| o | Successful strategy of selectively relaxing credit settings delivered 25% increase in credit issued year on year, with Q2 15% ahead of Q1 | |||||
| o | Closing receivables increased by 5% (at CER) since the 2020 year end | |||||
| o | Significant improvement in impairment as a percentage of revenue to 13.7% (FY 2020: 37.4%) enabled by continued strong collections performance | |||||
| o | Cost saving benefits from 2020 rightsizing programme delivered - Other costs £13.4 million lower year on year | |||||
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Strong funding position and well capitalised balance sheet | |||||
| o | Equity to receivables ratio 53.8% at 30 June 2021 | |||||
| o | Bond and bank facilities total £596 million to support future growth | |||||
| o | Undrawn facilities and non-operational cash balances of £173 million |
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| Group key statistics | H1 2020 | H1 2021 | YOY change at CER | |||
| Customer numbers (000s) | 1,818 | 1,679 | (7.6%) | |||
| Credit issued (£m) | 378.2 | 459.5 | 25.1% | |||
| Revenue (£m) | 362.2 | 262.9 | (25.4%) | |||
| Annualised impairment % revenue | 37.5% | 13.7% | 23.8 ppts | |||
| Annualised cost-income ratio | 44.3% | 53.8% | (9.5 ppts) | |||
| Statutory (LBT) / PBT (£m) | (53.3) | 43.3 | ||||
| Statutory (LPS) / EPS (pence) | (27.7) | 10.3 | ||||
| Half-year dividend per share (pence) | - | 2.2 | ||||
Gerard Ryan, Chief Executive Officer at IPF commented:"Our business plays a very important role in society by providing credit responsibly to those who are underbanked or underserved and, against a challenging backdrop of frequently changing lockdown restrictions, our teams have worked hard to serve our customers safely and rebuild our business. I am very pleased to report a significantly improved financial performance, with the Group delivering £43.3 million profit in the first half of the year. Demand for credit is beginning to recover in our segment and we are well positioned to meet the significant longer-term demand for affordable credit from the consumers we serve and deliver long-term value to our stakeholders. Based on our rapid and sustainable return to profitability and the undoubted strength of our balance sheet, the Board has recommended a resumption of dividend payments to shareholders."
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