Fortium Technologies Limited is a private company limited by shares incorporated in England and Wales. The registered office is Unit 6, Bridgend Business Centre, Bennett Street, Bridgend, Wales, CF31 3SH.
The financial statements are prepared in sterling, which is the functional currency of the company. Monetary amounts in these financial statements are rounded to the nearest £.
At the balance sheet date the company has net current liabilities of £1,017,034 and net liabilities of £1,014,644
The largest creditor being DST Innovations Limited has indicated whilst the amount due to them is classified as short term, they have no intention of calling in the amount and will continue to support the business for the foreseeable future.
In 2025, the company restructured its operations, giving rise to significant savings, which is partly reflected in this year’s reduced loss. The full effect of the restructure coupled with a new product due to go live mid 2026 will enable Fortium to return to profitability. The Directors are also looking at ways of restructuring the debt, which would provide longer term security.
Accordingly the financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis.
The gain or loss arising on the disposal of an asset is determined as the difference between the sale proceeds and the carrying value of the asset, and is credited or charged to profit or loss.
The company participates in a share-based payment arrangement granted to its employees and employees of its subsidiaries. The company has elected to recognise and measure its share-based payment expense on the basis of a reasonable allocation of the expense for the group recognised in its consolidated accounts. The directors consider the number of unvested options granted to the company’s employees compared to the total unvested options granted under the group plan to be a reasonable basis for allocating the expense.
The expense in relation to options over the company’s shares granted to employees of a subsidiary is recognised by the company as a capital contribution, and presented as an increase in the company’s investment in that subsidiary.
Research and Development
Expenditure on research is written off in the year in which it is incurred and development costs are capitalised only after commercial feasibility of the asset for sale or use have been established.
Share based payment
Equity-settled transactions
The cost of equity-settled transactions with employees is measured by reference to the fair value of the equity instruments granted at the date at which they are granted and is recognised as an expense over the vesting period, which ends on the date on which the relevant employees become fully entitled to the award. Fair value is determined by an external valuer using an appropriate pricing model. In valuing equity-settled transactions, no account is taken of any vesting conditions, other than conditions linked to the price of the shares of the company (market conditions) and non vesting conditions. No expense is recognised for awards that do not ultimately vest, except for awards where vesting is conditional upon a market or non vesting condition, which are treated as vesting irrespective of whether or not the market or non vesting condition is satisfied, provided that all other performance conditions are satisfied.
At each balance sheet date before vesting, the cumulative expense is calculated, representing the extent to which the vesting period has expired and management's best estimate of the achievement or otherwise of non-market conditions and of the number of equity instruments that will ultimately vest or in the case of an instrument subject to a market condition, be treated as vesting as described above. The movement in cumulative expense since the previous balance sheet date is recognised in the income statement, with a corresponding entry in equity.
Where the terms of an equity-settled award are modified or a new award is designated as replacing a cancelled or settled award, the cost based on the original award terms continues to be recognised over the original vesting period. In addition, an expense is recognised over the remainder of the new vesting period for the incremental fair value of any modification, based on the difference between the fair value of the original award and the fair value of the modified award, both as measured on the date of the modification. No reduction is recognised if this difference is negative.
Where an equity-settled award is cancelled, it is treated as if it had vested on the date of cancellation, and any cost not yet recognised in the profit and loss account for the award is expensed immediately. Any compensation paid up to the fair value of the award at the cancellation or settlement date is deducted from equity, with any excess over fair value expensed in the profit and loss account.
The average monthly number of persons (including directors) employed by the company during the year was:
Dividends totalling £0 (2024 - £0) were paid in the year in respect of shares held by the company's directors.
Included in Creditors: amounts falling due in one year are amounts due to shareholders of £2,352 (2024: £2,352).
An Enterprise Management Incentive (EMI) share option scheme was approved in March 2018. Under this scheme the options will vest if the employees who have been granted the options satisfy the working time requirements for the period up to and including the date of sale of the company. The options will lapse should the employee either leave employment or not meet the defined working time requirements. The contractual life of the options is ten years. During the year there were 0 share options granted (2024: 220, which following a share capital restructure undertaken by the company in the same year became 220,000 share options with an exercise price of £0.0001 per share). As at the 30 November 2025 the total number of options granted which have not lapsed is 783,000 (2024: 783,000). The fair value of equity settled options granted is estimated as at the date of grant based on a third party investment undertaken on an arms length basis and taking into account performance of the business since that date and the terms and conditions upon which the options are granted.
A second non - EMI share option scheme was approved in December 2020. Under this scheme the options will vest if the individuals who have been granted the options satisfy conditions up to and including the date of sale of the company. The options will lapse should the individual either leave employment or not meet the defined leaver requirements. The contractual life of the options is ten years. During the year there were 0 share options granted (2024: 56, which following a share capital restructure undertaken by the company in the year became 56,000 share options with an exercise price of £0.0001 per share). There are no cash settlement alternatives. As at the 30 November 2025 the total number of options granted which have not lapsed is 201,000 (2024: 201,000). The fair value of equity settled options granted is estimated as at the date of grant based on a third party investment undertaken on an arms length basis and taking into account performance of the business since that date and the terms and conditions upon which the options are granted.
A third non - EMI share option scheme was approved in December 2023. Under this scheme the options will vest if the individuals who have been granted the options satisfy conditions up to and including the date of sale of the company. The options will lapse should the individual either leave employment or not meet the defined leaver requirements. The contractual life of the options is ten years. During the year there were 0 share options granted (2024: 28, which following a share capital restructure undertaken by the company in the year became 28,000 share options with an exercise price of £0.0001 per share). There are no cash settlement alternatives. As at the 30 November 2025 the total number of options granted which have not lapsed is 13,000 (2024: 28,000). The fair value of equity settled options granted is estimated as at the date of grant based on a third party investment undertaken on an arms length basis and taking into account performance of the business since that date and the terms and conditions upon which the options are granted.
The expense recognised for these equity settled share-based payments during the year to 30 November 2025 is £nil (2024: £nil).