Italian company listed on AIM secures the services of FD Solutions

Acta S.p.A is based in Tuscany, Italy, where it develops and produces platinum-free catalysts for the fuel cell industry. In September 2005 it completed a successful £9m placing and admission to the AIM market of the London stock exchange. This investment and subsequent expansion placed a significant burden on the existing finance function.

FD Solutions was appointed to assist with the transition to IFRS accounting. An Excel model was developed which extracted the information from the accounting system used by the local firm of Italian accountants and put it in a format suitable for the production of the first set of IFRS consolidated financial statements. 

Early in 2006, the accounting was brought in-house and set up on Navision. We were then asked to return to Acta to assist with the production of June 2006 interim IFRS consolidated accounts for AIM. The model was updated to reflect the new system.

Paul Barritt, the new CFO, commented in a letter to our managing director:

“I just wanted you to know that the interims were delivered on time and to a high standard of work. Bryan Lawrie worked hard on it and I was particularly pleased with the structure of the final Excel workbook, which will be a useful tool for the future. Please give Bryan my thanks.”

Subsequently, FD Solutions has also been appointed by the client to set up the finance function in the new UK office.

This case study demonstrates the wide range of expertise of the team at FD Solutions and the way we can add value where there is a skill gap and also when a client’s CFO just needs additional high-level temporary resource.