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Dave Thornton

Partner

Ferro Analytics

On plan

Process analytics for heavy industry, instrumenting furnaces and rolling mills to cut energy per tonne.

Industrial SoftwareSeries BItalyInvested Jan 17, 2022Lead: Dave

Next board meeting

Thu, August 13

in 2 weeks

Status rationale: Infrastructure optimisation added five points of gross margin, and the quarter closed slightly ahead on ARR.Updated Jul 24, 2026

ARR

£6.3m

Budget: £6.1m+3%

ARR Growth

19.0%

Budget: 17.0%+12%

Cash Balance

£5.1m

Budget: £4.8m+6%

Net Burn

£0.2m

Budget: £0.3m-19%

Runway

23.2 mo

Budget: 17.8 mo+30%

Gross Margin

71.0%

Budget: 66.0%+8%

Net Revenue Retention

114.0%

Budget: 109.0%+5%

Churn

3.4%

Budget: 4.1%-17%

Pipeline Value

£7.2m

Budget: £6.5m+11%

ARR Trend (last 5 quarters)

  • £4.4m
    Q2 25
  • £4.9m
    Q3 25
  • £5.4m
    Q4 25
  • £5.9m
    Q1 26
  • £6.3m
    Q2 26

Metrics

Actuals vs plan, with extraction confidence.

Metrics
MetricValuevs. planConfidence
ARR£6.3mOn plan
90%
ARR Growth19.0%On plan
86%
Cash Balance£5.1mOn plan
93%
Net Burn£0.2mOn plan
80%
Runway23.2 moOn plan
74%
Gross Margin71.0%On plan
45%
Net Revenue Retention114.0%On plan
56%
Churn3.4%On plan
51%
Pipeline Value£7.2mOn plan
40%