Ouzo for the Sheriff, time for Richard Horseface to sing the ShareProphets National Anthem – Toople goes bust

With serial failure Richard “horseface” Horsman as chairman since its 2016 IPO, Toople (TOOP) has always been a disaster and I have always been a bear. The CEO changed regularly but the pattern of cash guzzling underperformance was always the same. Oh, and it also lied to investors as I showed most recently, HERE. That is never a good sign. Today the Fat Lady has arrived bringing a bottle of ouzo for the Sheriff as she gets read to sing with the loser Horseface.

Toople dire interims, insolvency looms and is it admitting to lying to investors about money?

Toople (TOOP) has always been a dog with fleas and anyone owning the shares, down another 28% today to 0.021p has only themselves to blame – the loss since launch is now 99.75%.  But today’s statement seems to contain an admission of an obvious and monstrous lie told in an RNS before Christmas. Is low life adviser Novum happy with its clients lying to investors? I suspect it doesn't care as long as it is paid but I'd hope that the FCA would care.

Toople: cash generation does NOT mean it isn’t burning cash!

Let us be clear: Toople (TOOP) chairman, Richard Horsman, has not lied in today’s AGM statement. It is just that his dim-witted shareholder base has misunderstood him, thus sending the shares spiking unjustifiably. Let me explain.

Toople - CEO lies about dilutive death spiral loan

Toople (TOOP), the sub-standard listed company, today issued an RNS about “debt financing”. And in that RNS, the CEO lies. Never buy shares in companies where the CEO is shown to tell a lie, as there are bound to be others you are unaware of.

Toople – when will it Topple and die?

Today. Toople (TOOP) a sub-standard listed company which I have warned about many times,  published its results for the year ended 30 September 2021.  The company made a loss before tax of £1,280,950 on turnover of £3,012,936.  The real concern is the fall in revenues when the comparatives included only 7 and a 1/2 months from DMS Holdings Limited showing that the “core” Toople business once all its non-paying customers were removed had a massive slump in revenue.

Toople (#TOOP) – placing for just £0.38m at 0.045p per share

Toople – LTIP “to encourage long-term value creation”. Er...

Toople (TOOP), which states that it “provides bespoke telecoms services for its fast growing target market of UK SMEs”, has announced a 'long term incentive plan' “to encourage long-term value creation for the group's shareholders and to align the interests of the participants with shareholders”. Er...

Toople – another lock in clause torn up early with a quite utterly pathetic excuse

And so to another stinker from the "we said there was a lock in but we were only kidding" department. The excuse for scrapping this one is the most risible yet.

Toople – observations on the Prospectus: More red flags for Tea Vicar?

Perma dog Toople (TOOP) published its Prospectus today so I took a quick look through the tome and draw out some interesting elements below. Suffice to say the document is strewn with red flags and unanswered questions but demonstrates quite clearly the unacceptable greed of certain City advisors. They will prosper from this deal. Those owning the shares will not and this stock is utterly uninvestable at any price. So here is today’s list lof red flags and questions from the document.

Toople & the DMS deal: the questions are mounting

Over the weekend I flagged up more questions that are begging about the purchase of DMS Holding 2017 Limited announced by uber dog Toople (TOOP) on Friday.  So far no response. So here are a couple more for financial advisor Cairn, of Cloudtag infamy, to ignore completely.

Toople – now about that acquisition sloppily and misleadingy announced yesterday: is there really a £900,000 black hole?

Yesterday I raised a number of concerns relating to the acquisition announced by uber-dog Toople (TOOP).  I fear there are more. We can start with the fact that the RNS needs to be re-issued as it refers to the wrong companies. Then there is a matter of a potential £900,000 black hole which could sink Toople completely…

Toople: placing, Results, What’s not to like? Everything, that is what

Ramped by Bulletin Board Morons, Toople (TOOP) is the sort of uber dog with fleas that should have been shot and put out of its misery eons ago. Today we have results, an acquisition and a bailout placing. Let’s start with the numbers.

Toople – from less than 2 weeks ago “cash… sufficient to allow business to continue with the growth plan” to…

Writing on provider of telecom services to UK SMEs Toople (TOOP) less than two weeks ago, I questioned “cash… sufficient to allow business to continue with the growth plan”. Really?. Now an announcement; “Repayment of Debt and Private Placing”…

Toople (#TOOP) – raises £0.662m at 0.35p per share, a 5% discount

Toople – interims, “cash… sufficient to allow business to continue with the growth plan”. Really?...

Previously writing on provider of telecom services to UK SMEs Toople (TOOP), it was argues “tremendous progress”… but what about to that ‘positive cash flow generation’?. Today results for the company’s half-year ended 31st March 2019 argue “this has been an excellent six months for the company… Current trading is strong with another record month in April and a healthy new business pipeline… initiatives and our excellent product offering and customer service will, we believe, ultimately set us on the road to achieve our stated goal of long term future profitability”. The shares have currently responded, er, towards 0.50p – more than 7% lower…

Toople – argues “tremendous progress”… but what about to that ‘positive cash flow generation’?

An AGM statement from provider of a range of telecoms services to UK SMEs, Toople (TOOP) commences “over the last few months we have made tremendous progress and I am very pleased to announce that Toople is showing strong growth, proving that our strategy is working” – and the shares have responded currently to 0.27p, 8% higher…

Toople (#TOOP) – argues “tremendous progress”, though not in EBITDA “as we continue to invest in our direct marketing and sales operations”

Toople – shows contempt for ordinary investors with “delighted to announce” placing

A “Major Contract Win” announcement from Toople (TOOP) on 29th August followed the prior week “contract win demonstrates that Toople is excellently placed” and saw the shares soar to more than 0.92p. I warned with an attempted bailout financing looking on the horizon, sell / avoid, and the shares had settled somewhat around 0.75p before a now “Proposed placing to raise £2.2 million”…

Toople (#TOOP) – £2.2m placing at 0.3p, a 60% discount!

Toople – “Major Contract Win”. Just in-time for a major bailout financing?

A “Major Contract Win” announcement from Toople (TOOP) sees shares in the company currently soaring higher. What’s the detail?...