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rate fluctuation, reduced product demand, increased competition, inability to produce required capacity, unavailability of financing,
−Removed: government action, weather conditions and other uncertainties, including those detailed in our SEC filings.
−Removed: We assume no duty to update
−Removed: forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date of such statements.
−Removed: following discussion should be read in conjunction with Item 8, Financial Statements, in Part II of this Annual Report.
+Added: government action, weather conditions, and other uncertainties, including those detailed in our Commission filings and at the forepart of this
+Added: Annual Report.
+Added: We assume no duty to update forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date of such statements.
+Added: following discussion should be read in conjunction with our financial statements contained in Part II, Item 8, Financial Statements ,
+Added: below, of this Annual Report.
of Current and Planned Operations
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sells STEM/STEAM products to educational and recreational entities serving youth.
−Removed: At this time, we do not attempt to
−Removed: align our products to fit in the classroom setting although we are aware that some of our customers use our products to fill enrichment
−Removed: time blocks in the classroom during formal school time.
−Removed: Classroom curriculum must align with specific state standards to be considered
−Removed: Each state has their own unique set of standards, making classroom curriculum development a state by-state endeavor.
−Removed: the other hand, out of school programs are not subject to state governmental standard alignments, although these programs often require
−Removed: that educational programs align with various sets of state or national educational standards.
−Removed: This difference makes it easier to penetrate
−Removed: out-of-school programs, as more freedoms exist for curriculum development.
−Removed: We focus our efforts on these out-of-school programs, which
−Removed: include summer school, summer camps, YMCA programs, Boys and Girls club programs, and various other programs offered outside of the classroom,
−Removed: at all times of the year, that are too numerous to list.
−Removed: Oftentimes, these programs are sponsored, administered and/or supported by local
−Removed: school districts, and we employ considerable efforts to build relationships with these types of school districts to provide desired programing
−Removed: for their out-of-school programs.
−Removed: The majority of the time, the out-of-school programs offered are funded with grants;
−Removed: however, some
−Removed: programs are run on a for-profit basis.
−Removed: The Company sells to all of these types of entities.
+Added: Because the majority of our customers
+Added: work in out-of-school-time settings, we have not attempted to align our products to fit in the classroom setting, until recently.
+Added: curriculum must promote academic achievement through rigorous alignment with specific state standards to be considered for use.
+Added: state has its own unique set of standards, making classroom curriculum development a state by-state endeavor.
+Added: the other hand, out of school programs focus more broadly on the goals of engagement, career exploration and development of 21 st
+Added: century skills.
+Added: This difference makes it easier to penetrate out-of-school programs, as more freedoms exist for curriculum development.
+Added: We focus our efforts on these out-of-school programs, which include summer school, summer camps, YMCA programs, Boys and Girls club programs,
+Added: and various other programs offered outside of the classroom, at all times of the year, that are too numerous to list.
+Added: Oftentimes, these
+Added: programs are sponsored, administered, and/or supported by local school districts, and we employ considerable efforts to build relationships
+Added: with these types of school districts to provide desired programing for their out-of-school programs.
+Added: The majority of the time, the out-of-school
+Added: programs offered are funded with grants;
+Added: however, some programs are run on a for-profit basis.
+Added: The Company sells to all of these types
+Added: given the new administration’s stated goals of removing federal influence and administration from education, and returning those
+Added: functions to the states, we are now considering which of our products would be adaptable to the educational standards of certain larger
+Added: We intend to continue to weigh state-level priorities much more heavily in the development of future products as well.
+Added: a transition from federal dominance to state dominance of the application of educational standards to curriculum as likely, albeit over
+Added: a long time frame, and we are adapting our product development to this change in our market.
+Added: feedback also indicates that products that have evidence of their effectiveness are increasingly being demanded, especially in state-funded
+Added: programs and larger programs.
+Added: While we maintain a library of the evidence we have accumulated about the outcomes one can expect when
+Added: using our products, and while this library of evidence has helped us win larger orders, we believe that expanding this library and upgrading
+Added: the tiers of evidence we have will produce meaningful benefits for future sales.
+Added: have engaged various firms to help us generate more compelling evidence of our products’ effectiveness.
+Added: We are early in this process,
+Added: but we intend to substantially build out our library of evidence of our products’ effectiveness.
+Added: The course we take to accomplish
+Added: this endeavor will depend on our experiences with these early initiatives.
offer professional development training for instructors using our products, and typically charge a fee for this service, with the fee
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nature of our target market produces considerable seasonality for the Company’s revenue.
−Removed: The quarters ended June 30 and September
−Removed: 30 tend to be the peak of this seasonality (with the quarter ended March 31 being close to these quarters), while the quarter ended December
−Removed: 31 tends to be the low point of our seasonality.
+Added: The quarters ending June 30 and September
+Added: 30 tend to be the peak of this seasonality (with the quarter ending March 31 being close to these quarters), while the quarter ending
+Added: December 31 tends to be the low point of our seasonality.
The Table below reflects this seasonality.
Quarterly Revenue
−Removed: Company, through winning a competitive “Request For Proposal,” added the Air Force Junior Reserve Officers’ Training
−Removed: Corp (“AFJROTC”) as a customer in the second half of calendar year 2022.
−Removed: We experienced elevated sales due to the fulfillment
−Removed: of the AFJROTC orders for the quarters ended December 31, 2022, March 31, 2023, and September 30, 2023.
−Removed: One of the AFJROTC revenue quarters
−Removed: was December 31, 2022, which corresponds with the lowest seasonal revenue quarter, so the effects of seasonality in 2022 was not as readily
−Removed: apparent as in other calendar years.
−Removed: The table below removes the AFJROTC revenue to highlight the seasonality that the Company experiences.
−Removed: Quarterly Revenue
−Removed: Less Air Force JROTC Revenue
−Removed: the quarter ended December 31, we focused on product development, restocking inventory, and general planning for the next year.
−Removed: marketing activities remain fairly constant throughout the year.
+Added: the quarter ending December 31, we focus on product development, restocking inventory, and general planning for the next year.
+Added: and marketing activities remain fairly constant throughout the year.
of Operations
the year ended March 31, 2025, our revenue was $7,421,228 compared to $9,094,466 for the year ended March 31, 2024.
−Removed: Company has been soliciting larger customers for over two years and has seen some success.
+Added: There were five (5)
+Added: factors that negatively impacted our revenue in fiscal year 2025 versus that in fiscal year 2024.
+Added: did not win an Iowa STEM Scale-Up contract in fiscal year 2025 and reported no revenue from that customer.
+Added: In fiscal year 2024, our
+Added: revenue from our Iowa STEM Scale-Up contract was $823,143.
+Added: In fiscal year 2023, our revenue from this customer was $467,457.
+Added: a contract for fiscal year 2026 and expect associated revenue for this contract to be closer to our fiscal year 2023 experience.
+Added: Catapult order was significantly less in fiscal year 2025 versus that of fiscal year 2024.
+Added: Catapult administers summer programming
+Added: in Missouri due to the state’s public funding of such programs.
+Added: They experience annual fluctuations in their customer base,
+Added: and they inventory our products over the course of the year.
+Added: Thus, seasons when their customer base is down and when their inventory
+Added: of our products is high produce smaller orders than seasons when their customer base is up and they have a low inventory of our products.
+Added: We believe that their order placed with us in fiscal year 2025, in the aggregate amount of $587,100, was under the former conditions,
+Added: and that their order placed with us in fiscal year 2024, in the amount of $1,286,695, was under the latter conditions.
+Added: Air Force JROTC (“AFJROTC”) contract produces less revenue as the contract ages.
+Added: The AFJROTC has approximately 884 sites, and we have
+Added: sold into approximately 642 of them thus far.
+Added: expiration of ESSER funds on September 30, 2024, eliminated a key funding stream for our products during the second half of our fiscal
+Added: change in Presidential administration created significant changes in the education market regarding funding streams, administration
+Added: of grants, and general federal influence over education.
+Added: These changes were and still are disruptive to educational decision making
+Added: and, thus, disruptive to our market.
+Added: Company has been soliciting larger customers for over three (3) years and has seen some success.
The AFJROTC is the Company’s largest
−Removed: success by a wide margin, producing revenue of $1,269,036 in the year ended March 31, 2024, and $2,655,336 in the year ended March 31,
−Removed: have experienced other successes in its campaign to find larger customers.
+Added: success by a wide margin, producing revenue of $453,314 in the year ended March 31, 2025, $1,269,036 in the year ended March 31, 2024,
+Added: and $2,655,336 in the year ended March 31, 2023.
+Added: have experienced other successes in our campaign to find larger customers.
The table below shows customer transactions by size for the
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During inflationary environments, when the price level of the Company’s
−Removed: raw materials is increasing, the Company must absorb that negative impact to gross margins until it can reprice its products at the beginning
+Added: raw materials is increasing, the Company must absorb that negative impact to gross margins until we can reprice our products at the beginning
of the next calendar year.
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issues with raw materials
+Added: percentage of reseller sales
+Added: percentage of reseller sales
expenses are divided into two categories – salary + wages, and general + administrative.
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and wages were $1,914,941 for the year ended March 31, 2025, compared to $1,778,946 for the year ended March 31, 2024.
+Added: As of March 31,
+Added: 2025, we had 25 full-time employees.
+Added: As of March 31, 2024, we had 22 full-time employees.
and administrative expenses include all operating expenses outside of salaries and wages.
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and warehouse infrastructure expenses.
−Removed: of these expenses are not correlated with changes in revenue, but they tend to increase over time.
−Removed: General and administrative expenses
−Removed: were $1,148,652 for the year ended March 31, 2024.
+Added: of these expenses are not strongly correlated with changes in revenue, but they tend to increase over time.
+Added: General and administrative
+Added: expenses were $1,439,014 for the year ended March 31, 2025.
For the year ended March 31, 2024, general and administrative expenses were
−Removed: Company currently leases a 10,000 square foot facility which ends in October of 2024.
−Removed: We are currently looking for new space, with the
−Removed: expectation that we need at least double the amount of space we currently occupy to accommodate our needs in achieving our growth expectations.
−Removed: This will cause general and administrative expenses to increase noticeably, as will the additional expenses associated with being a Commission
−Removed: reporting company.
+Added: In late October and early November of 2024, we ended our lease on our 10,000 square foot combined warehouse and office facility,
+Added: and entered into two (2) new leases - a 20,880 square foot warehouse and R&D facility, and a 5,016 square foot corporate office facility.
+Added: This expansion was the primary driver in the increase in general and administrative expenses in fiscal year 2025 versus fiscal year 2024,
+Added: although general inflation also played a significant role.
Operating expenses for the year ended March 31, 2025, were $3,353,955, compared to $2,927,598 for the year ended March 31, 2024.
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income and expenses are those outside of the Company’s ordinary course of business.
−Removed: During Covid, the Paycheck Protection Program
−Removed: was offered to companies to keep employees on the payroll during the lockdowns.
−Removed: The Company operated throughout this environment and
−Removed: never initiated action to reduce employee headcount.
−Removed: The financial benefits of the Payroll Protection Program was an item disclosed in
−Removed: the other income and expenses category.
−Removed: Likewise, the Employee Retention Tax Credit was offered for similar purposes, and the Company
−Removed: qualified for those benefits, which are also disclosed under other income and expenses.
+Added: During the Covid pandemic, the Employee Retention
+Added: Tax Credit was offered to companies to keep employees on the payroll during the lockdowns.
+Added: The Company qualified for those benefits,
+Added: which are disclosed under other income and expenses.
income and interest expense are also disclosed under other income and expenses.
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government securities.
−Removed: The ticker symbol of this fund is “VMFXX.” The Company’s switch from net debtor to net creditor explains the swing
−Removed: from interest expense to interest income observable for the years ended March 31, 2024, and March 31, 2023.
−Removed: the year ended March 31, 2024, other income and expenses were $104,328, with interest income totaling $48,904.
−Removed: For the year ended March
−Removed: 31, 2023, other income and expenses were ($47,745), with interest expense totaling ($142,605).
+Added: The ticker symbol of this fund is “VMFXX.”
+Added: the year ended March 31, 2025, other income and expenses were $127,930, with net interest income comprising the entire amount.
+Added: year ended March 31, 2024, other income and expenses were $104,328, with interest income totaling $48,904.
Income Before Tax
the year ended March 31, 2025, net income before tax was $1,211,263 versus $2,911,395 for the year ended March 31, 2024.
−Removed: experienced a higher sales level in fiscal year 2024 versus that of fiscal year 2023, which largely accounts for the difference in net
+Added: experienced a lower sales level in fiscal year 2025 versus that of fiscal year 2024, which largely accounts for the difference in net
income before tax for these two periods.
+Added: Operating expenses in fiscal year 2025 were also higher than those for fiscal year 2024.
Company has significant net operating losses which arose due to past losses.
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of approximately $8.0 million that may be offset against future taxable income.
−Removed: The federal and state net operating losses and tax credits
−Removed: expire in years beginning in 2026.
+Added: The federal net operating losses and tax credits expire
+Added: in years beginning in 2029.
+Added: The state net operating losses and tax credits expire in years beginning in 2026.
to fiscal year 2023, the Company offset its potential tax benefit from the operating loss carry-forwards with a valuation allowance in
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The valuation allowance was fully removed as of March 31, 2024, resulting in a tax benefit of $1,529,793 for fiscal
+Added: Once the valuation allowance was fully removed, a provision for income taxes was disclosed.
+Added: For the fiscal year ending March
+Added: 31, 2025, the Company’s provision for income taxes was ($264,865).
the year ended March 31, 2025, net income was $946,865 versus $4,441,188 for the year ended March 31, 2024.
Removing the tax loss carry-forward
−Removed: valuation allowance added $1,529,793 to net income for the year ended March 31, 2024, and $1,011,466 for the year ended March 31, 2023.
+Added: valuation allowance added $1,529,793 to net income for the year ended March 31, 2024.
and Capital Resources
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year ended March 31, 2024.
−Removed: Increases in accounts receivable and inventory as of March 31, 2024, compared to March 31, 2023, were the
−Removed: two largest factors in the difference in cash flow from operations for the two periods.
+Added: A decrease in accounts receivable and prepaid expenses, and a smaller increase in inventory as of March 31,
+Added: 2025, compared to March 31, 2024, were the largest factors behind the increase of cash flow from operations in fiscal year 2025 over
+Added: that in fiscal year 2024.
of March 31, 2025, total current assets were $5,918,984 and total current liabilities were $326,439, resulting in working capital of
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The improvements
−Removed: in working capital, current ratio, and cash on hand are all due to a significant increase in net income during fiscal year 2024 versus
−Removed: that for fiscal year 2023.
+Added: in working capital, current ratio, and cash on hand are largely due to the realization of $1,675,859 of accounts receivable during fiscal
+Added: year 2025 that were on the books at the end of fiscal year 2024.
Flow from Investing Activities
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for the year ended March 31, 2024.
−Removed: We purchased office equipment during these periods which accounts for the activity.
+Added: We purchased warehouse and office equipment related to our move from one facility to two during fiscal
+Added: year 2025, which accounts for the increase in cash used by investing activities.
Flow from Financing Activities
the year ended March 31, 2025, cash used by financing activities was $547,713.
+Added: We made the following common stock repurchase transactions
+Added: during fiscal year 2025, which accounts for this activity:
+Added: Total Consideration
+Added: the year ended March 31, 2024, cash used by financing activities was $64,933.
We purchased 998,985 shares of our common stock for $0.065
per share, which accounts for this activity.
−Removed: For the year ended March 31, 2023, cash used by financing activities was $1,463,327.
−Removed: this period, principal payments on debt accounted for $1,493,327 of the cash used by financing activities whereas we received $30,000
−Removed: from the sale of 1.25 million shares of stock related to the exercise of 1,000,000 options by Michael J.
−Removed: Bledsoe, our President, and
−Removed: 250,000 options by Michelle Fisher, our Director of Curriculum.
Sheet Arrangements
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