Is Bitgold financially solid?

On May 27, 2015 there was a very thorough article by Bullionvault CEO Paul Tustain on the Bitgold and Goldmoney merger where he raises very interesting points about the financial stability of the Bitgold and Goldmoney combination and presents a three year comparison chart between Bullionvault and Goldmoney.
Those results made scary reading.

    GoldMoney's sales have collapsed – by 78.7% over three years.
    It lost £9.4 million in just one year – 2014.
    Its net assets fell from £25.4m in 2013 to £13.1m in 2015.
    At its March 2015 year-end it is still posting losses.
The financial statements speak for themselves and tell the story of incredible mismanagement at Goldmoney relative to Bullionvault. It will be interesting to see whether the Goldmoney will be turned around via this merger with Bitgold.

On May 29, 2015 Bitgold announced a CAD$21m bought deal financing which should ally some of the concerns Mr. Tustain raised..

Consequently, while the uncertainty risk from a new service provider may not outweigh the risk of going with a trusted provider like BullionVault the merger with GoldMoney should be taken into account. 
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