We have audited the accompanying standalone financial statements of ADARSH MERCANTILELIMITED (“the Company”) which comprises the Balance Sheet as at 31st March, 2024, the Statement ofProfit and Loss (including Other Comprehensive Income), the Cash Flow Statement and the Statement ofChanges in Equity for the year then ended, and notes to the financial statements, including a summary ofsignificant accounting policies and other explanatory information.
In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanations given to us, theaforesaid standalone financial statements give the information required by the Companies Act, 2013 (“theAct”), as amended in the manner so required and give a true mid fair view in conformity with theaccounting principles generally accepted in India, of the state of affairs of the Company as at 31st March,2024 and its loss including other comprehensive income, its cash flows and the changes in equity for theyear ended on that date.
BASIS FOR OPINION
We conducted our audit in accordance with the Standards on Auditing (SAs) specified under section143(10) of the Act. Our responsibilities under those Standards are further described in the Auditor’sResponsibilities for the Audit of the Standalone Financial Statements section of our report. We areindependent of the Company in accordance with the Code of Ethics issued by the Institute of CharteredAccountants of India (‘ICAI’) together with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of theStandalone Financial Statements under the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013 and the Rulesthereunder, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirementsand the Code of Ethics. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriateto provide a basis for our opinion,
KEY AUDIT MATTERS
Key audit matters are those matters that, in our professional judgment, were of most significance in ouraudit of the Standalone Financial Statements of the current period. These matters were addressed in thecontext of our audit of the Standalone Financial Statements as a whole, and in forming our opinionthereon, and we do not provide a separate opinion on these matters.
We have determined that there are no key audit matter to be communicated in our report.
INFORMATION OTHER THAN THE STANDALONE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ANDAUDITOR’S REPORT THEREON
The Company’s Board of Directors is responsible for the other information. The other informationcomprises the information included in the Annual Report, but does not include the Standalone FinancialStatements and our auditor’s report thereon.
Our opinion on the Standalone Financial Statements does not cover the other information and we do notexpress any form of assurance conclusion thereon.
In connection with our audit of the Standalone Financial Statements, our responsibility is to read the otherinformation and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with theStandalone Financial Statements or our knowledge obtained in the audit or otherwise appears to bematerially misstated. If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is a materialmisstatement of this other information; we are required to report that fact. We have nothing to report in thisregard.
RESPONSIBILITY OF MANAGEMENT AND THOSE CHARGED WITH GOVERNANCE FORTHE STANDALONE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
The accompanying standalone financial statements have been approved by the Company’s Board ofDirectors. The Company’s Board of Directors are responsible for the matters stated in section 134(5) of theCompanies Act, 2013 (“the Act”) with respect to the preparation of these standalone financial statementsthat give a true and fair view of the state of affairs (financial position), profit (financial performanceincluding other comprehensive income), changes in equity and cash flows and changes in equity of theCompany in accordance with the accounting principles generally accepted in India, including the IndianAccounting Standards (Ind AS) specified under section 133 of the Act read with the Companies (IndianAccounting Standards) Rules, 2015, as amended. This responsibility also includes maintenance ofadequate accounting records in accordance with the provisions of the Act for safeguarding of the assets ofthe Company and for preventing and detecting frauds and other irregularities; selection and application ofappropriate implementation and maintenance of accounting policies; making judgments and estimates thatare reasonable and prudent; and design, implementation and maintenance of adequate internal financialcontrols, that were operating effectively for ensuring the accuracy and completeness of the accountingrecords, relevant to the preparation and presentation of the Standalone Financial Statements that give a trueand fair view and are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.
In preparing the Standalone Financial Statements, management is responsible for assessing the Company’sability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and usingthe going concern basis of accounting unless management either intends to liquidate the Company or tocease operations, or has no realistic alternative but to do so.
The Board of Directors are also responsible for overseeing the Company’s financial reporting process.
AUDITOR’S RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE AUDIT OF THE STANDALONE FINANCIALSTATEMENTS
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the Standalone Financial Statements as awhole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor’s reportthat includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that anaudit conducted in accordance with SAs will always detect a material misstatement when it exists.Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate,they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of theseStandalone Financial Statements.
As part of an audit in accordance with Standards on Auditing, we exercise professional judgment andmaintain professional skepticism throughout the audit. We also:
• Identify and assess the risks of material misstatement of the Standalone Financial Statements, whetherdue to fraud or error, design and perform audit procedures responsive to those risks, and obtain auditevidence that is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion. The risk of not detectinga material misstatement resulting from fraud is higher than for one resulting from error, as fraud mayinvolve collusion, forgery, intentional omissions, misrepresentations, or the override of internalcontrol.
• Obtain an understanding of internal control relevant to the audit in order to design audit proceduresthat are appropriate in the circumstances. Under section 143(3 )(i) of the Act, we are also responsiblefor expressing our opinion on whether the company has adequate internal financial controls system inplace and the operating effectiveness of such controls.
• Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of accountingestimates and related disclosures made by management.
• Conclude on the appropriateness of management’s use of the going concern basis of accounting and,based on the audit evidence obtained, whether a material uncertainty exists related to events orconditions that may cast significant doubt on the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. Ifwe conclude that a material uncertainty exists, we are required to draw attention in our auditor’sreport to the related disclosures in the Standalone Financial Statements or, if such disclosures areinadequate, to modify our opinion. Our conclusions are based on the audit evidence obtained up to thedate of our auditor’s report. However, future events or conditions may cause the Company to cease tocontinue as a going concern.
• Evaluate the overall presentation, structure and content of the Standalone Financial Statements,including the disclosures, and whether the Standalone Financial Statements represent the underlyingtransactions and events in a manner that achieves fair presentation.
• Obtain sufficient appropriate audit evidence regarding the financial information / financial statementsof Company to express an opinion on the financial statements. We are responsible for the direction,supervision and performance of the audit of financial statements of the Company.
We communicate with those charged with governance regarding, among other matters, the planned scopemid timing of the audit and significant audit findings, including any significant deficiencies in internalcontrol that we identify during our audit.
We also provide those charged with governance with a statement that we have complied with relevantethical requirements regarding independence, and to communicate with them all relationships and othermatters that may reasonably be thought to bear on our independence, and where applicable, relatedsafeguards.
REPORT ON OTHER LEGAL AND REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS
1. As required by the section 197(16) of the Act based on our audit, we report that the Company haspaid remuneration to its directors during the year in accordance with the provisions of and limitslaid down under section 197 read with Schedule V of the Act.
2. As required by the Companies (Auditor’s Report) Order, 2020 (“the Order”) issued by the CentralGovernment of India, in terms of section 143(11) of the Act, we give in the Annexure - “A”, astatement on the matters specified in paragraphs 3 and 4 of the Order, to the extent applicable.
3. As required by Section 143(3) of the Act based on our audit, we report, to the extent applicable,that:
a) We have sought and obtained all the information and explanations which to the best of ourknowledge and belief were necessary for the purpose of our audit of the accompanyingstandalone financial statements;
b) In our opinion, proper books of account as required by law have been kept by the Company sofar as it appears from our examination of those books;
c) The standalone financial statements dealt with by this report are in agreement with the booksof account;
d) In our opinion, the aforesaid Standalone Financial Statements comply with Ind AS specifiedunder section 133 of the Act.
e) On the basis of written representations received from the directors and taken on record by theBoard of Directors, none of the directors is disqualified as on 31 March, 2024 from beingappointed as a director in terms of Section 164(2) of the Act.
f) With respect to the adequacy of internal financial controls with reference to financialstatements of the Company as on 31 March 2024 and the operating effectiveness of suchcontrols, refer to our separate report in Annexure "B" wherein we have expressed anunmodified opinion; and
g) With respect to other matters to be included in the Auditor's Report in accordance with Rule11 of the Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014 (as amended), in our opinion and to thebest of our information and according to the explanations given to us:
(i) The Company does not have any pending litigations which would impact its financialposition as at 31 March 2024.
(ii) The Company did not have any long-term contracts including derivative contracts forwhich there were any material foreseeable losses as at 31 March 2024.
(iii) There were no amounts which were required to be transferred to the InvestorEducation and Protection Fund by the Company during the yearended 31 March 2024.
(iv) a. The management has represented that, to the best of its knowledge and belief, no
funds have been advanced or loaned or invested (either from borrowed funds orsecurities premium or any other sources or kind of funds) by the Company to or inany person(s) or entity(ies), including foreign entities (the intermediaries'), with theunderstanding, whether recorded in writing or otherwise, that the intermediary shall,whether, directly or indirectly lend or invest in other persons or entities identified inany manner whatsoever by or on behalf of the Company (the Ultimate Beneficiaries)or provide any guarantee, security or the like on behalf the Ultimate Beneficiaries.
b. The management has represented that, to the best of its knowledge and belief, nofunds have been received by the Company from any person(s) or entity(ies). includingforeign entities (die Funding Parties'), with the understanding, whether recorded inwriting or otherwise. That the Company shall whether directly or indirectly lend orinvest in other persons or entities identified in any manner whatsoever by or on behalfof the Funding Party (Ultimate Beneficiaries') or provide any guarantee, security or thelike on behalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries: and
c. Based on such audit procedures performed as considered reasonable andappropriate in the circumstances, nothing has come to our attention that causes us tobelieve that the management representations under sub-clauses (a) and (b) abovecontain any material misstatement.
v The Company has not declared or paid any dividend during the year ended 31 March 2024.
vi Reporting on Audit Trails
Based on our examination which included test checks, the company has used an accountingsoftware for maintaining its books of account which has a feature of recording audit trail (editlog) facility and the same has operated throughout the year for all relevant transactions recordedin the software. Further, during the course of our audit we did not come across any instance ofaudit trail feature being tampered with.
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Dated the 30th day of May, 2024 (Membership No. 234454)