Your Directors have the pleasure in presenting their 10th Annual Report together withAudited Financial Statements of the Company for the year ended 31st March 2024.
(Rs. In Thousands
Income From Operations
As on 31.03.2024
As on 31.02.2023
Other Income
Nil
Total Income
Total Expenses
6,314.00
6,561.00
Profit / Loss before Tax
(6,314.00)
(6,561.00)
Current Tax
Deferred Tax
Prior period items
Profit / Loss for the year
Earnings per share (Rs.) : Basic
(0.68)
(0.71)
Diluted
(°-71)
Company has been inoperative for the last 2 (Two) years. The Net loss during the financial Year2023-24 was Rs. 6,314.00 thousands as compared to net loss of Rs. 6,561 thousands in previousfinancial year translating to Earning Per Share at Rs.(0.68). Your directors are optimistic forgrowth of company in near future.
During the financial year 2023-24 the Company has transferred loss of Rs. 6,314 thousands tothe general reserves.
There is no change in the nature of the business of the Company during the financial year.CHANGE IN THE NAME OF THE COMPANY
During the period under review, there has been no change in the name of the Company.
There are no material changes affecting the financial position of the company subsequent to theclose of the financial year 2022-23 till the date of report.
During the financial year 2023-24, there was no change in the Authorized, Issued, Subscribedand Paid-up Share Capital of the Company. As on March 31, 2024, the Authorized Share Capitalof the Company was Rs. 10,00,00,000/- comprising of 1,00,00,000 equity shares of Rs. 10/-each out of which Issued, Subscribed and Paid-up Share Capital was Rs. 9,29,70,000/-comprising of 92,97,000 equity shares of Rs. 10/- each.
Your Directors have not recommended any dividend on the equity shares for the financial yearended March 31, 2024, due to accumulated Losses.
In accordance with the provisions of Sections 186 of the Companies Act, 2013, completeparticulars of loans given, investments made, guarantees given and securities provided, if any,have been disclosed in the financial statements.
Your Company has not invited any deposits from public/ shareholders in accordance withChapter V of the Companies Act, 2013.
The Annual Return of the Company as on March 31, 2024 in Form MGT - 7 in accordance withSection 92(3) and Section 134(3)(a) of the Act as amended from time to time and the Companies(Management and Administration) Rules, 2014, will be made available on the website of theCompany at https: / /www.milestonefurniture.in.
None of the transactions with related parties entered by the Company during FY 2023-24, fallunder the scope of Section 188(1) of the Act. Accordingly, the disclosure of related partytransactions as required under Section 134(3)(h) of the Act in Form AOC-2 is not applicable tothe Company for FY 2023-24 and hence does not form part of this report.
The approval of the Audit Committee was sought for all transactions with related Parties. Certaintransactions which were repetitive in nature were approved through omnibus route.
As on 31st March 2024, the Company does not have any subsidiary/joint venture/associatecompanies.
In terms of SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015 exemptscompanies which have listed their specified securities on SME Exchange from compliance withcorporate governance provisions.
Since the equity share capital of your Company is listed exclusively on the SME Platform of BSE,the Company is exempted from compliance with Corporate Governance requirements, andaccordingly the reporting requirements like Corporate Governance Report, BusinessResponsibility Report etc. are not applicable to the Company.
Since the Company does not fall under the criteria stated under section 135 of the Act, theCompany has not developed or implemented a policy for Corporate Social Responsibility. In viewof the same no CSR initiative was undertaken by the company.
There are no significant material orders passed by the regulators or Courts or Tribunal whichwould impact the going concern status of the company and its future operation. However,Members attention is drawn to the statement on Contingent Liabilities and commitments in thenotes forming part of the financial statement.
The company’s operations do not involve high consumption of energy. The company has takenadequate measures for conservation of energy.
The foreign exchange earnings and outgo details are as below:
Particulars
2023-24(Rs.)
2022-23 (Rs.)
Foreign exchange earned in termsof actual inflows
Foreign exchange outgo in termsof actual outflows
Management Discussion and Analysis Report as required under the SEBI (Listing Obligationsand Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015 read with amendments thereto; forms part ofAnnual Report as Annexure- II.
The Board of Directors of the Company hereby confirms that all the Independent directors dulyappointed by the Company have given the declaration and they meet the criteria of independenceas provided under section 149(6) of the Companies Act, 2013.
The management of the Company making efforts for the future growth of the Company and itsshareholders by expanding their business on the other parts of the country.
The Board has carried out an annual evaluation of its own performance, as well as the workingof its Committees. The Board lay down the criteria for the performance evaluation. Thecontribution and impact of individual Directors were reviewed through a peer evaluation onparameters such as level of engagement and participation, flow of information, independence ofjudgment, conflicts resolution and their contribution in enhancing the Board's overalleffectiveness. A feedback cum assessment of individual directors, the board as a whole and itscommittees was conducted. The feedback obtained from the interventions was discussed indetail and, where required, independent and collective action points for improvement put inplace.
During the year under review, it has been observed that Ms. Muskan Rana (DIN: 10216001) hasbeen appointed by the Board as Non-Executive Independent (Additional) Director w.e.f.28.03.2024 and Mr. Dheeraj Kumar Pandey has been appointed as Company Secretary andCompliance Officer at a duly convened Board Meeting held on 02.01.2024.
Apart from that Mr. Tanmay Singh has been appointed as Managing Director w.e.f. 17.04.2023.Further he resigned from the post of Managing Director w.e.f. 16.06.2023 i.e. after closing of thecurrent financial year.
Ms. Rashika Saxena (DIN: 09205484) has resigned from the post of Directorship w.e.f. 18thMarch, 2024.
Apart from above mentioned changes, no other change was made during the year.
In accordance with the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013, Mr. Vivek Yogeshwar Sonar byrotation at the forthcoming Annual General Meeting and being eligible, offers himself for re¬appointment.
During the year 10 (Ten) Board Meetings were convened and held. The intervening gap betweenthe Meetings was within the period prescribed under the Companies Act, 2013.
During the year under review, 5 (Five) Meetings of the Audit Committee were held.
Composition of the Committee as follows:
S^
No.
Name
Designation
1
Mr. Akshay Sharma(Chairman & Member)
Managing Director
2
Ms. Muskan Rana
Independent Director (Non-Executive)
3
Mr. Vivek Yogeshwar Sonar
Executive Director
The audit committee of the Company is constituted under the provisions of section 177 of theCompanies Act, 2013.
The Nomination and Remuneration Committee of the Company is constituted under theprovisions of section 178 of the Companies Act, 2013.
S. No.
Ms. Muskan Rana(Chairman & Member)
Mr. Mayank Rasiklal Kotadia
During the year under review, the Company held 6 (Six) meetings of Nomination andRemuneration Committee.
The Internal Complaint Committee of the Company is constituted pursuant to the provision ofSexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013(“Act”)
Composition of the Committee:
Name of Member
Designation in the Committee
The Board of Directors has carried out an annual evaluation of its own performance, boardcommittees, and individual directors pursuant to the provisions of the Act and SEBI ListingRegulations.
The performance of the board was evaluated by the Board after seeking inputs from all thedirectors on the basis of criteria such as the board composition and structure, effectiveness ofboard processes, information and functioning, etc.
The performance of the committees was evaluated by the Board after seeking inputs from thecommittee members on the basis of criteria such as the composition of committees, effectivenessof committee meetings, etc.
In a separate meeting of Independent Directors held on 02.01.2024, Performance of Non¬Independent directors, the Board as a whole and Chairman of the Company was evaluated,taking into account the views of executive directors and non-executive directors.
The Board and the Nomination and Remuneration Committee reviewed the performance ofindividual directors on the basis of criteria such as the contribution of the individual director tothe board and committee meetings like preparedness on the issues to be discussed, meaningfuland constructive contribution and inputs in meetings, etc.
At the board meeting that followed the meeting of the independent directors and meeting ofNomination and Remuneration Committee, the performance of the Board, its committees, andindividual directors was also discussed. Performance evaluation of independent directors wasdone by the entire Board, excluding the independent director being evaluated.
M/s. S. Aggarwal & Co. and Associates (FRN: 000808N), Chartered Accountants, who are thestatutory auditor of the Company, who holds office till the conclusion of the next AGM and areeligible for re- appointment. Pursuant to the provisions of section 139(1) of the Companies Act,2013 and the Rules framed there under, it is proposed to appoint M/s. S. Aggarwal and Co.(FRN: 000808N), Chartered Accountants as statutory auditor of the Company from theconclusion of the ensuring AGM till the conclusion of the 15th Annual General Meeting to beheld in year 2029. The Members are requested to consider their re-appointment.
Pursuant to the notification dated May, 7, 2018 issued by Ministry of Corporate Affairs, therequirement for ratification of appointment of Auditors by the shareholders at every AnnualGeneral Meeting has been done away with. Further, the Auditors have confirmed their eligibilityunder Section 141 of the Companies Act, 2013 and the rules made there under.
The Auditors’ Report read along with Notes to Accounts is self-explanatory and therefore, doesnot call for any further comments. The Auditors’ Report does not contain any qualification,reservation or adverse remarks. No fraud has been reported by the Statutory Auditors underSection 143(12).
The Board has appointed M/s Amit H.V. & Associates (Prop. Mr. Amit Kumar), a PracticingCompany Secretary, to conduct Secretarial Audit under the provisions of Section 204 of theCompanies Act, 2013 for the financial year 2023-24.
The Secretarial Auditor of the Company have submitted their Report in form No. MR-3 asrequired under Section 204 of the Companies Act, 2013 for the financial year ended 31st March,2024. The Secretarial Auditor Repot is annexed herewith and marked as Annexure I to thisReport. Explanation to the observation of Secretarial Auditor as mentioned in his report, is asfollows:
Promoters of the Company have decide from the Board to assure you that Effective and Efficient
steps will be taken by the Company in the Coming Financial Year to resolve and Comply all theabove mentioned Remarks given by the Secretarial Auditor of the Company.
As per provision of section 148(3) of Companies Act, 2013 and rule 6(2) of Companies (Costrecords and audit) Rules, 2014, the Company is not required to appoint a cost auditor to auditthe cost records of the Company.
There is no qualification, reservation or adverse remark made by the Statutory Auditors in theirAudit Reports issued by them. However, the queries / qualifications marked by the SecretarialAuditor have already been replied above.
The Board has laid down standards, processes and procedures for implementing the internalfinancial controls across the organization. After considering the framework of existing internalfinancial controls and compliance systems; work performed by the Statutory Auditors,Secretarial Auditors and External Consultants; reviews performed by the Management andrelevant Board Committees including the Audit Committee, the Board is of the opinion that theCompany’s internal financial controls with reference to the financial statements were adequateand effective during the financial year 2023-24.
Adequate internal control systems commensurate with the nature of the Company’s businessand size and complexity of its operations are in place and have been operating satisfactorily.Internal control systems comprising of policies and procedures are designed to ensure reliabilityof financial reporting, timely feedback on achievement of operational and strategic goals,compliance with policies, procedure, applicable laws and regulations and that all assets andresources are acquired economically, used efficiently and adequately protected.
There has been no change in the policy since last financial year. We affirm that the remunerationpaid to the Directors is as per the terms laid out in the Nomination and Remuneration Policy ofthe Company.
The provisions of the Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel)Rules, 2014, are not applicable as, none of the employee in the company during the year,drawing remuneration more than the amount specified in terms of the Act.
Pursuant to Section 134(5) of the Companies Act, 2013 the Board of Directors of the Companyconfirms that-
a) In the preparation of the annual accounts, the applicable accounting standards had beenfollowed along with proper explanation relating to material departures;
b) The directors had selected such accounting policies and applied them consistently and madejudgments and estimates that are reasonable and prudent so as to give a true and fair viewof the;
c) state of affairs of the company at the end of the financial year and of the profit and loss of thecompany for that period;
d) The directors had taken proper and sufficient care for the maintenance of adequateaccounting records in accordance with the provisions of this Act for safeguarding the assets
of the company and for preventing and detecting fraud and other irregularities;
e) The directors had prepared the annual accounts on a going concern basis; and
f) The directors, in the case of a listed company, had laid down internal financial controls to befollowed by the company and that such internal financial controls are adequate and wereoperating effectively.
g) The directors had devised proper systems to ensure compliance with the provisions of allapplicable laws and that such systems were adequate and operating effectively.
In terms of provisions of the Companies Act, 2013 and pursuant to SEBI (LODR) Regulations2015, the Company has adopted various policies/code of conduct such as Vigil MechanismPolicy, Nomination and Remuneration Policy, Risk Management Policy, policy for prevention ofSexual Harassment of Women at workplace, Code for Independent Directors, Policy on RelatedParty Transactions and Code of Conduct for prevention of Insider Trading. The same are placedon the website of the company at www.milestonefurniture.in.
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 177(9) & 177(10) of the Companies Act 2013, the Companyhas in place a well formulated Vigil Mechanism Policy to deal with instance of fraud andmismanagement, if any. The Purpose of vigil mechanism is to provide for adequate safeguardsagainst victimization of persons who use such mechanism and allows direct access to theChairperson of the audit committee in exceptional cases. The policy enables the employees,Directors and other stakeholders to raise their concern about unethical behavior, actual orsuspected fraud or violation of Code of Conduct and Ethics.
There was no incident when the access to the Audit Committee was denied to any employeeswith respect to vigil mechanism.
The Board of Directors of the Company has in place a Risk Management which aims of enhancingshareholders’ value and providing on optimum risk-reward trade off. The risk managementapproach is based on a clear understanding of the variety of risks that the organization faces,disciplined risk monitoring and measurement and continuous risk assessment and mitigationmeasures.
The Company manages monitors and reports on the principal risks and uncertainties that canimpact its ability to achieve its strategic objectives.
In order to prevent sexual harassment of women at work place a new act The Sexual Harassmentof Women at workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 has been notified on9th December, 2013. Under the said Act the company had set up an Internal ComplaintsCommittee to look into complaints relating to sexual harassment at work place of any womenemployee.
Company has already adopted and implemented a policy for prevention of Sexual Harassmentof Women at workplace. During the year Company has not received any complaint ofharassment. The policy has been placed on the website of the company atwww. milestonefurniture .in.
During the year under review, your Company has duly complied with the applicable provisionsof the Revised Secretarial Standards on Meetings of the Board of Directors (SS-1) and GeneralMeetings (SS2) issued by the Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI).
During the year under review, no Corporate Insolvency Resolution application was made orproceeding was initiated, by / against the company under the provisions of the Insolvency andBankruptcy Code, 2016 (as amended). Further, no application / proceeding by / against thecompany under the provisions of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (as amended) ispending as on March 31, 2023.
DETAILS OF DIFFERENCE BETWEEN AMOUNT OF THE VALUATION DONE AT THE TIMEOF ONE TIME SETTLEMENT AND THE VALUATION DONE WHILE TAKING LOAN FROMTHE BANKS OR FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS ALONG WITH THE REASONS THEREOF.
Not Applicable
Your Directors wish to place on record, their appreciation for the valuable assistance andsupport received by your Company from banks, financial institutions, the Central Government,the Government Authorities, Customers, Vendors and Shareholders. The Board also thanks theemployees at all levels, for the dedication, commitment and hard work put in by them.
The Directors appreciate and value the contribution made by every member of the MilestoneFurniture Family.
By order of the BoardFor Milestone Furniture Limited
Sd/-
Mayank Rasiklal Kotadia
Date: 17.07.2024 (Whole time Director)
Place: Palghar, Mumbai DIN: 07484438