Your Directors have pleasure in presenting their 31st Annual Report on the business and operations of theCompany and the accounts for the Financial Year ended on 31st March, 2024.
The financial results for the year as under: (Rupees in Lacs)
Particular
Year ended31.03.2024
Year ended31.03.2023
Sales & Other Income
85.33
49.58
Profit before Depreciation
36.57
15.09
Less: Depreciation
13.01
Profit/Loss of the year
23.56
2.08
Less: Provision for Taxation
0.00
Provision for Deferred Tax
Profit/Loss After Tax
Your Board does not recommend any dividend for the financial year 2023-24.
Your Board does not propose to carry to any reserves for the financial year 2023-24.
There was revenue from operation of Rs. 85.33 lacs during the FY 2023-24 as compared to Rs. 49.58 lacsduring the previous FY 2022-23 and there is profit of Rs. 23.56 lacs during the FY 2023-24 as compared toNet Profit of Rs. 2.08 lacs during the previous FY 2022-23.
There was no change in the nature of business during the FY 2023-24.
6. Material changes and commitments, if any, affecting the financial position of the company which haveoccurred between the end of the financial year of the company to which the financial statementsrelate and the date of the report
No material changes occurred subsequent to the close of the financial year of the Company to which thebalance sheet relates and the date of the report.
No significant and material orders passed by the regulators or courts or tribunals impacting the goingconcern status and company's operations in future during the financial year and or subsequent to the close ofthe financial year of the Company to which the balance sheet relates and the date of the report.
The management of the Company has taken adequate steps for internal financial controls with reference toFinancial statements.
Your Company has no Subsidiary/Joint Ventures/Associate Companies during the year.
Your Company has not accepted any deposit during the year and there was no deposit at the beginning of theyear. Therefore the details relating to deposits, covered under Chapter V of the Act is not applicable.
M/s V. J. Amin & Co, the existing statutory auditors of the Company had been appointed at the AnnualGeneral Meeting of the Company held on 29/09/2020 for a period of five years and is eligible to act asauditors for the current financial year.
M/s. Nakul & Kush., Chartered Accountants, had been appointed as an Internal Auditors at the meeting of theBoard of Director held on 8th August, 2024 for the FY 2023-24 for conducting internal audit of the company.
The observations of the Auditors are explained, wherever necessary, in an appropriate notes to the AuditedStatement of Accounts. No qualification, reservation or adverse remark or disclaimer has been made by theauditor in their report for the FY 2023-24.
During the year under review, the Company has not issued any securities nor has granted any stock option orsweat equity.
Since the Company doesn't have any website, no web-link has been provided pursuant to Section 92(3) of theCompanies Act, 2013 read with rules made thereunder.
The details of conservation of energy, technology absorption, foreign exchange earnings and outgo areattached herewith (Annexure-A)
As your Company does not fall under the class of Companies specified under section 135 of the CompaniesAct, 2013 for spending any sum towards Corporate Social Responsibility as Net worth of the Company isbelow Indian Rupees 500 crore or Turnover is below Indian Rupees 1000 crore or a Net Profit is belowIndian Rupees 5 crore during the preceding financial year ended on 31st March, 2023 and therefore theCompany has not spent any sum towards Corporate Social Responsibility during the financial year 2023-24.
A) Changes in Directors and Key Managerial Personnel
> Mr. Anupama Bharat Gupta, Director of the Company, retired by rotation and re-appointed at the annualgeneral meeting held on21st September, 2024.
> Mrs. Nidhi Khandelwal was appointed Company Secretary and Compliance Officer of the Company at themeeting of the Board of Directors held on 13th October, 2023.
Mr. Anupama Bharat Gupta, Director of the Company retiring by rotation and eligible for re-appointmenthas given his consent and declaration under form DIR-8 pursuant to Section 164(2) read with Rule 14(1) ofCompanies (Appointment and Qualification of Directors) Rules, 2014.
Details of director seeking re-appointment as per regulation 36 of Securities and Exchange Board of India(Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulation, 2015 is attached herewith. (Annexure- E).
The Company has devised a policy for performance evaluation of Independent Directors, Board,Committees and individual Directors which includes criteria for performance evaluation of executivedirectors and non-executive directors.
In evaluating the suitability of individual Board members, the Committee may take into account factors,such as:
i. General understanding of the Company's business;
ii. Educational back ground and experience:
iii. Personal and professional ethics, integrity and values;
iv. Willingness to devote sufficient time and energy in carrying out their duties and responsibilitieseffectively.
D) Opinion of the Board:
Your Board is of opinion that independent directors of the Company, appointed / reappointed at the lastAGM, possess requisite qualifications, experience and expertise and they hold good standard of integrity invarious fields.
During the year from 1st April, 2023 to 31st March, 2024 the Board of Directors met five times on thefollowing dates:
Sr. No.
Date
Board Strength
No. of DirectorsPresent
1
30/05/2023
3
2
11/08/2023
13/10/2023
4
04/11/2023
5
13/02/2024
The Audit Committee of the Company comprising of the following Directors of the Board:
Sr.
No.
Name of the Director
Designation
Mrs. Anupama Bharat Gupta
Non-Executive Director
Mr. Dhrumesh Gopal Shah
Non-Executive Independent Director
Mr. Bharat Ramchandra Gupta
Executive Director
There was no occasion regarding non acceptance of any recommendation of the Audit Committee during theyear.
Audit Committee meetings were held on 30/05/2023, 11/08/2023, 04/11/2023 and 13/02/2024 duringthe year.
Note: The constitution of above committee doesn't comply with the provision of the Section 177(2) of theCompanies Act, 2013 not forming majority of independent director in the committee.
Your Board has established vigil mechanism pursuant to rule 7 of the Companies (Meetings of Board and itsPowers) Rules, 2014 to oversee the efficient working of the vigil mechanism.
The vigil mechanism Committee of the Company comprising of the following Directors of the Board:
The Company has framed a whistle blower policy in terms of Securities and Exchange Board of India (ListingObligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulation, 2015.
The Nomination and Remuneration Committee of the Company comprising of the following Directors of theBoard:
The policy formulated by Nomination And Remuneration Committee:
The terms of reference of the committee inter alia include succession planning for Board of Directors andSenior Management Employees, identifying and selection of candidates for appointment ofDirectors/Independent Directors based on certain laid down criteria, identifying potential individuals forappointment of Key Managerial personnel and other senior managerial position and review the performanceof the Board of Directors and Senior Management personnel including Key managerial personnel based oncertain criteria approved by the Board. While reviewing the performance, the committee ensures that theremuneration is reasonable and sufficient to attract, retain and motivate the best managerial talents,remuneration commensurate with the performance of individual and group and also maintains a balancebetween both short and long term objectives of the company.
The meeting of Nomination and Remuneration committee was held on 13/10/2023 during the financial yearunder review.
Note: The constitution of above committee doesn't comply with the provision of the Section 178(1) of theCompanies Act, 2013.
The Stakeholders Relationship Committee of the Company comprising of the following Directors of theBoard:
The meeting of Stakeholders Relationship committee was held on 11/08/2023 during the year under review.
The Company has not given any loan, guarantees or investments under section 186 to any person or bodycorporate except loan to employees of the Company as per Company's policy for employees.
The Company has not entered into any contract or arrangement with related party referred to in sub-section(1) of section 188 of the Companies Act, 2013. Form No. AOC-2 regarding transactions under section 188 ofthe Companies Act, 2013 is enclosed herewith (Annexure-B).
Disclosures pursuant to Section 197(12) of the Companies Act, 2013 read with Rule 5(1), 5(2) and 5(3) of theCompanies (Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014 are enclosed herewith(Annexure-C).
The Secretarial Audit Report pursuant to Section 204 (1) of the Companies Act,2013 given by M/s Devesh RDesai., Practicing Company Secretaries has been enclosed herewith (Annexure-D).
The Secretarial Audit Report does not contain any qualification, reservation or adverse remark except:
a. The Audit committee of the Company was not constituted as required under Section 177 of theCompanies Act, 2013 during the year under review, due to not forming a majority by independentdirectors.
b. The Nomination and Remuneration committee of the Company has not been constituted as requiredunder Section 178 of the Companies Act, 2013 which requires three or more non-executive directors outof which not less than one half shall be independent directors.
c. The Company has not published quarterly / annual financial result in any newspaper during the yearunder review as required under Regulation 33 and 47 of SEBI (LODR) Regulation, 2015.
d. The Company does not maintain website in accordance with regulation 46 of SEBI (LODR) Regulation,2015.
e. The Company has not fully paid annual listing fees to BSE for the FY 2023-24 and also not paid for FY2024-25 till date of report.
f. The Company has not registered itself on SCORE platform as required under Regulation 13 of SEBI(LODR) Regulation, 2015.
a) The Company is in search of the proper candidate for the position of an Independent Director and couldnot find proper person to fill in vacancy of an Independent Director. Audit committee of the Companywill be re-constituted after appointment of Independent Director as required under Section 177 of theCompanies Act, 2013.
The Company is in search of the proper candidate for the position of an Independent Director and couldnot find proper person to fill in vacancy of an Independent Director. The Nomination and Remunerationcommittee of the Company will be re-constituted after appointment of Independent Director as requiredunder Section 178 of the Companies Act, 2013.
b) As the financial position of the Company is not sound, the Company has not published quarterly / annualfinancial result in any newspaper during the year under review.
Due to the poor financial position of the Company and the scarcity of the manpower in the Company, thecosting to maintain website will be very difficult therefore Company is unable to maintain the website ofthe Company.
c) The Company had paid the partial fees for the FY 2023-24 to the BSE and will pay all the remaining feesfor FY 2023-24 and FY 2024-25 very soon.
d) The Company will register with the SCORE platform as required under Regulation 13 of SEBI (LODR)Regulation, 2015 very soon.
As stipulated in the Regulation 72 of Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and
Disclosure Requirements) Regulation, 2015, the Company does not require to comply with Regulation 17 to
Regulation 27 of the said regulation as Paid-up Capital does not exceed Rs. 10 Crores or Net worth does not
exceed Rs. 25 Crores which is specified in Regulation 15 and hence did not need to obtain Corporate
Governance Report.
29. Disclosures required under Schedule V regarding Annual Report pursuant to Regulation 34(3) ofSecurities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements)Regulation, 2015:
Disclosures regarding compliance with the Accounting Standard on 'Related Party Disclosures' has beengiven in the notes to the accounts.
The Management Discussion and Analysis Report has been attached along with the Directors' Report asAnnexure - F.
Pursuant to Regulation 15(2) of Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and DisclosureRequirements) Regulation, 2015, Para C, D and E of Schedule V does not apply to the Company.
There are no shares in demat suspense account or unclaimed suspense account.
The Company has adopted a code of conduct for its directors and designated senior management personnel.All the Board members and senior management personnel follow compliance of code of conduct.
In today's economic environment, Risk Management is a very important part of business. The main aim ofrisk management is to identify, monitor and take precautionary measures in respect of the events that maypose risks for the business. Your Company's risk management is embedded in the business processes. Yourcompany has identified the following risks:
Key Risk
Impact to Aarcon FacilitiesLimited
Mitigation Plans
Recession in realitymarket.
Risk of recession in realityaffects the function of theCompany.
The Company does not launch anynew project during recessionperiod.
Interest Rate Risk
Any increase in interest ratecan affect the finance cost
Company has enough fund to meetthe need arises.
Competition Risk
Every company is alwaysexposed to competition risk.
By continuous efforts to enhancethe brand image of the Company.
Compliance Risk -Increasing regulatoryRequirements.
Any default can attract penalprovisions
By regularly monitoring andreview of changes in regulatoryframework.
Your Directors state that—
a. in the preparation of the annual accounts, the applicable accounting standards had been followed alongwith proper explanation relating to material departures;
b. the directors had selected such accounting policies and applied them consistently and made judgments andestimates that are reasonable and prudent so as to give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of thecompany at the end of the financial year and of the profit and loss of the company for that period;
c. the directors had taken proper and sufficient care for the maintenance of adequate accounting records inaccordance with the provisions of this Act for safeguarding the assets of the company and for preventingand detecting fraud and other irregularities;
d. the directors had prepared the annual accounts on a going concern basis; and
e. the directors had laid down internal financial controls to be followed by the company and that suchinternal financial controls are adequate and were operating effectively.
f. the directors had devised proper systems to ensure compliance with the provisions of all applicable lawsand that such systems were adequate and operating effectively.
The Company has framed an anti-harassment policy in line with the requirements of the Sexual Harassmentof Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013. Internal Complaint Committeehas been set up to redress complaints received regularly. All employees (permanent, contractual, temporary,trainees) are covered under the policy. There was no compliant received from any employee during thefinancial year 2023-24 and hence no complaint is outstanding as on 31/03/2024 for redressal.
The Company has complied with secretarial standards issued by the Institute of Company Secretaries ofIndia and SEBI (Listing Obligation and Disclosure Requirement) Regulations 2015 as applicable to theCompany from time to time except the following:
1. Regulation 47 of SEBI (LODR) Regulation, 2015 - The Company does not publish any information asmentioned in the said provision.
2. Regulation 13 of SEBI (LODR) Regulation, 2015 - The Company has not registered on SCORE platform asrequired under the said regulation.
There was no fraud reported by auditors under sub-section (12) of section 143 other than those which arereportable to the Central Government.
Your Company is not required to maintain cost records as specified by the Central Government under sub¬section 1 of section 148 of the Companies Act, 2013.
There was no proceeding pending against the Company under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016during the year under review.
The Board of Directors gratefully acknowledge the assistance and co-operation received from the Bank ofIndia, Indusind Bank and all other statutory and non-statutory agencies for their co-operation.
The Board of Directors also wish to place on record their gratitude and appreciation to the members for theirtrust and confidence shown in the Company.
The Board of Directors would like to especially thank all the employees of the Company for their dedicationand loyalty.
By Order of the Board of DirectorsFOR AARCON FACILITIES LIMITED
Date: 08/08/2024
Regd. Office: Bharat Ramchandra Gupta Anupama Bharat Gupta
401, 402, Earth Complex, Managing Director & CFO Director
Opp. Vaccine Institute, DIN: 00547897 DIN: 02221605
Old Padra Road,
Vadodara, Gujarat.-390015