We have audited the accompanying standalone financial statements of ABIRAMI FINANCIAL SERVICES (INDIA) LIMITED (the"Company"), which comprise the Balance Sheet as at March 31, 2024, the Statement of Profit and Loss (including OtherComprehensive Income), the Statement of Changes in Equity and the Statement of Cash Flows for the year ended on thatdate and a summary of significant accounting policies and other explanatory information (hereinafter referred to as the"standalone financial statements").
In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanations given to us, the aforesaid standalonefinancial statements give the information required by the Companies Act, 2013 (the "Act") in the manner so required andgive a true and fair view in conformity with the Indian Accounting Standards prescribed under section 133 of the Act readwith the Companies (Indian Accounting Standards) Rules, 2015, as amended, ("Ind AS") and other accounting principlesgenerally accepted in India, of the state of affairs of the Company as at March 31, 2024 and its profit, total comprehensiveincome, changes in equity and its cash flows for the year ended on that date.
We conducted our audit of the standalone financial statements in accordance with the Standards on Auditing ("SA"s)specified under section 143(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 are independent of theCompany in accordance with the Code of Ethics issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India ("ICAI") togetherwith the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the Standalone Financial Statements under the provisionsof the Act and the Rules made thereunder, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with theserequirements and the ICAI's Code of Ethics. We believe that the audit evidence obtained by us is sufficient and appropriateto provide a basis for our audit opinion on the Standalone Financial Statements.
Key audit matters are those matters that, in our professional judgment, were of most significance in our audit of theStandalone Financial Statements of the current period. These matters were addressed in the context of our audit of theStandalone Financial Statements as a whole, and in forming our opinion thereon, and we do not provide a separate opinionon these matters.
The Company's Board of Directors is responsible for the other information. The other information comprises the informationincluded in the Management Discussion and Analysis, Board's Report including Annexures to Board's Report, BusinessResponsibility and Sustainability Report, Corporate Governance and Shareholder's Information, but does not include theconsolidated financial statements, standalone financial statements and our auditor's report thereon.
Our opinion on the standalone financial statements does not cover the other information and we do not express any formof assurance conclusion thereon.
In connection with our audit of the standalone financial statements, our responsibility is to read the other information and,in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the standalone financial statements orour knowledge obtained during the course of our audit or otherwise appears to be materially misstated.
If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is a material misstatement of this other information, weare required to report that fact. We have nothing to report in this regard.
The Company's Board of Directors is responsible for the matters stated in section 134(5) of the Act with respect to thepreparation of these Standalone Financial Statements that give a true and fair view of the financial position, financialperformance, including other comprehensive income, changes in equity and cash flows of the Company in accordancewith the Ind AS and other accounting principles generally accepted in India. This responsibility also includes maintenanceof adequate accounting records in accordance with the provisions of the Act for safeguarding the assets of the Companyand for preventing and detecting frauds and other irregularities; selection and application of appropriate accountingpolicies; making judgments and estimates that are reasonable and prudent; and design, implementation and maintenanceof adequate internal financial controls, that were operating effectively for ensuring the accuracy and completeness of theaccounting records, 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's ability tocontinue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concernbasis of accounting unless the Board of Directors either intends to liquidate the Company or to cease operations, or has norealistic alternative but to do so.
The Company's Board of Directors is also responsible for overseeing the Company's Financial reporting process.
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the Standalone Financial Statements as a whole arefree from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor's report that includes our opinion.Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with SAswill always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are consideredmaterial if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of userstaken on the basis of these Standalone Financial Statements.
As part of an audit in accordance with SAs, we exercise professional judgment and maintain professional skepticismthroughout the audit. We also:
• Identify and assess the risks of material misstatement of the standalone financial statements, whether due to fraudor error, design and perform audit procedures responsive to those risks, and obtain audit evidence that is sufficientand appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion. The risk of not detecting a material misstatement resulting fromfraud is higher than for one resulting from error, as fraud may involve collusion, forgery, intentional omissions,misrepresentations, or the override of internal control.
• Obtain an understanding of internal financial control relevant to the audit in order to design audit procedures that areappropriate in the circumstances. Under section 143(3)(i) of the Act, we are also responsible for expressing our opinionon whether the Company has adequate internal financial controls with reference to standalone financial statements inplace and the operating effectiveness of such controls.
• Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of accounting estimates and relateddisclosures made by the management.
• Conclude on the appropriateness of management's use of the going concern basis of accounting and, based on theaudit evidence obtained, whether a material uncertainty exists related to events or conditions that may cast significantdoubt on the Company's ability to continue as a going concern. If we conclude that a material uncertainty exists, we arerequired to draw attention in our auditor's report to the related disclosures in the Standalone Financial Statements or,if such disclosures are inadequate, to modify our opinion. Our conclusions are based on the audit evidence obtainedup to the date 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 thedisclosures, and whether the Standalone Financial Statements represent the underlying transactions and events in amanner that achieves fair presentation.
Materiality is the magnitude of misstatements in the standalone financial statements that, individually or in aggregate,makes it probable that the economic decisions of a reasonably knowledgeable user of the standalone financial statementsmay be influenced. We consider quantitative materiality and qualitative factors in (i) Planning the scope of our audit workand in evaluating the results of our work; and (ii) to evaluate the effect of any identified misstatements in the standalonefinancial statements.
We communicate with those charged with governance regarding, among other matters, the planned scope and timing ofthe audit and significant audit findings, including any significant deficiencies in internal control that we identify during ouraudit.
We also provide those charged with governance with a statement that we have complied with relevant ethical requirementsregarding independence, and to communicate with them all relationships and other matters that may reasonably bethought to bear on our independence, and where applicable, related safeguards.
From the matters communicated with those charged with governance, we determine those matters that were of mostsignificance in the audit of the standalone financial statements of the current period and are therefore the key auditmatters. We describe these matters in our auditor's report unless law or regulation precludes public disclosure about thematter or when, in extremely rare circumstances, we determine that a matter should not be communicated in our reportbecause the adverse consequences of doing so would reasonably be expected to outweigh the public interest benefits ofsuch communication
1. As required by Section 143(3) of the Act, based on our audit we report that:
We have sought and obtained all the information and explanations which to the best of our knowledge and beliefwere necessary for the purposes of our audit.
a) In our opinion, proper books of account as required by law have been kept by the Company so far as it appearsfrom our examination of those books.
b) The Balance Sheet, the Statement of Profit and Loss including Other Comprehensive Income, Statement ofChanges in Equity and the Statement of Cash Flows dealt with by this Report are in agreement with the booksof account.
c) In our opinion, the aforesaid standalone financial statements comply with the Ind AS specified under Section133 of the Act.
d) On the basis of the written representations received from the directors as on March 31, 2024 taken on recordby the Board of Directors, none of the directors is disqualified as on March 31,2024 from being appointed as adirector in terms of Section 164(2) of the Act.
e) With respect to the adequacy of the internal financial controls with reference to standalone financial statementsof the Company and the operating effectiveness of such controls, refer to our separate Report in "Annexure A".Our report expresses an unmodified opinion on the adequacy and operating effectiveness of the Company'sinternal financial controls with reference to standalone financial statements.
f) With respect to the other matters to be included in the Auditor's Report in accordance with the requirementsof section 197(16) of the Act, as amended:
In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanations given to us, theremuneration paid by the Company to its directors during the year is in accordance with the provisions ofsection 197 of the Act.
h) With respect to the other matters to be included in the Auditor's Report in accordance with Rule 11 of theCompanies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014, as amended, in our opinion and to the best of our informationand according to the explanations given to us:
i. There has been no delay in transferring amounts, required to be transferred, to the Investor Educationand Protection Fund by the Company. Except for the FY 2015-16.
ii. (a) The Management has represented that, to the best of its knowledge and belief, no funds (which
are material either individually or in the aggregate) have been advanced or loaned or invested(either from borrowed funds or share premium or any other sources or kind of funds) by theCompany to or in any other person or entity, including foreign entity ("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 in any manner whatsoeverby or on behalf of the Company ("Ultimate Beneficiaries") or provide any guarantee, security or thelike on behalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries;
(b) The Management has represented, that, to the best of its knowledge and belief, no funds (whichare material either individually or in the aggregate) have been received by the Company fromany person or entity, including foreign entity ("Funding Parties"), with the understanding, whetherrecorded in writing 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 behalf of theFunding Party ("Ultimate Beneficiaries") or provide any guarantee, security or the like on behalf ofthe Ultimate Beneficiaries;
(c) Based on the audit procedures that have been considered reasonable and appropriate inthe circumstances, nothing has come to our notice that has caused us to believe that therepresentations under sub-clause (i) and (ii) of Rule 11(e), as provided under (a) and (b) above,contain any material misstatement.
iii. As stated in Note 7 (ix) to the standalone financial statements
(a) The final dividend proposed in the previous year, declared and paid by the Company during theyear is in accordance with Section 123 of the Act, as applicable.
(b) The Board of Directors of the Company have proposed final dividend for the year which is subjectto the approval of the members at the ensuing Annual General Meeting. The amount of dividendproposed is in accordance with section 123 of the Act, as applicable.
iv. Proviso to Rule 3(1) of the Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014 for maintaining books of account usingaccounting software which has a feature of recording audit trail (edit log) facility is applicable to theCompany with effect from April 1, 2024, and accordingly, reporting under Rule 11(g) of Companies(Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014 is not applicable for the financial year ended March 31, 2024.
2. As required by the Companies (Auditor's Report) Order, 2020 (the "Order") issued by the Central Government interms of Section 143(11) of the Act, we give in "Annexure B" a statement on the matters specified in paragraphs 3 and4 of the Order
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