We have audited the accompanying standalone Ind AS financial statements of LADDERUP FINANCE LIMITED (“the Company"),which comprise the balance sheet as at March 31, 2025, the statement of profit and loss (including other comprehensive income),the statement of changes in equity and the statement of cash flows for the year then ended, and notes to the standalone financialstatements, including a summary of the material accounting policies and other explanatory information (hereinafter referred to as“standalone financial statements").
In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanations given to us, the aforesaid standalone financialstatements give the information required by the Companies Act, 2013 (“the Act") in the manner so required and give a true andfair view in conformity with the Indian Accounting Standards prescribed under section 133 of the Act read with the Companies(Indian Accounting Standards) Rules, 2015, as amended, (“Ind AS") and other accounting principles generally accepted in India, ofthe state of affairs of the Company as at March 31, 2025, its loss and total comprehensive income, changes in equity and its cashflows for the year ended on that date.
We conducted our audit of the standalone financial statements in accordance with the Standards on Auditing, as specified undersection 143(10) of the Companies Act, 2013. 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 the Companyin accordance with the Code of Ethics issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) together with the ethicalrequirements that are relevant to our audit of the standalone financial statements under the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013and the Rules thereunder, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements and theICAI's Code of Ethics. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for ouraudit opinion on the standalone financial statements.
Key audit matters are those matters that, in our professional judgment, were of the most significance in our audit of the standalonefinancial statements of the current period. These matters were addressed in the context of our audit of the standalone financialstatements as a whole, and in forming our opinion thereon, and we do not provide a separate opinion on these matters. We havedetermined that there is no key audit matter to communicate in our report.
The Company's Board of Directors are responsible for the other information. The other information comprises the informationincluded in the annual report, but does not include the standalone financial statements and our auditor's report thereon. Theannual report is expected to be made available to us after the date of this auditor's report.
Our opinion on the standalone financial statements does not cover the other information and we do not express any form ofassurance conclusion thereon.
In connection with our audit of the financial statements, our responsibility is to read the other information and, in doing so, considerwhether the other information is materially inconsistent with the financial statements or our knowledge obtained during the courseof 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, we arerequired 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 Companies Act, 2013 (“the Act")with respect to the preparation of these standalone financial statements that give a true and fair view of the financial position,financial performance, statement of changes in equity and cash flows of the Company in accordance with the accounting principlesgenerally accepted in India, including the Accounting Standards specified under section 133 of the Act. This responsibility alsoincludes maintenance of adequate 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 of appropriate accountingpolicies; making judgments and estimates that are reasonable and prudent; and design, implementation and maintenance ofadequate internal financial controls, 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 true and fair view and arefree from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.
In preparing the standalone financial statements, the Board of Directors 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 concern basis ofaccounting unless the Board of Directors either intends to liquidate the Company or to cease operations, or has no realisticalternative but to do so.
Those Board of Directors are 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 are free frommaterial misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor's report that includes our opinion. Reasonableassurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with SAs will always detecta material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individuallyor 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 SAs, we exercise professional judgment and maintain professional skepticism throughoutthe audit. We also:
• Identify and assess the risks of material misstatement of the standalone financial statements, whether due to fraud or error,design and perform audit procedures responsive to those risks, and obtain audit evidence that is sufficient and appropriateto provide a basis for our opinion. The risk of not detecting a material misstatement resulting from fraud is higher than forone resulting from error, as fraud may involve collusion, forgery, intentional omissions, misrepresentations, or the overrideof internal control.
• Obtain an understanding of internal control relevant to the audit in order to design audit procedures that are appropriate inthe circumstances. Under section 143(3)(i) of the Companies Act, 2013, we are also responsible for expressing our opinionon whether the company has adequate internal financial controls system in place and the operating effectiveness of suchcontrols.
• 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 the auditevidence obtained, whether a material uncertainty exists related to events or conditions that may cast significant doubt onthe Company's ability to continue as a going concern. If we conclude that a material uncertainty exists, we are required todraw attention in our auditor's report to the related disclosures in the standalone financial statements or, if such disclosuresare inadequate, to modify our opinion. Our conclusions are based on the audit evidence obtained up to the date of ourauditor's report. However, future events or conditions may cause the Company to cease to continue 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 underlying transactions and events in a manner that achievesfair presentation.
Materiality is the magnitude of misstatements in the standalone financial statements that, individually or in aggregate, makes itprobable that the economic decisions of a reasonably knowledgeable user of the standalone financial statements may be influenced.We consider quantitative materiality and qualitative factors in (i) planning the scope of our audit work and in evaluating the resultsof our work; and (ii) to evaluate the effect of any identified misstatements in the standalone financial statements.
We communicate with those charged with governance regarding, among other matters, the planned scope and timing of the auditand significant audit findings, including any significant deficiencies in internal control that we identify during our audit.
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 be thought tobear on our independence, and where applicable, related safeguards.
We describe these matters in our auditor's report unless law or regulation precludes public disclosure about the matter or when,in extremely rare circumstances, we determine that a matter should not be communicated in our report because the adverseconsequences of doing so would reasonably be expected to outweigh the public interest benefits of such communication.
1. As required by the Companies (Auditor's Report) Order, 2020 (“the Order"), issued by the Central Government of India interms of sub-section (11) of section 143 of the Act, we give in the 'ANNEXURE A' a statement on the matters specified inparagraphs 3 and 4 of the Order.
2. As required by Section 143 (3) of the Act, we report that:
(a) 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;
(b) In our opinion, proper books of account as required by law have been kept by the Company so far as it appears fromour examination of those books;
(c) The balance sheet, statement of profit and loss including other comprehensive income, the statement of cash flowsand statement of changes in equity dealt with by this report are in agreement with the books of account;
(d) In our opinion, the aforesaid standalone financial statements comply with the Indian Accounting Standards specifiedunder Section 133 of the Act, read with Companies (Indian Accounting Standards) Rules, 2015, as amended;
(e) On the basis of the written representations received from the directors as on March 31, 2025 and taken on record bythe Board of Directors, none of the directors is disqualified as on March 31, 2025 from being appointed as a directorin terms of Section 164(2) of the Act;
(f) With respect to the adequacy of the Internal Financial Controls over financial reporting of the Company with referenceto these standalone financial statements and the operating effectiveness of such controls, refer to our separatereport in "ANNEXURE B". Our report expresses an unmodified opinion on adequacy and operative effectiveness ofthe Company's internal financial controls over financial reporting;
(g) With respect to the other matters to be included in the Auditor's report in accordance with the requirements of thesub-section 16 of Section 197 of the Act, as amended;
In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanations given to us, the remunerationpaid by the Company to its directors during the year is in accordance with the provisions of Section 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 the Companies(Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014, in our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanationsgiven to us:
i. The Company has disclosed the impact of pending litigations on its financial position in its standalone financialstatements- Refer Note 33 to the standalone financial statements;
ii. The Company did not have any long-term contracts including derivative contracts on which there were anymaterial foreseeable losses- Refer Note 49 to the standalone financial statements;
iii. There were no amounts which were required to be transferred, to the Investor Education and Protection Fundby the Company- Refer Note 50 to the standalone financial statements;
iv. A) The management has represented that, to the best of its knowledge and belief, as disclosed in Note
44 to the standalone financial statements, no funds have been advanced or loaned or invested (eitherfrom borrowed funds or share premium or any other sources or kind of funds) by the company to orin any other persons or entities, including foreign entities (“Intermediaries"), with the understanding,whether recorded in writing or otherwise, that the Intermediaries shall, whether, directly or indirectlylend or invest in other persons or entities identified in any manner whatsoever by or on behalf of thecompany (“Ultimate Beneficiaries") or provide any guarantee, security or the like on behalf of theUltimate Beneficiaries;
B) The management has represented that, to the best of its knowledge and belief, as disclosed in Note44 no funds have been received by the company from any persons or entities, including foreignentities (“Funding Parties"), with the understanding, whether recorded in writing or otherwise, thatthe company shall, whether, directly or indirectly, lend or invest in other persons or entities identifiedin any manner whatsoever by or on behalf of the Funding Parties (“Ultimate Beneficiaries") or provideany guarantee, security or the like on behalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries; and
C) Based on the audit procedures that have been considered reasonable and appropriate in thecircumstances, nothing has come to our notice that has caused us to believe that the representationunder sub-clause (A) and (B) contain any material misstatement.
v. No dividend has been declared or paid during the year by the Company.
vi. Based on our examination, which included test checks, the Company has used accounting software formaintaining its books of account for the financial year ended March 31, 2025 which has a feature of recordingaudit trail (edit log) facility and the same has operated throughout the year for all relevant transactionsrecorded in the software. Further, during the course of our audit we did not come across any instance of theaudit trail feature being tampered with and the audit trail has been preserved by the Company as per thestatutory requirements for record retention.
For SHAH GUPTA & Co.
Chartered Accountants
Firm Registration No.: 109574W
Sd/-
Vedula Prabhakar Sharma
Partner
Membership No.: 123088
UDIN: 25123088BMIPJC3272
Place: Mumbai
Date: May 30, 2025