We have audited the financial statements of KRUPALU METALS LIMITED (Previously known asKRUPALU METALS PRIVATE LIMITED) Company (“the Company”), which comprise the balancesheet as at 31st March, 2026, the statement of profit and loss for the year end and the statement of cashflows for the year ended on that date, 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 financial statements give the information required by the Companies Act. 2013 in the mannerso required and give a true and fair view in conformity with the accounting principles generally acceptedin India, of the state of affairs of the Company as at March 31. 2026 and its profit and its cash flows forthe year 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 Companies Act, 2013. Our responsibilities under those Standards are further described inthe Auditor's Responsibilities for the Audit of the 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 together with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the financialstatements under the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013 and the Rules thereunder, and we havefulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements and the Code of Ethics.We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis forour opinion on financial statements.
Key Audit Matters
Key audit matters are those matters that, in our professional judgment, were of most significance in ouraudit of the financial statements of the current period. These matters were addressed in the context of ouraudit of the financial statements as a whole, and in forming our opinion thereon, and we do not provide aseparate opinion on these matters. We have nothing to communicate in this regard.
The Company's Board of Directors are responsible for the preparation of the other information. The otherinformation comprises the information included in the Board's Report, but does not include the FinancialStatements and our auditor's report thereon. Our opinion on the financial statements does not cover theother information and we do not express any form of assurance conclusion thereon.
In connection with our audit of the financial statements, our responsibility is to read the other informationand. in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the financialstatements or our knowledge obtained in the 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 otherinformation, we are required to report that fact. We have nothing to report in this regard. Further. KrupaluMetals Limited has been converted into a public company from the private company named KrupaluMetals Private Limited as of 20th June 2024.
Responsibilities of Management and Those Charged with Governance for the Standalone FinancialStatements
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 financial statements that give atrue and fair view of the financial position, financial performance, and cash flows of the Company inaccordance with the accounting principles generally accepted in India, including the accounting Standardsspecified under section 133 of the Act. This responsibility also includes maintenance of adequateaccounting records in accordance with the provisions of the Act for safeguarding of the assets of theCompany and for preventing and detecting frauds and other irregularities; selection and application ofappropriate accounting policies; making judgments and estimates that are reasonable and prudent; anddesign, implementation and maintenance of adequate internal financial controls, that were operatingeffectively for ensuring the accuracy and completeness of the accounting records, relevant to thepreparation and presentation of the financial statements that give a true and fair view and are free frommaterial misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.
In preparing the financial statements, the Board of Directors are 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 the Board of Directors either intends to liquidate theCompany or to cease operations, or has no realistic alternative but to do so.
Those Board of Directors are also responsible for overseeing the Company's financial reporting process.
1. As part of an audit in accordance with SAs. we exercise professional judgment and maintain professionalskepticism throughout the audit. We also:
• Identify and assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to fraudor error, design and perform audit procedures responsive to those risks, and obtain audit evidence thatis sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion. The risk of not detecting a materialmisstatement resulting from fraud is higher than for one resulting from error, as fraud may involvecollusion, forgery, intentional omissions, misrepresentations, or the override of internal control.
• 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 Companies Act, 2013, weare also responsible for expressing our opinion on whether the company has adequate internalfinancial controls system in place 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.If we conclude that a material uncertainty exists, we are required to draw attention in our auditor’sreport to the related disclosures in the financial statements or, if such disclosures are inadequate, tomodify 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 continueas a going concern.
• Evaluate the overall presentation, structure and content of the financial statements, including thedisclosures, and whether the financial statements represent the underlying transactions and events ina manner that achieves fair presentation.
2. We communicate with those charged with governance regarding, among other matters, the planned scopeand timing of the audit and significant audit findings, including any significant deficiencies in internalcontrol that we identify during our audit.
3. 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.
4. From the matters communicated with those charged with governance, we determine those matters thatwere of most significance in the audit of the financial statements of the current period and are thereforethe key audit matters. We describe these matters in our auditor's report unless law or regulation precludespublic disclosure about the matter or when, in extremely rare circumstances, we determine that a mattershould not be communicated in our report because the adverse consequences of doing so would reasonablybe expected to outweigh the public interest benefits of such conununication.
II. Report on Other Legal and Regulatory Requirements
1. As required by the Companies (Auditor's Report) Order, 2020 (“the Order”), as amended, issued by theCentral Government of India in terms of sub-section (11) of section 143 of the Act, we give in the“Annexure A” a statement on the matters specified in paragraphs 3 and 4 of the Order, to extentapplicable.
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 knowledgeand belief were necessary for the purpose of our audit;
b. In our opinion proper books of account as required by law have been kept by the Company so far as itappears from our examination of those books;
c. The Balance Sheet, The Statement of Profit and Loss and the Cash Flow Statement dealt with by thisReport are in agreement with the books of account;
d. In our opinion, the aforesaid financial statements comply with the Accounting Standards specifiedunder section 133 of the Act. read with Rule 7 of the Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014.
e. On the basis of written representations received from the directors as on March 31, 2026 taken onrecord by the Board of Directors, none of the directors are not disqualified as on March 31, 2026 frombeing appointed as a director in terms of Section 164 (2) of the Act.
f. With respect to the adequacy of the internal financial controls over financial reporting of the Companyand the operating effectiveness of such controls, refer to our separate report in “Annexure B”.
g. With respect to the other matters to be included in the Auditor's Report in accordance with therequirements of 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 provisionsof 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 explanations given to us:
i. The Company does not have any pending litigations which would impact its financial position unlessotherwise shown in contingent liabilities.
ii. The Company did not have any long-term contracts including derivative contracts for which therewere any material foreseeable losses.
iii. There were no amounts which were required to be transferred to the Investor Education and ProtectionFund by the Company.
iv. (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"), withthe understanding, whether recorded in writing or otherwise, that the Intermediary shall,whether, directly or indirectly lend or invest in other persons or entities identified in anymanner whatsoever by or on behalf of the Company ("Ultimate Beneficiaries") or provide anyguarantee, security or the like on behalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries;
(b) 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 received by theCompany from any person or entity, including foreign entity ("Funding Parties"), with theunderstanding, whether recorded in writing or otherwise, that the Company shall, whether,directly or indirectly, lend or invest in other persons or entities identified in any mannerwhatsoever by or on behalf of the Funding Party ("Ultimate Beneficiaries") or provide anyguarantee, security or the like on behalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries;
(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 therepresentations under sub-clause (i) and (ii) of Rule 11(e), as provided under (a) and (b)above, contain any material misstatement.
v. No dividend declared or paid during the year by the Company. So reporting under this clause is notrequired.
vi. Based on our examination which included test checks, the company has used an accounting softwarefor maintaining its books of account which has no a feature of recording audit trail (edit log) facility.
For, K. M. C'hauhan & AssociatesChartered AccountantsFRN No. 125924W
Place: RajkotDate: 28/05/2026
CA Bhavdip P. PorivaPartnerM. No. 154536I DIN: 26154536RNUTZS4256