We have audited the accompanying financial statements of Oxford IndustriesLimited ("the Company"), which comprises the Balance Sheet as at March 31, 2025,the Statement of Profit and Loss (including other comprehensive income), Cash FlowStatement, Statement of Changes in Equity for the year ended on that date and notesto the financial statements, including a summary of significant accounting policies andother explanatory information.
In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanationsgiven to us, the aforesaid financial statements give the information required by theCompanies Act 2013 ("the Act") in the manner so required and give a true and fairview in conformity with the accounting principles generally accepted in India, of thestate of affairs of the Company as at March 31, 2025, and the statement of Profit & Loss(including other comprehensive income), changes in equity and its cash flows for theyear ended on that date. We express a Qualified Opinion in respect of FinancialStatements of Oxford Industries Limited.
Basis for Qualified Opinion
The Company has a net loss of Rs. 50.31 lacs during the year ended 31st March 2025(P.Y. net profit of Rs. 9.45 lacs) and as of date, the company's accumulated lossesaggregate to Rs. 1347.71 lacs leading to complete erosion of its net worth, therebyraising a doubt whether the company wall be able to continue as a going concern. Asof that date, the Company's current liabilities (including short term loans) exceeded itscurrent assets by Rs 171.13 lacs (P.Y. Rs. 120.82 lacs) and its total liabilities exceededits total assets by Rs. 171.13 lacs (P.Y. Rs. 120.82 lacs). However, the accounts for theyear have been prepared on the concept that Company will continue as a goingconcern.
We conducted our audit of the financial statements in accordance with the Standardson Auditing (SAs) specified under section 143(10) of the Act. Our responsibilitiesunder those Standards are further described in the Auditor's Responsibilities for theAudit of the Financial Statements section of our report. We are independent of theCompany in accordance with the Code of Ethics issued by the Institute of CharteredAccountants of India (ICAI) together with the ethical requirements that are relevant to
our audit of the financial statements under the provisions of the Act and the Rulesmade thereunder, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordancewith these requirements and the ICAI's Code of Ethics.
We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate toprovide a basis for our audit opinion on the financial statements.
Information other than the Financial Statements and Auditors Report Thereon
The Company's Board of Directors is responsible for the other information. The otherinformation comprises the information included in the Director's Report andManagement Discussion & Analysis Report but does not include the financialstatements and our auditor's report thereon.
Our opinion on the financial statements does not cover the other information and wedo not express any form of assurance conclusion thereon.
In connection with our audit of the financial statements, our responsibility is to readthe other information and, in doing so, consider whether the other information ismaterially inconsistent with the financial statements or our knowledge obtained in theaudit or otherwise appears to be materially misstated.
If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is a materialmisstatement of this other information; we are required to report that fact.
We have nothing to report in this regard.
Management's Responsibility for the Financial Statements
The Company's Board of Directors is responsible for the matters stated in Section134(5) of the Companies Act, 2013 ("the Act") with respect to the preparation ofthese financial statements that give a true and fair view of the financial position,financial performance, total comprehensive income, changes in equity' and cashflows of the Company in accordance with the accounting principles generallyaccepted in India, including the Indian Accounting Standards (hid AS) prescribedunder section 133 of the Act, read with Companies Indian Accounting StandardsRules 2015.
This responsibility' also includes maintenance of adequate accounting records inaccordance with the provisions of the Act for safeguarding the assets of theCompany and for preventing and detecting frauds and other irregularities;selection and application of appropriate accounting policies; making judgmentsand estimates that are reasonable and prudent; and design, implementation andmaintenance of adequate internal financial controls, that were operatingeffectively for ensuring the accuracy and completeness of the accounting records,relevant to the preparation and presentation of the financial statements that give
a true and fair view and are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraudor error.
In preparing the financial statements, management is responsible for assessing theCompany's ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, mattersrelated to going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unlessmanagement either intends to liquidate the Company or to cease operations, or has norealistic alternative but to do so.
Those Board of Directors are also responsible for overseeing the Company's financialreporting process.
Auditor's Responsibility for the Audit of the Financial Statements
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financialstatements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud orerror, and to issue an auditor's report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assuranceis a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted inaccordance with SAs will always detect a material misstatement when it exists.Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if,individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence theeconomic decisions of users taken on the basis of these financial statements.
As part of an audit in accordance with SAs, we exercise professional judgment andmaintain professional scepticism throughout the audit. We also:
• Identify and assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements,whether due to fraud or error, design and perform audit procedures responsiveto those risks, and obtain audit evidence that is sufficient and appropriate toprovide a basis for our opinion. The risk of not detecting a material misstatementresulting from fraud is higher than for one resulting from error, as fraud mayinvolve collusion, forgery, intentional omissions, misrepresentations, or theoverride of internal control.
• Obtain an understanding of internal financial controls relevant to the audit inorder to design audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances.Under section 143(3)(i) of the Act, we are also responsible for expressing ouropinion on whether the Company has adequate internal financial controlssystem in place and the operating effectiveness of such controls.
• Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonablenessof accounting estimates and related disclosures made by management.
• Conclude on the appropriateness of management's use of the going concern basisof accounting and, based on the audit evidence obtained, whether a materialuncertainty exists related to events or conditions 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 drawattention in our auditor's report to the related disclosures in the financialstatements or, if such disclosures are inadequate, to modify our opinion. Ourconclusions are based on the audit evidence obtained up to the date of ourauditor's report. However, future events or conditions may cause the Companyto cease to continue as a going concern.
• Evaluate the overall presentation, structure and content of the financialstatements, including the disclosures, and whether the financial statementsrepresent the underlying transactions and events in a manner that achieves fairpresentation.
Materiality is the magnitude of misstatements in the financial statements thatindividually or in aggregate, makes it probable that the economic decisions of areasonably knowledgeable user of the financial statements may be influenced. Weconsider quantitative materiality and qualitative factors in (i) planning the scope ofour audit work and in evaluating the results of our work; and (ii) to evaluate theeffect of any identified misstatements in the financial statements.
We communicate with those charged with governance regarding, among othermatters, the planned scope and timing of the 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 havecomplied with relevant ethical requirements regarding independence, and tocommunicate 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 determinethose matters that were of most significance in the audit of the financial statementsof the current period and are therefore the key audit matters. We describe thesematters in our auditor7s report unless law or regulation precludes public disclosureabout the matter or when, in extremely rare circumstances, we determine that amatter should not be communicated in our report because the adverse consequencesof doing so would reasonably be expected to outweigh the public interest benefitsof such communication.
Report on Other Legal and Regulatory Requirements
1. 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 thebest of our knowledge and belief were necessary for the purposes of our audit.
b. In our opinion, proper books of accounts as required by law have been kept bythe company so far as it appears from our examination of those books.
c. The Balance Sheet, the Statement of Profit and Loss (including OtherComprehensive Income), the Cash Flow Statement and Statement of Changes inEquity dealt with by this Report are in agreement with the books of account.
d. In our opinion, the aforesaid financial statements comply with the IndianAccounting Standards prescribed under section 133 of the Act, read withCompanies Indian Accounting Standards Rules 2015.
e. On the basis of the written representations received from the directors as on 31stMarch, 2025 taken on record by the Board of Directors, none of the directors isdisqualified as on 31s1 March, 2025 from being appointed as a director in terms ofSection 164(2) of the Act.
f. With respect to the adequacy of the internal financial controls over financialreporting of the Company and the operating effectiveness of such controls, referto our separate Report in "Annexure A".
g. With respect to the other matters to be included in the Auditor's Report inaccordance with the requirements of section 197(16) of the Act.
In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to theexplanations given to us, no remuneration is paid by the company to its directorsin the current year.
h. With respect to the other matters to be included in the Auditor's Report inaccordance with Rule 11 of the Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014, inour 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 financialposition in its financial statements -Refer note 4(b) to the financialstatements;
ii. The Company did not have any long-term contracts including derivativecontracts for which there were any material foreseeable losses.
iii There were no amounts which were required to be transferred to the InvestorEducation and Protection Fund by the Company.
iv. (a) The management has represented that, to the best of its knowledge andbelief, no funds have been advanced or loaned or invested (either fromborrowed funds or share premium or any other sources or kind of funds) bythe company to or in anv other person or entity, including foreign entity("Intermediaries"), with the understanding, whether recorded in writing orotherwise, that the Intermediary shall, whether, directly or indirectly lend orinvest in other persons or entities identified in any manner whatsoever by oron 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 andbelief, no funds have been received by the company from any person orentity, including foreign entity ("Funding Parties"), with the understanding,whether recorded in writing or otherwise, that the company shall, whether,directly or indirectly, lend or invest in other persons or entities identified inany manner whatsoever by or on behalf of the Funding Party ("UltimateBeneficiaries") or provide any guarantee, security or the like on behalf of theUltimate Beneficiaries;
(c) In our opinion and based on the audit procedures, we have consideredreasonable and appropriate in the circumstances; nothing has come to ournotice that has caused us to believe that the representations under sub-clause(a) and (b) above contain any material misstatement.
v. The provisions of section 123 of the Companies Act, 2013 w.r.t. declaration orpayment of dividend does not apply to the company as the company has notdeclared any dividend during the year.
I. As per reporting under Rule 11 (g) of the Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules,2014, which is applicable from 1 April 2023, Based on our examination, whichincluded test checks, the Company has used accounting software's formaintaining its books of account for the financial year ended March 31, 2025,which has a feature of recording audit trail (edit log) facility', But the feature ofrecording audit trail (edit log) facility was not enabled at the database level tolog any direct data changes for the accounting software's used for maintainingthe books of accounts throughout the year for all relevant transactions recordedin the software.
2. As required by the Companies (Auditor's Report) Order, 2020 ("the Order") issuedby the Central Government in terms of Section 143(11) of the Act, we give in"Annexure B" a statement on the matters specified in paragraphs 3 and 4 of theOrder.
For RANK and AssociatesChartered Accountants[Firm Reg. No. 105589W]
CA Rahul Parasmal Nahata
Place: Mumbai Partner
Date: 27th May 2025 Membership No: 116511
UDIN: 25116511BMJMUT1045