NOTE 1 : CORPORATE INFORMATION
Aditya Birla Lifestyle Brands Limited (the “Company”), a public company domiciled in India and incorporated under the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013. The registered office of the Company is located at Piramal Agastya Corporate Park, Building ‘A', 4th and 5th Floor, Unit No. 401, 403, 501, 502, L.B.S. Road, Kurla, Mumbai - 400 070.
The Company is engaged in the business of manufacturing and retailing of branded apparels/accessories and runs a chain of apparels and accessories retail stores in India.
The standalone financial statements, as reviewed and recommended by the Audit Committee, have been approved by the Board of Directors in their meeting held on May 07, 2026.
The equity share of the Company are listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) and National Stock Exchange (NSE) and non- convertible debentures are listed on BSE.
NOTE 2 : BASIS OF PREPARATION
2.1 Compliance with Ind AS and historical cost convention
The standalone financial statements of the Company have been prepared in accordance with Indian Accounting Standards (Ind AS) notified under the Companies (Indian Accounting Standards) Rules, 2015 (as amended), read with Section 133 of the Companies Act, 2013 (“the Act”) and presentation requirements of Division II of Schedule III of the Act and other relevant provisions of the Act as applicable. The standalone financial statements have been prepared on accrual basis under the historical cost convention, except the following assets and liabilities, which have been measured at fair value as required by the relevant Ind AS:
• Certain financial assets and liabilities (refer accounting policy regarding financial instruments);
• Defined employee benefit plans;
• Share-based payment; and
• Derivative financial instruments.
2.2 Functional and Presentation Currency:
The standalone financial statements are presented in Indian Rupee (') which is the functional currency of the Company. All amounts are rounded to two decimal places to the nearest Crore, unless otherwise stated. (' 1 Crore is equal to ' 10 Million)
2.3 Current versus non-current classification
The Company presents assets and liabilities in the Standalone Balance Sheet based on current/ non-current classification. An asset is treated as current when it is:
• Expected to be realised or intended to be sold or consumed in normal operating cycle;
• Held primarily for the purpose of trading;
• Expected to be realised within twelve months after the reporting period; or
• Cash or cash equivalents unless restricted from being exchanged or used to settle a liability for at least twelve months after the reporting period.
All other assets are classified as non-current.
A liability is treated as current when:
• It is expected to be settled in normal operating cycle;
• It is held primarily for the purpose of trading;
• It is due to be settled within twelve months after the reporting period; or
• it does not have the right at the end of the reporting period to defer settlement of the liability for at least twelve months after the reporting period.
All other liabilities are classified as non-current.
Deferred tax assets and liabilities are classified as non-current assets and liabilities.
The operating cycle is the time between the acquisition of assets for processing and their realisation in cash and cash equivalents. The Company has identified twelve months as its operating cycle.
2.4 Critical Accounting Judgements, Estimates And Assumptions
The preparation of the Company's financial statements requires the management to make judgements, estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of revenues, expenses, assets, liabilities, the accompanying disclosures and the disclosure of contingent liabilities. Uncertainty about these assumptions and estimates could result in outcomes that require a material adjustment to the carrying amount of assets or liabilities affected in future periods. Estimates and assumptions are reviewed on periodic basis. Revisions to accounting estimates are recognised in the period in which the estimates are revised.
The key assumptions concerning the future and other key sources of estimation, that have a significant risk of causing a material adjustment to the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities, within the next financial year, are described below. The Company's assumptions and estimates are based on parameters available at the time of preparation of financial statements. Existing circumstances and assumptions about future developments, however, may change due to market changes or circumstances arising that are beyond the control of the Company. Such changes are reflected in the assumptions when they occur.
(a) Impairment of non-financial assets including Goodwill
Impairment exists when the carrying value of an asset or Cash-Generating Unit (CGU) exceeds its recoverable amount, which is higher of its fair value less costs of disposal and its value in use. The fair value less costs of disposal calculation is based on available data from binding sales transactions, conducted at arm's length, for similar assets or observable market prices less incremental costs for disposing off the asset. The value in use calculation is based on Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) model. The cash flows are derived from the budget for the next three years and next 2 years have been extrapolated to demonstrate the tapering of growth rate for computation of perpetual cash flows. These cashflows are considered as a base to arrive at the value of perpetuity. The budget do not include restructuring activities that the Company is not yet committed to or significant future investments that will enhance the asset's performance of the CGU being tested. The recoverable amount is sensitive to the discount rate used for the DCF model as well as the expected future cash inflows and the growth rate used for extrapolation purposes. These estimates are most relevant to goodwill recognised by the Company. The key assumptions used to determine the value in use for the different CGUs, are disclosed and further explained in Note - 5a
(b) Provision on inventories
The Company has defined policy for provision on inventory for each of its business by differentiating the inventory into core and non-core (fashion) and sub-categorised into finished goods and raw materials. The Company provides provision based on policy, past experience, current trend and future expectations of these materials depending on the category of goods.
(c) Provision for discount and sales return
The Company provides for discount and sales return based on season wise, brand wise and channel wise trend. The Company reviews the trend at regular intervals to ensure the applicability of the same in the changing scenario, and based on the management's assessment of market conditions.
(d) Leases
The Company determines the lease term as the non-cancellable term of the lease, together with any periods covered by an option to extend the lease if it is reasonably certain to be exercised, or any periods covered by an option to terminate the lease, if it is reasonably certain not to be exercised.
The Company has several lease contracts that include extension and termination options. The Company applies judgement in evaluating whether it is reasonably certain to exercise the option to renew or terminate the lease. It considers all relevant factors that create an economic incentive for it to exercise either the renewal or termination. After the commencement date, the Company reassesses the lease term if there is a significant event or change in circumstances that is within its control and affects its ability to exercise or not to exercise the option to renew or to terminate.
(e) Useful life of property, plant and equipment
The Company reviews the useful life of property, plant and equipment at the end of each reporting period. After considering market conditions, industry practice, technological developments and other factors, the Company determined that the current useful lives of its PPE remain appropriate. However, changes in economic conditions of the markets, competition and technology, among others, are unpredictable and they may significantly impact the useful lives of PPE and therefore the depreciation charges (Refer note 3a).
(f) Contingent liabilities and provisions
The contingent liability is a possible obligation that arises from past events whose existence will be confirmed by the occurrence or non-occurrence of one or more uncertain future events beyond the control of the Company. The Company evaluates the obligation through Probable, Possible or Remote model (PPR'). In making the evaluation for PPR, the Company takes into consideration the industry perspective, legal and technical view, availability of documentation/ agreements, interpretation of the matter, independent opinion from professionals (specific matters) etc. which can vary based on subsequent events. The Company provides the liability in the books for probable cases, while possible cases are shown as Contingent Liability. The remote cases are not disclosed in the standalone financial statement. Contingent assets are neither recognized nor disclosed in the standalone financial statements (Refer note 44).
2.5 New and amended standards adopted by the Company:
The Ministry of Corporate Affairs has vide notification dated May 7, 2025 and August 13, 2025 notified Companies (Indian Accounting Standards) Amendment Rules, 2025 and and Companies (Indian Accounting Standards) Second Amendment Rules, 2025, respectively, which amended the following accounting standards. These amendments are effective from April 01, 2025.
(a) Classification of Liabilities as Current or Non-current and Non-current Liabilities with Covenants - Amendments to Ind AS 1
Ind AS 1, Presentation of Financial Statements, applicable w.e.f. April 1, 2025 - The amendment relates to classification of liabilities as current or non-current and non-current liabilities with covenants. In the context of classifying a liability as current, it removes the requirement of existence of a right to defer settlement for at least 12 months after the reporting date and instead requires that the said right should exist on the reporting date and have substance.
The amendment also introduces guidance on classification of liabilities with covenants. The Company has no impact of these amendments in its classification criteria of current and non-current liabilities.
(b) Supplier Finance Arrangements - Amendments to Ind AS 7 and Ind AS 107
Ind AS 7, Statement of Cash Flows and Ind AS 107, Financial Instruments: Disclosures, applicable w.e.f. April 1, 2025 - The amendment in Ind AS 7 requires to inform users of financial statements of the existence of supplier finance arrangements and explain the nature of the arrangements, the carrying amount of liabilities and the range of payment due dates. Ind AS 107 has been amended to add supplier finance arrangements as a factor that may cause concentration of liquidity risk.
The Company has reviewed the amendment and provided the disclosure in the standalone financial statement (Refer Note 27).
(c) International Tax Reform - Pillar Two Model Rules - Amendments to Ind AS 12
The amendments provide a temporary mandatory relief from deferred tax accounting for top-up tax and disclose that they have applied the relief. This relief is immediate and applies retrospectively.
(d) Lack of Exchangeability - Amendments to Ind AS 21
The amended Ind AS 21 have added requirements to help entities to determine whether a currency is exchangeable into another currency, and the spot exchange rate to use where it is not.
These amendments did not have any material impact on the amounts recognized in prior periods and are not expected to significantly affect the current or future periods.
2.6 New standards or amendments not yet adopted:
a) Classification of Liabilities as Current or Non-current and Non-current Liabilities with Covenants - Amendments to Ind AS 1
This amendment also includes specific provisions that will take effect for reporting periods beginning on or after 1 April 2026, as outlined below.
Under the existing Ind AS 1, where there is a breach of a material provision of a long-term loan arrangement on or before the end of the reporting period with the effect that the liability becomes payable on demand on the reporting date, the entity does not classify the liability as current, if the lender agreed, after the reporting period and before the approval of the financial statements for issue, not to demand payment as a consequence of the breach.
However, the amended requirements stipulate that entities will no longer be permitted to consider lender waivers that are granted after the reporting date but before the financial statements are approved for the purpose of classification of loans. This amendment is required to be applied retrospectively in accordance with Ind AS 8.
The Company does not expect this amendment to have an impact on its operations or standalone financial statements.
Accounting Policy
Freehold land is carried at historical cost. Property, plant and equipment is stated at historical cost net of accumulated depreciation and accumulated impairment losses, if any.
Depreciation methods, estimated useful lives and residual value
Depreciation on property, plant and equipment is calculated on a straight-line basis over the useful life of the asset estimated by the management. Depreciation on additions is provided on a pro rata basis from the month of installation or acquisition. Depreciation on deletions/ disposals is provided on a pro rata basis up to the month preceding the month of deletions/ disposals. The management believes that the estimated useful lives below reflect fair approximation of the period over which the assets are likely to be used.
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