We have audited the standalone financial statements of Artemis Medicare Services Limited ("the Company"), which comprise the Standalone Balance Sheet as at March 31, 2026, the Standalone Statement of Profit and Loss (including other comprehensive income), the Standalone Statement of Changes in Equity and Standalone Statement of Cash Flows for the year then ended, and notes to the standalone financial statements, including a summary of the significant 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 Financial Statements give the information required by the Companies Act, 2013 ("the Act") in the manner so required and give a true and fair view in conformity with the accounting principles generally accepted in India, of the state of affairs of the Company as at March 31, 2026, and profit (including other comprehensive income), changes in equity and its cash flows for the year ended on that date.
Basis of Opinion
We conducted our audit of the Standalone Financial Statements in accordance with the Standards on Auditing ("SA") specified under Section 143(10) of the Companies Act, 2013, as amended ("the Act"). Our responsibilities under those Standards are further described in the Auditor's Responsibilities for the Audit of the Standalone Financial Statements section of our report. We are independent of the Company in accordance with the Code of Ethics issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India ("ICAI") together with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the Standalone Financial Statements under the provisions of the Act and the Rules thereunder, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements and the ICAI's Code of Ethics. We believe that the audit evidence obtained by us is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our audit opinion on the Standalone Financial Statements.
Key Audit Matters
Key audit matters ('KAM') are those matters that, in our professional judgment, were of most significance in our audit of the Standalone Financial Statements of the current period. These matters were addressed in the context of our audit of the Standalone Financial Statements as a whole, and in forming our opinion thereon, and we do not provide a separate opinion on these matters. We have determined the matters described below to be the key audit matters to be communicated in our report.
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Key Audit Matter
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How our audit addressed the Key Audit Matter
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1. Capitalisation of Property, Plant, and Equipment
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As at March 31, 2026, the Company's Property, Plant & Equipment (PPE) stands at Rs. 70,765 Lakhs and Capital Work-in-Progress (CWIP) at Rs. 3,212 Lakhs, together representing the largest category of assets on the balance sheet. During the year, the Company continued its expansion activities, including the Raipur hospital project and upgrades at the Gurgaon facility. The capitalization of PPE involves significant management judgment in determining the point at which assets are ready for their intended use, the allocation of directly attributable costs, and the estimation of useful lives and residual values. The magnitude of the balances and the degree of judgment involved make this a Key Audit Matter.
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Principal Audit Procedures:
• Evaluated the design and operating effectiveness of internal controls over the capitalization process, including cost accumulation, and transfer from CWIP to PPE;
• Tested a sample of capital additions during the year for proper authorization, supporting documentation, and accurate classification between revenue and capital expenditure;
• Assessed management's judgment on the date of readiness for intended use, and medical equipment installations;
• Verified the allocation of directly attributable costs, including borrowing costs capitalized in accordance with Ind AS 23;
• Reviewed the useful lives and depreciation rates applied to verify consistency with Ind AS 16 and Schedule II of the Companies Act, 2013;
• Performed physical verification of assets on a sample basis and agreed to the fixed asset register; and
• Assessed the ageing and composition of CWIP to identify any items requiring impairment consideration or delayed capitalization.
Based on our audit procedures, we did not identify any material misstatement in the capitalization of PPE and CWIP as at March 31, 2026. The capitalization policies and useful life estimates applied by management were found to be reasonable and consistent with the applicable accounting framework.
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Key Audit Matter
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How our audit addressed the Key Audit Matter
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2. Allowance for expected Credit Loss related to Trade receivables
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As at March 31, 2026, the Company's trade receivables stand at INR 11,145 Lakhs (net). The estimation of Expected Credit Loss (ECL) under Ind AS 109 requires significant management judgment in developing the provision matrix, determining the grouping of receivables with similar credit risk characteristics, and assessing the recoverability of aged balances — particularly from government and TPA channels where settlement cycles are inherently longer. This is identified as a Key Audit Matter due to the complexity and degree of estimation involved.
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Principal Audit Procedures:
• Evaluated the design and operating effectiveness of internal controls over the trade receivable ageing process and ECL computation;
• Assessed the appropriateness of the ECL provision matrix, including the grouping of receivables by customer category (TPAs, insurance, government schemes, corporate, individual) and ageing buckets;
• Tested the accuracy and completeness of the ageing analysis by reconciling to the general ledger and verifying a sample of receivable balances to supporting documentation;
• Evaluated the historical loss rates used by management and their consistency with actual write-off experience;
• Assessed the incorporation of forward-looking information and macroeconomic factors in the ECL model; and
• Verified the adequacy of disclosures in the financial statements in accordance with Ind AS 107 and Ind AS 109.
Based on our audit procedures, the ECL provision recognized by management was found to be reasonable. The methodology and assumptions used in the provision matrix are consistent with the requirements of Ind AS 109 and adequately reflect the credit risk profile of the Company's receivable portfolio as at March 31, 2026.
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Information Other than the Standalone Financial Statements and Auditor's Report Thereon
The Company's Management and Board of Directors are responsible for the other information. The other information comprises the information included in the Company's annual report but does not include the Standalone Financial Statements and our auditor's report thereon. The aforesaid 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 of assurance conclusion thereon.
In connection with our audit of the Standalone Financial Statements, our responsibility is to read the other information identified above when it becomes available and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the Standalone Financial Statements or our knowledge obtained during the course of our audit or otherwise appears to be materially misstated.
When we read the Company's annual report and if we conclude that there is a material misstatement therein, we are required to communicate the matter to those charged with governance and shall take appropriate actions, if required.
If, based on the work performed, we conclude that there is a material misstatement of this other information, we are required to report that fact. We have nothing to report in this regard.
Responsibilities of Management and Board of Directors for the Standalone Financial Statements
The Company's Board of Directors is responsible for the matters stated in Section 134(5) of the Act with respect to the preparation and presentation of these Standalone Financial Statements that give a true and fair view of the financial position, financial performance including other comprehensive income, changes in equity and cash flows of the Company in accordance with the accounting principles generally accepted in India, including the Indian Accounting Standards (Ind AS) specified under Section 133 of the Act.
This responsibility also includes maintenance of adequate accounting records in accordance with the provisions of the Act for safeguarding of the assets of the Company and for preventing and detecting frauds and other irregularities; selection and application of appropriate accounting policies; making judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent; and design, implementation and maintenance of adequate internal financial controls that were operating effectively for ensuring the accuracy and completeness of the accounting records, relevant to the preparation and presentation of the Standalone Financial Statements that give a true and fair view and are free 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 to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless management either intends to liquidate the Company or to cease operations or has no realistic alternative but to do so.
Those Board of Directors are responsible for overseeing the Company's financial reporting process.
Auditor's Responsibilities for the Audit of the Standalone Financial Statements
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the Standalone Financial Statements as a whole are free 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 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 the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these Standalone Financial Statements.
As part of an audit in accordance with SAs, we exercise professional judgment and maintain professional skepticism throughout the audit. We also:
• Identify and assess the risks of material misstatement of the Annual 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 appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion. The risk of not detecting a material misstatement resulting from fraud 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 control relevant to the audit in order to design audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances. Under section 143(3)
(i) of the Act, we are also responsible for expressing our opinion on whether the Company has an adequate internal financial controls system with reference to the Standalone Financial statement in place and the operating effectiveness of such controls.
• Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of accounting estimates and related disclosures made by the Management and Board of Directors.
• Conclude on the appropriateness of Management and Board of Directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting
and, based on the audit evidence obtained, whether a material uncertainty exists related to events or conditions that may cast significant doubt on the appropriateness of this assumption. If we conclude that material uncertainty exists, we are required 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 obtained up to the date of our auditor'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 Annual Standalone Financial Statements, including the disclosures, and whether the Annual Standalone Financial Statements represent the underlying transactions and events in a manner that achieves fair presentation.
Materiality is the magnitude of misstatements in the Standalone Financial Statements that, individually or in the aggregate, makes it probable that the economic decisions of a reasonably knowledgeable user of the 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 results of our work, and
(ii) to evaluate the effect of any identified misstatements in the financial statements.
We communicate with those charged with governance regarding, among other matters, the planned scope and timing of the audit and 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 requirements regarding independence, and to communicate with them all relationships and other matters that may reasonably be thought 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 most significance in the audit of the Standalone Financial Statements of the current period and are therefore the key audit matters. 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 adverse consequences of doing so would reasonably be expected to outweigh the public interest benefits of such communication.
Report on Other Legal and Regulatory Requirements
1. A. As required by Section 143(3) of the Act, based on our report, we report that:
(a) We have sought and obtained all the information and explanations which to the best of our knowledge and belief were 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 from our examination of those books except for the matters stated in paragraph 1(B)(f) below on reporting under rule 11(g) of the Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014 (as amended) ("the Rules");
(c) The Standalone Balance Sheet, the Standalone Statement of Profit and Loss (including other comprehensive income), the Standalone Statement of Changes in Equity and the Standalone Statement of Cash Flow 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 Ind AS specified under Section 133 of the Act, read with Rule 7 of the Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014;
(e) Based on the written representations received from the directors as of March 31, 2026, taken on record by the Board of Directors, none of the directors is disqualified as of March 31, 2026, from being 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 with reference to Standalone Financial Statements of 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's internal financial controls over financial reporting;
B. 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:
(a) The Company has disclosed the impact of pending litigations as of March 31, 2026, on its financial position in its Standalone Financial Statements. Refer to note 40 to the Standalone Financial Statements;
(b) The Company did not have any long-term contracts including derivative contracts for which there were any material foreseeable losses;
(c) There were no amounts, during the year, which were required to be transferred to the Investor Education and Protection Fund by the Company;
(d) (i) The Management has represented that, to the
best of its knowledge and belief, as disclosed in note 45 to the Standalone Financial Statements, 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 the Company to or in any other person or entity, including foreign entity ("Intermediaries"), with the 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 any manner whatsoever by or on behalf of the Company ("Ultimate Beneficiaries") or provide any guarantee, security or the like on behalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries;
(ii) The management has represented that, to the
best of it's knowledge and belief, as disclosed in the Note 45 to the standalone financial statements, no funds (which are material either individually or in the aggregate) have been received by the Company from any person(s) or entity(ies), including foreign entities ("Funding Parties"), with the understanding, whether recorded in writing or otherwise, that the Company shall directly or indirectly, lend or invest in other persons or entities identified in any manner whatsoever by or on behalf of the Funding Parties ("Ultimate Beneficiaries") or provide any guarantee, security or the like on behalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries.
(iii) Based on the audit procedures that have been considered reasonable and appropriate in the circumstances, nothing has come to our notice that has caused us to believe that the representations under sub-clause (i) and (ii) of Rule 11(e), as provided under (i) and (ii) above, contain any material misstatement.
(e) The final dividend paid by the Company during the year in respect of the same declared for the previous year is in accordance with section 123 of the Act to the extent it applies to the payment of dividends.
As stated in note 10 (l) to the standalone financial statements, the Board of Directors of the Company have proposed final dividend for the year which is subject to the approval of the members at the
ensuing Annual General Meeting. The dividend declared is in accordance with section 123 of the Act to the extent it applies to the declaration of dividend.
(f) Based on our examination which included test checks, except for the instances mentioned below and as explained in note 45 (xiii) of the standalone financial statements, the Company has used accounting software for maintaining its books of account, which has a feature of recording audit trail (edit log) facility and; the same has operated throughout the year for all relevant transactions recorded in the respective software except the feature of the recording audit trail (edit log) facility at the database level to log any direct data changes for the accounting software used for maintaining the books of accounts cannot be commented upon, as the SOC Type 2 report could not be obtained for HIS and the report of SAP does not specifically cover any controls related to the audit trail.
For accounting software for which audit trail feature is enabled, the audit trail facility has been operating throughout the year for all relevant transactions recorded in the software and we did not come across any instance of audit trail feature being tampered with during the course of our audit.
As a proviso to Rule 3(1) of the Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014, the audit trail has been preserved by the company as per the statutory requirements for record retention.
C. With respect to the other matters to be included in the Auditor's Report in accordance with the requirements of Section 197(16) of the Act, as amended, in our opinion and according to the information and explanations given to us, the remuneration paid by the Company to its directors during the year is in accordance with the provisions of section 197 of the Act.
2. As required by the Companies (Auditors' Report) Order, 2020 ("the Order") issued by the Central Government of India 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 the Order, to the extent applicable.
For T R Chadha & Co LLP
Chartered Accountants (Firm Registration No.: 006711N/ N500028)
Place of Signature: Noida Neena Goel
Dated: May 08, 2026 Partner
UDIN: 26057986URBMXH9452 Membership No. 057986
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