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ASTRAL LTD.

09 September 2025 | 03:54

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ISIN No INE006I01046 BSE Code / NSE Code 532830 / ASTRAL Book Value (Rs.) 125.38 Face Value 1.00
Bookclosure 14/08/2025 52Week High 2038 EPS 19.50 P/E 74.98
Market Cap. 39274.40 Cr. 52Week Low 1232 P/BV / Div Yield (%) 11.66 / 0.26 Market Lot 1.00
Security Type Other

AUDITOR'S REPORT

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Year End :2025-03 

We have audited the accompanying standalone financial
statements of Astral Limited ("the Company”), which
comprise the Balance sheet as at March 31, 2025, the
Statement of Profit and Loss, including the statement of
Other Comprehensive Income, the Cash Flow Statement
and the Statement of Changes in Equity for the year then
ended, and notes to the Standalone financial statements,
including a summary of material accounting policies and
other explanatory information.

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, as amended ("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, 2025, its profit including other
comprehensive income, its cash flows and the changes in
equity for the year ended on that date.

BASIS FOR OPINION

We conducted our audit of the standalone financial
statements in accordance with the Standards on Auditing
(SAs), as specified under section 143(10) of 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 together with
the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit

of the 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 Code of Ethics. We believe that
the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and
appropriate to provide a basis for our audit opinion on the
standalone financial statements.

KEY AUDIT MATTERS

Key audit matters are those matters that, in our
professional judgment, were of most significance in
our audit of the standalone financial statements for the
financial year ended March 31, 2025. 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. For each matter below, our description of
how our audit addressed the matter is provided in that
context.

We have determined the matters described below to be
the key audit matters to be communicated in our report.
We have fulfilled the responsibilities described in the
Auditor's responsibilities for the audit of the standalone
financial statements section of our report, including in
relation to these matters. Accordingly, our audit included
the performance of procedures designed to respond to
our assessment of the risks of material misstatement of
the standalone financial statements. The results of our
audit procedures, including the procedures performed
to address the matters below, provide the basis for our
audit opinion on the accompanying standalone financial
statements.

Key audit matters

How our audit addressed the key audit matter

Impairment assessment of Goodwill (as described in Note 2(x)(iv) of the standalone financial statements)

The Company's balance sheet includes ' 2,036 Million of
Goodwill as at March 31, 2025.

In accordance with Ind AS 36, these balances are
allocated to Cash Generating Units (CGUs) which are
tested annually for impairment using discounted cash¬
flow models of each CGU's recoverable value compared
to the carrying value of the assets. A deficit between the
recoverable value and the CGU's net assets would result
in impairment. The inputs to the impairment testing
model which have the most significant impact on CGU
recoverable value include:

- Projected revenue growth, operating margins and
operating cash-flows; and

- Business specific discount rates.

We performed following procedures, for the same:

• We assessed whether the Company's definition of the
CGUs is compliant with the applicable accounting
standards.

• We evaluated the forecast of future cash flows used
by the management in the model to compute the
Recoverable value of CGUs.

• We compared the forecast of future cash flows to
business plan and previous forecasts to the actual
results.

• We focused our analysis on management assumptions
in respect of future sales growth rate and discount rate
used to compute the Recoverable value of CGUs.

• We recalculated estimates using the management
model.

Key audit matters

How our audit addressed the key audit matter

The annual impairment testing is considered a significant

• We involved valuation specialists to assist in evaluating

accounting judgement and estimate and a key audit

the key assumptions and methodologies used by the

matter because the assumptions on which the tests are

Company in computing the Recoverable value of

based are highly judgmental and are affected by future

CGUs.

market and economic conditions which are inherently
uncertain, and because of the materiality of the balances
to the standalone financial statements.

• We assessed the disclosures made in the standalone
financial statements.

Impairment assessment of investments in subsidiaries (as described in Note 2(x)(iii) of the standalone financial

statements)

The Company's investment in Astral Coating Private

We performed following procedures, among others:

Limited (formerly known as Gem Paints Private Limited),
India and Seal It Services Limited, UK amounting to
? 3,707 Million as at March 31, 2025.

• We evaluated the forecast of future cash flows used
by the management in the model to compute the
Recoverable amount.

The determination of value in use of the Company's

• We compared the forecast of future cash flows to

investments in the said subsidiaries is dependent on

business plan and previous forecasts to the actual

management's estimates with respect to such entity's

results.

performance, future cash flows and making judgment with
respect to assumptions used in computing the recoverable
amount of investments in those subsidiaries.

• We focused our analysis on management assumptions
in respect of future sales growth rate and discount rate
used to compute the Recoverable amount.

Considering the uncertainty involved in forecasting of

• We recalculated estimates using the management

cash flows and the judgement involved in respect of

model.

assumptions used in computing the value in use this audit
area is considered a key audit matter.

• We involved valuation specialists to assist in evaluating
the key assumptions and methodologies used by the
Company in computing the recoverable amount.

• We assessed the disclosures made in the standalone
financial statements.

OTHER INFORMATION

The Company's Board of Directors is responsible for
the other information. The other information comprises
the information included in the Annual report, but does
not include the standalone financial statements and our
auditor's report thereon.

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 and, in doing so, consider whether such other
information is materially inconsistent with the financial
statements 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 other information, we are
required to report that fact. We have nothing to report in
this regard.

RESPONSIBILITIES OF MANAGEMENT AND
THOSE CHARGED WITH GOVERNANCE 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 of these standalone financial statements
that give a true and fair view of the financial position,
financial performance including other comprehensive

income, cash flows and changes in equity 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
read with the Companies (Indian Accounting Standards)
Rules, 2015, as amended. 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
judgments and estimates that are reasonable and prudent;
and the 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,
management 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 charged with governance are also 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 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
adequate internal financial controls with reference
to financial statements 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 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 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 draw attention in our auditor's report
to the related disclosures in the 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 standalone financial statements,
including the disclosures, and whether the
standalone financial statements represent the

underlying transactions and events in a manner that
achieves fair presentation.

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 for the financial year ended March 31, 2025
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. As required by the Companies (Auditor's Report)
Order, 2020 ("the Order”), issued by the Central
Government of India in terms of sub-section (11) of
section 143 of the Act, we give in the
"Annexure - 1"
a statement on the matters specified in paragraphs 3
and 4 of the Order.

2. As required by Section 143(3) of the Act, we report to
the extent applicable, 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 sub¬
clause 2(i)(vi) below on reporting under Rule
11(g) read along with Note 45 to the standalone
financial statements;

(c) The Balance Sheet, the Statement of Profit
and Loss including the Statement of Other
Comprehensive Income, the Cash Flow
Statement and 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 Accounting
Standards specified under 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 taken on record by the Board of Directors,
none of the directors is disqualified as on March
31, 2025 from being appointed as a director in
terms of Section 164 (2) of the Act;

(f) The observation relating to the maintenance
of accounts and other matters connected
therewith are as stated in the paragraph (b)
above on reporting under Section 143(3)(b)
and paragraph (i)(vi) below on reporting under
Rule 11(g);

(g) With respect to the adequacy of the internal
financial controls with reference to standalone
financial statements and the operating
effectiveness of such controls, refer to our
separate Report in
"Annexure - 2" to this report;

(h) In our opinion, the managerial remuneration
for the year ended March 31, 2025 has been
paid/provided by the Company to its directors
in accordance with the provisions of section 197
read with Schedule V to the Act;

(i) 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, as amended in our opinion and to the
best of our information and according to the
explanations given to us:

i. The Company has disclosed the impact of
pending litigations on its financial position
in its standalone financial statements -
Refer Note 33 to the standalone financial
statements;

ii. The Company did not have any long-term
contracts including derivative contracts for
which there were any material foreseeable
losses;

iii. There has been no delay in transferring
amounts, required to be transferred, to the
Investor Education and Protection Fund
by the Company;

iv. a) The management has represented

that, to the best of its knowledge and
belief, as disclosed in the note 44 to
the standalone financial statements,
no funds 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 entities ("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;

b) The management has represented

that, to the best of its knowledge and
belief, as disclosed in the note 44 to
the standalone financial statements,
no funds have been received by the
Company from any person or entity,
including foreign entities ("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 in any manner whatsoever
by or on behalf of the Funding Party
("Ultimate Beneficiaries”) or provide
any guarantee, security or the like on
behalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries;
and

c) Based on such audit procedures

performed 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 (a) and (b) contain
any material misstatement.

v. 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 payment of
dividend.

The interim dividend declared and paid
by the Company during the year is in
accordance with section 123 of the Act.

As stated in note 47(a) 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 declaration of dividend.

vi. Based on our examination which included
test checks, 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
software except that as described in note
45 to the standalone financial statements,
audit trail feature was enabled for direct
changes to data when using certain access
rights, effective November 18, 2024, and
thereafter. Further, during the course of our
audit we did not come across any instance

of audit trail feature being tampered with
in respect of the accounting software
where audit trail has been enabled.
Additionally, the audit trail of prior year
has been preserved by the Company as
per the statutory requirements for record
retention, to the extent it was enabled
and recorded.

For S R B C & CO LLP

Chartered Accountants
ICAI Firm Registration Number: 324982E/E300003

per Shreyans Ravrani

Partner

Membership Number: 62906
UDIN: 25062906BMGYLA3193

Place of Signature: Ahmedabad
Date: May 21, 2025