We have audited the accompanying Standalone Financial
Statements of Atul Limited (the Company), which comprise
the Balance Sheet as at March 31, 2026, and the Statement
of Profit and Loss (including Other Comprehensive
Income), the Statement of Cash Flows and the Statement
of Changes in Equity for the year ended on that date, 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 (the Act) in the manner
so required and give a true and fair view in conformity with
the Indian Accounting Standards prescribed under section
133 of the Act, (Ind AS) and other accounting principles
generally accepted in India, of the state of affairs of the
Company as at March 31, 2026, and its profit and 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) specified under section 143(10) of the
Act. Our responsibilities under those Standards are
further described in the Auditor’s Responsibility 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 made 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 are those matters that, in our professional
judgment, were of most significance in our audit of the
Standalone Financial Statements of the current period.
We have determined that there are no key audit matters
to communicate in our report.
Information Other than the Financial Statements
and Auditor’s Report Thereon
The Company’s Board of Directors is responsible for
the other information. The other information comprises
the information included in the Directors’ report and
its annexure, Management Discussion and Analysis,
Corporate Governance report and Business Responsibility
and Sustainability report, but does not include the
Consolidated Financial Statements, 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
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.
• 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 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 of these Standalone Financial
Statements 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 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 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 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 and Board of Directors are 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 the Board of Directors either intend to liquidate
the Company or to cease operations, or has no realistic
alternative but to do so.
The Company’s Board of Directors is also responsible for
overseeing the Company’s financial reporting process.
Auditor’s Responsibility 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 financial
controls 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 Standalone 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 the 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 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 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.
• Obtain sufficient appropriate audit evidence regarding
the Annual Standalone Financial Statements of
the Company to express an opinion on the Annual
Standalone Financial Statements.
Materiality is the magnitude of misstatements in the
Standalone Financial Statements that, individually or
in aggregate, makes it probable that the economic
decisions of a reasonably knowledgeable user of the
Standalone 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 Standalone
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 financial controls
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. As required by Section 143(3) of the Act, based on our
audit 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.
c) The Balance Sheet, the Statement of Profit and
Loss including Other Comprehensive Income,
the Statement of Cash Flows and Statement of
Changes in Equity dealt with by this Report are
in agreement with the relevant books of account.
d) In our opinion, the aforesaid Standalone
Financial Statements comply with the Ind AS
specified under Section 133 of the Act.
e) On the basis of the written representations
received from the directors as on March 31, 2026
taken on record by the Board of Directors, none
of the directors is disqualified as on 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 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 with
reference to Standalone Financial Statements.
g) 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 to the
best of our information and according to the
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.
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, 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 29.1 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, other than as disclosed
in the note 29.19 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(s) or entity(ies), including
foreign entities (“Intermediaries”), with
the understanding, whether recorded
in writing or otherwise, that the
Intermediary shall, 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, other than as disclosed
in the note 29.19 to the Standalone
Financial Statements, no funds 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 Party
(Ultimate Beneficiaries) or provide
any guarantee, security or the like on
behalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries.
(c) Based on the 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 (i) and (ii) of Rule 11(e),
as provided under (a) and (b) above,
contain any material misstatement.
v. The final dividend proposed in the previous
year, declared and paid by the Company
during the year is in accordance with
section 123 of the Act, as applicable.
As stated in note 29.17 to the Standalone
Financial Statements, the Board of Directors
of the Company has proposed final dividend
for the year which is subject to the approval
of the members at the ensuing Annual
General Meeting. Such dividend proposed
is in accordance with section 123 of the
Act, as applicable.
vi. Based on our examination, which
included test checks, the Company has
used accounting software system for
maintaining its books of account for the
financial year ended March 31, 2026 which
have the feature of recording audit trail
(edit log) facility and the same has operated
throughout the year for all relevant
transactions recorded in the software
systems. Further, during the course of our
audit we did not come across any instance
of the audit trail feature being tampered with
and the audit trail has been preserved by the
Company as per the statutory requirements
for record retention, as applicable.
2. As required by the Companies (Auditor’s Report)
Order, 2020 (the Order) issued by 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 the Order.
For Deloitte Haskins & Sells LLP
Chartered Accountants
Firm’s Registration No. 117366W | W-100018
Ketan Vora
Partner
Place: Mumbai Membership No: 100459
Date: April 24, 2026 UDIN:26100459ZMMGCP3900
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