1. We have audited the accompanying standalone financial statements of Bajaj Finserv Ltd. ('the Company),
which comprise the standalone Balance Sheet as at 31 March 2026, and the standalone Statement of
Profit and Loss (including Other Comprehensive Income), standalone Statement of Changes in Equity and
standalone Statement of Cash Flows 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
('the standalone financial statements).
2. 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 ('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 read with the Companies (Indian Accounting Standards) Rules,
2015, as amended, ('Ind AS) and other accounting principles generally accepted in India, of the state of
affairs of the Company as at 31 March 2026, and its profit and other comprehensive loss, changes in equity
and its cash flows for the year ended on that date.
Basis for opinion
3. We conducted our audit in accordance with the Standards on Auditing ('SAs) specified under section
143(10) of the Act. Our responsibilities under those SAs are further described in the Auditors'
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 Code of Ethics.
We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our
opinion on the standalone financial statements.
Key audit matters
4. 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 year. 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. In our professional judgments, we have
determined that there is no key audit matter to be communicated in our report.
Other information
5. The Company's 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 auditors' report thereon. The other information is expected to be made
available to us after the date of this auditors' report.
6. Our opinion on the standalone financial statements does not cover the other information and we do not
express any form of assurance conclusion thereon.
7. 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
in the audit or otherwise appears to be materially misstated.
8. When we read the annual report, if we conclude that there is a material misstatement therein, we are
required to communicate the matter to those charged with governance and take appropriate action as
applicable under the relevant laws and regulations.
Responsibilities of management and those charged with governance for the standalone financial
statements
9. 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
state of affairs, profit and other comprehensive loss, changes in equity and cash flows of the Company
in conformity with the Indian Accounting Standards prescribed under section 133 of the Act read with
the Companies (Indian Accounting Standards) Rules, 2015, as amended and other accounting principles
generally accepted in India. 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 of the appropriate accounting software
for ensuring compliance with applicable laws and regulations including those related to retention of audit
logs; 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.
10. 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 the Board of Directors either intends to
liquidate the Company or to cease operations, or has no realistic alternative but to do so.
11. The Board of Directors is also responsible for overseeing the Company's financial reporting process.
Auditors' responsibilities for the audit of the standalone financial statements
12. 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 auditors'
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.
13. As part of an audit in accordance with SAs, we exercise professional judgment and maintain professional
skepticism throughout the audit. We also:
13.1 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.
13.2 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) 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.
13.3 Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of accounting
estimates and related disclosures made by the management.
13.4 Conclude on the appropriateness of the 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 auditors' 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
auditors' report. However, future events or conditions may cause the Company to cease to continue as a
going concern.
13.5 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.
14. 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.
15. 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.
16. 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 year and are
therefore the key audit matters. We describe these matters in our auditors' 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
17. As required by the Companies (Auditors' 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 A'
a statement on the matters specified in paragraphs 3 and 4 of the Order, to the extent applicable.
18. As required by section 143(3) of the Act, we report that:
18.1 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.
18.2 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.
18.3 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 Flows dealt with by this Report are in agreement with the books of account.
18.4 In our opinion, the aforesaid standalone financial statements comply with the Ind AS specified under
section 133 of the Act read with the relevant rules thereunder.
18.5 On the basis of the written representations received from the directors and taken on record by the Board
of Directors, none of the directors is disqualified as on 31 March 2026 from being appointed as a director
in terms of section 164(2) of the Act.
18.6 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 B'.
18.7 In our opinion and according to the information and explanations given to us, the remuneration paid by
the Company to its directors during the current year is in accordance with the provisions of section 197 of
the Act. The remuneration paid to any director is not in excess of the limit laid down under section 197 of
the Act.
19. With respect to the other matters to be included in the Auditors' 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:
19.1 The Company has disclosed the impact of pending litigations as at 31 March 2026 on its financial position
in its standalone financial statements - Refer note 27 to the standalone financial statements.
19.2 The Company did not have any long-term contracts including derivative contracts for which there were
any material foreseeable losses.
19.3 There has been no delay in transferring amounts, required to be transferred, to the Investor Education
and Protection Fund by the Company.
19.4 The Management has represented, to best of their knowledge and belief, that 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, 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.
19.5 The Management has represented, to best of their knowledge and belief, that 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, 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.
19.6 Based on such audit procedures, that have been considered reasonable and appropriate in the
circumstances, performed by us, nothing has come to our notice that has caused us to believe that the
representation under paragraph '19.4' and '19.5' contain any material misstatement.
19.7 In our opinion and according to the information and explanations given to us and as stated in note 36 (c)
to the standalone financial statements, the dividend declared and paid during the year by the Company is
in compliance with section 123 of the Act.
19.8 Based on our examination which included test checks, the Company has used an 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.
Further, during the course of our audit we did not come across any instance of audit trail feature being
tampered with.
Additionally, the audit trail has been preserved by the Company as per the statutory requirements for
record retention.
For KKC & Associates LLP
Chartered Accountants
(formerly Khimji Kunverji & Co LLP)
ICAI Firm Registration Number: 105146W/W100621
Hasmukh B Dedhia
Partner
ICAI Membership Number: 033494
UDIN: 26033494DSGGKZ6941
Pune: 30 April 2026
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