We have audited the accompanying standalone financial statements of BLB Limited ("the Company”), which comprise the standalone Balance sheet as at 31st March 2026, the standalone Statement of Profit and Loss, including the statement of Other Comprehensive Income, the standalone Statement of Cash Flow and the standalone 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, ("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 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 31st March, 2026, and 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 specified under section 143(10) of the Companies Act, 2013. 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 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 judgement, 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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Assessing impairment of Investments in Equity Instruments, etc
During the year, the Company held significant investments in quoted and unquoted equity shares, preference shares, and equity instruments of its subsidiary company. As at 31st March, 2026, the carrying value of the Company' total investments
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Our procedures in assessing the management' judgement for the impairment assessment included, among others, the following:
• Assessed the valuation methodologies and accounting frameworks applied by the Company in determining the fair value and recoverable amounts against standard practices and applicable Ind AS.
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amounted to Rs. 1,137.14 lakhs (net of impairment/fair value adjustments). The Company has recognized a net impairment loss of Rs. 153.11 lakhs during the year against these investments.
Management regularly reviews whether there are indicators of impairment or changes in fair value by reference to the requirements of Ind AS 109 (Financial Instruments) and Ind AS 36 (Impairment of Assets), as applicable.
The determination of the recoverable amount and fair value of these non-current investments involves significant management judgment, complex assumptions, and estimates, particularly regarding the valuation of unquoted instruments and assessing long-term diminution in the value of subsidiaries. Accordingly, we considered this to be a key audit matter.
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• Obtained, reviewed and mathematically verified the valuation workings prepared by management for both quoted and unquoted financial instruments.
• Obtained and reviewed the management assessment of impairment and reversal of impairment losses relating to quoted and unquoted investments.
• Tested the fair value of quoted investments by cross-referencing the Bhav copy downloaded from the NSE portal and comparing it with the carrying value in the books.
• Evaluated the fair value of unquoted investments using the latest available audited or unaudited financial statements of the respective companies and comparing it with the carrying value in the books.
• Reviewed management's assessment of impairment indicators for the subsidiary company, including evaluating historical performance and future business projections.
• Assessed the adequacy and appropriateness of the disclosures made in the standalone financial statements regarding such investments.
Based on the procedures performed, we found the
valuation to be reasonable and the related impairment
assessment to be appropriate.
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Assessing the carrying value of Advances paid for booking/purchase of Investment properties.
As at 31st March, 2026, the Company has given significant capital advances of Rs. 1,779.83 lakhs for the booking / purchase of investment properties.
Assessing the carrying value and recoverability of these advances involved significant management judgment, including evaluating whether any impairment provision was required. Accordingly, we considered this to be a key audit matter.
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Our audit procedures in relation to the assessment of recoverability of capital advances included the following:
• Evaluated the underlying booking / purchase agreements, letters of intent, and legal terms associated with these capital advances to understand the timelines, obligations, and transfer of titles;
• Enquires made with management regarding the current status of the transactions and inspected relevant project development updates and supporting documentation relating to the proposed acquisitions;
• Critically evaluated management' assessment of recoverability, including checking for any indicators of default, legal disputes, or long-standing stagnation including changes, if any, in the underlying projects;
• Reviewed subsequent developments up to the date of our report to check if any properties were registered or if advances were refunded/adjusted;
• Assessed the adequacy and appropriateness of the disclosures made in the financial statements regarding these capital advances.
Based on the procedures performed, we found management' assessment of the carrying value of these advances to be reasonable.
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Information Other than the Standalone Financial Statements and Auditor's Report Thereon
The Company's Board of Directors is responsible for the preparation of the other information. The other information comprises the Board's Report, Management Discussion and Analysis and Corporate Governance, 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 the other information is materially inconsistent with the 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 Management and the 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, 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 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 the 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 management either intends to liquidate the Company or to cease operations, or has no realistic alternative but to do so.
The Company's management and the Board of Directors 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 Standards on Auditing (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 Standards on Auditing, 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 system 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 communicated 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 financial year ended on 31st March 2026 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 A” a statement on the matters specified in paragraphs 3 and 4 of the Order.
2. Further to our comments in Annexure A, as required by Section 143(3) of the Act, 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 of the aforesaid standalone financial statements.
(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 Standalone Balance Sheet, the Standalone Statement of Profit and Loss including Other Comprehensive Income, 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.
(d) In our opinion, the aforesaid standalone financial statements comply with the Accounting Standards specified under Section 133 of the Act;
(e) On the basis of the written representations received from the directors as on 31st March, 2026 taken on record by the Board of Directors, none of the directors is disqualified as on 31st March, 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 and the operating effectiveness of such controls, refer to our separate Report in "Annexure B” to this report.
(g) 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 ended 31st March, 2026, is in accordance with the provisions of section 197 read with Schedule V to the Act and the rules thereunder;
(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 as at 31st March 2026 on its financial position in its standalone financial statements;
ii. The Company did not have long-term contracts including derivate contracts for which there were any material foreseeable losses;
iii. There were no amounts which were 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, 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:
i) 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
ii) 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, 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:
i) 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
ii) provide any guarantee, security or the like on behalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries; and
(c) Based on such audit procedures that were 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 Company has not declared/paid any dividend during the year and subsequent to the year- end.
vi. Based on our examination which included test checks, the Company has used an accounting software which is operated by a third party service provider for maintaining its books of account, which has a feature of recording audit trail (edit log) facility and the same has been 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 respect to the accounting software and the management has represented that the audit trail feature cannot be disabled and the Company has preserved the Audit trail as per the statutory requirements for records retention.
For M/s. RAM RATTAN & ASSOCIATES,CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS (FRN: 004472N)(VAIBHAV SINGHAL)
PARTNER M. No. 0525749 Place: New Delhi Dated: 27th May, 2026 UDIN: 26525749YPRIFF9282
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