We have audited the Financial Statements of Daikaffil
Chemicals India Limited ("the Company"), which comprise
the Balance Sheet as at March 31, 2025, the Statement of
Profit and Loss (including Other Comprehensive Income),
the Statement of Changes in Equity the Statement of Cash
Flows for the year then ended, and notes to the financial
statements, including a summary of material accounting
policy information and other explanatory information
(hereinafter referred to as "the Financial Statements").
In our opinion and to the best of our information and
according to the explanations given to us, the aforesaid
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 March 31, 2025, its Loss (including
other comprehensive income), the changes in equity and its
cash flows for the year ended on that date.
BASIS FOR OPINION
We conducted our audit 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 Responsibilities for the Audit of
the 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 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
we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a
basis for our opinion on the Financial Statements.
KEY AUDIT MATTER
Key audit matters are those matters that, in our professional
judgment, were of most significance in our audit of the
Financial Statements of the current year. These matters
were addressed in the context of our audit of the financial
statements as a whole, and in forming our opinion thereon,
we do not provide a separate opinion on these matters.
We have determined that there are no key audit matters to
be communicated 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 Company's Annual Report
but does not include the Financial Statements and our
Independent Auditors' Report thereon. Our opinion on the
Financial Statements does not cover the Other Information,
and we do not and will not express any form of assurance or
conclusion thereon.
In connection with our audit of the Financial Statements, our
responsibility is to read the Other Information identified above
and, in doing so, consider whether the 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 on the other
information that we obtained prior to the date of this auditor's
report, we conclude that there is a material misstatement
of this Other Information, we are required to report that
fact. The Other Information as aforesaid is expected to be
made available to us after the date of this Auditor's Report.
When we read the other information, 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 steps in accordance with the extant
laws.
RESPONSIBILITIES OF MANAGEMENT AND
THOSE CHARGED WITH GOVERNANCE
FOR THE 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 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 accounting Standards specified under Section 133 of
the Act and the relevant provisions 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 Financial Statements that give a true
and fair view and are free from material misstatement,
whether due to fraud or error.
In preparing the 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.
The Board of Directors is also responsible for overseeing the
Company's financial reporting process.
AUDITOR'S RESPONSIBILITIES F OR THE
AUDIT OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about
whether the 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 aggregate, they could
reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions
of users taken on the basis of these Financial Statements.
As part of an audit in accordance with SAs, we exercise
professional judgment and maintain professional skepticism
throughout the audit. We also:
1. Identify and assess the risks of material misstatement of
the 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.
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) 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.
3. Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policies
used and the reasonableness of accounting estimates
and related disclosures made by management.
4. 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.
5. Evaluate the overall presentation, structure and content
of the Financial Statements, including the disclosures,
and whether the Financial Statements represent the
underlying transactions and events in a manner that
achieves fair presentation.
Materiality is the magnitude of misstatements in the Financial
Statements that, individually or in aggregate, make 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 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.
OTHER MATTERS
The comparative financial information of the Company for
the year ended March 31, 2024 included in these Financial
Statements have been audited by the predecessor auditor
M/s NGST & Associates Chartered Accountants. The
report of the predecessor auditor on the comparative
financial information dated May 25, 2024 expressed an
unmodified opinion.
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 Companies Act, 2013, we give in the attached
Annexure "A" a statement on the matters specified
in paragraphs 3 and 4 of the Order, to the extent
applicable.
2. 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.
b. In our opinion, proper books of account as required
by law relating to preparation of the aforesaid
Financial Statements have been kept so far as it
appears from our examination of those books
except for the matters stated in paragraph 2(i)(vi)
and 2(f) below on reporting under Rule 11(g) of
the Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014.
c. The Balance Sheet, the Statement of Profit and
Loss (including Other Comprehensive Income),
Statement of Changes in Equity and the
Statement of Cash Flow dealt with by this Report
are in agreement with the books of account.
d. In our opinion, the aforesaid Financial Statements
comply with the Accounting Standards specified
under Section 133 of the Act, read with Rule 7 of
the Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014.
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 are disqualified as on March 31,
2025, from being appointed as a director in terms
of Section 164 (2) of the Act.
f. With reference to maintenance of accounts
and other matter therewith, reference is invited
to paragraph 2(b) above on reporting under
Section 143(3)(b) and paragraph 2(i)(vi) below
on reporting under Rule 11(g) of the Companies
(Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014 as amended.
g. With respect to the adequacy of the internal
financial controls with reference to Financial
Statements of the Company and the operating
effectiveness of such controls, refer to our
separate Report in "Annexure B". Our report
expresses an unmodified opinion on the adequacy
and operating effectiveness of the Company's
internal financial controls with reference to
Financial Statements.
h. 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:
The Company has not paid any managerial
remuneration during the year and hence we have
no reporting under this clause.
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 Financial Statements - Refer Note 31 to
the Financials Statements.
ii. The Company did not have any long-term
contracts including derivative contracts for
which there were material foreseeable losses,
iii. There has been no delay in transferring funds
to the Investor Education and Protection
Fund by the Company during the year.
iv. a. The management has represented that,
to the best of their 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, 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, 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,
c. Based on such audit procedures
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 (iv)(a) and (iv) (b) above
contain any material misstatement.
v. The Company has neither proposed nor paid any dividend during the year:
vi. Based on our examination which included test checks, the Company, has used Tally Prime which has an audit
trail feature w.e.f July 23, 2024. The previous version of the accounting software did not have the feature
of audit trail. Further, for the periods that the audit trail was enabled (with effect from July 23, 2024) and
operated as aforesaid, the same has been maintained without any tampering and preserved by the Company
in compliance with the applicable statutory requirements for record retention.
For Natvarlal Vepari & Co LLP
(Formerly known as Natvarlal Vepari &Co.)
Chartered Accountants
FRN No: 106971W/W101085
N Jayendran
Partner
M. No. 040441
Mumbai, Dated: May 21, 2025
UDIN: 25040441BMUJCW8628
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