GARWARE TECHNICAL FIBRES LIMITED
1. Opinion
We have audited the accompanying Standalone Financial Statements of GARWARE TECHNICAL FIBRES LIMITED (hereinafter referred to as "the Company"), which comprise the Standalone Balance Sheet as at 31st March, 2025, 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 then ended, and notes to Standalone Financial Statements, including a summary of the material accounting policies and other explanatory information (hereinafter referred to as "Standalone Financial Statements").
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 accounting principles generally accepted in India, of the state of affairs of the Company as at 31st March 2025, and profit and other comprehensive income, its changes in equity and its cash flows for the year ended on that date.
2. 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 SAs 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 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.
3. 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 matter 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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Inventory Existence:
The Inventory's carrying value in the Balance Sheet as at 31st March, 2025 is ' 24,388 lakh.
The inventory of the Company is held across various locations including its Plants, Sales Depots, Warehouses and Contract Manufacturers' locations.
We focused on this matter because of the:
• Significance of the inventory balance to the profit and statement of financial position Complexity involved in determining inventory quantities on hand due to the number and diversity of inventory storage locations.
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Our procedures included, but were not limited to the following:
We attended inventory counts at locations, selected based on financial significance and risk. Where locations were not attended we tested certain controls over inventory existence across the Company.
For locations attended we performed the following procedures at each site:
• Selected a sample of inventory items and compared the quantities we counted to the quantities recorded
• Observed a sample of management's inventory count procedures to assess compliance with the Company policy
• Made enquiries regarding obsolete inventory items and looked at the condition of items counted including condition of location
• Observed the present location and condition of Inventory held
There were no significant exceptions noted from these procedures. We tested a sample of inventory items to assess whether they were recorded at a value higher than that for which they could be sold. We did not identify any exceptions
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Key Audit Matter
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How our audit addressed the key audit matter
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Carrying value of Trade Receivables
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Our procedures included, but were not limited to the
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The recoverability of Trade Receivables and the level of
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following:
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provisions for doubtful debts are considered to be a
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Obtained a reliable assurance pertaining to transactions with
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significant risk due to the pervasive nature of these
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confirming parties, in sense for accurate and complete process
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balances to the Financial Statements and the
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of routine and significant classes of transactions such as
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importance of cash collection with reference to the
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revenue, purchases, etc.;
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working capital management of the business.
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Selected samples and tested the effectiveness of controls related
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As at 31st March, 2025, Trade receivables constitutes
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to accuracy and completeness of transactions in totality
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approximately 17.47% of total assets of the Company
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considering the frequency and regularity of transactions;
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i.e. ' 30,009.05 Lakhs.
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Performed alternative audit procedures like - scrutiny of ledger
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Expected credit loss involves judgement as it must reflect information about past events, current conditions and forecasts of future conditions, as well as the time value of money. Management has made provision forexpected credit loss of ' 285.83 lakhs.
The Company is required to regularly assess the recoverability of its Trade Receivables, hence it is a key audit matter in our audit of standalone Ind AS Financial
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accounts and verification of subsequent receipts;
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Statements
Property, Plant & Equipment and Intangible Assets
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Our procedures included, but were not limited to the
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There are areas where management judgement
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following:
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impacts the carrying value of property, plant and
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We assessed the controls in place over the PPE/ Intangible
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equipment (PPE), intangible assets and their
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Assets cycle, evaluated the appropriateness of capitalisation
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respective depreciation/amortisation rates.
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process, performed tests of details on costs capitalised, the point
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These include the decision to capitalise or expense costs; the annual asset life review; the timeliness of the
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of capitalisation of the assets and the de-recognition criteria for assets retired from active use.
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capitalisation of assets and the use of management
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In performing these procedures, we reviewed the judgements
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assumptions and estimates for the determination or
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made by management including the nature of underlying costs
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the measurement and recognition criteria for assets
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capitalised; determination of realizable value of the assets
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retired from active use.
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retired from active use.We also analysed the appropriateness of
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Due to the materiality in the context of the Balance
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assets useful lives applied in the calculation of depreciation vis a
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Sheet of the Company and the level of judgement and
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visthe useful lives of assets prescribed in Schedule II to the Act.
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estimates required, we consider this to be an area of significance.
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We observed that the management has regularly reviewed the aforesaid judgements and there are no material changes.
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4. Information other than the Financial Statements and Auditor's Report thereon
The Company's management and 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 Financial Statements and our auditors' 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 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.
5. Responsibilities of Management and Those Charged with Governance for the Standalone Financial Statements
The Company's Management and Board of Directors are 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/loss and other comprehensive income, 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 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 Board of Directors is also responsible for overseeing the Company's financial reporting process.
6. 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)® 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 in the Standalone Financial Statements made by the Management and Board of Directors.
• Conclude on the appropriateness of the Management's and Board of Directors 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.
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 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 current period 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.
7. Report on Other Legal and Regulatory Requirements
I. 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 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), 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.
d. In our opinion, the aforesaid Standalone Financial Statements comply with the Accounting Standards (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, 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. 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".
g. With respect to other matters to be included in the Auditors' Report in accordance with Rule 11 of the Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014, 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- Refer Note No. 44to the Standalone Financial Statement.
(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 during the year ended 31st March, 2025.
(iv) (a) The Management has represented that, to the best of its knowledge and belief, no funds (which are
material either individually or in the aggregate) 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 entity ("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 (which are material either individually or in the aggregate) have been received by the Company from any person or entity, including foreign entity ("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 the audit procedures 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) With respect to dividends
a. 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.
b. There was no interim dividend declared by the Company.
c. 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 amount of 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 an accounting software for maintaining its books of account which has a feature ofrecording 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.
II. 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.
III. 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 Director during the year is in accordance with the provisions of Section 197 of the Act.
For Mehta Chokshi & Shah LLP
Chartered Accountants (FRN: 106201W/W100598)
Rakesh Agarwal
Partner
Place: Mumbai M. No: 170685
Date: 15th May, 2025 UDIN: 25170685BM IVCD3963
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