Kalyan Jewellers India Limited
Report on the Audit of the Standalone
Financial Statements
OPINION
1. We have audited the accompanying standalone financial statements of Kalyan Jewellers India Limited (‘the Company’), which comprise the Standalone Balance Sheet as at 31 March 2026, the Standalone Statement of Profit and Loss (including 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 material accounting policy information and other explanatory information.
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 (‘the Act’) in the manner so required and give a true and fair view in conformity with the Indian Accounting Standards (‘Ind AS’) specified under section 133 of the Act read with the Companies (Indian Accounting Standards) Rules, 2015 and other accounting principles generally accepted in India, of the state of affairs of the Company as at 31 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
3. We conducted our audit in accordance with the Standards on Auditing 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 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.
KEY AUDIT MATTERS
4. 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.
5. 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 matters
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How our audit addressed the key audit matters
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Existence of inventories
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As of 31 March 2026, the carrying value of Company's
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Our audit work in relation to testing existence of inventories
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inventory amounts to H 1,06,872.21 million, as detailed in note
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included, but was not limited to, the following procedures:
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10 of the accompanying standalone financial statements.
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• Evaluated the design, implementation and the operating
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The inventory consists of precious metals, gemstones, and
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effectiveness of key controls that the Company has in relation to
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jewellery items crafted from gold, diamonds, and other
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the safeguarding and physical verification of inventory.
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gemstones. The Company maintains its inventory across multiple locations, including retail stores, regional offices, and third party job worker sites. Due to the high value and nature of these items, there is a significant risk of inventory misappropriation.
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• Obtained and verified the records of physical verification and inventory reconciliation performed by the management as at the year end and traced the same to the quantities considered for valuation on a sample basis.
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Considering the complexities involved and high value of inventories which is significant with respect to the total assets
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• For a sample of locations at which inventory was held as at 31 March 2026, we performed the following procedures:
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held by the Company, the existence of inventory is determined
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a) Attended physical verification of stocks conducted by the
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as a key audit matter for the current year audit.
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Company at selected locations.
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Key audit matters
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How our audit addressed the key audit matters
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b) On sample basis, performed independent test counts at/
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near to the year end (on various dates) to corroborate management counts and verified the purity of inventory. Quality of diamonds was verified on a sample basis from the certificates accompanied with the products. Further, the quality of diamonds was reconfirmed on sample basis with the help of a certified gemologist.
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• Evaluated the professional competence and objectivity of the gemologist hired by the management as management experts.
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• For samples selected using statistical sampling, we have
obtained independent confirmations of inventories held by third parties/job workers as at 31 March 2026.
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• Evaluated the appropriateness and adequacy of disclosures made in the financial statements in accordance with applicable accounting standards.
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Revenue recognition
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Refer note 2(v) to the accompanying standalone financial
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Our audit work in relation to revenue recognition included, but was
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statements for material accounting policy information on
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not limited to, the following procedures:
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revenue recognition and note 24 for the details of revenue recognised during the year.
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• Assessed the appropriateness of the accounting policy for revenue recognition in accordance with Ind AS 115.
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The revenue of the Company consists primarily of sale of jewellery products.
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• Evaluated the design and implementation of key financial
controls and tested their operating effectiveness with respect to
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The Company's revenue comprises of transactions with
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revenue recognition process. This evaluation includes test of IT
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a substantial number of retail customers amounting to
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general controls and key application controls over the IT system
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(H 158,746.00 million, previous year: H 139,619.63 million) and
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which impact revenue recognition.
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transactions with franchisees under varied contractual terms amounting to (H 150,495.09 million, previous year: H 76,152.60 million). The franchisee business, commenced in the financial year ended 31 March 2023, has grown significantly since then.
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• For retail sales, we performed substantive testing on selected samples of revenue transactions by inspecting relevant underlying documents including sale invoices. Additionally, we also traced day sales of retail outlets on a sample basis to
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The Company recognises revenue at a point in time when
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related collection reports, cash deposit documents and bank
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control of goods is transferred to the customer and there is no
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statements.
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unfulfilled obligation. This determination particularly requires significant judgement to be exercise by the management in case of franchise sales.
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• Tested credit notes issued to retail customers for samples selected pertaining to sales returns during the year with underlying supporting documents.
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Revenue towards a performance obligation is measured at the amount of transaction price allocated to that performance obligation and is accounted for net of customer discounts, rebates and incentives, adjusted as variable consideration to transaction price.
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• For sales made to franchisee partners, we performed
substantive testing on selected samples of revenue transactions by inspecting relevant underlying documents including sales invoices and contracts with franchisees in order to ensure revenue is booked with correct amount and only upon
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There is a risk of inappropriate revenue recognition for sales
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satisfaction of performance obligation basis the terms of
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conducted through retail outlets on a cash and carry basis
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such contracts. Additionally, we tested samples of revenue
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due to high volume and frequency of transactions and varied
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transactions recorded for a specified period before and after
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contractual terms with respect to sales made to franchisees.
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year end to ensure revenue is booked in the correct period.
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In view of above complexities and considering the volume of
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• Tested manual adjustments impacting revenue including credit
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transactions and significance of the amount involved, revenue
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notes, claims etc., selected on a risk based criteria by inspecting
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recognition is determined as a key audit matter for the current
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supporting documents and understanding business rationale,
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year audit.
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where necessary; and
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• Ensured the adequacy and appropriateness of disclosures
made in the standalone financial statements in accordance with the requirements of Ind AS 115.
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INFORMATION OTHER THAN THE STANDALONE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND AUDITOR’S REPORT THEREON
6. The Company’s Board of Directors are responsible for the other information. The other information comprises the information included in the Annual Report, 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 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.
RESPONSIBILITIES OF MANAGEMENT AND THOSE CHARGED WITH GOVERNANCE FOR THE STANDALONE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
7 The accompanying standalone financial statements have been approved by the Company’s Board of Directors. The Company’s Board of Directors are responsible for the matters stated in section 134(5) of the Act with respect to the preparation and presentation of these standalone 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 Ind AS specified under section 133 of the Act 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 and application of appropriate accounting policies; making judgements 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.
8. 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.
9. The Board of Directors is also responsible for overseeing the Company’s financial reporting process.
AUDITOR’S RESPONSIBILITIES FOR THE AUDIT OF
THE STANDALONE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
10. 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 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.
11. As part of an audit in accordance with Standards on Auditing, specified under section 143(10) of the Act we exercise professional judgement and maintain professional scepticism 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 with reference to 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 management;
• Conclude on the appropriateness of 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; and
• 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.
12. 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.
13. 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.
14. 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
15. As required by section 197(16) of the Act, based on our audit, we report that the Company has paid remuneration to its directors during the year in accordance with the provisions of and limits laid down under section 197 read with Schedule V to the Act.
16. As required by the Companies (Auditor’s Report) Order, 2020 (‘the Order’) issued by the Central Government of India in terms of section 143(11) of the Act we give in the Annexure I a statement on the matters specified in paragraphs 3 and 4 of the Order, to the extent applicable.
17. Further to our comments in Annexure I, as required by section 143(3) of the Act based on our audit, we report, to the extent applicable, 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 purpose of our audit of the accompanying standalone financial statements;
b) Except for the matters stated in paragraph 17(h) (vi) below on reporting under Rule 11(g) of the Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014 (as amended), 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 financial statements dealt with by this report are in agreement with the books of account;
d) In our opinion, the aforesaid standalone financial statements comply with Ind AS specified under section 133 of the Act;
e) 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;
f) The qualification relating to the maintenance of accounts and other matters connected therewith are as stated in paragraph 17(b) above on reporting under section 143(3)(b) of the Act and paragraph 17(h)(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
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Nature of exception noted
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Details of exception
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Instances of accounting so are for maintaining books of account for which the feature of recording audit trail (edit log) facility was not operated throughout the year for all relevant transactions recorded in the software.
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The audit trail feature in accounting software used for maintenance of the payroll and other accounting records was not enabled at application level. Further, the audit trail feature was not enabled at the database level for such accounting software to log any direct data changes.
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Instances of non-preservation of the audit trail.
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The audit trail feature in the accounting software used for maintenance of accounting records was not enabled at application level up to 28 October 2024 and at database level up to 6 January 2025.
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statements of the Company as on 31 March 2026 and the operating effectiveness of such controls, refer to our separate report in Annexure II wherein we have expressed an unmodified opinion; and
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, as detailed in note 34 to the standalone financial statements, has disclosed the impact of pending litigations on its financial position as at 31 March 2026;
ii. The Company did not have any long-term contracts including derivative contracts for which there were any material foreseeable losses as at 31 March 2026;
iii. There were no amounts which were required to be transferred to the Investor Education and Protection Fund by the Company during the year ended 31 March 2026;
iv. a. The management has represented that,
to the best of its knowledge and belief, other than as disclosed in note 7(ii) to the standalone financial statements, no funds have been advanced or loaned or invested (either from borrowed funds or securities premium or any other sources or kind of funds) by the Company to or in any person(s) or entity(ies), including foreign entities (‘the 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 (‘the Ultimate Beneficiaries’) or provide any guarantee, security or the like on behalf the Ultimate Beneficiaries;
b. The management has represented that, to the best of its knowledge and belief, as disclosed in note 44(v) to the standalone financial statements, no funds have been received by the Company from any person(s) or entity(ies), including foreign entities (‘the 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; and
c. Based on such audit procedures performed as considered reasonable and appropriate in the circumstances, nothing has come to our notice that has caused us to believe that the management representations under sub-clauses (a) and (b) above contain any material misstatement.
v. The final dividend paid by the Company during the year ended 31 March 2026 in respect of such dividend declared for the previous year is in accordance with section 123 of the Act to the extent it applies to payment of dividend.
As stated in note 13(vi) to the accompanying standalone financial statements, the Board of Directors of the Company have proposed final dividend for the year ended 31 March 2026 which is subject to the approval of the members at the ensuing Annual General Meeting. The dividend declared is in accordance with section 123 of the Act to the extent it applies to declaration of dividend.
vi. As stated in note 45 to the standalone financial statements and based on our examination which included test checks, except for the instances mentioned below the Company, in respect of financial year commencing on 1 April 2025, has used an accounting software for maintaining its books of account which have 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 other than the consequential impact of the exceptions given below. Furthermore, except for the instances given below, the audit trail has been preserved by the Company as per the statutory requirements for record retention.
For Walker Chandiok & Co LLP
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Place: Thrissur Date: 08 May 2026
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