We have audited the accompanying financial statements of Multibase India Limited (“the Company”), which comprise the Balance Sheet as at March 31, 2025, the Statement of Profit and Loss, including Other Comprehensive Income, Statement of Changes in Equity and Statement of Cash Flows for the year then ended, notes to the financial statements, including 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 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 profit including other comprehensive income, changes in equity and its cash flows for the year ended on that date.
Basis for Opinion
We conducted our audit of the Financial Statements 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 Code of Ethics. We believe that the audit evidence obtained by us is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.
Key Audit Matters
Key audit matters are those matters that, in our professional judgment, were of most significance in our audit of the financial statements for the year ended March 31, 2025. These matters were addressed in the context of our audit of the 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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Revenue recognition
Refer to accounting policy for Revenue Recognition in Note 2 to the financial statements.
The Company recognised revenue of Rs.7,074.87 lakhs for the year ended March 31,2025.
Revenue from sale of goods is recognised when entity satisfies the performance obligation by transferring promised goods to the customer. An asset is transferred when (or as) the customer obtains control of that asset. This requires detailed analysis of the Inco terms of each sales order regarding determination of timing of revenue recognition. Depending on the Inco terms with the customers, control is transferred to the buyer either at the time of dispatch, delivery or upon acceptance by the customer. We identified this matter as a Key Audit Matter, due to the complexity in assessing the transfer of control to the customers and consequent inherent risk that revenue is recognized in the incorrect period.
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Our procedures included the following:
• Evaluated the appropriateness of the revenue recognition accounting policies of the Company with the the principles of Indian Accounting standard 115 - ‘Revenue from contracts with customer' (‘Ind AS 115')
• Evaluated the design, implementation and tested the operating effectiveness of the relevant key controls with respect to revenue recognition including general information and technology control environment, key IT application controls over the Company's IT systems which govern revenue recognition in the general ledger accounting system.
• Performed Analytical procedures on revenue recognised during the year to identify and inquire on unusual variances, if any and getting the reasons for variances confirmed from the management of the Company.
• Ensured completeness and existence assertion by performing substantive testing on selected samples of revenue transactions recorded during the year by testing the underlying documents including customer PO, Order acceptance (OA), invoices, shipping documents and customer receipts and obtaining Independent balance confirmation from the customers at the balance sheet date.
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• Ensured cut off assertion by reviewing the Company's revenue recognition policies, testing samples of revenue transactions near the end of the reporting period and verified shipping and billing documents to ensure that the revenue is recorded in corrected accounting period.
• Tested on a sample basis, manual journal entries relating to revenues to identify and inquire on unusual items, if any.
• Assessed the adequacy and appropriateness of the disclosures made in the financial statements to ensure they are accurate, complete and comply with the requirements of Ind AS 115.
• Based on our procedures performed above, the timing of revenue recognition was considered to be appropriate.
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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 Annual Report but does not include the financial statements and our auditor's report thereon. The Annual Report is expected to be made available to us after the date of this auditor's report.
Our opinion on the financial statements does not cover the other information and we will not express any form of assurance conclusion thereon
In connection with our audit of the financial statements, our
when it becomes available 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.
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 under SA 720 ‘The Auditor's responsibilities Relating to Other Information' and take appropriate action as applicable under the relevant laws and regulations.
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, 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. 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
esponsibility is to read the other information identified above
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, 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.
The Board of Directors is also responsible for overseeing the Company's financial reporting process.
Auditor’s Responsibilities for 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 the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these financial statements.
We give in “Annexure A” a detailed description of Auditor's responsibilities for Audit of the Financial Statements.
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 “Annexure B” 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 have been kept by the Company so far as it appears from our examination of those books, except for the matter stated in paragraph (h) (vi) below on reporting under Rule 11(g).
(c) The Balance Sheet, the Statement of Profit and Loss including other comprehensive income, the 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.
(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) The reservation relating to the maintenance of accounts and other matters connected therewith are as stated in paragraph (b) above on reporting under section 143(3)(b) and paragraph (vi) below on reporting under Rule 11(g).
(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 C”.
(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, 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 38 to the financial statements.
ii. The Company did not have any long-term contracts including derivative 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(s) or entity(ies), including foreign entities (“Intermediaries”), with the understanding, whether recorded in writing or otherwise, that the Intermediary shall, 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, as on the date of this audit report, that the Company shall, 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 performed that have been considered reasonable and appropriate in the circumstances and according to the information and explanations provided to us by the Management in this regard 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 mis-statement.
v. The final dividend proposed for the previous year and interim dividend declared and paid by the Company during the year is in accordance with section 123 of the Companies Act 2013.
vi. Based on our examination, the Company has used an accounting software for maintaining its books
of account during the year ended March 31, 2025, which has a feature of recording audit trail (edit log) facility. However, the audit trail feature in respect of certain relevant transactions and fields at the application level. (FB02, ME22, MRBR, VB02, LFA1, LFB1, MARM and MARC which captures critical financial table changes and Field level changes recorded within key table - MLAN which captures critical financial field changes) from February 04, 2025. Further, the audit trail feature at the database level within the accounting software to log any direct data change was enabled from January 25, 2025.
The audit trail feature, to the extent enabled as reported above has been operated throughout the year for the relevant transactions in the accounting software. Further, during the course of examination, we did not come across any instance of audit trail feature being tampered with in respect of accounting software for the period for which the audit trail feature was enabled and operating.
Further, the Audit trail is retained from April 01,2023 to March 31,2025 to the extent it was enabled and operated effectively.
3. In our opinion, according to information, explanations given to us, the remuneration paid by the Company to its directors is within the limits laid prescribed under Section 197 read with Schedule V of the Act and the rules thereunder.
For M S K A & Associates
Chartered Accountants
ICAI Firm Registration No. 105047W
Mukesh Kumar Pugalia
Partner
ICAI Membership No. 221387
UDIN: 25221387BMIASC7954
Place: Mumbai
Date: May 29, 2025
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