We have audited the accompanying Financial Statements of Muthoot Microfin Limited (“the Company”), which comprise the balance sheet as at 31 March 2025, the statement of profit and loss (including other comprehensive income), the statement of changes in equity and the statement of cash flows for the year then ended and notes to the financial statements, including a summary of the material accounting policies 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 31 March 2025, its loss 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 financial statements in accordance with the Standards on Auditing (“SA”s) 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 audit opinion on the financial statements.
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 financial year ended 31 March 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.
Key Audit Matters
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How our audit addressed the key audit matter
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1. Impairment of loans as at the balance sheet date
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Principal audit procedure performed:
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(including determination of expected credit losses)
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Our audit procedures included the following:
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As at 31 March 2025, the carrying value of loan assets carried
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• Considered the Company’s accounting policies for
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at amortised cost and fair value to other comprehensive
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impairment of loans and assessed compliance of the
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income (FVOCI) aggregated Rs 87,401.91 million (net of
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policies with Ind AS 109: Financial Instruments and the
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allowance for impairment loss for loan assets Rs. 5,769.40
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governance framework approved by the Board of Directors
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million) constituting approximately 80.50% of the Company’s
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pursuant to applicable Reserve Bank of India guidelines,
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total assets has been recorded as at reporting date in accordance with Ind AS 109 - Financial Instruments (‘Ind AS
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(“the RBI Guidelines”).
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109’).
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• Evaluated the reasonableness of the management estimates
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The Company provide for impairment of its loans using
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by understanding the process of ECL estimation and related
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the Expected Credit Loss (“ECL”) model. ECL involves an
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assumptions. Tested the internal controls around extraction,
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estimation of probability weighted loss on financial assets
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validation and computation of the input data used in
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over their life, considering reasonable and supportable
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such estimation.
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information about past events, current conditions, and forecasts of future economic conditions and other factors
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• Assessed the criteria for staging of loans based on their past-due status to check compliance with requirement of
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which could impact the credit quality of the Company’s loans.
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Ind AS 109. Tested a sample of performing (stage 1) loans
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In the process, a significant degree of judgement has been
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to assess whether any SICR or loss indicators were present
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applied by the management for:
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requiring them to be classified under stage 2 (i.e. default in
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a) Staging of loans and defining qualitative/ quantitative
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repayment is within the range of 31 to 90 days) or stage or 3
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factors for ‘significant increase in credit risk’ (“SICR”) and ‘default’.
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(i.e. the default in repayment is more than 90 days).
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Key Audit Matters
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How our audit addressed the key audit matter
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b) Categorization of borrowers (Joint liability group
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Tested the arithmetical accuracy of computation of ECL
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loans portfolio) based on homogeneity for estimating probability of default (“PD”), loss given default (“LGD”) and exposure at default (“EAD”); c) Determining effect of less frequent past events on future
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provision performed by the Company.
Assessed the adequacy of disclosures included in the financial statements with the relevant requirements of Ind AS 107 and 109.
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probability of default.
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d) Determining macro-economic factors impacting credit
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Performed an overall assessment of the ECL provision
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quality of loans.
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at each stage including management’s assessment on
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During the year, the Company created a management overlay of Rs. 2,296.53 million to address residual credit
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management overlay to determine if they were reasonable considering the Company’s portfolio, risk profile and the
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risks not fully captured by the ECL model. This was driven
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macroeconomic environment etc.
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by macroeconomic uncertainty in microfinance industry, Karnataka ordinance on coercive lending, regulatory measures by SROs etc. The overlay reflects management’s cautious stance and involves significant judgement.
In view of the high degree of management’s judgement involved in estimation of ECL, impairment of loans as at the balance sheet date (including expected credit losse) is considered as a key audit matter.
(Note 1 (viii) of the financial statements)
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Assessed the rationale, assumptions and methodology used for determining the management overlay and evaluated the appropriateness of judgments applied.
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2. IT systems and controls
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Principal audit procedure performed:
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Financial accounting and reporting processes, especially in
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Tested the design and operating effectiveness of the
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the financial services sector, are fundamentally reliant on IT
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Company’s IT access controls over the information
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systems and IT controls to process significant transaction
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systems that are important to financial reporting and
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volumes. Hence, we identified IT systems and controls over
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various interfaces, configuration and other identified
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financial reporting as a key audit matter for the Company.
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application controls.
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Automated accounting procedures and IT environment controls, which include IT governance, general IT controls over program development and changes, access to programs and data and IT operations, are required to be designed and to operate effectively to ensure reliable
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Tested IT general controls (logical access, changes management and aspects of IT operational controls). This included testing requests for access to systems were reviewed and authorized.
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financial reporting.
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Tested the Company’s periodic review of access rights. We also tested requests of changes to systems for approval and authorization.
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Tested the design and operating effectiveness of certain automated controls that were considered as key internal controls over financial reporting.
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Information Other than the Financial Statements and Auditor’s Report Thereon
The Company’s management and Board of Directors are responsible for the preparation of the other information. The other information comprises the information included in the annual report namely Directors' Report, Annexures to Board Report, Management Discussion and Analysis, Corporate Governance Report, Business Responsibility Statement, but d oes not include the financial statements and our auditor's report thereon. The Reports are expected to be made available to us after the date of this auditors' report.
Our opinion on the 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 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 during the course of our audit or otherwise appears to be materially misstated.
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 as required under SA 720 (Revised) 'The Auditor's responsibilities Relating to Other Information'.
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 Ind AS 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 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, the 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 the management either intends to liquidate the Company or to cease operations, or has no realistic alternative but to do so.
The Board of Directors are 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 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:
• 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.
• Obtain an understanding of internal financial controls 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 with reference to the 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 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 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, makes 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 financial year 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, 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;
c) The Balance sheet, the Statement of Profit and Loss (including Other Comprehensive Income), Statement of Changes in Equity, and 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, read with Companies (Indian Accounting Standards) Rules, 2015, as amended;
e) On the basis of written representations received from the directors as on 31 March 2025 taken on record by the Board of Directors, none of the directors is disqualified as on 31 March 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 over financial reporting 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 control over financial reporting;
g) In our opinion, the managerial remuneration for the year ended 31 March 2025 has been paid/provided by the Company to its director in accordance with the provisions of section 197 read with Schedule V to the Act;
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 does not have any pending litigation which would impact its financial position as at 31 March 2025;
ii. The Company has made provision, as required under the applicable law or accounting standards, for material foreseeable losses, if any, on long-term contracts including derivative contracts - Refer Note 14 to the financial statements;
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 2025.
iv. (a) The management has represented to
us that, to the best of its knowledge and belief, as disclosed in the notes to the accounts, 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(s) or entity(ies), 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 also represented to us, that, to the best of its knowledge and belief, as disclosed in the notes to the accounts, no funds (which are material either individually or in the aggregate) 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 to 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 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 (i) and (ii) of Rule 11(e), as provided under (a) and (b) above, contain any material misstatement.
v. The Company has not declared or paid any dividend during the year and has not proposed a final dividend for the year.
vi. Based on our examination, which included test checks, the Company has used accounting software 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 the audit trail feature being tampered and the audit trail has been preserved by the Company as per the statutory requirements for record retention.
For Suresh Surana & Associates LLP
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Ramesh Gupta
Partner
Place: Mumbai Membership No. 102306
Dated: 08 May 2025 UDIN: 25102306BMHKMV8115
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