We have audited the accompanying standalone financial statements of M/S. SHANTI
EDUCATIONAL INITIATIVES LIMITED (“the Company”), which comprises the
Balance Sheet as at March 31, 2025, the Statement of Profit and Loss (including Other
Comprehensive Income), the statement of Changes in Equity and Cash Flow Statement for
the year ended on that date, and a summary of significant accounting policies and other
explanatory information (hereinafter referred to as the “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 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)Rule, 2015, as amended (“Ind AS”) and other
accounting principles generally accepted in India, of the state of affairs of the Company as at
31st March 2025 and its profit & total Comprehensive Income ,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 Companies Act, 2013. 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 together with the ethical
requirements that are relevant to our audit of the financial statements under the provisions of
the Companies Act, 2013 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
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 period. 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 separate opinion on these matters. Based on the
circumstances and facts of the audit and entity, 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 Management Discussion and Analysis,
Board’s Report including Annexures to Board’s Report, Business Responsibility Report,
Corporate Governance and Shareholder’s Information, 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
during the course of our audit or otherwise appears to be materially misstated.
Based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is a no material misstatement
of this other information, we are required to report that fact. We have nothing to report in this
regard.
Responsibility 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 Companies Act. 2013 (“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 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, read with Rule 7 of the Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014. This
responsibility also includes maintenance of adequate accounting records in accordance with
the provisions of Act for safeguarding 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 responsible 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.
Those Board of Directors are also responsible for overseeing the company’s financial
reporting process.
Auditor’s Responsibilities for the Audit of Financial Statement
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.
A further description of the auditor’s responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements
is included in Annexure A. This description forms part of our auditor’s report.
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 B, 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 purpose of our audit.
b) In our opinion proper books of account as required by law have been kept by the
Company so far as appears from our examination of those books;
c) The Standalone Balance sheet, the statement of Standalone Profit and loss
account, Standalone Statement of other comprehensive Income, Standalone
Statement of changes in Equity and the Standalone Cash Flow Statement 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
Indian Accounting Standards specified under Section 133 of the Act.
e) On the basis of 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; and
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 C”. Our report expresses an unmodified
opinion on the adequacy and operating effectiveness of the Company’s internal
financial controls over financial reporting.
g) 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 directors during the year
is in accordance with the provisions of section 197 of 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, 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 standalone financial statements.
ii) The Company has made provision, as required under the applicable law or
accounting standards, for material foreseeable losses, if any.
iii) There is no fund which is pending 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 (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) The company has not declared or paid any dividend during the year in
contravention of the provisions of section 123 of the Companies Act, 2013.
vi) The reporting under Rule 11(g) of the Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules,
2014 is applicable from 1 April 2023. Based on our examination which included
test checks, the Company has used accounting software for maintaining its books
of account, which have a feature of recording audit trail (edit log) facility and the
same has operated throughout the year.
For and on Behalf of
Nahta Jain & Associates
Chartered Accountants
Firm Regn. No. 106801W
Place : Ahmedabad
Date: 21/05/2025 (CA. Gaurav Nahta)
UDIN: Partner
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