We have audited the accompanying standalone financial statements of Steel Strips Wheels Limited (“the Company”), which
comprise the Balance Sheet as at 31st March 2026, and the Statement of Profit and Loss, including Other Comprehensive
Income, the Cash Flow Statement and the Statement of Changes in Equity for the year then ended, and notes to the standalone
financial statements, including a summary of material accounting policies and other explanatory information.
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 prescribed under section 133 of the Act, (“Ind AS”) and
other accounting principles generally accepted in India, of the state of affairs of the Company as at March 31,2026 and its profit,
total comprehensive income, changes in equity and its cash flows for the year ended on that date.
2. Basis for Opinion
We conducted our audit of the standalone financial statements in accordance with the Standards on Auditing specified under
section 143(10) of the Act (SAs). Our responsibilities under those Standards are further described in the Auditor’s Responsibility
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 made there¬
under, 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 obtained by us is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our audit opinion
on the standalone financial statements.
3. Key Audit Matters
Key audit matters are those matters that, in our professional judgment, 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 that there are no key audit matters to be communicated in our report.
4. 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 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 such 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. Management’s Responsibility for the Standalone 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 standalone financial statements that give a true and fair view of the financial position, financial performance including
other comprehensive income, cash flows and changes in equity 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 read
with the Companies (Indian Accounting Standards) Rules, 2015, as amended. 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 the 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 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.
The Board of Directors are also responsible for overseeing the Company’s financial reporting process.
6. Auditor’s Responsibility 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 financial 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 system 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 the 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 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.
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 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.
7. 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 (1l) of section 143 of the Companies Act, 2013, we give in the “Annexure A” to this report 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, based on our audit 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, the Cash Flow Statement
and Statement of Changes in Equity dealt with by this Report are in agreement with the relevant 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 the written representations received from the directors as on 31st March, 2026 taken on record by the
Board of Directors, none of the directors is disqualified as on 31stMarch, 2026 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 controls over financial
reporting.
g) In our opinion, the managerial remuneration for the year ended March 31, 2026 has been paid / provided by the
Company to its directors 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 litigations which would impact its financial position.
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
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 we have considered reasonable and appropriate in the circumstances,
nothing has come to our notice that has caused us to believe that the representations as provided under (a)
and (b) above, contain any material misstatement.
v. The final dividend declared and paid by the Company during the year in respect of the previous financial year is in
accordance with section 123 of the Act 2013 to the extent it applies to payment of dividend.
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 dividend declared is in accordance with section 123
of the Act to the extent it applies to declaration of dividend.
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 of recording 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.
For AKR & Associates
Chartered Accountants
Firm’s Registration No.: 021179N
per Kailash Kumar
Partner
Membership No.: 505972
Place : Chandigarh UDIN: 26505972DDLMOF2261
Date: 29.05.2026
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