We have audited the accompanying financial statements
of VENUS PIPES & TUBES LIMITED ("the Company"),
which comprise the balance sheet as at 31st 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 ended
on that date and a summary of 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 March 31,2025 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("ICAI")
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 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 of the current year. 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.
Based on the circumstances and facts of the audit and
entity, there are no key audit matters to be communicated
in our report.
OTHER INFORMATION
The Company's management and 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 financial statements and 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 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 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 annual report, if we conclude that there
is a material misstatement therein, we are required to
communicate the matter to those charged with governance
and take necessary actions, as applicable under the
relevant laws and regulations.
RESPONSIBILITY OF MANAGEMENT AND THOSE
CHARGED WITH GOVERNANCE FOR THE FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS
The Company's management and Board of Directors are
responsible for the matters stated in section 134(5) of
the Companies Act, 2013 ("the Act") with respect to the
preparation of these 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. 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
implementation and maintenance of 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 statement 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 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.
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 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
standalone 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 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 Section 143 (11) 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.
A. As required by Section 143(3) of the Act, based
on our audit report 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 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 books
of account;
d. In our opinion, the aforesaid financial
statements comply with the Indian
Accounting Standards specified under
Section 133 of the Act, read with relevant
rules issued thereunder.
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 statement
of the Company and the operating
effectiveness of such controls, refer to our
separate Report in “Annexure B"; and
B. 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:
a. The Company has disclosed the impact of
pending litigations on its financial position
in its financial statements. Refer Note 35.1
to the financial statements.
b. The Company did not have any long-term
contracts including derivative contracts for
which there were any material foreseeable
losses under the applicable law or
accounting standards;
c. There were no amounts which were required
to be transferred to the investor's education
and protection fund by the company.
d. (i) The Management has represented that,
to the best of its knowledge and belief,
as disclosed in the Note 35.10(I) 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 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;
(i) The Management has represented,
that, to the best of its knowledge and
belief, as disclosed in the Note 35.10(I)
to the accounts, 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;
(ii) 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.
e. The final dividend paid by the Company
during the year, in respect of the same
declared for the previous year, is in
accordance with Section 123 of the Act to
the extent it applies to payment of dividend
The Interim dividend declared and paid
by the Company during the year is in
accordance with Section 123 of the Act, as
applicable.
As stated in Note 13 to the financial
statements, 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 amount of dividend proposed
is in accordance with section 123 of the Act,
as applicable.
f. Based on our examination, which included
test checks, the Company has used an
accounting software for maintaining its
books of account for the financial year
ended March 31, 2025 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 the audit trail feature being tampered
with.
As the proviso to Rule 3(1) of the Companies
(Accounts) Rules, 2014 became applicable
from 1st April, 2023, the reporting under Rule
11 (g) of the Companies (Audit and Auditors)
Rules, 2014 regarding the preservation of
audit trail as per the statutory requirements
for record retention is applicable for the
financial year ending 31st March, 2025. The
Company has preserved the audit trail in
accordance with the applicable statutory
requirements.
C. 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.
For Maheshwari & Co.
Chartered Accountants
Firm's Registration No.105834W
Ramesh Totla
Partner
Place: Surat Membership No. 416169
Date: 26.05.2025 UDIN: 25416169BMGZMU8698
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