We have audited the financial statements of VIKALP SECURITIES LIMITED ("the Company") which
comprise 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 the Statement of Cash Flows for
the year then ended and notes to the financial statements, including a summary of Material
accounting policies and other explanatory information (hereinafter referred to as "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 ("Act") in
the manner so required and give a true and fair view in conformity with the accounting principles
generally accepted in India including Indian Accounting Standards ('Ind AS') specified under Section
133 of the Act, of the state of affairs of the Company as at March 31, 2025, and its Loss and other
comprehensive income, changes in equity and its cash flows for the year ended on that date.
BASIS OF OPINION
We conducted our audit in accordance with the Standards on Auditing (SAs) specified under Section
143(10) of the Act. Our responsibilities under those SAs 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 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 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 a separate opinion on these matters.
On the basis of audit procedures carried out and discussions with the management, we determined
that there are no matters which are to be classified as Key Audit Matters for current financial year.
INFORMATION OTHER THAN THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND AUDITORS' REPORT THEREON
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 our auditor's report thereon.
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 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.
MANAGEMENT'S RESPONSIBILITY 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
including other comprehensive income, cash flows and changes in equity of the Company in
accordance with the Indian Accounting Standards (Ind AS), accounting principles generally accepted
in India, including the Indian Accounting Standards specified under Section 133 of the Act, read with
the Companies (Indian Accounting Standard) Rules, 2015 as amended.
This responsibility also includes the maintenance of adequate accounting records in accordance with
the provision of the Act for safeguarding of the assets of the Company and for preventing and
detecting the 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 control, 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 and Board of Directors are 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 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.
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 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 with reference to 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 period and are
therefore the key audit matters. We describe these matters in our auditors' 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.
EMPHASIS OF MATTER:
The company has deployed its funds for giving unsecured loans but has not applied for registration
with Reserve Bank of India under section 45-IA of the Reserve Bank of India Act,1934.
REPORT ON OTHER LEGAL AND REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS:
1. As required by The Companies (Auditor's Report) Order, 2020 issued by The Central Government
of India in term of section 143 (11) of The Companies Act, 2013, we enclose in the Annexure-A
hereto a statement on the matters specified in paragraphs 3 and 4 of the said order, to the
extent applicable to the company.
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 appears from our examination of those books;
c) The Balance Sheet, the Statement of Profit and Loss including Other Comprehensive Income, the
Statement of Changes in Equity & the Statement of Cash Flows dealt with by this Report are in
agreement with the books of account;
d) In our opinion, aforesaid Balance Sheet, the Statement of Profit and Loss including Other
Comprehensive Income, the Statement of Changes in Equity & the Statement of Cash Flows
comply with the Indian Accounting Standards prescribed under section 133 of the Act;
e) On the basis of written representations received from the directors of the Company as on March
31, 2025, and 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 sub-section (2) of section 164
of Act;
f) With respect to the adequacy of internal financial control with regard to financial statement
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 with regard to
financial statement over financial reporting;
g) With respect to the other matters 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 did not have any litigations pending as at the end of the financial year which
may impact its financial position on final disposal of the respective matters.
ii. The Company did not have any long-term contracts including derivatives contracts for
which there were any material foreseeable losses.
iii. As at 31st March, 2025, ^0.32 Lacs were required to be transferred to the Investor
Education and Protection Fund by the Company.
iv. Management Representation:
a. The Management of the Company has represented to us that to the best of it's
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(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 of the Company has represented, that, to the best of it's
knowledge and belief 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 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 audit procedures which we 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) Companies (Audit and
Auditors) Rules, 2014 (as amended) and provided in clauses (a) and (b) above
contain any material mis-statement.
v. The company has not declared or paid any dividend during the year.
vi. Based on our examination, which included test checks, the Company has used accounting
software for maintaining its books of account for the period ended March 31, 2025 which
has a feature of recording audit trail (edit log) facility. The company has not provided audit
trail records for the entire financial year ended on March 31, 2025. In the absence of audit
trail records, we are unable to express our opinion whether audit trail feature of the said
software was enabled and operated throughout the year for all relevant transactions in the
software or whether there were any instances of the audit trail feature been tampered with.
Since the company has not provided audit trail records we are unable to comment on
whether audit trail has been preserved by the company as per statutory requirement of
record retention or not.
3. With respect to the matter to be included in the Auditors' Report under Section 197(16) of the
Act:
In our opinion and according to the information and explanations given to us, the
remuneration paid by the Company to its directors during the current year is in accordance
with the provisions of Section 197 of the Act. The remuneration paid to any director is not in
excess of the limit laid down under Section 197 of the Act. The Ministry of Corporate Affairs
has not prescribed other details under Section 197(16) of the Act which are required to be
commented upon by us.
FOR, RAJESHKUMAR P SHAH & CO,
CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS,
FIRM REG. NO.: 129110W
CA RAJESH SHAH
PLACE: AHMEDABAD PROPRIETOR
DATE: MAY 30th, 2025 M. NO.: 105321
UDIN: 25105321BMMAAY7158
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