| Your Directors in presenting 18th Annual Report of the Company together with the Audited Financial Statements(including Audited Consolidated Financial Statements) of the Company for the Financial Year ended 31st March, 2025.
 
 1. FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS:The Company's financial performance for the year under review along with previous year's figures are givenhereunder:
 
| Particulars | Standalone | Consolidated |  
|  | For the year | For the year | For the year | For the year |  
|  | ended 31st | ended 31st | ended 31st | ended 31st |  
|  | March, 2025 | March, 2024 | March, 2025 | March, 2024 |  
| Revenue from Operations | 6,088.31 | 6,472.08 | 6,314.20 | 6,643.12 |  
| Other Income | 1,085.91 | 988.73 | 1,350.18 | 982.37 |  
| Total Income | 7,174.22 | 7,460.81 | 7,664.38 | 7,625.49 |  
| Expenses Less: Employee Benefits Expenses | 507.12 | 353.49 | 514.63 | 364.20 |  
| Less: Other Operational Expenses | 4,061.21 | 5,349.62 | 4,076.56 | 5,358.05 |  
| Profit Before Finance Cost,Depreciation & Taxes
 | 2,605.89 | 1,757.70 | 3,073.19 | 1,903.24 |  
| Less: Finance Costs | 462.03 | 163.84 | 462.04 | 163.84 |  
| Less: Depreciation andAmortisation Expenses
 | 118.24 | 68.00 | 118.24 | 68.30 |  
| Profit Before Exceptional Items &Tax
 | 2,025.62 | 1,525.86 | 2,492.91 | 1,671.10 |  
| Exceptional Items | - | - | - | - |  
| Profit Before Tax | 2,025.62 | 1,525.86 | 2,492.91 | 1,671.10 |  
| Less: Current Tax | 528.83 | 371.63 | 582.92 | 408.07 |  
| Less: Deferred Tax (Credit) | 8.69 | 2.69 | 8.51 | -2.57 |  
| Profit After Tax | 1,505.48 | 1,156.92 | 1,918.50 | 1,265.60 |  
| Earnings Per Share of INR 10each
 (a) Basic | 9.62 | 10.28 | 11.70 | 11.04 |  
| (b) Diluted | 9.62 | 10.28 | 11.70 | 11.04 |  2.    STATE OF COMPANY'S AFFAIRS:The Company closed its 18th Financial year with strong profitability, an expanded retail franchise and continuedinvestments in technology. A year of regulatory upheaval saw top-line contraction but record bottom-line growth,
 validating management's pivot toward higher-yield products and disciplined cost control.
 During the year under consideration, the Company on Standalone basis earned total income of INR 7,174 lakhand delivered its highest ever PAT of INR 1,505 lakh. Finance cost rose during the year as the firm drew an INR
 25 crore from Piramal Enterprises against its MTF book.
 Liquidity remained strong driven by cash & bank balances of INR 14,233 lakh (56% of the balance-sheet) and acurrent ratio of 1.88x.
 The aforementioned performance was the result of consistent efforts made by Company in optimizing its brokingas well as trading operations. The management does not see any risks in the Company's ability to continue as a
 going concern and meeting its liabilities as and when they fall due. Highlights of Company's performance are
 discussed in detail in the Management Discussion and Analysis Report (MDA), included in this Annual Report as
 required under Schedule V of the SEBI (LODR) Regulations, 2015.
 3.    CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE REVIEW AND ANALYSISThe Company achieved the consolidated revenue from operations of INR 7,664 Lakhs for the year ended 31stMarch, 2025 as against INR 7,625 lakhs in the previous year. The Company earned Consolidated Net Profit of
 INR 1,918 Lakhs in the year ended 31st March, 2025, as compared to INR 1,265 Lakhs in the previous year.
 4.    SUBSIDIARIES AND ASSOCIATES/JOINT VENTURESAs on 31st March 2025, the Company had the following subsidiaries and associate entities: 
| Entities | Structure | Equity Held | Capital Employed | FY25 Top¬line
 | FY25 PAT | Strategic Update |  
| Pune FinvestLimited
 | Subsidiary | 79.46% | INR 2,652Lakhs
 | INR 486Lakhs
 | INR 412Lakhs
 | Continues as clearing member |  
| Pune E - StockBroking IFSC
 Limited
 | Wholly-owned subsidiary (GIFT-City) | 100% | INR 120Lakhs
 | Nil (pre¬ops)
 | Nil (pre¬ops)
 | SEBI approval underway |  
| PESB Asset Management LLP | Subsidiary(AIF Sponsor)
 | 99% | INR 1Lakh
 | Nil (pre¬ops)
 | Nil (pre¬ops)
 | Cat-III AIFapplication
 filed; seed
 corpus
 mobilisation
 under way
 |  
| PESBInsurance
 Broking Limited
 | Step-down Subsidiary | 99.9% | INR 75Lakhs
 | Nil (pre¬ops)
 | Nil (pre¬ops)
 | IRDA applicationfiled; seed
 corpus
 mobilised.
 |  
| Bumble JumblePrivate Limited
 | Former associate | — | — | — | — | Ceasedassociation
 from 4th Jan
 2025
 |  *Income and PAT of Pune Finvest are consolidated in the Company's books under other income (interest & rent).Detailed AOC-1 statement is annexed to consolidated accounts in compliance with Rule 8(1) of the Companies
 (Accounts) Rules 2014 is provided in “Annexure 1”
 5.    NAME OF COMPANIES WHICH HAVE BECOME OR CEASED TO BE SUBSIDIARIES, JOINT VENTURESOR ASSOCIATE COMPANIES DURING THE PERIOD
Bumble Jumble Private Limited ceased to be associate Company w.e.f 4th January 2025 as disclosed in abovementioned point no. 4.
 6.    SHARE CAPITALDuring the year under review, there was no change in the Share Capital of the company as detailed below: The authorised share capital of the Company as on 31 March 2025 was INR 18,05,00,000 divided into 1,80,50,000equity shares of the face value of INR 10/- each. There was no change in the authorised share capital during the
 financial year under review.
 The issued, subscribed and paid up capital of the Company as on 31 March 2025 was INR 15,65,08,580 dividedinto 1,56,50,858 equity shares of the face value of INR 10/- each. There was no change in the issued, subscribed
 and paid up share capital during the financial year under review.
 7.    DIVIDEND:Your Directors keeping in view need for conservation of resources for future, do not recommend any dividend forthe financial year ended on 31st March 2025.
 8.    ANNUAL RETURNPursuant to section 92 and 134 of the Act the Annual return as at March 31, 2025 in form MGT-7 has been placedon the website of the company and can be accessed at the web link i.e. www.pesb.co.in.
 9.    DIRECTORS' RESPONSIBILITY STATEMENTPursuant to requirements of section 134 (3) (c) of the Companies, Act, 2013, the Directors state and confirm that: a)    in the preparation of the annual accounts, the applicable accounting standards had been followed alongwith proper explanation relating to material departures if any;
 b)    the Directors had selected such accounting policies and applied them consistently and made judgmentsand estimates that are reasonable and prudent so as to give true and fair view of the state of affairs of the
 Company as at March 31, 2025 and of the profit and loss of the Company for that period.
 c)    the directors had taken proper and sufficient care for the maintenance of adequate accounting records inaccordance with the provisions of this act or safeguarding the assets of the Company and for preventing
 and detecting fraud and other irregularities;
 d)    the directors had prepared the annual accounts on a going concern basis and, e)    they had laid down internal financial controls to be followed by the Company and that such internal financialcontrols are adequate and were operating effectively.
 f)    the directors had devised proper systems to ensure compliance with the provisions of all applicable lawsand that such systems were adequate and operating effectively.
 10.    Number of Meetings of the Board of Directorsa) During the financial year under report, the Board of Directors met 7 (seven) times detailed as under:
| Sr. No | Dates on which Board | Total Strength of | No. of Directors |  
|  | Meetings were held | the Board | present |  
| 1. | 14th May 2024 | 14 | 14 |  
| 2. | 31st July 2024 | 14 | 14 |  
| 3. | 22nd August 2024 | 14 | 14 |  
| 4. | 19th September 2024 | 14 | 13 |  
| 5. | 08th November 2024 | 14 | 13 |  
| 6. | 07th February 2025 | 14 | 12 |  
| 7. | 24th March 2025 | 14 | 11 |  b) Attendance of Directors at Board Meetings:
| Sr. No. | Name of the Director | Board meetingsEntitled to attend
 | Board meetingsattended
 |  
| 1. | Mrs. Archana Vinayak Gorhe | 7 | 7 |  
| 2. | Mr. Saleem Chandsaheb Yalagi | 7 | 7 |  
| 3. | Mr. Sandip Sunderlal Shah | 7 | 7 |  
| 4. | Mr. Vrajesh Krishnakumar Shah | 7 | 7 |  
| 5. | Mr. Vrajesh Navnitlal Shah | 7 | 7 |  
| 6. | Mr. Devendra Ramchandra. Ghodnadikar | 7 | 7 |  
| 7. | Mr. Daidipya Devendra Ghodnadikar | 7 | 6 |  
| 8. | Mr. Madanlal Shantilal Jain | 7 | 7 |  
| 9. | Mr. Suyog Mangesh Bagul | 7 | 6 |  
| 10. | Mr. Nikhil Suryakant Setiya | 7 | 6 |  
| 11. | Mr. Rajesh Hiralal Shah | 7 | 6 |  
| 12. | Mr. Anujkumar Chandravadan Gandhi | 7 | 6 |  
| 13. | Mr. Ashokkumar Venilal Suratwala | 7 | 5 |  
| 14. | Mr. Jitendra Uttamchand Lodha | 7 | 7 |  11. MEETINGS OF THE COMMITTEE OF THE BOARDA. Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) CommitteeDuring the financial year under report, the CSR Committee members met 2 (two) times detailed as under: 
| Sr. No | Dates on which the CSR | Total strength of | No. of members |  
|  | Committee meetingswere held
 | the Committee | present |  
| 1. | 14th May 2024 | 3 | 3 |  
| 2. | 8th November 2024 | 3 | 3 |  Attendance of Members at CSR Committee Meetings: 
| Sr. No. | Names of the Members | Designation | CSR Committeemeetings entitled
 to attend
 | CSR CommitteeMeetings
 attended
 |  
| 1. | Mr. Madanlal Shantilal Jain | Chairman | 2 | 2 |  
| 2. | Mr. Devendra Ramchandra Ghodnadikar | Member | 2 | 2 |  
| 3. | Mr. Vrajesh Krishnakumar Shah | Member | 2 | 2 |  B. Audit Committee MeetingsDuring the financial year under report, the Audit Committee members met 3 (three) times detailed as under: on 
| Sr. No | Dates on which the AuditCommittee Meetings were
 held
 | Total strength ofthe Committee
 | No. of memberspresent
 |  
| 1. | 14th May 2024 | 3 | 3 |  
| 2. | 31st July 2024 | 3 | 3 |  
| 3. | 8th November 2024 | 3 | 3 |  Attendance of Members at Audit Committee Meetings: 
| Sr. No. | Names of theMembers
 | Designation | Audit CommitteeMeetings entitled
 to attend
 | Audit CommitteeMeetings
 attended
 |  
| 1. | Mr. NikhilSuryakant Setiya
 | Chairman | 3 | 3 |  
| 2. | Mr. VrajeshNavnitlal Shah
 | Member | 3 | 3 |  
| 3. | Mr. AshokkumarVenilal Suratwala
 | Member | 3 | 3 |  All recommendations of Audit Committee have been accepted by the Board of Directors. C. Stakeholders Relationship (SRC) CommitteeDuring the financial year under report, the SRC members met 2 (two) times detailed as under: 
| Sr. No | Dates on which theSRC Meetings were
 held
 | Total strength ofthe Committee
 | No. of memberspresent
 |  
| 1. | 31st July 2024 | 3 | 3 |  
| 2. | 8th November 2024 | 3 | 3 |  Attendance of Members at SRC Meetings: 
| Sr. No. | Names of the Members | Designation | SRC Meetingsentitled to
 attend
 | SRC Meetings attended |  
| 1. | Mr. Suyog Mangesh Bagul | Chairman | 2 | 2 |  
| 2. | Mr. Sandip Sunderlal Shah | Member | 2 | 2 |  
| 3. | Mr. Devendra Ramchandra. Ghodnadikar | Member | 2 | 2 |  This Committee is primarily responsible to review all matters connected with the Company's transfer/ transmissionof securities and redressal of shareholder's / investor's / security holder's complaints.
 D.    Nomination and Remuneration (NRC) CommitteeDuring the financial year under report, the NRC members met on 31st July 2024. All committee members werepresent for that meeting:
 •    Mr. Nikhil Setiya, Chairman •    Mr. Vrajesh N. Shah, Member •    Mr. Jitendra Lodha, Member •    Mr. Rajesh Shah, Member Policy on Nomination and Remuneration for the Board and Senior Officials is available on the website of theCompany at https://www. pesb. co. in/investor-relations. php
 E.    Investor Grievance Redressal Summary
| Particulars | Status |  
| Number of complaints received | Nil |  
| Number of complaints resolved | Not Applicable |  
| Number of complaints pending | Nil |  F. Separate meeting of Independent DirectorsThe Independent Directors Committee of the Company comprises of following Independent Directors: Mr. Madanlal Shantilal Jain Mr. Suyog Mangesh Bagul Mr. Nikhil Suryakant Setiya Mr. Rajesh Hiralal Shah Mr. Anujkumar Chandravadan Gandhi Mr. Ashokkumar Venilal Suratwala Mr. Jitendra Uttamchand Lodha During the year under review, the Independent Directors met on March 25th, 2025, discussed and reviewed theperformance of non-Independent Directors, the Board and the Chairman of the Company and to assess the quality,
 quantity and timeliness of flow of information between the Company management and the Board
 12.    DETAILS OF APPOINTMENT AND RESIGNATION OF DIRECTORS AND KEY MANAGERIALPERSONNEL
Mr. Daidipya Devendra Ghodnadikar (DIN: 07285425), and Mrs. Archana Vinayak Gorhe (DIN: 02966578),Whole-time Directors of the Company, retire by rotation and being eligible offer themselves for re-appointment.
 Mrs. Archana Vinayak Gorhe (DIN: 02966578), ceased to be a Whole-time Director of the Company with effectfrom close of business hours on 31st March 2024 in view of completion of term of 5 years commenced from 1st
 April 2019, pursuant to provisions of Section 196 of the Companies Act, 2013. She has been reappointed by the
 Board as Whole-time Director of the Company w.e.f 1st April 2024 for a term of five consecutive years in its meeting
 held on 28th August 2023
 Mr. Saleem Chandsaheb Yalagi (DIN: 08107626), ceased to be a Whole-time Director of the Company with effectfrom close of business hours on 31st March 2024 in view of completion of term of 5 years commenced from 1st
 April 2019, pursuant to provisions of Section 196 of the Companies Act, 2013. He has been reappointed by the
 Board as a Whole-time Director of the Company in its meeting held on 28th August 2023 w.e.f 1st April 2024 for a
 term of 5 consecutive years.
 13.    DECLARATION GIVEN BY INDEPENDENT DIRECTORSAll the Independent Directors of the Company have given declarations and confirmed that they meet the criteriaof independence as provided under Section 149(6) of the Act and Regulation 16(1 )(b) of the SEBI Listing
 Regulations and that they are not aware of any circumstance or situation, which exist or may be reasonably
 anticipated, that could impair or impact their ability to discharge their duties with an objective independent judgment
 and without any external influence. The Independent Directors of the Company are registered in the Independent
 Directors data bank maintained by the Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs (“IICA”) and unless exempted, have
 also passed the online proficiency self-assessment test conducted by IICA. The Board of the Company after taking
 these declarations on record and undertaking due veracity of
 the same, concluded that the Independent Directors of the Company are persons of integrity and possess therelevant expertise, experience and proficiency to qualify as Independent Directors and are Independent of the
 management of the Company.
 14.    POLICY ON DIRECTOR'S APPOINTMENT AND POLICY ON REMUNERATIONIn adherence to section 178(1) of the Companies Act, 2013, the Board of Directors of the company regularlyreviews the policy on Directors' Appointment and Remuneration including criteria for determining qualifications,
 positive attributes, independence of a director and other matters provided under section 178(3), based on the
 recommendations of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee.
 The Nomination and Remuneration Committee consists of 4 members of the Board i.e. Mr. Nikhil Setiya, Mr.Vrajesh N. Shah, Mr. Jitendra Lodha and Mr. Rajesh Shah.
 A copy of relevant policy is placed on the website of the company at www.pesb.co.in. 15.    PERFORMANCE OF ITS COMMITTEES AND INDIVIDUAL DIRECTORSPursuant to applicable provisions of the Companies Act, 2013 the Board, in consultation with its Nomination &Remuneration Committee, has formulated a framework containing, inter-alia, the process, format, attributes and
 criteria for performance evaluation of the entire Board of the Company, its Committees and individual Directors,
 including Independent Directors. The framework is monitored, reviewed and updated by the Board, in consultation
 with the Nomination and Remuneration Committee, based on need and new compliance requirements. Evaluation
 of the Board and its Committees is based on various aspects of their functioning, such as, adequacy of the
 constitution and composition of the Board and its Committees, matters addressed in the meetings, processes
 followed at the meeting, Board's focus, regulatory compliances and Corporate Governance, etc., are in place.
 Similarly, for evaluation of individual Director's performance, various parameters like Director's profile, contribution
 in Board and Committee meetings, execution and performance of specific duties, obligations, regulatory
 compliances and governance, etc., are considered. Accordingly, the annual performance evaluation of the Board,
 its Committees and each Director was carried out for the financial year 2024-2025 by Nomination and
 Remuneration Committee in consultation with the Board. The performance evaluation of all the Independent
 Directors have been done by the entire Board, excluding the Director being evaluated. On the basis of performance
 evaluation done by the Board, it determines whether to extend or continue their term of appointment, whenever
 their respective term expires. The Directors expressed their satisfaction with the evaluation process.
 16.    MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION & ANALYSIS REPORTThe Management Discussion and Analysis Report under Regulation 34 read with Schedule V of the Securitiesand Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015 is presented
 as forming part of this Annual Report as “Annexure 2”.
 17.    CORPORATE GOVERNANCE REPORT AND COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE FROM EITHER THEAUDITORS OR PRACTICING COMPANY SECRETARIES REGARDING COMPLIANCE OF CONDITIONS
 OF CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
 As per provisions of Regulation 15(2)of the SEBI (Listing Obligation & Disclosure Requirements) Regulations,2015, compliance with the corporate governance provisions as specified in regulations 17,18, 19, 20, 21,22, 23,
 24, 25, 26, 27 and clauses (b) to (i) of sub-regulation (2) of regulation 46 and Para C , D and E of Schedule V shall
 not apply, in respect (a) the listed entity having paid up equity share capital not exceeding INR 10 Crores and net
 worth not exceeding INR 25 Crores, as on the last day of the previous financial year. And (b) the listed entity
 which has listed its specified securities on the SME Exchange. Since, our Company falls in the ambit of
 aforesaid exemption (b); compliance with the provisions of Corporate Governance shall not apply to the Company
 and it does not form part of the Annual Report for the Financial Year-2024-2025 and Certification from auditors or
 practicing company secretaries regarding compliance of conditions of corporate governance are also not required
 to be annexed with the Annual Report.
 18.    PARTICULARS OF LOANS, GUARANTEES OR INVESTMENTS MADE BY THE COMPANY UNDERSECTION 186 OF THE COMPANIES ACT, 2013:
The Company has not granted any loans, given guarantees or provided any securities to other bodies corporate.Particulars of advance given to employees as per the policy of the company have been given in Note no. 18 of the
 financial statements. The loans have been given for their personal purposes. Further particulars of investments
 made by the Company have been given in Note No. 13 of the financial statements. The Company has complied
 with the provisions of Section 186 of the Companies Act, 2013.
 19.    PARTICULARS OF CONTRACTS OR ARRANGEMENTS WITH RELATED PARTIES REFERRED TO INSUB-SECTION (1) OF SECTION 188
The Company has entered into contracts / arrangements / transactions with the related parties during the financialyear under report, which were on arm's length basis and in the ordinary course of business. Further, the Company
 has not entered into any contracts / arrangements / transactions with the related parties which are material in
 nature. Thus, the provisions of Section 188 (1) of the Companies Act, 2013 are not applicable and the disclosure
 in Form AOC 2 is not required. Your attention is drawn to the related party disclosure made in the note no. 2.21
 contained in the financial statements of the Company.
 20.    CHANGE IN NATURE OF BUSINESSDuring the year under review, there has been no change in the nature of business of the Company. 21.    MATERIAL CHANGES AND COMMITMENTS, IF ANY, AFFECTING THE FINANCIAL POSITION OF THECOMPANY AFTER MARCH 31,2025 AND BEFORE THE DATE OF THE REPORT
There were no material changes and commitments took place after 31st March 2025, which has affected thefinancial position of the Company.
 22.    SIGNIFICANT ORDERS PASSED BY REGULATORS, COURTS OR TRIBUNALS IMPACTING GOINGCONCERN AND COMPANY IS OPERATIONS.
The Company has not received any such orders from Regulators, Courts or T ribunals during the year, which mayimpact the going concern status or the Company's operations in future.
 23.    CONSERVATION OF ENERGY, TECHNOLOGY ABSORPTION AND FOREIGN EXCHANGE EARNINGS& OUTGO
There is nothing to be reported with respect to conservation of energy, technology absorption and foreignexchange earnings & outgo as required to be given pursuant to Section 134 (1) (m) of the Companies Act 2013,
 read with the Rule 8 of Companies (Accounts) Rules 2014.
 24.    PARTICULARS OF EMPLOYEES:There are no employees who are in receipt of remuneration in excess of the limits prescribed under Rule 5(2) ofthe Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014. Accordingly, details as
 required Rule 5(2) of the Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014 have
 not been provided. The details forming part of top ten employees in terms of remuneration of the Company is
 annexed herewith as “Annexure 5”. Disclosures pertaining to remuneration and other details as required under
 Section 197(12) of the Act read with Rule 5(1) of the Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial
 Personnel) Rules, 2014 are given below:
 
| Sr No. | Particulars | Name of Director | Designation | Remuneration | Ratio tothe
 Median Rem |  
| 1) | The Ratio ofthe
 remunerationof each
 Director to
 the median
 remuneration
 of the
 employees of
 the Company
 for the
 financial
 year.
 | Mr. Vrajesh Krishnakumar Shah | Chairman & Managing Director | NIL | NA |  
| Mr. Vrajesh Navnitlal Shah | Director | NIL | NA |  
| Mr. Devendra RamchandraGhodnadikar
 | Director | NIL | NA |  
| Mr. Sandip Sunderlal Shah | Director | NIL | NA |  
| Mr. Daidipya DevendraGhodnadikar
 | Whole timeDirector
 | 20,15,000 | 5.53:1 |  
| Mrs. Archana Vinayak Gorhe | Whole timeDirector
 | 14,69,000 | 4.04:1 |  
| Mr. Saleem Chandsaheb Yalagi | Whole timeDirector
 | 21,45,000 | 5.89:1 |  
| Sr No. | Particulars | Name of Director | Designation | Remuneration | Ratio to theMedian
 Remuneration |  
| 2) | The Ratio of theremuneration of
 each Director to
 the median
 remuneration of
 the employees of
 | Anujkumar Gandhi | Independent Director | 6000 | 0.016:1 |  
| Madanlal Jain | Independent Director | 7000 | 0.019:1 |  
| Suyog Bagul | Independent Director | 6000 | 0.016:1 |  
|  | the Company forthe financial
 | Rajesh Shah | Independent Director | 6000 | 0.016:1 |  
|  | year. | Ashokkumar Suratwala | Independent Director | 5000 | 0.013:1 |  
|  |  | Jitendra Lodha | Independent Director | 7000 | 0.019:1 |  
|  |  | Nikhil Setiya | Independent Director | 6000 | 0.016:1 |  
| 3) | The percentageincrease in
 | Name | Designation | % of increase |  
|  | remuneration of eachDirector in the financial
 year
 | Mr. VrajeshKrishnakumar Shah
 | Chairman & ManagingDirector
 | NA |  
|  | Mr. Vrajesh NavnitlalShah
 | Director | NA |  
|  |  | Mr. DevendraRamchandra.
 Ghodnadikar
 | Director | NA |  
|  |  | Mr. Sandip SunderlalShah
 | Director | NA |  
|  |  | Mr. Daidipya DevendraGhodnadikar
 | Whole time Director | 3.33 |  
|  |  | Mrs. Archana VinayakGorhe
 | Whole time Director | 7.70 |  
|  |  | Mr. SaleemChandsaheb Yalagi
 | Whole time Director | 7.25 |  
|  |  | Mr. AnujkumarChandravadan Gandhi
 | Independent Director | NA |  
|  |  | Mr. Madanlal ShantilalJain
 | Independent Director | NA |  
|  |  | Mr. Suyog MangeshBagul
 | Independent Director | NA |  
|  |  | Mr. Rajesh HiralalShah
 | Independent Director | NA |  
|  |  | Mr. Ashokkumar VenilalSuratwala
 | Independent Director | NA |  
|  |  | Mr. JitendraUttamchand Lodha
 | Independent Director | NA |  
|  |  | Mr. Nikhil SuryakantSetiya
 | Independent Director | NA |  
| 4) | The percentage increase inremuneration Chief Financial
 | Name | Designation | %age of increase |  
|  | Officer, Chief ExecutiveOfficer, Company Secretary
 in the financial year
 | Arpit Shah | Chief FinanceOfficer
 | 20.31 |  
|  | Ashwini Kulkarni | CompanySecretary and
 Compliance
 officer
 | 9.61 |  
| 5) | The percentage increase in themedian remuneration of
 employees in the financial year.
 | There is no increase in the remuneration. There is decrease inremuneration by 6.66%
 |  
| 6) | The number of permanentemployees on the rolls of the
 company
 | 71 number of employees |  
| 7) | Average percentile increasealready made in the salaries of
 employees other than the
 managerial personnel in the last
 financial year and its comparison
 with the percentile increase in
 the managerial remuneration
 and justification thereof and point
 out if there are any exceptional
 circumstances for increase in the
 managerial remuneration.
 | Average percentile increase in remuneration other thanmanagerial remuneration is 34.28%
 Average percentile increase in managerial remuneration is6.09%
 The increment is on the basis of performance of the employeesincluding managerial personnel. The increments are as per
 policy of the company.
 |  
| 8) | It is here by affirmed that theremuneration is as per the
 Remuneration Policy of the
 Company.
 | Pursuant to Rule 5(1 )(xii) of the Companies (Appointment andRemuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014, it is
 affirmed that the remuneration paid to the Directors, Key
 Managerial Personnel and Senior Management is as per the
 Remuneration Policy of the Company.
 |  25. DEPOSITSYour company has not accepted any deposits from the public or Members of the company within the ambit ofSection 73 of the Companies Act, 2013 read with the Companies (Acceptance of Deposits) Rules 2014. Company
 has accepted unsecured loans only from Directors. Please refer to Note no. 5 of financial statements.
 The details of the unsecured loans availed from Directors and outstanding as on 31.03.2025 are as under: 
| Name of the Lender | Relationship with Company | Opening balance | Acceptedduring the
 year
 | Repaidduring
 the year
 | Outstanding Amount (Net) | Interest Paid |  
| Devendra RamchandraGhodnadikar
 | Director | - | 1,735 | 1,510 | 225 | 19.64 |  
| Vrajesh Krishnakumar Shah | Managing Director | 515 | 3,576 | 3,641 | 450 | 73.16 |  
| Vrajesh Navnitlal Shah | Director | 300 | 302 | 252 | 350 | 32.20 |  
| Total |  | 815 | 5,613 | 5,403 | 1,025 | 125.00 |  26. AUDITORS:A.    Statutory Auditor:The members have in the Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Company held on 31st August 2024 appointedM/s. S. H. Sane & Co. Chartered Accountants as Statutory Auditors of the Company to hold office till the
 conclusion of the AGM of the Company to be held in the year 2029-30 for the financial year ending 31 March 2029.
 The Auditors have accordingly confirmed their eligibility to continue to act as Statutory Auditors of the Company. B.    Secretarial AuditorPursuant to the provisions of Section 204 of the Companies Act, 2013 and the Companies (Appointment andRemuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014, the Company had appointed M/s. Shailesh Indapurkar &
 Associates, Company Secretary, Pune (Membership No. ACS 17306 CP No. 5701) to undertake the Secretarial
 Audit of the Company for the FY 2024-25. M/s Shailesh Indapurkar & Associates, holds a valid peer review
 certificate issued by the Institute of Company Secretaries of India.
 Further, pursuant to the requirements of Regulation 24A of the SEBI Listing Regulations, the Board of Directorsof the Company at its meeting held on 12 May 2025 has approved and recommended to the Members for their
 approval at the ensuing Annual General Meeting, the appointment of M/s Shailesh Indapurkar & Associates,
 Practising Company Secretary as the Secretarial Auditors of the Company for the term of 5 consecutive financial
 years commencing from 1 April 2025 till 31 March 2030 to conduct Secretarial Audit of the Company.
 The Report of the Secretarial Audit for the year 24-25 is annexed herewith as 'Annexure 4” to this Report. Secretarial Audit of Material Unlisted SubsidiaryThere is no Material Unlisted Subsidiary of the Company during the financial year under review and as such therequirement under Regulation 24A of the SEBI Listing Regulations regarding the Secretarial Audit of Material
 Unlisted Indian Subsidiary is not applicable to the Company for the financial year under review.
 C.    Cost AuditorIn terms with the provisions of section 148 of the Companies act, 2013 read with the Companies (Cost Recordsand Audit) Rules 2014, maintenance of cost records and appointment of Cost Auditors are not applicable on your
 Company.
 D.    Internal AuditorsThe Board of Directors at their meeting held on 14 May 2024 had appointed M/s Prakash M Ostwal & Co., asInternal Auditors of the Company for the period from 1st April 2024 to 31st March 2025 to conduct the internal audit
 of the various areas of operations and records of the Company. However, M/s Prakash M Ostwal & Co. resigned
 as Internal Auditors of the Company due to other personal reason and pre occupation w.e.f. 29 July 2024.
 Further, Board of Directors at their meeting held on 31st July, 2024 appointed M/s Siddharth Anil Ostwal andCo. Chartered Accountants, as Internal Auditors of the Company for the period from 1st April 2024 to 31st March
 2025 to conduct the internal audit of the various areas of operations and records of the Company.
 The report of the said internal auditor was placed before the Audit Committee along with the comments of themanagement on the action taken to correct any observed deficiencies on the working of the various departments.
 27. UNCLAIMED SUSPENSE ACCOUNTDisclosure with respect to shares held in the Unclaimed Suspense Account of the Company for the Financial Year2024-25 is as under:
 
| Sr. No. | Particulars | No. of Shareholders | No. of Shares held |  
| 1. | Aggregate number of Shareholders and theoutstanding shares in the suspense account
 lying at the beginning of the year
 | 32 | 2,19,149 |  
| 2. | Number of Shareholders who approached listedentity for transfer of shares from suspense
 account during the year
 | 14 | 46,587 |  
| 3. | Number of Shareholders to whom shares weretransferred from suspense account during the
 year
 | 14 | 46,587 |  
| 4. | Aggregate number of Shareholders and theoutstanding shares in the suspense account
 lying at the end of the year
 | 26 | 1,72,562 |  
| 5. | At the end of the year (with voting rights frozen)Number of Shareholder who's voting rights on
 shares shall remain frozen till the rightful owner
 of such shares claims the shares.
 | 26 | 1,72,562 |  28.    FRAUDS REPORTED BY THE AUDITORS, IF ANY.During the year under review, neither the Statutory Auditors nor the Secretarial Auditor have reported anyinstances of fraud committed in the Company by its officers or employees to the Audit Committee, pursuant to
 Section 143(12) of the Companies Act, 2013, the details of which would be required to be mentioned in the Board's
 report.
 29.    EXPLANATION ON COMMENTS ON AUDITORS' REPORTThere are no qualifications, reservations or adverse remarks or disclaimer made by the Statutory Auditors in theirReport on the financial statements.
 With respect to qualification in Secretarial Audit report regarding Structural Digital Database, we would like toinform that the requisite software regarding such compliance is already in place and during FY 2024-25 updation
 of information and database creation was in the process. As on date the said system is up to date.
 30.    FINE/ COMPOUNDING AMOUNT PAID DURING THE YEARDuring the year under review, the Company was not subject to any fine/ compounding 31.    BUSINESS RISK MANAGEMENTThe Company has risk management policy in place since its inception and is under regular improvements. Variousrisks such as financial risks arising out of operations and other risks such as fire, theft, loss of data, have been
 identified. The policy consists of manner of monitoring client's positions on real time basis, client trading patterns
 vis-a-vis its financial position etc. The directors & employees are being trained and educated on various risks and
 mitigation thereof. Periodic reviews are also being taken to improve the same. The Company is using latest
 technology for conducting its day to day operations.
 32.    INTERNAL FINANCIAL CONTROLThe Company has established and maintained adequate internal financial control based on internal control overfinancial reporting criteria. The Company's Internal financial controls operate effectively and ensure orderly and
 efficient conduct of its business including adherence to its policies, safeguarding its assets, preventing and
 detecting frauds and errors, maintaining accuracy and completeness of its accounting records and further enable
 it in timely preparation of reliable financial information.
 33.    INSIDER TRADINGYour Company's Code of Conduct for Prevention of Insider Trading covers all the Directors, senior managementpersonnel, persons forming part of promoter(s)/promoter group(s) and such other designated employees of the
 Company, who are expected to have access to unpublished price sensitive information relating to the Company.
 The Directors, their relatives, senior management personnel, persons forming part of promoter(s)/promoter
 group(s), designated employees etc. are restricted in purchasing, selling and dealing in the shares of the Company
 while in possession of unpublished price sensitive information about the Company as well as during the closure
 of trading window. The Board of Directors has approved and adopted the Code of Conduct to Regulate, Monitor
 and Report Trading by Insiders. The Board has also approved the Code for Fair Disclosure in line with SEBI
 (Prohibition of Insider Trading) Regulation, 2015 and the same can be accessed on company's website
 www.pesb.co.in.
 34.    CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY (CSR)The Board has adopted a Corporate Social Responsibility Policy (CSR Policy) in accordance with the provisionsof the Act. The CSR committee members reviews the policy periodically. During the year under consideration, the
 Company was under obligation to spent amount of INR 21.65 lakhs. The Company has spent an amount of INR
 18 Lakhs on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) towards donation to Shree Poona Gujrathi Bandhu Samaj
 a Charitable T rust and INR 5.06 Lakhs was set off against the amount available for set off from the previous years.
 The activities of the organisation to which the CSR Contribution have been made by the Company are being
 monitored by the Company on continual basis.
 The CSR Movement at Pune E - Stock Broking Limited is based on core belief of compliance of SocialResponsibilities and is basically a continuous process whereby the Company contributes to a better society.
 The Company's policy towards CSR is conducting business by integrating its economic, environmental and socialobjectives in such a way that it will contribute for the social good together with its operational growth. The Company
 integrates its business values and operations to meet the expectations of its shareholders, customers, employees,regulators, investors, suppliers, community and take care of environment with best interest. Currently the
 Company's CSR involves initiatives towards Promoting Education.
 The key objective of the CSR policy consists of monetary or other assistance for promotion and advancement ofeducation, preventive health care, enhancing vocational skills and livelihood enhancement projects and
 eradicating hunger. These CSR projects are in accordance with Schedule VII of the Companies Act, 2013.
 The Annual Report on CSR activities is annexed herewith as “Annexure 3 The CSR policy is available on the website of the Company. The CSR Committee members consist of: a)    Mr. Madanlal Shantilal Jain - Chairman and Independent Director b)    Mr. Devendra Ramchandra Ghodnadikar - Member and Director c)    Mr. Vrajesh Krishnakumar Shah - Member and Managing Director 35.    SECRETARIAL STANDARDSThe company Complies with all applicable mandatory secretarial standards issued by Institute of CompanySecretaries of India.
 36.    VIGIL MECHANISMThe Company has adopted a Vigil Mechanism Policy, to provide a formal mechanism to the Directors andemployees to report their concerns about unethical behaviour, actual or suspected fraud or violation of the
 Company's Code of Conduct or ethics policy. The Policy provides for adequate safeguards against victimization
 of employees who avail of the mechanism and also provides for direct access to the Chairman of the Audit
 Committee. It is affirmed that no personnel of the Company have been denied access to the Audit Committee. The
 copy of vigil mechanism policy is put on the Company's Website and may be accessed at i.e. www.pesb.co.in
 37.    AMOUNTS PROPOSED TO BE CARRIED TO RESERVESDuring the year under review, Company hasn't proposed to transfer any amount to reserves. 38.    DISCLOSURES IN RESPECT OF VOTING RIGHTS NOT EXERCISED DIRECTLY BY THE EMPLOYEESIN RESPECT OF SHARES FOR WHICH THE LOAN HAVE BEEN PROVIDED BY THE COMPANY
There are no such instances 39.    DETAILED REASONS FOR REVISION OF FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OR REPORT OF THE BOARDThere has been no revision of financial statements or report of the Board in respect of any of the 3 precedingfinancial years and hence this clause is not applicable
 40.    ISSUE OF SWEAT EQUITY SHARES / SHARES WITH DIFFERENTIAL VOTING RIGHTS/ SHARESUNDER EMPLOYEES' STOCK OPTION SCHEME
The Company has not issued any Sweat Equity Shares / Shares with differential voting rights/ Shares underEmployees' Stock Option Scheme during the year under report.
 41.    CASES UNDER SEXUAL HARASSMENT OF WOMEN AT WORKPLACE (PREVENTION, PROHIBITIONAND REDRESSAL) ACT, 2013
Your Company is committed to provide a safe and secure environment to its women employees across itsfunctions, as they are integral and important part of the organization. Your Company has in place an Anti-Sexual
 Harassment Policy in line with the requirements of the Sexual Harassment of Women at the Workplace
 (Prevention, Prohibition & Redressal) Act, 2013. An Internal Complaints Committee (ICC) with requisite number
 of representatives has been set up to redress complaints relating to sexual harassment, if any, received from
 women employees and other women associates. The following is a summary of sexual harassment complaints
 received and disposed of during the financial year 2024-2025:
 The details relating to number of cases filed, if any and their disposal under this Act is as under: (a)    number of complaints of sexual harassment received in the year = NIL (b)    number of complaints disposed off during the year = NIL and (c)    number of cases pending for more than ninety days = NIL (d)    No. of workshops and awareness programmes conduced in the year: NIL (e)    Nature of action by employer or District Officer, if any Nil 42.    COMPLIANCE OF THE PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE MATERNITY BENEFIT ACT 1961The Company complies with the applicable provisions of the Maternity Benefit Act, 1961. 43.    DETAILS OF APPLICATION MADE OR ANY PROCEEDING PENDING UNDER THE INSOLVENCY ANDBANKRUPTCY CODE, 2016 (31 OF 2016) DURING THE YEAR ALONG WITH THEIR STATUS AS AT THE
 END OF THE FINANCIAL YEAR
 During the year, no application is initiated, pending or concluded by or against the company under Insolvency andBankruptcy Code, 2016
 44.    DETAILS OF DIFFERENCE BETWEEN AMOUNT OF THE VALUATION DONE AT THE TIME OF ONETIME SETTLEMENT AND THE VALUATION DONE WHILE TAKING LOAN FROM THE BANKS OR
 FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS ALONG WITH THE REASONS THEREOF
 There was no instance of making one-time settlement with any Banks or Financial Institutions with respect to anyloan. The Company has not defaulted in repayment of any loan availed from any Bank / Financial Institution.
 45.    ACKNOWLEDGEMENTSYour directors would like to express their grateful appreciation for the assistance and co-operation received fromthe banks, government authorities and customers during the year under review. Your Directors look forward to
 their continued support in the future. The Directors keep on record their sincere appreciation for dedicated efforts
 on the part of the employees in the operations and growth of the Company during the year. The Directors also
 thank the shareholders for the confidence reposed in the management.
 For and on behalf of the Board of DirectorsFor PUNE E - STOCK BROKING LIMITED
 Date: 25 August 2025
 Place: Pune
 Vrajesh Krishnakumar Shah    Archana Vinayak GorheChairman & Managing Director    Whole Time Director DIN: 00184961    DIN: 02966578 R/o: 11 Krushnakunja, Girija Nayak    R/o: Omekta Society, 1421, Off Bajirao Housing Society, Near Hyde Park    Road, Opp Thatte Hospital, Shukrawar Peth Market Yard, Pune 411 037    Pune 411 002  
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