7. Provisions and contingent liabilities
The Company creates a provision when there is present obligation as a result of a past event that probably requires an outflow of resources and a reliable estimate can be made of the amount of the obligation.
Provisions are reviewed at each balance sheet date and adjusted to reflect the current best estimate. If it is no longer probable that the outflow of resources would be required to settle the obligation, provision is reversed.
Contingent assets are not recognised in the financial statements. However, contingent assets are assessed continually and if it is virtually certain that an economic benefit will arise, the asset and related income are recognised in the period in which the change occurs.
Employee benefits
Employee benefits include short term employee benefits, provident fund, employee's state insurance, gratuity and compensated absences.
Defined benefit plans
For defined benefit plans, the cost of providing benefits is determined using the Projected Unit Credit Method, with actuarial valuations being carried out at each balance sheet date. Remeasurement, comprising actuarial gains and losses, the effect of the changes to the asset ceiling and the return on plan assets (excluding interest), is reflected immediately in the balance sheet with a charge or credit recognised in other comprehensive income in the period in which they occur. Past service cost, both vested and unvested, is recognised as an expense at the earlier of
(a) when the plan amendment or curtailment occurs; and
(b) when the entity recognises related restructuring costs or termination benefits.
The retirement benefit obligations recognised in the balance sheet represents the present value of the defined benefit obligations reduced by the fair value of scheme assets. Any asset resulting from this calculation is limited to the present value of available refunds and reductions in future contributions to the scheme.
The Group provides benefits such as gratuity, pension and provident fund (Company managed fund) to its employees which are treated as defined benefit plans.
Defined contribution plans
Contributions to defined contribution plans are recognised as expense when employees have rendered services entitling them to such benefits.
The Group provides benefits such as superannuation, provident fund (other than Company managed fund) and foreign defined contribution plans to its employees which are treated as defined contribution plans.
Short-term employee benefits
All employee benefits payable wholly within twelve months of rendering the service are classified as short¬ term employee benefits. Benefits such as salaries, wages etc. and the expected cost of ex-gratia are recognised in the period in which the employee renders the related service. A liability is recognised for the amount expected to be paid when there is a present legal or constructive
obligation to pay this amount as a result of past service provided by the employee and the obligation can be estimated reliably.
Termination benefits
Termination benefits are expensed at the earlier of when the Group is obligated to pay those benefits and when the Group recognises costs for a restructuring.
Provident fund
The Company contributes to a recognized provident fund, which is a Defined Contribution Scheme. The Company makes specified monthly contributions towards Provident Fund. The contributions are accounted for on an accrual basis and recognized in the Statement of Profit and Loss.
9. Dividends
Interim Dividend on equity shares paid during the financial year 2025-26
The Board of Directors, at its meeting held on 04th August, 2025 had declared and paid the First Interim dividend of ?4/-per share during the financial year 2025-2026. This resulted in a cash outflow of C42.62 million.
The Board of Directors, at its meeting held on 13th November, 2025 had declared and paid the Second Interim dividend of ?4/-per share during the financial year 2025-2026. This resulted in a cash outflow of C42.62 million.
The Board of Directors, at its meeting held on 4th February, 2026 had declared and paid the third Interim dividend of ?4/-per share during the financial year 2025-2026. This resulted in a cash outflow of C42.62 million.
10. Earnings per share
Basic earnings per share are calculated by dividing the net profit for the period (excluding other comprehensive income) attributable to equity shareholders of the Company by the weighted average number of equity shares outstanding during the financial year.
Note- Dividends paid to directors or KMPs are corporate actions executed uniformly across all equity shareholders based on their shareholding percentage. Since it provides no special privilege or distinct transfer of resources outside standard investor right it is not separately reported.
12. Taxation
Tax expense comprises of current tax (i.e. amount of tax for the year determined in accordance with the Income Tax Act, 1961), and deferred tax charge or benefit (i.e. reflecting the tax effect of timing differences between accounting income and taxable income for the year).
Current tax
Provision for current tax is recognized based on estimated tax liability computed after adjusting for allowances, disallowances and exemptions in accordance with the Income Tax Act, 1961.
Deferred Tax
Deferred income tax reflects the current period timing differences between taxable income and accounting income for the period and reversal of timing differences of earlier years/period. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using the tax rates and tax law that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the Balance Sheet date.
Deferred tax assets are recognized when there is reasonable certainty that the asset can be realized in future, however, where there is unabsorbed depreciation or carried forward loss under taxation laws, deferred tax assets are recognized to the extent there is virtual certainty of realization of the assets.
Deferred tax assets are reviewed as at each balance sheet date and written down or written up to reflect the amount that is reasonably/virtually certain, as the case may be, to be realized.
13. Segment Reporting - IND AS 108
An operating segment is a component of the Company that engages in business activities from which it may earn revenues and incur expenses, whose operating results are regularly reviewed by the company's Chief Operating Decision Maker ("CODM") to make decisions for which discrete financial information is available. /Based on the management approach as defined in Ind AS 108 - Operating Segments, the CODM evaluates the Company's performance and allocates resources based on an analysis of various performance indicators by business segments and geographic segments. The Company operates in single segment namely Provision of financial services to its client.
14. Foreign Currency Transactions
The company has not entered into any Foreign currency transaction during the year except miniscule payment for subscription of research materials.
16. Corporate social responsibility
As per Section 135 of the Companies Act, 2013, a Company, meeting the applicability threshold needs to spend at least 2% of its average net profit for the immediately preceding three financial years on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) activities.
17. Financial Risk Management
The Company's risk management policies are established to identify and analyse the risks faced by the Company, to set appropriate risk limits and controls and to monitor risks and adherence to limits. Risk management policies and systems are reviewed regularly to reflect changes in market conditions and the Company's activities. The Company, through its training and management standards and procedures, aims to maintain a disciplined and constructive control environment in which all employees understand their roles and obligations.
The audit committee oversees how management monitors compliance with the company's risk management policies and procedures, and reviews the adequacy of the risk management framework in relation to the risks faced by the Company. The audit committee is assisted in its oversight role by internal audit. Internal audit undertakes both regular and ad hoc reviews of risk management controls and procedures, the results of which are reported to the audit committee.
A. Market Risk
Market risk is the risk that the fair value or future Cash flows of a financial instrument will fluctuate because of changes in market prices. The objective of market risk management is to manage and control market risk exposures within acceptable parameters, while optimizing the return.
i. Foreign currency risk
The company is not dealing in any foreign exchange therefore foreign currency risk is not applicable to the company.
ii. Interest rate risk
The Company's interest rate risk arises from interest bearing deposits with bank. Such instruments expose the Company to fair value interest rate risk. Management believe that the interest rate risk attached to this financial asset are not significant due to the nature of this financial assets.
iii. Market price risks
The Company is exposed to market price risk, which arises from FVTPL and FVOCI investments. The management monitors the proportion of these investments in its investment portfolio based on market indices. Material investments within the portfolio are managed on an individual basis and all buy and sell decisions are approved by the appropriate authority.
B. Liquidity Risk
Liquidity risk is the risk that the entity will encounter difficulty in meeting the obligations associated with its financial liabilities that are settled by delivering cash or another financial asset. The entity's approach to managing liquidity is to ensure, as far as possible, that it will have sufficient liquidity to meet its liabilities when they are due, under both normal and stressed conditions, without incurring unacceptable losses or risking damage to the entity's reputation.
Looking to the company's business activity of broking services, the company has absolutely minimum liquidity risk.
The table below summarises the maturity profile of the Company's financial liabilities based on the contractual undiscounted payments.
C. Credit Risk
It is risk of financial loss that the Group will incur a loss because its customers or counter parties to financial instruments fails to meet its contractual obligation.
The Group's financial assets comprise of cash and bank balances, trade receivables, investments and other financial assets which comprise mainly of deposits.
The maximum exposure to credit risk at the reporting date is primarily from Group's trade receivable.
Following provides exposure to credit risks for trade receivables and loans:
Cash and cash equivalents
The company maintains its Cash and cash equivalents and Bank deposits with banks having good reputation, good past track record and high quality credit rating and also reviews their credit-worthiness on an on-going basis.
The above receivables which are past due but not impaired are assessed on individual case to case basis and relate to a number of independent third party customers from whom there is no recent history of default. These financial assets were not impaired as there had not been a significant change in credit quality and the amounts were still considered recoverable based on the nature of the activity of the customer portfolio to which they belong and the type of customers. There are no other classes of financial assets that are past due but not impaired except for Trade receivables as at March 31,2026.
19. Subsequent Event:
The Board of Directors in their meeting held on 29th May, 2026 have proposed a final dividend of C1/- per equity share for the year ended 31st March, 2026 which is subject to the approval of shareholders at the ensuing Annual General Meeting and if approved, would result in a cash outflow of approximately C10.65 million.
20. There were no Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, to whom the Company owed dues, which were outstanding for more than 45 days as at March 31, 2026. This information as required to be disclosed under the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Act, 2006 has been determined to the extent, such parties have been identified on the basis of information available with the Company.
21. Other Notes On Accounts
(i) Estimated amount of contracts remaining to be executed on Capital Account: C NIL
(ii) We have relied on internal evidences certified by management, in case where external evidences in respect of expenses are not available.
(iii) Previous year's figures have been regrouped / reclassified and rearranged wherever necessary to correspond with the current year's classification / disclosure.
22. Contingent Liabilities and Commitments
In the ordinary course of business, the Company faces claims and assertions by various parties. The Company assesses such claims and assertions and monitors the legal environment on an ongoing basis, with the assistance of external legal counsel, wherever necessary. The Company records a liability for any claims where a potential loss is probable and capable of being estimated and discloses such matters in its financial statements, if material. For potential losses that are considered possible, but not probable, the Company provides disclosure in the financial statements but does not record a liability in its accounts unless the loss becomes probable.
The following is a description of claims and assertions where a potential loss is possible, but not probable. The Company believes that none of the contingencies described below would have a material adverse effect on the Company's financial
Condition, results of operations or cash flows. Also, the below amount excludes consequential interest and penalty, if any.
Litigation
The Company is involved in legal proceedings, both as plaintiff and as defendant. There are claims, which the Company does not believe to be of material nature, other than those described below.
Income Tax
The Company has received orders under Section 148A (d) of the Income-tax Act, 1961 for reopening the assessment proceedings for Assessment Years 2016-17 and 2019-20, after obtaining the approval of the appropriate authority. The Company has challenged the validity of the said orders by filing writ petitions before the Hon'ble Gujarat High Court. The Hon'ble High Court has granted an ad- interim stay on the impugned proceedings, and the matter is presently pending for adjudication.
Based on the legal advice obtained, the status of the proceedings, and management's assessment of the facts and circumstances, management believes that the possibility of any economic outflow in respect of the above matter is remote. Accordingly, no provision has been recognised, and the matter has not been disclosed as a contingent liability in these financial statements.
Goods and Service Tax
The adjudicating authority under the Goods and Services Tax laws has raised a demand aggregating to C 1.01 Crore against the Company for the financial years 2020-21,2021¬ 22 and 2022-23, primarily alleging issuance of invoices without the actual supply of services. The Company has challenged the said demand by filing an appeal before the First Appellate Authority, where the matter is presently pending adjudication.
Based on the facts of the case, legal advice obtained, and management's assessment of the merits of the matter, management believes that the likelihood of any economic outflow is remote. Accordingly, no provision has been recognised, and the matter has not been disclosed as a contingent liability in these financial statements.
23. Disclosure for maintenance of books with audit trail
The Ministry of Corporate Affairs(MCA) has issued a notification dated 24th March 2021 (Companies(Accounts) Amendments Rules,2021) which is effective from April 01,2023, states that every Company which uses accounting software for maintaining its books of account shall use only such accounting software which has a feature of recording audit trail of each and every transaction, and further creating an edit log of each change made in the books of account along with the date when such changes were made and ensuring that the audit trail cannot be disabled. In respect of software related to Mutual Fund Business which is internally developed software by the Company, no audit trail was enabled for all relevant transactions at the database level to log any direct data changes but the Company has taken necessary action to safeguards all its data at transactions level.
24. Other statutory information
(a) The Company does not have any benami property, where any proceeding has been initiated or pending against the Company for holding any benami property.
(b) The Company has not traded or invested in Crypto currency or Virtual Currency during the financial year.
(c) The Company has not advanced or loaned or invested funds to any other person(s) or entity(ies), including foreign entities (Intermediaries) with the understanding that the Intermediary shall:
(i) 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
(ii) provide any guarantee, security or the like to or on behalf of the ultimate beneficiaries.
(d) The Company has not received any fund from any person(s) or entity(ies), including foreign entities (funding party) with the understanding (whether recorded in writing or otherwise) that the Company shall:
(i) 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
(ii) provide any guarantee, security or the like on behalf of the ultimate beneficiaries
(e) The Company does not have any such transaction which is not recorded in the books of accounts that has been surrendered or disclosed as income during the year in the tax assessments under the Income Tax Act,1961 (such as, search or survey or any other relevant provisions of the Income Tax Act, 1961).
(f) The Company do not have any charges or satisfaction which is yet to be registered with ROC beyond the statutory period.
(g) The Company does not have any transactions with companies which are struck off.
(h) The Company has not taken any loan from bank or financial institutions. Consequently, filling of quarterly returns or statements of current assets with bank or financial institutions is not applicable to Company.
25. The standalone financial statements were authorized for issue in accordance with a resolution of the Board of Directors on May 29th, 2026.
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