We have audited the financial statement of Bangalore Fort Farms Limited ("the Company")which comprise the Balance Sheet as at 31st March'2024, the statements of Changes in Equityand Statement of Cash flows for the year ended, and notes to the financial statements, includinga summary of significant accounting policies and other explanatory information.
In our opinion and to best of our information and according to the explanations given to us, theaforesaid financial statements given the information required by the Act in the manner sorequired and given a true and fair view in conformity with the accounting principles generallyaccepted in India, of the state of affairs of the company as at March'2024, its profit, changesin equity and its cash flows for the year ended on that date.
We conducted our audit in accordance with the Standards on Auditing (SAs) specified undersection 143(10) of the Companies Act'2013. Our responsibilities under those standers arefurther described in the Auditor's Responsibilities for the Audit of the financial statementssection of our report. We are independent of the company in accordance with the code of Ethicsissued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India together with the ethical requirementsthat are relevant to our audit of the financial statements under the provision of the CompaniesAct'2013 and the Rules thereunder, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities inaccordance with these requirements and the Code of Ethics we believe that the audit evidencewe have obtained in sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.
Key Audit Matters are those matters that, in our professional judgement, were of mostsignificance in our audit of the financial statements of the current period. These matters wereaddressed in the context of our audit of the financial statements as a whole, and in forming ouropinion thereon, and we do not provide a separate opinion on these matters.
We have determined that there are no key audit matters to communicate in our report.
The Company's Board of Directors is responsible for the preparation of the other information.The other information comprises the information included in the Management Discussion andanalysis, Board's Report including Annexures to Board's Report, Business Responsibility Report,Corporate Governance and Shareholder's Information, but does not include the financialstatements and our auditor's report thereon.
Our opinion on the financial statements does not cover the other information and we do notexpress my form of assurance conclusion thereon.
In connecting with our audit of the financial statements, our responsibility is to read the otherinformation and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistentwith the financial statements or our knowledge obtained during the course of our audit orotherwise appears to be materially misstated.
If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is a material misstatementof this other information, we are required to report that fact. We have nothing to report in thisregard.
The Company's Board of Directors is responsible for the matters stated in section 134(5) of theCompanies Act'2013 ("the Act") with respect to the preparation of these financial statementsthat give a true and fair view of the financial position, financial performance, changes in equityand cash flows of the company in accordance with the accounting principles generally acceptedin India, including the Accounting Standers specified under section 133 of the Act. Thisresponsibility also includes maintenance of adequate accounting records in accordance with theprovisions of the Act for safeguarding of the assets of the company and for preventing anddetecting frauds and other irregularities selection and application of appropriate implementationand maintenance of accounting policies making judgements and estimates that are reasonableand prudent and design, implementation and maintenance of adequate internal financialcontrols, that were operating effectively for ensuring the accuracy and completeness of theaccounting records, relevant to the preparation and presentation of the financial statementsthat give a true and fair view and are free from materials misstatement, whether due to fraudor error.
In preparing the financial statements, management is responsible for assessing the Company'sability to continue as a going concern, disclosing as applicable, matters related to going concernand using the going concern basis of accounting unless management either intends to liquidatethe 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 reportingprocess.
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as awhole are free from materials misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue andauditor'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 amaterials misstatement can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individuallyor in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economics decisions ofusers taken on the basis of these financial statements.
As part of an audit in accordance with SAs, we exercise professional judgement and maintainprofessional scepticism throughout the audit. We also:
• Identify and assess the risks of material misstatements for the financial statements,whether due to fraud or error, design and perform audit procedures responsive to thoserisks, and audit evidence that is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for ouropinion. The risk of not detecting a materials misstatements resulting from fraud ishigher than for one resulting from error, as fraud may involve collusion, forgery,intentional omissions, misrepresentations, or the override of internal control.
• Obtained an understanding of internal control relevant to the audit in order to designaudit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances. Under section 143(3)(i) ofthe Companies act'2013, we are also responsible for expressing our opinion on whetherthe company has adequate internal financial control system in place and the operatingeffectiveness of such controls.
• Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness ofaccounting estimates and related disclosures made by management.
• Conclude on the appropriateness of management's use of the going concern basis ofaccounting and based on the audit evidence obtained, whether a materials uncertaintyexists related to events or conditions that may cause significant doubt on the Company'sability to continue as a going concern. If we conclude that a material uncertainly exists,we are required to draw attention in out auditors' report to the related disclosers in thefinancial statements or if such disclosers are inadequate, to modify our opinion. Ourconclusions are based on the audit evidence obtained up to the date of our auditor'sreport. However, further events or conditions may cause the company to ceases tocontinue 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 under lyingtransactions and events in a manner that achieves fair presentation.
We communicate with those charged with governance regarding, among other matters, theplanned scope and timing of the audit and significant audit findings, including any significantdeficiencies in internal control that we identify during our audit.
We also provide the charged with governance with a statement that we have complied withrelevant ethical requirements regarding independence, and to communicate with them all therelationships and other matters that may reasonably be though to bear on our independence,and where applicable, related safeguard.
From the matters communicated with those charged with governance, we determine thosematters that were of most significance in the audit of the financial statements of the currentperiod 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, inextremely rare circumstances, we determine that a matter should not be communicated in ourreport because the adverse consequences of doing so would reasonable be expected tooutweigh the public interest benefits of such communication.
1. As required by the Companies (Auditor's Report) Order '2020 ("The Order") issued bythe Central Government of India in terms of sub section (11) of section 143 of theCompanies Act'2013, we give in the "Annexure-A" a statement on the mattersspecified in paragraph 3 & 4 of the Order, to the extent applicable.
2. As required by section 143(3) of the Act, we report that:
a. We have sought and obtained all the information and explanations which to thebest 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 bythe company so far as it appears from our examination of those books.
c. The Balance Sheets, the Statement of Profit & Loss, and the Cash FlowStatement dealt with by this report are in agreement with the books of account.
d. In our opinion, the aforesaid financial statements comply with the AccountingStandards specified under section 133 of the Act, read with Rule 7 of theCompanies (Accountants) Rules'2014.
e. On the basis of the written representation received from the directors as on 31stMarch'2024 taken on record by the Board of Directors, none of the directors isdisqualified as on 31st March'2024 from being appointed as a director in termsof Section 164(2) of the Act.
f. With respect to the adequacy of the Internal financial controls over financialreporting of the Company and the operating effectiveness of such controls, referto our separate Report in "Annexure B".
g. With respect to the other matters to be included in the Auditor's Report inaccordance 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 theexplanations given to us, the company has not paid any remuneration to itsdirectors during the financial year.
h. With respect to the other matters to be included in the Auditor's Report inaccordance with Rule 11 of the Companies (Audit & Auditors) Rules'2014, in ouropinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanationsgiven to us:
i. The company does not have any pending litigations which would impactits financial position.
ii. The company did not have any long-term contracts including derivativecontracts for which there were any materials foreseeable losses.
iii. There are no amounts which were required to be transferred to theInvestor Education and Protection Fund by the Company.
iv. A) The management has represented that, to the best of their knowledgeand belief, other than as disclosed in the notes to the accounts, no fundshave been advanced or loaned or invested (either from borrowed fundsor share premium or any other sources or kind of funds) by the companyto or in any other person(s) or entity(ies) including foreign entities("Intermediaries"), with the understanding, whether recorded in writingor otherwise, that the Intermediary shall, whether, directly or indirectlylend 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 likeon behalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries;
B) The management has represented, that, to the best of theirknowledge and belief, other than as disclosed in the notes to theaccounts, no funds have been received by the Company from anyperson(s) or entity(ies) including foreign entities ("Funding Parties") withthe understanding, whether recorded in writing or otherwise, that theIntermediary shall, whether, directly or indirectly lend or invest in otherpersons or entities identified in any manner whatsoever by or on behalfof the Funding Party ("Ultimate Beneficiaries") or provide any guarantee,security or the like on behalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries; and
C) Based on Audit procedures that has considered reasonable andappropriate in the circumstances, nothing has come to our notice thathas caused us to believe that the representations under sub-clause (a)and (b) contain any material misstatement.
v. No dividend has declared or paid by the Company during the financialyear.
vi. As proviso to rule 3(1) of the Companies (Accounts) Rules'2014 isapplicable for the Company only w.e.f. April 1'2023, we are reportingunder rule 11(g) that the company's accounting software has a featurefor recording an audit trail (edit log) that is non-configurable and hasbeen operational throughout the year for all transactions recorded in thesoftware.
For Amit Ray & Co.,
Chartered AccountantsFRN. No. 000483C
Sd/-
Srabana Bhattacharyya
Place: Kolkata Membership No. 062118
Date: 29th May 2024 Partner
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