We have audited the accompanying standaloneInd AS financial statements of Sharat IndustriesLimited (“the Company”), which comprisethe Balance Sheet as at 31st March 2025, theStatement of Profit and Loss (including othercomprehensive income) for the year then ended,the Cash Flows and the Statement of Changes inEquity for the year then ended and a summaryof the significant accounting policies and otherexplanatory information (hereinafter referred toas “the standalone Ind AS financial statements”).
In our opinion and to the best of our informationand according to the explanations given to us,the aforesaid standalone financial statementsgive the information required by the CompaniesAct, 2013 (“Act”) in the manner so required andgive a true and fair view in conformity with theIndian Accounting Standards prescribed undersection 133 of the Act read with the Companies(Indian Accounting Standards) Rules, 2015 asamended, (“Ind AS)” and other accountingprinciples generally accepted in India, of thestate of affairs of the Company as at 31st March,2025, the profit for the year ended on that datetotal comprehensive income, its cash flows andthe changes in equity for the year ended on thatdate.
Weconducted ourauditof the standalone financialstatements in accordance with the Standards onAuditing (SAs) specified under section 143(10)of the Companies Act, 2013. Our responsibilitiesunder those Standards are further described inthe Auditor's Responsibilities for the Audit ofthe Standalone Financial Statements section of
our report. We are independent of the Companyin accordance with the Code of Ethics issued bythe Institute of Chartered Accountants of Indiatogether with the Ethical requirements that arerelevant to our audit of the standalone financialstatements under the provisions of the CompaniesAct, 2013 and the Rules there under, and wehave fulfilled our other ethical responsibilitiesin accordance with these requirements and theCode of Ethics. We believe that the audit evidencewe have obtained is sufficient and appropriate toprovide a basis for our opinion on the standalonefinancial statements.
Key audit matters are those matters that, in ourprofessional judgment, were of most significancein our audit of the financial statements of thecurrent period. These matters were addressed inthe context of our audit of the financial statementsas a whole, and in forming our opinion thereonand we have determined that there are no keyaudit matters to communicate in our report.
The Company's board of directors is responsiblefor the preparation of the other information. Theother information comprises the informationincluded in the Board's Report includingAnnexures to Board's Report, BusinessResponsibility Report but does not include thefinancial statements and our auditor's reportthereon.
Our opinion on the financial statements does notcover the other information and we do not expressany form of assurance conclusion thereon.
In connection with our audit of the financialstatements, our responsibility is to read the otherinformation and, in doing so, consider whetherthe other information is materially inconsistent
with the standalone financial statements orour knowledge obtained during the course ofour audit or otherwise appears to be materiallymisstated.
If, based on the work we have performed, weconclude that there is a material misstatement ofthis other information, we are required to reportthat fact. We have nothing to report in this regard.
The Company's Board of Directors is responsiblefor the matters stated in section 134(5) ofthe Companies Act 2013, with respect to thepreparation of these standalone financialstatements that give a true and fair view of thefinancial position and financial performance, ofthe Company in accordance with the AccountingPrinciples generally accepted in India, includingthe Accounting Standards specified undersection 133 of the Act. This responsibility alsoincludes maintenance of adequate accountingrecords in accordance with the provisions of theAct for safeguarding the assets of the Companyand for preventing and detecting frauds andother irregularities; selection and applicationof appropriate accounting policies; makingjudgements and estimates that are reasonableand prudent; and design, implementation andmaintenance of adequate internal financialcontrols, that were operating effectively forensuring the accuracy and completeness of theaccounting records, relevant to the preparationand presentation of the standalone financialstatements that give a true and fair view and arefree from material misstatement, whether dueto fraud or error. In preparing the standalonefinancial statements, management is responsiblefor assessing the Company's ability to continueas a going concern, disclosing, as applicable,matters related to going concern and usingthe going concern basis of accounting unlessmanagement either intends to liquidate theCompany or to cease operations, or has norealistic alternative but to do so. The Board ofDirectors are responsible for overseeing theCompany's financial reporting process.
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assuranceabout whether the standalone financialstatements as a whole are free from materialmisstatement, whether due to fraud or error,and to issue an auditor's report that includes ouropinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level ofassurance, but is not a guarantee that an auditconducted in accordance with SAs will alwaysdetect a material misstatement when it exists.Misstatements can arise from fraud or error andare considered material if, individually or in theaggregate, they could reasonably be expectedto influence the economic decisions of userstaken on the basis of these standalone financialstatements.
As part of an audit in accordance with SAs, weexercise professional judgement and maintainprofessional scepticism throughout the audit.We also:
• Identify and assess the risks of materialmisstatement of the standalone financialstatements, whether due to fraud or error, designand perform audit procedures responsive tothose risks, and obtain audit evidence that issufficient and appropriate to provide a basisfor our opinion. The risk of not detecting amaterial misstatement resulting from fraudis higher than for one resulting from error, asfraud may involve collusion, forgery, intentionalomissions, misrepresentations, or the overrideof internal control.
• Obtain an understanding of internal controlsrelevant to the audit in order to designaudit procedures that are appropriate in thecircumstances. Under section 143(3)(i) of theAct, we are also responsible for expressing ouropinion on whether the Company has adequateinternal financial controls system in place andthe operating effectiveness of such controls.
• Evaluate the appropriateness of accountingpolicies used and the reasonableness ofaccounting estimates and related disclosuresmade by management.
• Conclude on the appropriateness ofmanagement's use of the going concern basisof accounting and, based on the audit evidenceobtained, whether a material uncertaintyexists related to events or conditions thatmay cast significant doubt on the Company'sability to continue as a going concern. If weconclude that a material uncertainty exists,we are required to draw attention in ourauditor's report to the related disclosuresin the standalone financial statements or, ifsuch disclosure are inadequate, to modifyour opinion. Our conclusions are based onthe audit evidence obtained up to the date ofour auditor's report. However, future events orconditions may cause the Company to cease tocontinue as a going concern.
• Evaluate the overall presentation, structure andcontent of the standalone financial statements,including the disclosures, and whether thestandalone financial statements represent theunderlying transactions and events in a mannerthat achieves fair presentation.
Materiality is the magnitude of misstatements in thestandalone financial statements that, individuallyor in aggregate, makes it probable that the economicdecisions of a reasonably knowledgeable user ofthe financial statements may be influenced. Weconsider quantitative materiality and qualitativefactors in (i) planning the scope of our audit workand in evaluating the results of our work; and (ii) toevaluate the effect of any identified misstatementsin the financial statements.
We also communicate with those charged withgovernance regarding, among other matters,the planned scope and timing of the audit andsignificant audit findings that we identify duringour audit.
We also provide those charged with governance witha statement that we have complied with relevantethical requirements regarding independence, andto communicate with them all relationships andother matters that may reasonably be thought tobear on our independence, and where applicable,related safeguards.
From the matters communicated with thosecharged with governance, we determine thosematters that were of most significance in theaudit of the standalone financial statements ofthe current period and are therefore the key auditmatters. We describe these matters in our auditor'sreport unless law or regulation precludes publicdisclosure about the matter or when, in extremelyrare circumstances, we determine that a mattershould not be communicated in our report becausethe adverse consequences of doing so wouldreasonably be expected to outweigh the publicinterest benefits of such communication.
As required by the Companies (IndependentAuditor's Report) Order, 2020 (“the Order”)issued by the Central Government of India interms of subsection (11) of Section 143 of the Act,we give in the “Annexure A”, a statement on thematters specified in paragraphs 3 and 4 of theOrder, to the extent applicable.
As required by Section 143 (3) of the Act, wereport that:
a) We have sought and obtained all theinformation and explanations which to the bestof our knowledge and belief were necessaryfor the purposes of our audit.
b) In our opinion, proper books of account asrequired by law have been kept by the Companyso far as it appears from our examination ofthose books.
c) The Balance Sheet, the Statement of Profit andLoss including other comprehensive income,the Cash Flow Statement and Statement ofChanges in Equity dealt with by this Report arein agreement with the books of account.
d) In our opinion, the aforesaid standalone IndAS financial statements comply with theIndian Accounting Standards specified underSection 133 of the Act, read with Companies(Indian Accounting Standards) Rules, 2015, asamended.
e) On the basis of the written representationsreceived from the directors as on31st March, 2025 taken on record by theBoard of Directors, none of the directors isdisqualified as on 31st March, 2025 from beingappointed as a director in terms of Section 164(2) of the Act.
f) With respect of the adequacy of the InternalFinancial Controls over Financial Reporting ofthe company and its operating effectivenessof such controls, refer to our separate reportin “Annexure B”.
g) In our opinion and to the best of our informationand according to the explanations given to us,the remuneration paid by the Company to itsdirectors during the year is in accordance withthe provisions of section 197 of the Act.
h) With respect to the other matters to beincluded in the Auditor's Report in accordancewith Rule 11 of the Companies (Audit andAuditors) Rules, 2014, in our opinion and to thebest of our information and according to theexplanations given to us:
i. The Company does not have any pendinglitigations which would impact its financialposition in its standalone Ind AS financialstatements.
ii. The Company did not have any long-termcontracts including derivative contracts forwhich there were any material foreseeablelosses.
iii. There were no amounts which were requiredto be transferred to the Investor Educationand Protection Fund.
iv. (a) The management has represented
that, to the best of its knowledge andbelief, other than as disclosed in thenotes to the accounts, no funds havebeen advanced or loaned or invested(either from borrowed funds or sharepremium or any other sources or kindof funds) by the company to or in anyother person or entity, including foreign
entities (“Intermediaries”), with theunderstanding, whether recorded inwriting or otherwise, that the Intermediaryshall, whether, directly or indirectly lendor invest in other persons or entitiesidentified in any manner whatsoever byor on behalf of the company (“UltimateBeneficiaries”) or provide any guarantee,security or the like on behalf of theUltimate Beneficiaries;
(b) The management has represented,that, to the best of its knowledge andbelief, other than as disclosed in thenotes to the accounts, no funds havebeen received by the company fromany person or entity, including foreignentities (“Funding Parties”), with theunderstanding, whether recorded inwriting or otherwise, that the companyshall, whether, directly or indirectly,lend or invest in other persons or entitiesidentified in any manner whatsoeverby or on behalf of the Funding Party(“Ultimate Beneficiaries”) or provideany guarantee, security or the like onbehalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries; and
(c) Based on audit procedures which weconsidered reasonable and appropriatein the circumstances, nothing has cometo their notice that has caused them tobelieve that the representations undersub-clause (i) and (ii) contain anymaterial misstatement.
v. The company has not declared or paid anydividend during the year in contraventionof the provisions of section 123 of theCompanies Act, 2013.
i) Based on our examination carried out inaccordance with the Implementation Guidanceon Reporting on Audit Trail under Rule 11(g)of the Companies (Audit and Auditors)Rules,2014 (Revised 2024 Edition) issuedby the Institute of Chartered Accountants of
India, which included test checks, we report that the company has used an accounting software formaintaining its books of account which has a feature of recording audit trail (edit log) facility andthe 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 audit trail featurebeing tampered with. Our examination of the audit trail was in the context of an audit of financialstatements carried out in accordance with the Standard of Auditing and only to the extent requiredby Rule 11(g) of the Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules,2014. We have not carried out any auditor examination of the audit trail beyond the matters required by the aforesaid Rule 11(g) nor havewe carried out any standalone audit or examination of the audit trail.”
j) With respect to the matter to be included in the Auditors' Report under Section 197(16) of the Act, inour opinion and according to the information and explanations given to us, the remuneration paidto the directors during the year is in accordance with the section 197 of the Act. The remunerationpaid to any director is not in excess of the limit.
For A.R. KRISHNAN & ASSOCIATES
Chartered Accountants
FRN:009805S
B. AnandaramakrishnanPartner
Place: Chennai Membership No.: 209122
Date: 29/05/2025 UDIN : 25209122BMKVLN1720