We have audited the accompanying financial statements of Vadilal Enterprises Limited (the "Company"), which comprise the BalanceSheet as at March 31,2025, the Statement of Profit and Loss (including Other Comprehensive Loss), the Statement of Changes in Equityand the Statement of Cash Flows for the year then ended, and notes to the financial statements, including a summary of materialaccounting 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 givethe information required by the Companies Act, 2013 (the "Act"), in the manner so required, and give a true and fair view in conformitywith the Indian Accounting Standards prescribed under section 133 of the Act read with the Companies (Indian Accounting Standards)Rules, 2015, as amended ("Ind AS") and other accounting principles generally accepted in India, of the state of affairs of the Companyas at March 31,2025 and its profit, total comprehensive income, changes in equity and its cash flows for the year ended on that date.
We conducted our audit of the financial statements in accordance with the Standards on Auditing (SAs) specified under section 143(10)of the Act. Our responsibilities under those Standards are further described in the Auditor's Responsibilities for the Audit of the FinancialStatements section of our report. We are independent of the Company in accordance with the Code of Ethics issued by the Institute ofChartered Accountants of India (ICAI) together with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the financial statementsunder the provisions of the Act and the Rules made thereunder, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordancewith these requirements and the ICAI's Code of Ethics. We believe that the audit evidence obtained by us is sufficient and appropriate toprovide a basis for our audit opinion on the financial statements.
We draw attention to Note 47 of the financial statements, which describes the conclusion of an independent review initiated by theBoard of Directors in relation to cross allegations between the Promoter Directors in earlier financial years of the nature describedin the said Note therein. Based on reports received from an Independent Law Firm and a Chartered Accountant Firm, and upon therecommendation of the Committee of Independent Directors, the Board of Directors, at its meeting held on May 13, 2025, resolved toconclude and close these matters. The Board has noted the findings of the independent review and confirmed that there is no financialimpact on the financial statements of the Company for the year ended March 31,2025.
Our opinion is not modified in respect of this matter.
Key audit matters are those matters that, in our professional judgment, were of most significance in our audit of the financial statementsof the current period. These matters were addressed 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 the matters described below to bethe key audit matters to be communicated in our report. For each matter below, our description of how our audit addressed the matteris provided In that context.
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Key Audit Matter
Auditor's Response
Revenue Recognition - Sale of Goods
1.
Refer Note 2(m) in the Summary of materialaccounting policies and other explanatoryinformation. The Company recognised an amountof ? 1119.12 crore as revenue in the year ended 31March 2025, as disclosed in Note 28 of the financialstatements.
Revenue for the Company primarily comprises ofrevenue from sale of ice-cream and dairy products.
In accordance with Standards on Auditing, there is apresumed fraud risk relating to revenue recognition.Accordingly, occurrence and existence of revenueis a key focus area on account of the multiplicity ofCompany's products, multiple channels for sales,various categories of customers having varying termsof contracts and the volume of the sales made tothem.
Due to the above factors, we have identified testing ofrevenue recognition as a key audit matter.
Our procedures included :
- Obtained an understanding of the process of each revenuestream, particularly of ice-cream.
- Evaluated the design and implementation and tested theoperating effectiveness of controls over revenue recognition.
- Performed substantive analytical procedures on revenue whichincludes region wise analysis.
- Evaluated the terms and conditions of the contracts, withcustomers to ensure that the revenue recognition criteria areassessed by the management in accordance with the accountingstandards.
- We selected a sample to test revenue transactions recordedduring the year, and revenue transactions recorded in the periodbefore and after year-end with supporting documents, suchas invoices, agreements with customers, proof of deliveries,discounts and claims and subsequent collection of payment.
- Evaluated the design and implementation of key internalcontrols over the revenue from sale through the combination ofprocedures involving inquiry and observations, reperformanceand inspection of evidence in respect of operations of thesecontrols.
- Performed other substantive audit procedures includingobtaining Trade Receivables confirmations on a sample basis,obtaining reconciliations in cases of variation, reviewed thesubsequent collection of payment and proof of deliveriesdocument of such selected Trade Receivables.
- Evaluated disclosures made in the financial statements forrevenue recognition from sale of goods for appropriateness inaccordance with the accounting standards.
Recoverability of Trade Receivables and Provision for Expected Credit Loss
2.
The Company as at 31 March 2025, has TradeReceivables amounting to ? 57.28 crore (net ofprovision) considering the materiality of the amountsinvolved, volume of the customers and significantmanagement judgement involved in its assessmentof recoverability, this was considered to be a key auditmatter in the audit of the financial statements.
- Obtaining an understanding of the management processes,evaluating the design and testing the effectiveness of keyinternal financial controls over assessing the recoverability oftrade receivables.
- Discussing extensively with management regarding steps takenfor recovering the amounts and evaluating the design andtesting operating effectiveness of controls.
- Assessing the reasonability of judgements exercised andestimates made by management in recognition of thesereceivables and validating them with corroborating evidence.
- Challenging the assumptions made by the management withrespect to the provisions to be made as per the Expected CreditLoss, reperforming the arithmetic calculations, and evaluatingthe assumptions made with the base data.
- Obtained confirmations from customers on sample basis tosupport existence assertion of trade receivables.
- Evaluated the nature and status of customers and obtainedthe understanding from management about whether ongoingbusiness relationship with the customers and past paymenthistory of customers.
- Assessing the disclosures made by the management are inaccordance with applicable accounting standards.
The Company's management and Board of Directors are responsible for the other information. The other information comprises theinformation included in the Board's Report including Annexures to the Board's Report, and Shareholder's Information, but does notinclude the financial statements and our auditors' reports thereon. The other information is expected to be made available to us after thedate of this auditors' report.
Our opinion on the financial statements does not cover the other information and we do not express any form of assurance conclusionthereon.
In connection with our audit of the financial statements, our responsibility is to read the other information and, in doing so, considerwhether the other information is materially inconsistent with the financial statements or our knowledge obtained in the 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 communicate the matter to those charged with governance as required under SA 720 'TheAuditor's responsibilities relating to other Information'.
The Company's management and Board of Directors are responsible for the matters stated in section 134(5) of the Act, with respect tothe preparation of these financial statements that give a true and fair view of the financial position, financial performance, includingtotal comprehensive income, changes in equity and cash flows of the Company in accordance with the accounting principles generallyaccepted in India, including the Ind AS specified under section 133 of the Act and the rules thereunder, as amended. This responsibilityalso includes maintenance of adequate accounting records in accordance with the provisions of the Act for safeguarding of the assetsof the Company and for preventing and detecting frauds and other irregularities; selection and application of appropriate accountingpolicies; making judgments and estimates that are reasonable and prudent; and the design, implementation and maintenance ofadequate internal financial controls, that were operating effectively for ensuring the accuracy and completeness of the accountingrecords, relevant to the preparation and presentation of the financial statements that give a true and fair view and are free from materialmisstatement, whether due to fraud or error.
In preparing the financial statements, management and Board of Directors are responsible for assessing the Company's ability tocontinue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern basis of accountingunless management or Board of Directors either intend to liquidate the Company or to cease operations, or has no realistic alternativebut to do so.
The Board of Directors is also responsible for overseeing the Company's financial reporting process.
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 ofassurance, but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with SAs will always detect a material misstatement when itexists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonablybe 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 scepticism throughout theaudit. We also:
• Identify and assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to fraud or error, design andperform audit procedures responsive to those risks, and obtain audit evidence that is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basisfor 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 thecircumstances. Under section 143(3)(i) of the Act, we are also responsible for expressing our opinion on whether the Company hasadequate internal financial controls system in place and the operating effectiveness of such controls.
• Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of accounting estimates and related disclosuresmade by management.
• Conclude on the appropriateness of management's use of the going concern basis of accounting and, based on the audit evidenceobtained, whether a material uncertainty exists related to events or conditions that may cast significant doubt on the Company'sability to continue as a going concern. If we conclude that a material uncertainty exists, we are required to draw attention in ourauditor'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 orconditions 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 thefinancial 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, make it probable thatthe economic decisions of a reasonably knowledgeable user of the financial statements may be influenced. We consider quantitativemateriality and qualitative factors in (i) planning the scope of our audit work and in evaluating the results of our work: and (ii) to evaluatethe 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 andsignificant 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 regardingindependence, and to communicate with them all relationships and other matters that may reasonably be thought to bear on ourindependence, and where applicable, related safeguards.
From the matters communicated with those charged with governance, we determine those matters that were of most significance inthe audit of the financial statements for the financial year ended March 31,2025 and are therefore the key audit matters. We describethese matters in our auditors' report unless law or regulation precludes public disclosure about the matter or when, in extremely rarecircumstances, we determine that a matter should not be communicated in our report because the adverse consequences of doing sowould reasonably be expected to outweigh the public interest benefits of such communication.
1. As required by the Companies (Auditor's Report) Order, 2020 ('the Order'), issued by the Central Government of India in terms ofsub-section (11) of section 143 of the Act, we give in the 'Annexure A', a statement on the matters specified in paragraphs 3 and 4of the Order, to the extent applicable.
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 werenecessary 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 it appears from ourexamination of those books.
(c) The Balance Sheet as at March 31, 2025, the Statement of Profit and Loss (including Other Comprehensive Loss), theStatement of Changes in Equity and the Statement of Cash Flows for the year then ended dealt with by this Report are inagreement with the books of account.
(d) In our opinion, the financial statements comply with the Ind AS specified under section 133 of the Act and the Rulesthereunder, as amended.
(e) On the basis of the written representations received from the directors as on March 31,2025, taken on record by the Boardof Directors, none of the directors is disqualified as on March 31, 2025, from being appointed as a director in terms ofsection 164(2) of the Act.
(f) With respect to the adequacy of the internal financial controls over financial reporting of the Company with reference tothe financial statements and the operating effectiveness of such controls, refer to our separate Report in 'Annexure B' to thisreport.
(g) With respect to the other matters to be included in the Auditor's Report in accordance with the requirements of sub-section(16) of Section 197 of the Act, as amended, we report that to the best of our information and according to the explanationsgiven to us, only sitting fees have been paid by the Company to its directors during the year, which is in accordance withthe provisions of Section 197 of the Act.
(h) With respect to the other matters to be included in the auditor's report in accordance with Rule 11 of the Companies (Auditand Auditors) Rules, 2014, in our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanations given to us:
(i) The Company has disclosed the impact of pending litigations on its financial position in its financial statements.Please refer Note No. 36.
(ii) The Company has made provision, as required under the applicable law or accounting standards, for materialforeseeable losses, if any, on long term contracts Including derivative contracts.
(iii) During the year, the Company has transferred ' 0.004 crores to Investor Education and Protection Fund with delayof 4 days.
(iv) (a) The management has represented that, to the best of its knowledge and belief, no funds (which are material
either individually or in aggregate) have been advanced or loaned or invested (either from borrowed fundsor share premium or any other sources or kind of funds) by the Company to or in any other person(s) orentity(ies), including foreign entities ("Intermediaries"), with the understanding, whether recorded in writingor otherwise, that the Intermediary shall, whether, directly or indirectly, lend or invest in other persons orentities identified in any manner whatsoever by or on behalf of the Company ("Ultimate Beneficiaries") orprovide any guarantee, security or the like on behalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries;
(b) The management has represented, that, to the best of its knowledge and belief, no funds (which are materialeither individually or in 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 orotherwise, that the Company shall, whether, directly or indirectly, lend or invest in other persons or entitiesidentified in any manner whatsoever by or on behalf of the Funding Party ("Ultimate Beneficiaries") or provideany guarantee, security or the like on behalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries; and
(c) Based on the audit procedures that have been 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 of the Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014, as provided in (a) and (b) above, containany material misstatement.
(v) The final dividend paid by the Company during the year in respect of the same declared for the previous year is inaccordance with section 123 of the Act to the extent it applies to payment of dividend.
As stated in note 17(a) to the accompanying financial statements, the Board of Directors of the Company haveproposed final dividend for the year ended 31 March 2025 which is subject to the approval of the members at theensuing Annual General Meeting. The dividend declared is in accordance with section 123 of the Act to the extent itapplies to declaration of dividend.
(vi) Based on our examination, which included test checks the Company has used an accounting software for maintainingits books of account for the financial year ended March 31,2025 which has a feature of recording audit trail (editlog) facility and the 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 feature being tamperedwith. Additionally, the audit trail has been preserved by the Company as per the statutory requirements for recordretention.
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Date: May 26, 2025 UDIN:25167297BMLXOU4883