We have audited the accompanying financial statements of Vadilal Enterprises Limited ('the Company'), which comprise the BalanceSheet as at 31 March 2026, the Statement of Profit and Loss (including Other Comprehensive Income), the Statement of Cash Flow andthe Statement of Changes in Equity for the year then ended, and notes to the financial statements, including material accounting policyinformation and other explanatory information.
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 ('Ind AS') specified under section 133 of the Act read with the Companies (Indian AccountingStandards) Rules, 2015 and other accounting principles generally accepted in India, of the state of affairs of the Company as at 31 March2026, and its profit (including other comprehensive income), its cash flows and the changes in equity for the year ended on that date.
Basis for Opinion
We conducted our audit in accordance with the Standards on Auditing specified under section 143(10) of the Act. Our responsibilitiesunder those standards are further described in the Auditor's Responsibilities for the Audit of the Financial Statements section of ourreport. We are independent of the Company in accordance with the Code of Ethics issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants ofIndia ('ICAI') together with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the financial statements under the provisions of theAct and the rules thereunder, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements and the Codeof Ethics. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.
Key Audit Matters
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 matter described below to be the key audit matter to be communicated in our report.
Key Audit Matter
How our audit addressed the key audit matter
Revenue recognition
Refer note 2(m) to the accompanying financial statements formaterial accounting policy information on revenue recognitionand note 28 for details of revenue from operations.
Our audit procedures relating to revenue recognition included,but were not limited to, the following :
The Company is engaged in marketing and distribution of icecream and processed frozen food. The Company recognisesrevenue in accordance with Ind AS 115, 'Revenue from Contractwith Customers' ("Ind AS 115") at a point in time when controlof the product being sold is transferred to the customer inaccordance with the terms of contracts with the customers andthere is no unfulfilled obligation.
• Understood the process of revenue recognition andaccounting for discounts or rebates and assessed theappropriateness of the revenue recognition accountingpolicies in accordance with the requirements of Ind AS 115;
Owing to varied terms of contract with customers and variousdiscounts or rebates schemes offered by the company, measurementof transaction price net of variable consideration on account ofrebates, discounts and returns and determination of timing oftransfer of control requires significant management judgementand efforts. Further, revenue is determined to be an area involvingsignificant risk in line with the requirements of the Standards onAuditing and hence, requires significant auditor attention.
• Evaluated the design and tested the operating effectivenessof key controls around revenue recognition. This evaluationincludes test of IT general controls and key applicationcontrols in respect of revenue recognition by our ITSpecialists;
• Performed substantive testing, on a sample basis, onrevenue transactions recorded during the year andspecific period before and after year end, by verifying theunderlying documents, such as invoices, shipping/dispatchdocumentation etc. to ensure that correct amount ofrevenue is recorded in the correct period;
• Performed testing on a sample of discount transactionsrecorded during the year and the accruals for variousrebates and discounts as at the year-end by verifying theterms and conditions of the underlying approved discountor rebates schemes, customer contracts, credit notes etc.;
• Performed analytical procedures such as customer groupanalysis and price volume variance analysis to identify anyunusual trends and/or material variances;
Considering the significance of amount, multiplicity ofCompany's products, volume of transactions and discountschemes, varied terms of contracts and significant managementestimates and judgements involved as mentioned above, wehave determined revenue recognition as a key audit matter forthe current year audit.
• Tested unusual non-standard journal entries impactingrevenue, selected based on risk-based criteria; and
• Evaluated adequacy and appropriateness of disclosure;made in the accompanying financial statements iraccordance with applicable accounting standards.
Information other than the Financial Statements and Auditor's Report thereon
The Company's Board of Directors are responsible for the other information. The other information comprises the information includedin the Annual Report, but does not include the financial statements and our auditor's report thereon. The Annual Report is expected tobe made available to us after the date of this auditor's report.
Our opinion on the financial statements does not cover the other information and we will not express any form of assurance conclusion thereon.In connection with our audit of the financial statements, our responsibility is to read the other information identified above when itbecomes available and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the financial statements orour knowledge obtained in the audit or otherwise appears to be materially misstated.
When we read the Annual Report, if we conclude that there is a material misstatement therein, we are required to communicate thematter to those charged with governance.
Responsibilities of Management and Those Charged with Governance for the Financial Statements
The accompanying financial statements have been approved by the Company's Board of Directors. The Company's Board of Directorsare responsible for the matters stated in section 134(5) of the Act with respect to the preparation and presentation of these financialstatements that give a true and fair view of the financial position, financial performance including other comprehensive income, changesin equity and cash flows of the Company in accordance with the Ind AS specified under section 133 of the Act and other accountingprinciples generally accepted in India. This responsibility also includes maintenance of adequate accounting records in accordance withthe provisions of the Act for safeguarding of the assets of the Company and for preventing and detecting frauds and other irregularities;selection and application of appropriate accounting policies; making judgments and estimates that are reasonable and prudent; anddesign, implementation and maintenance of adequate internal financial controls, that were operating effectively for ensuring theaccuracy and completeness of the accounting records, relevant to the preparation and presentation of the financial statements that givea true and fair view and are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.
In preparing the financial statements, the Board of Directors is responsible for assessing the Company's ability to continue as a goingconcern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless the Board ofDirectors either intends to liquidate the Company or to cease operations, or has no realistic alternative but to do so.
The Board of Directors is also responsible for overseeing the Company's financial reporting process.
Auditor's Responsibilities for the Audit of the Financial Statements
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 of assurance,but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with Standards on Auditing will always detect a material misstatementwhen it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they couldreasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these financial statements.
As part of an audit in accordance with Standards on Auditing, specified under section 143(10) of the Act we exercise professionaljudgment and maintain professional skepticism throughout the audit. We also:
• I dentify 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 with reference to financial statements 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 Board of Directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting and, based on the auditevidence obtained, whether a material uncertainty exists related to events or conditions that may cast significant doubt on theCompany's ability to continue as a going concern. If we conclude that a material uncertainty exists, we are required to drawattention in our auditor's report to the related disclosures in the financial statements or, if such disclosures are inadequate, tomodify our opinion. Our conclusions are based on the audit evidence obtained up to the date of our auditor's report. However,future events or conditions may cause the Company to cease to continue as a going concern; and
• 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.
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 in theaudit of the financial statements of the current period and are therefore the key audit matters. We describe these matters in our auditor'sreport unless law or regulation precludes public disclosure about the matter or when, in extremely rare circumstances, we determinethat a matter should not be communicated in our report because the adverse consequences of doing so would reasonably be expectedto outweigh the public interest benefits of such communication.
Other Matter
The financial statements of the Company for the year ended 31 March 2025 were audited by the predecessor auditor, Arpit Patel &Associates, who have expressed an unmodified opinion on those financial statements vide their audit report dated 26 May 2025.
Report on Other Legal and Regulatory Requirements
Based on our audit, we report that the Company has not paid or provided for any managerial remuneration during the year. Accordingly,reporting under section 197(16) of the Act is not applicable.
As required by the Companies (Auditor's Report) Order, 2020 ('the Order') issued by the Central Government of India in terms of section143(11) of the Act we give in the Annexure A a statement on the matters specified in paragraphs 3 and 4 of the Order, to the extent applicable.
Further to our comments in Annexure A, as required by section 143(3) of the Act based on our audit, we report, to the extent applicable, that:
a) We have sought and obtained all the information and explanations which to the best of our knowledge and belief werenecessary for the purpose of our audit of the accompanying financial statements;
b) Except for the matters stated in paragraph 18(h)(vi) below on reporting under Rule 11(g) of the Companies (Audit andAuditors) Rules, 2014 (as amended), in our opinion, proper books of account as required by law have been kept by theCompany so far as it appears from our examination of those books;
c) The financial statements dealt with by this report are in agreement with the books of account;
d) In our opinion, the aforesaid financial statements comply with Ind AS specified under section 133 of the Act;
e) On the basis of the written representations received from the directors and taken on record by the Board of Directors, noneof the directors is disqualified as on 31 March 2026 from being appointed as a director in terms of section 164(2) of the Act;
f) The qualification relating to the maintenance of accounts and other matters connected therewith are as stated in paragraph18(b) above on reporting under section 143(3)(b) of the Act and paragraph 18(h)(vi) below on reporting under Rule 11(g) ofthe Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014 (as amended);
g) With respect to the adequacy of the internal financial controls with reference to financial statements of the Company ason 31 March 2026 and the operating effectiveness of such controls, refer to our separate report in Annexure B wherein wehave expressed an unmodified opinion; and
h) With respect to the other matters to be included in the Auditor's Report in accordance with rule 11 of the Companies(Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014 (as amended), in our opinion and to the best of our information and according to theexplanations given to us:
i. The Company, as detailed in note 36 to the financial statements, has disclosed the impact of pending litigations onits financial position as at 31 March 2026;
ii. The Company, as detailed in note 38 to the financial statements, has made provision as at 31 March 2026, as requiredunder the applicable law or accounting standards, for material foreseeable losses, if any, on long-term contractsincluding derivative contracts;
iii. The following delays were noted in transferring amounts, required to be transferred, to the Investor Education andProtection Fund by the Company during the year ended 31 March 2026;
Amount (INR in crores)
Due date
Date of payment
0.00
30 September 2025
28 November 2025
(iv) a. The management has represented that, to the best of its knowledge and belief, as disclosed in note 46 (D)to the financial statements, no funds have been advanced or loaned or invested (either from borrowedfunds or securities premium or any other sources or kind of funds) by the Company to or in any person(s)or entity(ies), including foreign entities ('the intermediaries'), with the understanding, whether recorded inwriting or otherwise, that the intermediary shall, whether, directly or indirectly lend or invest in other personsor entities identified in any manner whatsoever by or on behalf of the Company ('the Ultimate Beneficiaries')or provide any guarantee, security or the like on behalf the Ultimate Beneficiaries;b. The management has represented that, to the best of its knowledge and belief, as disclosed in note 46 (E)to the financial statements, no funds have been received by the Company from any person(s) or entity(ies),including foreign entities ('the 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 entities
identified 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 such audit procedures performed as considered reasonable and appropriate in the circumstances,nothing has come to our notice that has caused us to believe that the management representations undersub-clauses (a) and (b) above contain any material misstatement.
v. The final dividend paid by the Company during the year ended 31 March 2026 in respect of such dividend declaredfor the previous year is in accordance 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 2026 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 extentit applies to declaration of dividend.
vi. As stated in Note 46 (A) to the financial statements and based on our examination which included test checks,except for the instances mentioned below, the Company, in respect of financial year commencing on 1 April 2025,has used accounting software for maintaining its books of account which have a feature of recording audit trail(edit log) facility and the same have been operated throughout the year for all relevant transactions recorded in thesoftware. Further, during the course of our audit we did not come across any instance of audit trail feature beingtampered with other than the consequential impact of the exceptions given below. Furthermore, the audit trail hasbeen preserved by the Company as per the statutory requirements for record retention where the audit trail featurewas enabled, other than the consequential impact of exceptions given below.
a. The accounting software used for maintenance of books of accounts is operated by a third-party softwareservice provider. In the absence of any information on existence of audit trail feature in the 'IndependentService Auditor's Assurance Report on the Description of Controls, their Design and Operating Effectiveness'('Type 2 report' issued in accordance with ISAE 3402, Assurance Reports on Controls at a Service Organization),we are unable to comment on whether audit trail feature with respect to the database of the said softwarewas enabled and operated throughout the year.
b. The accounting software used for maintenance of parlour revenue records of the Company did not capturethe details of who made the changes i.e., User Id, for invoice processing at the application level. Further,the said software is operated by a third-party software service provider. The 'Independent Service Auditor'sAssurance Report on the Description of Controls, their Design and Operating Effectiveness' ('Type 2 report'issued in accordance with attestation standards established by the American Institute of Certified PublicAccountants ('AICPA')) was available for a substantial portion of the period under audit and the report doesnot provide any information on existence of audit trail (edit logs) for any direct changes made at the databaselevel. Accordingly, we are unable to comment on whether audit trail feature with respect to the database ofthe said software was enabled and operated throughout the period.
Additionally, the said accounting software retains audit trail (edit log) records only for the two financial years. Accordingly,the audit trail has not been preserved by the Company as per the statutory requirements for record retention.
c. The accounting software used for maintenance of claims and discount records did not capture the details ofwhat data was changed while recording audit trail (edit log) at the application level. Further, the audit trailfeature was not enabled at the database level for the said accounting software to log any direct data changes.
For Walker Chandiok & Co LLP
Chartered AccountantsFirm's Registration No.: 001076N/N500013
Mehulkumar Sharadkumar Janani
Partner
Place: Ahmedabad Membership No.: 118617
Date: 29 May 2026 UDIN: 26118617GCJLKL4425