Your directors have pleasure in presenting their 31st Annual Report on the business andoperations of the Company together with the Audited Statement of Accounts of the Companyfor the year ended on 31st March, 2024.
The financial results are summarized below:
(Amount in Hundreds)
Particulars
For the year ended31st March 2024
For the year ended31st March 2023
A
Total Revenue
1,13,707.75
1,29,295.20
B
Total Expenses
1,11,347.07
1,46,871,45
C
Profit/(Loss) Before Tax
2,360.68
(17,576.25)
D
Tax expense
- Current Tax
- Deferred Tax
6,508.37
(5,846.00)
2,453.78
(7,542.20)
E
Profit/(Loss) after Tax
1,698.31
(12,487.83)
During the year, the Company has earned Total Revenue of Rs. 113707.75 hundreds incomparison to Rs.1,29,295.20 hundreds earned during the previous year. The Company hasincurred net Profit of Rs. 1698.31 hundreds in comparison of net loss of Rs. Rs.12,487.83hundreds earned during the previous year. Your directors are hopeful of better performancein the forthcoming year. There was no change in the nature of the business of the Companyduring the year.
Y our directors abstain from declaring any dividend for the year and no amount of profit wastransferred to General Reserve.
Management Discussion & Analysis Report is being given under the Corporate GovernanceReport. There are no material changes between the end of the financial year and the date ofthe report which may affect the financial position of the Company.
91.13% of the Company’s paid-up Equity Share Capital is in dematerialized form as on 31stMarch, 2024 and balance 8.87% is in physical form. The Company’s Registrar and TransferAgent is Link Intime (India) Pvt. Ltd. having their registered office at C-101, 1st Floor, 247Park, Lal Bahadur Shastri Marg, Vikhroli (West) Mumbai - 400 083.
At present, the Equity shares of the Company are listed at BSE Limited.
The Company has in place adequate internal financial controls with reference to financialstatements. During the year, such controls were tested and no reportable materialweaknesses in the design or operation were observed
The Company is having adequate resources at its disposal to meet its business requirementsand for efficient conduct of business. The Company has not raised any funds by issue of anysecurities during the year.
Your company is required to prepare financial statements under Indian AccountingStandards (Ind AS) prescribed under Section 133 of the Companies Act, 2013 read withRule 3 of the Companies (Indian Accounting Standards) Rules, 2015. The estimates andjudgments relating to financial statements are made on prudent basis, so as to reflect in atrue and fair manner, the form and substance of transactions and reasonably present theCompany’s state of affairs and loss for the year ended 31st March, 2024.
The Company does not have any Subsidiary/ Joint Ventures/ Associate Companies.
The Company has not accepted any deposits within the meaning of Section 73 of theCompanies Act, 2013, read with the Companies (Acceptance of Deposits) Rules, 2014.
(a) The members of the Company at the 30th AGM held on 19th August, 2023 hadappointed M/s. Valawat & Associates, Chartered Accountants, Udaipur (having FirmRegistration No. 003623C) as the Statutory Auditors of the Company for a term of 5years and accordingly they hold their office till the conclusion of 35th Annual GeneralMeeting to be held in the year 2027-2028.
(b) The report does not contain any qualifications or adverse remarks.
In terms of Section 204 of the Companies Act, 2013 and the Companies (Appointment andRemuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014, M/s. N. Bagaria & Associates,Practicing Company Secretaries, Mumbai have been appointed as Secretarial Auditors ofthe Company.
The Secretarial Audit Report for the year ended 31st March, 2024 is annexed as “AnnexureA” to this report. As regards remarks of Secretarial Auditors, we hereby clarify as under:
1. Due to oversight, Announcement under Regulation 30 was not made to BSE Limited;
2. Due to technical errors and storage issues, the website was not accepting additionaldocuments. The Company has procured additional space for the website and same isnow updated.
In terms of Section 138 of the Act and Rules made there under, M/s. S P N G & Associates,(having Firm Registration No. 003776C) Chartered Accountants, Indore has been appointedas Internal Auditors of the Company for the F.Y. 2023-24.
Pursuant to Section 92(3) of the Companies Act, 2013 read with Rule 12 of the Companies(Management and Administration) Rules, 2014, the copy of Annual Return can be accessedat Company’s website at www.elegantflora.in.
During the year, the Company has neither earned nor incurred any expenditure in foreignexchange.
Section 134(3)(m) of the Companies Act, 2013 read with Rule 8(3) of the Companies(Accounts) Rules, 2014 requires disclosure of the particulars regarding conservation ofEnergy and T echnology absorption. The Company not being a manufacturing Company, thesame is therefore not applicable to it.
The Company does not fall under the prescribed class of companies’ u/s 135(2) of theCompanies Act, 2013 read with Rule 8 of the Companies (Corporate Social Responsibility)Rules, 2014. Hence CSR is not applicable to the Company.
Your Company treats its “human resources” as one of its most important assets. YourCompany continuously invests in attraction, retention and development of talent on anongoing basis. A number of programs that provide focused people attention are currentlyunderway. Y our Company thrust is on the promotion of talent internally through j ob rotationand job enlargement.
The information pursuant to the provisions of Section 197(12) of the Companies Act, 2013read with Rule 5 of Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel)Rules, 2014 in respect of employees of the Company and Directors is furnished hereunder:
Sr.
No.
Name
Designation
Remunerationfor the F.Y.2023-24
% increase(decrease)from theprevious year
Ratio / Timesper median ofemployeeremuneration
1.
Mr. MangeshGadakh
Whole-time
Director
4365.00
Nil
15.37 times
2.
Mr. MayurThakar
Chief FinancialOfficer
3025.00
10.65 times
3.
Ms. KirtiBhandari
Company
Secretary
3625.00
12.77 times
None of the employees of the Company is in receipt of remuneration as per limits specifiedin the Rule 5(2) and 5(3) of Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of ManagerialPersonnel) Rules, 2014; therefore, disclosure under the rule is not required.
The Board of Directors duly met 8 times during the financial year, the details of the sameare being given in the Corporate Governance Report. The intervening gap between the twoconsecutive meetings was within the period prescribed under the Companies Act, 2013
During the year, the Company has received Form DIR-8 from all Directors as required underthe provisions of Section 164(2) of the Companies Act, 2013 read with Companies(Appointment and Qualification of Directors) Rules, 2014 that none of the Directors of yourCompany is disqualified to hold office as a Director and debarred from holding the office ofa Director.
a. Mr. Pawankumar Basudev Agarwal (holding DIN 00127504) resigned from theDirectorship of the Company with effect from 8th March, 2024.
b. Mrs. Neha Ankur Agarwal (holding DIN 03520989) resigned from theDirectorship of the Company with effect from 8th March, 2024
c. Mrs. Jigna Jigarkumar Shah (holding DIN 10530973) resigned from theDirectorship of the Company with effect from 3rd June, 2024.
d. Mr. Nilesh Devendraprasad Dave (holding DIN 10530978) resigned from theDirectorship of the Company with effect from 3rd June, 2024.
e. Mr. Mayur Jitendra Thakar (holding DIN 08156395) resigned from theDirectorship of the Company with effect from 1st August, 2024.
f. Mr. Umeshbhai Rasiklal Gor (holding DIN 08845586) resigned from theDirectorship of the Company with effect from 1st August, 2024.
g. Mr. Niraj Chordia (holding DIN 02975795) resigned from the Directorship ofthe Company with effect from 1st August, 2024.
a. The Board of Directors of the Company appointed Mr. Vijaykumar Babulal Soni(holding DIN 10641998) as an Additional Director of the Company w.e.f. 3rd June,2024.
b. The Board of Directors of the Company appointed Mrs. Nilamben VipulbhaiSuthar (holding DIN 10651081) as an Additional Director of the Company w.e.f.3rd June, 2024.
c. The Board of Directors of the Company appointed Mr. Monil Navinchandra Vora(holding DIN 09627136) as an Additional Independent Director of the Companywith effect from 1st August, 2024.
d. The Board of Directors of the Company appointed Mr. Gaurang Kanubhai Patel(holding DIN 08662669) as an Additional Independent Director of the Companywith effect from 1st August, 2024.
e. The Board of Directors of the Company appointed Mr. Sameerbeg RajakbegMirza (holding DIN 09768914) as an Additional Independent Director of theCompany with effect from 1st August, 2024.
f. The Board of Directors of the Company appointed Mr. Hardik Dineshbhai Trivedi(holding DIN 08080001) as an Additional Director of the Company with effectfrom 1st August, 2024.
Mr. Mayur Thakar (having PAN ACSPT4333P) resigned from the office of the ChiefFinancial Officer (CFO) of the Company w.e.f. 1st August, 2024.
The Board of Directors of the Company appointed Mr. Hardik Dineshbhai Trivedi(having PAN ASJPT3796P) as the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the Companywith effect from 1st August, 2024.
Mr. Mangesh Parashram Gadakh (holding DIN 09736469), Director of the Companywill retire by rotation at the ensuing Annual General Meeting and being eligible offershimself for reappointment. Brief profile of the Directors proposed to be re-appointedas required under Regulation 36 of the SEBI (Listing Obligations and DisclosureRequirements) Regulations, 2015, are part of the Notice convening the AnnualGeneral Meeting.
The Company has received declarations from all the Independent Directors of theCompany confirming that they meet the criteria of independence as prescribed underSection 149(6) of the Companies Act, 2013 and Regulation 16(1)(b) of the Securitiesand Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements)Regulations, 2015.
In order to ensure that activities of Company and its employees are conducted in a fair andtransparent manner by adoption of highest standards of professionalism, honesty, integrityand ethical behavior the Company has adopted a vigil mechanism policy.
The Nomination & Remuneration Committee of the Board of Directors has adopted a policywhich deals with the manner of selection and appointment of Directors, Senior Managementand their remuneration. The policy is in compliance with the provisions of Section 178(3)of the Companies Act, 2013.
All contracts / arrangements / transactions entered into by the Company with its relatedparties during the financial year were in the ordinary course of business and on an arm’slength basis. During the year, the Company has not entered into any material contract /arrangement / transaction with related parties. Accordingly, disclosure of Related PartyTransactions in Form AOC-2 is not applicable. However, details of transactions with therelated parties have been included in Notes to the Financial Statements.
Details of Loans, Guarantees and Investments covered under the provisions of Section186 of the Companies Act, 2013 are given in the Notes to the Financial Statements.
The Company has adequate internal controls in place at various functional levels and doesnot foresee any major risk such as financial, credit, legal, regulatory and other risk keepingin view the nature and size of its business.
During the year, there were no cases filed pursuant to the Sexual Harassment of Women atWorkplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013.
There are no significant and material orders passed by Regulators/Courts that would impactthe going concern status of the Company and its future operations.
No material changes and commitments affecting the financial position of the Companyoccurred between the end of the financial year to which this financial statement relates onthe date of this report.
The Board of Directors has carried out an annual evaluation of its own performance, Boardcommittees and individual directors pursuant to the provisions of the Act and the corporategovernance requirements as prescribed by Securities and Exchange Board of India underthe Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and DisclosureRequirements) Regulations, 2015.
The performance of the Board was evaluated by the Board after seeking inputs from all thedirectors on the basis of the criteria such as the Board composition and structure,effectiveness of Board processes, information and functioning, etc.
The performance of the committees was evaluated by the Board after seeking inputs fromthe committee members on the basis of the criteria such as the composition of committees,effectiveness of committee meetings, etc.
The Board and the Nomination and Remuneration Committee reviewed the performance ofthe individual directors on the basis of the criteria such as the contribution of the individualdirector to the Board and committee meetings like preparedness on the issues to bediscussed, meaningful and constructive contribution and inputs in meetings, etc. In addition,the Chairman was also evaluated on the key aspects of his role.
In a separate meeting of independent Directors, performance of non-independent directors,performance of the Board as a whole and performance of the Chairman was evaluated,taking into account the views of executive directors and non-executive directors. The samewas discussed in the Board meeting that followed the meeting of the independent Directors,at which the performance of the Board, its committees and individual directors was alsodiscussed.
The Audit Committee is comprised of three directors. The composition of the AuditCommittee is as follows:
Category
Mr. Niraj Chordia5
Chairperson5
Independent non-executive
Mr. Umeshbhai Rasiklal Gor5
Member
Mr. Pawan Kumar Basudev Agarwal1
Promoter-Executive
Mr. Nilesh Devendraprasad Dave2&3
Professional non-executive
Mr. Vijaykumar Babulal Soni4
Mr. Monil Navinchandra Vora6
Chairperson6
Mr. Gaurang Kanubhai Patel6
1 Upto 08.03.2024 2 From 08.03.2024 3 Upto 03.06.2024
4 From 03.06.2024 5 Upto 01.08.2024 6 From 01.08.2024
All the recommendations made by the Audit Committee were accepted by the Board ofDirectors of the Company.
The Nomination and Remuneration Committee is comprised of three directors. Thecomposition of the Remuneration Committee is as follows:
Ms. Neha Ankur Agarwal1
Mrs. Jigna Jigarkumar Shah 2&3
Mrs. Nilamben Vipulbhai Suthar4
Mr. Sameerbeg Rajakbeg Mirza6
All the recommendations made by the Nomination and Remuneration Committee wereaccepted by the Board of Directors of the Company.
Corporate Governance is an ethically driven business process that is committed to valuesaimed at enhancing an organization’s brand and reputation. This is ensured by taking ethicalbusiness decisions and conducting business with a firm commitment to values, whilemeeting stakeholders’ expectations. It is imperative that our company affairs are managedin fair and transparent manner. This is vital to gain and retain the trust of our stakeholders.
A report on a Corporate Governance and a certificate from the statutory auditor of theCompany regarding compliances of conditions of Corporate Governance as stipulated underSecurities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements)Regulations, 2015 is appended as annexure to this report.
The Company has not bought back any of its securities during the year.
The Company has not issued any Sweat Equity Shares during the year.
No Bonus Shares were issued during the year.
The Company has not provided any stock option plan during the year.
According to the provisions of section 134(3)(c) of the Companies Act, 2013, the directors
confirm that:
a) in the preparation of annual accounts for the financial year ended 31st March, 2024, theapplicable accounting standards read with requirements set out under Schedule III to theAct, have been followed and there are no material departures from the same;
b) the accounting policies as selected are consistently applied and made judgements andestimates that are reasonable and prudent manner so as to ensure true and fair view ofthe state of affairs of the Company as at 31st March, 2024 and of the loss of the Companyfor the year ended on that date;
c) adequate accounting records are maintained in accordance with the provisions of the Actfor safeguarding the assets of the Company and for preventing and detecting fraud andother irregularities;
d) financial statements have been drawn up on a going concern basis;
e) the Directors have laid down internal financial controls to be followed by the Companyand that such internal financial controls are adequate and are operating effectively; and
f) the Directors have devised proper systems to ensure compliance with the provisions ofall the applicable laws and that such systems are adequate and operating effectively.
During the year, the Company has complied with Secretarial Standards 1 and 2, issued by
the Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI).
Your directors take the opportunity to record their deep sense of gratitude for the valuable
support and cooperation extended to the Company by its shareholders and bankers.
Gut No. 358.,
Village Mouje Kashal,
Taluka Maval, Vadgaon,
Pune - 412 106. Sd/- Sd/-
Mangesh Gadakh Mayur Thakar
DIN: 09736469 DIN: 08156395
Dated: 1st August, 2024 Whole-time Director Director