We have audited the accompanying Standalone financial statements of ARISTO BIO-TECH AND LIFESCIENCE LIMITED("the Company") which comprises the Balance Sheet, the Statement of Profit and Loss, and statement of cash flows andnotes to the financial statements for the year ended on March 31st, 2025, including a summary of significant accountingpolicies and other explanatory information (herein after referred as standalone financial statements).
In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanations given to us, the aforesaid standalonefinancial statements give the information required by the Companies Act 2013 in the manner so required and give a trueand fair view in conformity with the accounting principles generally accepted in India, of the state of affairs of theCompany as at March 31st, 2025, and the profit, and its cash flows for the period ended on that date.
Basis for Opinion
We conducted our audit in accordance with the Standards on Auditing (SAs) specified under section 143(10) of theCompanies Act, 2013. Our responsibilities under those Standards are further described in the Auditor's Responsibilitiesfor the Audit of the Standalone Financial Statements section of our report. We are independent of the Company inaccordance with the Code of Ethics issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India together with the ethicalrequirements that are relevant to our audit of the standalone financial statements under the provisions of the CompaniesAct, 2013 and the Rules thereunder, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with theserequirements and the ICAI's Code of Ethics. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient andappropriate to provide a basis for our audit opinion on standalone financial statements except qualified opinion on thefollowing.
Information Other than the Consolidated Financial Statements and Auditor’s Report Thereon
The Company's Board of Directors are responsible for the preparation of other information. The other informationcomprises of the information included in the Board's Report including Annexure to Board's Report but does not includethe standalone financial statements and the auditor's report thereon.
Our opinion on the financial statements does not cover the other information and we do not express any form ofassurance conclusion thereon.
In connection with our audit of the financial statements, our responsibility is to read the other information, and in doingso, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the financial statements or our knowledgeobtained in the audit or otherwise appears to be materially misstated.
If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is a material misstatement of this other information;we are required to report that fact. We have nothing to report in this regard.
Management’s Responsibility for the Standalone Financial Statements
The Company's Board of Directors is responsible for the matters stated in section 134(5) of the Companies Act, 2013("the Act") with respect to the preparation of these standalone financial statements that give a true and fair view of thefinancial position, financial performance, and cash flows of the Company in accordance with the accounting principlesgenerally accepted in India. This responsibility also includes maintenance of adequate accounting records in accordance
with the provisions of the Act for safeguarding of the assets of the Company and for preventing and detecting frauds andother irregularities; selection and application of appropriate implementation and maintenance of accounting policies;making judgments and estimates that are reasonable and prudent; and design, implementation and maintenance ofadequate internal financial controls, that were operating effectively for ensuring the accuracy and completeness of theaccounting records, relevant to the preparation and presentation of the financial statement that give a true and fair viewand are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.
In preparing the standalone financial statements, management is 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 basisof accounting unless management either intends to liquidate the Company or to cease operations, or has no realisticalternative but to do so.
The Board of Directors are also responsible for overseeing the company's financial reporting process.
Auditor’s Responsibility for the Audit of the Financial Statements
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as a whole are free frommaterial 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 SAswill always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are consideredmaterial if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions ofusers taken on the basis of these financial statements.
As part of an audit in accordance with SA's, we exercise professional judgment and maintain professional skepticismthroughout the audit. We also:
• Identify and assess the risks of material misstatement of the standalone financial statements, whether due to fraudor error, design and perform audit procedures responsive to those risks, and obtain audit evidence that is sufficientand appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion. The risk of not detecting a material misstatement resulting fromfraud 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 areappropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of theGroup's internal control. Under section 143 (i) of the Act, we are responsible for expressing our opinion on whetherCompany has adequate internal financial control system in place and the operating effectiveness of such controls.
• Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of accounting estimates andrelated disclosures made by management.
• Conclude on the appropriateness of management's use of the going concern basis of accounting and, based on theaudit evidence obtained, whether a material uncertainty exists related to events or conditions that may castsignificant doubt on the Company's ability to continue as a going concern. If, we conclude that a material uncertaintyexists, we are required to draw attention in our auditor's report to the related disclosures in the standalone financialstatements or, if such disclosures are inadequate, to modify our opinion. Our conclusions are based on the auditevidence obtained up to the date of our auditor's report. However, future events or conditions may cause the Groupto cease to continue as a going concern.
• Evaluate the overall presentation, structure, and content of the standalone financial statements, including thedisclosures, and whether the consolidated financial statements represent the underlying transactions and events ina manner that achieves fair presentation.
• Obtain sufficient appropriate audit evidence regarding the financial information of the entities or business activitieswithin the Company's to express an opinion on the standalone financial statements. We are responsible for thedirection, supervision and performance of the Company's audit. We remain solely responsible for our audit opinion.
We communicate with those charged with governance regarding, among other matters, the planned scope and timing ofthe audit and significant audit findings, including any significant deficiencies in internal control that we identify duringour audit.
Other Matter
The figures in financial Statement for the half year and year ended on 31st March, 2025 and 31st March 2024 being thebalancing figure between the audited figures in respect of the full financial year and published year to date figures up tothe end of first half year of respected financial year. Also, the figures up to the end of the half year had only been reviewedand not subject to audit. Our report is not modified in respect of this matter.
Report on Other Legal and Regulatory Requirements
1. 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 the best of our knowledge andbelief were necessary for the purpose 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 appearsfrom our examination of those books.
c. The Balance Sheet, the Statement of Profit and Loss, and the Cash Flow Statement dealt with by this Report arein agreement with the books of account.
d. Except for the possible effects of the matter described in the Basis for Qualified Opinion paragraph, in ouropinion, the aforesaid standalone financial statements comply with the Accounting Standards specified underSection 133 of the Act, read with Rule 7 of the Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014.
e. On the basis of the written representations received from the directors as on March 31st, 2025 taken on recordby the Board of Directors, none of the director is disqualified as on March 31st, 2025 from being appointed as adirector in terms of Section 164 (2) of the Act
f. With respect to the adequacy of the internal financial controls over financial reporting of the Company and theoperating effectiveness of such controls, refer to our separate Report in "Annexure A".
g. With respect to the other matters to be included in the Auditor's Report in accordance with Rule 11 of theCompanies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014, in our opinion and to the best of our information and according tothe explanations given to us
i. The Company did not have any long-term contract including derivative contract for which there were anymaterial foreseeable losses.
ii. There were no amounts which were required to be transferred to the investment education and Protectionfund by the company.
iii. (a) The Management has represented that, to the best of its knowledge and belief, no funds (which are materialeither individually or in the 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 or entity,including foreign entity ("Intermediaries"), with the understanding, whether recorded in writing or otherwise,that the Intermediary shall, whether, directly or indirectly lend or invest in other persons or entities identifiedin any manner whatsoever by or on behalf of the Company ("Ultimate Beneficiaries") or provide 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 arematerial either individually or in the aggregate) have been received by the Company from any person or entity,including foreign entity ("Funding Parties"), with the understanding, whether recorded in writing or otherwise,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 provide anyguarantee, security or the like on behalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries;
(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(e), as provided under (a) and (b) above, contain any material misstatement.
iv. As stated to the standalone financial statements
(a) The company was declared final dividend in the previous year, hence compliance as per Section 123 of theAct is applicable to the company. The company is complied with section 123 of the Act.
(b) The company was not declared any interim dividend and paid by the Company during the year and hencecompliance as per Section 123 of the Act is not applicable to the company.
(c) The Board of Directors of the Company have proposed final dividend of Rs.0.50/- (par value of equity shareof Rs.10 each) per equity share for the year which is subject to the approval of the members at the ensuingAnnual General Meeting.
v. Based on our examination, which included test checks, the Company has used accounting softwares formaintaining its books of account for the financial year ended March 31, 2024 which has a feature of recordingaudit trail (edit log) facility and the same has operated throughout the year for all relevant transactions recordedin the software. Further, during the course of our audit we did not come across any instance of the audit trailfeature being tampered with.
As proviso to Rule 3(1) of the Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014 is applicable from April 1, 2023, reporting under Rule11(g) of the Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014 on preservation of audit trail as per the statutory requirementsfor record retention is not applicable for the financial year ended March 31, 2024.
2. As required by the Companies (Auditor's Report) Order, 2020 ("the Order"), issued by the Central Government ofIndia in terms of sub-section (11) of section 143 of the Companies Act, 2013, we give in the "Annexure B" a statementon the matters specified in paragraphs 3 and 4 of the Order, to the extent applicable.
FOR PRAKASH CHANDRA JAIN & CO.
(Chartered Accountants)Reg No. :002438C
CA DINESH C JAIN
Date: 29/05/2025 Partner
Place: Vadodara B.Com. FCA, FAFD
M.No.: 041235UDIN: 25041235BMFXXL2915