We have audited the accompanying financial statements of ABRAM FOOD LIMITED(formerly known as Abram Food Private Limited) (the “Company”), which comprise theBalance Sheet as at March 31, 2024, the Statement of Profit and Loss, the Statement ofChanges in Equity and the Statement of Cash Flows ended on that date, and a summary ofsignificant accounting policies and other explanatory information (hereinafter referred to asthe “financial statements”).
In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanations given tous, the aforesaid financial statements give the infomiation required by the Companies Act,2013 (the “Act”) in the manner so required and give a true and fair view in conformity withthe Accounting Standards prescribed under section 133 of the Act read with Rule 7 of theCompanies (Accounts) Rules, 2014, as amended, and other accounting principles generallyaccepted in India, of the state of affairs of the Company as at March 31, 2024 and its profit,changes in equity and its cash flows for the year ended on that date.
Basis for Opinion
We conducted our audit of the financial statements in accordance with the Standards onAuditing ( SA”s) specified under section 143(10) of the Act. Our responsibilities under thoseStandards are further described in the Auditor’s Responsibilities for the Audit of theFinancial 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(“ICAI”) together with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the financialstatements under the provisions of the Act and the Rules made thereunder, and we havefulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements and theICAI’s Code of Ethics. We believe that the audit evidence obtained by us is sufficients mlappropriate to provide a basis for our audit opinion on the financial statements.
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Information Other than the Financial Statements and Auditor’s Report Thereon
The Company’s Board of Directors and Management is responsible for the preparation of theother information. The other information comprises the information included in theManagement Discussion and Analysis, Board’s Report including Annexures to Board’sReport, Business Responsibility and Sustainability Report, Corporate Governance Report,and Shareholder Information, but does not include the financial statements and our auditor’sreport thereon.
Our opinion on the financial statements does not cover the other information and we do notexpress any form of assurance conclusion thereon.
In connection with our audit of the financial statements, our responsibility is to read the otherinformation and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materiallyinconsistent with the financial statements or our knowledge obtained during the course of ouraudit or otherwise 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 report that fact. We have nothing to report in thisregard.
Responsibility of Management and Those Charged with Governance (TCWG)
The Company’s Board of Directors is responsible for the matters stated in Section 134(5) ofthe Companies Act, 2013 (“the Act”) with respect to the preparation of these financialstatements that give a true and fair view of the financial position, financial performance,changes in equity and cash flows of the Company in accordance with the accountingprinciples generally accepted in India, including the Accounting Standards specified underSection 133 of the Act, read with Rule 7 of the Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014. Thisresponsibility also includes maintenance of adequate accounting records in accordance withthe provisions of the Act for safeguarding of the assets of the Company and for preventingand detecting frauds and other irregularities; selection and application of appropriateaccounting policies; making judgments and estimates that are reasonable and prudent; anddesign, implementation and maintenance of adequate internal financial controls, that wereoperating effectively for ensuring the accuracy and completeness of the accounting records,lelevant to the preparation and presentation of the financial statements that give a true andfair view and are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.
In preparing the financial statements, management is responsible for assessing theCompany s ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related togoing concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless the Board ofl^^^v
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Auditor’s Responsibility
auditor’s report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level assurance"but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in aecordance with SAs will always d^ect amaterial restatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or 3 and areconsidered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be xpected toinfluence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these financialstotem/nt
• Identify and assess the risks of material misstatement of the Financial Results
fraud rrrr Jhe riSk °f ^ det6Cting 3 materiaI missta‘ement resulting fromfraud is higher than for one resulting from error, as fraud may involve colfusT
forgery, intentional omissions, misrepresentations, or the override of internal control. ’
• Obtain an understanding of internal financial controls relevant to the audit in order to
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143(3)(i) of the Act, we are also responsible for expressing our opinion on whetherto company has adequate internal financial controls with reference to finlndalatement m place and the operating effectiveness of such controls.
• Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness ofaccounting estimates made by the Board of Directors.
• Conclude on the appropriateness of the Board of Directors’ use of the going concernbasis of accounting and, based on the audit evidence obtained, whether a material
abilMhe6 CStS r t0 6VentS M C°nditi0nS th£“ may °aSt Significant doubt««thebihty of the Company to continue as a going concern. If we conclude that a material
rckte?^,61513^ ^ 8re reqUired t0 dl'aW attenti0n 111 our ^‘oris report to the
disclosures in the Financial Statement or, if such disclosures are inadequate;®^
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modify our opinion. Our conclusions are based on the audit evidence obtained up tothe date of our auditor’s report. However, future events or conditions may cause theCompany to cease to continue as a going concern.
• Evaluate the overall presentation, structure and content of the Financial Results,including the disclosures, and whether the Financial Results represent the underlyingtransactions and events in a manner that achieves fair presentation.
Materiality is the magnitude of misstatements in the financial statements that, individually orin aggregate, makes it probable that the economic decisions of a reasonably knowledgeableuser of the financial statements may be influenced. We consider quantitative materiality andqualitative factors in (i) planning the scope of our audit work and in evaluating the results ofour work; and (ii) to evaluate the effect of any identified misstatements in the financialstatements.
We communicate with those charged with governance regarding, among other matters, theplanned scone and timing of the audit and significant audit findings, including any significantdeficiencies in internal control that we identify during our audit.
We also provide those charged with governance with a statement that we have complied withrelevant ethical requirements regarding independence, and to communicate with them allrelationships and other matters that may reasonably be thought to bear on our independence,and where applicable, related safeguards.
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 thebesf of our knowledge and b elief were necessary for the purposes of our audit.
(b) 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 Balance Sheet, the Statement of Profit and Loss, Statement of Changes inEquity and the Statement of Cash Flows dealt with by this Report are in —agreement with the relevant books of account.
(d) In our opinion, the aforesaid financial statements comply with the accountingstandards specified under Section 133 of the Act read with rule 7 of theCompanies (Accounts) Rules, 2014.
(e) On the basis of the written representations* received from the directors as on31/03/2024 taken on record by the Board of Directors, none of the directors isdisqualified as on 31/03/2024 from being appointed as a director in terms ofSection 164 (2) of the Act.
ffi With respect to the adequacy of the internal financial controls over financialreporting of the Company and the operating effectiveness of such controls, referto our separate Report in “Annexure A”. Our report expresses an unmodifiedopinion on the adequacy and operating effectiveness of the Company's internalfinancial controls over financial reporting.
(g) With respect to the other matters to be included in the Auditor’s Report inaccordance with the requirements of section 197(16) of the Act, as amended:
In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to theexplanations given to us, no remuneration has been paid by the Company to itsdirectors during the year.
(h) With respect to the other matters to be included in the Auditor’s Report inaccordance with Rule 11 of the Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014, in
our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanationsgiven to us:
i. The Company has no pending litigations during the financial year underconsideration.
ii. The Company has made provision, as required under the applicable law orapplicable accounting standards, for material foreseeable losses, if any, onlong-term contracts including derivative contracts.
iii. There has been no transfer of amount to the Investor Education and ProtectionFund by the Company, as the company was not required to do so.
iv. In respect of funds advanced/ received:
a) The management has represented that, to the best of it’s knowledge
and belief, other than as disclosed in the notes to the accounts, no^C&AS^N,
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funds have been advanced or loaned or invested (either from borrowedfunds or share premium or any other sources or kind of funds) by thecompany to or in any other person or entity, including foreign entities(Intermediaries”), with the understanding, whether recorded inwnhng or otherwise, that the frrtermediaiy shall, whether, directly orindirectly lend or invest in other persons or entities identified in anymanner 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 it’s knowledgemid belief, other than as disclosed in the notes to the accounts, nofluids have been received by the company from any person or entitymcluding foreign entities (“Funding Parties”), with the understanding,’whether recorded in writing or otherwise, that the company shallwhether, directly or indirectly, lend or invest in other persons orentities identified m any manner whatsoever by or on behalf of theFunding Party (“Ultimate Beneficiaries”) or provide any guaranteesecurity or the like on behalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries; and
c) Based on our audit procedures we considered these reasonable andappropriate in the circumstances and nothing has come to our noticethat has caused us to believe that the representations under sub-clause
(a) and (b) contain any material mis-statement.
v. No Dividend has been declared or paid by the company during the year.
vi. Based on our examination, which included test checks, the Company has usedaccounting software Tally for maintaining its books of accounts for thefeancml year ended March 31, 2024 which has a feature of recording audittrail (edit log) facility and the same has operated throughout the year for allrelevant transactions recorded in the software. Further, during the course of
our audit we did not come across any instance of the audit trail feature being
tampered with. s
As provreo to Rule 3(1) of the Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014 isapplicable from April 1, 2023, reporting under Rule 11(g) of the Companies(Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014 on preservation of audit trail as per thestatutoty requirements for record retention is not applicable for the finanejffife.
year ended March 31,2024.
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Sa ^ ” m tenns of Se^on 143(11) of the Act, we give in “Annexure
B a statement on the matters specified in paragraphs 3 and 4 of the Order.
For GAUR & ASSOCIATES
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