We have audited the standalone financial statements of Amerise Biosciences Limited ("the Company"), whichcomprise the Standalone Balance Sheet as at 31 March 2024, and the Standalone Statement of Profit and Loss(including other comprehensive income), Standalone Statement of Changes in Equity and StandaloneStatement of Cash Flows for the year then ended, and notes to the standalone financial statements, includinga summary of the significant accounting policies and other explanatory information (hereinafter referred to as"the standalone financial statements").
In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanations given to us, the aforesaidstandalone financial statements give the information required by the Companies Act, 2013 ("the Act") in themanner so required and give a true and fair view in conformity with the accounting principles generallyaccepted in India, of the state of affairs of the Company as at 31 March 2024, and profit and othercomprehensive income, changes in equity and its cash flows for the year ended on that date.
Basis of Opinion
We conducted our audit of the standalone financial statements in accordance with the Standards on Auditingspecified under section 143(10) of the Act (SAs). Our responsibilities under those Standards are furtherdescribed in the Auditor's Responsibilities for the Audit of the Standalone Financial Statements section of ourreport. 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 independence requirements that are relevant to ouraudit of the standalone financial statements under the provisions of the Act and the Rules made thereunder,and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements and the ICAI'sCode of Ethics. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide abasis for our audit opinion on the standalone financial statements.
Key Audit Matters
Key audit matters are those matters that, in our professional judgment, were of most significance in our auditof the standalone financial statements of the current period. These matters were addressed in the context ofour audit of the standalone financial statements as a whole, and in forming our opinion thereon, and we donot provide a separate opinion on these matters.
Other Information
The Company's management and Board of Directors are responsible for the other information. The otherinformation comprises the information included in the Company's annual report, but does not include thestandalone financial statements and our auditors' report thereon.
Our opinion on the standalone 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 standalone financial statements, our responsibility is to read the otherinformation and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with thestandalone financial statements or our knowledge obtained in the audit or otherwise appears to be materiallymisstated. If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is a material misstatement of thisother 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 Act withrespect to the preparation of these Standalone Financial Statements that give a true and fair view of thefinancial position, financial performance including other comprehensive income, cash flows and changes inequity of the Company in accordance with the accounting principles generally accepted in India, including theIndian Accounting Standards (Ind AS) specified under Section 133 of the Act read with the Companies (IndianAccounting Standards) Rules, 2015, as amended. This responsibility also includes maintenance of adequateaccounting records in accordance with the provisions of the Act for safeguarding of the assets of the Companyand for preventing and detecting frauds and other irregularities; selection and application of appropriateaccounting policies; making judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent; and the design,implementation and maintenance of adequate internal financial controls, that were operating effectively for
ensuring the accuracy and completeness of the accounting records, relevant to the preparation andpresentation of the Standalone Financial Statements that give a true and fair view and are free from materialmisstatement, whether due to fraud or error.
In preparing the Standalone Financial Statements, management is responsible for assessing the Company'sability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using thegoing concern basis of accounting unless management either intends to liquidate the Company or to ceaseoperations, or has no realistic alternative but to do so.
Those Board of Directors are also responsible for overseeing the Company's financial reporting process.Auditor's Responsibilities for the Audit of the Standalone Financial Statements
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the standalone financial statements as awhole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor's reportthat includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that anaudit conducted in accordance with SAs will always detect a material misstatement when it exists.Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate,they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of thesestandalone financial statements.
As part of an audit in accordance with SAs, we exercise professional judgment and maintain professionalskepticism throughout the audit. We also:
- Identify and assess the risks of material misstatement of the standalone financial statements,whether due to fraud or error, design and perform audit procedures responsive to those risks, andobtain audit evidence that is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion. The risk ofnot 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 ofinternal control.
- Obtain an understanding of internal financial control relevant to the audit in order to design auditprocedures that are appropriate in the circumstances. Under section 143(3)(i) of the Act, we are alsoresponsible for expressing our opinion on whether the Company has adequate internal financialcontrols system in place and the operating effectiveness of such controls.
- Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of accountingestimates and related disclosures made by the management.
- Conclude on the appropriateness of management's use of the going concern basis of accounting and,based on the audit evidence obtained, whether a material uncertainty exists related to events orconditions that may cast significant doubt on the Company's ability to continue as a going concern. Ifwe conclude that a material uncertainty exists, we are required to draw attention in our auditor'sreport to the related disclosures in the standalone financial statements or, if such disclosures areinadequate, to 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 the Company tocease to continue as a going concern.
- Evaluate the overall presentation, structure and content of the standalone financial statements,including the disclosures, and whether the standalone financial statements represent the underlyingtransactions and events in a manner that achieves fair presentation.
Materiality is the magnitude of misstatements in the standalone financial statements that, individually or inaggregate, makes it probable that the economic decisions of a reasonably knowledgeable user of the financialstatements may be influenced. We consider quantitative materiality and qualitative factors in (i) planning thescope of our audit work and in evaluating the results of our work; and (ii) to evaluate the effect of anyidentified misstatements in the financial statements.
We communicate with those charged with governance regarding, among other matters, the planned scopeand timing of the audit and significant audit findings, including any significant deficiencies in internal controlthat we identify during our audit.
We also provide those charged with governance with a statement that we have complied with relevant ethicalrequirements regarding independence, and to communicate with them all relationships and other matters thatmay reasonably be thought to bear on our independence, and where applicable, related safeguards.
From the matters communicated with those charged with governance, we determine those matters that wereof most significance in the audit of the Standalone Financial Statements for the financial year ended March 31,2024 and are therefore the key audit matters. We describe these matters in our auditors' report unless law orregulation precludes public disclosure about the matter or when, in extremely rare circumstances, wedetermine that a matter should not be communicated in our report because the adverse consequences ofdoing so would reasonably be expected to outweigh the public interest benefits of such communication.
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 ourknowledge and belief 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 faras appears from our examination of those books.
c) The Balance Sheet, Statement of Profit and Loss, and Cash Flow Statement dealt with by thisReport are in agreement with the books of account.
d) In our opinion, the aforesaid financial statements comply with the Accounting Standardsspecified under Section 133 of the Act, read with Rule 7 of the Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014and the Companies (Accounting Standards) Amendment Rules, 2016.
e) On the basis of written representations received from the directors as on 31 March, 2024, takenon record by the Board of Directors, none of the directors is disqualified as on 31 March, 2024,from being appointed as a director in terms of Section 164(2) of the Act.
f) With respect to the adequacy of the internal financial controls over financial reporting of theCompany and the operating effectiveness of such controls, refer to our separate Report in"Annexure A". Our report expresses an unmodified opinion on the adequacy and operatingeffectiveness of the Company's internal financial controls over financial reporting.
g) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations given to us, the remunerationpaid by the Company to its directors during the current year is in accordance with the provisionsof Section 197 of the Act. The remuneration paid to any director is not in excess of the limit laiddown under Section 197 of the Act. The Ministry of Corporate Affairs has not prescribed otherdetails under Section 197(16) which are required to be commented upon by us.
h) With respect to the other matters to be included in the Auditor's Report in accordance with Rule11 of the Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014, as amended, in our opinion and to thebest of our information and according to the explanations given to us:
i) The Company does not have any pending litigations which would impact its financialposition.
ii) The Company did not have any long-term contracts including derivatives contracts for whichthere were any material foreseeable losses.
iii) There were no amounts which required to be transferred to the Investor Education andProtection Fund by the Company.
iv) 1. The management has represented that, to the best of its knowledge and belief, no funds
have been advanced or loaned or invested (either from borrowed funds or sharepremium or any other sources or kind of funds) by the Company to or in any otherperson(s) or entity(ies), including foreign entities ("Intermediaries"), with theunderstanding, whether recorded in writing or otherwise, that the Intermediary shall,
whether directly or indirectly lend or invest in other persons or entities identified in anymanner whatsoever by or on behalf of the Company ("Ultimate Beneficiaries") orprovide any guarantee, security or the like on behalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries;
2. The management has represented that, to the best of its knowledge and belief, no fundshave been received by the Company from any person(s) or entity(ies), including foreignentities ("Funding Parties"), with the understanding, whether recorded in writing orotherwise, that the Company shall, directly or indirectly, lend or invest in other personsor entities identified in any manner whatsoever by or on behalf of the Funding Party("Ultimate Beneficiaries") or provide any guarantee, security or the like on behalf of theUltimate Beneficiaries; and
3. Based on the audit procedures conducted by us, nothing has come to our notice that hascaused us to believe that the representations under sub-clause (i) and (ii) contain anymaterial misstatements.
v) No dividend declared or paid during the year by the Company.
vi) Based on our examination which included test checks, the Company has used an accountingsoftware for maintaining its books of account which has a feature of recording audit trail(edit log) facility and the same has operated throughout the year for all relevant transactionsrecorded in the software. Further, during the course of our audit we did not come across anyinstance of audit trail feature being tampered with.
As proviso to Rule 3(1) of the Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014 is applicable from April 1,2023, reporting under Rule 11(g) of the Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014 onpreservation of audit trail as per the statutory requirements for record retention is notapplicable for the financial year ended March 31, 2024.
2. As required by the Companies (Auditor's Report) Order, 2020 ("the Order") issued by the CentralGovernment in terms of Section 143(11) of the Act, we give in "Annexure B" a statement on thematters specified in paragraphs 3 and 4 of the Order
For, BIPIN & CO.
CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTSFRN: 101509 W
CA AMIT SHAH
PARTNER
M. No.: 126337
UDIN: 24126337BKCXQS4606
Place: VadodaraDate: 23.05.2024