We have audited the Financial Statements of Durlax Top Surface Limited (Formerly known as Durlax India PrivateLimited) (“the Company”), which comprise the balance sheet as at 31st March 2025, and the statement of profitand loss, and statement of cash flows for the year then ended, and notes to the financial statements, including asummary of significant accounting policies and other explanatory information.
In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanations given to us, the aforesaidfinancial statements give the information required by the Companies Act, 2013 in the manner so required and givea true and fair view in conformity with the accounting principles generally accepted in India, of the state of affairs ofthe Company as at March 31st, 2025, and its Profit, and its cash flows for the year ended on that date.
We conducted our audit in accordance with the Standards on Auditing (SAs) specified under section 143(10)of the Companies Act, 2013. Our responsibilities under those Standards are further described in the Auditor’sResponsibilities for the Audit of the Financial Statements section of our report. We are independent of the Companyin accordance with the Code of Ethics issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India together with theethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the financial statements under the provisions of the CompaniesAct, 2013 and the Rules thereunder, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance withthese requirements and the Code of Ethics. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient andappropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.
Key audit matters are those matters that, in our professional judgment, were of most significance in our audit of thefinancial statements of the current period. These matters were addressed in the context of our audit of the financialstatements as a whole, and in forming our opinion thereon, and we do not provide a separate opinion on thesematters. We have determined that there are no key audit matters to communicate in our report.
The Company’s Board of Directors is responsible for the preparation of the other information. The other informationcomprises the information included in the Management Discussion and Analysis, Board’s Report including Annexuresto Board’s Report, but does not include the financial statements and our 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, indoing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the financial statements or ourknowledge obtained 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.
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 financial statements that give a true and fair view ofthe financial position, financial performance, and cash flows of the Company in accordance with the accountingprinciples generally accepted in India, including the accounting Standards specified under section 133 of the Act.
This responsibility also includes maintenance of adequate accounting records in accordance with the provisionsof the Act for safeguarding of the assets of the Company and for preventing and detecting frauds and otherirregularities; selection and application of appropriate accounting policies; making judgments and estimates thatare reasonable and prudent; and design, implementation and maintenance of adequate internal financial controls,that were operating effectively for ensuring the accuracy and completeness of the accounting records, relevant tothe preparation and presentation of the financial statements that give a true and fair view and are free from materialmisstatement, whether due to fraud or error.
In preparing the financial statements, the Board of Directors is responsible for assessing the Company’s abilityto continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the goingconcern basis of accounting unless the Board of Directors 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.
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 accordancewith SAs will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or errorand are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence theeconomic decisions of users taken on the basis of these financial statements.
A further description of our responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements is included in “Annexure A” tothis auditor’s report. Such description forms integral part of this report.
1. As required by the Companies (Auditor’s Report) Order, 2016 (“the Order”), issued by the Central Governmentof India in terms of sub-section (11) of section 143 of the Companies Act, 2013, is given as per Annexure “B”.
2. 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 knowledgeand belief were necessary for the purposes of our audit.
b. In our opinion, proper books of account as required by law have been kept by the Company so far as itappears from our examination of those books.
c. The Balance Sheet, the Statement of Profit and Loss, and the 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 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 31st March, 2025 taken onrecord by the Board of Directors, none of the directors is disqualified as on 31st March, 2025 from beingappointed 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 the Company andthe operating effectiveness of such controls, is given as per Annexure “C”
g. With respect to the other matters to be included in the Auditor’s Report in accordance with Rule 11 ofthe Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014, in our opinion and to the best of our information andaccording to the explanations given to us:
i. The Company does not have any pending litigations which would impact its financial position as on31st March, 2025.
ii. The Company did not have any long-term contracts including derivative contracts for which therewere any material foreseeable losses.
iii. There has been no delay in transferring amounts, required to be transferred, to the Investor Educationand Protection Fund by the Company.
iv. The management has represented that, to the best of its knowledge and belief, other than asdisclosed in the notes to the accounts, no funds have been advanced or loaned or invested (eitherfrom borrowed funds or share premium or any other sources or kind of funds) by the company to or inany other person(s) or entity(ies), including foreign entities ‘Intermediaries’, with the understanding,whether recorded in writing or otherwise, that the Intermediary shall, whether, directly or indirectlylend or invest in other persons or entities identified in any manner whatsoever by or on behalf ofthe company ‘Ultimate Beneficiaries’ or provide any guarantee, security or the like on behalf of theUltimate Beneficiaries;
v. The management has represented, that, to the best of its knowledge and belief, other than asdisclosed in the notes to the accounts, no funds have been received by the company from anyperson(s) or entity(ies), including foreign entities ‘Funding Parties’, with the understanding, whetherrecorded in writing or otherwise, that the company shall, whether, directly or indirectly, lend or investin other persons or entities identified in any manner whatsoever by or on behalf of the FundingParty ‘Ultimate Beneficiaries’ or provide any guarantee, security or the like on behalf of the UltimateBeneficiaries; and
vi. Based on our audit procedures, nothing has come to our notice that has caused us to believe thatthe representations under sub-clause (iv) and (v) contain any material mis-statements
vii. The company has not declared or paid any dividend during the year.
viii. Based on our examination which included test checks, the company has used accounting software’sfor maintaining its books of account, which have a feature of recording audit trail (edit log) facility andthe same has operated throughout the year for all relevant transaction recorded in the respectivesoftware. Further, during the course of our audit we did not come across any instance of audit trailfeature being tampered with.
ix. With respect to the matter to be included in the Auditor’s Report under section 197(16) of the Act.In our opinion and according to the information and explanations given to us, the remuneration paidby the Company to its directors during the year is in accordance with the provisions of Section 197of the Act. During the year company has paid remuneration in excess of the limits prescribed undersection 197 with the approval of the members by passing ordinary resolution at the AGM dated 16thSeptember 2024.The MCA has not prescribed other details under section 197(16) of the Act whichare required to be commented upon by us.
N K Mittal & Associates
Chartered Accountants
Firm Registration Number: 113281W
CA (Dr.) N K Mittal
Partner
Membership No. 046785
UDIN: 25046785BMIHUD5264
Place: Mumbai
Date: 13th May, 2025