We have audited the accompanying standalone financialstatements of Arihant Foundations and Housing Limited
(“the Company"), which comprise the Balance Sheet as atMarch 31, 2025, the Statement of Profit and Loss (includingOther Comprehensive Income), the Statement of Changes inEquity and the Statement of Cash Flows for the year ended onthat date, and a summary of the significant accounting policiesand other explanatory information (hereinafter referred to as“the standalone financial statements”).
In our opinion and to the best of our information and accordingto the explanations given to us, the aforesaid standalonefinancial statements give the information required by theCompanies Act, 2013 (“the Act”) in the manner so requiredand give a true and fair view in conformity with the IndianAccounting Standards prescribed under section 133 of theAct read with the Companies (Indian Accounting Standards)Rules, 2015, as amended, (“Ind AS”) and other accountingprinciples generally accepted in India, of the state of affairsof the Company as at March 31, 2025, the profit and total
comprehensive income, changes in equity and its cash flowsfor the year ended on that date.
We conducted our audit of the standalone financialstatements in accordance with the Standards on Auditingspecified under section 143(10) of the Act (SAs). Ourresponsibilities under those Standards are furtherdescribed in the Auditor’s Responsibilities for the Audit ofthe Standalone Financial Statements section of our report.We are independent of the Company in accordance withthe Code of Ethics issued by the Institute of CharteredAccountants of India (ICAI) together with the independencerequirements that are relevant to our audit of the standalonefinancial statements under the provisions of the Act and theRules made thereunder, and we have fulfilled our other ethicalresponsibilities in accordance with these requirements andthe ICAI’s Code of Ethics. We believe that the audit evidencewe have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to providea basis for our audit opinion on the standalone financialstatements.
Key audit matters are those matters that, in our professional judgment, were of most significance in our audit of the standalonefinancial statements of the current period. These matters were addressed in the context of our audit of the standalone financialstatements as a whole, and in forming our opinion thereon, and we do not provide a separate opinion on these matters. We havedetermined the matters described below to be the key audit matters to be communicated in our report.
Sr. No Key Audit Matter
Auditor’s Response
1 Recognition, measurement,presentation and disclosuresof revenues and other relatedbalances in view of adoptionof Ind AS 115 “Revenue fromContracts with customers”
Key audit matter description
The application of new revenue standard involves certain key judgements relating toidentification of distinct performance obligations, determination of transaction priceof the identified performance obligations, the appropriateness of the basis used tomeasure revenue recognised over a period.
Refer Note No: 2(g) to Standalone financial statements.
Principal Audit Procedures
We assessed the Company’s process to identify the impact of adoption of the newrevenue accounting standard. Our audit approach is as follows:
• Testing of the design and implementation of controls involved for thedetermination of the estimates used as well as their operating effectiveness.
• Testing the relevant information technology system’s access and changemanagement controls relating to contracts and related information used inrecording and disclosing revenue in accordance with the new accountingstandard.
• Testing a sample of contracts for appropriate identification of performanceobligations;
• Engaging technical experts to review estimates of costs to complete for samplecontracts and
• Performed analytical procedures for reasonableness of revenues disclosed bytype and service offerings.
Sr. No
Key Audit Matter
2
Evaluation of uncertain taxpositions
The Company has material uncertain tax positions including matters under
dispute which involves significant judgement to determine the possible outcome
of these disputes
Refer Note no: 2(o) & (p) to Standalone Financial Statements.
Our procedures included the following:
• Obtained understanding of key uncertain tax positions.
• Obtained details of completed tax assessments and demands for the yearended March 31, 2025 from the management;
• We along with our internal tax experts discussed with appropriated seniormanagement and evaluated the Management’s underlying key assumptions inestimating the tax provision.
• Additionally, we considered the effect of new information in respect to uncertaintax positions as at March 31,2025 to evaluate whether any change was requiredto management’s position on these uncertainties.
3
Balance Confirmations fromVendors and Customers
The Company neither follows the practice of obtaining balance confirmation fromVendors and Customers on a period basis nor on Annual Basis. The absence of directbalance confirmation constitute departure from SA-505 External Confirmations. Wehave performed subsequent audit procedures on test check basis however we areunable to comment on the balances carried forward in the financial statements.
4
Compliance underMicro, Small and MediumEnterprises Development Act(MSME), 2006
The Company is in process of identifying the Sundry Creditors under MSME Act,2006. In absence of adequate documents and reports, we are unable to verify andprovide for Interest liability if any under MSME Act, 2006.
The Company’s Board of Directors is responsible for thepreparation of the other information. The other informationcomprises the information included in the ManagementDiscussion and Analysis, Board’s Report including Annexuresto Board’s Report, Business Responsibility Report, CorporateGovernance and Shareholder’s Information, but does notinclude the standalone financial statements and our auditor’sreport thereon.
Our opinion on the standalone financial statements does notcover the other information and we do not express any form ofassurance conclusion thereon.
In connection with our audit of the standalone financialstatements, our responsibility is to read the other informationand, in doing so, consider whether the other informationis materially inconsistent with the standalone financialstatements or our knowledge obtained during the course ofour audit or otherwise appears to be materially misstated.
If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude thatthere is a material misstatement of this other information, weare required to report that fact. We have nothing to report inthis regard.
The Company’s Board of Directors is responsible for thematters stated in section 134(5) of the Act with respect tothe preparation of these standalone financial statementsthat give a true and fair view of the financial position, financialperformance, total comprehensive income, changes in equityand cash flows of the Company in accordance with the Ind ASand other accounting principles generally accepted in India.This responsibility also includes maintenance of adequateaccounting records in accordance with the provisions ofthe Act for safeguarding the assets of the Company andfor preventing and detecting frauds and other irregularities;selection and application of appropriate accounting policies;making judgments and estimates that are reasonable andprudent; and design, implementation and maintenance ofadequate internal financial controls, that were operatingeffectively for ensuring the accuracy and completenessof the accounting records, relevant to the preparation andpresentation of the standalone financial statements that givea true and fair view and are free from material misstatement,whether due to fraud or error.
In preparing the standalone financial statements, managementis responsible for assessing the Company’s ability to continueas a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related
to going concern and using the going concern basis ofaccounting unless management either intends to liquidatethe Company or to cease operations, or has no realisticalternative but to do so.
The Company’s Board of Directors are responsible foroverseeing the Company’s financial reporting process.
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance aboutwhether the standalone financial statements as a wholeare free from material misstatement, whether due to fraudor error, and to issue an auditor’s report that includes ouropinion. 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 itexists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and areconsidered material if, individually or in the aggregate, theycould reasonably be expected to influence the economicdecisions of users taken on the basis of these standalonefinancial statements.
As part of an audit in accordance with SAs, we exerciseprofessional judgment and maintain professional scepticismthroughout the audit. We also:
• Identify and assess the risks of material misstatementof the standalone financial statements, whether dueto fraud or error, design and perform audit proceduresresponsive to those risks, and obtain audit evidence thatis sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for ouropinion. The risk of not detecting a material misstatementresulting from fraud is higher than for one resulting fromerror, as fraud may involve collusion, forgery, intentionalomissions, misrepresentations, or the override of internalcontrol.
• Obtain an understanding of internal financial controlsrelevant to the audit in order to design audit proceduresthat are appropriate in the circumstances. Undersection 143(3)(i) of the Act, we are also responsible forexpressing our opinion on whether the Company hasadequate internal financial controls system in place andthe operating effectiveness of such controls.
• Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policiesused and the reasonableness of accounting estimatesand related disclosures made by management.
• Conclude on the appropriateness of management’s useof the going concern basis of accounting and, basedon the audit evidence obtained, whether a materialuncertainty exists related to events or conditions thatmay cast significant doubt on the Company’s abilityto continue as a going concern. If we conclude that amaterial uncertainty exists, we are required to drawattention in our auditor’s report to the related disclosuresin the standalone financial statements or, if suchdisclosures are inadequate, to modify our opinion. Ourconclusions are based on the audit evidence obtained
up to the date of our auditor’s report. However, futureevents or conditions may cause the Company to ceaseto continue as a going concern.
• Evaluate the overall presentation, structure and contentof the standalone financial statements, including thedisclosures, and whether the standalone financialstatements represent the underlying transactions andevents in a manner that achieves fair presentation.
Materiality is the magnitude of misstatements in thestandalone financial statements that, individually or inaggregate, makes it probable that the economic decisions ofa reasonably knowledgeable user of the financial statementsmay be influenced. We consider quantitative materiality andqualitative factors in (i) planning the scope of our audit workand in evaluating the results of our work; and (ii) to evaluatethe effect of any identified misstatements in the financialstatements.
We communicate with those charged with governanceregarding, among other matters, the planned scope andtiming of the audit and significant audit findings, includingany significant deficiencies in internal control that we identifyduring our audit.
We also provide those charged with governance with astatement that we have complied with relevant ethicalrequirements regarding independence, and to communicatewith them all relationships and other matters that mayreasonably be thought to bear on our independence, andwhere applicable, related safeguards.
From the matters communicated with those charged withgovernance, we determine those matters that were of mostsignificance in the audit of the standalone financial statementsof the current period and are therefore the key audit matters.We describe these matters in our auditor’s report unless lawor regulation precludes public disclosure about the matter orwhen, in extremely rare circumstances, we determine that amatter should not be communicated in our report becausethe adverse consequences of doing so would reasonablybe expected to outweigh the public interest benefits of suchcommunication.
1. As required by Section 143(3) of the Act, based on ouraudit we report that:
a) We have sought and obtained all the information andexplanations which to the best of our knowledgeand belief were necessary for the purposes of ouraudit.
b) In our opinion, proper books of account as requiredby 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 andLoss including Other Comprehensive Income,Statement of Changes in Equity and the Statement
of Cash Flows dealt with by this Report are inagreement with the relevant books of account.
d) In our opinion, the aforesaid standalone financialstatements comply with the Ind AS specified underSection 133 of the Act.
e) On the basis of the written representations receivedfrom the directors as on March 31, 2025 takenon record by the Board of Directors, none of thedirectors is disqualified as on March 31, 2025 frombeing appointed as a director in terms of Section164 (2) of the Act.
f) With respect to the adequacy of the internal financialcontrols over financial reporting of the Companyand the operating effectiveness of such controls,refer to our separate Report in “Annexure A”.Our report expresses an unmodified opinion onthe adequacy and operating effectiveness of theCompany’s internal financial controls over financialreporting.
g) With respect to the other matters to be includedin the Auditor’s Report in accordance with therequirements of section 197(16) of the Act, asamended:
In our opinion and to the best of our informationand according to the explanations given to us, theremuneration paid by the Company to its directorsduring the year is in accordance with the provisionsof section 197 of the Act.
h) With respect to the other matters to be included inthe Auditor’s Report in accordance with Rule 11 ofthe Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014,as amended in our opinion and to the best of ourinformation and according to the explanationsgiven to us:
1. The Company has disclosed the impact ofpending litigations on its financial position in itsstandalone financial statements.
2. The Company has made provision, as requiredunder the applicable law or accountingstandards, for material foreseeable losses,if any, on long-term contracts includingderivative contracts.
3. There has been no delay in transferringamounts, required to be transferred to theInvestor Education and Protection Fund by theCompany,
4. I) The Management has represented that,
to the best of its knowledge and belief,other than as disclosed in the notes tothe Standalone Financial Statements,no funds (which are material eitherindividually or in the aggregate) havebeen advanced or loaned or invested(either from borrowed funds or sharepremium or any other sources or kind offunds) by the Company to or in any otherperson 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 inother persons or entities identified in anymanner whatsoever by or on behalf of theCompany (“Ultimate Beneficiaries”) orprovide any guarantee, security or the likeon behalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries;
II) The Management has represented,that, to the best of its knowledge andbelief, no funds (which are materialeither individually or in the aggregate)have been received by the Companyfrom any person or entity includingforeign entity (“Funding Parties”), withthe understanding, whether recorded inwriting or otherwise, that the Companyshall, whether, directly or indirectly, lendor invest in other persons or entitiesidentified in any manner whatsoever by oron behalf of the Funding Party (“UltimateBeneficiaries”) or provide any guarantee,security or the like on behalf of theUltimate Beneficiaries;
III) Based on the audit procedures thathave been considered reasonable andappropriate in the circumstances, nothinghas come to our notice that has causedus to believe that the representationsunder sub-clause (i) and (ii) of Rule 11(e),as provided under (a) and (b) above,contain any material misstatement.
5. The final dividend proposed in the previousyear, declared and paid by the Companyduring the year is in accordance with Section123 of the Act, as applicable.
6. Based on our examination, which included testchecks, the Company has used accountingsoftware systems for maintaining its books ofaccount for the financial year ended March 31,
2025 which have the feature of recording audit trail (edit log) facility and the same has operated throughout theyear for all relevant transactions recorded in the software systems. Further, during the course of our audit we didnot come across any instance of the audit trail feature being tampered with and the audit trail has been preservedby the Company as per the statutory requirements for record retention.
2. As required by the Companies (Auditor’s Report) Order, 2020 (“the Order") issued by the Central Government in terms ofSection 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 M/S B.P.JAIN AND Co.
Chartered AccountantsFirm’s Registration No.050105S
DEVENDRA KUMAR BHANDARI
Partner
Place: Chennai Membership No: 208862
Date: 30-05-2025 UDIN: 25208862BMJUYL7587