We have audited the financial statements of Abhinav Capital Services Limited (“the Company”), whichcomprise the balance sheet as at 31st March 2025, and the statement of Profit and Loss (including OtherComprehensive Income), Statement of changes in equity and statement of cash flows for the year then ended,and notes to the financial statements, including a summary of significant accounting policies and otherexplanatory 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 (“the Act”) in the manner sorequired and give a true and fair view in conformity with the accounting principles generally accepted inIndia, of the state of affairs of the Company as at March 31, 2025, and its profit, and other comprehensiveincome, changes in equity 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 theCompany in accordance with the Code of Ethics issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Indiatogether with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the financial statements under theprovisions of the Act and the Rules there under, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities inaccordance with these requirements and the Code of Ethics. We believe that the audit evidence we haveobtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.
Key audit matters are those matters that, in our professional judgment, were of most significance in our auditof the financial statements of the current period. These matters were addressed in the context of our audit ofthe financial statements as a whole, and in forming our opinion thereon, and we do not provide a separateopinion on these matters. For each matter below, our description of how our audit addressed the matter isprovided in that context.
We have determined the matter described below to be key audit matters to be communicated in our report.We have fulfilled the responsibilities described in the Auditor's responsibilities for the audit of the financialstatements section of our report, including in relation to these matters. Accordingly, our audit included theperformance of procedures designed to respond to our assessment of the risks of material misstatement of thefinancial statements. The results of our audit procedures, including the procedures performed to address thematters below, provide the basis of our audit opinion on the accompanying financial statements.
Key A udit Matter
How our audit addressed the key audit matter
1) Impairment of financial assets (expected credit losses) :-
Ind AS 109 requires the Company to recognize impairment lossallowance towards its financial assets (designated at amortisedcost and fair value through other comprehensive income) usingthe expected credit loss (ECL) approach. Such ECL allowance isrequired to be measured considering the guiding principles ofIns AS 109 including :-
Unbiased , probability weighted outcome under variousscenarios;
Time value of money;
Impact arising from forward looking macro-economic factorsand;
Availability of reasonable and supportable information withoutundue costs;
Applying these principles involves significant estimation invarious aspects, such as;
Grouping of borrowers based on homogeneity by usingappropriate statistical techniques;
Staging of loans and estimation of behavioural life;
Determining macro-economic factors impacting credit qualityof receivables;
Estimation of losses for loan products with no/minimalhistorical defaults.
Considering the significance of such allowance to the overallfinancial statements and the degree of estimation involved incomputation of expected credit losses, this area is considered asa key audit matter.
We read and assessed the Company's accounting policiesfor impairment of financial assets and their compliancewith Ind AS 109
We tested the criteria for staging of loans on their pastdue status to check compliance with requirements of IndAS 109. Tested a sample of performing (stage 1) loans toassess whether any loss indicators were present requiringthem to be classified under stage 2 or 3 and vice versa.
We have evaluated the reasonableness of theManagement estimates by understanding the process ofECL estimation ad tested the controls around dataextraction and validation
Tested the ECL model, including assumptions andunderlying computation
Assessed thefloor/minimum rates of provisioning appliedby the Company for loan products with inadequatehistorical defaults
Audited disclosure included in the Ind AS financialstatements in respect of expected credit losses.
The Company's Board of Directors is responsible for the preparation of the other information. The otherinformation comprises the information included in the Board's Report including Annexure (1) to Board'sReport 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 formof assurance conclusion thereon.
In connection with our audit of the Financial Statements, our responsibility is to read the other informationand, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the FinancialStatements or our knowledge obtained during the course of our audit or otherwise appears to be materiallymisstated.
If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is a material misstatement of this otherinformation; we are required to report that fact.
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 financial statements that give a true and fair view of the financial position,financial performance including other comprehensive income, cash flows and changes in equity of theCompany in accordance with the accounting principles generally accepted in India, including the accountingStandards specified under section 133 of the Act. 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 appropriateimplementation and maintenance of accounting policies; making judgments and estimates that are reasonableand prudent; and design, implementation and maintenance of adequate internal financial controls, that wereoperating effectively for ensuring the accuracy and completeness of the accounting records, relevant to thepreparation and presentation of the financial statement that give a true and fair view and are free frommaterial misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.
In preparing the 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 goingconcern basis of accounting unless management either intends to liquidate the Company or to ceaseoperations, or has no realistic alternative but to do so.
The Company's Board of Directors is also responsible for overseeing the Company's financial reportingprocess.
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as a whole are freefrom material misstatement, whether due to fraud or 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 inaccordance with SA's will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise fromfraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably beexpected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these 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 financial statements, whether due to fraud orerror, design and perform audit procedures responsive to those risks, and obtain audit evidence that issufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion. The risk of not detecting a materialmisstatement resulting from fraud is higher than for one resulting from error, as fraud may involvecollusion, forgery, intentional omissions, misrepresentations, or the override of internal 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 financial controlswith reference to financial statements in place and the operating effectiveness of such controls.
• Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of accounting estimatesand related disclosures made by the board of directors.
• Conclude on the appropriateness of board of directors 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. If weconclude that material uncertainty exists, we are required to draw attention in our auditor's report to therelated disclosures in the financial statements or, if such disclosures are inadequate, to modify ouropinion. Our conclusions are based on the audit evidence obtained up to the date of our auditor's report.However, future events or conditions may cause the Company to cease to continue as a going concern.
• Evaluate the overall presentation, structure and content of the financial statements, including thedisclosures, and whether the financial statements represent the underlying transactions and events in amanner that achieves fair presentation.
• Obtain sufficient appropriate audit evidence regarding the financial statements of the Company toexpress an opinion on the financial statements
We communicate with those charged with governance regarding, among other matters, the planned scope andtiming of the audit and significant audit findings, including any significant deficiencies in internal control thatwe 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 mattersthat may 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 of the current period and are thereforethe key audit matters. We describe these matters in our auditor's report unless law or regulation precludespublic disclosure about the matter or when, in extremely rare circumstances, we determine that a mattershould not be communicated in our report because the adverse consequences of doing so would reasonablybe expected to outweigh the public interest benefits of such communication.
1. As required by Section 143(3) of the Act, based on our audit 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 including Other Comprehensive Income Statement,and the Cash Flow Statement dealt with by this Report are in agreement with the books of account
d) In our opinion, the aforesaid financial statements comply with the Accounting Standards specifiedunder Section 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 takenon record by the Board of Directors, none of the directors is disqualified as on 31st March, 2025 frombeing appointed as a director in terms of Section 164 (2) of the Act.
f) With respect to the adequacy of the internal financial controls with reference to Financial Statementsof the Company 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 with reference to Financial Statements.
g) With respect to the other matters to be included in the Auditor's Report in accordance with therequirements of section 197(16) of the Act, as amended, In our opinion and to the best of ourinformation and according to the explanations given to us, the remuneration paid by the Company toits directors during the year is in accordance with the provisions of section 197 of the Act.
h) 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 as at 31st march 2025 which would impact itsfinancial position.
ii. The Company did not have any long-term contracts including derivative contracts for which therewere any material foreseeable losses.
iii. There were no amounts which were required to be transferred to the Investor Education andProtection Fund by the Company.
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a. The Management has represented that, to the best of its knowledge and belief, as disclosed onnote 37 to the financials statements , no funds have been advanced or loaned or invested(either from borrowed funds or share premium or any other sources or kind of funds) by theCompany to or in any other person(s) or entity(ies), including foreign entities('Intermediaries'), with the understanding, whether recorded in writing or otherwise, that theIntermediary shall, directly or indirectly lend or invest in other persons or entities identified inany manner whatsoever by or on behalf of the Company ('Ultimate Beneficiaries') or provideany 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, as disclosed onnote 37 to the financials statements, no funds have been received by the Company from anyperson(s) or entity(ies), including foreign entities ('Funding Parties'), with the understanding,whether recorded in writing or otherwise, that the Company shall, directly or indirectly, lendor invest in other persons or entities identified in any manner whatsoever by or on behalf ofthe funding party ('Ultimate Beneficiaries') or provide any guarantee, security or the like onbehalf of the ultimate beneficiaries.
c. Based on such audit procedures performed as considered reasonable and appropriate in thecircumstances, nothing has come to our attention that causes us to believe that themanagement representations under sub-clauses (a) and (b) above contain any materialmisstatement.
v. The company has not declared or paid any dividend during the year and has not proposed anydividend for the year under audit and hence clause (f) of Rule 11 of the Companies (Audit andAuditors) Rules, 2014 is not applicable
vi. Based on our examination, which included test checks, the Company has used accountingsoftware for maintaining its books of accounts for the financial year ended March 31, 2025which has a feature of recording audit trail (edit log) facility and the same has operatedthroughout the year from the beginning of the financial year for all relevant transactionsrecorded in the software. Further, during the course of our audit we did not come across anyinstance of the audit trail feature being tampered with. Additionally, the audit trail has beenpreserved by the Company as per the statutory requirements for record retention where suchaudit trail have been maintained.
2. As required by the Companies (Auditor's Report) Order, 2020 (“the Order”), issued by the CentralGovernment of India in terms of sub-section (11) of section 143 of the Companies Act, 2013, we give inthe Annexure - B a statement on the matters specified in paragraphs 3 and 4 of the Order, to the extentapplicable.
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