We have audited the accompanying financial statements of LIME CHEMICALS LIMITED ("the Company"), which comprise the BalanceSheet as at 31st March 2024, the Statement of Profit and Loss (including other Comprehensive Income), the Statement of Changes inEquity and the Statement of Cash Flows for the year ended on that date and notes to the financial statements, including a summaryof significant accounting policies and other explanatory information (hereinafter referred to as "the financial statements").
In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanations given to us, the aforesaid financial statements givethe information required by the Companies Act, 2013 ("the Act") in the manner so required and give a true and fair view in conformitywith the Indian Accounting Standards prescribed under section 133 of the Act read with the Companies (Indian Accounting Standards)Rules, 2015, as amended, ('Ind AS') and other accounting principles generally accepted in India, of the state of affairs of the Companyas at 31st March, 2024, the loss including other comprehensive income, changes in equity and its cash flows for the year ended onthat date.
We conducted the audit of financial statements in accordance with the Standards on Auditing ("SAs") specified under section 143(10)of the Act. Our responsibilities under those Standards are further described in the Auditor's Responsibilities for the Audit of thefinancial statements section of our report. We are independent of the Company in accordance with the Code of Ethics issued bythe Institute of Chartered Accountants of India ("ICAI") together with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of thefinancial statements under the provisions of the Act and the Rules thereunder, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilitiesin accordance with these requirements and the ICAI's Code of Ethics. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficientand appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion on the financial statements.
We draw attention to the following matters in notes to the financial statements: -
In Note 33B(c) to the financial statement regarding non provision of interest of Rs.3.00 lakhs payable to party registered under Micro,Small & Medium Enterprise Act, 2006 and also liability of Rs.30.85 Lakhs not accounted.
Our opinion is not modified in respect of the above matter.
Key audit matters are those matters that, in our professional judgement, were of most significance in our audit of the standaloneInd AS financial statements of the current period. These matters were addressed in the context of our audit of the Ind AS financialstatements as a whole, and in forming our opinion thereon, and we do not provide a separate opinion on these matters.
The Company recognizes Revenue from the sale of goods ("Revenue") when the Company performs all its agreed obligations toits customers, the amount of revenue can be measured reliably and recovery of the consideration is probable. The timing of suchrecognition is when the control over the same is transferred to the customer, which is mainly upon delivery. The timing of revenuerecognition is relevant to the reported performance of the Company.
The Company's Board of Directors are responsible for the preparation of other information. The other information comprises theinformation included in the Director'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 of assurance conclusionthereon.
In connection with our audit of the financial statements, our responsibility is to read the other information and, in doing so, considerwhether the other information is materially inconsistent with the financial statements or our knowledge obtained in 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 misstatement of this other information; we arerequired to report that fact. We have nothing to report in this regard.
The Company's management and Board of Directors are responsible for the matters stated in Section 134(5) of the Act with respectto the preparation of these financial statements that give a true and fair view of the financial position, financial performance, totalcomprehensive income, changes in equity and cash flows of the Company in accordance with the Indian Accounting Standards (IndAS) and other accounting principles generally accepted in India.
This responsibility also includes maintenance of adequate accounting records in accordance with the provisions of the Act forsafeguarding of the assets of the Company and for preventing and detecting frauds and other irregularities; selection and application
of appropriate accounting policies; making judgments and estimates that are reasonable and prudent; and design, implementationand maintenance of adequate internal financial controls, that were operating effectively for ensuring the accuracy and completenessof the accounting records, relevant to the preparation and presentation of the financial statements that give a true and fair view andare free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.
In preparing the financial statements, management is responsible for assessing the Company's ability to continue as a going concern,disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless management eitherintends to liquidate the Company or to cease operations, or has no realistic alternative but to do so.
The 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 from materialmisstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor's report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is ahigh level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with Standards on Audit (SAs) will always detecta material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or inthe aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these financialstatements.
As part of an audit in accordance with SAs, specified under section 143(10) of the Act, we exercise professional judgment and maintainprofessional skepticism throughout the audit. We also:
> Identify and assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to fraud or error, design andperform audit procedures responsive to those risks, and obtain audit evidence that is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basisfor our opinion. The risk of not 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 of internal control;
> Obtain an understanding of internal control relevant to the audit in order to design audit procedures that are appropriate inthe circumstances. Under section 143(3)(i) of the Companies Act 2013, we are also responsible for expressing our opinion onwhether the company has adequate internal financial controls system, in relation to the financial statements in place and theoperating effectiveness of such controls;
> Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of accounting estimates and related disclosuresmade by management;
> Conclude on the appropriateness of management's use of the going concern basis of accounting and, based on the audit evidenceobtained, whether a material uncertainty exists related to events or conditions that may cast significant doubt on the Company'sability to continue as a going concern. If we conclude that a material uncertainty exists, we are required to draw attention inour auditor's report to the related 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 eventsor 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 the disclosures, and whether thefinancial statements represent the underlying transactions and events in a manner that achieves fair presentation;
Materiality is the magnitude of misstatements in the standalone financial statements that, individually or in aggregate, makes itprobable that the economic decisions of a reasonably knowledgeable user of the standalone financial statements may be influenced.We consider quantitative materiality and qualitative 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 standalone financial statements.
We communicate with those charged with governance regarding, among other matters, the planned scope and timing of the auditand significant audit findings, including any significant deficiencies in internal control that we identify during our audit.
We also provide those charged with governance with a statement that we have complied with relevant ethical requirements regardingindependence, and to communicate with them all relationships and other matters that may reasonably be thought to bear on ourindependence, and where applicable, related safeguards.
From the matters communicated with those charged with governance, we determine those matters that are of most significance inthe audit of the financial statements of the current year and are therefore the key audit matters. We describe these matters in ourauditor's report unless law or regulation 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 of doing so would reasonablybe expected to outweigh the public interest benefits of such communication.
1. As required by the Companies (Auditor's Report) Order, 2020 ("the Order"), issued by the Central Government of India in termsof sub-section (11) of section 143 of the Companies Act, 2013, we give in the Annexure "A", a statement on the matters specifiedin paragraphs 3 and 4 of the Order, to the extent applicable.
2. As required by section 197(16) of the Act based on our audit, we report that the Company has not paid remuneration to itsdirectors during the year in accordance with the provisions of and limits laid down under section 197 read with Schedule Vto the Act. The Ministry of Corporate Affairs has not prescribed other details under section 197(16) which are required to becommented upon by us.
3. 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 knowledge and belief werenecessary for the purposes of our audit of the accompanying financial statement;
(b) In our opinion, proper books of account as required by law have been kept by the Company so far as it appears from ourexamination of those books;
(c) The Balance Sheet, the Statement of Profit and Loss (including Other Comprehensive Income), Statement of change in Equityand the Statement of Cash Flow dealt with by this Report are in agreement with the books of account;
(d) In our opinion, the aforesaid financial statements comply with the Indian Accounting Standards specified under Section 133of the Act read with the Rule 7 of the Companies (Account) Rules, 2014.
(e) The matter described in paragraph relating to Emphasis of Matter may have an adverse effect on the functioning of thecompany.
(f) On the basis of the written representations received from the directors as on 31st March, 2024 taken on record by the Boardof Directors, none of the director is disqualified from being appointed as a director in terms of Section 164(2) of the Act;
(g) With respect to the adequacy of the internal financial controls over financial statements of the Company and the operatingeffectiveness of such controls, refer to our separate Report in "Annexure B".
Our report expresses an unmodified opinion on adequacy and operating effectiveness of Company's internal financial controlsover financial reporting.
4. With respect to the other matters to be included in the Auditor's Report in accordance with Rule 11 of the Companies (Audit andAuditors) Rules, 2014, as amended in our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanations given tous:
(i) The Company has disclosed the impact of pending litigations on its financial position in its financial statements (Refer Note35 to the financial statements).
(ii) The Company did not have any long - term contracts including derivative contracts; as such the question of commenting onany material foreseeable losses thereon does not arise.
(iii) There were no amounts which were required to be transferred to the Investor Education and Protection Funds of theCompany for the year ended 31st March, 2024.
(iv) (a) 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 share premium or any other sources or kind of funds) by the Companyto or in any other persons or entities, including foreign entities ("Intermediaries"), with the understanding, whetherrecorded in writing or otherwise, that the Intermediary shall, directly or indirectly lend or invest in other persons orentities identified in any manner whatsoever ("Ultimate Beneficiaries") by or on behalf of the Company or provide anyguarantee, security or the like on behalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries.
(b) The Management has represented that, to the best of its knowledge and belief no funds have been received by the
Company from any persons or entities, including foreign entities ("Funding Parties"), with the understanding, whetherrecorded in writing or otherwise, that the Company shall directly or indirectly, lend or invest in other persons or entitiesidentified in any manner whatsoever ("Ultimate Beneficiaries") by or on behalf of the Funding Parties or provide anyguarantee, security or the like on behalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries.
(c) Based on the audit procedures performed that we considered reasonable and appropriate in the circumstances, nothinghas come to our notice that has caused us to believe that the representations under sub-clause (a) and (b) of Rule 11(e)mentioned above contain any material miss-statement.
(v) The Company has not declared dividend for the year ended 31st March, 2024
(vi) Based on our examination which includes test checks, the company has used an accounting software for maintaining itsbooks of accounts which has a feature of recording audit trail (edit log) facility and the same operated throughout the yearfor all the relevant transactions recorded in the software. Further, for the year under audit, we did not come across anyinstance of the audit trail feature being tampered with.
As per proviso to Rule 3(1) of the Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014 is applicable to the Company with effect from 1st April, 2023,and reporting under Rule 11(g) of Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014 on preservation of audit trail as per the statutoryrequirements for record retention is not applicable for the financial year ended 31st March, 2024.
Chartered AccountantsF.R.N. 105487W
Place: Mumbai
Date: 30.05.2024 R. A. Kuvadia
(Proprietor)
M. No. 040087
UDIN: 24040087BKAIHS5293