1. We have audited the accompanying standalonefinancial statements of Amines and PlasticizersLimited ("the Company”), which comprise theStandalone Balance Sheet as at March 31,2025, the Standalone Statement of Profit andLoss (including other comprehensive income),Standalone Statement of Changes in Equity andStandalone Statement of Cash Flows for the yearthen ended, and notes to the standalone financialsstatements, including a summary of the significantaccounting policies and other explanatoryinformation (hereinafter referred to as ‘StandaloneFinancial Statements’).
2. In our opinion and to the best of our informationand according to the explanations given to us, theaforesaid standalone financial statements give theinformation required by the Companies Act, 2013(the ‘Act’) in the manner so required and give a trueand fair view in conformity with the accountingprinciples generally accepted in India includingIndian Accounting Standards (‘Ind AS’) specifiedunder Section 133 of the Act, of the state ofaffairs (financial position) of the Company as at 31March, 2025, and its profit (financial performance
including other comprehensive income), changesin equity and its cash flows for the year ended onthat date.
3. We conducted our audit in accordance with theStandards on Auditing (SAs) specified undersection 143 (10) of the Companies Act, 2013.Our responsibilities under those SAs are furtherdescribed in the Auditor’s Responsibilities for theAudit of the Standalone Financial Statementssection of our report. We are independent of theCompany in accordance with the Code of Ethicsissued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants ofIndia (‘ICAI’) together with the ethical requirementsthat are relevant to our audit of the standalonefinancial statements under the provisions of theAct and the Rules thereunder, and we have fulfilledour other ethical responsibilities in accordance withthese requirements and the Code of Ethics.
We believe that the audit evidence we haveobtained is sufficient and appropriate to providea basis for our audit opinion on the standalonefinancial statements.
4. 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 financial statements as a whole, and in forming our opinion thereon, and we do not provide aseparate opinion on these matters.
5. We have determined the matter described below to be the key audit matters determined to be communicatedin our report on standalone financial statements.
Key Audit Matters
Auditor’s Response (Audit Procedures followed)
Revenue Recognition
In view of the significance of the matter we appliedthe following audit procedures in this area, among
The Company recognises revenue from sale of
others to obtain sufficient appropriate audit evidence:
products when performance obligations are fulfilledat the time of dispatch.
(a)
We obtained an understanding of the revenuerecognition processes, systems and controls
We identified the Company’s assessment of thetiming of fulfilment of its performance obligationtowards the customers at point of time of dispatchto goods as a key audit matter since application of
implemented by the Company for recordingrevenue. and tested the Company’s controlsaround the timely and accurate recording ofsales transactions;
revenue recognition accounting standard (Ind AS
(b)
On selected specific samples of contracts,
115, Revenue from Contracts with customers) is
we tested that the revenue recognized is in
complex and involves a number of key judgments
accordance with the revenue recognition
and estimates in mainly identifying performance
accounting standard including;
obligations and related transaction price.
(c)
Evaluated the identification of performanceobligations and the ascribed transactionprice; and
(d)
Verified the underlying sales contracts and otherrelated documents that evidence the dispatchand shipment of goods to the customers.
INFORMATION OTHER THAN THESTANDALONE FINANCIAL STATEMENTSAND AUDITOR'S REPORT THEREON
6. The Company’s Board of Directors is responsiblefor the preparation of other information. The otherinformation comprises the information included inthe Management Discussion and Analysis, Board’sReport including Annexures to the Board Report,Business Responsibility and Sustainability Report,Corporate Governance report and Shareholder’sinformation, but does not include the standalonefinancial statements and our auditor’s reportthereon.
7. Our opinion on the standalone financial statementsdoes not cover the other information and we do notexpress any form of assurance conclusion thereon.
8. In connection with our audit of the standalonefinancial statements, our responsibility is to readthe other information and, in doing so, considerwhether such other information is materiallyinconsistent with the standalone financialstatements or our knowledge obtained in the auditor otherwise appears to be materially misstated. If,based on the work we have performed, we concludethat there is a material misstatement of this otherinformation; we are required to report that fact. Wehave nothing to report in this regard.
RESPONSIBILITY OF MANAGEMENT ANDTHOSE CHARGED WITH GOVERNANCEFOR THE STANDALONE FINANCIALSTATEMENTS
9. The Company’s Board of Directors are responsiblefor the matters stated in section 134(5) of the Actwith respect to the preparation and presentation ofthese standalone financial statements that give atrue and fair view of the financial position, financialperformance including other comprehensiveincome, changes in equity and cash flows ofthe Company in accordance with the Ind ASspecified under section 133 of the Act and otheraccounting principles generally accepted in India.This responsibility also includes maintenanceof adequate accounting records in accordancewith the provisions of the Act for safeguarding ofthe assets of the Company and for preventingand detecting frauds and other irregularities;selection and application of appropriateaccounting policies; making judgments andestimates that are reasonable and prudent; anddesign, implementation and maintenance ofadequate internal financial controls, that wereoperating effectively for ensuring the accuracy andcompleteness of the accounting records, relevant tothe preparation and presentation of the standalonefinancial statements that give a true and fair viewand are free from material misstatement, whetherdue to fraud or error.
10. In preparing the standalone financial statements,the Board of Directors is responsible for assessingthe Company’s ability to continue as a goingconcern, disclosing, as applicable, matters relatedto going concern and using the going concernbasis of accounting unless the Board of Directorseither intends to liquidate the Company or to ceaseoperations, or has no realistic alternative but to doso.
11. The Board of Directors is also responsible foroverseeing the Company’s financial reportingprocess.
AUDITOR'S RESPONSIBILITIES FOR THEAUDIT OF THE STANDALONE FINANCIALSTATEMENTS
12. Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assuranceabout whether the standalone financial statementsas a whole are free from material misstatement,whether due to fraud or error, and to issuean auditor’s report that includes our opinion.Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance,but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted inaccordance with Standards on Auditing will alwaysdetect a material misstatement when it exists.Misstatements can arise from fraud or error andare considered material if, individually or in theaggregate, they could reasonably be expected toinfluence the economic decisions of users taken onthe basis of these standalone financial statements.
13. As part of an audit in accordance with Standardson Auditing, specified under section 143(10) ofthe Act we exercise professional judgment andmaintain professional skepticism throughout theaudit. We also:
• Identify and assess the risks of materialmisstatement of the standalone financialstatements, whether due to fraud or error,design and perform audit proceduresresponsive to those risks, and obtain auditevidence that is sufficient and appropriate toprovide a basis for our opinion. The risk of notdetecting a material misstatement resultingfrom fraud is higher than for one resulting fromerror, as fraud may involve collusion, forgery,intentional omissions, misrepresentations, orthe override of internal control;
• Obtain an understanding of internal controlrelevant to the audit in order to design auditprocedures that are appropriate in thecircumstances. Under section 143(3)(i) of theAct we are also responsible for expressingour opinion on whether the Company hasadequate internal financial controls withreference to standalone financial statementsin place and the operating effectiveness ofsuch controls;
• Evaluate the appropriateness of accountingpolicies used and the reasonableness ofaccounting estimates and related disclosuresmade by management;
• Conclude on the appropriateness of Board ofDirectors’ use of the going concern basis ofaccounting and, based on the audit evidenceobtained, whether a material uncertaintyexists related to events or conditions thatmay cast significant doubt on the Company’sability to continue as a going concern. If weconclude that a material uncertainty exists,we are required to draw attention in ourauditor’s report to the related disclosuresin the standalone financial statements or, ifsuch disclosures are inadequate, to modifyour opinion. Our conclusions are based onthe audit evidence obtained up to the date ofour auditor’s report. However, future events orconditions may cause the Company to cease tocontinue as a going concern;
• Evaluate the overall presentation, structure andcontent of the standalone financial statements,including the disclosures, and whether thestandalone financial statements representthe underlying transactions and events in amanner that achieves fair presentation.
14. We communicate with those charged withgovernance regarding, among other matters,the planned scope and timing of the audit andsignificant audit findings, including any significantdeficiencies in internal control that we identifyduring our audit.
15. We also provide those charged with governancewith a statement that we have compliedwith relevant ethical requirements regardingindependence, and to communicate withthem all relationships and other matters thatmay reasonably be thought to bear on ourindependence, and where applicable, relatedsafeguards.
16. From the matters communicated with thosecharged with governance, we determine thosematters that were of most significance in theaudit of the standalone financial statementsof the current period and are therefore the keyaudit matters. We describe these matters in ourauditor’s report unless law or regulation precludespublic disclosure about the matter or when, inextremely rare circumstances, we determine that amatter should not be communicated in our reportbecause the adverse consequences of doing sowould reasonably be expected to outweigh thepublic interest benefits of such communication.
17. As required by the Companies (Auditor’s Report)Order, 2020 ("the Order”), issued by the CentralGovernment of India in terms of sub-section (11) ofsection 143 of the Act, we give in the “Annexure A”,a statement on the matters specified in paragraphs3 and 4 of the Order, to the extent applicable.
18. As required by section 143(3) of the Act, we report,
that:
i. We have sought and obtained all theinformation and explanations which to the bestof our knowledge and belief were necessary forthe purposes of our audit of the accompanyingstandalone financial statements;
ii. In our opinion, proper books of account asrequired by law have been kept by the Companyso far as it appears from our examinationof those books except for the matter statedin paragraph 18 (viii)(f) below on reportingunder Rule 11(g) of the Companies (Audit andAuditors) Rules, 2014 (as amended);
iii. The standalone financial statements dealt withby this report are in agreement with the booksof account;
iv. In our opinion, the aforesaid standalonefinancial statements comply with theAccounting Standards specified underSection 133 of the Act, read with Rule 7 of theCompanies (Accounts) Rules 2014;
v. On the basis of the written representationsreceived from the directors and taken onrecord by the Board of Directors, none of thedirectors is disqualified as on 31 March, 2025from being appointed as a director in terms ofsection 164(2) of the Act;
vi. With respect to the adequacy of theinternal financial controls with referenceto standalone financial statements of theCompany as on 31 March, 2025 and theoperating effectiveness of such controls,refer to our separate report in “Annexure B”wherein we have expressed an unmodifiedopinion; and
vii. As required by section 197(16) of the Act basedon our audit, we report that the Company haspaid remuneration to its directors during theyear in accordance with the provisions of andlimits laid down under section 197 read withSchedule V to the Act;
viii. With respect to the other matters to beincluded in the Auditor’s Report in accordancewith rule 11 of the Companies (Audit andAuditors) Rules, 2014 (as amended), in ouropinion and to the best of our information andaccording to the explanations given to us:
a. The Company has disclosed the impact ofpending litigations on its financial positionas at 31 March, 2025 in the StandaloneFinancial Statements- [Refer Note 30 tothe Standalone Financial Statements];
b. The Company did not have any long termcontracts including derivative contracts forwhich there were any material foreseeablelosses.
c. There has been no delay in transferringamounts, required to be transferred, to theInvestor Education and Protection Fundby the Company during the year ended31 March, 2025;
d. i. The management has represented
that, to the best of its knowledge andbelief, no funds have been advancedor loaned or invested (either fromborrowed funds or securitiespremium or any other sources or kindof funds) by the Company to or inany person(s) or entity(ies), includingforeign entities (‘the intermediaries’),with the understanding, whetherrecorded in writing or otherwise,that the intermediary shall, whether,directly or indirectly lend or invest inother persons or entities identifiedin any manner whatsoever by oron behalf of the Company (‘theUltimate Beneficiaries’) or provideany guarantee, security or the like onbehalf the Ultimate Beneficiaries;
ii. The management has representedthat, to the best of its knowledgeand belief, no funds have beenreceived by the Company from anyperson(s) or entity(ies), includingforeign entities (‘the FundingParties’), with the understanding,whether recorded in writing orotherwise, that the Company shall,whether directly or indirectly, lendor invest in other persons or entitiesidentified in any manner whatsoeverby or on behalf of the Funding Party(‘Ultimate Beneficiaries’) or provideany guarantee, security or the like onbehalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries;and
iii. Based on such audit proceduresperformed as considered reasonable
and appropriate in the circumstances,nothing has come to our notice thathas caused us to believe that themanagement representations undersub-clauses (i) and (ii) above containany material misstatement.
e. i. The final dividend paid by the
Company during the year ended31 March, 2025 in respect of suchdividend declared for the previousyear is in accordance with section123 of the Act to the extent it appliesto payment of dividend;
ii. As stated in note 43 to the
accompanying standalone financialstatements, the Board of Directorsof the Company have proposedfinal dividend for the year ended31 March, 2025 which is subject tothe approval of the members at theensuing Annual General Meeting. Thedividend recommended by the Boardis in accordance with Section 123 ofthe Act to the extent it applies to therecommendation of dividend.
f. As stated in note no. 49 to the standalonefinancial statements and based on ourexamination which included test checks,the Company has used an accountingsoftware for maintaining its books ofaccount which has a feature of recordingaudit trail (edit log) facility and the samehas been operated throughout the yearfor all relevant transactions recordedin the software, except that, audit trailfeature is not enabled for direct changesto data in the underlying database andin the application when using certainprivileged access rights. Further, duringthe course of our audit we did not comeacross any instance of audit trail featurebeing tampered with in respect of theaccounting software.
Chartered AccountantsFRN No. 120927W
Partner
Place: Mumbai Membership No.: 119509
Date: 27th May, 2025 UDIN: 25119509BMHYAR8410