1. We have audited the accompanying standalone financial statements of ARCL OrganicsLimited (“the Company”), which comprise the Balance Sheet as at 31st March 2025, theStatement of Profit and Loss (including Other Comprehensive Income), the Statement of CashFlows , the Statement of Changes in Equity and notes to the financial statements for the yearended on that date including a summary of material accounting policies and other explanatoryinformation (herein after referred to as “Standalone Financial Statements”).
In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanations given to us,the aforesaid standalone financial statements give the information required by the CompaniesAct, 2013 (“the Act”) in the manner so required and give a true and fair view in conformitywith the accounting principles generally accepted in India, of the state of affairs of the Companyas at March 31, 2025, its profit (including Other Comprehensive income), changes in equityand its cash flows for the year ended on that date.
2. We conducted our audit in accordance with the Standards on Auditing (SAs) specified undersection 143(10) of the Act. Our responsibilities under those Standards are further described inthe Auditor’s Responsibilities for the Audit of the standalone Financial Statements section ofour report. We are independent of the Company in accordance with the Code of Ethics issuedby the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India together with the ethical requirements thatare relevant to our audit of the standalone financial statements under the provisions of the Actand the Rules thereunder, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordancewith 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.
3. The Company’s Board of Directors is responsible for the other information. The otherinformation comprises the information included in the Management Discussion and Analysis;Board’s Report including Annexures to Board Report, Corporate Governance andShareholders’ Information but does not include the standalone financial statements and ourauditor’s report thereon. The aforesaid documents are expected to be made available to us afterthe date of this auditor’s report.
4. Our opinion on the standalone financial statements does not cover the other information andwe do not express any form of assurance or conclusion thereon.
5. In connection with our audit of the standalone financial statements, our responsibility is to readthe other information when it becomes available and, in doing so, consider whether the otherinformation is materially inconsistent with the standalone financial statements or ourknowledge obtained in the audit, or otherwise appears to be materially misstated.
6. When we read the aforesaid documents, if we conclude that there is a material misstatementtherein, we are required to communicate the matters to those charged with governance.
7. The Company’s Board of Directors is responsible for the matters stated in section 134(5) of theCompanies Act, 2013 (“the Act”) with respect to the preparation of these standalone financialstatements that give a true and fair view of the financial position, financial performance,changes in equity and cash flows of the Company in accordance with the accounting principlesgenerally accepted in India, including the accounting Standards specified under section 133 ofthe Act. This responsibility also includes maintenance of adequate accounting records inaccordance with the provisions of the Act for safeguarding of the assets of the Company andfor preventing and detecting frauds and other irregularities; selection and application ofappropriate accounting policies; making judgments and estimates that are reasonable andprudent; and design, implementation and maintenance of adequate internal financial controls,that were operating effectively for ensuring the accuracy and completeness of the accountingrecords, relevant to the preparation and presentation of the financial statement that give a trueand fair view and are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.
8. In preparing the financial statements, management is responsible for assessing the Company’sability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concernand using the going concern basis of accounting unless management either intends to liquidatethe Company or to cease operations, or has no realistic alternative but to do so.
9. The Board of Directors are also responsible for overseeing the company’s financial reportingprocess.
10. Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as awhole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue anauditor’s report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance,but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with SAs will always detect amaterial misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and areconsidered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected toinfluence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these financial statements.
11. As part of an audit in accordance with SAs, we exercise professional judgment and maintainprofessional scepticism throughout the audit. We also:
• Identify and assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements,whether due to fraud or error, design and perform audit procedures responsive to thoserisks, and obtain audit evidence that is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis forour opinion. The risk of not detecting a material misstatement resulting from fraud ishigher than for one resulting from error, as fraud may involve collusion, forgery,intentional omissions, misrepresentations, or the override of internal control.
• Obtained an understanding of internal control relevant to the audit in order to designaudit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances. Under Section 143(3) (i) ofthe Companies Act, 2013, we are also responsible for expressing our opinion onwhether the company has adequate internal financial controls system in place and theoperating effectiveness of such controls.
• Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness ofaccounting estimates and related disclosures made by management.
• Conclude on the appropriateness of management’s use of the going concern basis ofaccounting and, based on the audit evidence obtained, whether a material uncertaintyexists 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 in our auditor’s report to the related disclosures in thefinancial statements or, if such disclosures are inadequate, to modify our opinion. Ourconclusions are based on the audit evidence obtained up to the date of our auditor’sreport. However, future events or conditions may cause the Company to cease tocontinue as a going concern.
• Evaluate the overall presentation, structure and content of the financial statements,including the disclosures, and whether the financial statements represent the underlyingtransactions and events in a manner that achieves fair presentation.
12. We communicate with those charged with governance regarding, among other matters, theplanned scope and timing of the audit and significant audit findings, including any significantdeficiencies in internal control that we identify during our audit.
13. We also provide those charged with governance with a statement that we have complied withrelevant ethical requirements regarding independence, and to communicate with them allrelationships and other matters that may reasonably be thought to bear on our independence,and where applicable, related safeguards.
14. From the matters communicated with those charged with governance, we determine thosematters that were of most significance in the audit of the financial statements of the currentperiod and are therefore the key audit matters. We describe these matters in our auditor’s reportunless law or regulation precludes public disclosure about the matters or when we determinethat a matter should not be communicated in our report because the adverse consequences ofdoing so would reasonably be expected to outweigh the public interest benefits of suchcommunication.
15. Materiality is the magnitude of misstatements in the standalone financial statements that,individually or in aggregate, makes it probable that the economic decisions of a reasonablyknowledgeable user of the financial statements may be influenced. We consider quantitativemateriality and qualitative factors in (i) planning the scope of our audit work and in evaluatingthe results of our work; and (ii) to evaluate the effect of any identified misstatements in thefinancial statements.
16. As required by the Companies (Auditor’s Report) Order, 2020 (“the Order”) issued by theCentral Government of India in terms of sub -section (11) of section 143 of the Act, we givein the Annexure-A, a statement on the matters specified in paragraphs 3 and 4 of the Order, tothe extent applicable.
17. 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 ourknowledge and 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 Companyso far as it appears from our examination of those books.
(c) The Balance Sheet, the Statement of Profit and Loss (including other comprehensiveincome), the Cash Flow Statement and the Statement of Changes in Equity dealt with bythis report are in agreement with the books of account.
(d) In our opinion, the aforesaid Standalone financial statements comply with the AccountingStandards specified under 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 taken on record by the Board of Directors, none of the directors is disqualified as on31st March, 2025 from being appointed 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 ofthe Company and the operating effectiveness of such controls, refer to our separate Reportin “Annexure B”.
(g) With respect to the other matters to be included in the Auditor’s Report in accordance withthe requirements of section 197(16) of the Act, as amended:
In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanations givento us, the remuneration paid by the Company to its directors during the year is in accordancewith 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 withRule 11 of the Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014, in our opinion and to the bestof our information and according to the explanations given to us:
a. The Company has disclosed the impact of pending litigations on its financialposition in its financial statements - Refer Note 35 of the standalone financialstatements.
b. The Company did not have any long-term contracts including derivative contractsfor which there were any material foreseeable losses.
c. There were no amounts which were required to be transferred, to the InvestorEducation and Protection Fund by the Company.
d. (i) The Management has represented that, to the best of its knowledge and belief,no funds (which are material either individually or in the aggregate) have beenadvanced or loaned or invested (either from borrowed funds or share premium orany other sources or kind of funds) by the Company to or in any other person orentity, including foreign entity (“Intermediaries”), with the understanding, whetherrecorded in writing or otherwise, that the Intermediary shall, whether, directly orindirectly lend or invest in other persons or entities identified in any mannerwhatsoever by or on behalf of the Company (“Ultimate Beneficiaries”) or provideany guarantee, security or the like on behalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries;
(ii) The Management has represented, that, to the best of its knowledge and belief,no funds (which are material either individually or in the aggregate) have beenreceived by the Company from any person or entity, including foreign entity(“Funding Parties”), with the understanding, whether recorded in writing orotherwise, that the Company shall, whether, directly or indirectly, lend or invest inother persons or entities identified in any manner whatsoever by or on behalf of theFunding Party (“Ultimate Beneficiaries”) or provide any guarantee, security or thelike on behalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries;
(iii) Based on the audit procedures that have been considered reasonable andappropriate in the circumstances, nothing has come to our notice that has causedus to believe that the representations under sub-clause (i) and (ii) of Rule 11(e), asprovided under (i) and (ii) above, contain any material misstatement.
e. The Company has neither proposed any dividend in the Previous year or in thecurrent year nor paid any interim dividend during the year.
f. Based on our examination which included test checks, the company has usedaccounting software for maintaining its books of account for the financial yearended March 31, 2025 which has a feature of recording audit trail (edit log) facilityand the same has operated throughout the year for all relevant transactions recordedin the software. Further, during the course of our audit we did not come across anyinstance of audit trail feature being tampered with and the audit trail has beenpreserved by the Company as per the statutory requirements for record retention.