We have audited the accompanying financial statements of India Gelatine & Chemicals Limited (the 'Company') whichcomprise the Balance Sheet as at March 31, 2025, The Statement of Profit and Loss (including Other ComprehensiveIncome), the Statement of Cash Flows and the Statement of Changes in Equity for the year then ended, and notes tothe financial statements, including a summary of material accounting policies and other explanatory information.
In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanations given to us, the aforesaid financialstatements give the information required by the Companies Act, 2013 (the “Act”) in the manner so required and give atrue and fair view in conformity with the Indian Accounting Standards prescribed under Sec. 133 of the Act read with theCompanies (Indian Accounting Standards) Rules, 2015 as amended (“Ind AS”) and other accounting principles generallyaccepted in India, of the state of affairs of the Company as at March 31, 2025, and its profit, total comprehensiveincome, its cash flows and the changes in equity for the year then ended on that date.
Basis for Opinion
We conducted our audit of the financial statements in accordance with the Standards on Auditing (SAs) specifiedunder section 143(10) of the Act. 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 the Company inaccordance with the Code of Ethics issued by Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) together with the ethicalrequirements that are relevant to our audit of the financial statements under the provisions of the Act and the Rulesthereunder, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements and the ICAI'sCode of Ethics. We believe that the audit evidence obtained by us is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis forour opinion on the financial statements.
Key Audit Matters
Key audit matters are those matters that, in our professional judgment, were of most significance in our audit of thefinancial statements for the financial year ended March 31, 2025. These matters were addressed in the context of ouraudit of the financial statements as a whole, and in forming our opinion thereon, and we do not provide a separateopinion on these matters.
We have determined that there is no key audit matter to communicate in our report.
Information other than Financial Statements and Auditor's Report thereon
The Company's Board of Directors is responsible for the Other Information. The Other Information comprises theinformation included in the Board's Report including Annexures to Board's Report, but does not include the financialstatements and our auditor's reports thereon.
Our opinion on the financial statements does not cover the Other Information and we do not express any form ofassurance conclusion thereon.
In connection with our audit of the financial statements, our responsibility is to read the other information identifiedabove and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the financial statementsor our knowledge obtained in the audit, or otherwise appears to be materially misstated. If, based on the work we haveperformed, we conclude that there is a material misstatement of this Other Information, we are required to report thatfact. We have nothing to report in this regard.
Responsibilities of Management and Those Charged with Governance for the Financial Statements
The Company's Board of Directors is responsible for the matters stated in section 134(5) of the Act with respect to thepreparation of these financial statements that give a true and fair view of the financial position, financial performanceincluding other comprehensive income, cash flows and changes in equity of the Company in accordance with theaccounting principles generally accepted in India, including the Indian Accounting Standards (Ind AS) specified underSection 133 of the Act read with the Companies (Indian Accounting Standards) Rules, 2015, as amended. Thisresponsibility also includes maintenance of adequate accounting records in accordance with the provisions of the Act,
for safeguarding the assets of the Company and for preventing and detecting frauds and other irregularities; selectionand application of appropriate accounting policies; making judgement and estimates that are reasonable and prudent;and design, implementation and maintenance of adequate internal financial controls, that were operating effectivelyor ensuring accuracy and completeness of the accounting records, relevant to the preparation and presentation of thefinancial statements that give a true and fair view and are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud orerror.
In preparing the financial statements, management is 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 liquidate the Company or to cease operations, or has no realisticalternative but to do so.
The Board of Directors are also responsible for overseeing the Company's financial reporting process.
Auditor's Responsibilities for the Audit of the Financial Statements
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 our opinion.Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, but is not guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance withSAs will always detect a material 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 to influence the economicdecisions 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 professional scepticismthroughout 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 those risks, and obtain audit evidence that is sufficient andappropriate to provide a basis for our opinion. The risk of not detecting a material misstatement resulting fromfraud 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 financial control relevant to the audit in order to design audit procedures thatare appropriate in the circumstances. Under section 143(3)(i) of the Act, we are also responsible for expressingour opinion on whether the Company has adequate internal financial controls system in place and the operatingeffectiveness of such controls.
• Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting polices used and the reasonableness of accounting estimates andrelated disclosures made by the management.
• Conclude on the appropriateness of management's use of the going concern basis of accounting and, basedon the audit evidence obtained, whether a material uncertainty exists related to events or conditions that maycast significant doubt on the Company's ability to continue as a going concern. If we conclude that a materialuncertainty exists, we are required to draw attention in our auditor's report to the related disclosures in the financialstatements or, if such disclosures are inadequate, to modify our opinion. Our conclusions are based on the auditevidence obtained up to the date of our auditor's report. However, future events or conditions may cause theCompany to cease to continue as a going concern.
• Evaluate the overall presentation, structure and content of the financial statements, including the disclosures, andwhether the financial statements represent the underlying transactions and events in a manner that achieves fairpresentation.
Materiality is the magnitude of misstatements in the financial statements that, individually or in aggregate, makes itprobable that the economic decisions of a reasonably knowledgeable user of the financial statements may be influenced.We consider quantitative materiality 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 the financial statements.
We communicate with those charged with governance regarding, among other matters, the planned scope and timingof the audit and significant audit findings, including any significant deficiencies in internal control that we identify duringour 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 matters that mayreasonably 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 were of mostsignificance in the audit of the financial statements of the current period and are therefore the key audit matters. Wedescribe these matters in our auditor's report unless law or regulation precludes public disclosure about the matter orwhen, in extremely rare circumstances, we determine that a matter should not be communicated in our report becausethe adverse consequences of doing so would reasonably be expected to outweigh the public interest benefits of suchcommunication.
Report on Other Legal and Regulatory Requirements
1. As required by the Companies (Auditor's Report) Order, 2020 (the “Order”) issued by the Central Governmentof India in terms of sub-section (11) of section 143 of the Companies Act, 2013, we give in the “Annexure A” astatement on the matters specified in paragraphs 3 and 4 of the Order, to the extent applicable.
2. 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 our knowledge andbelief are necessary for the purpose 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), the Statementof Cash Flows and the Statement of Changes in Equity dealt with by this Report are in agreement with thebooks of account.
(d) In our opinion, the aforesaid financial statements comply with the Accounting Standards specified underSection 133 of the Act.
(e) On the basis of the written representations received from the directors as on March 31,2025 taken on recordby the Board of Directors, none of the directors is disqualified as on March 31,2025 from being appointed asa director in terms of Section 164(2) of the Act.
(f) With respect to the adequacy of internal financial controls over financial reporting of the Company and theoperating effectiveness of such controls, refer to our separate report in “Annexure B”.
(g) With respect to the other matters to be included in the Auditor's Report in accordance with the requirementsof Section 197(16) of the Act, as amended:
In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanations given to us, the remunerationpaid/provided by the Company to its directors during the year is in accordance with the provisions of section197 read with Schedule V to the Companies Act, 2013.
(h) With respect to the other matters to be included in the Auditor's Report in accordance with Rule 11 of theCompanies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014, in our opinion and to the best of our information and accordingto the explanations given to us:
i. The Company has disclosed the impact of pending litigations on the financial position of its financialstatements (Refer Note No. 36 to the statements).
ii. The Company did not have any long-term contracts including derivative contracts for which there wereany material foreseeable losses.
iii. There has been no delay in transferring the amounts required to be transferred to the Investor Educationand Protection Fund by the Company.
iv. (a) The management has represented that, to the best of its knowledge and belief, as disclosed in
note no. 59 to the financial statements, no funds have been advanced or loaned or invested (eitherfrom borrowed funds or share premium or any other sources or kind of funds) by the Company toor in any other person 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 in other persons or entities identified in any manner whatsoever by or on behalf ofthe Company (“Ultimate Beneficiaries”) or provide any guarantee, security or the like on behalf ofthe ultimate beneficiaries.
(b) The management has represented that, to the best of its knowledge and belief, as disclosed in note
no. 60 to the financial statements, no funds have been received by the Company from any personor entity, including foreign entity (“Funding Parties”), with the understanding, whether recordedin writing or otherwise, 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 the Funding Party(“Ultimate Beneficiaries”) or provide any guarantee, security or the like on behalf of the ultimatebeneficiaries.
(c) Based on the audit procedures that have been considered reasonable and appropriate in thecircumstances, nothing has come to our notice that has caused us to believe that the representationsas provided under (a) and (b) above, contain any material misstatement.
v. (a) The final dividend paid by the Company during the year in respect of the same declared for the
previous year is in accordance with section 123 of the Companies Act, 2013 to the extent it appliesto payment of dividend.
(b) The company has not declared or paid any interim dividend during the year.
(c) The Board of Directors of the Company have proposed final dividend for the year which is subjectto approval of the members in the ensuing Annual General Meeting. The amount of dividendproposed is in accordance with Section 123 of the Act, as applicable.
vi. Based on our examination which included test checks, the Company has used accounting softwarefor maintaining its books of account for the financial year ended March 31, 2025 which has a featureof recording audit trail (edit log) facility and the same has operated throughout the year for all relevanttransactions recorded in the software (refer note no. 52 to the financial statements). Further, duringthe course of our audit we did not come across any instance of audit trail feature being tampered with.Additionally, the audit trail has been preserved by the Company as per statutory requirements for recordretention.
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