We have audited the standalone financial statements of GHCLLimited (“the Company”), which comprise the Balance sheet asat March 31, 2025, the Statement of Profit and Loss, includingthe statement of Other Comprehensive Income, the Cash FlowStatement and the Statement of Changes in Equity for the yearthen ended, and notes to the standalone financial statements,including a summary of material accounting policies and otherexplanatory information in which are included the financialstatement of GHCL Employees Stock Option Trust which hasbeen audited by other auditors for the year ended on that date.
In our opinion and to the best of our information and accordingto the explanations given to us and based on the considerationof report of other auditor on separate financial statements andon the other financial information of the GHCL Employees StockOption Trust, the aforesaid standalone financial statementsgive the information required by the Companies Act, 2013,as amended (“the Act”) in the manner so required and give atrue and fair view in conformity with the accounting principlesgenerally accepted in India, of the state of affairs of the Companyas at March 31, 2025, its profit including other comprehensiveincome, its cash flows and the changes in equity for the yearended on that date.
We conducted our audit of the standalone financial statementsin accordance with the Standards on Auditing (SAs), as specifiedunder Section 143(10) of the Act. Our responsibilities under thoseStandards are further described in the 'Auditor's Responsibilities
for the Audit of the Standalone Financial Statements' section ofour report. We are independent of the Company in accordancewith the 'Code of Ethics' issued by the Institute of CharteredAccountants of India together with the ethical requirements thatare relevant to our audit of the financial statements under theprovisions of the Act and the Rules thereunder, and we havefulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance withthese requirements and the Code of Ethics. We believe that theaudit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriateto provide a basis for our audit opinion on the standalonefinancial statements.
Key audit matters are those matters that, in our professionaljudgment, were of most significance in our audit of the standalonefinancial statements for the financial year ended March 31, 2025.These matters were addressed in the context of our audit of thestandalone financial statements as a whole, and in forming ouropinion thereon, and we do not provide a separate opinion onthese matters. For the matter below, our description of how ouraudit addressed the matter is provided in that context.
We have determined the matter described below to be the KeyAudit Matter to be communicated in our report. We have fulfilledthe responsibilities described in the Auditor's responsibilitiesfor the audit of the standalone financial statements sectionof our report, including in relation to this matter. Accordingly,our audit included the performance of procedures designed torespond to our assessment of the risks of material misstatementof the standalone financial statements. The results of our auditprocedures, including the procedures performed to address thematter below, provide the basis for our audit opinion on theaccompanying standalone financial statements.
Key Audit Matter
How our audit addressed the Key Audit Matter
Revenue recognition (as described in Note 2.2(c) of the standalone financial statements)
Revenue from contracts with customers is recognised when controlof the goods or services are transferred to the customer at an amountthat reflects the consideration to which the Company expects to beentitled in exchange for those goods or services. The Company hasgenerally concluded that as principal, it typically controls the goodsor services before transferring them to the customer. The Companyuses a variety of shipment terms across its operating markets, andthis has an impact on the timing of revenue recognition. There isa risk that revenue could be recognised in the incorrect period forsales transactions occurring on and around the year end thereforerevenue recognition has been identified as a key audit matter.
Our audit procedures included the following:
• We assessed whether the Company's revenue recognitionpolicy is in compliance with Ind AS 115 'Revenue fromcontracts with customers.
• We assessed the design, implementation and the operatingeffectiveness of management's process of recognising therevenue from sales of goods with regard to the timing of therevenue recognition as per the sales terms with the customers.
• We performed tests of details of sales transaction based on
a representative sampling of the sales orders to test that therelated revenues and trade receivables are recorded takinginto consideration the terms and conditions of the sale orders,including the shipping terms.
• We also performed audit procedures relating to revenue
recognition by agreeing deliveries occurring around the yearend to supporting documentation to establish that revenueand corresponding trade receivables are properly recorded inthe correct period.
We have determined that there are no other key audit matters tocommunicate in our report.
The Company's Board of Directors is responsible for the otherinformation. The other information comprises the informationincluded in the Annual report, but does not include the standalonefinancial statements and our auditor's report thereon.
Our opinion on the standalone financial statements does notcover the other information and we do not express any form ofassurance conclusion thereon.
In connection with our audit of the standalone financial statements,our responsibility is to read the other information and, in doing so,consider whether such other information is materially inconsistentwith the financial statements or our knowledge obtained in theaudit or otherwise appears to be materially misstated. If, based onthe work we have performed, we conclude that there is a materialmisstatement of this other information, we are required to reportthat fact. We have nothing to report in this regard.
The Company's Board of Directors is responsible for the mattersstated in Section 134(5) of the Act with respect to the preparationof these standalone financial statements that give a true and fairview of the financial position, financial performance includingother comprehensive income, cash flows and changes in equityof the Company in accordance with the accounting principlesgenerally accepted in India, including the Indian AccountingStandards (Ind AS) specified under Section 133 of the Act readwith the Companies (Indian Accounting Standards) Rules, 2015,as amended. This responsibility also includes maintenance ofadequate accounting records in accordance with the provisionsof the Act for safeguarding of the assets of the Company and forpreventing and detecting frauds and other irregularities; selectionand application of appropriate accounting policies; makingjudgments and estimates that are reasonable and prudent; and
the design, implementation and maintenance of adequate internalfinancial controls, that were operating effectively for ensuring theaccuracy and completeness of the accounting records, relevantto the preparation and presentation of the standalone financialstatements that give a true and fair view and are free from materialmisstatement, whether due to fraud or error.
In preparing the standalone financial statements, management isresponsible for assessing the Company's ability to continue as agoing concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to goingconcern and using the going concern basis of accounting unlessmanagement either intends to liquidate the Company or to ceaseoperations, or has no realistic alternative but to do so.
Those Board of Directors are also responsible for overseeing theCompany's financial reporting process.
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whetherthe standalone financial statements as a whole are free frommaterial misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and toissue an auditor's report that includes our opinion. Reasonableassurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee thatan audit conducted in accordance with SAs will always detect amaterial misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arisefrom fraud or error and are considered material if, individually orin the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influencethe economic decisions of users taken on the basis of thesestandalone financial statements.
As part of an audit in accordance with SAs, we exercise professionaljudgment and maintain professional skepticism throughout theaudit. We also:
• Identify and assess the risks of material misstatement ofthe standalone financial statements, whether due to fraudor error, design and perform audit procedures responsive tothose risks, and obtain audit evidence that is sufficient andappropriate to provide a basis for our opinion. The risk ofnot 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.
• Obtain an understanding of internal control relevant to theaudit in order to design audit procedures that are appropriatein the circumstances. Under Section 143(3)(i) of the Act, weare also responsible for expressing our opinion on whetherthe Company has adequate internal financial controls withreference to financial statements in place and the operatingeffectiveness of such controls.
• Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policies usedand the reasonableness of accounting estimates and relateddisclosures made by management.
• Conclude on the appropriateness of management's use ofthe going concern basis of accounting and, based on theaudit evidence obtained, whether a material uncertaintyexists related to events or conditions that may cast significantdoubt on the Company's ability to continue as a goingconcern. If we conclude that a material uncertainty exists,we are required to draw attention in our auditor's reportto the related disclosures in the financial statements or, ifsuch disclosures are inadequate, to modify our opinion. Ourconclusions are based on the audit evidence obtained up tothe date of our auditor's report. However, future events orconditions may cause the Company to cease to continue asa going concern.
• Evaluate the overall presentation, structure and contentof the standalone financial statements, including thedisclosures, and whether the standalone financial statementsrepresent the underlying transactions and events in amanner that achieves fair presentation.
• Obtain sufficient appropriate audit evidence regarding thefinancial statements/financial information of the GHCLEmployees Stock Option Trust to express an opinion on thestandalone financial statements. We are responsible for thedirection, supervision and performance of the audit of thefinancial statements/financial information of the componentwhich has been audited by us. For GHCL Employees StockOption Trust included in the standalone financial statements,which have been audited by other auditors, such otherauditors remain responsible for the direction, supervisionand performance of the audits carried out by them. Weremain solely responsible for our audit opinion.
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 deficienciesin internal control that we identify during our audit.
We also provide those charged with governance with a statementthat we have complied with relevant ethical requirements regardingindependence, and to communicate with them all relationshipsand other matters that may reasonably be thought to bear on ourindependence, and where applicable, related safeguards.
From the matters communicated with those charged withgovernance, we determine those matters that were of mostsignificance in the audit of the standalone financial statementsfor the financial year ended March 31, 2025 and are thereforethe key audit matters. We describe these matters in our auditor'sreport unless law or regulation precludes public disclosureabout the matter or when, in extremely rare circumstances, wedetermine that a matter should not be communicated in ourreport because the adverse consequences of doing so wouldreasonably be expected to outweigh the public interest benefitsof such communication.
We did not audit the financial statements and other financialinformation of GHCL Employees Stock Option Trust included in theaccompanying standalone financial statements of the Companywhose financial statements and other financial informationreflect total assets of H 6.93 crores as at March 31, 2025 andthe total revenues of H 0.58 crore, total net profit after tax of H
0. 27.crore and total comprehensive income of H 0.27 crore andnet cash outflow of H 0.00 crore for the year ended on that date.The financial statements/information of GHCL Employees StockOption Trust have been audited by the other auditor whose reporthave been furnished to us, and our opinion in so far as it relatesto the amounts and disclosures included in respect of GHCLEmployees Stock Option Trust, is based solely on the report ofsuch auditor. Our opinion is not modified in respect of this matter.
1. As required by the Companies (Auditor's Report) Order, 2020(“the Order”), issued by the Central Government of India interms of Sub-Section (11) of Section 143 of the Act, we givein the “Annexure 1” a statement on the matters specified inparagraphs 3 and 4 of the Order. The Order is not applicableto GHCL Employees Stock Option Trust.
2. As required by Section 143(3) of the Act, we report, to theextent applicable, that:
(a) We have sought and obtained all the information andexplanations which to the best of our knowledge andbelief were necessary for the purposes of our audit;
(b) In our opinion, proper books of account as required bylaw have been kept by the Company so far as it appearsfrom our examination of those books except for thematters stated in paragraph (i)(vi) below on reportingunder Rule 11(g);
(c) The Balance Sheet, the Statement of Profit and Lossincluding the Statement of Other ComprehensiveIncome, the Cash Flow Statement and Statementof Changes in Equity dealt with by this Report are inagreement with the books of account;
(d) In our opinion, the aforesaid standalone financialstatements comply with the Accounting Standardsspecified under Section 133 of the Act, read withCompanies (Indian Accounting Standards) Rules,2015, as amended;
(e) On the basis of the written representations receivedfrom the directors as on March 31, 2025 takenon record by the Board of Directors, none of thedirectors is disqualified as on March 31, 2025 frombeing appointed as a director in terms of Section 164(2) of the Act;
(f) The modification relating to the maintenance ofaccounts and other matters connected therewith areas stated in paragraph (b) above on reporting underSection 143(3)(b) and paragraph (i)(vi) below onreporting under Rule 11(g);
(g) With respect to the adequacy of the internal financialcontrols with reference to standalone financialstatements and the operating effectiveness of suchcontrols, refer to our separate Report in “Annexure 2”to this report;
(h) In our opinion, the managerial remuneration for theyear ended March 31, 2025 has been paid / providedby the Company to its directors in accordancewith the provisions of Section 197 read withSchedule V to the Act;
(i) With respect to the other matters to be included inthe Auditor's Report in accordance with Rule 11 of theCompanies (AuditandAuditors) Rules, 2014, as amendedin our opinion and to the best of our information andaccording to the explanations given to us:
i. The Company has disclosed the impact ofpending litigations on its financial position in itsstandalone financial statements - Refer Note 35to the standalone financial statements;
ii. The Company did not have any long-termcontracts including derivative contracts for whichthere were any material foreseeable losses;
iii. There has been no delay in transferring amounts,required to be transferred, to the InvestorEducation and Protection Fund by the Company;
iv. (a) The management has represented that,
to the best of its knowledge and belief,no funds have been advanced or loanedor invested (either from borrowed fundsor share premium or any other sourcesor kind of funds) by the Company to or inany other person(s) or entity(ies), includingforeign entities (“Intermediaries”), with theunderstanding, whether recorded in writingor otherwise, that the Intermediary shall,whether, directly or indirectly lend or investin other persons or entities identified inany manner whatsoever by or on behalf ofthe Company (“Ultimate Beneficiaries”) orprovide any guarantee, security or the likeon behalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries;
b) The management has represented that,to the best of its knowledge and belief, nofunds have been received by the Companyfrom any person(s) or entity(ies), includingforeign entities (“Funding Parties”), with theunderstanding, whether recorded in writingor otherwise, that the Company shall,whether, directly or indirectly, lend or investin other persons or entities identified in anymanner whatsoever by or on behalf of theFunding Party (“Ultimate Beneficiaries”) orprovide any guarantee, security or the likeon behalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries; and
c) Based on such audit procedures performedthat have been considered reasonable andappropriate in the circumstances, nothinghas come to our notice that has causedus to believe that the representationsunder sub-clause (a) and (b) contain anymaterial misstatement.
v. The final dividend paid by the Company duringthe year in respect of the same declared forthe previous year is in accordance with Section123 of the Act to the extent it applies topayment of dividend.
As stated in note 15 to the standalone financialstatements, the Board of Directors of theCompany has proposed final dividend for theyear which is subject to the approval of themembers at the ensuing Annual General Meeting.The dividend declared is in accordance withSection 123 of the Act to the extent it applies todeclaration of dividend.
vi. Based on our examination which included testchecks, the Company has used accountingsoftware for maintaining its books of accountwhich has a feature of recording audit trail (editlog) facility and the same has operated throughoutthe year for all relevant transactions recorded inthe software except that, audit trail feature is notenabled for certain changes that can be madeusing privileged/ administrative access rights and
in respect of other software used by the Companyto maintain payroll records, as described in note49 to the financial statements. Wherever audittrail is enabled, during the course of our audit,we did not come across any instance of audittrail feature being tampered with in respect ofabovesaid software.
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per Sonika Loganey
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