We have audited the accompanying financial statements of Lords Chloro Alkali Limited ("theCompany"), which comprise the Balance Sheet as at March 31, 2025, the Statement of Profit andLoss (including Other Comprehensive Income), the Statement of Changes in Equity and theStatement of Cash Flows for the year then ended, and notes to the financial statements, includinga summary of significant accounting policies and other explanatory information (hereinafterreferred to as "the financial statements").
In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanations given to us, theaforesaid financial statements give the information required by the Companies Act, 2013 ("theAct") in the manner so required and give a true and fair view in conformity with the accountingprinciples generally accepted in India, of the state of affairs of the Company as at March 31, 2025,and its profit including other comprehensive income, changes in equity and its cash flows for theyear ended on that date.
We conducted our audit of the financial statements in accordance with the Standards on Auditing(SAs) specified under section 143(10) of the Act. Our responsibilities under those Standards arefurther described in the Auditors' Responsibilities for the Audit of the Financial Statements sectionof 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 thatare relevant to our audit of the financial statements under the provisions of the Act and the Rulesmade there under, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with theserequirements and the Code of Ethics. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained issufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.
Key audit matters are those matters that, in our professional judgment, were of most significancein our audit of the financial statements of the current period. These matters were addressed in thecontext of our audit of the financial statements as a whole, and in forming our opinion thereon,and we do not provide a separate opinion on these matters. We have determined the matterdescribed below to be the key audit matters to be communicated in our report.
Key Audit Matter
Auditor's Response
Borrowings
As at March 31, 2025, the Company had a
Our audit procedures in respect of this area
borrowing liability of Rs.12624.89 Lakhsrepresenting 65.01 % of total liabilities.Borrowings as a percentage of the total assetssize of the Company is 33.59% as at March 31,2025.
The borrowings are under agreements withterms and conditions detailed in Note No. 17 ofthe financial statements.
included:
• We read the agreements between theCompany and its financiers tounderstand the terms associated withthe facilities.
• We obtained confirmations from theCompany's banks/financial institutionsto confirm all significant borrowings,
Given the size of the borrowings balance and
including amounts, tenure and
the importance of the capital structure forcontinued growth, the accounting for theCompany's borrowings is considered a keyaudit matter.
conditions.
• Where debt is regarded as non-current,we tested whether the Company hasthe unconditional right to deferpayment such that there were norepayments required within 12 monthsfrom the balance Sheet date.
• We further considered whether thedisclosures related to the borrowings inthe financial statements are appropriatein all material respects.
The Company's Board of Directors is responsible for the preparation of the other information. Theother information comprises the information included in the Annual Report, but does not include thefinancial statements and our auditors' report thereon. The Annual Report is expected to be madeavailable to us after the date of this auditors' report.
Our opinion on the financial statements does not cover the other information and we will notexpress any form of assurance conclusion thereon.
In connection with our audit of the financial statements, our responsibility is to read the otherinformation identified above when it becomes available and, in doing so, consider whether theother information is materially inconsistent with the financial statements or our knowledgeobtained during the course of our audit, or otherwise appears to be materially misstated.
When we read the Annual Report, if we conclude that there is a material misstatement therein, weare required to communicate the matter to those charged with governance.
The Company's Board of Directors is responsible for the matters stated in section 134(5) of the Actwith respect to the preparation of these financial statements that give a true and fair view of thefinancial position, financial performance (including other comprehensive income), changes inequity and cash flows of the Company in accordance with the accounting principles generallyaccepted in India, including the Indian accounting Standards (Ind AS) 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 and forpreventing and detecting frauds and other irregularities; selection and application of appropriateaccounting policies; making judgments and estimates that are reasonable and prudent; and design,implementation and maintenance of adequate internal financial controls, that were operatingeffectively for ensuring the accuracy and completeness of the accounting records, relevant to thepreparation and presentation of the financial statements that give a true and fair view and are freefrom material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.
In preparing the financial statements, the 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 the management either intends to liquidatethe Company or to cease operations, or has no realistic alternative but to do so.
The Board of Directors is also responsible for overseeing the Company's financial reporting process.
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 anauditors' report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, but isnot a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with SAs will always detect a materialmisstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are consideredmaterial if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence theeconomic decisions of users taken on the basis of these financial statements.
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 risk of material misstatement of the financial statements, whetherdue to fraud or error, design and perform audit procedures responsive to those risks, andobtain audit evidence that is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.The risk of not detecting a material misstatement resulting from fraud is higher than for oneresulting from error, as fraud may involve collusion, forgery, intentional omissions,misrepresentations, or the override of internal control.
• Obtain an understanding of internal financial controls relevant to the audit in order todesign audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances. Under section 143(3)(i)of the Act, we are also responsible for expressing our opinion on whether the Company hasadequate internal financial controls system in place and the operating effectiveness of suchcontrols.
• 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, weare required to draw attention in our auditors' 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 auditors' report.
However, future events or conditions may cause the Company to cease to continue as agoing 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.
• We communicate with those charged with governance regarding, among other matters, theplanned scope and timing of the audit and significant audit findings, including anysignificant deficiencies in internal control that we identify during our audit.
• We also provide those charged with governance with a statement that we have compliedwith relevant ethical requirements regarding independence, and to communicate withthem 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 thosematters that were of most significance in the audit of the financial statements of thecurrent period and are therefore the key audit matters. We describe these matters in ourauditors' report unless law or regulation precludes public disclosure about the matter orwhen, in extremely rare circumstances, we determine that a matter should not becommunicated in our report because the adverse consequences of doing so wouldreasonably be expected to outweigh the public interest benefits of such communication.
1. As required by the Companies (Auditors' Report) Order, 2020 ("the Order") issued by theCentral Government in terms of Section 143(11) of the Act, we give in "Annexure A" astatement on the matters specified in paragraphs 3 and 4 of the Order, to the extentapplicable.
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 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 Statement of Changes in Equity and the Statement of Cash Flow dealt with bythis Report are in agreement with the books of account.
d) In our opinion, the aforesaid financial statements comply with the Accounting Standardsspecified under Section 133 of the Act, read with the Companies (Indian AccountingStandards) Rules, 2015, as amended.
e) On the basis of the written representations received from the directors as on March 31,2025 taken on record by the Board of Directors, none of the directors is disqualified as onMarch 31, 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 with reference to thefinancial statements of the Company and the operating effectiveness of such controls, referto our separate Report in "Annexure B" to this report.
g) 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 inaccordance with the provisions of section 197 of the Act.
h) With respect to the other matters to be included in the Auditors' Report in accordance withRule 11 of the Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014, as amended in our opinion andto the best of our information and according to the explanations given to us:
i. The Company has disclosed the impact of pending litigations on its financial positionin its financial statements- Refer Note No. 43 A to the financial statements.
ii. The Company did not have any long-term contracts including derivative contracts forwhich there were any material foreseeable losses.
iii. There has been delay in transferring the amounts, which was required to betransferred to the investor education and protection fund by the company- ReferNote No. 44 to the financial statements.
iv. (a) 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;
(b) 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;
(c) Based on the audit procedures that have been considered reasonable andappropriate in the circumstances, nothing has come to our notice that has caused usto believe that the representations under sub-clause (i) and (ii) of Rule 11(e), asprovided under (a) and (b) above, contain any material misstatement.
(d) The reporting under Rule 11(g) of the Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules,2014 is applicable from 1st April 2023
Based on our examination which included test check, except for the instancesmentioned below, the Company has used accounting software for maintaining itsbooks of accounts which have a feature of recording audit trail (edit log) facility andthe same has operated throughout the year for all relevant transactions recorded inthe respective software.
The features of recoding audit trail (edit log) facility were not enabled for thesoftware relating to Property, plant and Equipment records.
Further for the periods where audit trail (edit log) facility was enabled and operatedthroughout the year for the respective accounting software, we did not come acrossany instances of the audit trail feature being tempered with and the audit trail hasbeen preserved by the company as per the statutory requirements for recordretention.
*/. The company has not declared or proposed dividend during the year.
Ch artered A ccoun tan ts
Firm's Registration Number: 010192N
Partner
Membership Number: 074267UDIN: 25074267BMOXYU2618Place: New DelhiDate: May 29, 2025