We have audited the accompanying financial statements of Gujarat Craft Industries Limited (the “Company”),which comprise the Balance Sheet as at March 31, 2025, the Statement of Profit and Loss (including OtherComprehensive Income), the Statement of Changes in Equity and the Statement of Cash Flows for the yearthen ended, and notes to the financial statements, including a summary of material accounting policies andother explanatory information (hereinafter referred to as ‘financial statements’).
In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanations given to us, the aforesaidfinancial statements give the information required by the Companies Act, 2013 (the “Act”), in the manner sorequired, and give a true and fair view in conformity with the Indian Accounting Standards prescribed undersection 133 of the Act read with the Companies (Indian Accounting Standards) Rules, 2015, as amended(“Ind AS”) and other accounting principles generally accepted in India, of the state of affairs of the Companyas at March 31,2025 and its profit, total comprehensive income, changes in equity and its cash flows for theyear ended on that date.
Basis for Opinion
We conducted our audit of the financial statements in accordance with the Standards on Auditing (SAs)specified under section143(10)of the Act. Our responsibilities under those Standards are further describedin the Auditor’s Responsibilities for the Audit of the Financial Statements section of our report. We are independentof the Company in accordance with the Code of Ethics issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants ofIndia (ICAI) together with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the financial statementsunder the provisions of the Act and the Rules made thereunder, and we have fulfilled our other ethicalresponsibilities in accordance with these requirements and the ICAI’s Code of Ethics. We believe that theaudit evidence obtained by us is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our audit opinion on thefinancial statements.
Key Audit Matters
Key audit matters are those matters that, in our professional judgment, were of most significance in our auditof the financial statements of the current period. These matters were addressed in the context of our audit ofthe financial statements as a whole, and informing our opinion thereon, and we do not provide a separateopinion on these matters. We have determined the matters described below to be the key audit matters tobe communicated in our report.
KEY AUDIT MATTERS
AUDITOR'S RESPONSE
1. Inventory Existence and Valuation
The Company recognised inventory of' 5333.30 Lakhs at March 31,2025.Inventory is held at Company’s variouslocations.
We focused on this matter because of the:
- Relevance of the inventory forprofitability on the financial statement.
- Complications inherent in ascertainingthe valuation of Inventory.
We attended in inventory counts at Santej location, basedon their financial significance and risk. For locations we didn’tattend, we assessed certain controls related to inventoryexistence and value. Our Audit procedures comprised:
- Choosing a sample of inventory items and comparing thecounted quantities with the recorded quantities. We thenverified any differences found during physical verificationto ensure accurate accounting.
- Observing a sample of management’s inventory countprocedures to evaluate compliance with the company’sprocess.
- Making inquiries about non-moving inventory items andexamining the conditions of items counted.
- Assessing a selection of controls over inventory existenceacross the company. Additionally, we confirmed theinventory held by Job worker at their place for Job work.
- Checking approvals for reviewing selling prices,authorizing and recording costs, and ensuring thatsubsequent selling prices exceed the inventory’saccounted value.
- Testing the valuation of inventory in line with IndianAccounting Standard -2.
- Testing the design, implementation, and effectiveness ofkey controls management established for provisioncomputations and to ensure inventory provision accuracy.
We identified no significant exceptions from these procedures.
2. Recoverability of Trade receivable balances
The Company has outstanding tradereceivable of ' 2791.18 Lakhs (net ofprovision as per ECL of ' 92.00 Lakhs) ason March 31, 2025 which representbalance outstanding from domestic andexport customers.
Trade receivables by nature carry certainrisks in general which include overduebalances, customer in weaker economicand geopolitical environment, customer’sability to pay, provision in relation toexpected credit loss, assessment ofrecovery process and compliance with riskmanagement controls. In determiningabove risk factors, the management takesinto consideration the ageing status andlikelihood of collection based oncontractual terms, past experiencecustomer correspondence etc.
Due to the involvement of management’sjudgment and materiality of the amountsinvolved, we have identified testing ofrecoverability of trade receivables as akey audit matter.
Our audit procedure in this area included:
- We evaluated the Company’s process and controlsrelating to monitoring of trade receivable process wherewe tested on a sample basis control over the customeracceptance process, collection and the assessment ofthe recoverability of receivables;
- Tested on a sample basis the ageing of trade receivablesat year end;
- Obtained confirmations from customers on sample basisto support existence assertion of trade receivables.
- In respect of material trade receivables balancesoutstanding as on March 31,2025, we have rolled out forthird party balance confirmations of which few has beenreceived up to the date of signing of financials by Boardof Directors and for others subsequent clearance ofbalances has been verified on sample basis;
- In respect of material trade receivables balances,inspected relevant documents and correspondence withcustomers, wherever applicable;
- We evaluated the assumptions used by management incalculation of the expected credit loss impairmentincluding the impact of the future uncertainties
in the economic environment.
Information Other than the Financial Statements and Auditor’s Report Thereon
The Company’s management and Board of Directors are responsible for the other information. The otherinformation comprises the information included in the Board’s Report including Annexures to the Board’sReport, but does not include the financial statements and our auditors’ report thereon. The other informationis expected to be made available to us after the date of this auditors’ report.
Our opinion on the financial statements does not cover the other information and we do not express anyform of assurance conclusion thereon.
In connection with our audit of the financial statements, our responsibility is to read the other informationand, 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 thework we have performed, we conclude that there is a material misstatement of this other information; we arerequired to communicate the matter to those charged with governance as required under SA 720 ’The Auditors’responsibilities relating to other Information’. We have nothing to report in this regard.
The Company’s management and Board of Directors are responsible for the matters stated in section134(5) of the Act, with respect to the preparation of these financial statements that give a true and fair viewof the financial position, financial performance, including total comprehensive income, changes in equityand cash flows of the Company in accordance with the accounting principles generally accepted in India,including the IndAS specified under section 133 of the Act and the rules thereunder, as amended. Thisresponsibility also includes maintenance of adequate accounting records in accordance with the provisionsof the Act for safeguarding of the assets of the Company and for preventing and detecting frauds and otherirregularities; selection and application of appropriate accounting policies; making judgments and estimatesthat are reasonable and prudent; and the design, implementation and maintenance of adequate internalfinancial controls, that were operating effectively for ensuring the accuracy and completeness of theaccounting records, relevant to the preparation and presentation of the financial statements that give a trueand fair view and are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.
In preparing the financial statements, management and Board of Directors are responsible for assessingthe Company’s ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to goingconcern and
Using the going concern basis of accounting unless management or Board of Directors either intend toliquidate the 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.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 arefree from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor’s report that includesour opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an auditconducted in accordance with SAs will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatementscan arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they couldreasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these financialstatements.
As part of an audit in accordance with SAs, we exercise professional judgment and maintain professionalscepticism throughout the audit. We also:
- Identify and assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to fraud orerror, design and perform audit procedures responsive to those risks, and obtain audit evidence that issufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion. The risk of not detecting a materialmisstatement resulting from fraud is higher than for one resulting from error, as fraud may involvecollusion, forgery, intentional omissions, misrepresentations, or the override of internal control.
- Obtain an understanding of internal 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 forexpressing our opinion on whether the Company has adequate internal financial controls system inplace and the operating effectiveness of such controls.
- Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of accountingestimates and related disclosures made by management.
- Conclude on the appropriateness of management’s use of the going concern basis of accounting and,based on the audit evidence obtained, whether a material uncertainty exists related to events or conditionsthat may cast significant doubt on the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. If we concludethat a material uncertainty exists, we are required to draw attention in our auditor’s report to the relateddisclosures in the financial statements or, if such disclosures are in adequate, to modify our opinion. Ourconclusions are based on the audit evidence obtained up to the date of our auditor’s report. However,future events or conditions may cause the Company to cease to continue as a going concern.
- Evaluate the overall presentation, structure and content of the financial statements, including thedisclosures, and whether the financial statements represent the underlying transactions and events ina manner that achieves fair presentation.
Materiality is the magnitude of misstatements in the financial statements that, individually or in aggregate,make it probable that the economic decisions of a reasonably knowledgeable user of the financial statementsmay be influenced. We consider quantitative materiality and qualitative factors in (i) planning the scope ofour audit work and in evaluating the results of our work: and (ii) to evaluate the effect of any identifiedmisstatements in the financial statements.
We communicate with those charged with governance regarding, among other matters, the planned scopeand timing of the audit and significant audit findings, including any significant deficiencies in internal controlthat we identify during our audit.
We also provide those charged with governance with a statement that we have complied with relevantethical requirements regarding independence, and to communicate with them all relationships and other mattersthat may reasonably 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 thatwere of most significance in the audit of the financial statements for the financial year ended March 31,2025and are therefore the key audit matters. We describe these matters in our auditors’ report unless law or regulationprecludes public disclosure about the matter or when, in extremely rare circumstances, we determine that amatter should not be communicated in our report because the adverse consequences of doing so wouldreasonably be expected to outweigh the public interest benefits of such communication.
Report on other legal and regulatory requirements
1. As required by the Companies (Auditor’s Report) Order, 2020 (‘the Order’), issued by the CentralGovernment of India in terms of sub-section (11) of section 143 of the Act, we give in the ‘Annexure A’,a statement 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, based on our audit, 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 Company so faras it appears from our examination of those books.
(c) The Balance Sheet as at March 31, 2025, the Statement of Profit and Loss (including OtherComprehensive Income), the Statement of Changes in Equity and the Statement of Cash Flowsfor the year then ended dealt with by this Report are in agreement with the books of account.
(d) In our opinion, the financial statements comply with the IndAS specified under section 133 of theAct and the Rules thereunder, 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 on March 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 over financial reporting of theCompany with reference to the financial statements and the operating effectiveness of suchcontrols, refer to our separate Report in ‘Annexure B’ to this report.
(g) With respect to the other matters to be included in the Auditor’s Report in accordance with therequirements of sub-section (16) of Section 197 of the Act, as amended, we report that to the bestof our information and according to the explanations given to us, remuneration paid by the Companyto its directors during the year is in accordance with 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 with Rule 11of the Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014, in our opinion and to the best of our informationand according to the explanations given to us:
(i) The Company has disclosed the impact of pending litigations on its financial position in itsfinancial statements. Please refer Note No. 33.
(ii) The Company did not have any long-term contracts including derivative contracts for whichthere were any material foreseeable losses.
(iii) The Company was not required to transfer any amount to the Investor Education and ProtectionFund during the year.
(iv) (a) The management has represented that, to the best of its knowledge and belief, no funds
(which are material either individually or in aggregate) have been advanced or loanedor invested (either from Borrowed funds or share premium or any other sources or kindof funds) by the Company to or in any other person(s) or entity(ies), including foreignentities (“Intermediaries”), with the understanding, whether recorded in writing orotherwise, that the Intermediary shall, whether, directly or indirectly, lend or invest inother persons or entities identified in any manner whatsoever by or on behalf of theCompany (“Ultimate Beneficiaries”) or provide any guarantee, security or the like onbehalf 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 aggregate) have been received by theCompany from any person(s) or entity(ies), including foreign entities (“Funding Parties”),with the understanding, whether recorded in writing or otherwise, that the Companyshall, whether, directly or indirectly, lend or invest in other persons or entities identifiedin 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 Ultimate Beneficiaries; and
(c) Based on the audit procedures that have been considered reasonable and appropriatein the circumstances, nothing has come to our notice that has caused us to believe thatthe representations under sub-clause (i) and (ii) of Rule 11 of the Companies (Audit andAuditors) Rules, 2014, as provided in (a) and (b) above, contain any material misstatement.
(v) The final dividend paid by the Company during the year in respect of same declared for theprevious year is in accordance with the Section 123 of the Act to the extent it applies topayment of Dividend.
As stated in note 14 to the Ind As financial statements, the Board of Directors of the Companyhave proposed final dividend for the year which is subject to the approval of the member atthe ensuring Annual General Meeting. The dividend declared is in accordance with section 123of the Act to the extent it applies to declaration of dividend.
(vi) Based on our examination, which included test checks, the Company has used an accountingsoftware for maintaining its books of account for the financial year ended March 31, 2025which has a feature of recording audit trail (edit log) facility and the same has operatedthroughout the year for all relevant transactions recorded in the software. Further, during thecourse of our audit we did not come across any instance of audit trail feature being tamperedwith. Additionally, the audit trail has been preserved by the Company as per the statutoryrequirements for record retention
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