We have audited the revised standalone Ind AS financialstatements of Brand Concepts Limited (“the Company”),which comprise the revised standalone Balance Sheet as atMarch 31, 2025, the revised standalone Statement of Profit& Loss (including Other Comprehensive Income), the revisedStatement of Changes in Equity and the revised Statementof Cash Flows for the year then ended, and notes to therevised Standalone Ind AS Financial Statements, including asummary of material accounting policy information and otherexplanatory information.
In our opinion and to the best of our information and according tothe explanations given to us, the aforesaid the revised standaloneInd AS financial statements give the information required by theCompanies Act, 2013 (“the Act”) as amended in the manner sorequired and give a true and fair view in conformity with theaccounting principles generally accepted in India, of the state ofaffairs of the Company as at March 31, 2025, its revised profitincluding other comprehensive income, changes in equity and itscash flows for the year ended on that date.
Basis of Opinion
We conducted our audit of the revised standalone Ind AS financialstatements in accordance with the Standards on Auditing(SAs), specified under section 143(10) of the Companies Act,2013. Our responsibilities under those Standards are furtherdescribed in the ‘Auditor’s Responsibilities for the Audit of therevised Standalone Ind AS Financial Statements’ section of ourreport. We are independent of the Company in accordancewith the ‘Code of Ethics’ issued by the Institute of CharteredAccountants of India together with the ethical requirementsthat are relevant to our audit of the revised Standalone Ind ASfinancial statements under the provisions of the CompaniesAct, 2013 and the Rules thereunder, and we have fulfilledour other ethical responsibilities in accordance with theserequirements and the Code of Ethics. We believe that the auditevidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate toprovide a basis for our audit opinion on the revised standaloneInd AS financial statements.
We draw attention to Note 56 to the revised standalone Ind ASfinancial statements which describes the basis of preparationand scheme of Merger . As explained in detail therein, theserevised standalone Ind AS financial statements for the yearended 31 March 2025 have been prepared pursuant to theScheme of Merger (the “Scheme”) between Brand ConceptsLimited (“Transferee Company”) and IFF Overseas PrivateLimited (“Transferor Company”). The Scheme of Merger wassanctioned by the Hon'ble National Company Law Tribunal,Indore Special Bench which was served on the TransfereeCompany subsequent to the adoption of the financialstatements for the year ended 31st March, 2025 by its Board.The Appointed Date as per the approved Scheme is 1st April,2024. The accounting treatment pursuant to the Scheme hasbeen given effect to as per Appendix C- Business Combinationsof Entities under Common Control, of Ind AS 103 "BusinessCombination" by the Transferee Company and the TransferorCompany, being entities under common control. All assetsand liabilities (including reserves), rights and obligation of theTransferor Company have been vested with the TransfereeCompany with effect from 01 April, 2024 and have beenrecorded at respective carrying amount as per the "Pooling ofInterest Method". Further, the financial information in respectof the previous year 2023-24 has also been restated as if thebusiness combination had occurred from the beginning of thepreceding period in the financial statements, as required by thesaid Appendix-C.
We issued a separate auditors’ report dated 15 May, 2025on original standalone Ind AS Financial Statements to theMembers of the Company. The Scheme of Merger havingbeen approved subsequently, the Company has now preparedrevised Standalone Ind AS Financial Statements incorporatingthe impact of the merger with effect from 01 April, 2024and restatement of the preceding financial year 2023-24.In accordance with the provisions of Standard on Auditing560 (Revised) ‘Subsequent Events’ issued by The Institute ofChartered Accountants of India, our audit procedures, in sofar as they relate to the revision to the Standalone Ind ASFinancial Statements, have been carried out solely on thismatter and no additional procedures have been carried out forany other events occurring after 15 May, 2025 (being the dateof our original audit report on the original standalone Ind ASfinancial statements).
Our original audit report dated 15th May 2025 on the originalstandalone financial statements is superseded by this revisedreport on the revised standalone financial statements.
Our opinion is not modified in respect of above matters.
Key audit matters are those matters that, in our professionaljudgment, were of most significance in our audit of the revisedstandalone Ind AS financial statements for the financial yearended March 31, 2025. These matters were addressed in thecontext of our audit of the revised standalone Ind AS financialstatements as a whole, and in forming our opinion thereon, andwe do not provide a separate opinion on these matters. Foreach key audit matter below, our description of how our auditaddressed the matter is provided in that context.
We have determined the matters described below to be thekey audit matters to be communicated in our report. Wehave fulfilled the responsibilities described in the ‘Auditor’sresponsibilities for the audit of the revised standalone IndAS financial statements’ section of our report, including inrelation to these matters. Accordingly, our audit includedthe performance of procedures designed to respond to ourassessment of the risks of material misstatement of the revisedstandalone Ind AS financial statements.
The results of our audit procedures, including the proceduresperformed to address the matters below, provide the basis forour audit opinion on the accompanying revised standalone IndAS financial statements.
Key Audit Matters
How our audit addressed the Key Audit Matters
A. Revenue Recognition
Accuracy of recognition, measurement,presentation and disclosures of revenues andother related balances in view of Ind AS 115“Revenue from Contracts with Customers”.
Revenue recognition involves certain keyjudgements relating to identification of distinctperformance obligations, determination oftransaction price of the identified performanceobligations, the appropriateness of the basisused to measure revenue recognized at a pointof time. Cut-off is the key assertion in so far asrevenue recognition is concerned.
We assessed the appropriateness of the revenue recognition accountingpolicies, including those relating to rebates, loyalty points, returns anddiscounts.
We performed substantive testing by selecting samples of rebates, loyaltypoints, returns and discounts transactions recorded during the year andcomparing the parameters used in the calculation of the rebates, loyaltypoints, returns and discounts with the relevant source documents to assesswhether the methodology adopted in the calculation of the rebates, loyaltypoints, returns and discounts was in accordance with the terms and conditionsapproved by the management.
Performed analytical procedures for reasonableness of revenues.
We tested the design and operating effectiveness of internal controls relatedto the identification of distinct performance obligations and determinationof transaction price by performing enquiries, observations, inspection ofsupporting documentation, and reperformance of key control activities.
At year-end, we performed cut-off procedures to ensure revenue wasrecognised in the appropriate period by examining a sample of salestransactions around the reporting date and tracing them to proof of deliveryand related documentation to confirm the timing and accuracy of revenuerecognition.
B. Valuation of Inventory
We identified this matter as key audit matter inour audit due to the materiality of the value ofinventories, and the numerous SKUs and highvolume of movement in the inventory.
Assessment of the design, implementation and operational effectiveness ofthe relevant controls in place in the inventory management and measurementprocess.
Evaluation of the inventory costing methodology and valuation policyestablished by management, including compliance with the applicableaccounting standard.
Assessment of the inventory costing methodology and valuation policymaintained and applied in the IT system.
Assessing the analysis and assessment made by the management withrespect to slow moving and non-moving obsolete inventory.
Verification of the determination of net realizable value on a representativesample basis.
Information Other than the revised StandaloneInd AS Financial Statements and Auditor’s ReportThereon
The Company’s management and Board of Directors isresponsible for the other information. The other informationcomprises the information included in the Annual Report,but does not include the revised standalone Ind AS financialstatements and our auditor’s report thereon. Such otherinformation will be made available to us subsequent to theissuance of this Audit Report.
Our opinion on the revised standalone Ind AS financialstatements does not cover the other information and we donot express any form of assurance conclusion thereon.
In connection with our audit of revised standalone Ind ASfinancial statements, our responsibility is to read the otherinformation when it becomes available and in doing so, considerwhether such other information is materially inconsistent withthe revised standalone Ind AS financial statements or ourknowledge obtained in the audit, or otherwise appears to bematerially misstated.
If, based on the work we have performed, if we conclude thatthere is a material misstatement of this other information, weare required to communicate the matter to those charged withgovernance. We have nothing to report in this regard.
Responsibilities of Management and Those Chargedwith Governance for the revised Standalone Ind ASFinancial Statements
The Company’s Board of Directors is responsible for thematters stated in section 134(5) of the Act with respect tothe preparation and presentation of these revised standaloneInd AS financial statements in terms of the requirements ofthe Act that give a true and fair view of the revised financialposition, revised financial performance including revisedother comprehensive income, revised cash flows and revisedstatement of changes in equity of the Company in accordancewith the accounting principles generally accepted in India,including the accounting standards specified under section133 of the Act read with the Companies (Indian AccountingStandards) Rules, 2015, as amended. This responsibilityalso includes maintenance of adequate accounting recordsin accordance with the provisions of Section 143(3)(b) ofCompanies Act, 2013 and for safeguarding of the assets ofthe Company and for preventing and detecting frauds andother irregularities; selection and application of appropriateaccounting policies; making judgments and estimates thatare reasonable and prudent; and design, implementationand maintenance of adequate internal financial controls,that were operating effectively for ensuring the accuracyand completeness of the accounting records, relevant to thepreparation and presentation of the revised standalone IndAS financial statement that give a true and fair view and arefree from material misstatement, whether due to fraud orerror, which have been used for the purpose of preparationof the revised standalone Ind AS financial statements by theDirectors of the Company, as aforesaid.
In preparing the revised standalone Ind AS financialstatements, the Board of Directors of the Company isresponsible for assessing the Company’s ability to continue asa going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related togoing concern and using the going concern basis of accountingunless management either intends to liquidate the Company orto cease operations, or has no realistic alternative but to do so.
The Board of Directors of the Company is also responsible foroverseeing the financial reporting process of the Company.
Auditor’s Responsibilities for the Audit of the revisedStandalone Ind AS Financial Statements
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance aboutwhether the revised standalone Ind AS financial statements asa whole are free from material misstatement, whether due tofraud or error, and to issue an auditor’s report that includes ouropinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance butis not a 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 are consideredmaterial if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonablybe expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken onthe basis of these revised standalone Ind AS financial statements.
As part of an audit in accordance with SAs, we exerciseprofessional judgment and maintain professional skepticismthroughout the audit. We also:
• Identify and assess the risks of material misstatementof the revised standalone Ind AS financial statements,whether due to fraud or error, design and perform auditprocedures responsive to those risks, and obtain auditevidence that is sufficient and appropriate to provide abasis for our opinion. The risk of not detecting a materialmisstatement resulting from fraud is higher than forone resulting from error, as fraud may involve collusion,forgery, intentional omissions, misrepresentations, or theoverride of internal control.
• Obtain an understanding of internal control relevant tothe audit in order to design audit procedures that areappropriate in the circumstances. Under section 143(3)(i) of the Companies Act, 2013, we are also responsiblefor expressing our opinion on whether the Company hasadequate internal financial controls with reference torevised standalone Ind AS financial statements in placeand the operating effectiveness of such controls.
• Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policies usedand the reasonableness of accounting estimates andrelated disclosures 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 castsignificant doubt on the Company’s ability to continue as agoing concern. If we conclude that a material uncertaintyexists, we are required to draw attention in our auditor’sreport to the related disclosures in the revised Ind AS
financial statements or, if such disclosures are inadequate,to modify our opinion. Our conclusions are based on theaudit evidence obtained up to the date of our auditor’sreport. However, future events or conditions may causethe Company to cease to continue as a going concern.
• Evaluate the overall presentation, structure and contentof the revised standalone Ind AS financial statements,including the disclosures, and whether the revisedstandalone Ind AS financial statements represent theunderlying transactions and events in a manner thatachieves fair presentation.
We communicate with those charged with governanceregarding, among other matters, the planned scope andtiming of the audit and significant audit findings, includingany significant deficiencies in internal control that we identifyduring our audit.
We also provide those charged with governance with astatement that we have complied with relevant ethicalrequirements regarding independence, and to communicatewith them all relationships and other matters that mayreasonably be thought to bear on our independence, andwhere applicable, related safeguards.
From the matters communicated with those charged withgovernance, we determine those matters that were of mostsignificance in the audit of the revised standalone Ind ASfinancial statements for the financial year ended March 31,2025 and are therefore the key audit matters. We describethese matters in our auditor’s report unless law or regulationprecludes public disclosure about the matter or when, inextremely rare circumstances, we determine that a mattershould not be communicated in our report because the adverseconsequences of doing so would reasonably be expected tooutweigh the public interest benefits of such communication.
In accordance with the Scheme of Merger referred to in Note56 to the revised standalone Ind AS financial statements, thefigures for the year ended March 31, 2025 & March 31, 2024have been revised to include the financial information of theTransferor Company which reflect total assets of 3,162.46Lakhs as at March 31, 2025 (3,508.18 lakhs as at March 31,2024), net assets of 425.05 Lakhs as at March 31st , 2025(425.04 lakhs as at March 31, 2024), total revenue of 4,096.98Lakhs for FY-2024-25 (5,586.11 lakhs for FY-2023-24) , totalnet (loss)/profit after tax of (-)71.37 (162.68 lakhs for FY 2023-24)and total comprehensive income of 2.33 Lakhs for FY-2024¬25 (15.79 lakhs for FY 2023-24) and net cash (outflows)/inflowof (-) 0.99 lakhs for FY-2024-25 (0.48 lakhs for FY 2023-24).The financial information of the Transferor Company has beenaudited by other auditors, whose reports have been furnishedto us and have been relied upon by us. We have audited theadjustments, being in the nature of elimination of transactions/balances between Transferor and transferee company, madeby the management, consequent to the merger of the TransferorCompany with the Transferee Company, to arrive at the revisedfigures for the year ended March 31, 2025 & March 31, 2024 .
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 CompaniesAct, 2013, we give in the ‘Annexure A’ a statement on thematters specified in paragraphs 3 and 4 of the Order, to theextent applicable.
As required by Section 143(3) of the Act, we report 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 of theaforesaid revised standalone Ind AS financial statements.
(b) In our opinion, proper books of account as required by lawrelating to preparation of the aforesaid revised standaloneInd AS financial statements have been kept so far as itappears from our examination of those books and reportsof the other auditors except for the matters stated in theparagraph (vi) below on reporting under Rule 11(g).
(c) The revised Balance Sheet, the revised Statement ofProfit & Loss (including Other Comprehensive Income),the revised Cash Flow Statement and revised Statementof Changes in Equity dealt with by this Report arein agreement with the books of account maintainedfor the purpose of preparation of the revised Ind ASfinancial statements.
(d) In our opinion, the aforesaid revised standalone IndAS financial statements comply with the AccountingStandards specified under Section 133 of the Act,Companies (Indian Accounting Standards) Rules,2015, as amended.
(e) On the basis of the written representations received fromthe Directors as on March 31, 2025 taken on record by theBoard of Directors, none of the directors is disqualified ason March 31, 2025 from being appointed as a director interms of Section 164 (2) of the Act.
(f) With respect to the adequacy of the internal financialcontrols with reference to these revised standalone Ind ASfinancial statements and the operating effectiveness ofsuch controls, refer to our separate Report in “Annexure B”.
(g) With respect to the other matters to be included in theAuditor’s Report in accordance with the requirements ofSection 197(16) of the Act, as amended, in our opinionand to the best of our information and explanationsprovided to us, the managerial remuneration paid by theCompany to its directors during the year is in accordancewith the provisions of Section 197 read with Schedule Vof the Act related to the managerial remuneration.
(h) With respect to the other matters to be included inthe Auditor’s Report in accordance with Rule 11 ofthe Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014, asamended, in our opinion and to the best of our informationand according to the explanations given to us:
i. The Company has disclosed the impact ofpending litigations on its financial position in itsrevised standalone Ind AS financial statements- Refer Note 46 of the revised standalone Ind ASfinancial statements.
ii. The Company did not have any long-term contractsincluding derivative contracts for which there wereany material forceable losses.
iii. There has been no delay in transferring 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, and readwith Note 52(3) to the revised Standalone IndAS Financial Statements, no funds have beenadvanced or loaned or invested (either fromborrowed funds or share premium or any othersources or kind of funds) by the Company to orin any other person(s) or entity(ies), includingforeign entity (“Intermediaries”), with theunderstanding, whether recorded in writing orotherwise, that the Intermediary shall, whether,directly or indirectly lend or invest in otherpersons or entities identified in any mannerwhatsoever by or on behalf of the Company(“Ultimate Beneficiaries”) or provide anyguarantee, security or the like on behalf of theUltimate Beneficiaries;
(b) The Management has represented, that, tothe best of its knowledge and belief, and readwith Note 52(4) to the revised StandaloneInd AS Financial Statements, no funds havebeen received by the Company from anyperson or entity, including foreign entity(“Funding Parties”), with the understanding,whether recorded in writing or otherwise,that the Company shall, whether, directly orindirectly, lend or invest in other persons orentities identified in any manner whatsoeverby or on behalf of the Funding Party(“Ultimate Beneficiaries”) or provide anyguarantee, security or the like on behalf of theUltimate Beneficiaries;
(c) Based on the audit procedures that have beenconsidered reasonable and appropriate inthe circumstances, nothing has come to ournotice that has caused us to believe that therepresentations under sub-clause (i) and (ii) ofRule 11(e), as provided under (a) and (b) above,contain any material misstatement.
v. (a) No dividend has paid by the Company during
the year. (b) The Board of Directors of theCompany have not proposed any dividend forthe year ended on March 31, 2025.
vi. Based on our examination on test check basis andaccording to the information and explanations givento us, the Company has used accounting softwarefor maintaining its books of account for the financialyear ended March 31, 2025 which has a feature ofrecording audit trail (edit log) facility and the samehas operated throughout the year for all the relevanttransactions recorded in the software except thatin the absence of sufficient information, we areunable to comment on whether audit trail featureof the underlying database of the said softwarewas enabled and operated throughout the year.Further, during the course of our audit we did notcome across any instance of the audit trail featurebeing tampered with. Additionally, the audit trail hasbeen preserved by the Company as per the statutoryrequirements for record retention.
For Fadnis & Gupte LLP
Chartered AccountantsFRN 006600C/ C400324
(CA Bhavika Chandwani)
Partner M.No.: 440574
Place of Signature: IndoreDate: August 01, 2025
UDIN: 25440574BMUIAE6692