We have audited the accompanying financial statements of Sirohia & SonsLimited (“the Company”) which comprise the Balance Sheet as at March 31, 2024,the Statement of Profit and Loss, Cash Flow Statement for the year then ended,and a summary of significant accounting policies and other explanatory information.
In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanation givento us the aforesaid financial statements give the information required by the Actin the manner so required and give a true and fair view in conformity with theaccounting principles generally accepted in India, of the state of affairs of the companyas at March 31, 2024 and its profit and cash flows for the year ended on that date.
Basis for Opinion
We conducted our audit in accordance with the Standards on Auditing (SAs) specified undersection 143(10) of the Companies Act 2013. Our responsibilities under those standards are furtherdescribed in the Auditor’s Responsibilities for the Audit of the Financial Statements sectionof ourreport. We are independent of the company in accordance with the code of ethics issued bytheInstitute of Chartered Accountants of India together with the ethical requirements that are relevantto our audit of the financial statements under the provisions of the Companies Act, 20 Band theRules 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 significance inour audit of the financial statements of the current period. These matters were addressed in the contextof our audit of the financial statements as a whole, and in forming our opinion thereon, and we do notprovide a separate opinion on these matters.
Reporting of key audit matters as per SA 701, Key Audit Matters are not applicable to the Companyas it is an unlisted company.
The Company’s Board of Directors is responsible for the preparation of the other information. The otherinformation comprises the information included in the Board’s Report including Annexure to Board’sReport, Business Responsibility Report but does not include the Financial Statements and our Auditor’sReport thereon.
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 financialstatements or our knowledge obtained during the course of our audit or otherwise appears to be materiallymisstated.
If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is a material misstatement of this otherinformation; we are required to report that fact. We have nothing to report in this regard.
The Company’s Board of Directors is responsible for the matters stated inSection 134(5) of the Companies Act, 2013 (“the Act”) with respect to the preparationof these (Standalone) financial statements that give a true and fair view of the financial position,financial performance and cashflows of the Company in accordance with the accountingprinciples generally accepted in India, including the Accounting Standards
specified under Section 133 of the Act, read with Rule 7 of the Companies (Accounts) Rules,2014. This responsibility also includes maintenance of adequate accountingrecords in accordance with the provisions of the Act for safeguarding the assets of theCompanyand for preventing and detecting frauds and other irregularities; selection and application ofappropriate accounting policies; making judgments and estimates that are reasonable andprudent; and design, implementation and maintenance of adequate internal financial controls, thatwere operating effectively for ensuring the accuracy and completeness of the accounting records,relevant to the preparation and presentation of the financial statements that give a true and fairview and are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.
In preparing the financial statements, 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 management either intends to liquidatethe Company or to cease operations, or has no realistic alternative but to do so.
Those Board of Directors are also responsible for overseeing the company’s financial reportingprocess.
Auditor’s Responsibility for the Audit of the Financial Statements
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 an auditor’sreport that includes our opinion. *
Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an audit conductedin 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, theycould reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis ofthese financial statements.
As part of an audit in accordance with SAs, we exercise professional judgment and maintainprofessional skepticism throughout the audit. We also:
• Identify and assess the risks 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 forone 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 the audit in order to design auditprocedures that are appropriate in the circumstances.
. 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 concernbasis of accounting and, based on the audit evidence obtained, whether a materialuncertainty exists related to events or conditions that may cast significant doubton the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. If we conclude thata material uncertainty exists, we are required to draw attention in ourauditor’s report to the related disclosures in the financial statements or, if such disclosuresare inadequate, to modify our opinion. Our conclusions are based on the audit evidenceobtained up to the date of our auditor’s report. However, future events or conditions maycause the Company to cease to continueas a going concern.
. Evaluate the overall presentation, structure and content of the financial statements,including the disclosures, and whether the financial statements representthe underlying transactions and events in a manner that achieves fair presentation.
We communicate with those charged with governance regarding, among other matters,the planned scope and timing of the audit and significant audit findings,including any significant deficiencies in internal control that we identify during our audit.
We also provide those charged with governance with a statement that we have complied withrelevant ethical requirements regarding independence, and to communicate with them allrelationships and other matters that may reasonably be thought to bear on our independence, andwhere applicable, related safeguards.
Report on Other Legal and Regulatory Requirements
1. As required by the Companies (Auditor’s Report) Order, 2020 (“the Order”), issued by theCentral Government of India in terms of sub-section (11) of section 143 of the Act, refer to ourseparate Report in “Annexure A”, a statement on the matters specified in paragraphs 3 and 4of the Order, to the extent applicable.
2. As required by section 143 (3) of the Ac^ffe fe^ofiNthat:
a. We have sought and obtained all m ^Ififbrmatibn)and explanations which to the best of ourknowledge and belief were neceH^(^5ntl^4)vt™Dse of our audit;
b. In my 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 and the Cash Flow Statement dealtwith by this Report are in agreement with the books of account subject to confirmation ofbalances of all the parties.
d. In our opinion, the aforesaid (Standalone) financial statements comply with the AccountingStandards specified under section 133 of the Act, read with Rule 7 of the Companies(Accounts) Rules, 2014.
e. On the basis of written representations received from the directors as on March 31, 2024taken on record by the Board of Directors, none of the directors is disqualified as on March31, 2024 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 StandaloneFinancial 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 as per information and explanation provided to us, the managerialremuneration for the year ended 31st March, 2024 has not been paid/provided by theCompany to its directors in terms of section 197 read with Schedule V of the Act.
h. With respect to the other matters to be included in the Auditor’s Report in accordance withRule 11 of the Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014, in our opinion and to the bestof our information and according to the explanations given to us:
i. The Company does not have any pending litigations which would impact its financialposition.
ii. The Company did not have any long-term contracts including derivative contracts forwhich there were any material foreseeable losses.
iii. There were no amounts which were required to be transferred to the InvestorEducationand Protection Fund by the Company.
iv. a) The management has represented that, to the best of its knowledge and belief, otherthan as disclosed in the notes to the accounts, no funds have been advanced or loaned orinvested (either from borrowed funds or share premium or any other sources or kind offunds) by the company to or in any other person(s) or entity(ies), including foreign entities(“Intermediaries”), with the understanding, whether recorded in writing or otherwise, thatthe Intermediary shall, whether, directly or indirectly lend or invest in other persons orentities identified in any manner whatsoever by or on behalf of the company (“UltimateBeneficiaries”) or provide any guarantee, security or the like on behalf of the UltimateBeneficiaries;
b) The management has represented, that, to the best of its knowledge and belief, otherthan as disclosed in the notes to the accounts, no funds have been received by the companyfrom any person(s) or entity(ies), including foreign entities (“Funding Parties”), with theunderstanding, whether recorded in writing or otherwise, that the company shall, whether,directly or indirectly, lend or invest in other persons or entities identified in any mannerwhatsoever by or on behalf of the Funding Party (“Ultimate Beneficiaries”) or provide anyguarantee, security or the like on behalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries; and
c) Based on such 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(e), as provided under (a) and(b) above, contain any material mis-statement.
v. No dividend has been declared or paid during the year by the company.
vi. Proviso to Rule 3(1) of the Companies (Accounts) Rules,2014 for maintaining books of
account using accounting software which has a feature of recording audit trail (edit log) facilityis applicable to the Company with effect from April 1, 2023. Based on our examination whichincluded test checks, the company has used accounting software for maintaining its
books of accounts, however, the feature of recording audit trail(edit log) facility has not beenenabled. Consequently, we are unable to comment on audit trail feature of the said software.
For H.R. Agarwal & Associates
Chartered Accountants
Firm Registration number: 323029E
(Shyam Sundar Agarwal, FCA)
Partner /(v
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Place: KolkataDate: 29/05/2024