We have audited the accompanying standalone financialstatements of JHS Svendgaard Laboratories Limited (the"Company"), which comprise the Balance Sheet as at 31 March2025, the statement of profit and loss (including othercomprehensive income), the statement of changes in equity andthe statement of cash flows for the year ended on that date and asummary of significant accounting policies and other explanatoryinformation on (hereinafter referred to as the "standalonefinancial statements").
Opinion
In our opinion and to the best of our information and according tothe explanations given to us, the aforesaid standalone financialstatements give the information required by the Companies Act,2013 (the "Act") in the manner so required and give a true and fairview in conformity with the Indian Accounting Standardsprescribed under section 133 of the Act read with the Companies(Indian Accounting Standards) Rules, 2015, as amended, ("IndAS") and other accounting principles generally accepted in India,of the state of affairs of the Company as at 31 March 2025 and itsloss, total comprehensive income, changes in equity and its cashflows for the year ended on that date.
Basis for Opinion
We conducted our audit of the standalone financial statements inaccordance with the Standards on Auditing ("SA"s) specified undersection 143(10) of the Act. Our responsibilities under thoseStandards are further described in the Auditor's Responsibilitiesfor the Audit of the Standalone Financial Statements section of ourreport. We are independent of the Company in accordance withthe Code of Ethics issued by the Institute of CharteredAccountants of India ("ICAI") together with the ethicalrequirements that are relevant to our audit of the standalonefinancial statements under the provisions of the Act and the Rulesmade thereunder, and we have fulfilled our other ethicalresponsibilities in accordance with these requirements and theICAI's Code of Ethics.
We believe that the audit evidence obtained by us is sufficient andappropriate to provide a basis for our audit opinion on thestandalone financial statements.
Emphasis of Matters
We draw attention to the following matters in the Notes to thefinancial statements:
a) Footnote under Note 7 (Deferred tax assets (net)) to thefinancial statements which describes the Company'sreassessment of the virtual certainty of its carry-forwardlosses. Based on this review, the company has revised itsDeferred Tax Asset by Rs. 718.84 lakhs approx. and hasrecognized the impact of this adjustment in the financialstatements for the period under review resulting in negativeimpact on profit after tax to that extent.
b) Footnote under Note 3.1 (Property, plant and equipment) tothe financial statements, which describes that the companyhas carried out detailed physical and technical inspectionwherein number of machines which have becometechnologically obsolete were impaired to the extent of Rs.285.94 lakhs to reflect the fair value as per Ind AS. The same isreflected under exceptional items in the accompanying profitand loss statement.
c) Footnote under Note 10 (Inventories) to the financialstatements, which describes the provision of Rs. 263.02Lakhs made for obsolete inventory. Attention is drawn as theamount is material with respect to turnover of the company.
d) Footnote under Note 11 (Trade Receivables) to the financialstatements, which describes the provision of Rs. 156.29 lakhsand write off of Rs. 72.23 lakhs made for Trade Receivables.Attention is drawn as the amount is material with respect toturnover of the company.
e) Footnote under Note 9 (Other non-current assets) to thefinancial statements which deals with the Capital Advancesgiven in earlier years to various parties amounting to Rs.2,895.13 lakhs for seffing up new production manufacturingfacilities in Himachal Pradesh and Rs. 1,328.30 lakhs throughits wholly owned subsidiary, towards pre-emption rights inthe upcoming project in Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir.Management has considered the above amounts samerecoverable and adjustable against the future expansionplans.
Our Opinion is not modified in respect of these matters.
Key Audit Matters
Key Audit Matters are those matters that, in our professionaljudgment, were of most significance in our audit of the standalonefinancial statements of the current period. These matters wereaddressed in the context of our audit of the standalone financialstatements as a whole, and in forming our opinion thereon, andwe do not provide a separate opinion on these matters.
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Key Audit Matter
Auditor's Response
Revenue recognition
Revenue from the sale of goods (hereinafterreferred to as "Revenue") is recognized when thecompany performs its obligation to its customersand the amount of revenue can be measuredreliably and recovery of the consideration isprobable. The timing of such recognition in thecase of sale of goods is when the control over thesame is transferred to the customer, which ismainly upon delivery. The timing of revenuerecognition is relevant to the reportedperformance of the Company. The managementconsiders revenue as a key measure for evaluationof performance.
Refer Note 2(a) to the Standalone FinancialStatements - Significant accounting policies.
Principal audit procedures
Our audit approach was a combination of test of internal controls and
substantive procedures including:
• Assessing the appropriateness of the Company's revenuerecognition accounting policies in line with IND AS 115 ("Revenuefrom Contracts with Customers") and testing thereof.
• Evaluating the design and implementation of Company's controls inrespect of revenue recognition.
• Testing the effectiveness of such controls over revenue cut off atyear-end.
• We performed substantive testing by selecting samples of revenuetransactions recorded during the year by verifying the underlyingdocuments, which included goods dispatch notes and shippingdocuments.
• Performing analytical procedures on current year revenue based onmonthly trends and where appropriate, conducting furtherenquiries and testing.
• Based on the above procedure performed, the recognition andmeasurement of revenue from sale of goods are considered to beadequate and reasonable.
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Assessment of impairment of assets andprovisioning for the same
The company holds significant balances ofproperty, plant and equipment, trade receivables,and inventories.
Management is required to assess these assets forindicators of impairment or irrecoverability of PPE,trade receivables, and inventories and todetermine appropriate provisions wherenecessary. These evaluations involve significantmanagement judgment and estimates,
Given the degree of estimation and judgmentinvolved, and the material nature of provision forimpairment done by the management, we haveidentified the evaluation of these provisions as akey audit matter.
Refer Note 2(f), 1(c)(v) & 2(h) to the StandaloneFinancial Statements - Significant accountingpolicies
For impairment of Fixed Assets:
• Evaluating the methodologies used by management to assessindicators of impairment.
• Chartered Engineer was engaged to conduct a technical assessmentof certain machinery and equipment at our manufacturing facility.Following the expert's recommendation, the carrying values ofthese assets have been impaired to reflect their recoverable(scrap/realisable) value.
• Assessing the assumptions used in determining value-in-usecalculations, including projected cash flows, growth rates, anddiscount rates, with the involvement of our valuation specialists.
For doubtful debts:
• We evaluated the design and implementation of controls over thecredit risk assessment process.
• We tested the ageing of receivables, assessed historical loss trends,and reviewed management's forward-looking assumptions used inthe expected credit loss model.
• We performed detailed analyses of significant customer balances,including subsequent receipts and communications with customers,to assess recoverability.
For obsolete inventory:
• We assessed the inventory provisioning methodology againsthistorical trends and industry practices.
• We performed ageing analyses and discussed with management therationale for provisions recorded against specific inventory lines,particularly slow-moving or obsolete stock.
• We performed physical inventory observations to assess thecondition of inventory held.
Management's Responsibility for the Standalone Ind AS
Financial Statements
1. The Company's Board of Directors is responsible for thematters stated in Section 134(5) of the Companies Act,2013 ("the Act") with respect to the preparation of thesestandalone financial statements that give a true and fairview of the financial position, financial performance andcash flows of the Company in accordance with theaccounting principles generally accepted in India,including the Accounting Standards specified underSection 133 of the Act, read with Rule 7 of the Companies(Accounts) Rules, 2014. This responsibility also includesmaintenance of adequate accounting records inaccordance with the provisions of the Act forsafeguarding of the assets of the Company and forpreventing and detecting frauds and other irregularities;selection and application of appropriate accountingpolicies; making judgments and estimates that arereasonable and prudent; and design, implementation andmaintenance of adequate internal financial controls, thatwere operating effectively for ensuring the accuracy andcompleteness of the accounting records, relevant to thepreparation and presentation of the financial statementsthat give a true and fair view and are free from materialmisstatement, whether due to fraud or error.
2. In preparing the financial statements, management isresponsible for assessing the Company's ability tocontinue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable,matters related to going concern and using the goingconcern basis of accounting unless management eitherintends to liquidate the Company or to cease operations,or has no realistic alternative but to do so.
3. Those Board of Directors are also responsible foroverseeing the Company's financial reporting process.
Auditor's Responsibility
1. Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance aboutwhether the financial statements as a whole are free frommaterial misstatement, whether due to fraud or error,and to issue an auditor's report that includes our opinion.Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, but isnot a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordancewith SAs will always detect a material misstatement whenit exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error andare considered material if, individually or in the aggregate,they could reasonably be expected to influence theeconomic decisions of users taken on the basis of thesefinancial statements.
2. As part of an audit in accordance with SAs, we exerciseprofessional judgment and maintain professionalskepticism throughout the audit. We also:
• Identify and assess the risks of materialmisstatement of the financial statements, whetherdue to fraud or error, design and perform auditprocedures responsive to those risks, and obtain
audit evidence that is sufficient and appropriate toprovide a basis for our opinion. The risk of notdetecting a material misstatement resulting fromfraud is higher than for one resulting from error, asfraud may involve collusion, forgery, intentionalomissions, misrepresentations, or the override ofinternal control.
• Obtain an understanding of internal control relevantto the audit in order to design audit procedures thatare appropriate in the circumstances. Under section143(3)(i) of the Companies Act, 2013, we are alsoresponsible for expressing our opinion on whetherthe company has adequate internal financialcontrols system in place and the operatingeffectiveness of such controls.
• Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policiesused and the reasonableness of accountingestimates and related disclosures made bymanagement.
• Conclude on the appropriateness of management'suse of the going concern basis of accounting and,based on the audit evidence obtained, whether amaterial uncertainty exists related to events orconditions that may cast significant doubt on theCompany's ability to continue as a going concern. Ifwe conclude that a material uncertainty exists, weare required to draw attention in our auditor's reportto the related disclosures in the financial statementsor, if such disclosures are inadequate, to modify ouropinion. Our conclusions are based on the auditevidence obtained up to the date of our auditor'sreport. However, future events or conditions maycause the Company to cease to continue as a goingconcern.
• Evaluate the overall presentation, structure andcontent of the financial statements, including thedisclosures, and whether the financial statementsrepresent the underlying transactions and events ina manner that achieves fair presentation.
3. Materiality is the magnitude of misstatements in thestandalone financial statements that, individually or inaggregate, makes it probable that the economic decisionsof a reasonably knowledgeable user of the standalonefinancial statements may be influenced. We considerquantitative materiality and qualitative factors in (i)planning the scope of our audit work and in evaluating theresults of our work; and (ii) to evaluate the effect of anyidentified misstatements in the standalone financialstatements.
4. 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 weidentify during our audit.
5. We also provide those charged with governance with astatement that we have complied with relevant ethicalrequirements regarding independence, and tocommunicate with them all relationships and othermatters that may reasonably be thought to bear on ourindependence, and where applicable, related safeguards.
6. From the matters communicated with those charged withgovernance, we determine those matters that were ofmost significance in the audit of the standalone financialstatements of the current period and are therefore thekey audit matters. We describe these matters in ourauditor's report unless law or regulation precludes publicdisclosure about the matter or when, in extremely rarecircumstances, we determine that a matter should not becommunicated in our report because the adverseconsequences of doing so would reasonably be expectedto outweigh the public interest benefits of suchcommunication.
Report on Other Legal and regulatory Requirements
1. As required by the Companies (Auditor's Report) Order,2020 ("the Order"), issued by the Central Government ofIndia in terms of sub-section (11) of section 143 of theCompanies Act, 2013, we give in the 'Annexure A', astatement on the matters specified in paragraphs 3 and 4of the Order, to the extent applicable.
2. As required by Section 143(3) of the Act, we report that:
a) We have sought and obtained all the informationand explanations which to the best of our knowledgeand belief were necessary for the purposes of ouraudit.
b) In our opinion, proper books of account as requiredby law have been kept by the Company so far as itappears from our examination of those books.
c) The Balance Sheet, the Statement of Profit and Loss,and the Cash Flow Statement dealt with by thisReport are in agreement 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 withRule 7 of the Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014.
e) On the basis of the written representations receivedfrom the directors as on 31st March, 2025 taken onrecord by the Board of Directors, none of thedirectors is disqualified as on 31st March, 2025 frombeing appointed as a director in terms of Section 164(2) of the Act.
f) With respect to the adequacy of the internalfinancial controls over financial reporting of theCompany and the operating effectiveness of suchcontrols, refer to our separate Report in 'AnnexureB'. Except for the effects of the materialweakness(es) described below, the Company hasmaintained, in all material respects, effective
internal control over financial reporting as of 31stMarch, 2025.
g) 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, inour opinion and to the best of our information andaccording to the explanations given to us:
• The Company has disclosed the impact of pendinglitigations on its financial position in its financialstatements - Refer Note 36 to the financialstatements;
• The Company did not have any long-term contractsincluding derivative contracts for which there wereany material foreseeable losses.
• There were no amounts that were required to betransferred, to the Investor Education andProtection Fund by the Company.
• (a) The management has represented that, to the
best of its knowledge and belief, no funds havebeen advanced or loaned or invested (eitherfrom borrowed funds or share premium or anyother sources or kind of funds) by the companyto or in any other person(s) or entity(ies),including foreign entities ("Intermediaries"),with the understanding, whether recorded inwriting or otherwise, that the Intermediaryshall, whether, directly or indirectly lend orinvest in other persons or entities identified inany manner whatsoever by or on behalf of thecompany ("Ultimate Beneficiaries") or provideany guarantee, security or the like on behalf ofthe Ultimate Beneficiaries;
(b) The management has represented, that, to thebest of its knowledge and belief, no funds havebeen received by the company from anyperson(s) or entity(ies), including foreignentities ("Funding Parties"), with theunderstanding, whether recorded in writing orotherwise, that the company shall, whether,directly or indirectly, lend or invest in otherpersons or entities identified in any mannerwhatsoever by or on behalf of the FundingParty ("Ultimate Beneficiaries") or provide anyguarantee, security or the like on behalf of theUltimate Beneficiaries; and
(c) Based on such audit procedures that have beenconsidered reasonable and appropriate in thecircumstances, nothing has come to our noticethat 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 mis-statement.
• No dividend has been declared or paid during theyear by the company.
• Based on our examination which included testchecks, the Company has used an accountingsoftware for maintaining its books of account whichhas a feature of recording audit trail (edit log) facilityand the same has operated throughout the year forall relevant transactions recorded in the software.Further, during the course of our audit we did notcome across any instance of the audit trail featurebeing tampered with.
• With respect to the other matters to be included inthe Auditor's Report in accordance with therequirements of section 197(16) of the Act, in ouropinion and to the best of our information andaccording to the explanations given to us, theremuneration paid by the Company to its directorsduring the year is in accordance with the provisionsof section 197 of the Act.
For V.K. Khosla & Co.
Chartered Accountants
FRN 002283N
Sd/-
Amit Khosla
(Partner)
Memb No. 095943
UDIN: 25095943BMJJNW9345
Place: New Delhi
Date: May 27, 2025