We have audited the accompanying financial statements ofKMC Speciality Hospitals (India) Limited (the “Company"),which comprise the Balance Sheet as at March 31, 2025, and theStatement of Profit and Loss (including Other ComprehensiveIncome), the Cash Flow Statement and the Statement ofChanges in Equity for the year ended on that date, and notesto the financial statements, including a summary of materialaccounting policies and other explanatory information.
In our opinion and to the best of our information and accordingto the explanations given to us, the aforesaid financial statementsgive the information required by the Companies Act, 2013 (the“Act") in the manner so required and give a true and fair viewin conformity with the Indian Accounting Standards prescribedunder section 133 of the Act, (“Ind AS") and other accountingprinciples generally accepted in India, of the state of affairs of theCompany as at March 31, 2025, and its profit, total comprehensiveincome, its cash flows and the changes in equity for the yearended on that date.
We conducted our audit of the financial statements inaccordance with the Standards on Auditing (“SA"s) specifiedunder section 143(10) of the Act. Our responsibilities under thoseStandards are further described in the Auditor's Responsibilityfor the Audit of the Financial Statements section of our report.We are independent of the Company in accordance with theCode of Ethics issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountantsof India (“ICAI") together with the ethical requirements thatare relevant to our audit of the financial statements under theprovisions of the Act and the Rules made thereunder, and wehave fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance withthese requirements and the ICAI's Code of Ethics. We believe thatthe audit evidence obtained by us is sufficient and appropriate toprovide a basis for our audit opinion on the financial statements.
Key audit matters are those matters that, in our professionaljudgement, were of most significance in our audit of the financialstatements of the current period. We have determined that thereare no key audit matters to communicate in our report.
Information Other than the Financial Statements andAuditor’s Report Thereon
• The Company's Board of Directors is responsible for theother information. The other information comprises theinformation included in the Board's Report, BusinessResponsibility & Sustainability Report and CorporateGovernance Report, but does not include the financialstatements and our auditor's report thereon. The Board'sReport, Business Responsibility & Sustainability Report andCorporate Governance Report are expected to be madeavailable to us after the date of this auditor's report.
• Our opinion on the financial statements does not cover theother information and will not express any form of assuranceconclusion thereon.
• In connection with our audit of the financial statements,our responsibility is to read the other information identifiedabove when it becomes available and, in doing so, considerwhether the other information is materially inconsistentwith the financial statements or our knowledge obtainedduring the course of our audit or otherwise appears to bematerially misstated.
• When we read the Board's Report, Business Responsibility& Sustainability report and Corporate Governance Report, ifwe conclude that there is a material misstatement therein,we are required to communicate the matter to thosecharged with governance as required under SA 720 ‘TheAuditor's responsibilities Relating to Other Information'.
The Company's Board of Directors is responsible for the matters
stated in section 134(5) of the Act with respect to the preparationof these financial statements that give a true and fair view ofthe financial position, financial performance including othercomprehensive income, cash flows and changes in equity of theCompany in accordance with the accounting principles generallyaccepted in India, including Ind AS specified under section133 of the Act. This responsibility also includes maintenance ofadequate accounting records in accordance with the provisionsof the Act for safeguarding the assets of the Company andfor preventing and detecting frauds and other irregularities;selection and application of appropriate accounting policies;making judgments and estimates that are reasonable andprudent; and design, implementation and maintenance ofadequate internal financial controls, that were operatingeffectively for ensuring the accuracy and completeness of theaccounting records, relevant to the preparation and presentationof the financial statements that give a true and fair view and arefree from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.In preparing the financial statements, management and Boardof Directors are responsible for assessing the Company's abilityto continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, mattersrelated to going concern and using the going concern basisof accounting unless the Board of Directors either intend toliquidate the Company or to cease operations, or has no realisticalternative but to do so.
The Company's Board of Directors is also responsible foroverseeing the Company's financial reporting process.
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whetherthe financial statements as a whole are free from materialmisstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue anauditor's report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assuranceis a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an auditconducted in accordance with SAs will always detect a materialmisstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraudor error and are considered material if, individually or in theaggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence theeconomic decisions of users taken on the basis of these financialstatements.
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 misstatement of thefinancial statements, whether due to fraud or error, designand perform audit procedures responsive to those risks, andobtain audit evidence that is sufficient and appropriate toprovide a basis for our opinion. The risk of not detecting amaterial misstatement resulting from fraud is higher thanfor one resulting from error, as fraud may involve collusion,forgery, intentional omissions, misrepresentations, or theoverride of internal control.
• Obtain an understanding of internal financial controlsrelevant to the audit in order to design audit proceduresthat are appropriate in the circumstances. Under section143(3)(i) of the Act, we are also responsible for expressingour opinion on whether the Company has adequate internalfinancial controls with reference to financial statements inplace and the operating effectiveness of such controls.
• Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policies usedand the reasonableness of accounting estimates andrelated disclosures made by the 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 financial statementsor, if such disclosures are inadequate, to modify our opinion.Our conclusions are based on the audit evidence obtainedup to the date of our auditor's report. However, future eventsor conditions may cause the Company to cease to continueas a going concern.
• Evaluate the overall presentation, structure and content
of the financial statements, including the disclosures, andwhether the financial statements represent the underlyingtransactions and events in a manner that achieves fairpresentation.
Materiality is the magnitude of misstatements in the financialstatements that, individually or in aggregate, makes it probablethat the economic decisions of a reasonably knowledgeableuser of the financial statements may be influenced. We considerquantitative materiality and qualitative factors in (i) planning thescope of our audit work and in evaluating the results of our work;and (ii) to evaluate the effect of any identified misstatements inthe financial statements.
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 financial controls that weidentify during our audit.
We also provide those charged with governance with a statementthat we have complied with relevant ethical requirementsregarding independence, and to communicate with them allrelationships and other matters that may reasonably be thoughtto bear on our independence, and where applicable, relatedsafeguards.
1. As required by Section 143(3) of the Act, based on our auditwe report that:
a. We have sought and obtained all the information andexplanations which to the best of our knowledge and beliefwere necessary for the purposes of our audit.
b. In our opinion, proper books of account as required by lawhave been kept by the Company so far as it appears fromour examination of those books.
c. The Balance Sheet, the Statement of Profit and Lossincluding Other Comprehensive Income, the Cash FlowStatement and Statement of Changes in Equity dealt withby this Report are in agreement with the books of account.
d. In our opinion, the aforesaid financial statements complywith the Ind AS specified under Section 133 of the Act.
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 as onMarch 31, 2025 from being appointed as a director in termsof Section 164(2) of the Act.
f. With respect to the adequacy of the internal financialcontrols with reference to financial statements of theCompany and the operating effectiveness of such controls,refer to our separate Report in “Annexure A". Our reportexpresses an unmodified opinion on the adequacy andoperating effectiveness of the Company's internal financialcontrols with reference to financial statements.
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 opinion and to the best of our information andaccording to the explanations given to us, the remunerationpaid 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 theAuditor's Report in accordance with Rule 11 of the Companies(Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014, as amended in our opinionand to the best of our information and according to theexplanations given to us:
i. The Company does not have any pending litigationswhich would impact its financial position.
ii. The Company did not have any long-term contractsincluding derivative contracts for which there were anymaterial foreseeable losses.
iii. There were no amounts which were required to betransferred to the Investor Education and ProtectionFund by the Company.
iv. (a) The Management has represented that, to the bestof its knowledge and belief, other than as disclosed inthe note 48(d) to the financial statements no fundshave been advanced or loaned or invested (eitherfrom borrowed funds or share premium or any othersources or kind of funds) by the Company to or inany other person(s) or entity(ies), including foreignentities (“Intermediaries"), with the understanding,whether recorded in writing or otherwise, that theIntermediary shall, directly or indirectly lend or investin other persons or entities identified in any mannerwhatsoever by or on behalf of the Company (“UltimateBeneficiaries") or provide any guarantee, security orthe like on behalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries.
(b) The Management has represented, that, tothe best of its knowledge and belief, other thanas disclosed in the Note 48(e) to the standalonefinancial statements, no funds have been receivedby the Company from any person(s) or entity(ies),including foreign entities (“Funding Parties"), withthe understanding, whether recorded in writingor otherwise, that the Company shall, directly orindirectly, lend or invest in other persons or entitiesidentified in any manner whatsoever by or on behalfof the Funding Party (“Ultimate Beneficiaries") orprovide any guarantee, security or the like on behalf ofthe Ultimate Beneficiaries.
(c) Based on the audit procedures performed thathave been considered reasonable and appropriatein the circumstances, nothing has come to our noticethat has caused us to believe that the representationsunder sub-clause (i) and (ii) of Rule 11(e), as providedunder (a) and (b) above, contain any materialmisstatement.
v. The company has not declared or paid any dividendduring the year and has not proposed final dividend forthe year.
vi. Based on our examination, which included test checks,the Company has used accounting software systems formaintaining its books of account for the financial yearended March 31,2025 which have the feature of recordingaudit trail (edit log) facility and the same has operatedthroughout the year for all relevant transactions recordedin the software systems. Further, during the course of ouraudit we did not come across any instance of the audittrail feature being tampered with and the audit trail hasbeen preserved by the Company as per the statutoryrequirements for record retention.
2. As required by the Companies (Auditor's Report) Order,2020 (“the Order") issued by the Central Government interms of Section 143(11) of the Act, we give in “Annexure B"a statement on the matters specified in paragraphs 3 and 4of the Order.
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Place: ChennaiDate: May 28, 2025