Your Directors have pleasure in presenting the Thirty Fifth Annual Report together with AuditedAccounts for the year-ended 31stMarch, 2025.
Particular
31st March, 2025
31st March, 2024
Income
4,83,75,56,668.93
4,02,58,27,917.41
Expense
4,77,65,37,996.57
3,97,23,98,726.33
(Loss )/ Profit Before Exceptional Item & Tax
6,10,18,672.36
5,34,29,191.08
Profit Before Tax
(Less)/ Add: Tax Expenses
2,07,79,932.47
65,92,519.40
Balance Carried To Balance Sheet
4,02,38,739.89
4,68,36,671.68
Our company is manufacturing the following intermediates- Mono Methyl Urea, Die Methyl Urea. OrthoPara Nitro Anisole, 2 Bromomethyl 1,3 Dioxalane &Uracile& in Active Pharma Ingredients the companyis involved in manufacturing Metformin HCL, Mefenamic Acid & Doxophylline. Besides we intend toincrease capacity of all the products based upon the demand of the product and also plans to dobackward & forward integration of products such as DMA-HCL, Ortho chloro benzoic acid and furtherAPI's like the ophylline. Necessary steps has been initiated.
Your directors do not recommend any dividend for the year ended 31stMarch, 2025.
The Company has not accepted the deposits from the public as per the Section in accordance with theprovisions of Section 73 and 76, and other applicable provisions of Companies Act, 2013 and theCompanies (Acceptance of Deposits) Rules, 2014.
Your Company has transferred Rs. 40,238,740 to the General Reserves during the year under review.
Share Capital of the Company is 2,84,54,303 shares.
During the financial year, Company has allotted 4,00,000 shares issued as on 1st October, 2024 whichincreased the paid up share capital to 2,84,54,303 shares.
The company has not received the listing approval for 1,00,000 shares hence the Listed Capital is2,83,54,303 shares.
The Company does not have any Subsidiary, Holding Company, Associate or Group Venture Company.VIGIL MECHANISM
Pursuant to the requirements laid down under Section 177 of the Companies Act, 2013 and Regulation22 of the SEBI Listing Regulations, the Company has well laid down Vigil Mechanism. The details of thesame are provided in the Report on Corporate Governance forming part of this Annual Report. Duringthe year, the Company did not receive any complaint under Vigil mechanism.
In accordance with the provisions of Section 135 of the Companies Act, 2013 read with Companies(Corporate Social Responsibility Policy) Rules, 2014, as amended from time to time, the Board ofDirectors of the Company has constituted Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Committee CorporateSocial Responsibility (CSR) is a good way of conducting business by which corporate entities visiblycontribute to the society. The essence of CSR is to integrate the economic, environment and socialobjectives of the company's operations and growth. CSR is the process by which the organization thinksabout and evolves its relationship with the society and demonstrates its commitment by giving back tothe society for the resources it used.
The Composition, particulars of Meeting held and attendances there at are mentioned in the CorporateGovernance Report forming part of the Annual Report.
The key philosophy of all CSR initiatives of the Company is guided by three core commitments of Scale,Impact and Sustainability.
During the financial year 2024-25, the Company recorded a Net Profit of Rs. 4,02,38,739.89. As thisamount falls below the threshold specified under Section 135(1) of the Companies Act, 2013, theCompany is not required to undertake any Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) activities for the saidfinancial year. Accordingly, no CSR expenditure has been incurred.
As on 31stMarch 2025, the Board consists of six members, two of whom are Executive Directors and 3are Non-Executive Independent Directors and one is Non-Executive Non Independent Director.
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 203 of the Act, Mihir R Ghatalia Managing Director, Mrs. MiraGhatalia, Chief Financial Officer and Mr. Kailash Chand Jethlia, Company Secretary are the KeyManagerial Personnel of the Company as on the date of this Report.
Mihir R Ghatalia Managing Director and Nimit R Ghatalia Director are relatives (siblings). Apart from thisnone of the Directors of the Company are in any way related to each other.
As referred to in clause (c) of sub-section (3) of Section 134 of the Companies Act, 2013, the Directorshereby confirm:
a) That in preparation of the Annual Accounts for the year ended 31stMarch, 2025, the applicableaccounting standards had been followed along with proper explanation relating to material departures,if any;
b) that the directors had selected such accounting policies and applied them consistently and madejudgments and estimates that were reasonable and prudent so as to give true and fairview of the stateof affairs of the company at the end of financial year ended 31st March, 2025 and the profit/ (Loss) ofthe Company for the year under review;
c) that proper and sufficient care has been taken for maintenance of adequate accounting records inaccordance with the provisions of the Companies Act ,2013 for safeguarding the assets of the companyand for preventing and detecting fraud and other irregularities;
d) That the annual accounts for the year ended 31stMarch, 2025 have been prepared on a "goingconcern basis"
e) the directors had laid down internal financial controls to be followed by the company and that suchinternal financial controls are adequate and were operating effectively.
f) they devised proper systems to ensure compliance with the provisions of all applicable laws and thatsuch systems were adequate and operating effectively.
Annual Return as provided under Section 92(3) and Section 134(3)(a) of the Companies Act, 2013, isavailable on the website of the Company at http://www.aareydrugs.com/pdf/annual-return/MGT-7.pdf
M/s. Motilal& Associates, Chartered Accountants (Firm Registration No: 106584W) were re-appointedas Statutory Auditors of the Company at the 35hAnnual General Meeting held on 29th September, 2025for a 2nd term of five consecutive years from the conclusion of this Annual General Meeting to until theconclusion of 40thAnnual General Meeting of the Company.
The Secretarial Audit Report pursuant to the provisions of Section 204 for the financial year 2024-25 wasobtained from M/s. Ashika Shetty, Practicing Company Secretaries, the report which is Self-Explanatoryis annexed hereto as Annexure A.
During the financial year 2024-25, 9 (Nine) meetings of the Board of Directors and 6 (Six) meetings ofthe Audit Committee were held. Details of these meetings and other Committees of the Board/GeneralMeeting are given in the Report on Corporate Governance forming part of this Annual Report.
All the Independent Directors of the Company have furnished a declaration to the effect that they meetthe criteria of independence as provided in Section 149(6) of the Act and Regulation 16(1)(b) andRegulation 25 of Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and DisclosureRequirements) Regulations, 2015 ('the Listing Regulations'). In the opinion of the Board, all theIndependent Directors possess the integrity, expertise and experience including the proficiency requiredto be Independent Directors of the Company, fulfill the conditions of independence as specified in theAct and the Listing Regulations and are independent of the management and have also complied withthe Code for Independent Directors as prescribed in Schedule IV of the Companies Act,2013
The Board of Directors carried out an evaluation of its own performance, of the Board, Committees andof the individual Directors pursuant to the provisions of the Act and Corporate Governancerequirements as prescribed by the Listing Regulations.
The performance of the Board and its Committees was evaluated by the Board after seeking inputs fromthe Board / Committee Members based on criteria such as composition of the Board / Committees andstructure, effectiveness of the Board / Committee processes, providing of information and functioningetc. The Board and the Nomination and Remuneration Committee reviewed the performance ofindividual Directors based on criteria such as attendance in Board / Committee meetings, contribution inthe meetings like preparedness on issues to be discussed etc.
The Independent Directors at its separate meeting held on 10th February, 2025 reviewed theperformance of Non-Independent Directors and performance of the Board as a whole, performance of
the Chairman of the Company taking into account the views of Executive and Non-executiveDirectorsand assessed the quality, quantity and timeliness of flow of information to the Board toperform their duties effectively and reasonably
The details of Loans given, Guarantees given and Investments made, if any and covered under theprovisions of Section 186 of the Act, read with Companies (Meetings of Board and Its Powers) Rules,2014 are given in the notes to the Financial Statements forming part of this Annual Report.
The details of the powers, functions, composition and meetings of the Committees of the Board heldduring the year are given in the Report on Corporate Governance section forming part of this AnnualReport.
The details pertaining to the composition, terms of reference, etc. of the Audit Committee of the Boardof Directors of the Company and the meetings thereof held during the financial year are given in theReport on Corporate Governance section forming part of this Annual Report. The recommendations ofthe Audit Committee were accepted by the Board of Directors of the Company from time to time.
A separate report on Corporate Governance is produced as a part of the Annual Report along with theAuditors statement on its compliance.
Your Company has made the necessary disclosures in this Report in terms of Section 134(3) of theCompanies Act, 2013 read with Rule 8 of the Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014is given in Annexure Band forms part of this report.
The Board is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal financial control as perSection 134 of the Act.
Your Company has in place an adequate system of internal controls to ensure compliance with variouspolicies, practices and statutes. It has procedures covering all financial and operating functions andprocesses. These have been designed to provide a reasonable assurance with regards to maintaining ofproper accounting controls for ensuring reliability of financial reporting, monitoring of operations,protecting assets from unauthorized use or losses and compliance with regulations. Key controls havebeen tested during the year and corrective and preventive actions are taken for any weakness.
There is no material change in the type of business the Company is carrying.
The Directors of your Company confirm that no frauds or instances of mis-management were reportedby the Statutory Auditors under sub-section (12) of Section 143 of the Companies Act, 2013.
The Directors state that applicable Secretarial Standards, i.e. SS-1 and SS-2, relating to 'Meetings of theBoard of Directors' and 'General Meetings', respectively, have been duly followed by the Company.
Except as disclosed elsewhere in the Report, there have been no material changes and commitmentaffecting, the financial position of your Company, which have occurred between the end of the financialyear of the Company and the date of this Report.
No significant and material order has been passed by the Regulators or Courts or Tribunals impactingthe going concern status and Company's operations in future.
All transactions entered into with related parties during the financial year were in the ordinary courseof business and on arm's length basis and do not attract the provisions of Section 188(1) of the Act.Suitable disclosures as required by the Indian Accounting Standards (IndAS-24) have been made in thenotes to the Financial Statements. The Board has a policy for related party transactions which has beenuploaded on the Company's website http://www.aareydrugs.com/pdf/2-Related-Party- Transaction.pdf
There were no material Related Party Transactions during the year. Accordingly, Form No. AOC-2,prescribed under the provisions of Section 134 (3)(h) of the Act and Rule 8 of the Companies (Accounts)Rules, 2014, for disclosure of details of Related Party Transactions, which are not "not at arm's lengthbasis" and also which are "material and arm's length basis", is not provided as an annexure to thisReport as it is not applicable.
The Company has in place an Anti-Sexual Harassment Policy in line with the requirements of the SexualHarassment of Women at the Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013.
Internal Complaints Committee (ICC) has been set up to redress complaints received regarding sexualharassment. All employees (permanent, contractual, temporary and trainees) are covered under thispolicy who are also provided training about the Act.
During the year under review, no complaint was received.
In terms of provisions of the Act and the Listing Regulations, the Company has adopted all the applicablepolicies. The policies are available on the website of the Company at_ http://www.aareydrugs.com/
All Directors and Senior Management Personnel have affirmed their adherence to the provisions of theCode of Conduct during the financial year 2024-25.
The Company's policy on Directors' appointment, remuneration and other matters provided in Section178(3) of the Act forms part of Nomination and Remuneration Policy and has been disclosed in theCorporate Governance Report.
A separate Corporate Governance Report on compliance with Corporate Governance requirements asrequired under Regulation 34(3) read with Schedule V to the Listing Regulations forms part of thisAnnual Report. The same has been reviewed and certified by Mr. Virendra G. Bhatt, Practicing CompanySecretary, the Secretarial Auditors of the Company and Compliance Certificate in respect thereof isattached as Certificate of Corporate Governance
The Company has its Risk Management Plan & Policy in place which is also displayed on the website ofthe Company. In the opinion of the Board, during the financial year 2024-25, no elements of risk whichmay threaten the existence of the Company were noticed by the Board. The Committee monitors therisk management plan and ensures its effectiveness. The details of Committee are set out in theCorporate Governance Report
Management's Discussion and Analysis Report for the year under review, as stipulated under the ListingRegulations, is presented in a separate section, forming part of this Report.
The Promoter Group's holding in the Company as on 31stMarch, 2025 was 44.80% of the Company's paidup Equity Capital. The members may note that the shareholding and other details of Promoters hasbeen provided in Annual Return.
During the year under review, Maintenance of cost records under section 148 of Companies Act, 2013 isnot applicable to the Company as the Company did not carry on any activity as specified in Table A and Bof Rule 3 of the Companies (Cost Records and Audit) Rules, 2014.
There were no employees coming under the purview of Section 197(12) of the Act read with Rules 5 ofthe Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014and the rulesframe there under
As per Section 197of the Companies Act, 2013, the ratio of remuneration of each director to the medianremuneration of the employees of the company for the financial year:
Name of the Director
Ratio to Median employees
Mihir R Ghatalia,Director
Managing
5:3
None of the Directors of the company are disqualified for being appointed as Directors as specifiedunder section 164 of the Companies Act, 2013.
Your Directors wish to place on record, the appreciation for the continued support of the customers,Bankers and Suppliers. Your Directors acknowledge and thank the employees for their valuablecontribution and involvement.
Chairman and Managing Director
Place: MumbaiDate: 03.09.2025