We have audited the accompanying Standalone Financial Statements ofCaplin Point Laboratories Limited (“the Company”), which comprise theStandalone Balance Sheet as at March 31, 2025, Standalone Statementof Profit and Loss (including Other Comprehensive Income), StandaloneStatement of Changes in Equity and the Statement of Cash Flows for the yearthen ended, and notes to the Standalone Financial Statements, including asummary of material accounting policies and other explanatory information(hereinafter referred to as “the Standalone Financial Statements”).
In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to theexplanations given to us, the aforesaid Standalone Financial Statementsgive the information required by the Companies Act, 2013, as amended,(“the Act”) in the manner so required and give a true and fair view inconformity with accounting principles generally accepted in Indiaincluding the Indian Accounting Standards prescribed under section 133of the Act read with Companies (Indian Accounting Standards) Rules,2015, as amended (“Ind AS”) of the state of affairs of the Company as atMarch 31, 2025, of its profit (including other comprehensive income), ofits changes in equity and of its cash flows for the year ended on that date.
We conducted our audit of the Standalone Financial Statements inaccordance with the Standards on Auditing (“SAs”) specified under section143(10) of the Act. Our responsibilities under those SAs are furtherdescribed in the Auditor's Responsibilities for the Audit of the StandaloneFinancial Statements section of our report. We are independent of theCompany in accordance with the Code of Ethics issued by the Instituteof Chartered Accountants of India (“ICAI”) together with the ethicalrequirements that are relevant to our audit of the Standalone FinancialStatements under the provisions of the Act and the Rules thereunder,and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance withthese requirements and the Code of Ethics. We believe that the auditevidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basisfor our opinion on the Standalone Financial Statements.
Key Audit Matters are those matters that, in our professional judgement,were of the most significance in our audit of the Standalone FinancialStatements of the financial year ended March 31, 2025. These matterswere addressed in the context of our audit of the Standalone FinancialStatements as a whole, and in forming our opinion thereon, and we do notprovide a separate opinion on these matters.
We have determined the following matters as Key Audit Matters to becommunicated in our report:
Key Audit Matter
Auditor’s Response
Accuracy and completeness of disclosure of relatedparty transactions and compliance with the provisions ofCompanies Act, 2013 and SEBI (Listing Obligations andDisclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015, as amended(‘SEBI (LODR) 2015').
(Refer Note No. 44 to the Standalone Financial Statements)
Our audit approach include:
• We obtained an understanding, evaluated the design and tested operating effectivenessof the controls related to capturing of related party transactions and management'sprocess of ensuring all transactions and balances with related parties have beendisclosed in the standalone Ind AS financial statements.
• We obtained an understanding of the Company's policies and procedures in respect ofevaluating arms-length pricing and approval process by the audit committee and theboard of directors.
• We agreed the amounts disclosed with underlying documentation and read relevantagreements, evaluation of arms-length by management, on a sample basis, as part ofour evaluation of the disclosure.
• We assessed management evaluation of compliance with the provisions of Section 177and Section 188 of the Companies Act 2013 and SEBI (LODR) 2015.
• We evaluated the disclosures through reading of statutory information, books andrecords and other documents obtained during the course of our audit.
The company carries significant inventory in both theManufacturing as well as in trading divisions. The relevantInventory management, including stock verificationprocedures at periodical intervals and valuation ofinventories considering the specific life cycle of the productsare underlying key factors in determining the appropriatenessof value of inventories. As per the company's accountingpolicies, inventories are measured at the lower of cost ornet realizable value. Considering the volume and complexityof the inventory verification process and the associatedvaluation, inventories are considered as a key audit matter.
(Refer Note No. 1B(g) & 7 to the Standalone FinancialStatements).
• We have assessed the carrying value of inventories, including costing and provisionsfor obsolescence and net realisable value.
• The existence of inventories has been tested through our attendance at year-endinventory stocktakes. Observing physical inventories assisted with our valuationassessment as we were able to identify quality issues if any, and validate expiry datesof products.
• We assessed the appropriateness of the determination of inventory cost by assessingthe accuracy of the standard costing used by the Company and assessing therecognition of variances from standard costs.
• We assessed whether inventory is recognised at the lower of cost or net realisablevalue at period end by comparing the inventory value measured at cost to auditevidence supporting net realisable value such as the current selling price of theproducts and achieved margins.
• We assessed whether the provisions for obsolescence calculated by the Companyreflect known quality issues if any, and commercial considerations including productexpiration, market demand, manufacturing plans, as well as their compliance withInd AS 2 and consistent application from prior periods.
As per the principles of Revenue recognition set out in theAccounting Standards involves certain key judgments relatingto the identification of distinct performance obligations,determination of transaction price of the identified performanceobligations, the appropriateness of the basis used to measurerevenue recognised over a period. Additionally, the revenueaccounting standard contains disclosures that involve collationof information in respect of disaggregated revenue and periodsover which the remaining performance obligations will besatisfied subsequent to the balance sheet date.
(Refer Note No. 1B(n), 25 to the Standalone FinancialStatements).
Our audit approach includes:
• Testing the design and operating effectiveness of the internal controls associatedwith contracts with customers.
• Analysing contracts with customers from selected samples.
• Analysing invoices with customers from selected samples.
• Testing of the approval mechanism, access and change controls associated with theprice.
• Reviewing the report of Internal Auditors.
• Performance of analytical procedures for reasonableness of the estimates.
The Company's Board of Directors is responsible for the preparation ofthe other information. The other information comprises the informationincluded in the Company's Annual Report but does not include theStandalone Financial Statements, Consolidated Financial Statementsand our auditor's report thereon.
Our opinion on the Standalone Financial Statements does not coverthe other information and we do not express any form of assuranceconclusion thereon.
In connection with our audit of the Standalone Financial Statements, ourresponsibility is to read the other information and in doing so, considerwhether other information is materially inconsistent with StandaloneFinancial Statements, or our knowledge obtained during the course ofour audit or otherwise appears to be materially misstated.
If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is amaterial misstatement of this other information; we are required to reportthe fact. We have nothing to report in this regard.
The Company's Board of Directors is responsible for the matters statedin section 134(5) of the Act with respect to the preparation of theseStandalone Financial Statements that give a true and fair view of thefinancial position, financial performance, total comprehensive income,changes in equity and cash flows of the Company in accordance with theaccounting principles generally accepted in India, including the Ind ASspecified under section 133 of the Act read with the Companies (IndianAccounting Standards) Rules, 2015, as amended. This responsibility alsoincludes maintenance of adequate accounting records in accordancewith the provisions of the Act for safeguarding of the assets of theCompany and for preventing and detecting frauds and other irregularities;selection and application of appropriate accounting policies; makingjudgments and estimates that are reasonable and prudent; and design,implementation and maintenance of adequate internal financialcontrols, that were operating effectively for ensuring the accuracy andcompleteness of the accounting records, relevant to the preparation andpresentation of the Standalone Financial Statements that give a trueand fair view and are free from material misstatement, whether due tofraud or error.
In preparing the Standalone Financial Statements, management isresponsible for assessing the Company's ability to continue as a goingconcern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern andusing the going concern basis of accounting unless Board of Directorseither intends to liquidate the Company or to cease operations, or has norealistic alternative but to do so.
The Board of Directors is also responsible for overseeing the Company'sfinancial reporting process.
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether theStandalone Financial Statements as a whole are free from materialmisstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor'sreport that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level ofassurance but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordancewith SAs will always detect a material misstatement when it exists.Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered materialif, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected toinfluence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of theseStandalone Financial Statements.
As part of an audit in accordance with SAs, we exercise professional judgmentand maintain professional skepticism throughout the audit. We also:
(a) Identify and assess the risks of material misstatement of theStandalone Financial Statements, whether due to fraud or error,design and perform audit procedures responsive to those risks,and obtain audit evidence that is sufficient and appropriate toprovide a basis for our opinion. The risk of not detecting a materialmisstatement resulting from fraud is higher than for one resultingfrom error, as fraud may involve collusion, forgery, intentionalomissions, misrepresentations, or the override of internal control.
(b) Obtain an understanding of internal control relevant to the auditin order to design audit procedures that are appropriate in thecircumstances. Under section 143(3)(i) of the Act, we are alsoresponsible for expressing our opinion on whether the Companyhas adequate internal financial controls system with referenceto Standalone Financial Statements in place and the operatingeffectiveness of such controls.
(c) Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policies used and thereasonableness of accounting estimates and related disclosuresmade by management.
(d) Conclude on the appropriateness of management's use of the goingconcern basis of accounting and, based on the audit evidenceobtained, whether a material uncertainty exists related to eventsor conditions that may cast significant doubt on the Company'sability to continue as a going concern. If we conclude that a materialuncertainty exists, we are required to draw attention in our auditor'sreport to the related disclosures in the Standalone FinancialStatements or, if such disclosures are inadequate, to modify ouropinion. Our conclusions are based on the audit evidence obtainedup to the date of our auditor's report. However, future events orconditions may cause the Company to cease to continue as a goingconcern.
(e) Evaluate the overall presentation, structure and content of theStandalone Financial Statements, including the disclosures, andwhether the Standalone Financial Statements represent theunderlying transactions and events in a manner that achieves fairpresentation.
Materiality is the magnitude of misstatement in the Standalone FinancialStatements that, individually or in aggregate, makes it probable thatthe economic decisions of a reasonably knowledgeable user of theStandalone Financial Statements may be influenced. We considerquantitative materiality and qualitative factors in (i) planning the scopeof our audit work and in evaluating the results of the work; and (ii) toevaluate the effect of any identified misstatements in the StandaloneFinancial Statements.
We communicate with those charged with governance regarding, amongother matters, the planned scope and timing of the audit and significantaudit findings, including any significant deficiencies in internal controlthat we identify during our audit.
We also provide those charged with governance with a statementthat we have complied with relevant ethical requirements regardingindependence, and to communicate with them all relationships and othermatters that may reasonably be thought to bear on our independence,and where applicable, related safeguards.
From the matters communicated with those charged with governance, wedetermine those matters that were of most significance in the audit of theStandalone Financial Statements of the financial year ended March 31,2025 and are therefore Key Audit Matters. We describe these matters inour auditor's reports unless law or regulations precludes public disclosureabout the matter or when, in extremely rare circumstances, we determinethat a matter should not be communicated in our report because theadverse consequences of doing so would reasonably be expected tooutweigh the public interest benefits of such communication.
1. As required by the Companies (Auditor's Report) Order, 2020 (“theOrder”), issued by the Central Government of India in terms of sub¬section (11) of section 143 of the Act, we give in the “Annexure A”a statement on the matters specified in paragraphs 3 and 4 of theOrder.
2. As required by Section 143(3) of the Act, we report to the extentapplicable that:
(a) We have sought and obtained all the information and explanationswhich to the best of our knowledge and belief were necessary forthe purposes of our audit of the aforesaid Standalone FinancialStatements.
(b) In our opinion, proper books of account as required by law relatingto preparation of the aforesaid Standalone Financial Statementshave been kept by the Company so far as it appears from ourexamination of those books except for the matters stated inthe paragraph 3(f) below on reporting under Rule 11(g) of theCompanies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014.
(c) The standalone balance sheet, the standalone statement of profitand loss (including other comprehensive income), the standalonestatement of cash flow and the standalone statement of changesin equity dealt with by this report are in agreement with the booksof accounts.
(d) In our opinion, the aforesaid Standalone Financial Statementscomply with the Accounting Standards specified under Section133 of the Act, read with the Companies (Indian AccountingStandard) Rules, 2015, as amended.
(e) On the basis of the written representations received from thedirectors as on March 31, 2025 taken on record by the Board ofDirectors, none of the directors is disqualified as on March 31,2025 from being appointed as a director in terms of Section 164(2) of the Act.
(f) The modifications relating to the maintenance of accountsand other matters connected therewith are as stated in theparagraph 2(b) above on reporting under section 143(3)(b)of the Act and paragraph 3(f) below on reporting under Rule11(g).
(g) With respect to the adequacy of the internal financial controls withreference to Standalone Financial Statements of the Companyand the operating effectiveness of such controls, refer to ourseparate Report in “Annexure B” to this report.
(h) In our opinion, the managerial remuneration for the year endedMarch 31, 2025 has been paid / provided by the Company to itsdirectors in accordance with the provisions of section 197 readwith Schedule V to the Act;
3. With respect to the other matters to be included in the Auditor'sReport in accordance with Rule 11 of the Companies (Audit andAuditors) Rules, 2014, as amended, in our opinion and to thebest of our information and according to the explanations givento us:
(a) The Company has disclosed the impact of pending litigationson its financial position in its Standalone Financial Statements.Refer Note No. 38 to the Standalone Financial Statements.
(b) The Company did not have any long-term contracts includingderivative contracts for which there were any material foreseeablelosses.
(c) There has been no delay in transferring amounts, required to betransferred, to the Investor Education and Protection Fund by theCompany.
(d) (i) The Management has represented that, to the best of
its knowledge and belief, no funds have been advancedor loaned or invested (either from borrowed funds orshare premium or any other sources or kind of funds) by
the Company to or in any other person(s) or entity(ies),including foreign entities (“Intermediaries”), with theunderstanding, whether recorded in writing or otherwise,that the Intermediary shall, directly or indirectly lend orinvest in other persons or entities identified in any mannerwhatsoever by or on behalf of the Company (“UltimateBeneficiaries”) or provide any guarantee, security or the likeon behalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries.
(ii) The Management has represented, that, to the best of itsknowledge and belief, no funds (which are material eitherindividually or in the aggregate) have been received bythe Company from any person or entity, including foreignentity (“Funding Parties”), with the understanding, whetherrecorded in writing or otherwise, that the Company shall,whether, directly or indirectly, lend or invest in other personsor entities identified in any manner whatsoever by or on behalfof the Funding Party (“Ultimate Beneficiaries”) or provideany guarantee, security or the like on behalf of the UltimateBeneficiaries;
(iii) Based on the audit procedures performed that havebeen considered reasonable and appropriate in thecircumstances, nothing has come to our notice that hascaused us to believe that the representations under sub¬clause (i) and (ii), contain any material misstatement.
(e) According to the information and explanations given to us, thefinal dividend paid by the Company during the year in respect ofthe same declared for the previous year is in accordance withSection 123 of the Act to the extent it applies to payment ofdividend.
The interim dividend declared and paid by the Company duringthe year and until the date of this audit report is in accordancewith Section 123 of the Act.
(f) Based on our examination which included test checks, exceptfor the instances mentioned below, the Company has usedaccounting softwares for maintaining its books of account,which have a feature of recording audit trail (edit log) facilityand the same has operated throughout the year for all relevanttransactions recorded in the respective softwares:
The feature of recording audit trail (edit log) facility was notenabled at the database level to log any direct data changesfor the accounting softwares used for maintaining the books ofaccount relating to payroll and the accounting software used formaintaining ledgers.
Further, the audit trail (edit log) facility was enabled and operatedthroughout the year for the respective accounting softwares andwe did not come across any instance of the audit trail featurebeing tampered with.
The audit trail has been preserved by the Company as per thestatutory requirements for record retention.
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Date: May 15, 2025 UDIN: 25026575BMLHFK5689