1. We have audited the Standalone financial statements of Lincoln Pharmaceuticals Limited ("the Company"), which comprisethe Balance Sheet as at 31st March, 2025, and the Statement of Profit and Loss (including other comprehensive income),the Statement of Changes in Equity and Statement of Cash Flows for the year ended on that date and notes to the financialstatements, including a summary of the material accounting policies and other explanatory information (hereinafter referredto as "Standalone Financial Statements").
2. In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanations given to us, the aforesaid Standalonefinancial statements give the information required by the Companies Act, 2013 (the 'Act') in the manner so required and givea true and fair view in conformity with the Indian Accounting Standards prescribed under Section 133 of the Act read withthe Companies (Indian Accounting Standards) Rules, 2015, as amended, ("Ind AS") and other accounting principles generallyaccepted in India, of the state of affairs of the Company as at 31 March, 2025, and its profit, other comprehensive income, itscash flows and the changes in equity for the year ended on that date.
3. We conducted our audit in accordance with the Standards on Auditing ("SAs") specified under section 143(10) of the Act. Ourresponsibilities under those Standards are further described in the Auditor's Responsibilities for the Audit of the StandaloneFinancial Statements section of our report. We are independent of the Company in accordance with the Code of Ethics issuedby the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India together with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit ofthe Standalone financial statements under the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013 and the Rules there under and wehave fulfilled our ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements and the Code of Ethics. We believe that theaudit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion on the Standalone FinancialStatement.
4. Key audit matters are those matters that in our professional, judgment were of most significance in our audit of the standalonefinancial statements of the current period.
These matters were addressed in the context of our audit, of the standalone financial statements as a whole, and in formingour opinion thereon, and we do not provide a separate opinion, on these matters.
5. Key audit matter identified in our audit is on Existence & Recoverability of Trade Receivable as follows:
Key audit matter
How our audit addressed the key audit matter
Existence & Recoverability of Trade Receivable
The company has trade receivables (net) outstandingof ' 16,553.19 Lakhs after deducting the provision forimpairment of ' 186.92 Lakhs at the end of reporting period.This represents 20.77% of the total assets of the company.These balances are receivable in relation to the revenuerecognized in accordance with the requirements of Ind AS115 "Revenue from Contracts with Customers".
The recoverability of trade receivables is a key element of thecompany's working capital management, which is managedon an ongoing basis by its management. Due to the natureof the business, the requirements of customers and variouscontract terms that are in place, there is a risk that thecarrying values may not reflect the recoverable amounts asat the reporting date.
Our audit procedures included the following:
• Reviewing the accounting policy with respect to
o recognition of revenue & its appropriateness inaccordance with Ind AS 115: Revenue from Contractwith Customers;
o Appropriateness of Recognition, Measurement andImpairment of Trade Receivables in accordance withInd AS 109: Financial Instruments.
• Evaluating the design & implementation of internalcontrols in relation to recovery of Trade receivables,calculation of allowance for impaired trade receivablealong with testing its operating effectiveness on samplebasis.
Therefore, the assessment of existence & recoverabilityof trade receivables is a key audit matters due to its size,and inherent uncertainty involved in the Managementjudgement.
Refer note 4(iii) to accounting policies and note 14 and 48(I)(1) to the standalone Financial statements.
• Obtaining the external balance confirmations on samplesbasis to ascertain the existence & completeness of tradereceivables.
• Evaluating the reconciliations prepared by themanagement with respect to the balance confirmationsreceived.
• Verified the subsequent receipts of trade receivables forselected samples to ascertain its existence as on balancesheet date.
• Obtaining an understanding of the processes forevaluating the recoverability of the trade receivablesincluding the collection process & allowances for impairedtrade receivables.
• Evaluating management's assumptions in determiningthe provision for impairment of trade receivables, byanalysing the ageing of receivables, assessing significantoverdue Individual trade receivables and specific localrisks, historical trends & patterns, combined with the legaldocumentations, where applicable.
• Verifying the ageing analysis of Trade receivables, longoutstanding & overdue balances, latest correspondenceswith customers for recovery of dues & evaluating itsimpact on provisioning & impairment.
• Assessing the adequacy of the disclosures as required by
6. The Company's Board of Directors is responsible for the other information. The other information comprises the informationincluded in the Management Discussion and Analysis, Board's Report including Annexures to Board's Report, BusinessResponsibility Report, Corporate Governance and Shareholder's Information and other information in the Company's annualreport, but does not include the standalone financial statements and our auditor's report thereon. The other information isexpected to be made available to us after the date of this auditor's report.
Our opinion on the Standalone financial statements does not cover the other information and we do not express any form ofassurance conclusion thereon.
In connection with our audit of the Standalone financial statements, our responsibility is to read the other informationidentified above when it becomes available and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistentwith the financial statements or our knowledge obtained in the audit, or otherwise appears to be materially misstated.
When we read the Annual Report, if we conclude that there is a material misstatement therein, we are required to communicatethe matter to those charged with governance and as may be legally advised.
7. The Company's Board of Directors is responsible for the matters stated in Section 134(5) of the Act with respect to thepreparation of these Standalone financial statements that give a true and fair view of the financial position, financialperformance including other Comprehensive Income, changes in equity and cash flows of the Company in accordance withthe Ind AS and other accounting principles generally accepted in India including the Accounting Standards specified underSection 133 of the Act. This responsibility also includes maintenance of adequate accounting records in accordance withthe provisions of the Act for safeguarding the assets of the Company and for preventing and detecting frauds and otherirregularities; selection and application of appropriate implementation and maintenance of accounting policies; makingjudgments and estimates that are reasonable and prudent; and design, implementation and maintenance of adequateinternal financial controls, that were operating effectively for ensuring the accuracy and completeness of the accountingrecords, relevant to the preparation and presentation of the Standalone financial statements that give a true and fair view andare free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.
8. In preparing the Standalone financial statements, management is responsible for assessing the Company's ability to continueas a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern basis of accountingunless management either intends to liquidate the Company or to cease operations, or has no realistic alternative but to do so.
9. Those Board of Directors are also responsible for overseeing the Company's financial reporting process.
10. Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the Standalone financial statements as a whole arefree from material 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 is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with SAs willalways 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 to influence the economic decisions of users taken onthe basis of these Standalone financial statements.
11. As part of an audit in accordance with SAs, we exercise professional judgment and maintain professional skepticismthroughout the audit. We also:
• Identify and assess the risks of material misstatement of the Standalone financial statements, whether due to fraud orerror, design and perform audit procedures responsive to those risks, and obtain audit evidence that is sufficient andappropriate to provide a basis of opinion. The risk of not detecting a material misstatement resulting from fraud is higherthan for our resulting from error, as fraud may involve collusion, forgery, intentional omissions, misrepresentations, orthe override of internal control.
• Obtain an understanding of internal control relevant to the audit in order to design audit procedures that are appropriatein the circumstances. Under section 143(3)(i) of the Act, we are also responsible for expressing our opinion on whetherthe company has adequate internal financial control system in place and the operating effectiveness of such controls.
• Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of accounting estimates and relateddisclosures made by the management.
• Conclude on the appropriateness of management's use of the going concern basis of accounting and based on the auditevidence obtained, whether a material uncertainty exists related to events or conditions that may cast significant doubt onthe Company's ability to continue as a going concern. If we conclude that a material uncertainty exists, we are required todraw attention in our auditor's report to the related disclosures in the Standalone financial statements or, if such disclosuresare inadequate, to modify our opinion. Our conclusions are based on the audit evidence obtained up to the date of ourauditor's report. However, future events or conditions may cause the Company to cease to continue as a going concern.
• Evaluate the overall presentation, structure and content of the Standalone financial statements, including the disclosures,and whether the financial statements represent the underlying transactions and events in a manner that achieves fairpresentation.
12. We communicate with those charged with governance regarding, among other matters, the planned scope and timing of theaudit and significant audit findings, including any significant deficiencies in internal control that we identify during our audit.
13. We also provide those charged with governance with a statement that we have complied with relevant ethical requirementsregarding independence and to communicate with them all relationships and other matters that may reasonably be thoughtto bear on our independence and where applicable, related safeguards.
14. From the matters communicated with those charged with governance, we determine those matters that were of mostsignificance in the audit of the Standalone financial statements of the current period and are therefore the key audit matters.We describe these matters in our auditor's report unless law or regulation precludes public disclosure about the matter or when,in extremely rare circumstances, we determine that a matter should not be communicated in our report because the adverseconsequences of doing so would reasonably be expected to outweigh the public interest benefits of such communication.
15. As required by the Companies (Auditor's Report) Order, 2020 ("the Order") issued by the Central Government of India in termsof Section 143(11) of the Act, we give in "Annexure A" a statement on the matters specified in paragraphs 3 and 4 of the Order,to the extent applicable.
16. Further to our comments in Annexure-A, as required by Section 143(3) of the Act, based on our audit, we report that:
a) We have sought and obtained all the information and explanations which to the best of our knowledge and belief werenecessary for the purposes of our audit.
b) In our opinion, proper books of account as required by law have been kept by the Company so far as it appears from ourexamination of those books.
c) The Standalone Financial Statements dealt with by this Report are in agreement with the books of account.
d) In our opinion, the aforesaid Standalone financial statements comply with the Accounting Standards as specified undersection 133 of the Act.
e) On the basis of the written representations received from the directors and taken on record by the Board of Directors,none of the directors is disqualified as on 31st March, 2025 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 Standalone Financial Statements ofthe Company and the operating effectiveness of such controls, refer to our separate Report in "Annexure B". Our reportexpresses an unmodified opinion on the adequacy and operating effectiveness of the Company's internal financialcontrols with reference to Standalone Financial Statement.
g) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations given to us, the remuneration paid by the Companyto its directors during the current year is in accordance with the provisions of Section 197 of the Act read with ScheduleV to the Act.
h) With respect to the other matters to be included in the Auditor's Report in accordance with Rule 11 of the Companies(Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014 (as amended), in our opinion and to the best of our information and according to theexplanations given to us:
i. The Company has disclosed the impact of pending litigations on its financial position in the financial statements-Refer Note-44 of financial statement;
ii. The Company has made provision, as required under the applicable law or accounting standards, for materialforeseeable losses, if any, on long-term contracts including derivative contracts;
iii. There has been no delay in transferring the amount, required to be transferred, to the Investor Education andProtection Fund by the Company.
iv. (i) The management has represented that, to the best of its knowledge and belief, other than as disclosed
in the notes to the accounts , no funds have been advanced or loaned or invested (either from borrowedfunds or share premium or any other sources or kind of funds) by the company to or in any other persons orentities , including foreign entities ("Intermediaries") with the understanding, whether recorded in writingor otherwise, that the Intermediaries shall, whether, directly or indirectly lend or invest in the other personsor entities identified in any manner whatsoever by or on behalf of the Company ("Ultimate Beneficiaries") orprovide any guarantee, security or the like on behalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries.
(ii) The management has represented, that to the best of its knowledge and belief, other than as disclosed in thenotes to the accounts, no funds have been received by the Company from any persons or entities, includingforeign entities ("Funding Parties"), with the understanding, whether recorded in writing or otherwise, thatthe company shall, whether directly or indirectly lend or invest in the other persons or entities identifiedin any manner whatsoever by or on behalf of the Funding Parties ("Ultimate Beneficiaries") or provide anyguarantee, security or the like on behalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries.
(iii) Based on such audit procedures as considered reasonable and appropriate in the circumstances, nothing hascome to our notice that has caused us to believe that the representations under sub clause (i) and (ii) of Rule11(e) of the Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014, as mentioned at para (iv)(i) and (iv)(ii) above, containany material mis-statement.
v. The dividend declared and paid during the year by the company is in compliance with Section 123 of the CompaniesAct, 2013.
vi. Based on our examination, the Company has used accounting software for maintaining its books of account, whichhas a feature of recording audit trail (edit log) facility and the same has operated throughout the period for all relevanttransactions recorded in the software. Further, during the course of our audit, we did not come across any instanceof the audit trail feature being tampered with. Additionally, the audit trail has been preserved by the company as perthe statutory requirements for record retention from the date of implementation of edit log feature.
For, Samir M Shah & Associates
Chartered Accountants[Firm Regd. No. 122377W]
(Samir M Shah)
Partner
Place: Ahmedabad [M. No. 111052]
Date: May 22, 2025 UDIN: 25111052BMJWXR7441