We have audited the standalone financial statements of ConcordBiotech Limited (the "Company") which comprise the standalonebalance sheet as at 31 March 2025, and the standalone statementof profit and loss (including other comprehensive income),standalone statement of changes in equity and standalonestatement of cash flows for the year then ended, and notes to thestandalone financial statements, including material accountingpolicies and other explanatory information.
In our opinion and to the best of our information and accordingto the explanations given to us, the aforesaid standalone financialstatements give the information required by the Companies Act,2013 ("Act") in the manner so required and give a true and fair viewin conformity with the accounting principles generally acceptedin India, of the state of affairs of the Company as at 31 March 2025,
and its profit and other comprehensive income, changes in equityand its cash flows for the year ended on that date.
We conducted our audit in accordance with the Standards onAuditing (SAs) specified under Section 143(10) of the Act. Ourresponsibilities under those SAs are further described in theAuditor's Responsibilities for the Audit of the Standalone FinancialStatements section of our report. We are independent of theCompany in accordance with the Code of Ethics issued bythe Institute of Chartered Accountants of India together withthe ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of thestandalone financial statements under the provisions of the Actand the Rules thereunder, and we have fulfilled our other ethicalresponsibilities in accordance with these requirements andthe Code of Ethics. We believe that the audit evidence we haveobtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for ouropinion on the standalone financial statements.
Key audit matters are those matters that, in our professional judgment, were of most significance in our audit of the standalone financiastatements of the current period. These matters were addressed in the context of our audit of the standalone financial statements as awhole, and in forming our opinion thereon, and we do not provide a separate opinion on these matters.
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The key audit matter
How the matter was addressed in our audit
Revenue from the sale of products is recognized when controlover goods is transferred to a customer. The actual point intime when revenue is recognized varies depending on thespecific terms and conditions of the sales contracts enteredwith customers. The Company has many customers and salescontracts with customers have distinct terms relating to thetiming of revenue recognition.
Our procedures included the following:
- Evaluated appropriateness of the Company's accountingpolicy for revenue recognition by comparing withapplicable accounting standards;
- Evaluated the design, implementation and operatingeffectiveness of Company's controls in respect of revenuerecognition;
We have identified the recognition of revenue from sale of
products as a key audit matter considering revenue is a keyperformance indicator for the Company. Accordingly, therecould be pressure to meet the expectations of investor/other
- Tested revenue recognized during the year by selectingsamples, through statistical sampling, and verifying theunderlying customer contracts and proof of dispatch/delivery in accordance with the contractual terms agreed
stakeholders and/or to meet revenue targets for a reportingyear. We have considered that there is risk of fraud related to
with the customers;
revenue being overstated by recognition in the wrong period or
- Tested revenue recognized near the year-end, using
before control has passed during the year and at the year end.
statistical sampling, to verify only revenue pertaining tocurrent year is recognized based on underlying documentsalong with terms and conditions set out in customercontracts; and
- Assessed journal entries posted to revenue to identify
unusual items.
The Company's Management and Board of Directors are responsible for the other information. The other information comprises theinformation included in the annual report, but does not include the financial statements and auditor's reports thereon. The annualreport is expected 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 will not express any form of assuranceconclusion thereon.
In connection with our audit of the standalone financial statements,our responsibility is to read the other information identified abovewhen it becomes available and, in doing so, consider whether theother information is materially inconsistent with the standalonefinancial statements or our knowledge obtained in the audit, orotherwise appears to be materially misstated.
When we read the annual report, if we conclude that there is amaterial misstatement therein, we are required to communicatethe matter to those charged with governance and take necessaryactions, as applicable under the relevant laws and regulations.
The Company's Management and Board of Directors areresponsible for the matters stated in Section 134(5) of the Actwith respect to the preparation of these standalone financialstatements that give a true and fair view of the state of affairs,profit/ loss and other comprehensive income, changes inequity and cash flows of the Company in accordance with theaccounting principles generally accepted in India, including theIndian Accounting Standards (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 of the assets of the Company and forpreventing and detecting frauds and other irregularities; selectionand application of appropriate accounting policies; makingjudgments and estimates that are reasonable and prudent; anddesign, implementation and maintenance of adequate internalfinancial controls, that were operating effectively for ensuring theaccuracy and completeness of the accounting records, relevantto the preparation and presentation of the standalone financialstatements that give a true and fair view and are free from materialmisstatement, whether due to fraud or error.
In preparing the standalone financial statements, theManagement and Board of Directors are responsible for assessingthe Company's ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing,as applicable, matters related to going concern and using thegoing concern basis of accounting unless the Board of Directorseither intends to liquidate the Company or to cease operations, orhas no realistic alternative but to do so.
The Board of Directors is also responsible for overseeing theCompany's financial reporting process.
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whetherthe standalone financial statements as a whole are free frommaterial misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and toissue an auditor's report that includes our opinion. Reasonableassurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee thatan audit conducted in accordance with SAs will always detect amaterial misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arisefrom fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or
in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influencethe economic decisions of users taken on the basis of thesestandalone financial statements.
As part of an audit in accordance with SAs, we exercise professionaljudgment and maintain professional skepticism throughout theaudit. We also:
• Identify and assess the risks of material misstatement of thestandalone financial statements, whether due to fraud orerror, design and perform audit procedures responsive tothose risks, and obtain audit evidence that is sufficient andappropriate to provide a basis for our opinion. The risk of notdetecting a material misstatement resulting from fraud ishigher than for one resulting from error, as fraud may involvecollusion, forgery, intentional omissions, misrepresentations,or the override of internal control.
• Obtain an understanding of internal control relevant to theaudit in order to design audit procedures that are appropriatein the circumstances. Under Section 143(3)(i) of the Act, weare also responsible for expressing our opinion on whetherthe company has adequate internal financial controls withreference to financial statements in place and the operatingeffectiveness of such controls.
• Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policies usedand the reasonableness of accounting estimates andrelated disclosures made by the Management and Board ofDirectors.
• Conclude on the appropriateness of the Managementand Board of Directors use of the going concern basis ofaccounting in preparation of standalone financial statementsand, based on the audit evidence obtained, whether amaterial uncertainty exists related to events or conditionsthat may cast significant doubt on the Company's ability tocontinue as a going concern. If we conclude that a materialuncertainty exists, we are required to draw attention in ourauditor's report to the related disclosures in the standalonefinancial statements or, if such disclosures are inadequate,to modify our opinion. Our conclusions are based on theaudit evidence obtained up to the date of our auditor'sreport. However, future events or conditions may cause theCompany to cease to continue as a going concern.
• Evaluate the overall presentation, structure and content of thestandalone financial statements, including the disclosures,and whether the standalone financial statements representthe underlying transactions and events in a manner thatachieves fair presentation.
We communicate with those charged with governance regarding,among other matters, the planned scope and timing of theaudit and significant audit findings, including any significantdeficiencies in internal control that we identify during our audit.
We also provide those charged with governance with a statementthat we have complied with relevant ethical requirements
regarding independence, and to communicate with them allrelationships and other matters that may reasonably be thoughtto bear on our independence, and where applicable, relatedsafeguards.
From the matters communicated with those charged withgovernance, we determine those matters that were of mostsignificance in the audit of the standalone financial statementsof the current period and are therefore the key audit matters.We describe these matters in our auditor's report unless law orregulation precludes public disclosure about the matter or when,in extremely rare circumstances, we determine that a mattershould not be communicated in our report because the adverseconsequences of doing so would reasonably be expected tooutweigh the public interest benefits of such communication.
The standalone financial statements of the Company for the yearended 31 March 2024 were audited by the predecessor auditorwho had expressed an unmodified opinion dated 23 May 2024.
1. As required by the Companies (Auditor's Report) Order, 2020("the Order") issued by the Central Government of India interms of Section 143(11) of the Act, we give in the "AnnexureA" a statement on the matters specified in paragraphs 3 and4 of the Order, to the extent applicable.
2 A. 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 ourknowledge and belief were necessary for thepurposes of our audit.
b. In our opinion, proper books of account asrequired by law have been kept by the Companyso far as it appears from our examination of thosebooks.
c. The standalone balance sheet, the standalonestatement of profit and loss (including othercomprehensive income), the standalonestatement of changes in equity and thestandalone statement of cash flows dealt with bythis Report are in agreement with the books ofaccount.
d. In our opinion, the aforesaid standalone financialstatements comply with the Ind AS specifiedunder Section 133 of the Act.
e. On the basis of the written representationsreceived from the directors as on 31 March 2025taken on record by the Board of Directors, none ofthe directors is disqualified as on 31 March 2025from being appointed as a director in terms ofSection 164(2) of the Act.
f. With respect to the adequacy of the internalfinancial controls with reference to financialstatements of the Company and the operatingeffectiveness of such controls, refer to ourseparate Report in "Annexure B".
B. 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:
a. The Company has disclosed the impact ofpending litigations as at 31 March 2025 on itsfinancial position in its standalone financialstatements - Refer Note 34(b) to the standalonefinancial statements.
b. The Company did not have any long-termcontracts including derivative contracts for whichthere were any material foreseeable losses.
c. There were no amounts which were requiredto be transferred to the Investor Education andProtection Fund by the Company.
d (i) The management has represented that,to the best of their knowledge andbelief, as disclosed in the Note 42 (iv) tothe standalone financial statements, nofunds have been advanced or loaned orinvested (either from borrowed funds orshare premium or any other sources orkind of funds) by the Company to or in anyother person(s) or entity(ies), includingforeign entities ("Intermediaries"), with theunderstanding, whether recorded in writingor otherwise, that the Intermediary shalldirectly or indirectly lend or invest in otherpersons or entities identified in any mannerwhatsoever by or on behalf of the Company("Ultimate Beneficiaries") or provide anyguarantee, security or the like on behalf ofthe Ultimate Beneficiaries.
(ii) The management has represented that,to the best of their knowledge and belief,as disclosed in the Note 42 (v) to thestandalone financial statements, no fundshave been received by the Company fromany person(s) or entity(ies), includingforeign entities ("Funding Parties"), withthe understanding, whether recorded inwriting or otherwise, that the Company shalldirectly or indirectly, lend or invest in otherpersons or entities identified in any mannerwhatsoever by or on behalf of the FundingParties ("Ultimate Beneficiaries") or provideany guarantee, security or the like on behalfof the Ultimate Beneficiaries.
software for maintaining its books of accountwhich has a feature of recording audit trail(edit log) facility and the same has operatedthroughout the year for all relevant transactionsrecorded in the software. Further, during thecourse of our audit, we did not come across anyinstance of audit trail feature being tamperedwith. Additionally, other than the period whereaudit trail was not enabled in the previousyear, the audit trail has been preserved by theCompany as per the statutory requirements forrecord retention.
(iii) Based on the audit procedures thathave been considered reasonable andappropriate in the circumstances, nothinghas come to our notice that has caused us tobelieve that the representations under sub¬clause (i) and (ii) of Rule 11(e), as providedunder (i) and (ii) above, contain any materialmisstatement.
e. The final dividend paid by the Company duringthe year, in respect of the same declared for theprevious year, is in accordance with Section 123of the Act to the extent it applies to payment ofdividend.
As stated in Note 46 to the standalone financialstatements, the Board of Directors of the Companyhas proposed final dividend for the year which issubject to the approval of the members at theensuing Annual General Meeting. The dividenddeclared is in accordance with Section 123 ofthe Act to the extent it applies to declaration ofdividend.
f. Based on our examination which included testchecks, the Company has used an accounting
C. With respect to the matter to be included in theAuditor's Report under Section 197(16) of the Act:
I n our opinion and according to the information andexplanations given to us, the remuneration paid bythe Company to its directors during the current yearis in accordance with the provisions of Section 197 ofthe Act. The remuneration paid to any director is notin excess of the limit laid down under Section 197of the Act. The Ministry of Corporate Affairs has notprescribed other details under Section 197(16) of theAct which are required to be commented upon by us.
For B S R & Co. LLP
Chartered Accountants
Firm's Registration No.:101248W/W-100022
Rupen Shah
Partner
Place: Ahmedabad Membership No.: 116240
Date: 29 May 2025 ICAI UDIN:25116240BMMLLR2701