We have audited the Standalone Financial Statements of Vanta Bioscience Limited which comprise the Balance Sheet as at31st March 2024, the Statement of Profit and Loss, Statement of changes in Equity, Statement of Cash Flows for the year thenended, and Notes to the Standalone Financial Statements, including a summary of significant accounting policies and otherexplanatory information.
In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanations given to us, the aforesaid Standalone FinancialStatements give the information required by the Companies Act, 2013 ("the Act") in the manner so required and give a true andfair view in conformity with the accounting principles generally accepted in India:
a) In the case of the Balance Sheet, of the state of affairs of the Company as at March 31,2024;
b) In the case of the Statement of Profit and Loss Account, of the loss for the period ended on that date and
c) In the case of the Statement of Cash Flow, of the cash flows, for the period ended on that date.
We conducted our audit in accordance with the Standards on Auditing (SAs) specified under Section 143(10) of the CompaniesAct, 2013. Our responsibilities under those Standards are further described in the Auditor's Responsibilities for the Audit of theStandalone Financial Statements section of our report. We are independent of the Company in accordance with the Code ofEthics issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India together with the ethical requirements that are relevant to ouraudit of the Standalone Financial Statements under the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013 and the Rules there under, andwe have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements and the Code of Ethics. We believe thatthe audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.
The Company's Board of Directors is responsible for the other information. The other information comprises the informationincluded in the Directors' Report and the Annexures thereto, but does not include the Standalone Financial Statements and ourAuditor's Report thereon. The Directors Report 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 ofassurance conclusion thereon.
In connection with our audit of the Standalone Financial Statements, our responsibility is to read the other information identifiedabove when it becomes available and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with thefinancial statements or our knowledge obtained in the audit, or otherwise appears to be materially misstated. When we read theDirectors' Report, if we conclude that there is a material misstatement therein, we are required to communicate the matter tothose charged with governance and describe actions applicable in the applicable laws and regulations.
The Company's Board of Directors is responsible for the matters stated in Section 134(5) of the Companies Act, 2013 (“the Act")with respect to the preparation of these Standalone Financial Statements that give a true and fair view of the financial position,financial performance, changes in equity and cash flows of the Company in accordance with the accounting principles generallyaccepted in India, including the Accounting Standards specified under Section 133 of the Act. This responsibility also includesmaintenance of adequate accounting records in accordance with 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 appropriateimplementation and maintenance of accounting policies; making judgments and estimates that are reasonable and prudent; anddesign, implementation and maintenance of adequate internal financial controls, that were operating effectively for ensuring theaccuracy and completeness of the accounting records, relevant to the preparation and presentation of the financial statementthat give a true and fair view and are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.
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.
Those Board of Directors are also responsible for overseeing the Company's financial reporting process.
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as a whole are free from material
misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor's report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is ahigh level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with SAs will always detect a materialmisstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in theaggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence 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 judgment and maintain professional skepticism throughoutthe 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 for our opinion. The risk of not detecting a material misstatement resulting from fraud is higherthan for one resulting from error, as fraud may involve collusion, forgery, intentional omissions, misrepresentations, or theoverride of internal control.
• Obtain an understanding of internal control relevant to the audit in order to design audit procedures that are appropriate inthe circumstances. Under Section 143(3)(i) of the Companies Act, 2013, we are also responsible for expressing our opinionon whether the company has internal financial controls system with reference to financial statements in place and theoperating effectiveness of such controls.
• Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of accounting estimates and relateddisclosures made by 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 suchdisclosures are inadequate, to modify our opinion. Our conclusions are based on the audit evidence obtained up to the dateof our auditor's report. However, future events or conditions may cause the Company to cease to continue as a goingconcern.
• Evaluate the overall presentation, structure and content of the Standalone Financial Statements, including the disclosures,and whether the Standalone Financial Statements represent the 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 the auditand significant audit findings, including any significant deficiencies in internal control that we identify during our audit.
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 thought tobear on our independence, and where applicable, related safeguards.
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. Wedescribe these matters in our auditor's report unless law or regulation precludes public disclosure about the matter or when, inextremely 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.
1) As required by the Companies (Auditor's Report) Order, 2020 (“the Order”) issued by the Central Government of India interms of sub-section (11) of Section 143 and on the basis of such checks of the books and records of the company as weconsidered appropriate and according to the information and explanation given to us, we give “Annexure-A” astatement on the matters specified in the paragraphs 3 and 4 of the Order to the extent applicable to the company.
2) As required by Section 143(3) of the Act, we report that:
(a) We have sought and obtained all the information and explanations 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 law have been kept by the Company so far as it appears fromour examination of those books.
(c) The Balance Sheet, the Statement of Profit and Loss, and the Statement of Cash Flow dealt with by this Report arein agreement with the books of account.
(d) In our opinion, the aforesaid financial statements comply with the Accounting Standards specified under Section133 of the Act, read with Rule 7 of the Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014.
(e) On the basis of the written representations received from the directors as on 31st March, 2024 taken on record bythe Board of Directors, none of the directors is disqualified as on 31st March, 2024 from being appointed as adirector in terms of Section 164 (2) of the Act.
(f) In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanations given to us, we are of the opinionthat the company has adequate internal financial controls system in place and the operating effectiveness of suchcontrols. Refer to our separate report in “Annexure - B”.
(g) 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, in our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanationsgiven to us:
i. The Company does not have any pending litigations which would impact its financial position.
ii. The Company did not have any long-term contracts including derivative contracts for which there were anymaterial foreseeable losses.
iii. There were no such amounts which were required to be transferred to the Investor Education and ProtectionFund by the Company. There has been no delay in transferring to the Investor Education and Protection Fundby the Company.
iv. (a) The management has represented that, to the best of its knowledge and belief, as disclosed in the notes
to the accounts, no funds have been advanced or loaned or invested either from borrowed funds or sharepremium or any other sources or kind of funds by the Company to or in any other person or entity, includingforeign entities (“Intermediaries”), with the understanding, whether recorded in writing or otherwise, thatthe Intermediary shall, whether, directly or indirectly, lend or invest in other persons or entities identified inany manner whatsoever by or on behalf of the Company (“Ultimate Beneficiaries”) or provide anyguarantee, security or the like on behalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries.
(b) The management has represented that, to the best of its knowledge and belief, as disclosed in the notes tothe accounts, no funds have been received by the Company from any person or entity, including foreignentities (“Funding Parties”), with the understanding, whether recorded in writing or otherwise, that theCompany shall, whether, directly or indirectly, lend or invest in other persons or entities identified in anymanner whatsoever by or on behalf of the Funding Party (“Ultimate Beneficiaries”) or provide anyguarantee, security or the like on behalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries.
(c) Based on such audit procedures that we considered reasonable and appropriate in the circumstances,nothing has come to our notice that has caused us to believe that the representations under sub-clause (a)and (b) contain any material misstatement.
v. The Company has not declared or paid any dividend during the year hence compliance with provisions ofSection 123 of the Companies Act 2013 does not arise.
vi. Based on our examination, which include test checks, the Company has used accounting software formaintaining its books of account for the financial ended March 31,2024 which has a feature of recording audittrail (edit log) facility and the same has operated throughout the year for all relevant transactions recorded inthe software. Further, during the course of our audit we did not come across any instance of the audit trailfeature being tampered with.
As proviso to Rule 3(1) of the Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014 is applicable from April 1,2023, reportingunder Rule 11(g) of the Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2024 on preservation of audit trail as per thestatutory requirements for record retention is not applicable for the financial year ended March 31,2024.
3) With respect to the other matters to be included in the Auditor's Report in accordance with the requirements of Section197(16) of the Act, as amended, in our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanations givento us, the remuneration paid by the Company to its Directors during the year is in accordance with the provisions ofSection 197 read with Schedule V to the Act and is not in excess of the limit laid down under this Section and Schedule Vof the Act.
CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS
Place: Hyderabad
Date: 19.07.2024 Sd/-
UDIN: 24026967BKBOZG8312 B. V. RAMANA REDDY
M. No. 026967 Partner